German shepherd sleeve tattoo

fennor72

Hi I'm looking for someone to recommend the best tattoo artist for a sleeve tattoo of a German Shepherd.
I know exactly what I want and it's very releastic and detailed. I've looked through a lot of galleries throughout Ireland but there aren't any lot of dog tattoos. Can anyone help

Star Lord

I worry about recommending this place at times, as I do it often, so sound a bit like a shill for them, but Denise in Snakebite does great dog tattoos. I was talking to her as she was doing one at the Dublin Tattoo Convention before, (The first of the two German Shepherd tattoos below) and she was saying they were one of her favourite tattoos to do.

Her album: https://www.facebook.com/pg/snakebitedublin/photos/?tab=album&album_id=447076330791
Dalmation | Dog | French Bulldog | German Shepherd <-- The one I was mentioning above
Huskie | Add on German Shepherd | Miniature Daschund | Golden Retriever | Pomeranian | Two dogs!

(Love dogs!)

fennor72

Thanks for that. I can't seem to post the link showing the tattoo I would like.
But if you Google 3d German Shepherd tattoo it's the first image that pops up.

Star Lord

This one?
http://buzzsharer.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/german-shepherd-tattoo-face.jpg

Bring that along to whoever you go to and tell them you want something like that.
Generally though, exactly copying someone else's tattoo is frowned upon, and most artists don't do it. Make it yours in some way (eg. Make it a portrait of your dog/a dog you had)

fennor72

Yes that's the one. I know what you're saying about copying other artists work. But I've always had german shepherds and this pic is very similar to a couple of dogs I've owned. I'll take your advice and bring it to my local tattooist and see what he says.