My Love Hate Relationship With IG

[@Chieftracyhorse]

Your so right about the bloody ads, they drive me F**king crazy!

[@hermiesrokmysox]

Yeah and the suggested posts of people you don’t follow.

[@beccatodd2590]

It’s as bad as old school paper magazines where at least half the pages are ads :/

[@liltrench5862]

I, too, hate it when IG puts things in my feed that I don't subscribe too. I am more on KZbin and occasionally check IG. I check FB even less. I could care less about FB. But IG? It gives me FOMO, when instead I should be worried about missing out on life going on around me.

[@saxbend]

I can accept a few ads, but posts that aren't even ads that have nothing to do with my interests, please no.

[@liltrench5862]

@@saxbend I agree. Well, my IG account just got hacked. I changed my password and just decided to deactivate it. I'll be taking a long break from IG.

[@jstarASMR3103]

I’m so glad you brought up that you would pay a monthly subscription on insta so that you wouldn’t see adds anymore. This for some reason never crossed my mind, and I totally agree with you! I have KZbin premium, and have found that I enjoy this platform so much more without those god awful ads. I despise seeing adverts💀 This would def make insta feel more user friendly for me👍🏼👍🏼

[@braunmoore1803]

Been watching us vids for a while. Love your effort to be fair, but at the same time give your honest opinion and expertise. Your point of views and explanations are interesting and informative. Keep being you man!

[@KapEyHanTV]

that makes the 2 of us now. preferred youtube bec i can buy a premium and watch without those ads❣️

[@richardramsaran5093]

U dont have to buy youtube to watch without ads...

[@vovkabondarev7416]

The moment they introduced suggested posts I outright stopped using IG. I don't want to see a load of bs in my feed whenever IG feels like it. It is actually hidden some of the posts I follow and would not let me scroll past a few days to find a post I want to share. I only use IG to communicate with a small group of people I care about and to whom I don't have immediate access on other platforms, so if you deny me this ability, **** you, there is no reason to use it for me. I don't get how it was not removed to this day and it's been about 2 years now? Ended up downgrading an application to a version that did not have this stupid feature. This blocks a bunch of good features with messaging, stories, etc. But at least it saves a purpose to use it still...

[@botanicalstuff]

Thanks for posting this James! :)

[@mikewallace5804]

Hey Man been watching your video's all night while drawing up stuff an doing mats I did three tonight. Eyes hurting you know what I'm saying, but all the video's I've watched I can so relate, an i'm excited cuz this road is for me all the way. I've been putting in probably 15 or more hours a day on average its all I do an think of, an I don't care about money right now i'm dealing with health issues where I'm able to use my all hours with no other distraction. I've watched many many other tattoo pro's an I enjoyed all them but listening to you I relate more to you I understand exactly what your saying from the same job feeling like a lever an perfecting my job where it almost became dangerous cuz being so bored I'm 20 feet in the air with two ladders one one leg so I can bounch the ladder over an on to another one without coming down. i'm either all in or not at all. It maybe two years now doing this I don't really know an don't care no one can stop me from doing this an I will be good one way or another cuz I will invest my all. I wish I lived closer to you cuz I'd get work from you just to get the time to just chat cuz I think we'd get along I'm a no waste time kind of guy but we kinda think the same way towards just about everything you know what you want an don't. I've done so much work on myself did a complete sleeve from wrist to arm pit complete all the way around maybe not the best but I took a year top think what I wanted an I'm happy with it. You ever try to do the back of your arm takes some real thought an willing to complete at all costs thou I'm glad as hell its just about done really hard an time consuming. I'll tell you something thou watching your videos I have done the most mates an drawing I have ever done in the maybe two years pretty close I bet to 2 years but I keep watching an I keep going no sleep last night an just wanting to do more, an to date tops I've done 2 mats simple ones I did three very detailed ones so far which would equal 11 small ones I usually do. I liked how you would do your sponsers at the ed of your video aswell which I respect an no one so far I've come across done that yet. I hope you keep it real like you havew an don't change when the number increase an follow the rest cuz I find you can watch 10 other tattoo pro's an its all the same i just picked any of them an just lket it go doesn't matter which one cuz there all the same an maybe after 2 video's I'm bored an click on something else but I think i'm on 6 maybe more video's in a row now an now messaging this long ass message an my eyes are hurting abit but just excited to do alittle more I got more in the tank but I really enjoy what you got going on an look forward to anything I can learn that i don't know which is alot but I will climb an climb fast you'll always be good at what you enjoy an thats cuz nomatter how hard it is to get down you'll do what you have to no mmatter what cuz you love doing it. I can totally see the progress hugely so far an thats watching you tube an just banging out the work everyday. an even if you never read this thats notr whats important whats important is to put as much as I possible can into this hobby I want to make a living from an thisa was a thank you for the video's an a bit of a break from doing mats but break mis over gonna bang another 1 or 2 then get on with the day outside tattooing areas piece brother be safe an be different don't be a 20 th guy doing exactly the same thing keep doing what you doing

[@jnieve9350]

Hey basically binge watched all your content in about 24 hrs! Really interesting and informative, I've recently started collecting tatts and I'm also an information addict so your videos have been awesome. I'd love to see some videos of some interesting stories from your career, how to distinguish artists with good technical skills, how to find and select the right artist, your preferred aftercare method and experiences with the dressing types, what to do when something unexpected happens with a tattoo etc. E.g I recently got one where the outline of the tattoo is raised and visible while the rest of the filled area is not, and there is some ink bleed from the filled area extending past the outline. This is over 3 weeks in, and it would be awesome to know if this is normal and just a part of the healing process or if it's a very minor blowout etc.

[@chrisknoche3550]

I've been binge watching your videos and I have a question I don't remember you addressing. I understand tattoo artists don't want to make exact copies of others art. Is there like a copyright law or something? Is it just against the art "code"? Are logo's included in this? Love your videos. Information you can trust.

[@thomassantomartino7337]

I'm a collector and I just try to make my tattoos that I post look as close to what it looks like on my skin. Sometimes the way the camera renders color or poor lighting can look not as good as they really look in real life.

[@KushTx82]

U spoke truth here.

[@cappy0023]

Found this late, but I'd say 75% of my feed is suggested follows and the bulk of those are reels. It absolutely sucks.

[@eonea830]

Great video, as always bro.

[@pauleggert1863]

James for your wrists look into bpc-157 and tb500 in my opinion much more effective and also more cost effective too.

[@JamesWithee]

Did those already a month ago. Made a small difference but didn’t get rid of it completely. I started another round a couple of days ago. Thanks for the advice though! Seems to help a lot of ppl with similar issues

[@pauleggert1863]

@@JamesWithee IMHO I'd try more than one different source I've tried a few times and some sources just have better quality products. Consider using building block supplements like msm glucosamine chondroitin at the same time. Even now after the prp I don't think it would hurt just more things to promote healing. Good luck 👍

[@JamesWithee]

@@pauleggert1863 I’m on all that stuff too lol. There isn’t a lot I haven’t tried at this point. Conventional medicine, alternative medicine, 2 physical therapists, 2 hand surgeons. Cortisone, PRP, eccentric exercises. Shit is stubborn. It’s been 2 years. Only thing I haven’t done is pain killers. I just started mk 677 last month cuz I’ve exhausted almost every other option. I plan on making a video about this topic after it’s resolved. Can’t rn cuz I don’t like sharing things I consider to be weaknesses. Too much pride. I’m confident it’ll be resolved eventually though.

[@pauleggert1863]

@@JamesWithee I understand I wouldn't recommend pain killers as they can be addictive and only mask the problem not solve it I have 2 last suggestions to consider 1. NOXA 20 2. Ibogaine (can reset pain receptors). Cool idea on the video you might feel a little better after stopping the mk 677 run due to the fluid retention. Honestly best of luck been through a lot myself so I understand how much it sucks stay positive stay strong 💪 🙏

[@JamesWithee]

@@pauleggert1863 I haven’t heard of either one of those things so I’ll definitely research them. Thanks again dude I appreciate u taking the time to help solve my problem

[@santicardona6082]

I love how real you are! LOL @ sliding in the dms

[@rediscoverwithsharona]

When did you get your neck tattoo james

[@JamesWithee]

It’s a birth mark

[@julive565]

You da man, hope all's well 🤙

[@tomasluciferrakauskasufc8298]

Loves the vids man keep it up

[@jenniferwithee9057]

no llores brother when u talking about your wrists 😞i see it, u gon be ok 😀

[@danczarnik457]

Pretty much every millennial/gen-z is making their decisions and finding out about artists through IG now

[@Bonbon-C]

If you put it in insta they will copy it! At the same time you will get more clients because of it! Oh well!

[@workingclassperson2124]

I rarely let my phone take up my time maybe cause I’m 40. But the younger generation is easy to manipulate cause there phones and computers are there whole world.

[@taytaybaby6]

Can you make a positive video for once?

[@dahnlee581]

Lol I don’t know why we lying here . This guys work is not that good . He making videos like he’s a top notch artist . He’s 7/10 at best 😂😂😂

[@brayandannunzio3797]

7/10 is pretty good you silly bastard

[@garrettohyeah7365]

I think it depends on the style he's tattooing. After checking his instagram I would say that most of the stuff he has posted there is pretty dang good. not the best in the world but still a good tattoo artist for sure. I think that is a little disingenuous to say he is not that good

[@mag6521]

I think he mentioned already in his video that he doesn’t see himself at elite but he’s pushing himself to be better. I think it’s clear that he’s good at what he does. You’re clearly just a sad hater bud.

[@lokez5330]

your videos inspired me to work harder & get more sketches done. props bro 🤞🏻

[@serpentforge]

I feel your pain about IG bro so I sent you a message on there :) Also emailed you :)