I've got a full back piece (lilies with a couple of butterflies, a ladybug, a dragon fly, bumble bee and a hummingbird) that took over 20 hours to do, a full right leg with gerbera daisies from foot to hip and a hedgehog on my foot that took 17 hours to do, a few words on my left wrist that took 15 mins to do (!) and I'm starting on my left leg in a few weeks with a geisha on my left thigh and cherry blossom and kangi down the leg onto the foot.

My hedgehog was by far the worst of all of them pain wise - damn near kicked my guy in the face a couple of times but I didn't cry (I'd never hear the end of it from him if I did!).

With the exception of my geisha all my work is hand drawn by my tattooist - I tell him what he wants and he draws it (but I get the impression he'll hand draw the geisha on as it's not easy to get a stencil to lay flat on a thigh - especially when they're fat like mine!!).

I love my tats, my mum hates them but she's in England so too far away to be concerned about!