Latest tattoo lowdown.....

[Patrick Bateman]

@Jynarik

who did that?

[thinkones]

got this beauty from nick oaks on his visit in toronto @ the okey doke

beyond happy with the turn out

[Jynarik]

@Jynarik

who did that?

Nathan Hebert

[Rawok]

Got this from Horimatsu in October. It was a great experience, he is such an awesome dude with some pretty cool stories to tell.

Also I got this cattoo on a caturday so I kind of won the internet that day :D

edit: can't figure out why the picture is all wonky but if one clicks it again for full size it looks like it is supposed to...

edit2: oh, and it's located on the outside of the calf.

[El Dolmago]

So half sleeve is coming along nicely - foo dog and goldfish recently added. Sleeve by Daniel Innis at the Pearl in Toronto.

[polliwog]

@El Dolmago, that is ridiculously nice. So many different elements, but it all flows. Jealous.

[El Dolmago]

@El Dolmago, that is ridiculously nice. So many different elements, but it all flows. Jealous.

All Thanks to Dan. He's really done an amazing job - he wanted to wait for the next section on my forearm to put eyes on the Foo so it's looking at something specific, something I never would have thought of!

[Swifty]

3rd session done, 3-4 more to go to finish the top half and start/finish the bottom half:

[marley mission]

damn

[Graeme]

@daveborjes Wait until you get your crack shaded. That was an interesting session.

[Cork]

Haha, well done @daveborjes! Inside the cheeks is the best.

[Guero]

Some of yesterday's work, on the top parrot and bamboo from original Ed Hardy acetate. Juan Arreguin, my artist, got it from Nervio who worked in San Francisco for a long time.

The next two were taken from Percy Water's book, done by Kemer Rodriguez.

Done at Superfly Tattoo in Leon, Mexico.

[RoryQ]

Little Uncle Alan reaper head on the side of my knee.

Really cool shop to get tattooed at- probably the most unique / nicely finished I've seen.

[joakim urma]

You have all probably seen this all ready but here is the session on my back piece from a week ago when I was visiting Rudy Fritsch at his shop Original Classic in Trieste, Italy. Had a super good stay in the city and the shop is truly amazing, I could be there for hours just looking at all of the originals on the walls from some of the best in the culture and also from Rudy himself. We had lunch the day after the session and he sure is a very interesting and inspiring person too.

Beyond happy with how this is progressing! Next session with Iain Mullen, who is the other part of this collaboration, will be in Stockholm quite soon and then the three of us converge during the Scottish Tattoo Convention in Edinburgh early next year to put the finishing touches on this project. I am a lucky guy :)

[marley mission]

dude it looks awesome

[cookietruck]

My buddy jaie came to town so i had him stick this dagger on my shin.

[purplelace]

I have a shiney new tattoo!! Still in shiney new packaging

Got Giger style wings added to Angel Tyrael on left leg. That's me until May next year and of course I know what I want. Will take a pic later and share when back home. Beyond fucking happy!!!

[hogg]

That dagger rules, @cookietruck. How'd you find the shin? I didn't think it was bad at all, but that area at the very top of your handle--where the needles just bounce off the bottom of the knee cap--kinda sucks.

[cookietruck]

I didnt think the shin was too bad. The center area where the bone is felt pretty tolerable.

Going up toward the knee cap felt better. The ankle area and as he moved out towards the outside of my calf was real sensitive for me.

Pretty much everything hurts from jaie though. He goes slow and deep to get everything really dark or bright. He outlined with a needle he spread out some, so the outline felt huge. Not that sharp precise feeling. When we were talkin about that he said mike malone made a joke about tattooing with huge needles is kinda like riding a bike with training wheels. Lol.

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Oh yeah. I sent my lady a pic of the stencil and she says "you think he is gonna add blood drops to the tear?"

Right as we were done he says. I think we should add some blood dripping down. You cool with that?

[MJH IV]

Was lucky enough to get some work from Chris Conn last night. 1st session, halo and color next time.

Ill try to post a better pic later. By the way.... one of the nicest guys I've ever met.

[MJH IV]

Can't believe I forgot to post this one!

From Chris O'Donnell's LA trip a couple weeks ago. Left forearm.

Blatantly stolen from Chris' Instagram ( codonnell_nyc )

[Mick Weder]

@daveborjes

The palm is less painful than arse?

Right! Time to start on a palm plan.

How do you get the ink in to hold, virtually jackhammer the line work in?

My hands and fingers held up well. The same application, a solid application with a 10 or an 11?

I'll Squiz ol' mate this Sunday when we catch up for breakfast beers.

[purplelace]

Angel Tyrael with Giger wings. Angel Tyrael healed, wings fresh. Tattooed by Tommygunn, Belfast City Skinworks, Belfast.

I am beyond happy with it :) Next session in May 2015.

[sighthound]

You have all probably seen this all ready but here is the session on my back piece from a week ago when I was visiting Rudy Fritsch at his shop Original Classic in Trieste, Italy. Had a super good stay in the city and the shop is truly amazing, I could be there for hours just looking at all of the originals on the walls from some of the best in the culture and also from Rudy himself. We had lunch the day after the session and he sure is a very interesting and inspiring person too.

Beyond happy with how this is progressing! Next session with Iain Mullen, who is the other part of this collaboration, will be in Stockholm quite soon and then the three of us converge during the Scottish Tattoo Convention in Edinburgh early next year to put the finishing touches on this project. I am a lucky guy :)

Outstanding! One of the best backpieces I've seen in a long time. I think Iain Mullen does some of the best black & grey around and is very underrated for it. Too many artists use too much black (heresy, I know), but Iain's pieces always has that perfect balance of greys, black, and skin so that it's very readable from a distance.

[Mick Weder]

For sure man @daveborjes. Just chewing the fat there brother ? :)

I got ya though, controlled blow out, for sure.

That's the other thing I like about hand tattoos also, those areas of drop out.