Latest tattoo lowdown.....

[a1steaks]

Horitomo posted a pic of the work in progress on my gut. Check it.

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[hogg]

Horitomo posted a pic of the work in progress on my gut. Check it.

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And it's unsurprisingly fantastic.

[smalltownVA]

Newest from Josh Brown.

[cookietruck]

^ that's awesome.

[pidjones]

Newest from Josh Brown.

Man they gotta fix the "like" function for Tapatalk.

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[beez]

Yesterday, by Trevor @ Liberty Tattoo Seattle.

[rozone]

Yesterday, by Trevor @ Liberty Tattoo Seattle.

Trevor's a great dude, and a great tattooer.

Looks awesome!

[kelzu]

I got a rad tattoo from the rad Chris Hold last night in Vancouver.

Sharing from his Instagram: http://instagram.com/p/xQPn6qmDU8/

[Graeme]

I got a rad tattoo from the rad Chris Hold last night in Vancouver.

Sharing from his Instagram: Instagram

Nice! I got tattooed by Chris a little over a year ago. Seriously nice dude and the tattoo he gave me was one of the easiest heals I've ever had, which is a really nice bonus.

[Rikhall]

Just started a large thigh piece with Valerie Vargas, managed to get in with her on a cancelation while I was back in England visiting family, only the line work so far but it looks great, il upload a pic when it's healed, also I'm trying saniderm for the first time

[Mush]

Happy New years friends!

[KBeee]

Hi, here is a healed photo of the hell scene that Tim Lehi did on me last month. He is my favourite tattooer and it was so fun to get this piece from him. I also posted it in this months contest: http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/lst-announcements-contests/6076-november-2014-tattoo-month-contest-page4.html#post105993

The size of the photo might be a bit too big, but I will fix it as soon as I can.

It's not too big. A pic of this could never be too big. It really is one of my all time favorite tattoos ever. Really. Next time you are in the Bay area I will buy a round or snacks or something so I can see this face to face. Really.

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@Kbee that apsara/tennyo-messenger-spirit-thingy is gorgeous! You have impeccable tastes.

Thanks, @hogg!

[passive jay]

Part two of my Simpsons in Space leg sleeve!

Keep in mind that there will eventually be a black space background so the helmets do not look right yet. For example the circles will be stars.

I posted part one here a while ago but here it is if you missed it.

and here is part two on the other side.

Work is being done by Rev. J.R. out of Vicious Ink in Rochester Hills MI.

Next up, Mr Burns and Smithers!

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whoops, those are way bigger than I intended, sorry about that.

[chrisnoluck]

got this ganesh yesterday thanks to robert ryan @ electric tattoo in asbury park, nj

[joakim urma]

Above is a picture of me laying like a passed out pale seal on Iain Mullens table. Today was the second to last session on my back. Can't wait to see it finished. We're doing the last bit and touch ups with Rudy Fritsch at the Scottish Convention in the end of March. Going to be fun/hell. Todays session was nice except for a few bits. I can't believe how quick this piece has been. I got the idea to start my back in April last year, asked Iain about it and then we started in mid June. It really helps that both him and Rudy work super quick and make for good company + conversations during the sessions.

Secret bit of knowledge exclusively for LST (I know people love that exclusiveness, I sure do): that ain't a dark red, but actually a light gray wash looking bloodied and irritated. Haven't got a piece of color on me, except for a few patches of gray and white.

[marley mission]

wow that is outta control good

i get super red like that too

[Russ]

@mmikaoj Saw that on instagrm earlier awesome tattoo I'd love to get some thing off Iain

[SeeSea]

Finished my back on Friday night (well, Saturday at 5:30 am). It was a hell of a ride - it took almost exactly a year of sessions every 2-3 weeks. We'll do a final session after this heals to tie the bow on it.

This tattoo was made by Sean Zee out of Brick, NJ from pictures I've taken while scuba diving. I gave him 50-some pictures and a wish list, and he selected about 15 shots to create this scene. These pics were taken on 4 continents from 1998 through 2013 using (mostly) a Nikonos V underwater camera with an SB-105 strobe, UW Nikkor 35mm, 28mm, and 15mm f2.8 fisheye lenses, Sea & Sea (no relation) macro kit and Nikonos closeup kit.

Sean is a great guy, dedicated and amazingly creative. It boggles my mind how artists just "see" stuff like this and make it happen. He put up with a lot of questions and "what ifs" and "why nots" from this nearly virgin canvas (as he likes to say, "this woman only had lil kitty paw prints on her shoulder before this"), explaining to me all the ways this tattoo would NOT work, and ended up just putting it on the table that it really needed to be a full back if I wanted so many references. And to prove it, he designed the whole thing superimposed on a picture of my bare back and emailed it to me. I remember the moment I saw it for the first time and it shorted out my brain. I committed to the full back about 20 minutes after I got the email. (And I admit at the time I did not understand in the least what I was in for...)

Kinda funny, thinking back on it, how all the chatter and uncertainty and 14 years of wanting some sort of tattoo with my eagle rays were completely silenced and resolved in a heart beat. Anyway...

So, the critters making appearances, starting at the top right and going clockwise are: two moon jellyfish, two Moorish idols, two clownfish and anemone, a batwing coral crab and mustard tube sponges just behind him, a leopard moray eel, two squirrelfish hiding in red sea fans that cross my lower back, a sea snake in lettuce coral (very poisonous, which I didn't realize until after I'd crawled up in his face to take the picture and then been admonished by the divemaster after the picture was developed), a queen angelfish and a hammerhead shark. In the center are two spotted eagle rays and the broken mast of the Nippo Maru, a Japanese supply ship sunk during WWII by US forces in Truk Lagoon, Micronesia.

When I look at this, I don't just see a tattoo of fish. It's a diary of my favorite diving experiences. Each part has such different memories of the location, the people I was with, and the experience on that dive. (Yeah, poisonous sea snake. Whoopsie on that one. And the clownfish was actually guarding a little ring of day-old eggs. And trying to photograph moon jellies in a surge without being hit is like playing a 3D video game. And that I really really wanted my spotted moray eels but Sean said the pattern wouldn't age well, so with resigned sadness, my handsome spotted moray had to morph into a leopard moray. Sniff Sniff.) All of this flooding my brain at the same time.

And then I get this goofy grin on my face thinking about walking around with this huge awesome back piece that anyone I know would be shocked to learn I have.

He put up a little video where you can see the ribs, too: Video of SeeSea's Back. Healed pics coming to an LST contest near you. I want a T-shirt, dammit :D

[marley mission]

battle of the back pieces up in here!

[Rikhall]

Here's a photo of my winged lion by Valerie Vargas, its quite big so a little distorted and wraps a lot, it's only a start but I love it was such a great experience and a lovely shop and atmosphere, plus it's like the first tattoo I've had in six years that's needed more than one sitting, looks like il be visiting home again sooner rather than later

[scubaron]

AMAZING SeeSea and nice to hear the story behind how you chose the subjects.

[Bmore]

Wow SeeSea, that's awesome. Not sure which blows my mind more, the backpiece itself, or the fact that you were down there taking all these pictures. Hammerhead shark? Hell no!

[Mush]

@SeeSea Thats Fantastic!! Looks incredible! you have my vote for a tshirt for sure!

[KBeee]

Oh man! Congratulations, @SeeSea! So cool! It's really beautiful! I could look at it for a really long time (ha and I guess I have/am :D )

[pidjones]

Sooooo good. You really should be added to the art on the 3d app that was mentioned in another post.