Latest tattoo lowdown.....

[hfs40000]

Here ya go @chrisnoluck

Getting a cramp in my leg trying to stare at this thing

[exume]

@hfs40000 so good! Jeff is the best dude

[Abellve]

Another Jeff Zuck piece from the Roc City Tattoo Expo. Rad guy, Great tattooer.

[UglyButProud]

@jfs40000 those are all cool but i REALLY wanna see this zuck piece! i'm trying to make a trip to ann arbor before winter to get tattooed by him and michael aul.

Yep....Jeff Zuck is awesome. If you make it to Ann Arbor, check out Tony Caporusso at Lucky Monkey tattoos just down the street. He does a rad modern take on traditional/folksy stuff and is a hell of a nice guy to boot. All of his flash is hand painted and BEAUTIFUL-

https://instagram.com/tonycaporusso/

[OutOfIdeas]

Man @hfs40000 @Abellve you guys are really making me regret not trying to get a tattoo from Zuck when i had a chance.

Both are super cool! And i understand the cramp part. Sometimes i almost walk into stuff looking at my shin tattoos as i walk.

[xcom]

Second Session:

Jon West @ Imperial Tattoo Company.

[Rad Kelham]

Another Jeff Zuck piece from the Roc City Tattoo Expo. Rad guy, Great tattooer.

Super nice. But why not do the whole head?

[Abellve]

Thank you. I'm not trying to replace my hairline or anything and it often looks like a scuba suit if you have your neck tattooed and into a full head. I don't care what other people do but that's not my chosen aesthetic. It's more about getting the important images than coverage for me. @Rad Kelham

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In fact I gave Jeff Zuck more space to work with but he felt like this was the best approach for this particular image and I'm inclined to agree...vs stretching images or elements for the sake of coverage.

[Rad Kelham]

Thank you. I'm not trying to replace my hairline or anything and it often looks like a scuba suit if you have your neck tattooed and into a full head. I don't care what other people do but that's not my chosen aesthetic. It's more about getting the important images than coverage for me. @Rad Kelham

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In fact I gave Jeff Zuck more space to work with but he felt like this was the best approach for this particular image and I'm inclined to agree...vs stretching images or elements for the sake of coverage.

Yeah I agree about the scuba suit - that's why I'm growing my hair back. Anyway this is my fave tattoo I've seen on here. Bravo.

[Abellve]

@Rad Kelham -- thanks! It's way different from my original vision but in a great way. I had in mind a more knife-like bolt but it was so directional and orderly. This really gets the chaos and destruction across.

[cltattooing]

@Abellve that thing is excellent!!! Really cool piece, fits your head great :)

[Isotope]

This was done by Charley at True Blue in ATX. This is absolutely the cleanest linework I have on myself and I am so stoked/humbled/honored by this tattoo. I apologize for the glare. Great Grandpa and Great Great Uncle were Azorean whalers that settled in New England shortly before the whaling bust. Great Grandpa turned to working in a rubber factory until he could start his own floral business in bristol RI, Great great uncle went from whaling to building fishing schooners and racing yachts with Hereshoff.

[Abellve]

Thanks! @cltattooing

[sophistre]

I wish tapatalk would let me click like on these. So many good ones!

[Manu Manu]

@Isotope nice one!!!

how painful it was on the shoulder? thinking of getting a traditional dagger through the neck... maybe one day!

edit: and I'm curious: what the line work represent? Make me think of a technics turntable's arm!

[Isotope]

Thanks @Manu Manu ! The collarbone was the killer. I can normally shoot the shit no problem, but I had to grit my teeth a lot on this guy.

[Manu Manu]

@Isotope

edit: and I'm curious: what the line work represent? Make me think of a technics turntable's arm!

@Isotope I mean, the other tattoo!

[Isotope]

Oh! @Manu Manu That one was easy! The only part that hurt was the part that goes down onto my chest.

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@Isotope nice one!!!

how painful it was on the shoulder? thinking of getting a traditional dagger through the neck... maybe one day!

edit: and I'm curious: what the line work represent? Make me think of a technics turntable's arm!

The line work is a simple layout schematic of a stable isotope ratio mass spectrometer. It took some convincing to get an artist to do that one, especially on someone who was relatively untattooed at the time, so the artist didn't know whether I would flinch or not. Mike Pain at Atomic took it on when no one on his staff would touch it and handled it like a boss.

[Manu Manu]

@Isotope just googled it.... Ok, that seems to be too much high level science material for me!!!

[pidjones]

@Isotope I love the AMS rig! As a lifetime "accelerist", it is right up my alley!

Oh, yeah, the harpoon and roses are obviously monster good too!

[Isotope]

@Isotope I love the AMS rig! As a lifetime "accelerist", it is right up my alley!

Oh, yeah, the harpoon and roses are obviously monster good too!

Thank you! Here you go!

[pidjones]

Great! Even the wife recognized it (she's been to a few conferences with me, including a couple at WHOI)!

[Joey Ryan]

Got my second session in on this free hand piece by London Reese at The Vatican Studios in Lake Forest,CA

First was done in 4 hrs

Second was done after 6 hrs

good times! but next appointment isnt for several months unfortunately.

anyways, thanks for looking!

-Joey

[IzzyBizzy]

Got my second session in on this free hand piece by London Reese at The Vatican Studios in Lake Forest,CA

First was done in 4 hrs

Second was done after 6 hrs

good times! but next appointment isnt for several months unfortunately.

anyways, thanks for looking!

-Joey

Amazeballs. Seriously stunning!

[Scott R]

talking about zuck last few pages I saw an awesome zuck backpiece in person at the oklahoma tattoo convention. If i remember right it was about 15 yrs old and was too cool.