Latest tattoo lowdown.....

[iowagirl]

more work done tonight. next appt is the end of June. The frog is getting redone in this go 'round-he's kinda old (15 years or so I think) so he would look out of place I thought.

[guitguy]

Finally I have something new to report. Let's see if I remember how to post a pic. I got this little clipper while on a trip to Amsterdam (which was rad, as one might imagine). The shop, Tattoo Peter (named for its founder) is the oldest shop in Amsterdam established in 1955 and in its current location since 1977. Cool little shop with walls lined with amazing old flash. My artist, Bill Loika, is a super cool laid back dude from the US now living in Amsterdam. I had a goal to get tattooed by someone older than I am which is becoming increasingly difficult ;) Mission accomplished ! Bill is still in the game at 66. Awesome! The pic is of the fresh tattoo. Healing this sucker has been a bitch for some reason. I'm kinda bummed that the detail of the Dutch flag has yet to reveal itself. Fingers crossed. The design is from Tattoo Peter flash from the 60's. Also a pic of Bill with old Tattoo Peter flash in the background. Sideways pics dammit ! Apologies...[ATTACH=CONFIG]12615[/ATTACH]

[DavidR]

more work done tonight. next appt is the end of June. The frog is getting redone in this go 'round-he's kinda old (15 years or so I think) so he would look out of place I thought.

I like the frog. I wouldn't touch it. Palette-wise, he fits in with the sleeve (not sure if that was done by the original artist or the new one). If the sleeve is by the new artist then I think he'll look just right as he is.

[NihilNovum]

I got this done by Jonas Nyberg at the Helsinki ink convention at the end of march and finally got my gf to get a decent photo of it so here it is!

[iowagirl]

I like the frog. I wouldn't touch it. Palette-wise, he fits in with the sleeve (not sure if that was done by the original artist or the new one). If the sleeve is by the new artist then I think he'll look just right as he is.

I'm not getting rid of him-I love him. Just new color to freshen him up is all.

[chrisnoluck]

after almost 7 years of getting tattooed i just finally got my FIRST eagle the other day... thanks to tony sellers while he was guest spotting @ tattoo marks for the week.

[kimkong]

Finally I have something new to report. Let's see if I remember how to post a pic. I got this little clipper while on a trip to Amsterdam (which was rad, as one might imagine). The shop, Tattoo Peter (named for its founder) is the oldest shop in Amsterdam established in 1955 and in its current location since 1977. Cool little shop with walls lined with amazing old flash. My artist, Bill Loika, is a super cool laid back dude from the US now living in Amsterdam. I had a goal to get tattooed by someone older than I am which is becoming increasingly difficult ;) Mission accomplished ! Bill is still in the game at 66. Awesome! The pic is of the fresh tattoo. Healing this sucker has been a bitch for some reason. I'm kinda bummed that the detail of the Dutch flag has yet to reveal itself. Fingers crossed. The design is from Tattoo Peter flash from the 60's. Also a pic of Bill with old Tattoo Peter flash in the background. Sideways pics dammit ! Apologies...[ATTACH=CONFIG]12615[/ATTACH]

i fucking love everything about that post.

[beez]

after almost 7 years of getting tattooed i just finally got my FIRST eagle the other day... thanks to tony sellers while he was guest spotting @ tattoo marks for the week.

hell yes!

[tacifone]

I hate to be that guy who double posts but I was told that the recent tattoo pics are supposed to go in this thread compared to the upcoming tattoos thread haha. Here is a pic of my tattoo I got on Sunday from Nik Moore at Scarab Body Arts in Syracuse, NY.

[Manu Manu]

@NihilNovum love this! I love rooster tattoo!

[Scott R]

@chrisnoluck awesome!

[iowagirl]

I got this done by Jonas Nyberg at the Helsinki ink convention at the end of march and finally got my gf to get a decent photo of it so here it is!

I've been back to look at this 20 times now I think. What kind of style would this be called?

[Shaun1105]

I've been back to look at this 20 times now I think. What kind of style would this be called?

I would say it was traditional, but just a certain distinct style of traditional that this artist has. To me it has a certain folk-art quality to it.

[NihilNovum]

@iowagirl, the guy himself described it as traditional with folk art and sometimes psychedelic influences, so basically what Shaun said.

[iowagirl]

thanks guys

[JasonTO]

By Nikki Balls. Done at the Pearl Harbor Gift Shop, Toronto, Ontario.

Apologies for the crappy pic.

[sophistre]

https://instagram.com/p/3P_YuSTBGZ/

All done. :o

We stuck with flowers for fillers in the end, even though we did talk about a frog. He took some shots from other angles, but didn't put them up. Maybe he will later. I'm a little sad about it being finished, so I can't imagine how you backpiece people felt when it was over!

...but I might get to find out, because we may have chatted about it a bit today. We'll seeeeeeeeee. :cool:

I get a day to bang around Powell's Books tomorrow and cap off the night with Mad Max, and then I get to be tattooed by @cltattooing the day after that! Definitely a great mini-vacation.

[OutOfIdeas]

Holy damn @sophistre that came out so beautifully!!

[ReDile]

Started on my ribs yesterday. Got the lining in. Possibly the most painful thing I've experienced, however i'm very happy with the result :)

Bring on the shading and colour :mad:

By Scott Owen, Seven Swords, Cheltenham, UK.

[cltattooing]

@sophistre wowowowow your sleeve looks great!!! Will definitely be twisting your arm for closer inspection ;) Also very much looking forward to tomorrow!! You're gonna love Mad Max, so good.

[purplelace]

@sophistre loving the sleeve, it turned out great :)

@ReDile love the ribs, love the old circus design

[polliwog]

@sophistre I am so jealous!!!

[sophistre]

D'aww. Come on over and get some tattoos! :)

Edit: Oh hey, @cltattooing put up a picture of what we got up to today.

[ElizabethBee]

Almost done!!! 1 more session needed for grey wash background. By Mark Duhan, Skin Deep Ink in New Milford, CT (hummingbird was already there) Back of the arm is swelled up pretty good.

This is all about my boys. The flowers are for their birth month.

Artist did an awesome job of rolling with my idea for a watercolor/ feminine polka trash colorful mish mash!

[cltattooing]

@sophistre So much fun! Really great to meet you, thank you again :)