Latest tattoo lowdown.....

[rozone]

So during my trip to SF back in October. Our first area we ended up in was Mission, and I was so inspired by the murals painted there. I took a lot of pictures and decided I wanted one of the beautiful traditional roses tattooed on my arm.

We went to Oakland at Temple Tattoo, I wanted to visit this shop anyway because well....its fuckin historical.

So there was only one artist there that day, Jonah.

I asked if he had time for a small walk-in tattoo, and showed him the pics of the murals. Ended up being him that painted those murals! :)

We definitely made each others day!

So he drew up a rose while we were talking to him, fuckin awesome experience overall.

Having someone with 15 years experience tattooing me was epic and especially in that shop.

One of the best trips ever. I have to go back to California. <3

Jonah's a rad dude. He's from the Bay Area originally, but he was tattooing out of Invisible in New York for a while before heading back to California. Really solid guy.

[Duffa]

Hey guys, here is a link to the Catclaw Blog that shows the progress over the first two days if anyone is interested ２日続ã‘ã¦ï½œCATCLAW TATTOO-Z I'll wait until I get home and see if they have posted the final pick and I'll put it up :)

After some sight seeing today I feel like a grandpa but I think I need a nap lol. I fly out tomorrow and should be hitting it, but I am buggered!

[Evan King]

Finished my first session with Katja Ramirez at Perfection yesterday. I'm super happy with the result and I'm going back for another round in February.

[Evan King]

Finished my first session with Katja Ramirez at Perfection yesterday. I'm super happy with the result and I'm going back for another round in February.

[NERD RAGE]

That looks awesome. How old was the original?

[TaeTae]

I sat in the chair for 4 hours last nite having an old fu-dog freshened up. My forearm is still swollen and bruised up here and there. I have the 2nd appointment for early 2014 to finish the whole forearm.

Rob

Really cool! Put some peonies around that, and you've got an awesome sleeve. Karajishi Botan, is the most harmonious and beautiful combination in Japanese tattoo in my opinion.

Btw who is the artist that re-worked this?

[Colored Guy]

Really cool! Put some peonies around that, and you've got an awesome sleeve. Karajishi Botan, is the most harmonious and beautiful combination in Japanese tattoo in my opinion.

Btw who is the artist that re-worked this?

I have a large peony to the side of it now (see above), done less than 2 years ago. The original tattoo was done in late 1982, almost 31 years ago! Fortunately there wasn't much dark shading in it and the brown went right over the black hair. The dog itself is a light purple, which will come out when it heals up. The flowers will be done in pink and other colors and I'm going for the sleeve.

It was done at Studio 69 on Long island, NY by Gina Sherry. I have forged a great relationship with her over the years. She was totally psyched to do it and we made up a lot of the details as we went along.

Rob

[TaeTae]

I have a large peony to the side of it now (see above), done less than 2 years ago. The original tattoo was done in late 1982, almost 31 years ago! Fortunately there wasn't much dark shading in it and the brown went right over the black hair. The dog itself is a light purple, which will come out when it heals up. The flowers will be done in pink and other colors and I'm going for the sleeve.

It was done at Studio 69 on Long island, NY by Gina Sherry. I have forged a great relationship with her over the years. She was totally psyched to do it and we made up a lot of the details as we went along.

Rob

Wow man, 31 years? Sounds like will be a great looking sleeve when done. They are usually depicted in pairs so will you be adding another shishi?

[Iwar]

I sat in the chair for 4 hours last nite having an old fu-dog freshened up. My forearm is still swollen and bruised up here and there. I have the 2nd appointment for early 2014 to finish the whole forearm.

Rob

That turned out great, but I think the original looked really fuckin' cool for a thirty year old tattoo! I really dig how the long fur looks when it's a little "blurred" from old age too. I would definitely have kept it if that was on my arm.

[Colored Guy]

Wow man, 31 years? Sounds like will be a great looking sleeve when done. They are usually depicted in pairs so will you be adding another shishi?

I've seen them in my tattoo books in pairs, not really enough room for another one. I shoulda thunk it out a little better back in 1982.

That turned out great, but I think the original looked really fuckin' cool for a thirty year old tattoo! I really dig how the long fur looks when it's a little "blurred" from old age too. I would definitely have kept it if that was on my arm.

The rest of my tattoo work is fairly new, this was the oldest piece on me and it was getting hard to make out the features on it. The hair could be a little finer now that I look at it, I'll discuss it when I go for round II with my artist.

[heathenist]

I've seen them in my tattoo books in pairs, not really enough room for another one. I shoulda thunk it out a little better back in 1982.

The rest of my tattoo work is fairly new, this was the oldest piece on me and it was getting hard to make out the features on it. The hair could be a little finer now that I look at it, I'll discuss it when I go for round II with my artist.

Nah, I don't think that he was implying the hair in the re-work needs to be finer, just that he liked it in the original. While I agree that the original looked great, especially for it's age, I think if most of your work is new, it probably didn't fit super well with everything else.

[deadsp0t]

So the knee torture is finally complete. My knee/thigh demon by Matt Van Cura done at Invisible NYC.

Saw this on FB today.. Kick ass piece and awesome to see it getting recognition!!

[slayer9019]

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Saw this on FB today.. Kick ass piece and awesome to see it getting recognition!!

Oh shit!

[deadsp0t]

Oh shit!

Yes sir! Recognized it instantly!! That's fucking kick ass man!

Lol you have arrived!

[Amok]

Its also on their IG feed.

[Duffa]

Morning LST, after a long trip I made it home. As promised here is a pic of my finished (for now) back. Not the best pic but I'll see if I can get a better one ASAP. Completed over 5 sessions by Horinao at The Catclaw Tattoo-z Kyoto... I'm going to go pass out for a bit lol.

[TaeTae]

Morning LST, after a long trip I made it home. As promised here is a pic of my finished (for now) back. Not the best pic but I'll see if I can get a better one ASAP. Completed over 5 sessions by Horinao at The Catclaw Tattoo-z Kyoto... I'm going to go pass out for a bit lol.

Very nice mate. How many hours?

[Mark Bee]

@Duffa Awesome. Just awesome.

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[Iwar]

Awesome @Duffa!! You're a trooper. Are you planning on adding background and extending it down to the back of the knees in time?

[hogg]

Looks fantastic, @Duffa!

[Reyeslv]

Great detail @Duffa and way to hang in for the long multiple sessions!

[Iwar]

The rest of my tattoo work is fairly new, this was the oldest piece on me and it was getting hard to make out the features on it. The hair could be a little finer now that I look at it, I'll discuss it when I go for round II with my artist.

I hope you didn't misunderstand me. Your rework looks great!! Hair and all... I just dug the old one too. I can only hope that my own tattoos will be as relevant and look that good when they're 30+.

[SStu]

After 15 months of no ink, I'm back in the saddle and strapped in for a long ride. Randy Muller at Eye Candy in New Orleans finally started my back (partial cover-up) this past Tuesday night. We got 90% of the line-work done. Skull and dragon.

He's asked for no internet pictures until we're close to finishing - so I've got to respect that. Obviously will be posting a series of photos some time (hopefully) later in 2014.

[Duffa]

Cheers @TaeTae I'd say between 22-24 hours?

Thanks @Mark Bee!

Haha cheers @Iwar definitely planning on background (kami no koh) but may have to be put on the back burner for a little bit while I weigh up a few things - but it will be done.

Thanks @hogg! Hiro and I where looking at your back while I was at his shop funnily enough ;)

And also, thanks @Reyeslv it was definitely an experience... not one I'm wanting to repeat anytime soon lol. But I'm pretty sure it will be repeated.

Last day off before work so I'll go though photos today, get a few things together and try and get a travel thread up over the weekend.

[matcwlwelch]

I'm currently in progress on a backpiece from Matt Shamah, I'll try to find some pictures from the last sitting