Latest tattoo lowdown.....

[hogg]

That's fantastic, Duffa! Sleep well, buddy.

[Scott R]

this thread needs a sticky

[Iwar]

That looks great @Duffa

Can't wait to see more pictures and read about your trip when you post your blog.

[Duffa]

Cheers guys! I'm pretty friggin happy with it considering what Horinao had to cover up (I didn't think it would be covered so well). i'll post pics etc once I go through everything and do some sorting. What you can't see in that photo is my elbow probably looking like a baseball. Up until Saturday I thought that the elbow didn't hurt it just felt wrong. I now whole heartily retract that statement haha. @Iwar - the blogs for you my good man ;) I believe your words where something along the lines of "you better blog the shit out of it". It shall be done.

(that and this way hopefully you won't e-kick my ass for having the "desperate housewives" quote in my sig for a few days ;) lol)

[Duffa]

P.s I just bumped in a gig and it sucked! (endrant.jpeg)

[chrislj54]

Derek Noble?

[embers]

yeah. the clouds are olive green, you cant really tell.

[Gregor]

I got my Yodaskull from Marcus at the weekend - Im guessing that its not too many peoples on here's taste as its b&g real-sh-ism.

[ChrisvK]

@Gregor

I have a weak spot for nice black and grey work, for realism and for starwars. Your tattoos are awesome!

o and Embers the progress on your arm is insane, love it!

[Cork]

I love the look of B&W realism. That Yoda looks badass, and so does the Vader from what I see.

[Gregor]

Cheers ! gonna add some force lightening in the new year to bring em more together. I was red raw by that point so we didn't go any further lol .

[dooktruck]

jaie devore at perfection in austin

it stares at the purple one on my other leg

[samsyd]

Went into Tahiti Felix's Master Tatto last Friday and got this spur of the moment on my elbow

By Phil Hatchet Yau

[hogg]

Wow! I just saw that on a blog and thought, "Damn, THAT'S what you do for an elbow. That looks incredible. I'm such a sucker for Tudor roses in all their variations, and the outer design kind of reminds me of a mandala.

[Wedge]

This has been said before so I'm only repeating the obvious but goddamn there's some nice tattoos in this thread.

[lving4today]

New one got done yesterday. Super stoked. 2 lady heads 1 leg

[MGblues]

New one got done yesterday. Super stoked. 2 lady heads 1 leg

Very nice! Who did it?

[lving4today]

Megan Fernandez. I love her ladies.

[Dr Benway]

I'm not sure if it's the done thing to post in this thread without an attached image, but fuck it I'm going too anyway because I can't find a more suitable thread. I got my first ever tattoo yesterday!

It is the first part of a full, left-arm sleeve by Valerie Vargas and of course it is amazing. In general I did not find the pain too bad, although the forearm is probably low down on the list of painful places to get tattooed. But I also put it down to a childhood of almost constant summer sunburn, and the artist' deft hand. Also, I was distracted by the workings of the shop, and Dante's entertaining patter. The flush of endorphins in response to the pain was bizarre, and left me feeling pretty stoned. That started wearing off just at the point where Valerie decided to stop - mercifully.

A three-hour train journey back to Wales involved me avoiding getting smashed into, and then it was home to wash the tattoo. What I wasn't prepared for was the fucking plasma dripping off my arm. I have seen my wife's tattoos fresh after being done but that was nothing compared to the snot my arm was exuding. It was Bill Murray in Ghostbusters levels of slime. I have to admit to being fascinated by how the body reacts to the trauma of tattooing.

A day later and it is like a mild sunburn and looks fucking great. If Valerie is cool with it, I will put some images up after the next session.

[gougetheeyes]

@Dr Benway, sounds like a great way to start! Look forward to some photos.

[lving4today]

I'm not sure if it's the done thing to post in this thread without an attached image, but fuck it I'm going too anyway because I can't find a more suitable thread. I got my first ever tattoo yesterday!

It is the first part of a full, left-arm sleeve by Valerie Vargas and of course it is amazing. In general I did not find the pain too bad, although the forearm is probably low down on the list of painful places to get tattooed. But I also put it down to a childhood of almost constant summer sunburn, and the artist' deft hand. Also, I was distracted by the workings of the shop, and Dante's entertaining patter. The flush of endorphins in response to the pain was bizarre, and left me feeling pretty stoned. That started wearing off just at the point where Valerie decided to stop - mercifully.

A three-hour train journey back to Wales involved me avoiding getting smashed into, and then it was home to wash the tattoo. What I wasn't prepared for was the fucking plasma dripping off my arm. I have seen my wife's tattoos fresh after being done but that was nothing compared to the snot my arm was exuding. It was Bill Murray in Ghostbusters levels of slime. I have to admit to being fascinated by how the body reacts to the trauma of tattooing.

A day later and it is like a mild sunburn and looks fucking great. If Valerie is cool with it, I will put some images up after the next session.

you lucky dog! I bet that's gonna look killer

[Scott R]

I'm not sure if it's the done thing to post in this thread without an attached image, but fuck it I'm going too anyway because I can't find a more suitable thread. I got my first ever tattoo yesterday!

It is the first part of a full, left-arm sleeve by Valerie Vargas and of course it is amazing. In general I did not find the pain too bad, although the forearm is probably low down on the list of painful places to get tattooed. But I also put it down to a childhood of almost constant summer sunburn, and the artist' deft hand. Also, I was distracted by the workings of the shop, and Dante's entertaining patter. The flush of endorphins in response to the pain was bizarre, and left me feeling pretty stoned. That started wearing off just at the point where Valerie decided to stop - mercifully.

A three-hour train journey back to Wales involved me avoiding getting smashed into, and then it was home to wash the tattoo. What I wasn't prepared for was the fucking plasma dripping off my arm. I have seen my wife's tattoos fresh after being done but that was nothing compared to the snot my arm was exuding. It was Bill Murray in Ghostbusters levels of slime. I have to admit to being fascinated by how the body reacts to the trauma of tattooing.

A day later and it is like a mild sunburn and looks fucking great. If Valerie is cool with it, I will put some images up after the next session.

next session?? call her immediatly and post from ASAP !!!!

I Keed I keed but would like to see, your lucky to have valerie be your first poke

[Dr Benway]

Thanks guys - a combination of intense research (this is where my diagnosed OCD becomes a positive) and really useful advice led me to being in a very priveleged position of having Valerie do my first tattoo. My aim was always to get my right-arm sleeve done my Thomas Hooper but that may change due to how much I know I will love this left-arm sleeve. I pretty much gave Valerie some ideas, plus notes on the many tattoos she has done that I love, and that was that. I would go in tomorrow to get this finished if I could, but the next session is not until February.

[RoryQ]

Great, we'll look forward to the pics - glad it went well. I called into Frith St. very very briefly when I was over in London at the weekend and had a snoop around, but I didn't see any familliar faces.

[jade1955]

@RoryQ When did you pop in? I was getting my back tattooed by Emiliano last Saturday between 12:30-3.30pm.