embers Posted November 1, 2011 Share Posted November 1, 2011 looking for someone on the west coast preferably, as it will be multiple sessions and quite large. i know there's a ship thread in the tattoo designs section but not alot of talk. any push in the right direction or examples in someones portfolio would be appreciated greatly. i love kyle crowells ships, and have been tattooed by him so thats in the back of my mind as of now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Flores Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Vinse One at Liberty Tattoo in Seattle does some nice stuff, Taking a road trip to Portland and checking out Atlas Tattoo would be worth it. They have a website, but the portfolio's in the shop trump anything you see online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAllen Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 i think if i were to get a ship i'd have ron ( @The Hyena) do it. how many other tattooers are hanging out in ship yards taking pictures of ships? haha, seriously though, he does nice looking tattoos and does some conventions and guest spots on the west coast. my only interactions with him have been via the interwebs, but he has always been a gentleman and an all around cool dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
embers Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 Vinse One at Liberty Tattoo in Seattle does some nice stuff, Taking a road trip to Portland and checking out Atlas Tattoo would be worth it. They have a website, but the portfolio's in the shop trump anything you see online. i have a few tattoos from vinse, fast tattooer, cool guy and super nice bold and traditional tattoos too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abees Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Steve Byrne. Steve Boltz. Chad Koeplinger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Steve Byrne. Steve Boltz. Chad Koeplinger. Trifecta dari 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lochlan Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 All great suggestions and I'd get a ship from any of them! For the past few months I have been enjoying striped-down traditional versions of ships and old flash....so I'd suggest @Erik Gillespie (Chicago) or @Nick Colella (Chicago) though they are not West Coast as desired so how about Nick Rodin (Blackheart), Cody Miller (Blackheart), or @Paul A. Dobleman (Spider Murphy's) among many others..... Nick Colella 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Flores Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Heath Preheim from Temple has some nice ships in his portfolio too. I was just trying to suggest some stuff close to home, if you travel down to San Francisco you have a ton of options. I would also really recommend getting tattooed by Nick Colella if you have the chance. Though I haven't been tattooed by Eric Gillespie a good friend of mine has a handful of tattoos by him and really nice stuff as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shit Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Jerry@ Atlas Tattoo :: Portland, Oregon Tattoos By Heidi Curtis@ ANCHOR TATT00: Seattle WA, Tattoo Shop Marco & Stacie@ LIT FUSE TATTOO - OLYMPIA WASHINGTON Justin Lee@ Adorn: Tattoos.Piercing.Jewelry | Portland, OR Henry@ Oddball Studios – Portland Tattoo Studio - Matt & Levi@ Under the Needle Tattoo: Enter Home Page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Flores Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Justin Lee is a great tattooer not sure where he is working these days but know he left adorn about a year ago, but reminds me of Eli Falconette and Justin Dion @ blacklist and Matt Valentine Tattoos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjamestravisx Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 i think if i were to get a ship i'd have ron ( @The Hyena) do it. how many other tattooers are hanging out in ship yards taking pictures of ships? haha, seriously though, he does nice looking tattoos and does some conventions and guest spots on the west coast. my only interactions with him have been via the interwebs, but he has always been a gentleman and an all around cool dude. I was gonna suggest him, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shit Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Justin Lee is a great tattooer not sure where he is working these days but know he left adorn about a year ago, but reminds me of Eli Falconette and Justin Dion @blacklist and Matt Valentine Tattoos Those are some good artists too.You guy's are lucky to have so many good tattooers in a close proximity to each other.I would like to live in a city like Portland where the food and the tattooers are both really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Flores Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Those are some good artists too.You guy's are lucky to have so many good tattooers in a close proximity to each other.I would like to live in a city like Portland where the food and the tattooers are both really good. We would love to have you Joe! I spent a lot of time in my bubble too busy to bother with what everyone else was doing, but you are right if you are in to tattoos and food Portland is a good place and relatively cheap to live in at least for the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Tom Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Those are some good artists too.You guy's are lucky to have so many good tattooers in a close proximity to each other.I would like to live in a city like Portland where the food and the tattooers are both really good. You should try living in Australia!! I'm not knocking the quality of artists here because we have some amazing talent across all styles but it seems in the states from what I read on here, everywhere you go there is a top echelon of shops or artists that are really good at accomodating customers. Lucky people!! (: Inkwitch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
writerAZ Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 This is one of the best clipper ship tattoos I've seen. Have no idea who did it, but I dig the design, colors, everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Shit Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Dan & Jason@ O?Reilly?s Tattoo 1108 Mission St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060 831-425-7690 Stash did a nice ship on this guy's stomach.. Tattoo 13 Oakland David Flores and Lochlan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Flores Posted November 16, 2011 Share Posted November 16, 2011 Justin Lee is a great tattooer not sure where he is working these days but know he left adorn about a year ago, but reminds me of Eli Falconette and Justin Dion @blacklist and Matt Valentine Tattoos Update, Justin Lee is back tattooing in town splitting his time between Adorn and Mr Tattoo. Not that urgent of a matter, but always like to make sure I give accurate info. Also Justin Dion has changed shops but still in the area and has a website bearing his name to contact him through. Now back to your regularly scheduled forum already in progress. Gregor and Joe Shit 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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