Chest/Torso Tattoos

[blujax01]

I use Google extensively (Eagle snake chest tattoo) and Pinterest (traditional snake eagle flash).If you can find a copy of "Sailor Jerry Collins American Tattoo Master" and look on page 75, there is one kick-ass Wivern (Wyvern).

[exume]

@ThatGuy I put the progress from my last session in the lowdown thread in Nov. I can get a healed shot in here for ya tonight if you need more convincing that eagle vs snake is the way to go

[ThatGuy]

  exume said:

@ThatGuy I put the progress from my last session in the lowdown thread in Nov. I can get a healed shot in here for ya tonight if you need more convincing that eagle vs snake is the way to go

Yes please.

[OutOfIdeas]

  ThatGuy said:

Yes please.

I don't need convinced, but I still second this!

[exume]

All healed up for now. 2 sessions in with Chad

[ThatGuy]

  exume said:

All healed up for now. 2 sessions in with Chad

Looking good. See, I kinda want to go this big, but will probably keep it smaller. Decisions, decisions.

[exume]

If I didn't go this big I think the plan would have been just an eagle on the chest and later a pharaoh's horses for the belly.

[SStu]

  ThatGuy said:

See, I kinda want to go this big, but will probably keep it smaller. Decisions, decisions.

I vote big.

[ThatGuy]

  exume said:

If I didn't go this big I think the plan would have been just an eagle on the chest and later a pharaoh's horses for the belly.

Thinking along these lines. Perhaps not Pharaoh's Horses, but a big one on my chest and another one on my belly at a later stage.

[CShaw]

Been loving some of front pieces from Matthew Houston at Salon Serpent. A couple of killer stomach rockers in there, too.

[Rob I]

@exume I love that piece. It's absolutely bad ass!!

Here is my contribution. Also by Chad. Finished about a year and a half ago. I went a bit smaller.

One heck of an experience. Some very rough moments for sure!!! Chad is the best though!

2 sessions.

[ThatGuy]

  Rob I said:

@exume I love that piece. It's absolutely bad ass!!

Here is my contribution. Also by Chad. Finished about a year and a half ago. I went a bit smaller.

One heck of an experience. Some very rough moments for sure!!! Chad is the best though!

2 sessions.

Badass! This is most likely the size I'll be going with. Great piece!

[MGblues]

  exume said:

If I didn't go this big I think the plan would have been just an eagle on the chest and later a pharaoh's horses for the belly.

Don't have a pic showing them together, but chest eagle and pharaoh's horses belly is what I went with.

[Rob I]

@ThatGuy thanks man!

[ThatGuy]

  Rob I said:

One heck of an experience. Some very rough moments for sure!!! Chad is the best though!

Have you had your back done? If so, how do they compare pain-wise?

[Rob I]

  ThatGuy said:

Have you had your back done? If so, how do they compare pain-wise?

My back is in progress actually. Also being done by Chad. I think they are both challenging to have tattooed. It's a tough call. I think the line work sucks on both the back and chest, but the shading seems a bit easier on the back. Everyone's different.

Your back piece is sick. If you can sit through all of that you'll do just fine on your chest.

[Omar]

Awesome pieces here!

I'll chip in with mine. Done by Markus Lenhard in Berlin, I'm a sucker for flow and asymmetry :)

Still work in progress.

I loved the experience, Markus is one of the most interesting and cool guys you'll ever meet.

[polliwog]

  exume said:

All healed up for now. 2 sessions in with Chad

So cool. I understand why an eagle on the chest - because badass - but it's also sort of evil. Hope you enjoyed being whip shaded over and over!

[exume]

@polliwog thanks, I love how it's coming together, you're right, having my whole torso whip shaded was... An experience. The way I see it though is well, tattoos hurt, and after working on this for a bit no session on my arm for example can scare me! Hah

[herewego]

  VeechLVX said:

Ok so I just learned why Cleen is perceived to be a ________ on LST, just came back from the 'Chris Conn is Back' thread, & glad I'm understanding better what the whole thing between the 2 is & how the community looks at it. Without any disclosed judgement, I definitely get it.

  smiling.politely said:

i think the initial use of the blank was a subtle joke, nodding at the then somewhat heated debate over Cleen/Conn on the forum. i'd take that from the use of "we" when it seems to be a fair ways from unanimous on a final decision on the matter.

  Androosh said:

Exactly. And not just the Cleen/Conn thing...just whenever Cleen is mentioned here the conversation kind of gets weird.

Hate to rehash old news but I tried to search this and couldn't find the thread. Could someone link this so I can read about this? Thanks

[Graeme]

  TattooeDad said:

Hate to rehash old news but I tried to search this and couldn't find the thread. Could someone link this so I can read about this? Thanks

How about we stick to tattoos instead of gossip.

[herewego]

  Graeme said:

How about we stick to tattoos instead of gossip.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

[ThatGuy]

So I finally got my chest piece. So happy with how it came out. By Valerie Vargas of course.

[OutOfIdeas]

  ThatGuy said:

So I finally got my chest piece. So happy with how it came out. By Valerie Vargas

Goddamn.

[abeukeveld]

A few of my favorites. None on me. First is by Gre Hale, second is by Nick Corbett and last is by Philip Yarnell.