April 2015 Tattoo of the Month Contest

[Iwar]

Another delay, another month... Sorry guys!! Hope to see some good submissions this time around. Last month only had 3(!!!). C'mon folks! Lets see some tattoos!!

The rules:

The tattoo picture that gets posted in this thread for April 2015 with the most 'likes' for the month wins! The contest starts on the first of the month and ends on the last day of the month.

• Your tattoo picture must be posted in this thread (both tattooers and tattoo customers can win) in order to qualify.
  
• Include with your photo/post...tattoo artist name & tattoo shop.
  
• You MUST be the one who has the tattoo or did the tattoo.
  
• You can 'like' as many tattoos as you want.
  
• It can be a finished or in progress tattoo.
  
• You cannot enter the same tattoo in more than one contest.
  
• There must be at least 5 entries to have a t-shirt winner.
  
• Free shipping for LST shirt winner only w/in USA.
  

[Manu Manu]

Ok @Iwar, si I'm your first contestant! Here's my thigh piece done by Mikael De Poissy last year (hard to take a photo of the whole piece)

[heathenist]

Appropriately posting this one on Easter. I got this one from Matt Arriola a few weeks ago at Spotlight. Photo stolen from his IG:

For reference, it's on the back of my thigh:

[xcom]

Well, here is mine. Still have a bit of work to be done but is almost there :D

Done by Elijah Nguyen from Skin Stories Tattoos in Spring, Texas.

[Mark Bee]

The entry here is the knee demon done by Franz Stefanik at The Okey Doke in Toronto. This is the best pic I have of it, so please filter out the surrounding work.

[McAstronaut]

I saw Chad Koeplinger while he was in town the other day for rose #4.

Done at Rock of Ages in Austin.

[jimmyirish]

Oh man I love that tattoo @heathenist, looks so tough and folky at the same time. Just so nice, congratulations...I gotta keep a closer eye on Matt Arriola, such great work!

[Rad Kelham]

Here goes. Head tattoo by Jesse Roberts. 3 sessions about 3-4 hours each, then one quick touchup session. Completed in about 2 months.

[heathenist]

Oh man I love that tattoo @heathenist, looks so tough and folky at the same time. Just so nice, congratulations...I gotta keep a closer eye on Matt Arriola, such great work!

Thanks man! And yeah his stuff is insanely good. His crawling cats are some of the best in the game. But everything he does is great. Plus he is a really cool dude.

[exume]

Essentially healed tiger head from Tim Lehi. Done at the Summit Convention here in Colorado.

[AuntTudie]

In Progress by Matt Dinovo. BLACK SQUIRREL TATTOO.

[jen7]

Amazing!

[knucklehead211]

I'll throw my WIP out there. Nautical Disaster Calf Sleeve

Done by Nathan Blankenship of Exile 2, KCMO

Can't figure out how to turn those sideways, so enjoy the neck pain!

[9Years]

To balance out Matt Arriola Jesus, I'll throw in my Theo Mindell devil. Finished a few weeks ago at Spider Murphy's in San Rafael Ca. Photo stolen from his instagram

[Mitch Wood]

I haven't been around the forum for a long time. My computer went all haywire on me. Also, I had not got a tattoo in a really long time, until yesterday. And so naturally, I wanted to put it here to see what everyone thinks... :) I got this Ed inspired Tex Avery wolf/Panther/water mix up from Steve Byrne at Rock of Ages in Austin. Photo stolen from his Instagram.

[xcom]

Can I post a second tattoo? :D

[el twe]

@Mitch Wood - saw that on Instagram, so awesome and so f'in glad it's on an LST'er!!

[9Years]

@Mitch Wood

Oh shit! Saw that thing on the instagrams...you should win, it's awesome!

[Iwar]

The winner of Tattoo of the month April 2015 is @heathenist with this killer piece by Matt Arriola! Congrats!!

Please PM @steve1461686340 with your shirt info (size and male or female) along with your address.

[Mark Bee]

Congratulations, @heathenist!

[xcom]

Congratulations, @heathenist!

+1 This! :)

[Manu Manu]

Congrats @heathenist!

[CaptainMidnight]

Congratulations @heathenist - you deserve it!

[hogg]

Yeah, man! Matt still had the drawing up in his station when he tattooed me. I complimented him on the piece and he said that he had a lot of fun doing it.

[heathenist]

Hey! I finally won one of these! I've been in the running a lot so I'm pretty excited to have finally won. Though I feel a little bad considering all the great tattoos that were posted this month. Thanks everyone (but mostly Matt Arrriola). I always tell people that it's impossible for me to pick my favorite tattoo or what I think is my best tattoo, but I'm pretty sure this is definitely my coolest tattoo.

@hogg that's awesome! What did you get from him?