Hello from London

[byzantine]

Hello everybody I'm new to the forum, nice to meet you all! I'm a lady from the UK with a longstanding passion for tattoos. I have really enjoyed watching the artist interviews from Lost Sparrow which lead me to this forum. Hoping to share experiences, learn more about the art form and hopefully about some new artists here. I have 6 largish tattoos at the moment and really enjoy the process of getting tattooed. All my tattoos are black and grey and vary in style but my main love is traditional - especially traditional with an eccentric twist. I'm planning a US trip next year so any recommendations on traditional black and grey artists would be great!

[Pete tattoo freak]

welcome!

[The Tig]

Hello and welcome!

[SStu]

welcome, and where in the US are you intending to visit?

[marley mission]

post those tatts!

[byzantine]

Hi there. I'll be heading to Boston, New York, New Orleans and Austin!

[marley mission]

new york - how bout bailey robinson

[zetroc]

Welcome! If you're going to Austin it's basically a requirement to visit Rock of Ages.

[byzantine]

awesome- had never heard of him before - his stuff is amazing! may post some pics eventually - not feeling 100% comfortable with that at the moment ha

[SStu]

Welcome! If you're going to Austin it's basically a requirement to visit Rock of Ages.

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Not a lot of traditional traditional in New Orleans, but you might want to check out the guys at Eye Candy.

[byzantine]

would love to go there! and mainstay tattoo also

[byzantine]

thanks for the tip! can't wait to go to new orleans. the voodoo museum looks so good.

[The Tig]

New Orleans has more culture in most any of their neighborhoods than most entire cities have.

[polliwog]

Boston area--shops that I've had direct experience with include The Torchbearer (in Pawtucket), Congress St. (in Portsmouth) and Fat Ram's Pumpkin Tattoo (in Boston proper) and I hope to be making an appointment at Redemption Tattoo soon. All shops that get repeated a lot on here, but I wanted to stick to what I know in recommending them to you! The first two are easy day trips, the latter two are public-transit accessible.

[byzantine]

Awesome - thanks!