New user from CA

[dustybitch]

Hi,

First post, long time male lurker from Long Beach, California, 43 years young.  Love Japanese style/themed and American Trad.

-Mike

[JazzyMac]

Hi hi!

[dustybitch]

Hey ho, couple more photos I found.

[Gingerninja]

Nice! Who is doing your work? That looks like a piece from Horitomo. Love the Baku, too. 

[SStu]

great collection!

[dustybitch]

14 hours ago, Gingerninja said:

Nice! Who is doing your work? That looks like a piece from Horitomo. Love the Baku, too. 

Monmon is a faithful homage by Rasta @ Ink Assassins in Long Beach who did all the above. Great chill artist. I know some people frown upon "rip off/knock offs" but I don't.

10 hours ago, SStu said:

great collection!

Thanks.

[Devious6]

Welcome and congratulations on some nice pieces!!

[dustybitch]

On 10/5/2017 at 2:55 AM, Devious6 said:

Welcome and congratulations on some nice pieces!!

Thanks.

That dragon you're getting looks sweet; looking forward to seeing it finished.

I also have plans to do one in the same place

[dustybitch]

Hi all, hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and wish you all a happy new year.  I still lurk the board from time to time and have had a bunch of work done since my last post over a year ago.

Here are some more all done by the same bud; Rasta @ Ink Assassins.

Mike.

[JAC1961]

Very nice!

[ChoWai]

Hi! You have a really nice collection of japanese one shots! You're no newbie at all! 

I especially love your monmom cat and your Baku.

[dustybitch]

22 hours ago, JAC1961 said:

Very nice!

Thanks!

14 hours ago, ChoWai said:

Hi! You have a really nice collection of japanese one shots! You're no newbie at all! 

I especially love your monmom cat and your Baku.

 

Thank you too! Started as a newbie back in the 1990's with 3 but pretty much became addicted when I reached my 40's (55 deep so far); I dig sleeves but like to have the option of getting small filler pieces.  Here are a few more done by the same artist. 

Mike.

[ChoWai]

@dustybitch Those are some really sweet tatts and bold outlines! 

I like how you keep going back to this artist. Are they a favorite artist of yours? 

 

 

[dustybitch]

8 hours ago, ChoWai said:

@dustybitch Those are some really sweet tatts and bold outlines! 

I like how you keep going back to this artist. Are they a favorite artist of yours? 

 

 

Thanks again, he's a good friend who I get along great with; also helps that he's fast and has a light hand.  Shop he works at has zero flash on the walls which I also like.  I'd love to see the tattoos you currently rock. 🙂

Here's the last of the pics I have.

Mike.

[Dan]

24 minutes ago, dustybitch said:

Thanks again, he's a good friend who I get along great with; also helps that he's fast and has a light hand.  Shop he works at has zero flash on the walls which I also like.  I'd love to see the tattoos you currently rock. 🙂

Here's the last of the pics I have.

Mike.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

what do you have against flash ? IMO flash is great to see on the walls of a shop,

flash makes it feel like a tattoo shop instead of some foo foo salon IMO,

plus you I get a feel for what the artists there like to do.

I especially love to see old flash.

Edited December 31, 2018 by Dan

[dustybitch]

10 minutes ago, Dan said:

what do you have against flash ? IMO flash is great to see on the walls of a shop,

flash makes it feel like a tattoo shop instead of some foo foo salon IMO,

plus you I get a feel for what the artists there like to do.

I especially love to see old flash.

Not against flash on the walls, just feel like shops that don't have them are kind of going against the grain making people come in with a ref or straight forward idea to discuss.  Probably not good for business but who knows?

The artists do have a couple of their framed paintings up, maybe they're too lazy to decorate.

[oboogie]

Seems kind of pretentious not to have any flash on the walls. But to each their own. 🙂

[Decay]

Is it ok to have a Monmon cat done by someone else except Horitomo?  I loved them for years and would like to have one, but USA is absolutely unattainable for me..

[Gingerninja]

Every time I see a monmon cat (or monmon creature) created by people other than Tomo, the artist always credits Tomo. 🙂

[Gingerninja]

Oh, and i LOVE seeing flash.