Pagoda City 2018

[Bearcat78]

1 minute ago, Gingerninja said:

BTW, these are why he and Claire are in Japan!

Woah, those are cool!!!

[Bearcat78]

Any of you guys or gals do instagram at all? If so, shoot me a follow! @bearcat_78

[Gingerninja]

Done @Bearcat78!

[suburbanxcore]

Grez always squeezes in as many people as he can, even if he tattoos in his hotel room before or after. That's great that you got in. I can't even count how many Grez talons I have at this point, and it was always a Portlandia reference between me and my best friend that we'd tag things "#putabirdfootonit." Can't wait to see how yours turns out!

Also, will add you on IG. I'm on there as andrew.f.white.

Edited July 30, 2018 by suburbanxcore

[Bearcat78]

22 hours ago, suburbanxcore said:

Grez always squeezes in as many people as he can, even if he tattoos in his hotel room before or after. That's great that you got in. I can't even count how many Grez talons I have at this point, and it was always a Portlandia reference between me and my best friend that we'd tag things "#putabirdfootonit." Can't wait to see how yours turns out!

Also, will add you on IG. I'm on there as andrew.f.white.

Followed you back! Yeah, can't wait! Super cool guy, met him in May and got to see his painting collection (what he had at the shop at least). Talk about mind blowing. Haha, great reference, just started re-watching Portlandia a few weeks ago.

[SStu]

Just saw that Jeff Rassier will be there . . . damn

[suburbanxcore]

On 7/31/2018 at 2:52 PM, Bearcat78 said:

Followed you back! Yeah, can't wait! Super cool guy, met him in May and got to see his painting collection (what he had at the shop at least). Talk about mind blowing. Haha, great reference, just started re-watching Portlandia a few weeks ago.

His painting/original collection at the shop is so insane. He put a small rose filler on me from an original Rollo sheet that I absolutely love. Said he'd never done anything from it, so I had to ask...haha.

[Kevinb52]

Such a fun weekend! It was so nice to meet you guys and hangout!  @Bearcat78 @Gingerninja

[Gingerninja]

1 hour ago, Kevinb52 said:

Such a fun weekend! It was so nice to meet you guys and hangout!  @Bearcat78 @Gingerninja

Indeed! In the end, what all did you get? 

[Kevinb52]

52 minutes ago, Gingerninja said:

Indeed! In the end, what all did you get? 

I ended up with a Baku and Oni riding the side of it's mouth from Dan, and a Mallet from Stewart Robson! What about you? 

[suburbanxcore]

45 minutes ago, Kevinb52 said:

I ended up with a Baku and Oni riding the side of it's mouth from Dan, and a Mallet from Stewart Robson! What about you? 

Haha, @Bearcat78 messaged me about that Dan tattoo, but I left pretty early Saturday morning. That tattoo is sooooooo sick!

I got a Pharoah's Cats from Scott Sylvia on my stomach.

Nice to see and meet a whole bunch of people from here this weekend!

 

 

[Gingerninja]

You got two AMAZING pieces! @Kevinb52 The Baku with the Oni really is one of the coolest tattoos that I've seen. It's funny that we were both in with the same guys on the same day (great minds).

This weekend was: 

Grez - ray gun (the entire neurosurgery team today lost their collective sh1T when they saw it today)

Dan - kappa 

Stewart - hannya

Nick Colella - Chicago gorilla (great story on that one)

Hendricks - panther head and rose

I'll say it again...I LOVE Pagoda. When I was walking out, I was thinking that I was able to get tattooed by artists from three countries, as well as three different regions of the US all while in Wyomissing, PA. Makes me a little giddy. 

[Kevinb52]

@suburbanxcore Haha so awesome!! Thanks man!! Ah, super cool. Glad you got to get tattooed! 

 

@Gingerninja Thank you! I am super stoked on the tattoos! Great minds to think alike and we were back to back from the same guys as well, haha! You defiantly got a lot of cool tattoos yourself!! 

 

Pagoda was defiantly a great convention and can't wait to be back next year! The drive was rough but so worth it! I had all my saniderm somehow fail and had to remove it and reapply 3 times since Saturday lol. So hopefully i'm on the road to healing these up now that i'm home 😁

[Dan]

14 minutes ago, Kevinb52 said:

@suburbanxcore Haha so awesome!! Thanks man!! Ah, super cool. Glad you got to get tattooed! 

 

@Gingerninja Thank you! I am super stoked on the tattoos! Great minds to think alike and we were back to back from the same guys as well, haha! You defiantly got a lot of cool tattoos yourself!! 

 

Pagoda was defiantly a great convention and can't wait to be back next year! The drive was rough but so worth it! I had all my saniderm somehow fail and had to remove it and reapply 3 times since Saturday lol. So hopefully i'm on the road to healing these up now that i'm home 😁

pics ?

[Kevinb52]

2 hours ago, Dan said:

pics ?

Not the best photos due to lighting and wrapping but to give you an idea! 

 

 

Edited August 7, 2018 by Kevinb52

[Gingerninja]

My little kappa. 

 

[suburbanxcore]

Pharoah's Cats by Scott Sylvia.

Four hour one shot

 

[SStu]

Yeow! He got a lot of work done in 4 hours = AND on a soft spot. Nice sitting. 

[Bearcat78]

So great meeting and hanging with you guys and gals!  Still having a hard recovery from that Sylvia ankle hahahaha. Maybe one day I'll get tattoos in places that aren't super dumb to get tattooed! 

I'll get around to final pics, but my list is:

Flaming Eagle Talon from Grez

Switchblade from Mike Wilson

Lucky mallet from Acetates

Kintaro Mask from Dan Sinnes

Rose and barbed wire from Sylvia (ouch!)

Robo-Tiger from Lehi

Ended up getting a small Hot Stuff tattoo from Todd Noble at his studio a couple days later thanks to a missed flight hahahaha.

Time to mentally prep for Bay Area!! 

 

[Gingerninja]

Nice meeting you, too @Bearcat78! You have an amazing collection that makes me swoon. 🙂

[SStu]

looking forward to those, pictures, @Bearcat78!

[suburbanxcore]

Haha, man. Watching @Bearcat78 get after it was truly something. After I got my stomach done, I was cringing at the thought of getting tattooed again. Impressive, sir.

[Bearcat78]

8 minutes ago, suburbanxcore said:

Haha, man. Watching @Bearcat78 get after it was truly something. After I got my stomach done, I was cringing at the thought of getting tattooed again. Impressive, sir.

PM Sunday / Most of Monday, my body finally caught up and I was in hell. Nausea, headache, you name it. Absolute insanity when I think back on it hahahaha. Swelling didn't go down from that Sylvia tattoo until Thursday or Friday maybe. Thing still looks like I cleaned it with sand paper.

Edited August 13, 2018 by Bearcat78

[Bearcat78]

Here are 5 of the 7 I got last week. Unfortunately, that rose isn't gonna be that pretty once she finally heals lol. Looking rougher than hell right now. Will upload some pics of other two once I take some.