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julio, i read a story about a tattooer on south state street, chicago in the 50's who also hated that. so he would wear a big sombrero while he worked so the dude couldn't look down! the brim was between him and the tattoo!!

11. Virginity 12. Dignity

I don't know anything about this project other than that Thomas Hooper is in it, which automatically makes it exceptionally cool. Here's a link to an article about Marcus Kuhn: MARCUS KUHN - From the bottom to the top And here's a link to the beginning of a very long interview he did with Scott: Marcus Kuhn Interview by Scott Sylvia

jerk offs that insist on watching you tattoo every line on their arms with their face all up in your work area. i just move my machine in a manner so its up their fucking nose. cool out homie, you got the rest of your life to look at your inspiring dreamsicle tattoo. people that give you five pages of a book and want you to draw a representation of said shit pages.

you think they misspelled his boyfriends name on him or something....I do not think i would keep a samarai sword in the shop where anyone could reach it but myself.....

someones gotta edit my first episode... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS5Mp900cno

Fuck my spelling typo. I did know that, but apparently I'm a retard.

i can't stop watching this.

Tattoos are very personal, I don't think tattooers will ever be replaced by technology in the slightest. I would never buy a painting made by a machine, nor would I get a tattoo made by one.

1.) Dead hooker from night before. 2.) Boiling cauldron used to bring back Madonna. 3.) Finger from a man who lost a bet. 4.) Gun used to fuck with bellhop. 5.) Bottle of "Fucking Cristal" because everything else is piss.

I find myself liking tattoos that are bad more than tattoos that are good. Handpoked stuff (Fuk it, Michelles A Bitch), weed leaves, reapers, decks of cards, wolves. Stuff like that. Names. Punkrock stuff. Poorly rendered, badly healed, impulsive physical graffiti. I think it says more about a person that really deeply considered, high end tattoos. I think tattoos have become so good that its refreshing to see someone sporting really shitty homemade stuff. Catches my eye.

My biggest pet peeve is how everyone now specializes in tattooing because they have happened to see an episode of Miami Ink or LA Ink... I still have no idea what I am doing yet they do... Fuck it... I have seen an episode of Dr. 90210... Anyone want a nose job or a face lift... Just saying... I am now starting to hold consultations for breast augmentations...

i hate it when the client rings up on the day of his appt and says " sorry i can't come in , i got called into work" really motherfucker so did i , two months ago when you booked in

people who walk in on their phone and try to ask questions while STILL ON THEIR PHONE. or answer their phone as you're answering their question. i just walk away. also, spoiled college kids who lay on our couches and put their feet up, and people who ask "so, what ELSE do you do?", implying there's no possible way i could actually earn a living tattooing!