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Just got a portrait of my pup from Ben Grillo...

I'm just worried that if I dont stay fit and develop a beer belly/man tits, my entire upper body is going to look really, really dumb.

I have an appt in Oct in SF at the State of Grace show with Trevor McStay -- to do my leg

I wish I could get the russian stars for time served in the Mafia. Cool design, but dont want to be frontin something.

Looks fine to me, now its time to fill up the rest of your arms.

11. Virginity 12. Dignity

Appointment with Mario Desa a fortnight on Sunday. Can't wait

Well it looks like I've got Halloween figured out

Richard said this to me once, or twice... He heard it from Hardy First... I have tattoos I hate... It's one of those... You can live with it, it'll teach you one way or another...

no matter what you do, and no matter the quality of work, that tattoo is always going to be backwards. it sucks to make beginner tattoo mistakes on your hand.

I read this thread as "Earthquake in vagina." Needless to say... I'm a little let down at the contents. Then again, glad everyones okay.

completely agree with Jake. i find when someone hasnt many tattoos generally or none around the 'offending' tattoo, they tend to focus on it more than is necessary, if you get some more tattoos on that arm, eventually you wont really be able to pick on individual designs. it being on your hand, you probably notice it a lot more than you may have imagined and now your mind is working overtime. if it still pleases you, dont worry, just carry on getting more work. if you were to ask for my opinion i would maybe try sticking to a more classic style of tattooing so that it stands the test of time, you obviously like skulls so thats a good start, maybe look at some of the work in the LST galleries and see whats going on.

Wellllll. Since you said to be honest I will. Like the other I agree it looks stupid to have hand tattoos and not have the rest of your arms and actually the rest of your body done. It makes me wonder why you chose to get your hand tattooed before doing the rest. As far as the actual tattoo, it's by far not the worst I've seen. It's not something I would ever get and I wouldn't go to the artists. The reason is not the quality of the actual tattooing, it's the drawing. I'm not into new school or whatever people would call that style. Just isn't my thing. Having said all that, if you like the drawing then there's no problem at all as it's your tattoo. If I was you I'd wait until I you have a lot more tattoos on your arm and then see how you feel about it. I have a couple tattoos that are actually really fucking awful, like I mean horrible. It used to bother me soooo much, I wouldn't wear short sleeves because I was so embarrassed by them. Then I started getting good tattoos and lots of them and now the bad ones aren't so embarrassing. It all just kind of blends in. A good friend of mine who is also a great tattooer once told me that he likes it when someone has a couple bad ones in there with the good ones because it shows that you love tattoos and wanted them before you knew about 'cool rockstar hipster shit' like a lot of the kids today who are just getting tattooed because it's the cool trendy thing to do.

Don't obsess about it. It's on your hand. Looks fine.

good skull by wes carter...and fb comment here is another one by bert krak (bob roberts spider above it) and el monga from spain

Cat heads seems to be a good fit for knee-designs. I especially like these: Jim Sylvia Valerie Vargas

A tattoo shop should only and always be referred to as "Ye Olde Tattzappery."

At 55 I feel I am running out of time rather than running out of skin. I've got plans for next year but no further than that. If the grim reaper comes a callin it wouldn't do to have an incomplete piece.

Got a picture message of a friends lame script tattoo on her foot yesterday labeled "Fresh Ink!" Why do people feel like since I have quite a few tattoos they all have to show me their little tattoos and expect me to be excited to see them? Lol

Deb we cherish having you .

Oh, man. This hits close to home for me! I have a few spots left open: front of both thighs, one knee cap, and behind both knees (fun!). I already have plans for most of those spots, but then what? I have room for some small pieces down on my calves, but not much. I guess I could jam some things in on my torso, but I kinda like it how it is. I find myself living vicariously through others now, and offering (at times unsolicited) advice on what they should get and from whom.

Thank you for being a part of this! I always enjoy and appreciate your wealth of knowledge and your decades of dedication to tattooing. I can only imagine sometimes how difficult it is for tattooers to chose a less negative road when an "irritating" subject matter comes up as when you are passionate about something it is tough to not defend it til death. Shit I get the same way around psychology related matter and crappy shows portraying treatment or therapy completely inaccurate to the larger public through mass media. These days I am just trying to see it as a new challenge to better educate the public on accuracy of psychology and this site for tattooing. I will not drink their kool-aid and believe there are many others on here who will not drink their kool-aid.......so thanks again Deb and other LSTers for working with us to try and educate in a more positive and accurate fashion!

having a kid definitely makes things a little more stressful, as in you want to always do better than what you are. when it was just me i could scrape by on slow weeks, but you always got that kiddo looking up to you and the drive is not to be a shit bag... fortunately time management makes playing with my kiddo and doing fun stuff possible when i, for example, come into work when i drop my toddler off for school (noonish) but dont take appointments til closer to two. biggest drive in tattooing...having kids.

Rory I can already give you one - friggin hot!! I have friends in Osaka and the minimum temp is around 26, maximum 31 (thats degrees celsius people, I have no idea about Fahrenheit!) I thought living in Queensland I could handle most humid climates but it gets sooooo muggy in summer there its simply not funny (I was there about 5 weeks ago?) When do you leave Rory? And if you need any info on shops/cool things to do around the Kansai region hit a brother up ;)

Just got back from London. My wifes second session with Stewart Robson at Frith Street Tattoo. Fuckin gorgeous. On the way back checked out some nice artwork at Swindon Station. Who said Swindon is a cultural dessert. Unknown Artist.

[x] SQUID PANTS

One time in NYC, these Canadians who were friends with the friend I was staying with checked out of their room, and then came to ours for a little visit. Then then remembered that they left 10 lbs of weed in their rooms freezer. They actually decided to go question housekeeping, who happened to be Jamaican, who laughed and told them that they had thrown out their "stinky vegetables." They then went down to the trash area, where more housekeeping staff informed them that their "stinky vegetables" had been disposed of properly.