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And while she was about it some more work on her half sleeve. Tattooed by Stewart Robson Busy busy day.

Chad did this one on my good lady wife today as well.

Amund Dietzel lady head. Tattooed by Chad Koeplinger this afternoon. Bert Krak tomorrow on the other leg. Its a hard life.

Oh man...I have a coworker who has four tattoos (that I've seen) of pretentious Latin phrases in a Roman font--all upside down. Two on his forearms, one on each foot, and I'm sure a few more that I've not had the pleasure of seeing. Homeboy's starting to look a little "Memento." I don't know why shit like that gets me so heated--as my wife pointed out, they're not my tattoos, so I don't have to like them--but god damn! It just makes me think that he doesn't actually like tattoos. /rant

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Pauly Granger @ Inksmith and Rogers

Please recognize that Stewart's advice is the best advice you will ever get--for free, on the internets, at that.

Just got this one yesterday - those with kids in the 5-12 age range should recognize Perry :)

"Half bodysuit"? You mean like half, vertically? Right side tattooed, left side empty? That's not a bodysuit, it's a terrible idea. If you want a bodysuit, get it from one tattooer, or 'family' of tattooers. Mostly you don't get to plan it. You have an idea of what you want where but it may be that the relative proportions of animals/flowers will be fucked up. Take your tattooers advice. Your tattoos will be better for it. If you want a body full of Japanese style tattoos from different tattooers, just start with one guy/girl and get a bit at a time finished then move on. It won't be a bodysuit, but you'll be covered in tattoos. If you go to good tattooers and choose well, they will be sympathetic to each other's styles and choices. Once you start with a good tattooer, you'll notice more and more options and subject that are suitable or that appeal to you. Don't worry if you don't have it all planned out. But really you should start by taking to tattooers who you will get tattooed by. In person or by calling the places they work at is usually more informative than via the internet. Remember that good tattooers think about this stuff all the time. Not just on their downtime in the evenings, but all day, every day. So they will probably have some neat problem-solving tricks and advice. Good luck.

Yes... I wanted a phoenix but I don't like chicken face (its cool, but not for me), so I asked Thomas to do mine and I am VERY happy. I love the all seeing eye even if they pop up in tattoos all the damn time....its a pretty universal image. http://thomashooper.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/eisen-flower-thomas-hooper-tattooing-014-july-21-2011.jpg?w=740&h=1110

This seems like the best place for this--cover-up flash sheet by Josh Howard: I love this so much! I'd get that coffee pot and not even cover anything with it.

Dan Higgs dedicated to the visual, poetic, and musical artistry of Daniel Higgs Jill Bonny Born to Tattoo Juan Puente thejuanderer

cough talk to stewart about getting work cough cough

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I finally bought the new Chuck Ragan LP yesterday. It hasnt left my record player all day. Just flippin and repeatin. Covering Ground all day.

i saw them last year and he still has a giant 5 foot strap-on that shoots confetti out to the crowd.

got at least one appt. to look forward to! :D

Last post before I'm turning in for the night... I might be a little bias as I have several tattoos from Marius, but I think he deserves a spot in this thread too. Here's a link to his blog: Marius Meyer - CUSTOM TATTOOING A couple of my favorites (not on me though)

been meaning to get a healed pic of this up. scott sylvia started this one on me (outline + shading) last fall SFO convention...finished a few weeks ago. craaaaazy fast and scott was a real gent - got me in for an additional session 2nd day to finish up. totally stoked with how it turned out and the overall experience in general...

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@Ursula although well executed , thats a fuckin horrible tattoo ...

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Dale Fuckin Cooper.

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Awesome. Some good stuff probably on there. Check out the Drag The River channel and Old 97's channel as well. And the Uncle Tupelo one!

UPDATE: We're too broke to fly to the out-of-town wedding, so we'll be at the convention, where we'll be too broke to get tattooed, but at least we'll get to meet some folks. I'll also get to pick up my copy of the new Bloodwork Bodies book!

I never mentioned anything about 'filler'. With large sale tattooing (particularly Japanese style) there isn't any 'filler'. The background is an important part of the design and certainly not an afterthought. Good tattooers will understand how the body can be divided into 'panels'. Then those panels can be joined together. Literally like a suit. Anyone thinking about getting large Japanese tattoos should check out Taki's book "Bushido", you can buy it pretty much anywhere. It's not too expensive and really informative. If you are feeling cheap, most public libraries have it.

i suppose i'll be making it out at least one day. i'm supposed to bring yoga pants cupcakes. ask Matt Ziolko.

All of the above. Here's two more good ones Tim Hendricks Brian Kaneko

In all the threads I have read, Stewart's comments make sense to me. An asset to this forum for sure

@Stewart Robson I know what you mean about half a bodysuit. I guess I should not have called it that. You are right in what you said basically just a lot of Japanese tattoos that are tied together with filler. I guess where I should start is finding a tattooer that I want to start with. I get tied up with foolish details all the time, this may be one of those times.

Here you go Alanna - Jill Bonny Blog- Born to Tattoo

if you go to the meet up i'll try to send steve with some for you...

a brief history of touchdown jesus, it was built in front of the solid rock church (a church that has had known ties to a horse farm directly across I-75 that was a front for running cocaine) just north of cincinnati and i remember the first time i saw it all i could think was "touchdown!!" apparently i'm not the only one that thought that. well, last year touchdown jesus was struck by lightning and burnt to the ground. a beautiful sight!

sky james was nice enough to tattoo an image off his flash sheet he did for the book on both kayla and i. both are zeis/bill jones referenced. they were done with a zeis machine built by steve turner.

Amund Dietzel tattoo done in 1956, 55 year old tattoo still makin the the guy smile.

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.

State of Grace uploaded this on their Facebook page over the weekend. the line up is amazinggg

I guess there are unwritten rules in the industry, and for me, to many of them are about "respect". Lots of artists who have been working in the industry for 20 + years are covered in tattoos, but I would not let them near me with a needle, even though they are well respected. Some of the newcomers who put out amazing work have little tattoos, but receive little respect from the industry because of how long they have been around. The average customer does not hang around forums like this, they come in off the street looking for something "nice" from the flash. I do not think they care how long the artist has been around, how tattooed they are, who sponsored them etc. For them its about the "experience" .My wife is about to start her apprenticeship, and has only 1 tattoo. She wants more, but is cautious by nature, so when she knows what she wants, and who by, she will undoubtedly get more. But the artist she will be working under was happy that she had only 1 tattoo, so that she knew what it felt like. He was more interested in her artistic ability, which again, is what the average Joe is concerned about. So for me the answer is that I care more about the tattoo they are putting on me than the tattoos they have.

I agree that lip tattoos are a joke and a pain. But i dont mind them as much since Dan Jackson showed me a trick. have the customer flip his own lip tight over a toung depresser. easier surrface to work with. and hammer it in.

Carlos Truan, he does some of my fav daggers

I've had an absolute rash of people lately who want nothing more than to narrate themselves with seemingly useless phrases and quotes. No flow, lousy font type and placed in awkward areas. We have one fake rapture and now the whole damn tattoo world needs to come in and get a bible verse (or 12) just in case the next one isn't a fire drill. I feel better now, thanks.

lately i have been really into how owen jensen, joe lieber, bert grimm ect. used to draw women. chubby and sort of off. it has a stripped down visceral quality to it. i really like the more fancy stuff everyone above has been doing as well but for some reason the older style stuff really speaks to me.

Thanks Dari, tim Hendricks does some of my favorite rose tattoos plus other great tattoos! I just came across this blog with some great tattoos and tattooers plus some laughs: Chicago Tattoo Company Nick Colella and Mario Desa are on LastSparrowTattoo.com and have been contributing some great stuff that you can find in the forums or hit them up on their profiles. Would love for both of them as well as the others on the Chicago Tattoo blog to do some blogging nd pictures here! What do you say Mario and Nick?!?