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yep-it was the chop shop scene. No lines, just a background guy

I tried my best... this picture doesn't do it much justice though (Meyer piece on the right if anyone's wondering)

I fumbled about for the right term for these but thanks to my man Hogg i've now got it ,Capt Coleman dragons .Anyway this "did me up like a kipper " as the say over here .Hope this is cool to post...great new stuff from Valerie Vargas .

Jef Whitehead Spider Tattoo

I made an appoinntment to do this on Thursday the 12th and on the way home realized Friday the 13th would be a better day for this so I called and changed it. It was done by Mike V at Artwork Rebels, but when he was down the street at Imperial Tattoo in Portland.

For those who need a sub 3 minuet video of what a hipster is, I give you this.... although I do have to admit to going to "warehouse raves"...'danger party' anyone?

don't tempt the admins to change your profile pic man... I hear @hogg has been waiting to flex some power since he hasn't laid down the ban hammer yet!

Kev I think you just became the new board hero!

Loin Cloth

I thought a battle royale was more than two animals; would that be considered a battle à trois?

I like my Battle Royales with a sprinkling of Jeff Zuck

Lucy Pryor of Into You

Here you go homeboy .

I can only speculate, but I imagine yours wasn't the only appointment that got screwed up because of him switching shops. He was probably scrambling to get his stuff together in the hopes of making money on the trip so in that respect that sucks for him. On the other hand I think you everything you could expect out of a customer, and beyond that in my opinion. I imagine if the shoe was on the other foot, and you were the one flaking on him and changing times last minute and or not communicating with him, he would have no issue keeping your deposit. I think it's cool that you are sticking with the shop and it hasn't soured you on this kind of tattoo experience. I think the least the guy could do is give you at least half your deposit as a measure of good faith or the shop for that matter if they took your money and booked the appointment. But honestly if it was this hard to get the first sitting done, I can only imagine what the next appointment could entail so for $100 bucks you don't have to deal with it again.

Sometimes I really can't tell the difference anymore. Tattooing is SO over saturated that it feels like i work at hot topic most of the times. I mean when everybody has a fucking tattoo what's the difference anyway? I've seen tons of kids with tough traditional tattoos wearing hipster v necks and thick rimmed glasses. But what about tattooers? Dickies and flannel? I mean fuck! It's all been done and over done. None of us are original, we might have got there sooner but does it matter anymore? How about we all dress like it's the 30's? Oh wait that's done... How about ties and button downs... Fuck another cliche. Today tattooing not just about the tattoo it's about the total image of the client wearing it... And I think that's bullshit. When "alternative" is the mainstream, what's alternative? I don't have a clue... Side note: some of the above tattoos are really stupid!!!

I just noticed TIM LEHI posted this picture on his blog. Even though it's bloody and as fresh as can be, this picture will probably do the tattoo more justice than my crappy iPhone camera.

Seeing those awesome Bert Grimm pictures in recent posts reminds me of this traditional design which is originally credited to an unknown artist ca.1900. The combatants are said to be locked in "mortal combat " How do u like yours done?Do you favour the more chinese ,crazy looking traditional dragon a la Jerry Collins.Or are you partial to a more Japanese version ? Even the animals are subject to change -who do you like to see in the mix ?

Stealing from gmail here, but is there a way to mark a certain thread, maybe get a list of "threads you're watching" or something? I have a hell of a time going back and trying to find all my totally awesome comments..

NICE! and a very tastey beer as well.

Skirts, kilts, robes, loin cloths, gotcha! Ha ha, perhaps I can ask a nurse friend of mine to grab me one of those patient gowns that tie down the back :p Thanks all, It does make sense to call the actual shop to make sure what they prefer but they've been busy with the SF Convention coming up so thought I'd do some homework on the side. Bill and Junii huh? Is her backpiece by one of them? Is this the reason why she hasn't finished hers? Ha ha. Looney bin material? What are you saying? You mean it's not going to make me more appealing to SF FiDi women in power suits? C'mon I'm their dream date. The whole money and claws bit. Ha ha ;)

There was one rare occasion where I guess being tattooed worked in my favour in terms of the assumptions people make. A few years ago I was in the toilet of a nightclub I had never been to before, in a part of the city I would rarely visit. I was at a urinal at the far end of the room and it was about 3am. I turned around to head over to the sinks and then back out and found that about five guys had gathered, looking pretty pissed off with me. The guy in front said something to the effect of 'Yep, that's the guy - he arrested my brother, he's _____' and generally suggested I get a beating. I spread my hands and indicated my half sleeves (which is probably still a reasonable amount of coverage on show in Dublin- then at least), shook my head, and said 'Sure, I really look like a cop.' And rolled my eyes. They looked at each other and it was enough of a doubt placed in their minds that I was able to walk out of there while they were deciding.

For every girl with six inch stilettos and her boobs falling out there is some guy with little or no tattoos walking around the tattoo convention with his shirt off for some unknown reason. A group of young black kids tried to taunt me calling me Lil Wayne near the Loyola Campus in Chicago. I just shooked my head and smiled.

Did I mention that the robe in question was fairly Lebowski-esque? And anyone that decides to tattoo his or her entire ass is already looney bin material. :)

You ever check Aloha Monkey, I'm not sure how far that is from you, but I know Josh Arment is hell of a tattooer and there are a lot of people who guest spot at that shop. The Aloha Monkey - Local Business - Burnsville, MN | Facebook

Scott just had me strip down to my boxers and then roll up the side of them that he was tattooing. It goes right up to a quarter of an inch from my ..... on the inside and hip/ass elsewhere

You could get one of those g-strings with the elephant on the front. That would be cool. And I dont know about you but I dont know that I could shave the necessary areas without causing great bodily harm. Both knick and cuts and pulled muscles.

The Exploratorium is pretty sweet. I second the Mission's bar scene. The Independent. The Boom Boom Room. Slim's. Half Moon Bay (The harbor, It's Italia, Poplar Beach, the tide pools at the south end of Poplar, Old Princeton Landing, Sushi Main Street...)

roses, girls, demons, skulls, big cats, eagles, daggers, reapers, warriors, witches, usually the most basic traditional subjects in general

Check out Duncan X Thomas Hooper has done some similar stuff too, although often with finer detail and some grey shading.

Dominic Vasquez -Flying Panther Tattoo

"I am hip even though I am in the local play of Marie Antoinette"

uhhhhh....

choosing my artists has been an easy journey so far. i was lucky in finding Charlie Forbes at Twilight, but being that my preferred style is traditional, i'm not exactly at a loss for good tattooers to find. this site has really increased my understanding of what a good tattoo looks like, and when i see one like it on a customer or in an artists book, i can make an appointment with confidence.

i had an older black couple come in wanting to get tattooed a few months ago that was quite memorable. the husband was a mute so his wife did all the talking and she informed me that he needed to get seven names on his forearm. not particularly caring to ask why so many names i went about preparing the design and attempting to communicate with him to find out exactly what he wanted, but basically the wife told him what he was getting and i started tattooing. as im on name number two i ask the lady, "are these the names of your children?" to which she replied, "no, they're all the names of my different personalities. i have multiple personalities." struggling not to bust out laughing i asked, "really? that's so interesting! when we're you diagnosed?" she said she had never been to a doctor or therapist but she just knew. the old man just sat there grinning and making weird noises as he was a mute. she stated that if he loved her he had to love all of her personalities, even the bad ones. "you don't want to meet mary lou!" was one of the more interesting things she said about her inner conflict of persons. before she left she said they would be back again because they couldn't afford to get all of them that day.

"Do I have any more obnoxious spaces to put a tattoo above this line... I'll just get another one on my face." or "I would look so hardcore in a halter top."

That kid probably never even touched a cassette tape.

Just thought I'd waste a moment of my day and make you all a Bed Intruder post... and of course, the gem that started it all and made this dude rich and i guess famous...

Tokyo Hiro is doing this eagle chest piece that is in progress which blew my mind. Something about a big eagle chest piece is so damn badass!

Greg Irons ships are some of the best in my opinion .Although this beautifully simple piece by Tokyo Hiro may just take the cake for me .

I did this n'. FLiP

I love ship tattoos. Here is mine by Klem at Samuel O'Reilly's in Santa Cruz.

You had Petri on THE EDGE OF HIS SEAT! Hahaa great story though dude.

Haha...I have a mini Battle Royale done by Rassier. It's a panther-headed eagle versus a Hot Stuff-headed snake:

I've always thought a Battle Royale with Jeff Rassier's twisted animal combinations would be awesome. Surely there's some out there he's done that I'm just not finding photos of...

a while ago we had this girl in getting her first tattoo and while waiting her turn she started eating a whole packet of biscuits and lots of coffee. we did warn her it was too much and too sugary and to slow down, she just said she knew what she was doing so we just left her to it. suffice to say half way through her (small) tattoo, she vomited EVERYWHERE without any warning, projectile vomiting style. all over the work bench, the tattooers shoes, herself, everywhere. barely had any time to push a bin under her face. so anyway the worst bit was watching her scoop out the vomit from between her ample cleavage and from between her thighs (she wore low cut top and a tiny mini skirt). ick another one was when a couple came in so that the girl could her her clit hood pierced. he wanted to be in the room so the female piercer said alright. they go off do their thing and we hear a wee muffled ouch from the girl, next i see the guy walking out of the room asking where the bathroom was, i said right next door to him. i looked away for half a second and next thing i know i see his legs lifting into the air cartoon style as he passes out head first into the bathroom. luckily for him he missed the toilet bowl by an inch, otherwise we would have had to call an ambulance! my personal fave will always be the guy who passed out slowly whilst talking to me as i tattooed him, he sounded like he was running out of batteries! so funny, he was a champ and laughed about it afterwards. bless him!

i had some burning man girl shit her pants all coked up and i caught her on her way to the bathroom as she shit her pants. not awsome smelled like a truck driver craped in my nostrils. not enough money in the day for that shit. not enough..