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Buying a king size print from one of your favorite artists, getting it framed properly, hanging it on your wall and taking two steps back. I´ve been staring at the original hanging by Marius´ station for hours while getting tattooed, so when he decided to make giclee prints of it I had to rape my wallet and buy one. Stoked!

This is circus strongman/tattooed man Rasmus Neilsen; aka the Tattooed Wonderman or Tough Titty. He directly influenced my mentor Jack; and by default me. You can see the Pharaoh's Horses on his chest but the rest is harder to make out. The photo was taken in 1948 by a very young Stanley Kubrick. They're selling prints for $250.... I might have to buy one!

It's not only our 2 year Anniversary but also Ashley Love, Lian "tron" Tongoy, and I's combo birthday party!

Stomach wasn't bad. Chad has a really even hand and made it as painless as a stomach tattoo can be. We have a little left to go, but after a few hours we had to tap out.

Tattoo artist Ryan Fitzgerald from Dayton, OH was hit with a $100,000 lawsuit last week by his ex-girlfriend Rossie Brovent. She claims that her boyfriend was supposed to tattoo a scene from Narnia on her back but instead tattooed an image of a pile of excrement with flies buzzing around it. Apparently, Ryan found out that Rossie had cheated with a long-time friend of his, but instead of confronting her about it he acted like everything was normal and hatched a plan for revenge. Originally, Rossie tried to have Ryan charged with assault, but the ingenious tattoo artist had covered his bases by plying Rossie with wine and tequila shots and getting her to sign a consent form that stated the design was “at the artist’s discretion.” No word from Rossie on whether the illicit night of passion with Ryan’s friend was worth it. Moral of the story? Never cheat on a tattoo artist. Tattoo artist Ryan Fitzgerald from Dayton, OH was...

ok, just for fun: I'm mostly talking quality of tattoos being put out, but I suppose we can also consider art collections, amenities etc. I'm gonna start out with some of my favorites from the US only. (I wouldn't even know where to begin if including shops beyond) Black Heart (not just because this is Scott's forum either) King's Ave Smith St Slave to the Needle Immaculate

Got this from Nick Colella the other day.

Hi everybody, here Andrea Furci from Family Business London. Its my first post on the blog and the second time I upload some pictures on my profile. Please enjoy it and let me know what you think about it. Thank.

Im gonna nominate the shop I work at in southern Alabama. NV Upscale Body Art Co. 115 S.Alston St. Foley Al 36536 251 943 2155. I so suck at self promotion, but im tryin'.

every inksmith and rogers in jacksonville.

Set a new personal best last session. 4 and a half hours, and I could've kept going (stopped because I ran out of money). Lidocaine is a hell of a drug.

http://tattoosnob.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Stuart-G-Cripwell.jpg stewart cripwell

Perfection. Temple.

Electric Tattoo

Blackheart Inksmith Elm St. Smith St. Goldrush Spotlight Chicago Tattoo Company Absolute Art Tattoo (Richmond)

Spider Murphy's. Place is like a museum.

Crispy Lennox :

Can we change Contributor to "Fat Miserable Bastard" Then my title will be the same as the one my wife, workmates and anyone else who knows me uses.

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Colin Kenji Baker of State of Grace: Kinda has a Grime/Todd Noble vibe to it. I love this.

These 2 are from Todd Noble. I thought they where quite nice. Tried to find a link or something to add here but I couldn't find anything? (I ripped them of visualamor.com )

I want to believe.

Not sure if this has been posted already. Images are pretty small, but these look better than expected. Wish I knew how old the guy was in the last photo.

I've thrown down the machine and hauled ass to a competitors when I heard he was offering to finish work that I started! Hahaha ,my younger days...

Butterfly on my right hand.

I love the 'stink lines' they really convey the artist's subtle, yet weighty, sentiment.

In my mission to secretly become the norwegian eqivalent of @hogg I´ve decided to rip off all his tattoo ideas, shave my head and grow a beard. My beard-growing abilities aren´t up to par yet, despite me turning 30 in three weeks, but I managed to steal one of his filler idea´s the other day. Worst thing is I even ripped off the placement, haha!

that makes me think this

My boss (Jack Witt) used to zap at a couple of different spots on the Pike (Lee Roy's, Long BeachTattoo) and has a killer scrapbook of vintage photos and business cards. I scanned all of them the other day. Being an ex-HA(apparently not an easy club to quit) and working on the Pike in the mid 70s, he has a boatload of great stories. I can't give ALL of the gems away, but here's some decent ones I can post.

Fly tattoo from Dietzel on my boss. 1964. $5. About the size of a golf ball.