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Had another session on my back yesterday which means all the black is now done. 9 hours in and it's looking awesome in my opinon. Can't believe how quick it's gone. Instagram

Had this done today on the front of my thigh. Sailor Jerry design. Tattooed by Stewart Robson, Frith Street, London.

I got one in 2007 at Tattoo 13 in Oakland. Nick Rodin did it. Fun times!

I wasn't sure it was eligible considering one of the creators of the site made this tattoo (and it's only an outline), but as per @Lochlan's suggestion I'm submitting this one: Done by Scott Sylvia of Blackheart Tattoo in SF.

Tattooed today by Stewart Robson, Frith Street, London. Sailor Jerry design.

Gill Montie FTW

Thought I might as well put this in here as well. Not too long until this bad boy is finished Instagram

asradin. I like real tattoos :)

got this a week ago richard stell

Holy shit, I just spent I don't know how long getting caught up on this one. It's been great. Damn my eyes hurt. Happy 13th guys & gals!!

This thread isn't complete with out Kahlil Rintye. Fucking amazing stuff! Ed Hardy's Tattoo City - Kahlil Rintye

Here's mine. Tattooed by Stefano C, Frith Street, London Its on my ribs. Which are under several layers of blubber.

Because you hate that fucking bathroom.

Gotta take a break from being an online asshole every now and then, keep that shit fresh ya know.. hahaha.. @JAllen "I'd rather look like some faceless bikini football slut then show my face beside your awful tattoo"

Kind of. They came in and pretended like they had an appointment with me. And then whispered sweet nothings into my ears to the likes of "nobody in the state of California is going to hurt Drake". At some point during this conversation, I pulled my knife out of my pocket and they left.

I have Oliver's Friday 13th sheet in my shop. Soon as it slows down tonight Imma gonna pick one with my eyes closed and put it on myself!

Didn't know whether to get the backs of my legs covered as part of my back piece, but my artist didn't have a hard time talking me into it. Now, they're one of my favorite parts of the tatto and the whole idea make sense to me, aesthetically speaking. What's the thinking behind not getting that area done? I'm guessing style choices play a role in this (from what I gather, traditional American doesn't lend itself to that look as much as Japanese does), but I still see a lot of back pieces that end somewhere above the legs. Why the reluctance to hit the hammies?

great thread thought I'd add some backpieces done by people at Divine Canvas since no one seems to have mentioned them here

I'm doing one for the philly tattoo convention.... more specifically Lincoln's birthday. Probably on a grey shirt. Art by Rick Lohm of Halo.

And @Ursula is back!

I mean I've done two one on a guy and one on a girl. They were both beauty marks otherwise I wouldn't do em. It's alarming the volume of young kids getting facial tattoos. It's my opinion that you don't look hard when all you have tattoo wise is a few knick knacks on your face. You just look like a dumb asshole.

I imagine Drake's "enforcers" look something like this

No hammies for me, and my backpiece is Japanese imagery. I wanted my back to look like a big one shot tattoo. I will finish the flames, but I haven't decided if I will do any background at all.

My Grandfather told me that his tattoos were a secret code to other fishermen and sailors, like a weird sea-faring Masonic thing. I was with him in a pub in Dublin as a kid and someone bought him a drink. He claimed it was because of his mermaid tattoo, but the guy probably just owed him. Might have file this one under 'bullshit my grandfather told me'.

Yeah :D And also the quote about style being different than a subject matter. Which can get mixed these days, I recon. You can do a ship in traditonal americana style, or a B&G realistic ship. Ships themself arent "Old-School". For example (Yeah, no shit! ;) ). Great stuff!

here's a couple by Curly.

Early next month Marcus will begin filming in San Francisco with George Campise and Jason Kundell... should be a doozy :D He's hoping to begin putting out new episodes every few months, he's got great ideas for future episodes. These 2 episodes should be the beginning of a great tattoo series!

can someone show good examples of face tattoos? we've all seen plenty of bad ones but I'm curious what people would consider a good facial tattoo.

lol I just got 2, a Jason mask and an ax

It's a really well put together project, just watched the second episode and donated some money to the paypal.... I hope to see more stuff like this, that hopefully one day will hit mainstream. . . Gary Martin is even in it for a bit, he's the reason Austin is beautiful... Gary's got a way of giving his signs and especially his lettering a persona of their own that lends to the over all feel of a place... We are massive Martin Sign Fans. We just got done doing a little guest spot at Rock of Ages with Tony and Steve, even with cancellations, and almost losing our dog to an adverse vaccine reaction, we still had smiles on our faces and were bummed to leave... Those are good guys, and glad to see 'em...

We still have plenty of shoot outs with Sheriffs and bad guys here in the "Old West" of Oakland.

Too many stories. I was vegan for about fifteen years and when my non-vegan wife and I got together I would raid the fridge for cheese in my sleep, and in the meantime get up to all sorts of nonsense. I would lay books out in patterns on the floor, speak in an Irish accent (which I haven't done since I was 5) and also draw weird pictures. There's tons more......maybe one day I will start a thread. More sleeping tips - washing your feet is relaxing, but the best way to go to sleep is to read something good, but not too good. Cormac McCarthy is too fucking good for me to read before sleep.

that panther is super intense... By Ulrich Hueber, of Bullman's Tattoo Studio in Limerick, Ireland.

Beauty marks are a different story, cosmetic tattooing that nobody could tell for certain was tattooed. Don't know exactly where the thread will lead but the "taboo" of face and hands comes out of the era when "it had become taboo", evolution curves the way and want. For instance, the old wall chart that some here can remember or may still have dictated in color code what pricing variations of the area's to be tattooed, i.g. the hands, neck ect. and where we did not tattoo, so evolution takes place and when at one time we "generally" denied a foot tattoo, it became a "fad" so after the passage of time among the uninitiated to get their very first on the foot and they were done by us all due to the acceptability, demand and profit. This being said, when Dale Kellitt called from New Orleans after Lil' Wayne became successful telling me of the large amount of people from Waynes area of the Big Easy wanting designs on their eyelids, symbols that could get you into trouble in some areas, all kinds of stuff that the uninitiated wanted for their very first tattoo on the face was overwhelmingly in demand and became somewhat a everyday semantic argument of "what I do with my body" versus takin their money and shuttin up was a weird balancing act, it seemed everybody wanted to start "representing" their area whether they were gangsta's or not. It may be "fad" to get the face tattoo and it may also be in the "new tribalism" area of some locations of the planet as, we know how well a Moko Face would go over at the farm supply store in Billings Montana versus South Central, the former would be met with "hard luck" where the later would be "accepted". I honestly feel that most people can be discouraged with a "Yu don't want to do that hon" and can accept such advice but when someone wants anything within the shop standards of design understanding, such as not givin somebody at symbol that the operator knows they aren't qualified for or some racial standard violation of shop policy, then by all means have them fill out whatever and put that ice cream cone with sprinkles on their cheek and accept the money knowing ya did the best job ya could after a fair discussion about the repercussions. It's really in the same family of "mah girlfriends name" for the most part, we have all ran the rundown to the client about that kind of tattoo and there was never a soul who wanted one who wasn't convinced that "No, this gal is forever" but the reality is that we can choose to say that they will regret it and take the money or ask them to come back in 12 years and if they are still together we will do it for free, it's when the job turns into arriving at the studio every day to talk people out of getting the product you offer is when it gets as defeating as being forced to watch a whole season of 16 and pregnant. We can't cure stupid but we can profit from it, we can also choose to refuse stupidity from a shops moral standard which can be referred to a sign on the wall that reads "We have the right to refuse service to anyone", the operators choice. We all have stories of the people we turned down and the ones accepted, I walked into my shop years ago to find Celtic Ruins being drawn across a guys forehead, I asked "what the hell are you doing?" the question directed at my artist, I was met with "It's "I am the Lords (Isaiah)" in Celtic" by the artist. Long story short, I ran into the guy 2 years ago after he had worn it for 13 years and it was GONE. the client asked me if I noticed and I replied I had, then I ran down to him the entire situation from start to finish with "I remember walking in and asking what the hell you were doing and I knew you figured whatever the f&%k I want to cause it's my body" he replied with your absolutely right. I said "I figured you got tired of people asking if it was Satanic because the average person don't know the diff between Celtic and anything else and it was counter productive of what your intentions of showing the world how you felt or where you stood with Jesus" and he agreed with that also and then told me how he had it lasered off. All full circle a learning experience for artist who did his best to see his work removed and the Christian that figured out the hard way that he never had to place it across his forehead and could have ran the bumper sticker instead. Just watch, tomorrow somebody will walk in wanting "Wicken" across their forehead, it's their business but I will try my best to talk them out of it and when all else fails I know I would refuse, it's just the way I feel and if they can find somebody to fulfill their dreams I hope they can find a doctor who can be handy with the laser. Just my two cents, if the client can't pull it off like Mike Tyson and don't have much for any other tattoo I feel I myself would have to refuse the service.

Yeah. That just happend. BAM.

I refuse to criticize anyone in a WHITE ZOMBIE shirt. Period.

no, this is racist

dan rick

there should be problems..im sure parent teacher conferences go really well with the gaping vag on the neck too.