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Got my sparrows yesterday from Nick Colella at CTC

Here is my outline got done yesterday Regino @ Invisible NYC

Haha. Sticking a pair of tits on a tattoo when they ask it to look more feminine. That thought proper tickled me.

How are you doing? My Tattoo goals for 2012 were: Work on Backpiece - scheduled in April Get something done at Smith Street - going to try walking in when I'm there in April. Attend Bay area convention - scheduled the vacation. I'll be there. New item - getting something done by Aaron Colrman!!! April 27th.

I don't think it's a strictly "Chicano" thing, or a "black" thing (actually you didn't see tattooing making much of an inroads in the black community in general until reletively recently, and prior to that the tattoos they'd have we're very basic, and almost never photo realistic portraits. Blacks in general were very conservative anout tattoos until the mid 2000s. Before that You'd see political tattoos, black power, racial themes or tribal, pan african themes, on them, very basic lettering, maybe old English.) Whites and hispanics in the california prison system got them. It came from the same genre as fantasy themed tattoos, Aztec motifs and Viking imagery (if the wearer was on a white power trip). Stuff inmates had, bikers had, sometimes military, gang members had. Portraits were a 1970's thing and southern California thing specifically. It came from prison and was disseminated into the public sphere informally through home tattooing, and then formally through various influential tattooers and tattoo magazines.

Scott Sylvia did this on me @ 97' very feminine......hehehe ,apparently none of these fools ever saw ''Papillon''with Steve McQueen the baddest MFer on the silver screen.

My first tattoo was done when I was 15. A tattooer called Steve, as far as I can remember, in Bath. My first visit to the shop was with a couple of pals. I went first, I think we all decided on a swallow on the forearm. Anyway I had a bit of a rash on my forearm. The tattooer asked me about the rash. I said it was probably a sun rash. He said ok come back when it's gone. So my first visit ended in bitter disappointment. The next in the chair was my mate Pete. He always fancied himself as a bit of a tough guy, but he was looking very nervous. So the tattooer started the tattoo. He did the outline on this tiny tattoo and was about to start on the colour when my mate said " you don't have to colour it in do you". The tattooer, looking rather puzzled said "no not if you don’t want me to". We really took the piss out him on the train on the way home. What a pussy. I went back a few weeks later with two pals and we all had the same deaths head tattoo on our forearm. Ones now dead the other had his covered. So mines the only one left. That was 41 years ago and I still love that tattoo. So much so that I booked Alex Binnie to recreate the tattoo on my upper leg on April 13th.

By the way the thread title should have been "Lightest Handed Tattooer" not handest. :o

There is such a thing as a Light handed tattooer? I always thought it was a myth, like Bigfoot or the abimondible snow man. Actually there was one guy who tattooed me with quite a light hand, but it took him 6 hours to do a 2 hour tattoo (of course he charged by the hour), so by the end I think it hurt just as bad as any other tattoo session.

Heres one from El Bara out of True Love Tattoo, Madrid. He's at the Scottish Tattoo convention in March.

roots of "Chicano tattooing" can be traced back a long way, but what was really influential on the art form was the tradition of public murals, especially in east LA in the mid to late 1960s. These murals were scattered all over Los Angeles, in nearly every barrio neighborhood, but you had a concentration of them in the projects. Places like Ramona gardens, Estrada courts, aliso village, dogtown (not the venice dogtown, butthe dogtown projects, by the LA river, near chinatown) Sometimes they were political. The themes generally revolved around racial pride, community disenfranchisement, Aztec and mayan mythology, Lowrider culture, pachuco culture etc. Tattoos were and are an extension of that tradition. That was the era. The end of the viet nam war, a massive increase in the prison population in California and the rise of biker culture. It just happened that Cartwright and negrete and Rudy where there at the right time in the right place. They had credibility in the broader tattoo culture, and exposed that style far beyond califas. It was seen as an underworld, undesirable thing, then it became chic for a time.

I'm heading to NY in April. So the new guy is 2 months old. I'm shipping the mother-in-law to help my wife with the 2 little ones. It's a win-win, my wife has some help. Gets to hang out with her mother and I'm not there for the entire visit. :cool:

Which is what I wanted.......ha ha ha! And might I add......my pussy's are pretty spectacular too.........although my dick is a little wrinkled and missing a leg! :( We won't even discuss my blown out butt-hole! ;)

I hear ya. This happened a lot at the last shop I worked at. My default fix was to put long eyelashes on it if the piece is an animal. If its a inanimate desgin I just use the power of suggestion after drawing up the design and telling them, "see what I did there? (points to whatever) That's to give it a more delecate feminine vibe" They almost always go with it.

Yes sir it is!!! I have 3 straight days booked with him. We discuss going as long as 6-8 hours each session.... Looking forward to seeing the progress that's made!

I like it when men act like or say '' I would never get a rose or a butterfly'' as if that meant you werent masculine.

there is so much chat on this thread about numbers....who gives a shit. If you like the person,if you like the work, thats all that matters. there are so many good tattooers nowadays that I have never heard of. ''long after the sweetness of a cheap price has worn off,the tattoo is still there'' .....everyday I am confronted with shoppers, Its tiresome. this kind of crap, is why very few know who I am, I burned out and quit. If ya aint got no bread, ya cant get a tattoo. just remember,for the 1 that's tryin there's 20 that suck, and have no business in it. A lot of the people on here live nowhere near San Diego. Turn off your computer, start walkin, drive your car, get a buddy to drive ya,take the bus,whatever.go get a mark. It might suck,It might be a good one. At least,start livin.wow I just looked at yer profile ,an almost retired marine ,yer supposed to have some crappy devil dog already.hell I just did one yesterday and Im nowhere near a marine base.....Here's the problem nowadays,...too many options.Too many choices.Its just a fu#KIN tattoo.

usually it means put some swirlies (filigree) around something and i'll like it. some but not all of them may include stars as well.

I'm really not trying to be a PITA. Just trying to learn as much as I can. You guys have been very helpful and patient and I appreciate it. I am going to drop by a couple of shops tomorrow and check them out.

It's St. Patrick's Weekend. The All-Ireland Beerfest is on. Ireland play England in the Rugby on Saturday. One of my oldest friends is flying in, and I'm off work. That, my friends, is what we call a PERFECT STORM. 'All your beer are belong to us'.

i dont go for the whole "do what you want". they HAVE to tell me the things that they like. otherwise theres gonna be dicks and pussy all over the place

Yesterday when I was getting tattooed I asked my artist what he would want to tattoo, or have always wanted to tattoo. Just looking at what he's done on me already and what sketching hang on his wall, I realized that I have pretty terrible ideas, and he has awesome ideas.

Here are a few pics from Dick Warsocki's Facebook page:

tattooed on my calf by Mike Schweigert on my 18th birthday at Electric Tattoo, Bradley Beach NJ

So I am in NYC the first week of April. I am hoping to go to Smith Street as a walk-in. Has anyone experianced success walking in there? Not going for something big, I has some space on my arm for a smallish piece.

There are some really top notch tattooers at Smith Street. No matter who tattoos you, you are sure to get a great tattoo.

@Reyeslv Lucky you. I really like Aaron Colemans work. That panther tattoo with a devils head is something else.

Ugh, That's supposed to be Aaron Coleman.....

Thanks! I was (and am) super stoked on it. I'll have to post a healed pic now that it's 5 years old--still looks great. I've also had tebori from Horitomo, but that was a very different affair. He uses a much longer instrument and it definitely felt like more than just a little pressure.

Some of my tattoo, consists of dotwork. So I think that’s generally a bit easier. The rest of the tattoo was really easy. I did comment how gentle he was. He said it wasn't a conscious thing on his part, its just the way he tattoos. 6 hours to do a 2 hour tattoo charged by the hour? Now that is painful.

holy shit really? My inner bicep was the worst place I have ever tattooed. I actually saw stars near the armpit.

I got some ghost flames near my armpit from Horimasa of the Horitoshi family. He hand-shaded it (tebori), and believe it or not, I barely felt it. I asked my wife if he was putting in color. She couldn't believe I had to ask her. I'd also like to nominate not Chris Treviño as the lightest handed tattooer.

Start a blog on your adventures for all of us to read and be jealous. Im stuck in SF celebrating all poser style.

Ive been jammin Sleep/Kalas this week: Of course... Matt Pike's definition of Heavy:

I just wanted to note that I just did a copy and paste with that photo. I did no research. I just found the caption funny. If I would have known it was for Autism Speaks I wouldn't have posted it.

probably one of my current favorite bands (metal), them and black breath. new black breath out next week http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhJ9pAnSTug off their first full length but most of last year i listened to lots of sludge and doom and black metal. it goes really well with having to do yard work. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-gOaOI6axM

Sorry about not up updating a picture of my tattoo. Its been over a month and it still has some scabs, and a bit of ink fall out from where a scab was until this weekend... So sadly I'm going to have to get it touched up.

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Just the outline but I thought I would throw it up there Regino @ Invisible NYC

@slayer9019, you into Tombs at all? Met one of the dudes the other day that plays with em super nice guy.

Don't know if this has been brought up, but when people ask for something feminine it kind of confusing to me, usually because each person means something different and usually has nothing to do gender. First usually the person is asking you to give gender characteristic to either an intimate object like a ship, a gender neutral design like a flower, or animal where male and female aren't really that different, my example of this would be an owl. Usually it's not a case of slapping a pair of tits or an evening dress or a tiara on the tattoo. I mean usually they are referring to not making the drawing as bold or to not use as much black, sometimes they want the drawing more new school or cartoon like. Sometimes it's the colors they want you to use in the tattoo. I usually point out that femininity can't really be lost by getting a tattoo, which is what people are putting into these young girls heads.

We have the love and hate one up on the wall twice one right side, one upside down. IF you pick the love it's 20 dollars cheaper, but haven't had anyone notice it yet or get it for that matter. Have had a couple people come in recently with stuff like this, but I can't remember what the ones they wanted said. I think one was beloved and cursed.

I generally let the artist do what he or she wants to do or is stoked about doing! I have found that if an artist is excited about doing the tattoo that i generally am going to get their best work and they usually are happier and more talkative because they are finally doing something they want to do not something the customer has asked them to do! This could also be why i have 2 vaginas, 3 dildos, and a penis tattooed on me too.....but hey....I have no regrets and love every single tattoo i have in my collection! :)

and here's some more e gold

flying down to get my leg done by eric jones in a few weeks, flying to austin march 20th to get my thigh done by tony hundahl, finishing my sleeve april 13th with noble. im having two moles on my back removed next week, so i can get my back started this summer. BIG year

I'm going to get my sleeve finished by Valerie by May and then start the process of getting some work done by Thomas Hooper. I might start looking into taking advantage of cancellations/walk-ins at Frith St and Into You...if finances allow :-)

Friday 13th Jan 2001- Stefano C -Lucky 13 Cat Jan-Feb Stewart Robson doing Japanese infills on my right arm End of Jan El Monga- Devils head inner bicep. March Duncan X- Female with cloven hoofs April - Daniel Albrigo, finishing my Cosmic Skull on my abdomen April Friday 13th another 13 tattoo (undecided) I'm hoping to get another one from Mario Desa & Chad Koeplinger as well In 2012 My wifes got work booked in with. Stewart Robson, Oliver Mackintosh, Lucy Prior, Crispy Lennox & Lianne Moule. Next year looking quite busy.