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Tattooed by Brad Fink, yesterday, on my left titty.

I also visited Smith Street during our trip to New York and got this from Steve Boltz.

Just spent a week in New York and got a couple of tattoos. Here is the one I got from Sarah Schor at Kings Avenue Tattoo.

just got this from @Stewart Robson

Sarah Schor

Stewart Robson

I'll throw my hat into the ring this month... Oliver Peck!

@Ursula covered it well. Part of going to a good tattooer and shop is giving the tattooer "your" idea and having them tweak it to what will work. It is part of what you pay for. I'll paraphrase one of the best things I've heard said, "don't try to stuff ten pounds of something into what will only hold a few pounds". With that being said no one except a tattooer can draw a tattoo that will work except the one drawing and tattooing it. No internet site/app will ever replace or help a customer like a good tattooer and shop! When we were thinking about starting this site we looked around a bunch at what was out there and nothing accurately captured what a real tattoo experience is by a good tattooer and/or shop which is one of the many reasons we started this site. All the other "tattoo sites" were just leading people in the desert providing mirages which then made customers think the wrong things. Many of the best tattooers are within arms reach to get tattooed by in a reasonable amount of time for a reasonable price but you gotta want it.

well fuck me! thats cool as shit, I would probably just sit and listen. I was very close to getting something from hooper early this year in Austin. I think I dont deserve my good fortune sometimes I mean within the year by SOG I will have been tatttoed by richard stell, Valerie Vargas, David Bruehl(who is getting me in before he moves to Red letter 1 in Tampa) and Maybe Marcus Kuhn( he offered to do something in late may but I am traveling for brothers wedding. With the pregnancy issues I wont travel more than a day till SOG so unless I do a Dallas trip my tattoo next week will last me till late october. Man one year ago I joined here trying to get some bad covers covered now I am getting some work from some of the best IMO and thankful

I love this thread, site, and LSTers....thanks for sharing!

I was at Saved yesterday in Brooklyn, another great experience in a great shop. It's very cool to go into a shop with all grade A artists

Steve Boltz

Im just starting to post. I'm a father of 3. I'm getting tattooed tomorrow by stewart robson. He is doing a guest spot at kings avenue on long island.

You got that right, saved is larger than FST and a bit more relaxed. They play a wide array of music and it was easy for us to talk, even with my heavy american accent. I really enjoyed my time over the 3 days. Stewart was great and shared stories with me and answered my MANY questions on tattooing. Thomas Hooper was great and he and Stewart would go back and fourth about things in their individual histories. I'd be rude not to mentions Chris O'donnell and Stephanie Tamez. Great people and they ALL did great work. It was a stellar F@-KING WEEK!!!!

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damn it must be the spring air 'cause mother fuckers are setting it off this month! Love that Panther by Oliver.

No, not spending 5 days driving cross country makes it bareable.

It's not as uncommon as you'd think- going back through the years there were a few tattooers with 'Professional Names'- guys like Spider Webb, Rusty Needles, Mr. Tramp. Specially the bikers, but not limited to. Obviously it wasn't the rule but the exception.

and also my closet Friend @Dzelram and I grew up together in Masspequa on Long Island. He is also the reason that I am into tattoos. We have gone many times to get work done when we were younger. We are reliving the past and getting tattooed agin together. We went to Smith Street together today, unfortunately we were turned away. I'm going back to NY in June and I will have an appointment this time!!!! No more leaving to chance...... Welcome to LST and thank you for posting, tomorrow is a big day!!!!

What can I say.... I'm a stud!!!! :cool: But seriously, @Stewart Robson was great in the plan for the 3 days. He didn't go over the same area and he moved around my body. So it was like getting different tattoos done at once in different places......

that's usually how it goes with any of those flash finder things. best thing is always just to go to a shop. if you really can't decide if it's a good idea to get a tattoo or not, then it's probably not.

My grandfather done by Mez Love at Tattoo Boogaloo in SF

doing this tattoo made me think i had to get my own knee tattooed. it probably isn't right to inflict so much pain on someone without having gone through it myself.

El Monga. Goddamn that's awesome

Yesterday my friend started his epic-ly massive Phoenix (armpit to half-thigh) over at Invisible NYC by GR. I decided to stop by after work since I close by and he could give me a ride home after. I do have to say that, this is one nice shop! Everyone there was very friendly and my friends tattoo is coming out amazing so far. While I was there watching I ended up talking to Eric Machalovic www.myspace.com/ericmichalovic outside. After talking about tattoos for a little bit I signed up to get one by him. (I getting a tradition skull). I do have to say I loved this shop enough that I will try to get work by everyone there. Just thought I'd share my experience! Anyone else have any good experiences?

Just made my appt. to get mine finished next month!

The yelp for Ny Adorned is comical. One review was complaining about someone suggesting they use a rose for a cover up and the customer was insulted by this and wrote some cry baby review shitting on the shop and shop employees. What a joke. Opinions really are like assholes.

tough titty.

thats mean @jade1955

I'm at the stage where who am I to judge ? I dont like the thought of disease being spread and unhygenic practices , but those tattoos are punk as fuck . lol .

since im already on a rant. can someone tell me when tattooers started using stage names like a go-go hoe? i gotta be honest, if you ever walked into my shop and introduced yourself as maggy murder or tatdaddy or some bs like that i would slap you and probably throw any pictures you had right in the toilet.but like i said, im not new skool cool

both shows are awful, both were shitty poorly thought out concepts and both make the industry look like a fucking joke. i kinda wish i was in the room when someone pitched this' how about hells kitchen but with wanna be tattooers?' so i coulda pimp slapped him. ya, so instead of a bad dinner these idiot volunteers gets a shitty tattoo for life....everyone involved should be beat about the head and neck with a stick

I am super excited about it, Valerie is kickass and I appreciate her making it super easy to get something booked. I have never been to a convention either and SOG should be great. I expect it to be good times. I may not try to book anything else and just see what I can walk into, think it would be cool if I could get a few tattoos that were not planned. we will see if I can refrain

that's super nice. i keep telling my fiancee, who lives in Limerick, that she needs to get tattooed by him, since he seems to be at Ross Nagle's shop every other month. i went to visit her in January... Oliver showed up the day i was leaving. also, no photo yet, but i got a Sailor Jerry heart on my ankle bone Thursday. solid black instead of red, and the banners reading PURE LOVE instead of MOM and DAD (if i recall)... it was a bit swollen today.

It makes it more bare able....

Sorry beat ya to it! (NYC to Chicago)

The only thing I browse when I am flying is a Bloody Mary.

@Reyeslv Be great to hook up I've booked my flight and hotel. I'm booked in with Bailey Robinson on the 9th June. Might get time to pop into Smith Street. Let me know when you get your dates sorted.

That is true. I'm always thankful for what I have as opposed to obsessing over what I don't.

Best Ink | Watch Best Ink online | TV Show | SideReel For all your somewhat-unreliable-tv-watching needs :D (You have to try a couple of the sources, but usually there's one or two that works.)

Right? Draw poorly, shade competently and whammo -- dwarf. I don't remember that being part of the input for that tattoo. No one told these kids pinups are long and lean? I freely admit to watching Inkmasters and my wife wanted to watch this one but after that last episode even she agreed it was unwatchable -- even ironically. I can't believe they get their egos pumped up by being called ten of the best tattoo artists and they don't even know the basics. Do your homework, kids. Leave tv to the washed up celebrities and housewives.

Aw shit, the other pic I posted didn't show up - must be link-proof. Anyway, it was an Oompa-Loompa from Willy Wonka, provided for comparison purposes. The photo that did show up is a tattoo from Best Ink ep. 2 that Frisch's Big Boy et al thought was... *shudder* good.

that wolf head is where it's at! badass!

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

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Always a great vibe at Frith Street Tattoos, London. From Frith Streets blog.

I wear the same outfit combination every day. I require my staff to wear bar tshirts, but I dont. Cause Im a dick.

weve talked..i hate the yelp, i dont agree with the way they conduct business, or try to strong arm businesses into advertising with them. I hate that if people have an issue with me or anyone who works with me they cant take it up with me, but they can go bitch and moan about it on yelp and i have no recourse. Ive had a bad review from a lady who thought she paid too much for her tattoo weeks after getting it. Said the tattoo was fine but after thinking about it she thought she paid too much..whatever..its a societal issue, the last generation of people are a bunch a whiners and complainers who take no responsibilty for their actions and they are constantly trying to shift the blame onto someone else for them being pussys.. but unfortunately we have to play ball ive said too much i might get another bad review