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Started on my ribs yesterday. Tattooed by Lucy Pryor at Into You Tattoo, London. Heres a couple of pics, one taken during a short break (sorry about the quality). Can't wait till July, the next session.

Friday the 13th scarab from Jerry Kazy

Friday the 13th tattoo. Tattooed by Alex Binnie at Into You, London. The tattoo is based on my first professional tattoo. Rather than get an exact copy I just let Alex do his thing with it, which is exactly what I wanted. Alex has been tattooing since the late 1980's and it was a real treat & honor to get something from him.

I got this Panther @ Tattoo City back in the late 80's. It really needs to be redone after too many years in the sun, but I cant bring myself to do it. I unfortunately don't believe Ed did this himself, but still the same it holds some nostalgia for me.

just done this afternoon by David Bruehl Twitter Thinkinkhome.com norman oklahoma

Got a Friday 13th tattoo from Alex Binnie at Into You in London yesterday. Alex has been tattooing since the late 1980s and it was a real treat to get something from him.

@Reyeslv the feeling of pain/discomfort changes. The hip bone area and middle of the ribs is a little uncomfortable. Other areas tickle before the you feel the needle. Lucy was very chatty and this really helped to distract from any pain. As you know, when you had your back tattooed, you wanted something really special, so the only way to get through it, is to lay still and enjoy the experience.

Rick Walters! I went to the last Shamrock Social Club St. Patties Day Celebration and was so honored to get a shamrock done by Rick! Such an awesome experience to happen and to meet such a tattoo legend, a man with a wealth of information and amazing stories! And gotta love the whistle he does when you get a tattoo.

Whatever your mantra - through out all times the discipline of training has been one of the few constants in my life. Mostly It builds a self-belief that lasts, I think because its one thing that solely you are responsible for the outcome .

Shit, thought I was on Craigslist when I posted this, sorry guys, ignore.

Not really a low down per se, but man, I am getting stoked on next week. For my 30th, I'm going to NYC. Steve Boltz and Chris O'Donnell. Should be rad.

@David Flores see my reply above! I think a lot of people knew about it when it was happening, but I haven't fought in 2-3 years now and haven't been a full time member of the league for 3-4 so people who've met me since then generally don't know. @Duffa i should also mention if i tried to fight anyone trained in MMA or even a single martial art or whatever they'd destroy me hahahaha. We had a trainer who ran a BJJ dojo but I don't know any crazy shit like that.

Got this by Ashley Howell today.

I have a ladyhead tattoo because i'm a goddamn pimp.

Half of the whole tattoo experience is GETTING TATTOOED! If you leave that out you will never understand. Most of my best tattoo experiences were on the customer side of things. I wouldnt trade those times or tattoos for anything regardless of whether or not those tattoos are dated now. Thats what made me the tattooer and person I am today. Not an abstract "love" of tattooing but actually taking part in it for the last 20 years. Its fine with me if you do not love tattooing enough to get tattooed, just dont expect any respect from those of us who do.

I prefer the pea-cocking aspect of visible tattoos. Attract mates and deter foes.

First off- congrats on your decision to get tattooed! It's a big personal step and I'm glad you've decided to bring the entire internet full of strangers into that decision-making process! I was a little upset when you suggested we weren't living up to our potential. Frankly, it reminded me of the many times I'd heard that statement from parents, teachers, and employers. But I'm a lemonade from lemons kinda fella, so I decided to take your statement as a challenge and present you with my concept of your tattoo idea. I've spent sometime playing Draw Something (up to my first color pack!), so I have some experience with bring people's words into artistic reality. So here it is- don't worry about paying me, it's about paying it forward :D

I thought I'd start this thread along the same sort of vein as tattooer's deserving some recognition ,except more like shedding some light on the classics.So i'll kick this off with one of my all time favorites,N.Y.C's finest -Tony Polito

On display at the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum.

''Curls get the girls '' sson !

Haha, have you seen Jason Boyer's back? Not much that can top that. I'm thinking a Baku beating the crap outta some Oni.

Nah man, Tat Wizzy

I'm a poor man's Bukowski with a penchant for drawing stick figures. But, as in tattoos, nah, I let the pros handle that.

I was hoping for a sexy Craigs list ad when I clicked on this. Ground control to major bummer.

8th bullet point down. But good luck with everything. Tattoo Newbie Guidelines

@Duffa www.gopfl.com it was called the Pillow Fight League, more like WWE than MMA. Although one of the girls did end up going to train in MMA, I'm not sure how far she's gone with that. Staged story lines - yes, but they were often built on real things, like i hate this one chick in real life and now you're gonna make up a reason why i have to fight her cause you know it'll be good. When I was in the league the actual fights were 100% NOT scripted. Everything was real, people got hurt, refs were needed and the winner was the winner. After I left things slowly evolved into scripted fights with crazy wrestling like moves. The last time I fought it was super boring and I kept getting stopped by the ref every time I did anything. Unfortunately the league after about 5-6 year run imploded on itself and no longer exists. We almost got a reality type t.v. show but our biggest bidder MTV felt that some of the ladies faces weren't tv friendly. I did however appear on Good Morning America and a show called the International Sexy Ladies Show and some weird show that had a section called "sports that didn't make it to the olympics". Good times while it lasted. OH and the best pillow fighting move ever - push them on their back, put your pillow over their face and start punching!

Zeke Owen. He seems to appear younger and better looking as he gets older. I really love this video:

My favourite CrossFit video yet (in this article): CrossFit at its Worst - Don't Try This At Home! | Physical Living

Dangerous duo Cu-Bu, makes tacking on '' don't tread on me '' a little too obvious .

Say thank you and

Got this Panther of No Man's Land today, by Ashley Howell, Acme Tattoo, Portland Oregon, Good times.

i have one sewing related tattoo, it's a rose with a skeleton hand coming out holding a sewing needle. it was done in 2009 by richard stell. i used to be in a female fighting league and always toyed with the idea of getting a tattoo related to that, maybe my stage name or something (it was Ursula Anvil) or maybe a tattoo of a gold wrestling unitard as that was my costume's main piece. i've seen lots of tattooers with tattoos of tattoo machines (how many times can i say tattoo in a sentence haha).

Some new tigers.... We've been busy, almost build out time! Instagram Instagram Instagram

Eddy D always did the best ones in my mind, but damn the bar has been raised lately with Lehi, Stell,Wilson, Arriola, and Chad I could just get tigers from them and die happy!

got a quick one from my fiancé James Buie at Inksmith n Rogers the other day... it's from some Paul Rogers flash

got this by Ryan Bailey @ Hold It Down about 2 or 3 weeks ago..

Kris is a great tattooer, and a really nice guy. Good choice.

Not sure where Sailor Eddie (Jr) might fall into the mix here (Bonnie & Clyde's Tattoo) in Philly....but he has been tattooing 40/41 years and just celebrated his 49th Bday! He has become a good friend of mine (like a brother) and this is a guy who learned to shave an arm with a straight razor when he was 5 years old, cut acetates when he was 8 years old, and sat and colored in flash with his Grandmother and Paul Rogers as a kid! It's amazing to sit down in the shop with him and look though the family photo albums he has! I think I am heading up tomorrow to see him in fact....since the weather is gonna really nice!

Awesome thread!!! Dave Gibson gave me a list about 7 years ago of tattooers he would suggest I get tattooed by! I asked for guys and gals with 40 years in or close to it and I have slowly been chipping away at his list ever since!

Greg Irons ruled the seas -such a talent to lose R.I.P.

Having lived in the West Country, UK for most of my life it would have to be Bristols Les Skuse. I would have loved to have been tattooed by Les, he died in 1973 a couple of years after I got tattooed for the first time. Here is some of Les Skuses work.

Lance Mc Clain is still goin strong in Hawaii, my mate just got tattooed off him. Danny Romo is still doin 3 days at least at Shamrock in Hollywood for the real old East LA style. Phil Bond is probably still tattooing in Torquay England with 2 of his sons, he always did great tattoos. And Dennis Cockell has a new shop in Soho in London and is there all week, Dennis painted some of the nicest tattoo flash ever, most of it is still in the shop in Walkers Court that Darryl Gates has now. There are a lot of real good tattooers with 30 years in still tattooing today, sitting in shops waiting for ya to walk in and get something put on you.

Mike and Richard as everyone has already said are the best at panthers hands down. Richard can do literally any animal though, with no reference other than his brain, and not use a stencil either.. it's retarded.. this is an in progress shot of my mike wilson panther (also seen in the back piece thread)

i've hung out with mike before, am a fan of his graffiti and drawings, have nothing against the guy, but...his tattoos are awful. his style doesn't translate well to the body at all and he has no real concept of tattoo design and it seems no intention of learning how to correctly design tattoos and execute them well. it seems that the main reason people want tattoos from him is they are fans of his other artwork. you're better off buying a print or drawing i think. i also read that interview where he says flat-out that the clothing label pays him more so he quit tattooing. pretty fucking lame. but, to each their own. we all pay our own bills in the end.