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Can't wait!

episode 3

The other night my dude was talking about how he's ready for leg filler to finish his up. I said "oh word then you'll have legit squid pants" and he just looked at me and goes "what the fuck is squid pants" hahaha

Holy shit! A new Gypsy Gentleman episode AND news of Tattoo Age returning for a second season before my first cup of coffee!?! If jesus is coming back I bet it's today.

got this one on a friday the 13th a few months ago..

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My wife started her 3/4 sleeve today.....3 headed snake with clouds as background. Looks fucking great. Thomas does some really cool/interesting snakes and IMO really kicked ass on this one. He will take pictures after another season or so. Great trip...

Well you wouldn't be able to fit a Big Mac on that arm. Good job that arms got a tattoo on it or it might be mistaken for a bit of thread hanging from his sleeve.

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So guess who has an appointment with Richard Stell on Thursday:D

Those are the first tattoo interviews/documentaries I've watched. They were so good I just spent the last several hours watching them all back to back. Glad there will eventually be more.

YES. you can, however, make them bigger.

ohhellyeah.

Look for a program called Starting Strength, excellent for a beginner or intermediates. I'm still doing a full-body routine since my lifting is in the toilet right now. I have nothing to add regarding a vegeterian diet, I don't see how you'll get enough protein to help you out. I'm sure it can be done, you may have to dig for answers on that. CG

If you like someone, they aren't a hipster. Hipsters are dirty. always.

there's a lot of different kinds of hipsters out there... fixie hipsters, conceptual art hipsters, trust fund hipsters, Williamsburg hipsters... it never ends. and they are fairly present in the UK as well. i spent five months abroad at an art college in Wales, and it was about 98% full on hipsters. in London, from what i understand, Shoreditch is a popular spot for them.

I tried to think of every possible Lord of the Rings joke I could make, and fell short. Welcome to LST.

I forget how tattooed/tattoo accepting a city Philadelphia is until I read threads like this. I'd KILL to have a waiter/waitress not bring up my tattoos, show me theirs, etc. The last time I went to court (Jury duty, 3 years ago- oddly, going again in two weeks) I had both a Bailiff and a judge comment on my tattoos (positively) while waiting for a danish at the free breakfast table. My mortgage broker asked me "where do you get your work done" while I was closing on my house. My doctor has a backpiece. I dunno. I feel it a little when I travel outside of Philly, but even in the middle of buttfucknowhere I tend to get positive reactions. Perhaps it's my charming dimples.

It'll go perfect with a bunch of California Raisins! That chick was HOT!

I like it... If you're going to drink on the train, none of that generic crap they sell from the cart.... Gourmet all the way.

working on this one tonight.

If you have the time, stop into the shop and chat about it. It'll make you more comfortable. But, if I had to postulate, bring three or four bills depending on the size. I'm assuming this is just a smaller one-point thing. That way you can overshoot, and have enough to tip like a champ.

1) Go to Immaculate Tattoo in Mesa. 2) Get tattooed by everyone there, starting with Richard Stell (who's there for a few more days) and then by Aaron Coleman, Jay Cavna and Mando Rascon. 3) Soak up every moment of your experiences there. 4) Post pics here.

I just watched a couple episodes of this, you know, was hoping I could understand why this thread is so active. However, my brain feels like mush. I can't get those 2 hours of my life back.

she is hideous and tore up. they found out who she is and the police are trying to locate her and talk to her but she is hiding out somewhere...she def. needs to lawyer up...and be banned from the marina...i mean she needs to remain in the marina FOREVER with the other douches..and never leave...

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

Naked lady. If that isn't something to rejoice over, I don't know what is!

Get an Eagle fighting a knife wielding monkey

I just finished this yesterday. Two two hour sittings. Matt Brotka, Salvation Tattoo, Richmond, Virginia.

Sarah Schor

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.

yeah ive got one actually its hard to take a pic of it not stretched out bc its in a funny spot

Don't know if this is quite the right thread for it, but it's a pretty good story anyway. As I was having my back tattooed I sent progress photos to my Dad via e-mail because he wanted to see how it was going. A couple of his workmates had tattoos and he'd been keeping them in the loop too, because they were interested in the progress. Anyway, after it was finished I sent through a final photo and Dad has it up on his computer screen at work with a few of his buddies looking at it when his boss walks in. Everyone goes sort of quiet and the boss strolls over and looks at what's on the screen. Then he turns to Dad, shakes his head, chuckles and says "Mate. Imagine if your daughter came home with a tattoo like that!' 'Actually,' says Dad...

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.

That was very cool. Great music too. I have to say I laughed my ass off at the end where Tony makes reference to a conversation with a client: Client, "I want a tiger! But I don't want it to look mean." Tony,"...Then don't get a tiger!" Ha ha! Also,"Well if you really look, it's not a mean tiger.". I'm really loving these episodes.

Yeah, Woody does tattoos, but he's more of a cartoonist. The interviewer isn't the only twat in the frame. So a famously publicity hungry tattooer, who's notoriously fond of gimmicks invests in a super-deluxe tattoo removal lazer. Because he had virtually no tattoos already, he tattoos deliberately inflammatory statements on himself then does a photo shoot and speaks to every interviewer who'll listen. No prizes for guessing what publicity grabbing event happens next... Yeah, this is the same tattooer who called a client and offered to tattoo the Jacko arrest photo with the words "Peado Cunt" FOR FREE. Although the client was a fool to accept the offer, he was a young student with little money who liked tattoos. Who, in that situation would refuse a funny, free tattoo? That client has since had a massive coverup of a traditional eagle. Woody also tattoos drunk metalheads for free at the UK Download festival. I'm a tattooer. Woody does tattoos. We are not doing the same thing. Irresponsible is the kindest thing I can say about his work and work ethic.

I know you're clawing desperately for a way to be 'right' in this argument but this way of thinking would only apply to someone who is expressing themselves, for the benefit of their clients via their tattoos. Thats not the way it works. We get tattooed because we LOVE tattoos. If a tattooer does save space for the different 'periods', by the time they are a decent tattooer they should have passed through so many 'periods' that they have a shit-load of tattoos anyway. I still have space on one of my forearms. My bodysuit was finished before I did anything there. But like Bart said, that saving space, which isn't what this argument is about. I'm guessing you, a friend or your tattooer doesn't have many tattoos and you're trying to find a way to be told "It's ok, you're different." It's ok, they will get lots of tattoos eventually. But to put another spin on the argument: how many good tattooers (I mean tattooers, people who do tattoos that look like tattoos, not colour portrait guys) don't have many tattoos. There are a few, but not many. Also, this isn't a theoretical argument, where logic wins. "If this is true, then this must equal false" It's a real-life discussion about real things and when it comes to tattoos and tattooing: The tattooer is ALWAYS right. ;)

If you do not do it full time, you don't get it and should not do it at all. Drives me nuts when people ask me what my other job is. Other job? At what point do i do that? My seven days a week at the shop as owner or tattooer isn't enough? Drives me nuts. Either throw yourself into, work hard, and reap the benefits or get out.