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They booked an appointment for Steve, but he doesn't work on Saturdays. Which was totally ok, because Eli Quinters came through and banged this out. Dude is so rad! (Sorry for the fuzzy pic.)

a frog on a mushroom playing the banjo. It says you like fuckin' bluegrass, you don't mind amphibians, and you definitely get high.

It doesn't bother me a bit. 1 It just makes my tattoos look that much better. 2 If you have to justify a tattoo by telling how little you paid then it's probably a shitty tattoo. 3"You'll appreciate the quality long after you've forgotten what you paid."

I feel you dude. I was just talking to someone the other day about a recent shitty tattoo they got and they said the guy is "pretty good for around here". I told them there are actually tattooists around here that are plain old GOOD, not just for here, for anywhere. Then they were the usual complaints of money and likely having to schedule something at least 2 weeks ahead. I just said that they'll get the tattoo they deserve. People want to be stupid, shitty fuckheads, then they deserve stupid shitty tattoos.

America! fuck yeah!

Not photos per se but images from a book from 1671 (thats pretty old. My wife is an early modern literature nerd and found these photos on a blog (resobscura.blogspot.co.uk). THey come from an article on Brazilians by some Dutch dude: (Following text and photos nicked from said blog so not mine). "Europeans were also fascinated and fearful of the "monstrous" forms of indigenous Brazilians themselves. Although most accounts remarked upon the good health, longevity and physique of Tupí Indians and other indigenous societies in Brazil (probably a reflection more of the poor health and diet of the European mariners than anything else), others focused on their tendency toward body-modification. The most entertaining and strange European take on piercing and tattooing I have been able to find is John Bulwer's fantastically titled Anthropometamorphosis: Man Transform’d, or the Artificial Changeling. Historically presented, in the mad and cruel Gallantry, foolish Bravery, ridiculous Beauty, filthy Fineness, and loathesome Loveliness of most Nations, fashioning & altering their Bodies from the Mould intended by Nature. With a Vindication of the Regular Beauty and Honesty of Nature, and an Appendix of the Pedigree of the English Gallant. (London: J. Hardesty, 1650). (I wrote about this a bit in an earlier post). Below he describes how "the Brasileans... are pricked within the flesh" with paint." "Bulwer's title page takes this a step further, showing an Amerindian figure sporting some truly remarkable tattoos! The European woman with facial tattoos to the figure's left highlights Bulwer's concern that this "barbarous" custom would become fashionable with his own countrymen (he was right, but it would take another three hundred years or so to really catch on, and the whole "face on a butt" tattoo fad seems to still lie in the future)." Interesting eh?

Stell tiger

Stell tiger

I have a love/hate relationship with the wait to be tattooed. Part of me wants the instant gratification of getting it done as soon as I get the idea in my head. I'm not always the most patient. On the other hand, waiting a couple of months just builds the anticipation and is part of the whole experience. Plus, waiting a bit slows me down. I'm not looking forward to running out of room!

We have a couple of local scratchers around that are making work for the shops that are good at coverups. Most are high school kids and my son knows one of the scratch artists, but won't out him. All of my son's work is done by legit shops. The kids gotta learn that there is no such animal as a good $20 tattoo. CG

Deer Tick just got added to the bill.

If he is able to dodge hogg's hammer hit him with the anvil @Ursula .

well the story sounds completely fabricated to me. So, I did a google search for tattoo shop car accidents in California and came up with none. There was a shop in Ohio where a female former employee ran her can into the shop on purpose. I do believe this is a completely made up story and so is the tattoo. Get a life trolls. I also like how he says 'look at my profile to see my other ink' or something like that. He has no photos on his profile.

Haha not the case in Glasgow lol . My friend from Glasgow , but now living in Sweden , told me that one of the reasons he hates Sweden was that a bunch of guys tried to mug him , and he hit one of them and the others ran away lol .... I have a problem with the way the media portrays Americans , because every American I have met IRL have been spot on lovely people, honest and trustworthy.

Mine did. I don't know if anyone suggested a skull, but someone mentioned that I should go with my gut and not over-think it so I got a nice skull with some flowers. Anyhow... this thread made me think of this video of Troy Denning....hipster-mustachioed-old timey-dude http://www.vice.com/tattoo-age/troy-denning-teaser

I went to that show. they broke my heart, in an awesome way. You missed out (and I'm gloating).

i've been thinking the same thing since i started reading the story... photo tended to enhance that feeling. it almost seems like this thread was a roundabout way to try and promote that casting call.

Just me or did anyone else notice the tattoo in the photo looks totally fake and just photoshopped on there? if you can post a larger photo with better definition i'll take back my comment.... As of now however, I call fake.

Getting tattooed by Steve Boltz in less than 2 hours. Images imminent.

Thanks everyone. It's funny because Stewart pointed out to me that I've spent more time travelling to and fro sessions for my backpiece than I actually spent getting it tattooed. Totally worth it though and I can't stop smiling. Next up is my other foot being done by Frank Carter to match the other one he did :)

Can't wait!

This first photo is beautiful

One of us should go win the 2nd season of inkmaster and then use the money to fund a second season of Tattoo Age.

How much money would it take for you guys to make season 2?

@C. Grosso, On behalf of tattoo nerds everywhere, thank you for putting out such quality work.