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Appointment tomorrow with Aaron Coleman @ Immaculate. Pretty stoked about it...

Its always a Sleep day for me

Steve Boltz

Aaron Coleman is a solid guy!!!! My piece is just PERFECT!!!!! Need to post him under fastest tattooers. Mr. Stell was not at the shop. I'm bummed about that!!!!

Im a modest kind of guy on the internet. In real life im freaking out at the chance to have something done by him.

Im totally in love with ICP culture. Juggaloism should be a subfield of Anthropology.

UGH. For some reason instead of talking to people who are actually tattooers and trying to explain himself to them, the clown from Skin Candy sent me a Facebook message. Today. Little late on that one bro... Anyways. Here it is. Skincandy Bloodline hi Ursula, Im the piece of shit you were talking about on the Dick Blick blog, nice to meet you, I see you never met me or know who I am so maybe i should introduce myself before you judge me, my name is August, I've been making ink in the tattoo industry 16 years, started out making powders and worked my ass off to get where I am, every ink i make i test in my own skin before i ever sell it to the public, I have never screwed anyone in the business and love what I do, I would love to get you a sample of my Bloodline before you judge it or me, please call the office 818-567-1848 to request, id be happy to speak with you as well and maybe diffuse my shittyness and what a piece of shit I am.. that you speak of, lol, thanks August owner Skincandy/Bloodline Here's my reply. Ursula Thomson A) I'm not a tattooer B)I'm far from the only person who thinks your a piece of shit for making this deal with Dick Blick C) I still think you're an asshole for selling to Dick Blick D) If you're really that great you'd know why everyone thinks this dick Blick thing bad. E) I've heard your ink is trash anyways.

Lately I have seen shops advertising on sites such as 'one day' and 'grab one' . Not sure if you have such sites in the states but they are basically grab a deal sites, get yourself two hours tattooing for $80 usually $200 type shit. My wife gets all the emails and forwards them to me for a laugh. Any shop that needs to advertise discounted rates to get people through the door obviously is bad news. A couple guys at my work have purchased these deals and I have seen the subsequent abortions, the thing is they think it's good stuff and that's after seeing my work on a daily basis. Tattoos aren't for everyone especially people that look for the cheapest, fuck off...right off!!!

I may not go to the best artist in the world, but I like the shop, the artwork and tattoo work is great and I get tons of compliments. The artwork is the bottom line, so I had to sell a kidney for my last tat.. it'll grow back I'm sure. Great story about your mom, just about anyone knows a bad ink job when they see it. CG

Got this today by Luke Jinks at infinite ink, coventry uk

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

In real life, his bark will make you jump a bit. That said, he was great to listen to and get tattooed by. I read so many stories about tattooers saying they were too scared to go to Spotlight because of Bob, and I can see why.

Quite possibly the understatement of the century.

Tell us more about yourself.

It's darn near criminal.

when the sledgehammer cover comes out, the video should be the same start but then when it pans to show you the whole human it's bubble berry with the short shorts getting smashed with hammers

Did anyone else see this amazing Tiger Shark that Richard did last night on Instagram?!? Instagram

My apologies, I'm a little (a lot) late to the party here. ^^ THIS. Lol, can we sample the Peter Gabriel classic "Sledgehammer" and change the lyrics to "Banhammer"? (see what I did there? hahahaha) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqyc37aOqT0

He did the entire top of my Hubby's lower arm in 3.5 hours.....in two hours he could kick out a really awesome tattoo! Your call.....but if I personally had that chance....I would take it! It's worth whatever you are willing to pay for it! :)

You know, Bob Marley and I aren't too acquainted. I am pretty tight with Bob Mould however.

Heart/Rose/Sparrow with a MOM banner.

If in doubt get a skull.

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Oh, wait, the dude is getting 8-bit tattoos...I should have guessed it was a joke from the start...ha...ha ha...ha ha ha...ha... Or better yet, bee doo boop ba da doop!

Lucero. Every single day.

So, my Lady and I went into Chicago Tattoo last night for our appointment, figured we'd be in an out in a few hours, had a small custom piece designed, a little coverup on my knees, no big thang. Wrong. First, Kathy spots an ancient Sailor Jerry design on the wall, and it's "can we do that instead?". Yes Dear. Then Nick shows me the drawings he's done for my coverups, and they were just a wee tad larger than I had thought.... Ah well, ended up staying for five hours, and walking out with some beautiful work. I've got to say, Nick Colella is, imho, about the best there is at Traditional American tattooing today. Anyhow, here's a few pix. The last pic is the old firecracker pack the cat heads came from.

I love it when people ask me how much my tattoos cost. I always reply with, "Sorry, they're not for sale."

We were at the shop until 3am working on paintings, and trying to put out some stuff with Aaron print wise... Sorry, we're just tired of being on the road, and that means we sleep the fuck in.... till like noon.

When the going gets tough, the makers of really shitty tattoo supply get butt hurt.

Done by myself at Tattoo Alley in PA. Had to squeeze a little panther head in there that covered some awkward space and some old blue barbed

I second that. Looking forward to my appointment with Jay in a couple weeks after a too long (three month) layoff.

Jen posted up about two weeks ago they were gonna be at Aaron's shop! Here's the thread and I am sure if you post in the thread or message her on here she will get back to you! :) Or just call Aaron's shop http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/tattoo-shop-openings-guest-spots/1309-stell-spotin-page5.html

@Reyeslv, yeah dude, I'm definitely stoked to see what Coleman works out for you. Jay Cavna is also so friggin' good!

@Gregor - what about we do both + a few more and work towards an album, or at the very least an EP? P.s I also just listened to the entire track, gold.

I'll be using that one. I have this cheapskate brother in law... a mass of $25 tattoos from 30 years ago. He always asks me how much I pay per hour, etc. I finally stopped telling him what I paid for the latest one.. he knows a shop that charges $75 per hour... He asked for a card for the shop I go to, which I always have on me... but not to give to him. CG

Great choice. Ive been thinking of getting a Jameson bottle with pig tails and blonde hair with "Drinkin' Women, Chasin' Whiskey" around it.

P.s. New t shirt idea I joined LST and all I got was banned

@RoryQ You cannot go to London without a visit to Frith Street. Go go go, enjoy......

I'm staying in Soho for three days later in the summer... Going to maybe try and get a walk-in in Frith St.

The ol' tiger on the ribs! I'm a big fan.

Melvins/Unsane later this week.

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.

left a deposit with matt arriola. doing my entire torso june 1st. woo!

closer...come closer so i can bop you on the head!

Haven't posted in a long time. Some rad tattoos in here guys. Here's my entry. Finished by Nikko Hurtado a couple weeks ago at Black Anchor Collective. Shitty camera phone pic doesn't do it justice..

Stewart Robson

Local dude Panhandle Slim aka Scott Stanton has been(illegally-ish) putting up his paintings all over town recently, as opposed to his standard hanging & selling them in galleries. Pretty cool stuff. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=297975868496&set=a.209074463496.129527.814093496&type=3&theater#!/profile.php?id=814093496 some of you might remember Scott from the 80s

We found him stuck in the wheel well of a 65 Dodge Dart about 3 years ago. This is what he looked like the day we brought him home: