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Here's a piece done by Aaron Coleman of Immaculate Tattoo.

No problem I can get him to tatty me up in my kitchen.

This is turning out to be a good weekend, I have an appointment today with Richard Stell!

That wouldn't look out of place at the Tate Modern.

Or at my Russian retreat. Apartment covered with mentally ill resident's graffiti - Boing Boing

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

Stell tiger

My name is Chris Reyes, been tattooing for about 3 years now. And am looking forward to many more years doing what i love to do. I look forward to the information and networking that can come with joining LST. Thanks

Hey, I am as inexperienced as you can be to the tattoo world. I am feeling the itch to get one. I was in the military for 4 years and I am the last person in my family to get a tattoo. For crying out loud, I got beat to the punch by my mother who is a school teacher. I've been lurking at the site for about a week and like it a lot so I decided to join.

I have been thinking of getting a tattoo related to music. Lots of bands, punk bands in particular have logos that would suited towards a tattoo. For instance, I was thinking of doing some sort of tongue-in-cheek Rock of Ages thing with the snakes on the Crass logo. Just making it symmetrical and having much better detail on it. Or just going real basic on it, since it is such a striking design. Maybe just throwing red, white and blue in it? Another band that I thought would neat is Fear. It is sort of a messed around with Budweiser eagle with the eagle clutching the logo, two Fs touching surrounded by wreaths. It seems to me militaristic and was meant to jokingly invoke comparisons to German Eagles and the Eagle holding a Fasces symbol.

HA HA your moms beat you to the punch, better go BIG! welcome aboard hope you learn alot

I felt the same until the Kirsten Dunst money shot. Then I felt alright for 45 seconds. The bummed again.

This is a kid im friends with on facebook....bragging about his sweet new tattoos from a guy he knows named lego!! good call

Mr. Stell is doing at guest spot at Immaculate!

People often get tattooed with new-school designs that look like body paint rather then tattoos. Because of that 'artistic' work tattooing is seen by some as more 'sophisticated', 'civilised' and non-committal. So it is now suitable for housewives, teachers, bankers and other people, who would not get tattooed in the older days. They wouldn't dare. But that is just my own crazy theory (I'm trying to understand tattooing trends in my own country, and the reasons behind it). So if my theory is true, the more people want tattoos the more artists there will be. Supply and demand. Capitalism.

I thought @Reyeslv re-registered! You can never have too many Chris Reyeses. Welcome.

Jason McAfee did this (punk) Rock of Ages:

Tattoo removal such as lasering and then replacing the trash tattoo with something quality would cost a lot more, right? Do It Right The First Time.

Hey, You should re-read the rules here. Asking for an apprenticeship or about machines, techniques, equipment is not allowed in this forum. If you aren't careful they will ban you. However, you're more than welcome to browse the photos, interviews, and all the awesome threads going on in the forum. There's lots to learn if you keep your eyes open and the questions to a minimum ;)

You can eat or drink whatever you wish, provided that you have DIET soda. Double Bacon Cheeseburger, Diet Soda. I see this one all the time in bars. Whiskey Old Fashioned. You take a sugar cube, pour about 2 shots of whiskey and some bitters on it and top it off with soda. Then you garnish it, usually with olives, mushrooms or Brussell sprouts. Between the sugar, alcohol, carbonation and sodium the people would be better off drinking strychnine and juggling rattlesnakes. Ah, but if you have them with DIET SODA, well, that makes all the difference in the world.

Just did. Now I dont need to see the movie.

Alright, sorry for the influx of posts today, but I was on a vendetta to get to 200 posts. And this makes 200. Long live 200?

I've been working in the Kremlin with a 2-headed dog? Sorry, Roky Erickson just teleported into my brain. Dan Higgs is next.

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.

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!!!!

This guy appears to be suffering from, what also afflicted his predecessor Bubbleberry ,plain ole secret infatuation .Hold it down lads you give up the game when you resort to name calling .

Ask them if they have anything they really want to tattoo .

Heading down to LA next month. Thinking on booking a spot with Bob Roberts. I think this is a good idea.

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

LST "gathering" in Arizona? We can wear face-paint and listen to ICP.

It's darn near criminal.

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.

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

I lose my shit every time I see that scene in Gummo. Also...THIS:

'in some respect the commodification of this practices (tattoo) and their claims to be 'art' require as to treat them as no different then any other form of personal consumption in the West. In the words of one clear-sighted enthusiast, 'The guy with 10,000$ worth of tattoos is no different then the guy in an Italian designer suit wearing a Rolex.' Ed Hardy 1. For each exclusive commodity there is a niche for illegal copies 2. for every standardised and regulated industry there are people committed to operate outside of this industry, often in opposition to it.( think street art- most of it is a nuisance and it IS illegal, mostly quite bad too. But there's no stopping them, it's about personal freedom) 3. Goods that are common cannot be exclusive but having no cash for Nike's trainers never stopped anybody from running. They'll buy Chineese exports. And I could go on and on with reasons WHY. The bottom line is the answer is as simple and as complicated as the modern capitalist society.

I like your name... Never met anyone with the same name as me. Welcome to LST.

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."

fuck, i would take a shitty line on me any day to have witnessed that story and be able to retell it until i'm 85 yrs old.......and you have proof!! you'll never forget that one. LOL.

Say thank you and

That's the worst Steve Buscemi tattoo ever.

Steve Boltz

Sarah Schor

Stewart Robson

I worked for Amazon for nine years and have a certain amount of (near post traumatic stress) distain for the company; I only talk about them when I'm being a cunt. Oh. They also carry gallon jugs of 100% pure wolf urine; which we were going to mix with the uranium, put in a super soaker and see if we could mutate us some Teen Wolfs....

Sorry about not up updating a picture of my tattoo. Its been over a month and it still has some scabs, and a bit of ink fall out from where a scab was until this weekend... So sadly I'm going to have to get it touched up.

No way! It's the best of both worlds.

And they said that thongs and back hair don't go together.

Excellent thread idea. This area is my forte. I'll put it out there that if anyone has any questions about exercise and nutrition, I'll be glad to help out. I've been a student of Wendler's 531 for about 3 years, but now I prescribe to the Juggernaut System because of its higher volume and inclusion of sprinting. I don't know how many people are as serious about lifting as I am, so I imagine that that flew over a lot of people's heads. Let's say I lift for strength with a side dose of hypertrophy based on percentages of a 1 rep max. I am a strength sports enthusiast.