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My right foot done by Frank Carter at Frith Street Tattoo last night. I took the photo from his instagram. Next step is to get cobwebs coming from my ankles down to surround both images he's done on my feet :)

My right foot done by Frank Carter at Frith Street Tattoo last night. Photo taken from Frank's instagram feed

actually, not trying to build internet ego at all, man. just pointing out something to help responses go a bit smoother in the future. also, in addition to the aforementioned ways of noticing popularity of a thread, on the main page of the forum, it lists the Most Liked Threads, which are generally ongoing discussions of some kind. i believe the Latest Tattoo Lowdown thread has something like 4100. and, as for questions of civility over a faux pas, this wasn't all that bad. i've seen worse, and was part of a worse reaction when i came onto this forum while commiting a faux pas. i've spent a lot of time since reading instead of posting, learning, and trying not to overstep my bounds. hopefully, i've done just that.

i don't know if this counts, but i got this tattoo last month. it was done by zach nelligan from triple crown tattoo parlour in austin, tx. he did it at the roc city tattoo expo.

@rich dude pics or it didnt happen

WE HAVE A WINNAH!!!!!!! Good goin Kylegrey! It's Nick Colella at "Under the Needle" an exhibit/ art show and Live demonstration of the art of tattooing. The art was still tryin to hitch an elevator ride at that point in time. More pic's of painted walls to come from this event.

i would try a banner around a sun that says rejoice!

Neat stuff. 3 of my earliest pieces were done from stencils, and pieces of the 4th. Talk about a pain! One kool part is that one of them, a parrot, is still at Chicago Tattooing, and my sons are planning on getting it on themselves. I'd watch Dale outlining on a stencil-design, and wonder howinhell he could possibly see what he was doing. Somehow, it always seemed to come out right.

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My name is Tika and thanks to this great forum I discovered the work of amazing tattoo artists here in London. I love Valerie Vargas work and after the interview that I watch here I was more amazed as she comes across as and mazing person! I kept an eye on her twitter and got a cancellation spot, so thanks lovely people of this forum! I also have had the pleasure of being tattooed by the great Ivan Szazi in Sao Paulo. Looking forward to getting a bit more ink :) I hope Valerie opens her list soon. On the waiting list for Xam too...happy times! Peace Tika

Curious if anyone else in here collects old acetate stencils? I would really like to have a peek at other peoples collections. For some reason I almost enjoy collecting stencils more than flash. I just like holding an old acetate in my hand and imagining how many people got tattoos from it. Here are some of my collection. I have a bunch more I need to take pictures of. Bob Shaw Owen Jensen

Here are two Dave Gibson gave to me....

And still a few more pic"s from the event. It went over very well, but notice inside the building there is the ashtray to the right of the pic of Ed Young tattooing, campus gallery with smokeing, that kinda dates the pic. That rollaway that Ed is working off of was my old traveling rollaway, all contained with an autoclave and sterile trays, still got it up in storage, hauled that chair to many States and Convention centers too.

It was 1994

Just doing my best to uphold the American "stereotype" is all.....he he he One Shot....One Kill! ;) This photo is actually about 4 years old but I couldn't find a photo of my PINK ruger 10/22 rifle.....lmao

I say ask Hunter.....and let him do his thing! ;)

oh shit this is great.......I enlarged the photo and am still having trouble.....a long shot but Karl?

I tend to go back and look through the older threads from time to time and i saw this one and was surprised I hadn't posted in it originally! I too have gotten a few tattoos from acetates over the years! Good score by Perez! I picked up a couple that Tony Polito was letting go!

I can tell by your language that you are a lady of class and breeding and easily offended.

I wouldn't hardly call Playboy porn, but that's just me. Something like Hustler, yeah, that I'd say keep in the back room. In light of another thread running on here, I think I'd leave a shop even faster if there was a bible laying out in the waiting area.

More stuff

This post is most emphatically NOT about a legendary tattooist, but mayhap a legend of tattoing? So, many moons ago, when I was yet a youngster, we went to Walter's Barber Shop, out near Mannheim and Ogden. This was a real-live, old-time guys barber shop. You know, True Magazine, Esquire, pinups on the wall, racing sheets available, the whole drill. Walter was probably in his mid-sixties at the time. One day, I must have been maybe 12, I was in getting a haircut, and for the first time, it registered that he had tattoos on each arm! Actually, a sailing ship on one forearm, and a nekkid pin-up girl on the other. Both looked to have been done, probably during the maiden voyage of the Ark. Nice, even greenish ink, I"m sure you've all seen the stuff. Anyhow, I asked him about them, and he tells me "oh sure, I used to do tattoos right in the backroom here!" Well, I had to see it, and he took me back to his storeroom, and sure enough, he had all kinds of tattooing gear there. Machines, hand-needles, flash, all kinds of stuff that I didn't recognize but knew I wanted! "No, it isn't for sale, I guess I just like to have it in case I ever decide to use it again." That, and he didn't want my pops to come looking for him with a baseball bat, I'm sure. So as we talked, it turned out that he had tattooed in that area for maybe 15-20 years, pretty steadily, and had made a nice bit of extra change at it. Back then, in Illinois, you could get a tattoo as a minor if you had your parents permission. You can guess the rest. He did a full chest-piece of a sailing ship on a young lad who presented a note from his dear old Mither saying he had her blessings, and wouldn't you know the little rascal was only 14 and had forged it!!! End of tatttoing in LaGrange. Walter escaped any serious repurcussions, but had to hang-up his tattooing shingle after that. Still had the sign there, too! Don't know what his last name was, I'm going to do a little digging, see if I can track him through his Barber's License. Who knows what stories the man could have told, or what the equipment was?!

I think Bunny hit the nail on the head for me here. Tattoo magazines are just slutty looking chicks with little to no clothing on and shitty tattoos, so not any different than a 'real' porno mag other than the tattoo mags don't show an actual vagina hole. I mean obviously a porn mag is way further than just a slutty dressed chick as far as what's being shown but as far as a (and I hate to use this word but) feminist point of view, the chick in the tatt mags are worse cause they aren't even getting paid for it. But yeah, as far as this topic goes in relation to porn being in shops, I think it comes down to most shops are all men, men tend not to realize what the middle aged soccer mom they tattoo might be offended by. Personally, I don't understand why anyone would need or want to view pornography in any situation other than while masturbating or with the person you're about to fuck. Why do you need to look at a spread asshole while you wait to get tattooed? Can't you just look at a magazine about music or art or literature or whatever. Fly fishing maybe. Do shops have these laying about just to prove how bad ass they are?

been meaning to get a healed pic of this up. scott sylvia started this one on me (outline + shading) last fall SFO convention...finished a few weeks ago. craaaaazy fast and scott was a real gent - got me in for an additional session 2nd day to finish up. totally stoked with how it turned out and the overall experience in general...

@embers Try not to get too upset. I have an area on my body (around my neck that has a tendency to blow). The trouble is, and obviously I haven't seen yours, there is a tendency to focus in on the bits of the tattoo that aren't perfect. Give it a while and some of the ink may disipate. Mine did. Have you had other work by this artist? @hogg has given some pretty solid advice. I really hope everythink works out ok for you.

go with this, my man.

@jade1955 I completely agree. He did my other foot about a year ago and it's amazing to see how good he is at doing anything and everything. Also nice to see his style developing/changing even on my own body

For some reason I think I missed this thread -- thanks Bunny! @ShawnPorter hope you don't mind me linking this from OV, but here's a great post from the Philly convention. Perez picked up an old Lee Roy stencil and I was lucky enough to stumble over to his booth and get it put on, with graphite and all. Lineage « Occult Vibrations

I'm more interested in the art & artists that a shop has to offer. If they need to distract people so badly from their bad art that they leave porn lying around, it's probably not worth being there. Sorry, fuckhead, but if they are that awesome, they don't need to supplement their bad-assery with poor "art." As a woman, porn in a public area is pretty off-putting; if I wanted to hang out in a bachelor pad I'd go down to the frat house. I want to work with a professional artist, not some sleazeball who'll jack off in the bathroom after my session.

Yeah, it's beyond me why someone would want to take credit for this. Different strokes for different folks I guess. Whatever man. If he wants to take credit, more power to him. No sweat off my nutbag.

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Is that .22 rimfire? Police authorities in the UK won't allow .22 rimfire as it is not considered powerful enough to get the job done. Most centrefire .22 is ok though.

Don't wanna make none of them there fox paws... (faux pas)

Tony P on the BBC . Thanks Jade1955 . BBC News - Legendary tattoo artist still inking aged 77

It's me, I suffer from what they are calling "tanorexia"...It's a real disorder. Google that shit.

@Kevin Campbell, this shit is hilarious...you look really different in this video man.

Tas Into You London . "Yo better check yo self before you wreck yo self " - Cube. tastattooing

Those trout don't have any limits? What freaks. I still say Ducks Unlimited is a dirtier mag, though. Hustler to Trout Unlimited's Playboy.

Keep it traditional- giant shunga and namakubi prints everywhere ;)

I wouldn't be "upset" about the presence of any mag, but I'd question the shop-owners professionalism. Here ya go-I'm taking my 14 y.o. daughter with me this Friday when I go in to get some work done. Do I want her to have to look at a Hustler laying out in the open? No. do I want some skeezix reading Hustler and looking at my daughter? No-I'd rather not spend the night in Cook County Jail after I break his sticks. Porn doesn't upset me in any way, and I couldn't care less if the private areas of a shop are covered in it, but it has no place out in the open in a business. ANY business. Another poster talked about his barber. Hell, my barber had mags in the backroom too-Esquire was about the hottest thing going then, but even in a business that caters primarily to men, you don't leave porn laying around out in the open. That said, different strokes for different folks. Literally. If I went into a shop to get some work done, and saw hardcore laying on the table, I'd walk out. But that's just me. I want my work to be done in a clean, professional shop, not someplace where the vibe is "let's burn one off and dig the latest "Big up Front" while we wait for some sucker to come get scratched." Might be harsh, but that's how I'd see it.

I think I'd shy away from a shop with any sort of adult mags because that's just so goddamn corny.

I spent a few hours at Frith St on Friday as Valerie did some more work on my sleeve. It was a really good session and it was fascinating seeing the tattoo building up and some of the gaps being filled. I don't really want to put images up whilst Valerie is choosing to hold off from uploading custom work to the net - I will let her decide if she wants to post watermarked images when the sleeve is completed. However, I don't think she will mind me posting a small detail of a skull. She did this 'free-hand', no stencil or tracing or even an image - just some sharpie lines from memory and then she just tattooed it on. Unfuckingbelievable. By the way the attached image is about the same size of the actual tattoo itself - the detail is incredible. I call him Pablo. He's my new amigo.

This thread isn't complete with out Kahlil Rintye. Fucking amazing stuff! Ed Hardy's Tattoo City - Kahlil Rintye

May I?

This is pretty much the only foum i check regularly. I've been using Forum Runner for a few weeks now on iPhone and iPad. Like Alanna, at first it felt a little clunky, like maybe I was going to miss out on something, but once I got used to the way it looks and feels, it's actually easier to see new posts than with a web browser. Direct messages work great too. The main thing lacking is a 'like' feature. I still prefer the browser version for over-long, tense, snooty and sarcastic rambling posts though.

unknown pike tattooer.

i wish mine was funny but i guess that would depend on how warped some of u fuckers are. i was in between appointments and some older guy comes in looking real stressed out. so, in my head im like here comes the bullshit. so he asked who does portraits and of course the dude i work with points at me. so i start to help the guy and hes acting real strange but i keep the convo moving well. he eventually shows me the picture and im like oh ok so this guy is upset that hes got a black grandchild(he was a seemingly well off white dude) so i try to explain to him that since the pic was of a new born baby there wasnt much unique features and that he should wait till the baby was older... i went on to try to explain the lack of features like, "there are only slits for eyes and barely a nose" but when the baaby got older he/she would be more identifiable as his kid grandkid whatever. long story short the guy storms off unhappy with what i said. calls my boss screaming and cursing that i was a racist unsensitive scumbag cause the baby in the pic.... was his dead, turned black from decay, half asian baby and that the slits for eyes comment was a dig at his asian wife who wasnt even present during the convo. so yeah :/ thats the worst for me ever.