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My appt. with Chris O'Donnell is TODAY!!! YES!!!

I want to punch that kid in his shitty little tattooed face, with my shitty little tattooed hand. I hope his 'plastic' stencil catches fire and burns his parents house down. Shit like that makes me wish I didn't even have tattoos sometimes. Also, sailor Jerry wasn't the best tattooer to ever live. He wasn't the best tattooer of his time. He's just the one who's stuff got saved by someone who knew what to do with it to make a lot of money and get famous. That would be Ed Hardy. If it was some other old timer who Ed had been close with, it woulda been that person in the sailor jerry spot today.

I've been working on for a article series for TAM about tattoo artist and how they maintaing their health for quite some time now. It was originally going for the mag as a huge article, but its going for the blog now. The first one is up. Marcus Kuhn Health Issues With Tattooing (Marcus Kuhn) « TAM Blog More to come! ps. They asked for a profile pic, that was the only one I had around :D

Stuart Cripwell appointment booked today.

Here ya go.......

Cree McCahill

I would love to get tattooed this summer, but it's so hot and I'd miss out on swimming for a month :(

do the filler at the very end. no sense potentially restricting open space for other tattoos if you know you wanna tattoo the rest of your arm

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.

Tony Hundahl:

Petri that was great!

this is awesome dude! My husband and I have discussions about this kind of thing all the time. Like what kinds of things should I send him for lunch and what's the best kind of chair to buy and all that same stuff as in the article. I'm glad he mentioned the hearing loss from the constant machine noise. My dude is known everywhere he's worked for having some really loud machines and I have long thought that it's caused hearing loss. My man had been into juicing for a while now and I'm starting to get into a bit too. Usually I'll bring him a big jug to the shop and he says it really helps. Looking forward to seeing more!

Its all very intertwined I'm glad they touched on diet as well as thats a crucial factor in anything we do.

Guy Le Tatooer

I whole-heartedly endorse Dan @ Yankee Doodle Dandy if you are in Des Moines. Excellent tattooer with experience in the right places with the right people, and a real friendly guy to boot. He can take you in the right direction. I worked for him for a while, and had a good experience there myself. He also has some bad-ass work from Roper, Corbin, etc.

I couldn't find the back piece thread, so here's one from Thomas Hooper.

i think what @Kev is trying to say is that it's finally time for me to get my modeling career started

i would take someone with 4 inch tunnels and a beaded browline before all of those guy's hashtags. i'm also assuming he has a sick backpiece... i mean, he is showing it off so much.

Holy shit! Yeah thats her. She was originally (if im not mistaken) from the X-Files episode "Never Again" in season 4. Im jealous you have that.

Also, nothing like three skinny half-naked white kids crouching in a cave to intimidate THE FUCK outta you.

A very good choice......tell him his Sister say hello!

so I know I talked a lot of shit about future plans and things that didn't work out before, but I finally set an appointment for my first tattoo! a certain Myke Chambers had a cancellation at a convention just down the road from me, I'm so stoked right now

I'm pretty sure as soon as the girl walks in the shop she'll know that when she was saying "barcode" her heart meant "dagger through a panther head"

I got this snake and rose from Frank Carter at Frith Street Tattoo. The photo is from Frank's instagram.

Prince Vallar - Tattoo Artist Hi Everyone...I've attached a couple of old photos of work done by Bert Vallar. Bert was one of the sons of Prince Vallar, who tattooed in Scotland for around 50 years. Prince Vallar was a society tattooist who was introduced to tattooing through his father, Stephen Vallar, a stage magician who performed all over Ireland, England and Scotland and who shared the bill with Houdini and Wild Bill Hickock. Stephen had realised the popularity of tattooing in the Circus sideshows and urged his son Prince to pursue a career in this exciting new field. Prince modelled himself on the great tattooers of the day including George Burchett, Sutherland MacDonald and Prof Tom Riley. Tom Riley was a great tattooist, showman, businessman and shameless self-promoter. In 1897 He had booked a 'stance' at Glasgow Zoo which was located in New City Road and was home to various sideshows and exotic displays and he offered '9 different colours and painless electric tattooing for a short period only' Stephen Vallar, who was always on the lookout for a new attraction' had decided that this was a trade that his Son could excel in and purchased the necessary equipment to allow him to practice the art. For the next 50 years Prince executed thousand's of tattoos on Sailors, seamen and soldiers from all over the world. Glasgow was the 'second city of the Empire' and was one of the busiest seaports in the western world. His tattoos were proudly displayed in every seaport in the seven seas and his fine line single needle work was instantly recognised by most tattooists on sight. Prince opened a shop in Glasgow's Argyle Street and taught both his sons Stephen and Bert to tattoo. Stephen did not take to the art as well as Bert and after Prince died in 1947 Bert bought Stephen out and continued to tattoo in the shop until 1964. The tasttooing in these pictures was done by Bert vallar. For further info and reading on all Scottish tattooing history please visit Prince Vallar - Tattoo Artist Navigate to the gallery and look at the tattoo named @erin Go Bragh'. This was done by Prince. I hope that some of you find this little insight interesting. I've been following this thread and love the 'old time' stories and pics. Just thought I'd share some of mine with you.

Oh yeah, just toss a Hoyer tattoo in there, no big deal. [MENTION=2772]deadmeadow88[/MENTION], high-five for going big!

My latest from Cody at black heart. Had a good time gettin tattooed by him. Good conversation and light hand. And fast.

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

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

The bible? Really??? I always thought that the bible was the Spaulding catalog.

I think this should be the appropriate tune.

Damn somehow in your short week in NYC you saw some crazy shit. Hell I'm here everyday! Maybe I got the NYC blinders on. Cool tattoos and cool storys!

Your'e a bad ass, hope the Conn tattoo works out im itching to see that one.

Thanks for posting Iwar...great stories, great tattoos, great pictures, etc. There's definitely nowhere like NY.

Timothy Hoyer

Mike Moses, Thicker Than Water NYC:

Cris Cleen

Done by Deno.

Henry Lewis:

Ursula: Sorry, but that last comment feels unfair to Chris Cleen.

DeVita.

I use this shit Available at most branches of Wickes or B&Q.

I've already posted this one on another thread "Latest Tattoo Lowdown". But I thought I would post this again. Second session on my wife. Tattooed by Stewart Robson at Frith Street Tattoo, London. I cant stop looking at it.