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No wisecracks. Here's my Jeff Cribb tattoo (spidermums). Brian Bruno did the Kitsune...

first hit on my back piece. snakes tail and skull will finish down my right thigh as my left thigh is already covered.

Stopped into Cathedral Tattoo yesterday and got myself a spur of the moment birthday banger from the talented CJ Fishburn.

Hey, everybody. This is my second tattoo -- and my first real post. Here it is after all three sessions with the lovely and talented Kim Saigh at Memoir Tattoo in L.A. Figured I'd wait to finish it off as a half-sleeve after I pay down my credit cards. Curious to know what you guys think I should do other than "trust my artist" (which I do). Some ideas are: rocks and water (which may be kinda boring) or a dragonfly -- but I'm open to anything. What say you?

Too early for me to have decent pix of this work, I only got it tonight, but if you like Traditional stuff, you may find it interesting. Originally done as an advertising sign by Ralph Johnstone for his parlor in the arcades on south State Street in Chicago, and repainted by Nick Colella as his signature sign at CTC. He's had it hanging there over his work station for I don't know how many years, and in the times I've sat for him, it just kinda grew on me. He told me tonight he's never put it on anyone else, so I guess I got a one-of-a-kind piece of Chicago tattooing history, from one of Chicago's tattooing legends. Nick Colella / Chicago Tattooing Company. I can't recommend Nick enough. He is a wonderful artist, good people, fast, accurate, and skillful tattooist, and an all-around good guy. Anyone thinking of gettinng tattooed in the Chi should give serious consideration to him. I did post this in another thread, so if that's not kool, please, would a mod just delete this. Thanks to all of you who have "liked" my posts here thus far...even if I ahven't personally thanked you all, please know that it is appreciated!

Two in the last week at East River. My fourth from Maxime Buchi and then one big one from Duke Riley (a scene from the Thuggee Cult)

I think people who post on Last Sparrow should be tattooed.

Skulls. Fuckin seriously I think there can never be enough skulls or snakes. Actually snakes don't get enough attention

I think this thread should get stickied

LST logo replacing the heart: As far as things I'd like to see more, not so much subject, but color; people should get lot's more color. We have the technology now and I wonder how bright some of those old tattoos would've been if they had access to the colors we do now. Also, tattoos that look like tattoos.

Sorry, I have to do this. WOOHOOOO!!! I finally made it past 50 posts. Ex-Lurker no more!!! :-)

I think this kind of thing gets mentioned on here a lot, and I really like it. That is to work with someone who you trust and is good and the end result will be happiness. I've got 2 nice medium sized(about the size of my hand) tattoos that are unrelated on my left arm. If I'm a good boy and save my pennies properly I'm going to have the honor of having the great kore flatmo make an entire sleeve out of it. I haven't a clue what he's got in mind, but I REALLY trust him.

Hoggs costume at hopeful meet up.

Hey y'all. Just joined the forum today. Been lurking for awhile though. Got this from Bert Krak last Tuesday.

I know that some of the folks here on LST play in bands, so I made this thread for us to share our music, touring schedules, music videos etc. I play guitar, or at least try to, in a band called Serenity Trace. We play metal/hardcore'ish music with a dash of techno/samples/strings/industrial. This is a song from the full length album we just finished recording. Theory#3 by serenitytrace on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

My wife TrixieFaux is on LST all the time and I figured this is a good way to spy on her -- I mean, participate in a meaningful discussion about tattoos with other enthusiasts. Anyway, after lurking for some time, she finally goaded me into joining, so here I am.

I'm pretty far into it. One more session and everything above the belt is finished, leaving just the color on my butt/legs.

shipping as fast as we can! up all night packing books and prints.

You know what happens when you assume? You make an ass out of all the Bubbleberries..

Go ruck yourself, Dan.

Sounds good! I went out the other day to our local reservoir. Nothing all day, then started firing right as I was leaving. Landed a few small mouth bass and one nasty catfish with a woolly bugger. I was not happy about catching him.

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@Lochlan

Sriracha Challenge: 1 Bottle in 1 Day - The Sriracha Cookbook Blog LST Banhammer tattoos.

Took my answer!

i love re-discovering old threads i haven't seen in a while ALMOST as much as i love finding out about amazing tattooers who are new to me... dean sacred... damn. that piece is bad to the bone and will only get badder.

I'm flying out for this. Hope to meet some of you.

@ian was it Grillo's instagram? If so, yes and amazing.

did anyone catch this gem on their Instagram feed today?

Victor Kensinger - Kings Avenue Tattoo

I believe you're thinking of this backpiece Nick did.

from time to time, the outlines on tattoos that i've had for quite sometime will raise and i can feel the outlines when i touch the tattoo. it happens sparingly, but it's definitely something that has happened more than once. has this ever happened to anyone else?

First off...nice number of posts (Posts 1,666) I think that new people helped necro some good threads and also throw some new opinions into the ring. They also keep the Latest Tattoo Lowdown thread churning 24/7!

I miss @Bubbleberry

I like that... but I want to do Judge hammers. It gives me an excuse to get them when I'm not straight edge.

...more often.

Cool, I've been known to geek it out also, however I have no idea how those images would have translated to a tattoo if he'd liked them? It is a tattoo forum after all, and he was looking for japanese tattoo ideas ;) And I'm sorry, but those where the worst Kirins' I've ever seen.

The tailbone/love handle area is Fun as I found out yesterday :(. Butt cheeks wasn't too bad although I haven't reached the fold were butt meets thigh yet.

Dang.......you could get work from Jack Rudy, Tim Hendricks or Chuey for less than Cartoon!

And another...

Is there any thread on this forum that can't be enriched with ICP? I could listen to that Jugalo Island song all day.

I know a guy that has a Stell cat on his knee from last year or so its awesome I got this little filler from Matt Bivetto yesterday- didn't see it or the design til it was done which is a lot of fun edit- i should note this is REALLY small

Rumor has it he's get loaded during taping, wear the cape home, and try to fight crime.

Please can we have a thread, area, whatever, to move the increasing number of posts asking for free advice from people who are bored, scared to visit a real-world tattoo shop, attention seeking, lonely, stupid or whatever? I'm not adverse to giving free advice, hell, I can even be nice to people sometimes but it's getting a little cluttered in here. The signal/noise ratio is getting harder and harder to manage or respond to without sarcasm. Reading 'Tattoo 101' is getting more and more like hangin' out on the wrong side of the reception desk on a busy saturday afternoon and less like an interesting or stimulating discussion between people who love tattoos and tattooing. Sorry if I'm pissing on anyone's parade.

If a shop-owner wants their squeeze to work there, and they aren't "into" the whole culture, then let 'em answer the phone, or run for coffee, or just sit and look pretty in the lobby and schmooze people. If they can't talk intelligently about the bidness, they're a liablility. .02

Proper pluralization isn't a big concern for the guy. Just guessing. Just a hunch of mine. I'm going to go out on a limb and posit he doesn't really give a fuck about grammar.

Tiger tattooed by @Stewart Robson , Frith Street Tattoos, London, UK I love it!

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?!

Too funny....I got the same tattoo....only with war paint! It was hanging on some flash inside his little room and i loved it so i asked if I could get it! He had flash covering all the walls but i loved the sheet in his room this came off of! And that article it totally true to form.....I got there around 3pm and got tattooed about 10pm....ha ha ha.....I was number 6 on the list! Had time to leave and walk around Brooklyn and get some AWESOME pizza on 18th street! Talked to the other people waiting there pretty much all day to get tattooed....it was an awesome experience! Parking was easy as was getting there off the highway! Here's my tattoo....this is a cell pic of it fresh that night!