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I'm going to keep posting here to bump this past the Ink Masters thread- focus on the positive ;)

Exactly. Telling someone they have bad tattoos is in extremely poor taste even if they bash them themselves. Just put on good tattoos. Besides, most good tattooers I know have at least a couple of shitty tattoos. It's practically a job prerequisite. Agreed again! With a slight modification, you just described one of my good friends that I used to work with. Every time I visit him at the shop he's at now all he does is trash other artists in town, skilled or not, people he's met or not, and compares the work he currently doing to them. A good friend, but one of the negative people I know. Ironically, he talks all this buddhist shit and acts like other people cant get on his level of being at one with the world blah blah. And yeah, whenever I visit him he's never working on anything lol.

get tattooed by richard stell, he's opening a new shop in oklahomo as we speak.

mmhm

ive been tattooing for a good while and i used to tell people who had bad tattoos that they had bad tattoos. i realized its not cool. everyone that loves their own tattoos think they have the best tattoos ever. so unless im amongst other tattooers i never speak about who has bad tattoos or what tattoos are bad. and truth be told some clients that know too much about the whos who and whats what in tattooing annoy the shit outta me as much as the clients that ask for hoodie ghosts ( grim reaper) and that leads me to another topic. all of us at the shop have been comprising a list of stupid shit clients ask for: rosemarie beads, gangsta clap, happy face sad face, curvis, scripture, broke back girls, skeleton heads, falcon birds, 3D tattoos, angel babies and realistic dragons(not too many pics of them around anymore)

September you say? Not soon enough!

my cat Louie... only photos I have were taken when we first got him from the shelter a year ago. He's got two extra toes on each paw.

Nope. The whole "tattoo acceptance in the workplace" movement (or whatever it is) rubs me the wrong way. Sure, I'd prefer someone judge my work performance on its own merit and not pass me over for a promotion because they know I have tattoos, but i certainly don't expect them to cater to me. Want me to keep my arms covered at work? Cool, you got it. Don't want to hire someone with a throat tattoo? Cool, I'll keep that in mind and weigh how much I want a position with Company X vs. how much I want to tattoo my throat. And when people call it discrimination and compare it to being denied a job due to race or gender or orientation, it REALLY pisses me off. To me tattoos are supposed to be tough and somewhat unaccepted, and every special snowflake expecting to be catered to drives me nuts. It's awesome if you have a job that is cool with your tattoos...my current one happens to be, but if my boss ever asked me to keep my sleeves rolled down, it wouldn't be an issue. Also, it seems that most of the people clamoring for "tattoo acceptance" have absolute shit tattoos and most people with quality work don't mind covering up when needed.

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gangsta clap... praying hands lmfao but i originally thought is was a black stripper who could do a seriously gangsta ass clap - - - Updated - - - its the girl thats bent over backwards that turns into the skull. i forget whos flash it is....shit.

Good tattooing needs no classification - uber hyper realism ... no thanks , just give it some soul . Virginia Elwood for the win .

Valerie really is in a league of own.

I've been tattooed on the butt, both sides of the knee , the chest, but the worst by far is the palm. Not even a contest. Don't believe me here is one of the toughest guys I've ever seen get tattooed, just anguishing in pain.

Gotta hook you up with @Colored Guy...he's got a thing for Koi. OR is that Koi for a thing? Ah well-either way!

I have noticed that there are a lot more of these "tattoo supply delivery" trucks entering the supply market. I think it's important that our money, the industry money, be invested back into our industry, or into peoples businesses who care about our industry. We are being preyed upon by companies who view us as a resource to be tapped. Don't let laziness open the door for these opportunists to leech off of us. Spend your money on quality products from quality vendors. Those trucks supply the kitchen wizards and unchecked amateurs that are cancer to our business

Hello to all my fellow tattoo enthusiasts :) My name is Kenzi and I am happy I finally found a Tattoo Forum worth joining. I'm sorta/kinda TERRIBLE at introducing myself, so excuse my short intro... lol. Just wanted to say hello, i'm excited to meet and greet with everyone, and i'm not a mean person... so don't be afraid to say hello. *Waves to everyone*

Realistic dragon

got a good laugh out of this one

What the hell is a "broke back girl"?

Will hafta listen to all of this stuff... Metal-what can I say, I saw Ozzie bite the head off his first bat at the Chicago Ampitheater, saw Zep a few times, etc., etc., but I'm not up on a lot of new stuff...thankx for the recommends!

Welcome, @sick f. Get well soon.

Just saw this on reddit today.

I think Ross Nagle at Allstar Tattoo in Limerick could sort you out: Black and grey portfolio

I wouldn't tell someone coming into the shop that their tattoo was bad, unless they offered up that info. Even then usually try to make it seem not as bad as they think it is, if anything to avoid getting involved in a cover up situation. But like you said people should feel good about their tattoos. If you put good tattoos on people with bad tattoos they are sure to get it at some point. Even sometimes when it's just tattooers in the shop, I think the shit talking about who's tattoos are good can be too much. Most of us want to talk about the good tattoos we see, but there are always a couple tattooers who want to tell you why this tattooer sucks or that tattoo sucks and then tell you about how good the guy doing their back piece is. If they act like that in front of clients I can see why they have so much time for walk ins.

Flowers are tuff, bro- check out the Rose Tattoos thread. Just watch out for koi tattoos...

@jinxproof1996 yeah carl I am looking forward to getting more work from him when his shop opens in Tulsa. I have heard the Rock of Ages guys arleady planned a guest spot, odd thinking good artists may be coming to oklahoma on purpose

Can i get a realistic dragon holding a happy faced angel baby wearing rosemary beads?

LOL Sorry mate your not my type, i got an eagle tattoo.

Last week I got all worked up over getting work done on my chest and it wasn't so bad. Yesterday I went in confident thinking it would be ok and was soon put in my place, some days getting tattooed just sucks no matter where on the body it is.

Tattoo Snob, Beer Snob, Food Snob, Clothes Snob, Music Snob...... I wear many hats. Funny all those people still call me when they want a tattoo or are traveling and want to find a restaurant or brewery. - - - Updated - - - I think their our different context for being a snob as well, talking with tattooers and people who get heavily tattooed their usually is a general understanding of what good work is and why some tattoos are bad. Outsiders might not have that eye for tattooing and just see subject matter they like and since you are tearing it shreds you are a snob. I use the example of taxidermy, I don't have a clue about what makes a good mount but love looking at the stuff, I might think a mount is cool just because the animal is cool even though the work is sub par.

Grezzzzzzzzzzz That's who I would personally go to......

Yes- every time a friend shows me an 'awesome' tattoo and I break down why it's bad, I get called a tattoo snob (not every tattoo they show me is bad, but when I say one is, tattoo snob). I get called tattoo crusader when I rail on about kitchen wizards.

Valerie Vargas

My feet don't match exactly, but are kinda complimentary. I'm really happy with how they look together. Left by Bailey Robinson, right by Deno.

I'm getting both my feet tattooed tommorrow. I prefer the matching look, so I'm getting a shishi and a baku.

Paintings from Dustin Nowlin's one man show, The Marseille Companion, in Ohio last May. :p Based on the original Tarot De Marseille Dustin Nowlin - Fine Art

this our old dag Mr meiko he died about a year ago. we were real bummed. i got a pyramid tattoo to remember him by at blackheart when i was in SF. as a sort of tomb for him as king of pit bulls. plus i didn't really want a pit bull tattoo. my wife got a carrot because that was his favortite treat. from bob at perfection in austin. but now we got this little girl. she is hilarious. and just wandered into our lives.

So they're only going to feature three tattooers this time around, or are they waiting to announce the last two? Does anyone know? Not that I'm complaining. I'm beyond excited that it's coming back.

saw this recently....nothing against butterfly tattoos just poorly executed ones

Yep I use just enough. I gotta stop being paranoid.

I never looked at work as a place to express myself or be anything more than a damn good employee. From my experience there is a reason that most corporate jobs have a boring dress code is so that the focus is on what you say an do and not how you look. Since only one person I have worked with has ever known I had a tattoo (he only knew about one haha), I have had a good insight to what people think about tattoos. I have had to grit my teeth though they trash talking tattooed folks at the starbucks we go to. I threw out some defensive arguments but I also treat it like talking politics at work...tread lightly. I did laugh when one of them did say "they would never be able to work with us at XYZ Big Corp...oh would they be surprised. Like I have learned in the past, it's best to leave personal life outside of work. I avoid way more than just tattoos at work. I also avoid any "touchy" subjects or subjects with very varying views. Politics, music, lifestyle-choices, drinking, guns, drugs, and actually a lot of current events. Hell I've heard people spout their opinions that changed my view of them (ultra-ultra-conservative usually). I once got in a little bit of a heated debate over gun laws with some colleges and lets just say it was not appropriate to discuss strong opinions at work (specifically concealed carry) . Learned my lesson.

Thanks! I posted a picture here: http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/tattoo-advice/8-choosing-your-first-tattoo-page9.html Just a bear done by Johannes. Blackstalliontattoo - Boston

Your kids are always going to be your kids, even your step daughter really. I got my first son's name tattooed on my arm, about a year later me and his mom went our separate ways and found out during custody hearing that I wasn't the father. Long story short I still have the tattoo, in fact I am glad I have it because I don't see him that much and it helps me not forget him as a baby. I got the skull below while my son was in the womb (I used to joke that it was a portrait of him in the womb.) and added his name after he was born. I haven't got my wife's name but I do have a cookie cutter heart with keyhole and she has a skeleton key.

even better than tv and extra cool for having footage of dave's bands, especially ironboss. Dave Waugh: Over Qualified Loser (VIDEO) « TAM Blog

I was shooting up on our property in WV this past weekend.....thought I'd share!

Jill Bonny (Horiyuki):

I love that 3rd one. Nice.

My dog Clyde...we were tired: