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Yeah i got that one done right before you

Got this pretty little thing from Mr. Adam Gibson at Good Times Tattoo in Salt Lake City yesterday.

Here you go!

Hats off to Valerie and Stewart. Top notch people and it shows through in my opinion. Deserving of all that comes your way. Ps- I really like the Zeis repaints on the wall lurking in the background. Nicely done.

Also got this last june

nope just means your awesome - - - Updated - - - @Valerie Vargas your last quotes at the end of each episode have been edited to be so freakin great

I hear they're doing a spinoff... bleeding hemorrhoid rescue..... about par for the reality show circuit. CG

Dan Santoro Smith Street tattoo

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87380848@N06/7999917286/http://www.flickr.com/photos/87380848@N06/7999912529/got this from Whitehead last night, he added those finger waves too. one of my favorite people to get tattooed by, he has some amazing Higgs pieces on him.

Done by Danny Reed @ Hot Stuff Tattoo back in June '012

yeah, why would you want someone help you to properly take care of a large tattoo that you've invested your time, money and pain into? One that's physically impossible to reach by yourself with any level of consistency? :D

so Bowery Stan, Philadelphia Eddie, Eric Perfect, Krooked Ken and Phil Luck were up at Timmy Tatts shop the past 2 days.. I rushed over after work yesterday to try to get tattooed and was able to get Ken to do a little rose on my ankle before they were all done for the night.

I asked for a foxy big boobed lady head and this is what Valerie Vargas did for me.........

Hope you grabbed onto that one-that's some prime ink right there!

Reflections is pretty much the stage dive anthem. Makes you want to walk on fools heads.

so fucking pissed i haven't been able to see Trial since they started playing shows. how fucking good is are these our lives? album makes me want to destroy things. i'm seeing Minus the Bear and Caspian tomorrow night. Pretty excited about that.

@jade1955 that FTW tattoo is sweet. that ron henry wells tattoo is boss

I was 21 when I got my first tattoo (22 now). My little sister went with me to get it, and I stopped by my older sister's house on the way home to show it to her. I decided not to tell my mom about it, but she saw it one day when she went into my room while I was sleeping. She didn't mind since my sisters both got tattoos before me. When we were kids, though, she said that if any of we kids got tattoos, she would "scrape them off with a butter knife!"

Got one of these in the mail today, looks great! Thanks Kev!

Figured what the Hell. Tattooed from Sailor Jerry flash on my hairy calf by Paul Pearson at Tried & True Tattoo in Smyrna, Tn. My dad has the same design on his bicep, his one and only tattoo, done in 1954 outside Ft. Bragg, N.C.

Finally having Dana Helmuth tattoo the outside of my upper left arm! We have been talking about doing it for years and he is gonna be at Read Street so we are gonna get it done! I'm stoked!

that black is solid!

He showed me it was way cool he also had a really cool one on his upper thigh from him that was just solid black.

Dustin's an awesome guy! Nice tattoo. And to tie the last few posts together: Dustin's whole back is done by Whitehead. :)

I got this yesterday from Ryan Cooper Thompson at Freaks On 39th in Kansas City, Missouri. It's from his sheet that was published in the Milton Zeis "Tattooing As You Like It" book.

Got this mandala from Dustin Wengreen at Tattoo 13 in Oakland on Labor Day. I totally forgot that I signed up for LST. I've been lurking this whole time. I would have posted this sooner, haha.

As a direct result of this thread I've seen Kate Middleton half nude. I deem this a sign from the Gods that this show will be awesome.

Im getting tattooed by Jef Whitehead today, in january im planning on starting my back with Brian Bruno.

Little progress on my back.

Had such a great evening. The opening of the Great Western Tattoo Club in my home town. Tattooed on me by Kris Manyana Tattooed on @Jade1959 by Joel Blake

i remember when my old band played with kylesa in like 2006 i think, up in the north of sweden...cold, dark...perfect for a kylesa gig! good times. lots of drinking that night...

That wasn't an accident. There are more LST members in there too. It was an honour to be involved with this series. Chris Grosso is such an awesome guy who really "gets it" when it comes to tattooing and tattoo fandom. We actually missed having him around when shooting finished. Usually when someone has a camera in my face I'm glad to see them go. If we all watch these episodes online, watch the first season and tell our friends about them, maybe then the sponsors will see fit to finance more episodes in the future. Also Chris' co producer Lauren Cynamon and editor Jarad Jeter are the skilled guys who make the show immensely watchable and make Valerie and I look like coherent, interesting individuals. I'm looking forward to the rest of the episodes but I think Thom's will be something special. I liked the whole experience so much I put a sticker where I'll see it every day:

I've never been happier.

Just back from two days under the needle. The artist was Ching, from Taiwan (as you can probably see from his watermarking of the photos). He's guesting at White Dragon Tattoo in Belfast along with his buddy Yang. Got to do the left arm when they come back next year... photo hosting photo hosting Overall a not bad couple of days. The outline and black background was relatively straightforward (on Monday). Yesterday ended up taking 7-8 hours, I think underestimated how much detail was involved in the buddha and hannya details.

My Mom's been asking when I'd get one for her. I had wanted Ashley Love to do it, so now that summer is over, I made an appointment. Mom was stoked when I showed her. I believe her exact words were "I love it! I don't like that you get tattooed, but I love the design". :) Looks like a leg, but that's my forearm.

@eisen777 Both of those are so awesome. I got this at the Montreal convention today from Ron Wells:

I just got this tattooed at the Montreal convention by Mike Rubendall. We did 4.5 hours last night, and then finished it in an hour this morning. I'm so pleased with it.

Makara Snail Tattoo by Chad Koeplinger

Oh what the hell... Lester at Electric Ladyland Tattoo New Orleans, LA

Well, in that case, I'll submit my dagger I got from Mario Desa last November.

Oh hell...anyone recognize this?! Nick Colella, Chicago Tattooing Company, taken from the original Black Cat Firecracker label. One on each kneecap.

The shop guy at Black Heart (he used to be at Hot Stuff) has a bass done by Mike Rennie. - - - Updated - - - it's pretty badass...lemme see if i can get this link to work.

@Natveggie45 If you want PM me where you are at and we can talk as I may have some leads for your daughter in your area. Most my colleagues and I work from a Motivational Interviewing and Harm Reduction framework which not only has great research to support change but also change we've seen facilitated by individuals more often than not.

Like Kev said if there is a policy about tattoos then you or whoever is the boss has every right to bring it up with the offender. If when hired there was no mention in paper or in person that tattoos are not allowed then you can only ask that they cover up and if they do they do and if they don't well they don't. If it's that big of a deal a company can put a new policy in place stating that tattoos and piercing must not be visible at work and then give it a couple days to get around. As far as women who let their tits hang out 'just so you can see the tattoo', well that is what we in America call a slut or a whore and they likely would have their tits hanging out even if they didn't have a tattoo. In fact I believe some get tattoos there just to have an excuse to wear a slutty top. If one person is not allowed to show their tattoos at work, then no one in the company should be.

1-3 - Chad Koeplinger. 4 - Bert Krak. 5 - Steve Byrne.

Interesting. Well, just on a positive note. My parents were born and raised in the bible belt, however, they moved to California as soon as they had me because they weren't happy there. My mom was raised Southern Baptist, and never wanted to force any beliefs on me, therefore, as soon as I felt alienated in church, I stopped going, which was quite young. My mom took me to get my first piercings in high school because she said "At least a hole can heal, better than a tattoo!" Hah, so she actually went with me to hold my hand through my first tattoo a little while later. She thought it was so beautiful that she considered getting one done herself by the same artist. She has one tattoo. She was a very sheltered and goody-goody I like to call her, all her life, especially before she hit 30. However, in one rebellious moment, her girlfriends convinced her to get my dad's initials on her chest. She drank 3 beers through a straw and let someone do it right there in the bar with a needle and ink. Most of my life she told me they were my initials (my dad and I have the same ones). My mom makes me show my tattoo (on my ribs) EVERYWHERE I go, it's pretty annoying at this point. Meawhile my dad was as wild as they came growing up. He tried to get a tattoo once on his bicep, it was too painful for him. He has a DOT tattooed there, I think I must have made fun of it since I was 10 or so. When I showed him my first tattoo, he was blown away by it, and ashamed at the story of his dot tattoo, haha...he kept asking if I was ok, since I showed him when the tattoo was still fresh. I'm blessed to have great parents.

I got my first tattoo when i was 23,and it was a heart with Mom inside.I got it because i love my Mom,but also because she told me if i didn't go to rehab,she would throw me out of the house.I never thought of getting a tattoo before,but in rehab,my roomate was in the special forces,and he had all these cool tattoos.So when i got home,i wen't to the local biker/tattoo shop and got me a Mom Tattoo.My Mother didn't really care much..But she's one of the reasons why i don't smoke PCP anymore.