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Dagger done by Valerie Vargas yesterday

Daryl Rodriguez- Hold It Down, Richmond VA

After being blown away by his larger scale pieces, I've decided to go with with Scott Ellis at Triple Crown for the jaguar- working on going in for the consult in the next few weeks. Sample of bad ass bigger pieces: and an awesome tiger head: Oh yeah- again, it's going on my thigh, not my back, but it's going to be big, so the back pieces were what I thought of for reference.

Skull & snake on me by Valerie Vargas.

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.

Awesomeness occurred (and I'm not just talmbout the sriracha butter sauce). Great to see familiar faces and really great to meet Mr. and Mrs. @gougetheeyes!

Yeah i got that one done right before you

Hey everyone... I am Brock from Nothern Wisconsin. I have always loved tattoos but have gotten serious about it in the last year and a half. I go in for the final session on my right arm tomorrow. A fellow by the name of Tim Morris is doing a pretty traditional Japanese sleeve for me. Through him I discovered Kore Flatmo and actually am starting a full back/ass/right leg project with Kore in January... Kore directed me here and I gotta say that I love it. I have been lurking for a couple weeks and I hope that I can make a meaningful contribution to the tattoo community. Would love to talk to people and get to know everyone...

Josh Stephens- Hold It Down, Richmond VA

Whew, one week, I get to start the shading/color on my wolf from Chris O'Donnell. I probably talk about this too much.

Also got this last june

One of my favorite big skulls from Kore Flatmo. In my opinion, he does the perfect skull. His stuff is so good, whether it is more realistic or more stylized...it doesn't matter.

I say a coverup is in order... a grizzly bear eating black licorice in a cave... that would fix it right up. CG

One of the few times a staph infection would improve a tattoo.

By Valerie Vargas drawn straight onto my arm

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.

Thats my wife.....its been finished and looks great.

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

who did the skull hands? looks like Lango from skull and sword stuff. I got this one from uncle allan in 09' at his shop in Copenhagen.

January 6th 1980, I had just come out of the womb.

Boom! fixed:

I guess I was thinking more along the lines of he owns the shop so at the end of the day the shop makes money and your patronage still helps grow his business. You are pretty lucky if someone decides they want to get tattooed by someone else, but it still helps pay your light bill. Who knows maybe artistically is does bug some people in some situations, but it make so much business sense to encourage it, I think egos would have to just stay on the backburner.

Hi I had a question in regards to this particular design (forgive me in advance if I sound ignorant). Was it a Sailor Jerry design? If so it there any pictures available of the flash, instead of peoples tattoos. I haven't been able to find any. The only image I've been able to find that looks exactly like that is a design on Ed Hardy shirts/clothes. I'm aware that he was a protege of Sailor Jerry I was just wondering if the design was originally Sailor Jerrys or if it's just an Ed Hardy design that gets incorrectly labelled Sailor Jerry because of the similarity in styles. thank you!

Welcome! Tell us more--you must have all kinds of stories.

Hello, guys. Greetings from McAllen, TX! New in LST, but I want you to know that I like the tattoo stuff and to follow Tattoo Expos in the World. I want to be an active user in this forum and contribute to the community. Finally, I wish you luck and success in your Tattoo Hobby. Bye. + + + + +

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

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.

Bath salts was my favorite

Shot All Star Ink (Ross Nagle's shop) a mail about getting a one-shot tattoo from him. I'm going to be in Limerick a particular weekend, but it's a bit of a gamble to see whether he's booked out those days or not. Be cool if he isn't. It's a crime I haven't made it down to that shop yet.

About 2kg of pork belly... Om nom.. From last week. And some chipotle baked beans... Home made.

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

Not sure what the problem is. Is it because she is taking the sacred art of tattoo flash and trying to sell it? Isnt that the whole fucking point of flash? Is it because she isnt a tattooer? Or because she wants to be? In my opinion she is doing it right. Learn to draw tattoos, understand the language and then learn to tattoo. Way too many people are doing it the other way around.

Now officially booked in to be tattooed by Frank Carter and Sarah Schor (well, Sarah Carter now i'm guessing?) on the 12th of October at frith street. Ribs and inner bicep, gonna be a fun day!

Dan Gilsdorf @ Blackheart Tattoo.

www.airbnb.com It's the best way to find affordable accommodations that doesn't make you feel like a tourist.

Well being that I'm always in NYC I can't help you with travel (ask @Iwar he seemed to have found a cool place to stay), I can help with "things to do". NYC is as cheap or as expensive as you make it. You can eat and drink cheaper in NYC if you know where to go than you can in NJ. If you're looking to save money avoid the "tourist trap" areas. Example: TGI Fridays Time Square (Burger $20 and is sub-par), Stouts Pub near Penn Station (Bill for a few beers and burger will run you average $30 before tip. I go there sometimes due to proximity to Penn). To eat on the cheap you can do what I do: Example In Lower East Side my favorite part of Manhattan I go to Mikey's Burgers ($5 for the best burger you can get) plus Iggy's is $3 guiness all day (but a dive to the definition). You can also get some good brews at my favorite craft pub Top Hops down the street. Street food is amazing if you hit the right ones and very very cheap. Sam's Falafel (in the occupy wall street park) is $6 bucks for WAYY more amazing falafel than you can eat. Just remember food prices are all over the place in NYC, and price does not scale with quality all the time. With street food the longer line almost always means amazing food! Get an unlimited metro card. They work for buses and subways. They are your ticket around NYC. The subways run through the entire city and are usually pretty fast (way cheaper than a cab). Grab a NYC subway map app (NYC Subway Map App) for you phone and you are golden. Manhattan to Brooklyn can be a bitch depending on where you are going (if you go there). L train goes to Williamsburg and 2/3/A/C goes to the rest of Brooklyn, I usually get into Brooklyn then take a cab once there if need be. As far as places to go I might be a bad person to talk to as I avoid all the "tourist places" as I've been there done that when I was younger. I usually try to get people to see "real NYC" and go off the beaten path. You get to explore the awesome factor that NYC has SOOO much to offer. This also goes to say that the only problem with NYC is there are too many options. I've been here for over 2 decades and still am finding new and amazing shit all the time. If you've never been to a big city before prepare to be overwhelmed a bit. NYC is one of the biggest cities out there. This is not a problem though as you can skip a whole bunch if you want to. As far as getting tattooed...again WAY too many awesome options. Some tattoo shops to check out (not in any order). I would call ahead in case they are booked out. Invisible NYC Saved Thicker Than Water Three Kings Tattoo Daredevil Bailey Hunter Robinson (Although you can't really just swing by) Smith Street Places to eat/drink (that I like) Top Hops (Fancy beer, good prices and down the street from Invisible NYC) Sam's Falafel Cart (Also surrounded by 10+ really good carts in a park) Mikey's Burgers (Best burgers I've ever had, old-school new york style and also around the corner from Invisible NYC) Burger, Shot, Beer (never checked it out yet but it sounds really fun!) Two Brothers Pizza (these are all over NYC and while not the best pizza its $0.75 to a $1 a slice...not bad!) Adrienne's Pizza Bar (not NYC pizza but stupid awesome tasting) I might have left some stuff out. @gougetheeyes you got anything to add?

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

I am not sure what the big deal is. The new one looks fine to me.

Reminds me of when Mr. Bean restored "Whistler's Mother"...

Haha thats looks like a tattoo of a tapeworm. A very bad tattoo of a tapeworm.

Always tigers, roses, fudo myoo, Raijin & Fujin, japanese dragons, pre-1980s japanese bodysuits, daggers, skulls, pretty girls, well-drawn lettering, good black & grey portraits etc. But right now its old Japanese bodysuits with no animals or birds, just peonies, blossom or chrysanthemums and a large deity backpiece. - Blows my fucking mind.

When I was 15 my Mom took me to get my first at some old biker/stoners house. He did the tattoo upside down. Then he fixed it. My mom held my hand. My Dad wasnt aware that I had any until a year ago when the cardigan i was wearing didnt cover all the way down to my wrist. The first thing out of his mouth was "Who is going to hire you or take you seriously with all of that!?" My answer was "You?!" Since I had worked for my Dad for 3 years and he never noticed them-- he considered that answer for a minute and hasnt brought it up again :)

I was 15 and I forgot to bring my clothes into the bathroom with me to shower(so I was fully dressed when exiting). I went out to get my shirt and my mom saw the tattoo on my arm. After gasping she said, "well I guess I should've expected this". Soon after she kicked me out of the house. Four years later she let me move back in for a little and let me set up a 'home studio' in the garage and even tolerated all the cholos coming over to get tattooed. Very hip lady

lately i have been really into how owen jensen, joe lieber, bert grimm ect. used to draw women. chubby and sort of off. it has a stripped down visceral quality to it. i really like the more fancy stuff everyone above has been doing as well but for some reason the older style stuff really speaks to me.