Leaderboard

Got this from Spencer @Memoir tonight! Session 4 on Weds...

Some new one from the last two weeks... Two by Duncan X and one by Jondix Got some monster appointments coming up within the next 2 months... 4 with Hooper and the beginning of about 20 sessions with Rubendall.

Went into CTC last night to get my friend's daughter a new tattoo, Nick gave her a beautifully-done Phụng! And since I'm a well-known ink-whore who just couldn't drive all that way and come home bare-skinned, he drew me up a lil filler...pardon the lousy cellphone shot.

Could just do one big ol' eagle!

I just wanted to mention this new project we are working on. It is an exhibit catalog for an art show with the theme “Born Weird” at Portland’s own Upper Playground gallery FIFTY24PDX. Craig Brown of Historic Tattoo and Scott Boyer of Yellow Beak Press have hand picked the contributors for this project. Tattooers were selected based on style and asked to paint four sheets containing gross or weird subject matter. The result seem to be all over the board from gross-out to just bizarre. We promise it won’t disappoint! The book we are producing will include all of the content from the exhibit and some extra material. We hope to have it out in early 2013. Check Yellow Beak Press production updates.The opening was on 10-4-12 at PDX’s Upper Playground gallery. The exhibit will be up until December 2012. The roster is as follows. Aaron Coleman Adam Craven Adam Warmerdam Andrew Stickler Andy Campoy Bart Bingham Bradley Delay Craig Brown Danny Reed Erik Gillespie Ezra Haidet Jeff Rassier Jeremy Joachim Jesse Bob Jesse Gordon John Henry Gloyne Josh Howard Justin Wheeler Luis Campos Matthew Welch Matt Ziolko Miguel “Uzi” Montgomery Murray Sell Nick Filth Scott La Rock Sean O’Neill Shawn Mcdonald Tim Lehi Zach Shereck

I couldn't resist putting up a current pic... Two weeks in a row of sessions YEA!

Dont have an Eagle from Mike, but I have a giant fuckin' eagle and havent regretted it since. They are so majestic on your chest. Post pics when finished, fool.

Mike's eagles are as good as his panthers. Whatever you get will rule. Keep us posted!

Other the people at redemption are great besides Chris..... Erick Lynch esp

New Hampshire Congress St. Tattoo - *** Congress st/Hobos tattoo. Jason Scott is a great tattooer and has some strange (honest higgs-ish good strange) traditional tattoos I love. Bill Rocha works at the shops and was Marcus Khuns apprentice and it shows, but beyond that hes a solid tattooer. I dont know the rest but ron wells and chad k do guest spots and its new england tattoo history. So yea...add them haha.

I saw all the finished sheets for the first time this week. Everyone really threw down on this one. It was super impressive to see them displayed in the gallery. If you are near Portland check it out!

"Tattoo poor" I call it. Basically all my money beyond essentials gets saved for tattoos.

...when first thing in the morning you devour this thread that you completely missed and sit here nodding and grinning like an idiot going "yesss" under your breath like a total weirdo.

Car scratches can be pretty rough!!!

I like the notion of different as well. But for such a big area, I think a classic will sit right at home for me. That's why adding a snake will take it a little beyond different (for me) while keeping it a classic. Plus a snake will add some needed asymmetry. Whoops looks like I've inadvertently made my decision

Kore Flatmo- Cincinnati, Ohio Plurabella Studios

richard stell https://twitter.com/StellTattooArt oklahoma

@Brock Varty Toughing things out has a place, IMO, but I was talking more about injuries that suggest specifically contraindicated exercises as a result. Heavy bilateral squats could take a disc bulge and make it a herniation. If there are alternatives like a split squat, why not? Personally I still want to be training when I'm 80, so sure, I'll train smart rather than brave when it comes to injuries.

When you and your wife have put off kids, house and other things to get your bodies tattooed over the next X # of years. Honestly I cant imagine NOT doing that now. (Tho soon a house is priority)

Oohhhh, BABY!

I've been waiting to get tattooed by Xam for a long time now, pretty sure I'm getting towards the top of his list - excited about getting a skull and snake from him.

oh man this is for real, my wife recognizes scotts voice.

other than taking pictures of my tattoos, i do pretty much everything else posted in here.

You honestly have no clue how many tattoos you have. You never leave the house without Aquaphor (or whatever you use to heal).

....you look at yourself and see bare skin not tattoos

According to Yoni Zilber's instagram, this is the start of a dragon bodysuit he is doing. It made my heart go all pitter-patter:

That leaves so many amazing options.....

Virginia: Andrew Conner Matt Brotka Josh Brown George Archer Matt Bivetto Tim Forbus Jason Boyer Mike Rennie Brian Bruno Dave Boysno Scott Sterling David Voegeli Marina Inoue Daryl Rodriguez Josh Stephens Max Kuhn

I got a couple of rad Tattoo Paradise stickers at the Montreal convention because they have the Corey O'Brien reaper on them which is my favorite image in the world ever, but like you, I have no idea where to put them.

You could always do a panther with dive bombing smaller birds (like swallows)- Nikki Balls posted one on her instagram not to long ago. Another take is snake/cat with swallows like this burner from Zack Spurlock:

Oh believe me I have been eyeing up eagle chest pieces for quite some time. There are some tattoos which are stupid awesome but just are not for me to have. Luckily, there are too many other awesome ideas that are out there as well! I will say this...my chest piece is saved for someone in California.

Cat/eagle is one I haven't seen as often as cat/snake or eagle/snake. I personally would go something a bit weird (like mongoose/snake :P), but I reckon any of them would be great. My vote is cat/eagle.

Follow State of Grace...you get tattooed cats and dogs.

Armpits suck. Truly.

Thanks so much! I truly couldn't be happier with it. I'm going to be in Manhattan in a few few weeks and I'm going to pop by the downtown Kings Avenue shop to get some serious photos taken for Mike's new portfolio. If I can get my hands on some of those professional photos I'll try and post them here for you to see.

Yup....my wife got a rock of ages from him in montreal. Looks fucking great. I will get tattooed by him next time. Nice to see Bill Rocha posting here! This is Phil

Nick CTC

My HOT jamns for the week http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB2gsoiPNC0

I spent my Saturday afternoon with Jeff Zuck, finishing up the black in my backpiece. It was a fantastic experience as always. Jeff is one of the nicest, raddest dudes I've had the pleasure of meeting in or out of the tattoo world. With the exception of a few spots, shading the butt wasn't as bad as I had psyched myself up for. A close friend of mine got a really awesome fox/owl totem from Jen Munford at the same time (it's up on her IG @threejenbirdmun). Needless to say, my (very pregnant) fiancee spent the afternoon being real jealous.

It's on Todd Noble. He saw my Grime tattoo and said "that's sweet, but mine's better" and pulled off his shirt.

I'm from Bristol and recently got this from mina aoki, cool to see you can still become a member. Picture quality isn't brilliant but will get a better one when healed

That's not a bad idea. Your can get an aluminium one from the Brewdog website. I brought this growler home with me from NY (I just liked it) but mislaid the screw top. Also bought a large bottle of Arrogant Bastard Ale from a food store just 100 yards from my hotel. As I sat, in just my underpants drinking it, a maid stuck her head around the door. The look on her face was priceless. A good range of beers can be found at Home | Beer, Wine, Cider | Beers Of Europe.

.. you smell sandalwood incense somewhere other than a tattoo parlor and have a tattoo flashback. ..you carry business cards from your favorite shop in your pocket at all times to give out. ..you have your artist set as one of your cell phone speed dials.

Chris Trevino perfection tattoo

Hahaha @Graeme and I were just talking about this thread (and how painfully we identify with it) and one of his things was being stunned when you see a tube of Aquaphor in the bathrooms of friends who are not-tattooed, because it takes you a minute to remember that it has other uses.

Somebody needs to make a candle with that scent:) ...when you get excited at a used book store or resale shop and come across something that you've seen used as reference in flash. All anyone else can think is "Why is this guy geeking out over a sheet music cover or bookend?" I also do this with samples in music though, so maybe it's just me.

jesuseater

I case you haven't seen it, this is amazing: