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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.

Harry Potter Deathly Hallows friend tattoos ... Kinda in shock I did it. Done by Javier Betancourt at Ochos Placas Tattoo in Miami, Fla.

These are my grandfather's tattoos, done in Cape Town, circa 1956!

Snake head on me by Nick Vargas of F U tattoo in Santa Cruz

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

indeed, was put onto her waiting list in march or so this year and went for my consult last week. there's a fair few tattoo's i'm itching to get at the moment, but a bit strapped for cash after university and my trip to NYC over the summer. first time in america and got tattooed by steve boltz, eli quinters and tron at thicker than water. was a fantastic trip with my best bud, got our 4th and 5th set of matching tattoos

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.

Nice!! Sounds like a blast. I think there's something about getting tattooed on the statue of liberty, underneath the hungry and poor bits..

This site needs a Glossary :)

all booked for january. getting the elbow and surrounded area filled with a hannya mask from claudia de sabe. very excited!

You see my snake tidbits on my squidpants? (idk lol ftw)

idk lol I don't even pretend to have any interest in skate anything. ( @hogg @slayer9019 told you I'd start every comment that way..)

Snake tid bits. That's what I call 'em.

I haqve some no name speakers and an 80s onkyo receiver I run ish through. It's not very good. But it gets loud and I can hear stuff. It's also pretty beer-proof. Which is important.

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

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

i do appreciate what they do but i personally dont do japanese tattoos, so yeah, im going to spider murphys

Raptor?

long time lurker, first time poster. thought I'd finally set up an account! just graduated from uni and i'm stilll trying to sort my life out, just thought I would say hi cheers!

Needs more black. I keed! That looks painfully solid.

That just cheered me up after a bad night on the rig. thanks..

@gougetheeyes no idea, but in my searches for it I found this: The Flesh-Eating Venom of The African Stiletto Snake | SaveTheReptiles.com that's a badass motherfucker.

Is there a term for those little snake side-fangs? Cause I like those..

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

eagle on the chest is where it's at. I would but, I think I am destined for something a bit different.

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.

Thanks for the kind words, here's an updated pic, finished it off yesterday. It was an absolute pleasure to be tattooed by Claudia, and Jolie Rouge is a great shop full of the most awesome people. Hope to return for some more work from her at some point in the future. Photo by claudiadesabe • Instagram

Wait a mintue...you're going to SF and not going to State of Grace?

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.

Welcome to LST and congratulations on being a new dad! Have you gotten tattooed since your first back at 17?

Hey!! Just wanted to bump this up and say that it was great to meet all of you! You're all (not surprisingly) awesome humans, my only regret is we didn't get to hang more. @tammy thanks so much for the dinner (we owe you one) @Lochlan you're a handsome dude, next time you and @hogg can jump me in proper @dari great to meet you, sorry we didn't get more time to chat! @MsRad that WOLF VEST is killer, really nice to meet you and Jackson, @steve1461686340 you're the goddamn man, @Barbie Doll next time we'll make it down to your side of the table.. who am I forgetting. Great night and apologies if we were a little out of it. ...maybe I can make it back for SoG... hmmm

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.

Ok, I havetried to take a couple of pics of the one Paul did, its a bit scabby now so not the best pics but you get the idea

Got this off Chad Koeplinger at the London convention on friday, I'm proper made up with it! Any one got any advice on healing inner bicep tattoos though? inside of my bicep is black and blue now it hurts like a bitch :D (pic pinched off chads instagram) I got a amazing Butterfly girl head off Paul Dobleman too but didn't get a pic at the time and its a bit too scabby to take one now, had loads of people come up ask me about it on the day!

I got this from the wonderful Henning jørgensen at the London Convention yesterday: It's safe to say I am very happy with it. Very.

Ok here goes. Goofy dragon by Marie Sena (who happens to be the nicest person in the universe) done at the Montreal tattoo convention yesterday. This takes up most of the front of my thigh and only took three hours! She is a wizard. It was a fantastic experience. Inspired by the 100-year-old piece of flash that I gushed about here.

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

He has a machine. Next step, open your own shop.

Squatting can be frustrating. I had to take about 6 months and completely fix my squat, now it is my second favorite lift (dead lifting will forever hold a special place in my heart). From the squatting issues that I have seen, almost all cases it comes down to a lack of hip flexibility. While you guys know I'm not a big fan of crossfit, there is a guy who knows what he is talking about when it comes to keeping loose. Check out MobilityWOD and you'll be doing your hips and shoulders a favor.

Thats a fantastic start with great results , nothing changes your body composition like weight training and women respond better than men. Don't worry about getting bigger as its very unlikely given your build and the absence of lots of food,protein and really heavy weights ,the more muscular and defined you are will make you look bigger but is more an illusion than anything .You' re at the point now to move away from machines-cables etc and focus on free-weights which build better muscle tie-ins,mental concentration ,balance , exercise technique amongst other things and you are sure to relish the challenge .One other thing totally forget about the weight of an exercise concentrate on exercise technique and the way a movement feels and always use the strictest form-get crazy OCD on this as your body doesn't know pounds only stress on the muscle.

I tell you the one bonus of paleo for me is it reintroduced me to the sweet potato. I'd always been a fan of the Mexican pan dulce empanadas that had sweet potato and pumpkin filling, but I'd never eaten them on their own. Now I'm all about them mashed w/ pecans and maple = P

it makes me proud to be old an grumpy.

the fact that everyone mentions bathing made me giggle a little bit. isnt it obvious and common sense to bathe before getting tattoos? the whole process should be as clean and sterile as possible, that includes your skin not just the tattooing equipment. and i have to admit something guys.... one time i totally forgot to tip!!, and i ALWAYS tip. it had been a long painful 6 hour sitting on my entire back and my brain felt fried. i paid my artist and than gtfo. the only things i had on my mind was getting home and smoking a joint. after the joint i remembered i hadnt tipped. and felt super embarrassed and asshole-ish. so i texted my artist (he gave me his cell phone number during a previous sitting) and apologized said i was totally out of it and felt bad cause. but i would make it up to him next time i came to town. oh, and i should also add, i felt especially bad about forgetting to tip because he bought me lunch that day! next sitting i tipped double, and have not forgotten to tip since than.