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Just got this bad boy from [MENTION=2486]lukemuller[/MENTION] over at http://www.facebook.com/truelovetattoobrisbane Leg is a little swollen at the moment but nothing out of the ordinary :) I'm f**king stoked. We had no idea what Luke was going to throw down beforehand, I had some ideas but nothing concrete and then I remembered a new painting he'd done, and the fact that I have no cats on me yet, the above plan was hatched and goodtimes where had by all ;)

This has been doing the rounds for a few years now. It's still funny as fuck. Each time one of us at the shop does a Hendrix or Marley tattoo, someone else dares them to put the other's name.

Cause nobody could play the trumpet like he did...... my guess it's some hipster tattoo.

A friend of mine got tattooed by Tiger John in Houston around 1989. He got a small portrait of James Brown on his shoulder blade. When John finished it, he said, "That's a damn good Little Richard, if I do say so myself." My buddy almost shit himself!

It's a very fresh photo.....and not even a good one....but I had Dana Helmuth tattoo me this past Saturday at Read Street Tattoo and he decided to add a dragon head and claw in the area I had saved for him! :)

Going to have a little visit with Seth Wood in a couple of weeks.

Pretty good, graduated college, got a job working 10 hours a day so been busy. I've gotten a cover up by Aaron Coleman and made four appointments with him coming up this winter still brainstorming to figure out what to do...any ideas? I'll post pics of that cover up later.

Working on my cover-up sleeve now. This is the before pic and a few pics following my third session. I have about 20 hours in at this point with another 6 hours to go I figure for highlighting, color and touch-ups. Hope you guys like it thus far. I always wanted a Zombie Sleeve just didn't pull the trigger till now.

私は肯定も否定もそのような主張を、多くの寿司を楽しむことができない

It's fine. Not great, but fine. Talk to your tattooer, express your concerns, and let him/her do whatever they think is best. If you don't trust them enough to do that, find someone you do. Though honestly, if it were me, I wouldn't worry about it and would just make my next tattoo twice as rad.

that has to be done intentionally.

bringing this one back had a few questions I didnt find answers to while searching. SF city pass-thoughts on it? hassle to use ? good place to sit back and hear the ocean preferably scenic views? any must do street food downtown?

@Duffa , there ya go

We did discuss the tattoo just being a black & grey to make it stand out against the surrounding color....but i really wanted color so we looked at what was around it and made it so it did stand out on it's own but also tie itself into the work around it!

Sounds great... maybe a whole thigh piece... nah, start him off with something a bit smaller. I'm trying to talk my dad into getting a USAF tattoo on his arm, but he's balking.. then again, he's 95.... Rob

shoulders to ass!

i'm not sure if artists do it consciously or if it was your choice, but i like when colors for a tattoo are chosen based on what the client already has in the surrounding area... makes for a more cohesive piece.

I will be there with my wife on Saturday and Sunday. I have no appointments scheduled (considering i have appointments on my back the next two staurdays and a consult with Horitomo to final design and discuss when we are starting), but my wife has an appointment with Valerie Vargas on Sunday.

Guess some of you will have seen this already, Valerie at Frith St on me this afternoon Asked for a girl head, then today asked for freckles...

I got this from Deno at this summers Inkbash in Stockholm. He came up with putting the gorilla in a tower and the roots there. Midway through I asked him if he wasn't going to put something coming out of the skull. "Like what?" .. I don't know, something.. And he just put that dot trail in there, no pencil or anything. I think the whole piece came out just nice and strong, might be one of my favorite tattoos so far. He was super quick and fun to chat with. Tried to ask him about how graffiti has helped him develop as a tattooer but he didn't have much to say about it, except being taught to work fast. Jelle SOOS came by to say hi too, so I got to exchange a few words with him also. Man travels, a lot! Tomorrow I'm going to be under the needle of Joel Madberg SOOS. Putting a bird with alligator head on and around my knee, same leg as the tattoo above. A little scared of the knee actually, will I shake like crazy? (edit: oh by the way, the picture above is from today so the tattoo is close to 6 weeks healed or so)

by Johannes from Black Stallion Tattoo / Good Faith Tattoo in Boston/Brookline, MA

Regardless of your opinion on the whole "can it/should it be reclaimed?" conversation, this is a pretty ignorant viewpoint to hold in the tattoo community. I can think of at least 3 tattooers that I know with swastika tattoos who are most definitely not white supremacists.

Nick CTC

First off it should only be referenced to as squid appendages. I got a squid shirt and some squid pants started but only after the tatty zap gun finishes inkin me bro. All joking aside, I use the term (even though I hate it) for lack of a better word to most people, but never refer to anything less than a "sleeve". Half, quarter, third-pounder, all sound like shit.

I'm counting the minutes...

I guess my point is who determines who or what the industry is? Their is nothing industrial about tattooing, and the term itself kind of has connotations to Hollywood. To some degree it's like you said it's measured upon talent and respect from a global community, but part of it is a popularity contest and a who knows who game. Bottom line not everyone can be one of the cool kids, but I think your statement has a lot of truth to it, I read an article somewhere about someone breaking down why they didn't go on the show and they mentioned (i'm paraphrasing at best) that you basically now have to deal with people who are more interested in TV than tattoos, among other reasons, I think there is a link to it somewhere in this thread. There were clearly people on the first season that sucked, B Tat, Al Fliction have no business tattooing people, Shane, James, Josh, Tommy at least showed they can put on a good tattoo, maybe not the best tattoo but still, when people forget about the show at least they can rely on their work. I guess the only thing I try to remember is that as big as tattooing has become it's still a pretty small tight nit community among tattooers especially within regions and while these contestants might not be the best tattooers, that doesn't mean they aren't respected or friends for that matter who would be considered top tattooers.

@Energy Seriously, photos! I'm the last person standing to not have a camera, or even a phone that takes pictures. Here's a blurry pic of the Don Nolan tattoo using my laptop. It was a souvenir piece from him (I figured for a Sailor Jerry style piece who better than someone who knew Jerry?) but he is still doing large scale Japanese style work!

Hello everyone, I have been lurking on LST for a while but have never introduced myself and said hello. Hello! I'm Adam, 27 from London and I'm a tattoo collector. There, I've admitted it. So far I've had the pleasure of being tattooed by the following; Steve Boltz Dan Santoro Jordan Teear Sarah Schor Chad Koeplinger Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas. All my tattoo's where done at Frith Street Tattoo in London. That's it. Cheers. Adam.

It's entertaining, if you watch it for reasons other than seeing good tattoos.

Put that bad boy up in the contest section Duffa, sweet!

Cheers @Jack much appreciated haha ;) Just got back from True Love and after a shower my leg isn't to bad currently, however the hour and a half train ride back was hell due to it being peak hour and not being able to stretch it out properly! Goodtimes... I'll post picks in the lowdown thread right now

bringin' the ol' pants back i see!

Again, gorgeous!!! Did he use white over black by the way?? Just curious. But man, your schedule was amazing!!!!!

Sweet, really cool!!!

I believe the scientific term is "lower squid pants" however a citation will be needed

I guess it depends on who you consider "the industry". Winning Inkmasters or Best Ink probably won't get you invited to State Of Grace or Ink N Iron, but could definitely get you a gig as token tattooer celebrity in a lesser known show or traveling convention and stay pretty busy and make some good money. The problem is the shelf life for a reality tv star is pretty short, and when people forget who you are and you can't just be the dude from the tattoo show, then it comes down to if you put on good tattoos.

Welcome, Nick! Your work is really nice. Thanks so much for posting it. Please make yourself at home here.

Heading to London from NYC for the third time in a fucking month (not solely for tattoos, I'm not that crazy), hoping to get another one from Liam Sparkes. I start my 4 sessions with Hooper here in NYC two weeks from today, and then in December I start TWENTY or so sessions with Mike Rubendall.

Truly reinventing the battle royale

@CercleRouge Did you get the Duncan X tattoos on the Tuesday 25th September. I was in Into You getting tattooed by Jondix at about 2pm.

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

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.

It sounds like you are building a really nice portfolio for yourself. Please show us pictures. I would love to get something done by you. PM me the pictures and I promise I wont share them with the rest of the board.

- - - Updated - - - So bad ass !!

A bit off-and-on topic here. I ran across a great question on some firearms documentation I was filling out (damn you NJ). The question read: List any scars, tattoos or identifying marks: The problem was it was a line about 3 inches long.....So I started a list and continued down the side of the page. This considering I am not heavily tattooed...What do people do that are covered? Answer "Got a shit-ton of tattoos and such", then list one or two favourites.

Forget all that bullsit about names. That's why they make black ink-if you want the name there, go for it. As for step-whatevers, lose that too. Just my humble little opinion. MY fiance came with a daughter that I love as one of my own.

Creating a Vector Composite Effect from a Photo | Psdtuts+ I think I might have just found the inspiration behind this one! :p I used to be a photoshop tutorial madman and I totally remember this one. I never thought about turning it into a tattoo but that's a cool result.

this one kinda looks like someone with a ball-gag in their mouth. "mmmffff mmmfffrrr!" sorry

Great trip-did all the tourist/ art things I wanted: Chinatown, Hotel des Artes, Coit Tower,City Lights, North Beach, Tony's Pizza, Ed Hardy's Tattoo City, Fisherman's Wharf, Boudin Bakery, De Young, SFMOMA, Ed Hardy's show at Ft.Mason, Haight Ashbury, Golden Gate Park, Japanese Garden, Exploratorium, Whitewalls, Upper Playground, Grandmaster Flash at the Fillmore, Cris Cleen tattoo, fireworks, The Castro, Market Street, etc. Here is the awesome tattoo I received from Cleen:

After saturday: