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ehh i more so set up the appointment with antonio because i already wanted to get tattooed by him and since my band will already be in frederick that day for recording... why the fuck not? i'll have to check out those guys though. baltimore is only a 2.5 hour drive or so from here so i could always drive down another time. - - - Updated - - - p.s.. posted this in the full backpiece thread but i figured i'd post here too. got this lined yesterday by max kuhn.

got this outlined yesterday by max kuhn. looking forward to finishing it.

My first trip to Dallas was in 1998 and I worked right near Richard's shop. The owner of the shop said, "come on, I'll introduce you to Richard Stell". We walked over there and they were filming Walker Texas Ranger, Richard was tattooing. I got to meet Richard Stell, Mike Wilson AND Chuck Norris all within 5 minutes of each other. It was the coolest day ever for me. Richard wouldn't stop tattooing for them to film and told them to deal with it and film around him, it was rad. I told Richard that story recently from my perspective and he chuckled. I am very excited to see him on Ink Master.

Howdy- I guess I should finally get around to my introduction. My name is Doug Hardy. I tattoo at my father's shop, Tattoo City, in San Francisco. I was apprenticed under Michael 'Rollo' Malone at China Sea Tattoo in Honolulu from 1992-1996, then moved to Minneapolis where I worked at Northside Tattoo, The Ink Lab, Uptown Tattoo and finally The Aloha Monkey. After almost 12 years in the Frozen North, I moved back to my hometown to help run Tattoo City and be my father's right hand man after his retirement. I also help with Hardy Marks Publications and try to stay connected with other artists when I'm not wrangling my goddamned cats.

@Jennifer Stell Fact: I was pierced by Richard Stell 20 years ago. I no longer have it, but he and I had a good laugh about it while he tattooed me two years ago. (That, I still have.)

I have 2 appointments next month, one with Tomas Garcia and one with Matt Bivetto, I'm taking Oct off haha

I still stand by my earlier post regarding this; 1) contestants have to tattoo the judges.

Just got a nice surprise today in my inbox. Looks like sometime next year I might be getting tattooed by Thomas Hooper!

yeah... I'll have a better idea of what's going on with 2013 in December. It's getting to where we can't keep up with it all. . . Or I just have been out of a shop so long I am having to reprogram myself to keep up w/ that, and be good at being on the road still... I know it seems trivial, I just like to be on point, I feel like I am getting thin skinned trying to retain it all: Schedules, appointments, designs, setup, breakdown, taking care of the man, and making sure each client is 100% or more happy with it all, and all the other joys of being a shop owner again, etc... Sound Fun? Haha, it is... Too bad I'm getting old, and can't keep up with the cool kids anymore. Actually thank god for that. Maybe I'll be tattooing or at least painting again regularly by the end of the year. Jen

One more thing: don't call it "San Fran." Say "SF" or just "The City." ;)

If we can have topics on food, weight lifting, music and "random pictures", I don't see how one thread on piercings is gonna do any harm. On topic, my personal perspective is that I've had piercings in the past, but I get sick of "babying" them - having to clean them meticulously when they get gunked up, making sure I don't lose any bits of the jewellery that might come undone, being careful at shows so they don't get bumped/ripped out - tattoos are only annoying for a week or so while they heal, piercings are annoying forever :P

I will say this: Oliver, Nunez, and Navarro work crazy long hours, and deal with bullshit on a level that I would not want to even conceive to sign up for... I was just happy that we got to get over and see Bert, Boltz, and the guys at S.S. in Brooklyn, and make some dough which put us within our mark of shop $tart-up. I got to go see Higgs, Hooper, Kings Ave, Invisible, and even though I'm still tired, we even had a convention the weekend we came back.... It's all worth it, we love tattooing, and this was for Oliver, after everything him and Richard lived out, it's hard for us to say no, making up for lost time... I just wonder how the fuck they are going to edit all the fucks that came out of Richard mouth... PS, Navarro shreds in his room sometimes when they aren't on set... He's good. Most people don't want to disturb him, but they needed him on-set, and they sent Richard to get him... Hahaha... Richard got him.

...when you want to tell somebody "I know the person who got that tattoo" But really, you've only ever talked to them on the internet...

He tattooed a spider lady on the side of my knee two years ago (it's in my gallery) and pierced my nurple in the before time.

Honestly, it has been a hellish couple of weeks in terms of work and insane schedules and blah blah blah but @Graeme and I are going on a tattoo road trip to New York this weekend and that is totally, totally, getting both of us through the week. Tattoo anticipation is a great coping mechanism during times of stress! :)

Go to Spider Murphy's. Go to Spider Murphy's. Go to Spider Murphy's. Go to Spider Murphy's. (not for Japanese stuff, but so i can get tattooed vicariously through you)

I am going to be tattooed by Frank Lee next if he ever finally makes it up here....lol! We've been talking about it....he just needs to come up to Baltimore soon is all..... Okay.....don't fall out of your chairs.......I have no other plans to be tattooed right now other than that......lmfao

D you should be banned just for posting that..... Hella troll

I'm wildly in love with you right now. Found last years thread... My buddies and I were the 1% and waltzed around downtown Oakland for a few hours hammered.

Purely out of curiosity, I just watched the first two episodes of this season. The thing that bugs me the most about it is that they give the winners of the "Flash Challenges" the ability to assign all of the "Human Canvases" to each tattooer. What this means is that they are purposely trying to make their competitors put on bad tattoos that they know they can't pull off so that they can further themselves in the competition. They're actively trying to get the clients bad tattoos. I mean, I understand that it's a competition and money is at stake, but these are tattoos. People have to live with these for the rest of their lives and I think it's a total dick move to completely neglect to think about the client's happiness and their right to get a good tattoo. Like it was said earlier, this is just a TV show. There is good and bad associated with it's impact, of course, but ultimately it's aired for entertainment purposes and not for promoting artistic integrity. That's their prerogative and that's fine, but I think it's incredibly irresponsible to participate in fostering a culture where people get shitty tattoos on purpose. That's never cool, and that's where I take most issue with this show.

YUP... It's The Walker Texas Ranger Episode: A Matter of Principle... And Richard and I kinda got a vibe that the contestants would be trying to get a rise out of him: Contradictions & EXCUSES we're tiring, Richard really wanted to practice what he preached, manners, restraint, representing Real Tattooers in a positive light...and knowing when your advice or words meant nothing (because the fuckers "KNOW" tattooing), if it so why help them... ? (He didn't want to shit on the floor, but he could have, after seeing the bullshit we did.) I don't know whats going to happen, but I am happy that some real tattoo masters like Rubendall, Richard, and the like,are going to be on the series, it helps make these assholes look bad. (Richard doesn't consider himself a master), he wants to keep learning... And that's the lesson we learned in NYC.

James Spencer Briggs....that is all. http://www.jamesspencerbriggs.com/ He is kinda good....

That thing is spectacular. Invictus tattoo here in Oslo has a giant print of that in the lobby.

absolutely. You'd be surprised at who is available to tattoo you as a walk up...

Do you guys think it would be worth it to drive Saturday morning to be there at night Saturday and all Sunday? I have a last minute chance to go.

Welcome to LST! I always said we need more old school raps on here..

Man i'm loving this season so far, very promising. Also i don't know who that blonde chick is but holy fuck is she hot

CIV tattooing you while he sings "No Reason Why" and "New Direction".

"Sympathy for the Devil" excerpt... "every cop is a criminal".... Probably the cops have better tattoos maybe? Rob

Cops? i thought it was only the robbers that had tattoos. How am i to distinguish now.

So many good snake tattoo posts here! Sick one from Dan Sinnes at The London Convention: ..and a sick one from Xam: A couple of nice snakes from Marius Meyer: and my very own girlhead and snake:

Now that would make for an interesting show.

I had a great time talking with richard while he was tattooing my ribs, He could talk about so many different topics and the experiences that he shared were thought provoking to say the least

Quint, Hooper, Brody, and Jaws.

I figure enough people liked this in the Latest Tattoo Lowdown thread to warrant an entry here. Done by Johnny Bones at Full Circle Tattoo in San Diego, CA. Johnny be good!

Richard actually was on Walker Tx Ranger twice. We took pics of Chuck in the shop and I am not sure what happened to them.

Yup... Richard and I were in NYC last for this and the Smith Street Guest Spot... It was interesting, but painful... Next week, is the Traditional Round. Richard is the Guest Judge... And, he ripped into everyone, and even snapped at Navarro, but in the end. They signed up to be judged, and so they were.

Speaking of Senor O'Donnell, here's the latest from his instragram:

That classic Eddy Deutsche jam .

Chris Conn November 9th and Bryan Burk and maybe Miguel Montgomery. Saturday Eddy Deutsche. Maybe some thing small on Sunday the 11th.

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.

^^^ Sweet... Sounds like Bubbleberry is back!!! :) Sent from my iPhone using Forum Runner

I'm gonna be a rebel and tell you to get a panther head with a knife through it. That'll be your best bet. ever.

Tattoo Designs & Art :: Tattoodles Massive Gallery of Tattoos & Pictures is a decent flash site.you can join for a month,and download as much flash as u wan't. The only shops near Darwin i found are Darwin City Tattoos Mat,Mim,& Dean,do good work.Another shop called Coolalinga Tattoo came up,but couldn't find any website with their work.If your willing to travel down to Brisbane, Seventh Circle Tattoo Studio and Tattoo Artists in East Brisbane Qld Brendan does excellent japanese work. True Love Tattoo Wild At Heart Tattoo: Home Sydney- Traditional Japanese Tattooing by Kian Forreal - Tattoo Artist -Sydney Tattoo Shops & Tattoo Studios Australia Home Melbourne- Third Eye Tattoo WENDY PHAM www.evangriffiths.com Owen Williams Chapel Tattoo Tattoo Magic 3065 Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia Green Lotus Tattoo - - - Updated - - - Tattoo Designs & Art :: Tattoodles Massive Gallery of Tattoos & Pictures is a decent flash site.you can join for a month,and download as much flash as u wan't. The only shops near Darwin i found are Darwin City Tattoos Mat,Mim,& Dean,do good work.Another shop called Coolalinga Tattoo came up,but couldn't find any website with their work.If your willing to travel down to Brisbane, Seventh Circle Tattoo Studio and Tattoo Artists in East Brisbane Qld Brendan does excellent japanese work. True Love Tattoo Wild At Heart Tattoo: Home Sydney- Traditional Japanese Tattooing by Kian Forreal - Tattoo Artist -Sydney Tattoo Shops & Tattoo Studios Australia Home Melbourne- Third Eye Tattoo WENDY PHAM www.evangriffiths.com Owen Williams Chapel Tattoo Tattoo Magic 3065 Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia Green Lotus Tattoo

might as well have another crack, Tattoo around the clouds and Kraken is fresh/swollen in this pic. Tristan bentley, Ocean ink Sydney Australia

Tattooers with no tattoos are just Tourist and should be treated as such. They are just looking at the cash and waiting for the next thing to come along.

Cool thread! That first piece is killer, but her right hand and left arm looks a little bit strange to me. Maybe just the picture, or maybe just me... I don't know. The piece as a whole looks really bad-ass though! Most of you have already seen my front piece, but I found a better picture of it on Marius' blog a while back, so here's to those who haven't seen it already (sorry about the insane size of the photo)

I don't think there are any trade secrets in TAM or maybe they send me a special version where they take them all out beforehand. I always just thought of it being a magazine where tattoo artists can speak freely without having to worry about alienating potential clients and giving clients too much info for their own good. A lot of the interviews are similar in content to the artists interviews on this site (good thing) in the sense that they are very informative but in no way provide a gate to learning how to tattoo. It is a great magazine and the only tattoo magazine I read cover to cover, although I have been known to pick up a copy of Tattoo Energy to look at the pictures.

*shakes head* ps. i should really expand on my reaction as in i have nothing to say about his tattooing and his persona that could really describe how it all makes me feel. dispair is one of them. the less publicity that shit gets the better