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Snaked from the Instagram of Horitomo the great .

Some really great work this month! I thought I'd throw mine in as well. Tony Nilsson Blue Arms Tattoo Oslo Norway Tony did a great job! I couldn't be happier!!! Here's a link to Tony's work via.... Instagram

My son's first tattoo for his 18th b-day by Ezra Haidet- Triple Crown Tattoo, ATX

Hey dude, good to have you! We've got a few LSTers up in Norway.

Thanks . I will use the edit button and refrain from sounding like a whining bastard from here on out! Also you're right I have made wiser choices , my latest was by Deno at the SFO show this year and am super stoked with the tattoo.

Reviving this thread partly 'cause I love it, partly because I have something to add in terms of awesome things I've done recently. This afternoon I successfully defended my PhD! Yikes! I am still kind of wrapping my head around the enormity of it, and so spewing my crazy wired energy wherever I can. :)

Alright, here's the hammerhead shark I got from Deno on Sunday:

@metalmancpa I know you said you're done/slowing down getting tattoos, but I believe Mike Moses is relocating to Columbus... while he doesn't tend to do charicature-y stuff, I have a feeling you might dig his stuff..

WHO: Gunnar (Gaylord) WHAT: A caricature of me listening to heavy metal music that comes to life WHEN: Oct 22 2012 WHERE: RedTree Tattoo Gallery in Columbus OH WHY: I drew pictures on the sides of cassette cases 30 years ago while I would listen to a late night heavy metal radio show. For a long time (in recent memory) I wanted a tattoo that was conceptually what I was drawing. Finally took the time to get it done.

My latest, finished a few months ago by Matt Brotka at Salvation Gallery in Richmond. (he didn't do the pumpkin on my ass haha)

Had a great time at the convention this weekend. It was nice meeting and talking with @Scott R, @Reyeslv, @Stewart Robson, and @Valerie Vargas. My wife was super excited about coming away with this from Valerie: Sorry for the crappy iPhone pic and my lack of ability to take good pictures.

A while ago I came across this newspaper article about Nick Wasko, who tattoos at Port Side Tattoo in Vancouver (actually, just checked that and it looks like the shop just closed down and it's not clear if/where he's tattooing now), and his attempts to document the history of traditional tattooing in Vancouver. Tattoo Historian Follows Ink Trail of Art It's a cool article about a subject that it seems like not many people know that much about. The most famous old-school tattooer in Vancouver is probably Doc Forbes (the pin-up article at tattooarchive.com claims that Sailor Jerry considered Doc Forbes one of his big influences in his pin-up designs), and there are plenty of pictures of him and his tattoos around. There are some here on the Old Tattoo Photos thread, and I recall seeing a bunch in Hanky Panky's 1001 Tattoos book as well. Wasko has gone a lot deeper than that though and is trying to find as much as he can about tattooers that there is seemingly very scant information on. The article is brief, though it hints at a lot. As far as I can tell from my own research, the designs in "traditional Canadian" tattooing aren't remarkably different than those in traditional American tattooing. The Lucky Supply Tattoo Museum has a dozen sheets of Doc Forbes' flash up for viewing on their site and the designs closely follow the traditional canon of roses, daggers, ships and anchors, eagles, snakes, dragons, ladies, etc. As an aside, this was the root of my interest in the subject...eagle tattoos are awesome, but what did Canadians traditionally get? Moose? Beavers? No, they got eagles. Though in Carol Clerk's Vintage Tattoos book I'm pretty sure that I saw some WWII-era Canadian naval designs that had beavers on them. Thomas Lockhart's West Coast Tattoo in Vancouver also has a tattoo museum and there are a couple of examples of old Canadian flash, one by F.A. Baldwin (described there as one of Canada's first tattooists) dating back to 1910-1920: I've gathered other tiny bits of information about the history of tattoos in Canada--for example, Amund Dietzel ended up in North America after being shipwrecked off the coast of Quebec; Betty Broadbent apparently tattooed in Montreal (I would guess as a travelling carnie thing?)--but nothing systematic. I don't know, I'm a nerd about this kind of stuff. Does anybody have anything else? Most of the information we have seems to be about Vancouver, which isn't surprising since that's probably the Canadian city with the most important tattoo scene both because it's a port and because geographically it's on the West Coast and is connected with West Coast tattooing generally (eg D.E. Hardy tattooed in Vancouver for a while), but what about Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax? These cities must have tattoo histories as well, probably especially Halifax (probably worth looking into Sailor Jerry Swallow here). Is "Canadian traditional tattooing" distinct enough to merit discussion on its own instead of just being part of "American traditional tattooing"?

My new flash set is up for sale.Sorry for the dull Picture but I promise these sheets are BRIGHT. $65 delivered in the U.S. $60 in person Paypal [email protected]

Just booked with Scott Sylvia for his guest spot in NYC :)

Having the desire to get tattooed I think is the most important part of this argument. I picture the guy with no tattoos who tattoos being the guy who thinks his tattoos are better than everyone's and he has nothing to learn from other people. Having people you look up to in tattooing, and knowing who those people are and aren't are just as important as having tattoos. I would say however that I think there is a lot to learn from getting tattooed by people who have mastered the art, and have seen many people improve their work, merely by getting tattooed by better people. But if there isn't people around that can teach you stuff, then I wouldn't get tattooed either, however the thought of living in a town without good tattooers sounds like a nightmare and not a place I would want to exist in.

It's not a bad tattoo It is the bestest tattoo ever. ;) No really don't sweat it just get more tattoos and you wont notice that one

Very true. I always said I picked the wrong career path My funeral home buddy said "Dude my business will never die. The dying is where I make the money" My buddy who does repo "It's weird that the worse the economy does, the more money I have" The owner of a pharmaceutical company I worked for said "Start a business in the three things humans can't live without. War, Drugs or Death." (Guy was stupid rich)

Nothing's surer than death and tax...

One guy I went to HS with... we went to the same college and he did the mortuary science thing. He owns 2 funeral homes.. doing very well. I could have gotten into the trade myself, still kicking myself in the ass.... Rob - - - Updated - - - Nah... its all about the shtiload of phone calls the superintendent would be getting from the small percentage of pissy stick up the ass parents... plain and simple. Rob

do it! such a great design. i need to figure out something for around my belly button and the bottom of my stomach but i don't even want to think about feeling that again anytime soon.

Congrats. What in?

I agree with the school - if we don't mention tattoos or educate them about tattoos, the kids will simply forget about tattoos. Banning sex education has reduced pregnancy why wouldn't it work for tattoos? Remember - ignorance is power!!!

I have one in my armpit already :D - - - Updated - - - I think you might be right. I'm going to have BJ Betts dial in the script on my chest next time he comes to CA, have Jondix do some patterns behind the plane and besides my back which will get started in Jan, those are all I really have left for open spots. I better just be patient and choose wisely :D

Hey now, nothing wrong with the mortuary sciences, sir.

Personally I'm fine with this. Don't need teens to be involved in tattooing. Wait until they grow up to learn about tattoos. I'm sure the school would ask a whiskey maker or a undertaker to leave too. Somethings belong in school some don't.

I'm at work right now and can't watch this, but is this such a bad thing? Seems to me that if people want to tattoo they'll figure it out (maybe the proper way with an apprenticeship, maybe not) but there's no good reason to encourage people to tattoo.

More Pharaoh's Horses;

i think this is fucking awesome. Björn Liebner's Photos | Facebook

@chrisnoluck funny, I've got a dagger in a similar spot and am pretty set on doing a pharaoh's horses design on my stomach.. if I can man up and actually do it.

Hooper did this foot as part of a full squid leg: I was lucky enough to see it in person while it was being worked on and it was knock-you-on-your-ass good. I'd love to do something like that with my feet but I'm not in a place in my life right now where I can heal something like that.

Just say they are based in your deep love for Satan and cheeseburgers. Works 30% of the time all the time

If you want to barf check out: Tattoo - Fuzi UVTPK Apparently she went to France and likely paid a lot of money to this dude who has done a ton of these sh*tty kitchen scratcher tattoos. I am baffled, but maybe some people dig the whole "seventh-grade-burnout-notebook-art" aesthetic. You can get better ink in prison. - - - Updated - - - This kinda sh*t only looks good if you're this guy: http://www.dieantwoord.com/images/wallpaper/WALLPAPER_LARGE/16.jpg

nice. didn't know you have the bear guy on your wrist from mark cross.

Ya don't say.

@Valerie Vargas thank you so much

I like all this stuff: SATURNALIA TEMPLE: CHRISTIAN MISTRESS: DEATHSPELL OMEGA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DAiFBx1UU0

Here's my latest from Stewart.

Here's the progress on my back piece from Stewart. Really stoked about the progress!!!!

My anthem as of recent: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C21r_6E7scI&list=PLBFBC2973B4346605&index=22&feature=plpp_video also

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

One of my favorites from the past couple of years: Necros Christos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lU650Yc3590

My left sleeve is a Kitsune done by Grime. I would post photos but he specifically asked me not to put it on the internet :/ if you message me I can send you a couple if you'd like.

NEW SAINT VITUS RULESSSSSSSSSSS....doooooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Also, I am a little late on the game, but I just picked up Thou - The Archer and The Owle. SO GOOD.

Well when the book is related to illustration I think that quote goes out the window.

A friend of mine once said, "If a chick is hot, her tattoos don't have to be good." I used to agree him, but I don't so much these days. Hot chick + great tattoos = infinitely hotter.

At the shop I work out in Hollywood, Chris Brown and Rihanna came in (before he kicked her ass) and they both had some pretty ridiculous tattoos on them (some of which were done at our shop). On his upper arm, there was a Jesus in the clouds with ninjas popping out of all the clouds around it. I asked what was up with the ninjas, and he said they were to protect Jesus. I'm Jewish, so I don't know all that much about Jesus I guess, but I'm pretty sure homeboy doesn't ninjas to protect him when the shit hits the fan.