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Here goes! This is my hindu influenced panther by Chad Koeplinger done 1/18 at the Star of Texas Convention in Austin, Tx

@else TOO GOOD! - - - Updated - - - Another "I know I'm gunna lose again" posts. It's an older pic and missing some updates but whatever! or in the words of @Dan S....Just to keep in practice Regino Gonzalez Invisible NYC

Just got back from Rock of Ages - got a big ol' tiger on the knee! Can't wait to show you guys but it looks a little awful right now with all the ooze... Steve was fantastic - super easy to sit for - I can't wait to go back in March for the other knee! :D And thanks @Dhopper for coming by, it was nice to see you again!!

Mine from this week! by Ron Henry Wells

I found this photo the other week, but forgot to put the artists name etc on the file before I saved it so if anyone knows so I can give credit please feel free to give the heads up! I should also add it's most likely NSFW, but it does show that with some good placement, a young lady could easily get a bad ass Pharaoh's Horses ;) - - - Updated - - - While I'm here... This was done recently by Dan Bursell at Westside Tattoo - Brisbane, QLD - Spa, Beauty & Personal Care | Facebook This was the kids second tattoo. Doing it right and winning at life.

I guess I forgot to introduce myself. Hi Everyone.

Wherein @phickey has a quietly devastating idea for a tattoo... ...the idea is affirmed by @hogg... And subsequently blows up LST with the results.

I already have a t-shirt, so this is just to get things going this month. Healed Baku & Shishi by Marius Meyer (Going back for minor touch ups soon. Had some trouble healing one of the Baku's eye)

Check out these GREEN SOAP air fresheners I had made. I'll have them in Phiily next week or you can get them from Waverlycolor.com. Thanks! bill

Just got an email from Chad Koeplinger- we're finishing my stomach on Monday!

Before the convention (over email) we had discussed doing something "hindu inspired" which I guess is what he's into these days. A few nights before the big day I had this dream that I was watching a documentary about "shamanic battles against evil" and Chad was interviewed in the documentary and was showing all these pictures of big cat tattoos and discussing how they were especially powerful against evil forces. So when I got there and we started talking about what to do I told him about my dream and he drew it up for me right there. :D

Really all you'd need is a good strong magnet and you could pull his face off.

Whenever I have a problem, I call on mary jane...

May as well give it a go as its healed at this stage. :) By Ross Nagle @ Allstar Ink Limerick.

This is how it looked after the second session: - - - Updated - - - This is how it looked after the second session:

Thanks! Wouldn't want a scared cat above that placement haha -- He drew me a "mischievous" cat. Perfect! I love it!

Sorry, don't do FB, so I guess I amn't linking correctly. There is a pic of Greg Irons getting tattooed by Cliff Raven way back when.

Where were this girls friends to take her out for martinis and give her sassy advice? BFF FAIL :(

I predict that we're going to see a resurgence in people getting Greg Irons designs. And by people I mean me.

Speaking of which, I was chatting with Stephanie the other day about her awesome ass dragons and she said she was stoked that this cool girl had let her put one on her. :)

@else problem? Banks can take away everything from you but your tattoos.

Something my mate Stooks (http://www.stookstattoo.com/) whipped up awhile ago. I think it says it all really ;)

One of the many things I found disturbing was how much skin he has left. She's cute, he's a dick, hope her parents have a lot of money.

Rassier: Robson: Preheim:

Here is the one from my copy. [/img]

Mary Jane Haake is an amazing and beautiful lady that has been tattooing in Portland for 31 years, she apprenticed under Bert Grimm. Her work now mostly consists of reconstructive work on burn victims, breast cancer patients, wounded soldiers, which I personally think is a really cool thing to do. She kind of holds things together in Portland is the best way I can put it. She works as kind of a liaison to the health department , keeping us up to date on any new laws or restrictions. It seems like whenever you have an issue you can always call Mary Jane, and she is willing to listen and help. She throws a birthday party every year, with food, live bands, and such and I have been lucky enough to be able to tag alone with boss man a few times. It's always a great time and usually end up meeting some pretty legendary people in the tattoo world there. Here is a video of her talking about her career, Bert Grimm and tattooing penis and butt crack among other things. She is also the only person I know that uses a coil machine to tattoo to do cosmetic tattooing.

I don't know, when the article starts with "About a month ago, Rouslan Toumaniantz, a well known and sometimes notorious Belgium-based tattoo artist (of Tattoo Box in Kortrijk), and Lesya, a designer living at the time in Saransk, a city in central Russia started talking via chat (Rouslan speaks fluent Russian) and realized they had a lot in common, and quickly began falling head over heels in love" and then the next step is the dude tattooing his name on her face, I think they should both be called out and made fun of, because that is some bullshit right there.

got this from Matt Howse at the Austin convention .... almost healed (and might need a couple of touch ups). And while Im at it a better shot of the opposite arm. Now to figure out what to do with the inside of the bicep .....

Hey-all Women should know how to defend themselves. She is getting ready for her blackbelt test, as is her 16 y.o. sister. Gotta be strong!

hhahaha funny thing..i told my lady that over dinner today...fucking magnets...how do they work? they pull stupid peoples faces off!

That when you're healing your back and every time you go to the bathroom you stand up and discover you've shed multi-coloured parts of your body everywhere.

@Dan S have you seen the guy? Shouldn't be too hard for one of these women to kick his ass themselves. Dudes with these kinds of sociopathic and misogynistic egos are never very tough at the end of the day.

That's exactly how I feel about New York, except I'm still on my way to a full bodysuit and a cardboard box. Good thing cardboard boxes in Ohio are dirt cheap.

SHOW US!!! I am really hoping I can sneak in a knee tattoo by someone at the philly convention.

Must have. I keep greensoap in my washroom to wash my hands with, because the smell makes me happy.

Congrats, @phickey! That is some beautiful work and a powerful tattoo. I myself am pretty stoked to have come in (a very distant) second. Guess I'll have to try for that T-shirt with the next one!

Hi Paul. I think it is safe to say that we all enjoy your work. It's great to have you here.

Thou shalt shut the fuck up and listen to good advice. Thou shalt not keep blabbing and ignore good advice. Thou shalt lurk long enough to understand good advice.

she should've gotten "Aslan" instead of ruslan....narnia is cooler than internet love storys anyways

I have the tattooed one and the regular and I don't know if I would part with the regular one for $129.00. It was a struggle to buy it back then at the regular price!

I just booked my trip for my next session--I go back on the 22nd and I'm lookin' forward to it. :)

I know the place! That's one of my favorites. If you're ever in North Portland there's a good one up on Killingsworth near Jefferson high school.

Inner arm even near my armpit did not bother me. Interesting feeling, but not bad at all. One of my sessions was particularly long but halfway through I did get the Bactine treatment!!! After that I felt absolutely nothing. So, I guess I cheated. Still, there were a few hours there of pre-Bactine...no tears.

Now THAT is parenting. :)

I was just poking fun. Inside bicep is not nearly as bad as other spots.

Yeah, whenever we go to Brooklyn we are pretty blown away by the quality of tattoos seemingly everybody around us is sporting. In our neighbourhood here in Montreal, everyone is tattooed too, but the difference in quality is staggering. It does mean that we really notice folks wearing great work here. If we lived in Brooklyn I bet we'd be all "another dude with Thomas Hooper sleeves? YAWN." :)

I think Im lucky to live in a tattoo city. Austin has a shit ton of shops and many of them are great to decent. As a result, a lot of even the shitty hipster tattoos are well executed. Of course, there is plenty of crap, but a LOT of people are tattooed, and we have Rock Of Ages, True Blue, Atomic, Ancient Ink, etc. Shit, Chris Trevino if you are patient enough. Its a nice place to be.

As the old saying goes, "You can't fix stupid."

Upcomming march I will leave everything behind for an unknown period of time and start living out of my backpack while hitchhiking europe. Started preparing today. Can't wait for the adventures ill have and all the people I'll meet! It's scary as fuck to do this but at the same time so exciting to be living my dream pretty soon! Just sharing my stokedness (is that a word? if not it is now) Take care!

Congrats to your wife Hogg! And to you too--all partners of dissertation writers are saints. For real. I did my PhD in the UK but have been back in Canada for a few years now, so defending meant a whirlwind trip back to the UK (I arrived last Thursday morning for my Friday defense and just got back yesterday), which I am still recovering from. INTENSE.