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Drove down to Allstar in Limerick for around midday. I had a quick breakfast first and then threw the car on cruise control for the motorway trip down (takes around two hours from Dublin). There's nothing quite like the sensation of speeding down the country knowing that you're on your way to get some (hopefully) world-class tattoos when you actually should be working for The Man and watching the clock hands tick by. Allstar was the same as when I was there the previous week: Full of guest artists and with a great atmosphere as a result. To be honest I recommend anyone to go there and get tattooed by Ross or one of his guys at any time: You'll enjoy looking at the amazing flash and art collection on the walls if nothing else. Everything from Smith Street / Frank Carter / Nick Colella sheets to one-off signed pieces by many of the greats. Fortified with a large americano I ended up getting tattooed by Chad first, who rapidly elected to do one of the two ideas I had come with: A rock of ages on the back of my leg. I gave him a free hand and you can see the results further down my post. I'm super pleased with this, I feel like he got all of the elements I like about the ROA motif and managed to somehow get them into a leg piece without having it feel crammed. Next up was Oliver Peck, rubbing his hands and querying what I wanted on my other foot (he had tattooed a panther head on the other one the year before). I had originally thought a matching cat head, but he pointed out that really so long as it was the same size I could get something else if I wanted. Taking the hint, I mentioned that I'd always wanted an anvil tattoo, and suggested putting that over some flowers. We chucked around some other ideas, but he seemed stoked to do the anvil so in no time at all I was in the chair for the second time and getting zapped once more. The mismatched size of the images in this post reflects my complete lack of technological know-how, sorry. I tried to get my own photo of the ROA but I practically pulled a muscle trying to get a decent shot of the back of my leg. As a result I've stolen the pic Chad put up on instagram, which is not ideal, but hey - at least it's my leg, right? It's just a pity my calves are so skinny... Years of squatting and you wouldn't know to look. I heard Arnold Schwarzenegger had the same problem in his early days.

And here I don't even have a hip pic that's less than ten years old. So...this is out in Washington state last year, near Sequim at a place called Eddy's Hook. And this is the ancient version...I THINK this pic is from about 96, 97, like that.

Figured Id add another Greg Christian piece to this. Super nice guy and blazed this thing in like 45 mins.

Them shits are Warby Parker's! Should I just submit myself to the "Dumb Hipster Tattoos" thread? Goddammit.

I a'int too proud to show my ugly mug. My girlfriend got me to wear this stupid hat on Christmas day. Some of you saw it on IG anyway.

Womp womp. Ok. I'll play.

So in October I decided to grow a bit of a beard.

Ok, I'll play.

The blue one is fresh. Done by RJ Hitchcock at American Graffiti. He also did the red one...both are from Higgs flash. The crappy pic doesn't do it justice.

Ok fine @reverend1 here is a screen shot I just took of my Facebook profile pic...our whole family! Me, Stella, and @DJDeepFried taken at a cafe just a couple weeks ago! :-)

Guess it is about time for an update here.....LOL I was tattooed by Frank Lee about a month ago in Annapolis, Maryland I was also tattooed this past weekend at the Philly Convention by LeDan & Jennie Peace....and also Dana Brunson. I almost was tattooed (finally) by Zeke Owen but he was a bit tired on Friday night and I didn't make it back up on Sunday to actually make it happen! And I almost got my Bristol Tattoo Club (bat) from Jimmie Skuse but again...I didn't go back up on Sunday!

I looked up a picture Thomas took of my tattoo a few years back when it was in progress. - - - Updated - - - One of those arms is covered up...the other arm is being worked on. I still dislike most of my old arm tattoos.

Raybans? Mustache? V-neck? Guys, are you thinking what I am thinking?

One of the main things I like about my tattoos is being able to see them.

You mean you're not Bryan Burk? - - - Updated - - - Here is a mini photo montage of me.

Yeah not sure who they are, Watched every episode of Inkmaster and still came up with nothing.

Am I the only one that made this connection?

Greg Christian at Love Hate Social Club London. Such an ace time this afternoon, sounds like he has a fair amount of free spots while he's there... edit: My smartphone is bust, so I robbed this from Greg's Instagram http://instagram.com/gregchristian4130/

Everyone here is cute, just as I suspected.

Your beard is doing it right!

chad koeplinger flash looks a lot more like this:

Portraits? Na these dudes do a lot of whispy line stuff w/no outlines and infinity symbols... lots of infinity symbols!

Never heard of any of those guys. Do the specialize in portraits?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfY0Hg1XfzY Metal to fall off the wagon to......sorry guys sooo bored at work today with little to do.

I'd say it's more "normal" to tattoo armpits than Nipples. I've tattooed maybe 10-15 pairs of armpits. from palm-sized to full coverage. Your question @peterpoose is similar to asking "Will the hair grow back on my arm?" your skin and it's function will not change. It may be a little more sensitive for a while but armpits heal fairly quickly. Nipples are less common. I prefer the look of a tattoo that goes around the nipples if it's designed correctly. I've yet to notice anyone have loss of 'function' with tattooed nipples. They don't hold pigment quite as well as other areas, much like an elbow or knuckle. you can get the pigment to stay but you're not going to be able to have a mini portrait there. One thing to bear in mind: You can tattoo anything. yes, ANYTHING. Yep, even that bit you're thinking of. Yup, even that other bit. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=lucky+diamond+rich&aq=f&oq=lucky+diamond+rich or Shannon Larratt is Zentastic › The Sleeper Has Awakened Now the question is, will it look good? The answer, as ever, is to go to someone who has healed examples of the type of thing you're looking for but some areas of skin won't ever hold finely detailed tattoo designs.

Got this today, sorry for the bad photo.

hope this helps.

We are all one face tattoo away from a lucrative modeling career. I kind of like this thread, gives me something besides an avatar to associate people with.

I wanted to put up a picture but my computer spectacularly died when I turned it on to upload one, like smoke came out of it and shit, so I am heeding the fates and leaving this thread well alone.

I'm the one on the left, this is from my baby sister's bridal shower... Didn't want to feel left out of the mustache club ;)

Nah, you look more like varg vierkenes than a hipster. Haha

Got an A on my physical Anthro test

A big THANK YOU to those who liked what i had to say and mentioned me in this thread! I would love to see this in print too...I really enjoy being able to look through a magazine if it is worth looking through! There are bound to be bugs and glitches....and grammatical errors and such BUT I really love what they are trying to do! I didn't want to say too much in the Tattoo Collector Magazine thread but i think most got the "hint" LOL Support this please! tattooists actually taking the initiative to educate the public....it has been missing from the community other than places like this site and maybe a few others!

2nd session on my hannya masks & japanese maple leaves sleeve with chris o'donnell on friday. i think the plan is to finish the background and maybe start a little color, haven't posted a picture yet but maybe i will after this session...

Hey, you said it...I was just thinking it.

Did you get killed on a submarine?

Just a few more...hope you like, those are a bit older work.

Yep, usually tattoos for people who don't want tattoos...and as a general rule in life, if it glows, running from it usually makes more sense than pushing it into your skin.

Me.

Me.

Luckily I'm pretty close to Cleveland, but I'm Going to Chicago in March and getting tattooed by Nick Colella, and San Francisco in June where I hope to get tattooed by Scott Sylvia (haven't made the appointment yet) so if I can I'm going to Get one by Greg Christian somewhere in between if I can catch him while he's home!

The cool thing about Gypsy Gentleman and Tattoo Age is that they both have very minimum overlap as far as their guests are concerned (Valerie Vargas and Dan Santoro being the exceptions). I've been exposed to lots of great artists because of both shows, but Gypsy Gentleman especially. This was my first time discovering Laura Satana. Dig her work. That Tin Tin interview was so good. Seems like such a character. I dig that.

Awesome new episode! As usual it did not disappoint. But... ...Shige, Horiyoshi III, Genko, En, and a bunch of dudes swinging swords! Yup, just peed my pants. Like full on loss of bladder control. Can not wait!

Just another way for people who don't like tattoos but want to "be tattooed" to do so , one step below white ink tattoos. Honestly I haven't heard any one speak about Blacklight tattoos in a couple of years, and usually just someone with no tattoos tagging along with a friend who is getting tattooed to ask questions about tattoos.

Oookay- here's a peek:

Had my first Saturday off in months. Was able to catch a walk-in with Brad Stevens at NY Adorned - very fortunate. Got this pretty lady to cap my left shoulder. here's a photo of it from his instagram.

OMG this. At the last Montreal convention, we were pretty sure we spotted @eisen777's wife as we recognized her chest piece that he had posted on here, and then we felt like the BIGGEST CREEPS EVER.

I wasn't trying to be a smart-ass btw ... But when I think about Japanese style tattooing and the diversity of approaches - there are important guys dotted all around the globe. And even in the same country or region we see a plethora of approaches. Calle in King Carlos is pretty different in his take on it than another Scandinavian like Henning J... Then you've got guys like Pino Cafaro, an Italian based in Germany, The UK (everything from interpretive type guys to a Horiyoshi III disciple), amazing Australians and so on. The U.S scene is obviously important but I guess I'm saying isn't it a global phenomenon now, moreso than just being concerned with just the U.S or Japan?