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Got this from Jason Mcafee at Temple Tattoo in Oakland, CA. Super stoked on it. Real cool dude too. Temple is my home base.

Mike Wilson @ inksmith and Rogers

Last session. We're all done. Mike Wilson @ ink smith and Rogers

Got this one from Simon Erl the other day and I am really happy with it. He didn't draw it as I had envisioned but made it much better. If you are in Stockholm make sure to swing by Swahili Bobs, he'll be there for another month or so.

dunno what that dude was on but he should've got an eagle on his chest instead of wasting my time.

Dude just really doesn't know what he is talking about, probably has been misinformed by people when he asks questions, and just uses that misinformation to form his own conclusions. His view of tattooing is one who has too much exposure to it on the internet and probably not enough time around actual tattooers. The fabricated facebook drama and stories of photo shop fraud that most people just ignore are the biggest problem with tattooing? I have a whole rant in my head about realistic tattooing, but I don't want to seem like I don't like it or respect it, but just don't think it's any fancier or more creative than any other style. In a genre where a lot of the work is exact reproduction of images(some of them copyrighted) it's hard for me to listen to someone complain about being copied. Of course your realistic color portrait of Michael Keaton as Batman looks the same as the next guy, you used the same image as reference, and if it didnt look the same, I would be worried. On the other hand, I caught someone in the traditional realm rant the other week about someone ripping off their commisioned tattoo drawing that they posted on every social media site out there weeks before they tattooed it, not to mention the image was of a very famous cartoon character. Meanwhile the best tattooers in the world keep putting out amazing work and don't have time to deal with such nonsense.

That's kind of a bummer. I was hoping that the best way to contact him was through performing some kind of arcane ritual.

I thought you just say his name 3 times and he shows up for a guest spot in your city.

Hi Graeme, I've been getting tattooed by Glennie and Tim at Pearl Harbor Gift Shop in Toronto. Thanks for the welcome!

Realistic tattoos aren't my favorite style, so I don't exactly have my finger on the pulse of that genre. I don't know anything about tattooers fighting about their tattoos being photoshopped before being posted on social media sites to gain business, but I'm not shopping online for tattooers, either. I guess this guy would consider me an old fart and a dying breed myself, I'm okay with that. But to answer the question, is it an interesting read? Not so much. Not for me. All the threads on LST have much more interesting content, IMO.

Yesterdays progess on my hannya sleeve can be seen on chris odonnells instagram and facebook. I would post a picture here but im lazy.....

the guadalupe was done by Jason Mcafee at Temple Tattoo

There are a lot of shops run by/affiliated with various clubs. That doesn't mean that they are in any way operating illegally, or unethically. To assume that a M.C. is a criminal group is a typical candy-ass mistake.

Well that was ten minutes of my life I won't get back.

Read it through, and all I can say is from the perspective of someone who has ridden in a club, who has friends in a large, mainline club, and who rides. Fuck him and the horse he rode in on. Does this douche-nozzle stop for one fucking second to think about the ramifications of the spew he writes about how the entire industry is being extorted by M.C.'s?! Fuck no. Straight sensationalism. If he qualified it, and said "in this city...", or gave some type of back-up, "this is my friend who ran such and such a shop that was extorted...", but no, he just ssquirts it out there and runs.' Thought the rest of the article sucked too.

pg 117 of Tattooing from Japan to the West has a spider by Chad that looks real similar to this one and he also mentions visiting Barcelona in Sept of '03. it's gotta be Chad.

Went to Stay Gold in Albuquerque yesterday for a little walk-in, got a little variation of the shaking hands design pieced together from some SJ flash. It's on my shin and wraps quite a bit so it's impossible to get a good picture, but here is the gist of it (it's fairly symmetrical):

I know a place that I can still get Pendletons for $15 to $20. I think they look great, but it is not exactly my style. Maybe I should start picking them up to ship out to LST members.

I think the wiping hurts way more than the tattooing.

Jonas Nyberg (or Uggli as some know him by) is doing a guestspot at Blue Arms, and I filled a cancellation he had yesterday. My first tattoo this year.

I don't think their is a right direction after you tattoo your whole face.

The only thing I do is try to use space efficiently. Make sure the tattoo you get on the back of that arm buts up close to where your first two meet and make sure the tattoo sits where you want it and takes up the space nicely without leaving an awkward blank spot too small for a tattoo. Don't take this advice as gospel, but if you convey to your tattooer or tattooers your concern they should work with you. Sometimes it might mean adding background to fill up a space, or suggesting a spot that better fits the tattoo and leaves you with more tattooable space. - - - Updated - - - Who did your newest tattoo BTW.

I think it depends on what you are looking for. If you want to accumulate a bunch of tattoos from different tattooers and plan on getting tattoos as long as you have blank space, then I wouldn't worry as you get more tattoos things will start to blend together. However if you are more concerned with all the tattoos on your arm looking the same and flowing together, then i would try to plan out the rest of your arm with one tattooer. The best tattooed arms i see are the ones that just have random tattoos here and there and enough blank skin so you can make out each individual tattoo.

my band just released our ep last night. i'm sure everybodies musical taste here varies greatly but if you're into bands like pg99/majority rule/city of caterpillar then check it out. APOLLOCREED

I can also post this, just saw that Knibbe Pallius @ Never Die Tattoo in Gothenburg had posted it on instagram when it was done like 2-3 months ago. Shame we'll have to redo the lines, they aren't black due to bad healing. Back of the knee = pain.

http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/random-crap/3679-snapchat-page2.html boom! - - - Updated - - - ohhhhh I meant @slayer9019 of course...that's why it didn't tag him! and P.S. I don't know how long I will keep my new avatar. I liked my kitty picture!!

Another one down, 6th session.

Here's mine (slurped off of Steve Byrne's instagram) The knee was way less painful than I expected it to be... there were a couple spots that really made me wince but otherwise it was pretty easy.

Am I the only one that made this connection?

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

I am going to have to fact check your story by watching sons of anarchy, and this time the whole series not just the episode with Freddy Corbin. Dan, I think the assumptions people make about MC are the same ones they make about tattoo shops in general. I would be lying if I said I didn't know a few of each that deal in some shady business, but that can be said for most groups, clubs, occupations, gangs, or however anyone wants to categorize people. Bottom line is extortion, intimidation, hand breaking, burning down shops doesn't happen in the US anymore by anyone.

Hi Mark , nice introduction got a feeling you'll be part of the furniture round here .

My artist rang me tonight an wants to do three sessions this week (21 hours) instead of one sessions as he has had two, 7 hour slots pull out (the guy who pulled has a serious flu). After the sessions only a few days ago that totally blew, I gotta get my head ready for a unexpected session tomorrow. I am really bruised from the last one (see bruising along the rib cage). Only about another 30 hours to go, so better man up to them... still better to get them over and done with now and hell, time then to go out an enjoy the work he had done for the rest of my life... 30 hours of pain for a life time of enjoyment, I think is a bargain and worth it all...

Sounds like you are on an awesome path Mark. You're in the right place at LST.

Boom goes the dynamite!! Nice find @TrixieFaux !! And you can always change your avatar back ;) hehehe @CaptCanada has started quite the trend lol - - - Updated - - - Yeah, I think you have a winner winner chicken dinner there Capt'n

You could do worse. That little thing is awesome.

Carrhartt is the flavor where I live, and I've got one that I wear when it's cold enough...Maybe I should check the thrift stores more!

I can see some points in there, or at least can understand the perspective that someone would have to write this article, but I can't say I agree with much of it.

Well, if it isn't fixed yet by the next time I'm there I'll definitely take a look at it for you. But really, there are a whole bunch of people that <3 wool there... I'm sure someone can take care of it. Black Sheep Gathering in Eugene in June and Clackamas Flock and Fiber Fest (May?) would be excellent bets if you don't find someone sooner.

@David Flores someone who understands the properties of 100% wool could probably do a nearly invisible repair on it... do you know any fiber artists? I know there's a ton of them in Portland.

oh @Duffa you make me laugh... I sure do enjoy this board. Y'all are smarter and more fun than anywhere else online that I know of.

Amazon.com is the goddamned devil. Just saying. (nine years there)

Below is another amazing piece from Matt Cunnington Westside Tattoo - Brisbane, QLD - Spa, Beauty & Personal Care | Facebook I ripped this image from the snippet of his interview in the latest TAM Matt Cunnington Tattoo Artist Magazine Issue #33 Interview Preview « TAM Blog the rest of the body suit is also pretty crazy and the interview is done by Mr C.K

Here is a homer pigeon on a friend Big Rob, his grandfather raced pigeons in the old days in Philadelphia Done by myself at Tattoo Alley in Horsham, Pa

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.

This is the best picture I could get of the Thom Devita backpiece when new. Snagged from my copy of Tattooing A to Z by Huck Spaulding

it is truly amazing to me to hear "artists" say that it's ok for them if their tattoos will not hold for more then a few years. are you out of your mind people!!??? did people forget what a tattoo is all about?? yes, you can of course revive your tattoos many years down the road if you want them to look more vibrant, but any tattoo artist out there that does not try his best that every tattoo they do will last forever! and age properly, really should pick up a different medium to work with. what makes some artists pioneers in this industry is the ability to push the envelope and art, while stile paying attention to the basics of the medium and still keep in mind at any time how the tattoo will age and change with time, in order to assure the client that the changes will e minimal and the art sill still be a good looking tattoo in 20-30 years after it's done.

Here's an illustration from George Burchett's book of the Duke of York being tattooed. Apologies for the glare on the page.