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Just sent along some coin. Thanks for keeping this community going. It is a great resource and a much needed one.

I just sent an email to get the process started, thank you all for the recommendations.

Getting tattooed by BJ Betts a week from tomorrow :)

Done at 2:a Långgatan Tatuering aka American Art, been going since 70's by Magnus Tufvesson. a good guy. Nova is my youngest daughter. getting some fillers around it to finish up that arm in a couple of weeks or so.

hello and welcome. i have nothing more to add til you get in with kore.... :)

@ManSkirtBrew welcome! You're gonna have everyone on LST buying your beer in no time. My only thought about the new tattoo is to get another one on the other side so it's like Hops/Beer Epaulettes.

Haha...evidentally it wasn't that difficult. I have not been able to find any old folktales or storys about Joroguma. I just love the image and idea. I think it is going to make a really sweet pice. We are trying to get a large hairy ass spider on the stomach and show it turning into a woman on the chest. I kind of want to woman to be representative of a more ghostly yokai look.

Here's one of my favorites, if your open to driving over to Colombus = Mike Moses. drown.town - (tattoo)

I think that if I had Pro Baseball money I'd spring for a better artist.....

@BAM773 What kind of tattoos do you like? If you are from Cinci, I recommend contacting Kore Flatmo at PluraBella. I am currently being tattooed by him, as are four or five people on these boards. He does incredible work and you NEED to be tattooed by him.

I think the hardest part of my thigh tattoo was the artist (stewart robson in this case) practically blunting his razor shaving off all my damn hair.

When will the ammo shortage end? Seriously sick of this crap. When cheaperthandirt.com is sold out of 98% of their .22LR ammo, things are in dire situations.

Home for a few days between contracts! Have been home about an hour and I think I've spent nearly the entire time rubbing my dog's ears :-)

Countdown. 45 days. Last sitting with Mr. O'Donnell. Gonna try and sneak in an apt with one of the Daniels' (Trocchio or Albrigo)

Finished up this thigh fight yesterday, from Nash at Thicker Than Water

Because it's one of the things that keeps it close to the older days atmosphere--in god we trust the rest pay cash--

hey everybody we have been coming out of pocket on this site it actually cost money and a ton of time to run. so i would like to introduce you to the donate button down at the bottom right. feel free to use it if you like. thanks

Greetings, all. Been a browser here for a while. I finally got my first tattoo (age 37) a few days ago, so I thought I'd introduce myself and share some pictures (I'm guessing the Latest Lowdown thread is the place to do it). A little more about me? Sure. I grew up in NYC (Staten Island, to be precise) and now I live out in the woods here in Long Valley, NJ. I'm a computer programmer by trade, beer brewer by passion. I'm hoping this year to make that passion a job, which was one reason I finally got the tattoo I've always wanted. Cheers! -Joe

Seconded! I have a sleeve from him. His new shop is gorgeous.

All day...

So, you are going to be by riverside, oltorf, and Woodward. You will be in an area that has a lot of Mexican food! Taking a cab from there is going to be costly. I would see if the dillo is running if you are going to go downtown. I would suggest not to hang around your hotel at night! It is not a bad area just a lot of college kids and a lot of traffic. I lived over there for 2 years and cars get broken into. Emos is on riverside. Where to eat before your tattoo depends on what you like to eat. Closest places are gordos, Maria's taco express. Barton springs rd is a few mins maybe 4 or 5 in a car because of traffic, has Shady Grove, Baby a's, uncle Billy's, and p. Terry's. on congress and oltorf is Lucy's. I love there fried chicken! Gueros is on congress and a pizza place that I can not think of its name right now. I would suggest food trucks on congress. I eat at the Cajun one and my wife like coat and Thai. Threadgills is a cool Austin place. Southern style food. I would suggest a rental car for the day of your appt though. 20 or 30 bucks and you can explore and you would pay that just going to and from your appt!

@Mike Panic that site is awesome. Just spent a half hour looking around and I am in love....

I contacted them in July and my first appointment was on Oct 26. It was harder for me to get in because we had to find times that Kore and Brenda both had openings. My wife was getting tattooed by Brenda at the same time. I just finished my first project with him last week and I'm already heading back in April to start the next one. If you like what Kore does, I would not miss a chance to work with him. As great as he is as a tattooer, he's even a better person. You will know what I mean when you meet him. BTW there is an interview with him here on the site if you want to get an idea what he is all about.

Mike fucking dorsey!

A spider that lures men to her by taking the shape of a seductive woman.

All good info, thanks. I'll be over there in less than 3 weeks for a concert. :D

Sunny Buick is originally from US. ALIX GE TATTOO

My first initial gut reaction to this was "holy shit is this real life?" AMAZING

I've only seen pictures of his tattoos, would love to see them in person, but his tattoos always look HUGE.

Lango Oliveira

I want something Lovecraftian, not necessarily tenticular, but maybe more in a Clark Ashton Smith or even Thomas Ligotti direction...you know dark energies and shit. I figure that might be enough suggestion right there to get something fucking wild.

Thanks man! Dare I say, the thighs are a cake walk.. at least the fronts of 'em. And not so much when you get up into the "bathing suit area" where the tails go. Could literally watch how the skin change affected the line/color.. crazy.

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Nothing wrong with your posts being authentic. If people here are so soft they can't handle that, then this might not be the right forum for them.

Of anyone here, you have more right to be preachy. You, Don and the rest of your family represent the kind of authenticity that cannot be faked, styled or imitated. A beacon for us all.

Love them 80's heart shaped face girls that came of GTC this is by Mike Brown

planning a trip to Austin in May and hoping to get an eagle tattoo from Steve Byrne...

Just back from the West Texas Tattoo Convention. First convention I've attended, drove 10 hours with two of my best friends to get there, then drove back the morning after into a blizzard. Totally worth it. Tattoo and photo by Ron Henry Wells (poached from his Instagram).

Can someone help me design my sleeve? But seriously, I only allow my self time to skim the topics in the new post section. If nothing grabs my eye I move on to illegal downloads and Mighty Boosh clips on youtube. Unfortunately most of what I found interesting were the posts by other tattooers, people who I know and or respect. Im really not interested inwhat people are planning on getting tattooed unless its from me. I do like seeing photos so the panthers, snakes and Rock of Ages type posts usually get a look. I will continue to stop by and check things out and hopefully chime in when appropriate. Till then....

Andre Malcolm has been doing some amazing snakes. These are from his blog:

I'd really enjoy watching you shoot a .45 holding it by the beavertail.

Recently some young guy came in with a brown pride tattoo and needed it covered up for Army. Whoever he spoke to at the Army told him he couldn't get a big tattoo, he had to try to cover it with two smaller tattoos. It turned out okay he has a panther covering one word and an eagle covering the other. The only thing that looks odd to me is having the tattoos right next to each other. If you choose to only get 2 tattoos, usually you don't cram them in one spot. Would have been nice to do just a big panther. Getting a Chris Trevino tattoo sounds like a much better idea than joining the Navy.

I'd like to say that my comments here are regarding larger work i.e. pretty solid, usually japanese or tribal style tattooing. My lower legs heal MUCH slower than the rest of me. Sometimes twice as slow. a 2 week heal turns into a month! This gets slower and worse as sessions go on. Especially of you have to stand most of the day. Generally, like Valerie said, Drinking lots of water helps. Also, having a poor sleep pattern slows large healing for me too. To me it sounds pretty normal for weekly sessions to give you so much trouble. I think one of the most unpleasant parts is when you shift from laying down or sitting into a standing position. That whooooosh! feeling when it seems like all of the blood in your body rushes to your lower leg and the skin feels super tight is horrible. Good luck.

notice that i used the word "collector", not client. i get how embarrasing it would be to have somone off the street come up to your shop, look through a portfolio, and say "sweet tats bro!" (and annoying). i get it, but at the same time, as discussed in other threads, that is someone who is probably (and this is an assumption) not getting tattooed for the "cool" factor or because it's what people are doing right now, not because they have a deeper attachment or interest in the community, art, or culture itself. while i don't think a serious collector would use some of the words listed above (though some appear to be catching on now), collectors are more interested in these other aspects of tattooing and therefore, have an investment in the community.

So, we collected 214 coats this week. Our goal was 100, so doubling that was way super awesome. The shelter was very very grateful to receive them and said that no one had donated to them yet this season. Not bad for a town with a population of around 15,000. Here's a couple photos of us counting and sorting: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=180224041993494&set=a.180223958660169.49063.148834055132493#!/album.php?aid=49063&id=148834055132493 This was SO SIMPLE to do and so rewarding.