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Here's my anchor!! We went a lot bigger and more colorful than I thought we would going in... Love it! :D

Rad thread, thanks for starting it @Delicious ! I never knew there were so many awesome beards here. It's funny to see how different some people look to how I imagined them (or, conversely, how similar). Anywho, here's me being all Cheesecake recently in celebration of losing 10kg/getting more tattooed.

Thanks guys!! I'm so incredibly happy with the thing!! A t-shirt and "contest winner" title just ices the cake!! :D I owe all y'all a debt of gratitude... who knows who I'd be letting tattoo me if I hadn't come here first... LST is my favorite place on the interwebs. :o

New little one I picked up from Mil Martinez at the Tattoo Tea Party in Manchester. He works out of 13 Diamonds in London. Super cool guy. Sorry about the crappy picture, i'll get a better one soon!

Me from I think 2009 issue of skin and ink.

A little late to the party and dressed like a bum, per usual. To clarify, I'm not the asshat with the shitty beard, I'm the dude with the sunglasses in the background.

That is really great!

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.

I had to join the site to thank you for this thread. I have been trying to decide for some time where & what size to get my first tattoo. I'm old, fat, & not especially attractive. I've been wanting a tattoo for a long time, and have known for a while what it is I want. But, the size and placement has held me back. I have been thinking of getting it small, worrying about what people would think. Which is really ridiculous. I don't worry about what people think of me, as Popeye would say, "I am what I am". Thanks for helping reinforce the decision that was in the back of my head the whole time.

Now, if it wasn't Saturday night, the admins would PROBABLY have your new title up in lights already! You deserve it, Young Lady...you've put in some serious hours getting some serious work, and it is paying off bigtime.

and the winner is... @phickey with the panther/snake combo by Chad Koeplinger (post #7) Congratulations!! Thanks everyone who submitted tattoos this month! Please PM @steve1461686340 with your shirt info (size and male or female) along with your address.

1stly, your reason for getting a tattoo is not that unusual. Go for it. Good that you're doing plenty of research. I'm not personally a real fan of most tribal, but at least Pascal in that particular shop seems to be doing better than average. A picture of the actual mark and scars would help the tattooists here make an opinion of how hard this might be. Lastly, don't worry about "not being creative". That's part of what a good artist is being paid to do. Go with your ideas, references and deposit and discuss what you want in detail. He will draw something up and you two can tweak it if/as needed.

I do love how you came on here with this idea about getting your legs tattooed and then BAM amazing tattoo after amazing tattoo. That is how it should be done.

I will believe that when you stop posting about your new tattoos everyday:rolleyes:

Just for fun going to post a panther snake combo I got done last year by Manee Friday right here in Portland.

I sure wouldn't fuck your glasses...i'm not even sure how that would work.

Ian, you don't need any luck going there, just ducats!

im in my profile , heres another . You all look cool as fuck.

I'm glad you feel that way. I'm 39 and just got my first tattoo almost 2 months ago. I'm overweight as well. Who cares what anybody else thinks about how you look or your body size. If you have an idea for a nice tattoo, go for it I say.

i have to start by saying what should be the obvious. tattoos are a very personal thing. you also have to remember that the choices people make in general are very personal things. so when you advise people adversely to there initial feelings it will be met with disdain. people will certainly get insulted when you tell them the choice they made or are about to make is a bad one. cause they in fact see it as an attack. so if you offer your unsolicited opinion you should expect it to be met with minor hostilities. this will also bring me to make this statement. ive been around for a good while so ive seen plenty cause im a good observer. there indeed is a huge amount of snobbery surrounding tattooing. ive seen great tattooers get overlooked cause the masses are obsessed with a few individuals. not that those few individuals dont deserve the recognition cause they certainly do but others certainly get over looked just because theyve never been heard of. and that dismissal is certainly due to snobbery, you can see it in the faces of the dismissers. anyway like many other things ive commented on i can go on for days but il stop here for now.

I have two appointments in March and then I saw Nick was coming. Oh well, my tax return is going to be well spent for once.

I had 3 problems: 1. too much money 2. no planned tattoo untill May 3. was feeling low this friday Now I came up with one solution to this and got me booked in for a 4 hour session with Iain Mullen @ Imperial Tattoo in Stockholm in less than 2 weeks from now :) At first I wanted to talk to him about putting in a tiny filler pocket watch next to the elbow piece he did on me. It ended up with that and a hand holding a skull on my lower calf AND doing the lines for a major Judas-portrait (praying to god, wearing a devil mask, in a rain of gold coins and so on..) on the side of my tigh. Good times ahead, super stoked!

No worries at all, I want to see a pic now too :-) - - - Updated - - - Apologies if i overstepped, I'm new to the process. I will happily edit my post to remove prices if everyone thinks that would be best.

I quit my job and moved to the other side of town. Big, scary changes, but I figure before my health gets any worse I may as well "seize the day" and start doing stuff I wanna do. So far, it sure beats answering phones (lessened income aside :P )!

@else you are on an unstoppable run. I want to be you when I grow up. I had a session the other day hoping to finish my dragon head, but my body was not cooperating, had a big nosebleed early in day and couldn't stop bleeding while getting tattooed. I have been a bleeder before, but never like this. So long story short I have to come back and do a few spots and possibly some touch up on last session.

@TrixieFaux I teach middle school special education. and if anyone cares, its been two weeks and now I have no remorse at all about it. It already feels great and can only be better when its healed.

Fabulous. I remember seeing that some time back. One of my favorite crows/ravens. Guess we'd better stop derailing this introduction. Apologies to @BAM773.

I currently have a three quarter sleeve in progress, from Mo Coppoletta at The Family Business in London, it is Japanese style with koi and autumnal Japanese Maple leaves. So far I have had four three hour sessions, all the outline and black shading is complete, I have two further sessions booked up (one mid March and one in early April) to complete the colour work. There are a few pictures which were taken after the second session on another thread: http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/general-tattoo-discussion/15-latest-tattoo-lowdown-page297.html#post57495 In time I think I would like my other arm to have a design made up of several palm sized traditional western style images, loosely themed around exploration/travel, filled in with roses or grapevines along with few small fillers. My first thought towards this would be a lady head in the style of a twenties female aviator (along the lines of Amelia Earhart or Amy Johnson), if I go with this idea I will probably go to Valerie Vargas. I am also thinking about a cheetah head on one of my knees, surrounded by pike lettering which reads "heart full of napalm" (a references to a Stooges lyric). And, and, and, the list is endless.

Got this little guy on the top of my wrist yesterday by Justin Hyde @ Old Soul Tattoo And my girlfriend got these two from him as well

I was thinking tebori as well..also Steve turner and Marie Sena would be cool. Looking forward to it

Here's me as I appeared in the April '12 issue of Tattoo Magazine . . .

i know i'm like a phantom here these days, but here's a picture of me from when i was still working with/fostering kittens (and before the giant beast of a pup came into my life).

It's September 6-8 this year at the Gare Windsor, so it's maybe a bit early to make a post about it, but they have been announcing some of the artists who will be attending and it's a really solid lineup as usual. Who is planning on going? Are you planning on getting tattooed, and if so, who by? Does anybody want to meet up at some point that weekend? I am planning on getting tattooed but haven't tried booking with anybody yet. It's probably still too early and I wouldn't talk about it on here anyway until I have an appointment set up. I know there are a few of us on here who have gotten some really great tattoos at this convention and hopefully this year's edition will bring more great tattoos. The website for the convention is here: Art Tatoo Show Montreal And they have an instagram this year with links to the IGs of the attending tattooers, as well as some photos from past conventions: arttattoomontreal

She is about hogging-up some major heavy ink, isn't she?!?!?!?!

If it's an IMA rifle, double-check to make sure it was manufactured AT the BSA arsenal, and isn't one of the ones made under license! I'll get you some loading stuff from my friend, he has been loading for his for quite awhile.

I hear ya.

i mean, they're expensive to start, but when you don't have insurance, they're even more expensive! it also took me forever to finally find a pair that i really love. the rest are just "meh".

Well, looks to me I owe Else a chicken dinnner!!! Freakin insane tattoos in here this month, congrats to everyone! Actually, I'll buy everyone who entered a chicken dinner just for showing off such trip work... But ya gotta come to Gary with me to collect. Congrats, Else, you're gonna look maaahvelous in your squid pants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I haven't been doing much lately other than work and wedding plan (next week's the big day!) I have found time to get tattooed ( thigh panel by Scott Ellis) but the process has been moving slowly because I wanted to be healed for the honeymoon (beaches and diving and stuff). I'll be back in full post mode in a few. I know this is titled "where did the tattooers go?" not "where did the postaholics go?", but someone mentioned non-tattooers so I thought I'd chime in since I was around;)

Got this from Tomas Garcia at Sid's in Santa Ana, CA. He has a special book of line drawings that he'd love to do. I had trouble deciding between two designs in particular, so he took both designs and made it into one. It was definitely a great experience over at Sid's. The entire crew is extremely hospitable. Very down to earth crew. I'm a fan for life. Tomas even drew up some hand made lettering for me too.

Often I end up spending more time dealing with customers than the person tattooing them up until the day of their appoinment, one time I wasn't there the day someone was getting tattooed and they asked where i was. My boss told him I was getting tattooed across town. He responded by asking him why I didn't want him to tattoo me and wondered if my boss was cool with that he said, I already tattooed him this week and like 50 other times. He told me as long as I don't get tattooed by hacks he doesnt mind. I can relate to feeling weird, there is one shop that one guy always bugs me about getting more tattoos from him, but I really want to get tattooed by the other guys he works with and don't have that much space, so to avoid that scenario I don't get tattooed there, or i guess I have to wait till he is guest spotting somewhere. Most tattooers aren't like that though.

The first one's a few years older, but it's pretty similar to how i look now... In the other one, I'm not the bronze tiger.

Here's one from the dayz of wayback , our wedding anniversary is tomorrow . There's a recent pic on my profile .

@Shaun1105, @EzRider and @Dan S are reppin' serious beards here! I can't compete, but I can play along. Here I am a few days ago with my 3.5-year-old, who is not at all holding up her half of the rowing:

Am I the only one that made this connection?

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! :-)

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

Some guy named @Scott Sylvia put a cobra over my elbow. It swelled up nicely: But healed perfectly: Every tattooer who sees it is amazed that he got that red in like that in one pass.