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More from Rubendall at Kings Avenue on my back. Shaded in the rest of the back of my left thigh and added some color to the peony and dragon's tail!!! More pics when I'm all healed up! Enjoy!

Looks awesome @ironchef and @velodemon Here is the start of mine and I love it! Dana Helmuth all the way.

Today's shenanigans in NYC or better referred to as tattoo fan Heaven! First a stop by Invisible NYC to check in on my friend getting work from Chris Garver: Then some work on myself by Mike Rubendall at Kings Avenue Tattoo Manhattan (more photos in the back piece thread): Finally, Chris O'Donnell working on a grim reaper thigh piece at Kings Avenue as well (Grez and Rubendall in the background:

some more progress on my back. started coloring the face and sword. done by jess yen. no filter!

Got this from Valerie yesterday! Got it as a walk in, i had only gone in on the of chance somebody had space, Right place, Right time I suppose!

Next session done on my Dragon/Audrey Kawasaki piece. Wolf had 3 laser sessions and will be ready to cover in a couple of months. Im loving my first bit of colour in the phoenix which goes down my thigh and across my stomach. i'm thinking of a big colourful flower over the wolf what do you reckon ? Or maybe something from my left bum cheek up ? (Didnt want to put you off your tea so airbrushed my crack)

@ironchef, @MoistTowelette and @Cork lining up some seriously killer tattoos here. Banner day for the Sparrow!

Or fathers/father figures need to teach boys how to be men; this stuff starts early. Just my .02

Strictly shamrocks,sir; Scott finally posted a better photo:

Done on 4/6/13 at Love Hate Tattoo in Rochester, NY by Joseph (Jet) DiProjetto: I will be adding to it at some point...

You should get a cat with a hawk tattoo on it.

Just got the call that Horitomo is finished with my drawing. Tattooing starts in August.

When I got tattooed by Jeff Rassier I told him to "make it as weird as possible", and his responses was "I only know how to tattoo one way". It's just in him, I guess.

I'm just really happy to be able to share this with like minded people and also to see and witness some amazing tattoos from other artists. Thanks to you @hogg and the other mods plus Scott for giving us a forum to play in. I'm like a kid in a candy store these days! :D

Today at barcelona, From Jondix.

I hadn't posted the two most recent tattoos i'd gotten here until now. Tattoos and photographs by Chad Koeplinger, done at Frith Street. Rose of no mans land - September 2012, dragon - March 2013. (original instagram link to the rose of no mans land tattoo - Photo by chadkoeplinger_tattooer • Instagram)

Might as well give this month a shot too then :o From Xam at The Family Business, London.

Just for the heck of it, I'll throw in my right arm 3/4 sleeve done a couple of years ago by Henning Jorgensen when he was guest tattooing at Kings Avenue Tattoo (both the Manhattan and Long Island shops). This picture was actually compiled by Henning and shared with me. Enjoy!

I thought that it might be helpful to update my experiences with rewrapping tattoos. I've had mixed luck with healing my tattoos and need some touchups (I suspect my problem was likely that I babied my tattoos too much), but rewrapping plus a dry heal seems to give me great results. The first picture I attached here is of my elbow, healed about three and a half months after rewrapping, and I think it held the pigment really well. There was some light scabbing there that lasted a couple of weeks, but it kept the black and the greys healed, in Hooper's estimation, "beautifully". I'm also including a couple of pictures of my arm as it looks now, at three days after being tattooed, and four days, just to show the rate at which it's healing. Again, no scabbing, just that light flaky peeling.

I stopped at Kings Ave on Sunday out at the LI shop and picked up some Rubendall prints for my walls before I headed to the airport to come home! Looks like you had an awesome day down in Manhattan!

yes :)

@sbhikes, I met @ian not that long ago in LA...cool guy...rad tattoos...covered in Jondix, Hooper, Grime, BJ Betts, etc., etc. He's everywhere there's something going on that's tattoo-related haha. :D

I was JUST about to say how badly I need a tattooed cat on me. Great minds...

I'm getting whole front done with Fujin and tiger. Stoked to be getting the tattoo, but I'm dreading the pain.

Hell, man- you haven't even scratched the surface of weird. Those tattoos are more stylistic choices than anything else. Rassier, Harrison, Lehi, Lum have much weirder work than that. As to why, why the hell not? Why does anyone want anything-because it speaks to them.

I am getting both arms done. Dragon up one and a dragon down the other. I may have missed it earlier but what are you getting?

Congrats on that. Maybe we will cross paths as I am starting with him at the end of June.

You're stoked! Not a day goes by that I don't marvel at the tattoo he did on me. Super happy for you.

Super pumped!! I have an appt with Chad Koeplinger on Monday, May 13th, at Congress St Tattoo in Portsmouth, NH. Gonna get a chest eagle from him. Can't wait!!!!

I finished my ankle band coverup last night. I now have two big blue roses instead. Hopefully you get the idea. All my ugly tattoos are gone now. From now on any tattoos I get will be all NEW.

I saw this one in Brian Bruno's book over the weekend. Picture stolen from his instagram. Unreal, I am jealous of whoever has this.

Peony from Nathan Kostechko at Will Rise in LA. Based on a design from an Ichibay book (I think this one if anyone is interested, looked awesome). To be honest, though, I hope that El Monga cat wins...that thing is insane!

My elbow, all nice and swollen. :) Tony Nilsson Blue Arms Tattoo Oslo, Norway Photo ripped from Tony's Instagram

Im always impressed at the amount of tattoos people on this forum get. I get more tattoos than any of my close friends here in town, but this forum always puts me to shame. That being said I got a small spider above my kneecap yesterday. I was looking through the partially finished sheets in the back and spotted a spider I had never seen. It didn't quite fit so he had to redraw a couple of the legs on me, but turned out pretty cool. Ross Ferrie brought me into the tattoo world and it was nice to sit down and get a tattoo from him, like we used to do. Also right after he finished a friend of his from when he first started tattooing came in and got to relive some stories of Chris Conn, Robert Klem and Mav Mess's early days of tattooing.

Got this fella from Deno.

LOVE the colors! This is going to be SUPERLATIVE!!!

I dig it- has a Smith Street vibe to it.

I like the one with 1 eye and a grenade.

Last weekend I ran my first group 5k. I had three hours of sleep and a pot brownie in my system, but I crossed the finish line at 25:04, which is a personal best for me. A year ago on 9th May I was 240lbs. I was unhealthy. I was in a relationship with someone who cheated on me, lied to me and stole from my family and I. When she left, I got healthy. Going from that lifestyle to 5ks and being a coach to my friends trying to get healthy has been a weird and wonderful switch.

I have a long session booked in June, we're going to finish it then.

I don't think I know anyone who has over let's say 20 tattoos that kind of wish they could cover up or remove at least one of them. I don't think any of these people regret getting heavily tattooed, just either they made a bad design choice or got tattooed someone who didn't know what they were doing. Saying people regret their tattoo kind of infers that they don't want to have a tattoo. I have a tattoo I want removed, but will probably never do it, but still would rather have it gone and put something else there, but at this point what is the point, they all blend together anyways.

That Dietzel repaint is killer!!! His eagles are seriously the shit. Here's one of my interpretations of his work:

You would *have to* mention something like that ahead of time!! I'm not sure how that conversation would go though... him: I have a dragon in my pants her(?): That's what they all say!!

@Dan S ... wise words... i'll try and remember them next time its £1 a shot.

Finally got around to getting a descent, healed picture of mine. posted it on IG earlier, it constrained it till you cant see it all. It was done by Paul Pearson at Tried & True Tattoo in Smyrna , Tn

I am so glad that I found this thread. I go through the same thing most of the time. Though like most everyone else has said, this feeling is fleeting. It only lasts for about a day or two. I think it has to relate to the change that has taken place. You body is exhausted from the impact of the tattoo machine and the healing process. It is also a change that you have to prepare for mentally as well. Your brain knows that you have been in some sort of pain for the past few hours, but it take a while for the mind to comprehend that it's permanent. Even though you may have planned it out for months, change is change.

@Mike Panic You are an upstanding gentlemen in a sea of folks who don't give a shit about helping people. I appreciate your attitude. If there is any way I can help with your charitable goals, please PM me. I would like to think that people who care can help others.

The worst tattoo I have seen was on a juggalo. I won't say anymore than that, but you get the picture.

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