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Alright, so I got my first tattoo. Marie Sena, Dedication Tattoo, Denver

Terrible pictures, but finally got some color on my koi sleeve from Rodrigo Melo out of Northstar tattoo (NYC). Opted for a black koi with yellow and red highlights, the other koi on my shoulder will be similar. Also got this a couple months ago from Kyle Sajban out of Red Rocket Tattoo (NYC). I may very well get my back piece from Adam Hays from Red Rocket. He did two AMAZING back pieces at a recent convention (well atleast the outline) and his style is amazing. adamguyhays is his IG, and within his last 20 pictures has the back pieces im talking about (dragon and tiger).

..and some more progress on the background.

Just had my Medusa done by Stu Pagdin at Progression Tattoo Adelaide. Unfortunately we ran out of time to finish the rest of the coloring but I'm pretty stoked with it! Will be finished on the 28th.

My Mom has known that I've gotten "a few" new tattoos recently, but yesterday at my sister's graduation the legs made their first public debut. My Mom's jaw dropped when she first saw them!! She asked a lot of questions the big one was "are you going to get more?!?!" Later, my husband asked "What did your Mom think?" I told him that I thought she'd been a little bit horrified - my brother piped in from across the table "A whole bunch of other people's mom's were horrified too!!" LOL!! My Mom eventually said she thought they were "nice" and "colorful"... which I think means that she kinda hates the tattoos but loves me anyway.

Continuation of my Robert Hernandez leg piece, still in progress. Went to Madrid for this, 7 hours 30 mins:-)

LIfe goes on and we just got an mri on a healthy baby! Due in September sorry for big size I am not internet savvy BOY!

Newbies take note....THAT IS HOW IT IS FUCKING DONE!!!!

You might just end up being the elusive "guy who has no shitty tattoos".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmoe7wwm4HM

In LA to get my back finished by Eddy Deutsche and got this wolf from him and a color portrait of my wife by Bob Roberts.

Claudia De Sabe now working out of Black Garden Tattoo London .

did this one recently tattooerman.com

i guess my pic was too big let me try this

I've got an appointment with Glennie at The Pearl tomorrow to finish off my left forearm. Fully stoked to get this done.

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...

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

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:

By coincidence, I have just moved cities to Canberra and realised that I am now living around the corner - literally 2 streets away - from the site where I started collecting my very first proper tattoos in 1996. So I've always travelled to get tattoos. Back in '96 I travelled from Sydney to Canberra (280km) to get tattooed by a dear friend who was apprenticing with a really great artist called Ex de Medici who's now pretty much stopped tattooing and I think is working on her amazing paintings. For the last few years I've been travelling from Aus to Switzerland to get tattooed by Filip Leu & Sabine Gaffron, an incredible experience. Filip is starting my backpiece this year and even though it's super stressful getting all this money together to do it, once I am there and we start working it all feels worth it. The advantage also is that he tattoos faster than lightning, and has a very unique approach to large scale work. I've given him a few key elements I'd like and the coverage and I don't think he'll plan & draw the design until our first outlining session! And that's usually with visiting tattooers watching, asking him questions and hanging off his every word. Don't ask me how he does it but it really is watching genius in action. That said though, the first time I took a regular train and then a little 2 car mountain electric "train" up to the tiny mountain village where the Leu Family studio now is, I was laughing all the way up at where I was travelling to to get a damn tattoo!

I just bought a magazine called Tattoo life it is issue no81, your awesome back is on page 25

Just got this googly-eyed little weirdo last night from John Raftery at Fun City. I'm calling him "Elwood." Pretty happy with it.

Attending all the events associated with my baby sister's graduation this weekend!! She's now a Master in Speech-Language Pathology (just like me!!!! :D) I'm so unbelievably proud of her!!!!

Nothing fancy, and like 5 year old pic. I keep meaning to add lots of stuff around it and fill the area up I just don't now with what yet.

Honestly sounds terrifying.

Thanks CABS! Yep, having a blast. I really want to come to SF/Oakland next time :)

Like I said on IG, amazing stuff man. What an amazing trip to LA.

To me it's simple. If you want it, do it, but remember to protect your investment... which probably means no soccer.

@Dumpleton I hope they credited our fearless founder

Late update guys, but it eventually went away. Guessing it was a reaction to the ink, but now its gone. Thankfully.

Yeah, this was implied in my post. :)

This is a great thread. When I first started getting tattooed I wasnt into gals that had tattoos on their arms or really anywhere visible. Then when I started getting more tattoos women with more tattoos started to grow on me. Then when i decided I was going to be a tattooer and I fully sumerged myself into the whole culture I then started to find women heavily tattooed far more attractive than woman without. I think it is mostly like everyone has been saying that an untattooed woman wouldnt quite grasp how big of a part the world of tattooing is in my life. If they couldnt share the same passion then it would be really hard to find other things in common. Especially being a tattooer myself, most of the women I meet now days are in tattoo shops or at conventions. Luckily for me my old lady loves tattoos and the culture. I met her when she came in to get a tattoo re-worked. When we met almost a year ago she only had 5 tattoos. She now is almost complete with one sleeve and her back piece is drawn up. She had always loved tattoos but was affraid she wouldnt be able to find a guy that would accept her for her tattoos. Then when she met me she realized that i would love her with her tattoos and she went for it!

There's an outrageous amount of good stuff that's come out post 90's era. Either you've got super specific criteria or you aint lookin hard enough! Haha. But then again I'm a music nerd.

My short response is that tattooing doesn't need validation from the New York Times or the art world. My longer response is that is anything interesting at all being said here? It's obvious that the person who wrote the article did essentially no research at all into tattooing or the history of tattooing and how it intersects or not with fine art. I mean, she writes about some jagoff performance artist who made a video of him tattooing prostitutes for heroin money in 2000, but not Ed Hardy's 2000 Dragon Scroll that exhibited in a gallery the same year? Or how about the idea that tattoos are suddenly collectible now that the fine art world has taken a bit of a shine to them? Because there weren't tattoo collectors before? And that tattoo collecting isn't at all the same as fine art collecting for the simple fact that tattoos have no exchange value? That's just a start of what's wrong with the article.

I don't know what he's charging, but Seth Wood does some of the nicest snakes in the business.

I am getting tattooed while shes here, so I will definitely post mine! - Erica (who didn't log out of the shop account before replying.)

Appointment on the 15th next week with Seth Wood, More Alligator awesomeness. i'll be sure to post some pics this time around

I almost emailed her too--she's around right before my next appointment at Saved, but I gotta save cash too, cash and space. :( So I concur, someone around here better take advantage!

Wad'ya get!!?? Wad'ya get!!??

@Slaytanic213

Don't worry @HaydenRose I'm seeing her tomorrow.

Here's my entry!! Done by Joseph (Jet) Diprojetto at Love Hate Tattoo in Rochester, NY:

Ah ok so the fine line is also called single needle. I didn't know the lingo. It might not have been as bad if it weren't the last thing he did on me after already laying there for 5.5 hours, ha. And here is a cool pic of the face that I (my wife) took so you can see it more clearly.

So here is my calf tattoo about 95% healed: Shitty webcam picture but hopefully you get the jist. healed nicely!

Paul Dobleman just posted this amazing R.O.A. print on instagram, so good

hitchhiked from the Netherlands to Italy to get tattooed and then from Italy to Gothenburg in Sweden to score a little piece there. Good times!

I'm finally able to post my contest entry. Just finished up my back piece by Rodney Raines, Ace Custom Tattoo, Charlotte, NC. Sorry for the blurry pic, it's all I have. ETA: found a few more in progress shots on Instagram

That's one of the craziest SOCKS I've seen!!

you must be talking about @ian That guy must be living right, he has lots of nice tattoos. I am so glad this thread helped you. I have come along way in my appreciation since the infancy of this thread. I owe everyone here a big thank you and if I can pass on any help would be glad to do so.