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Go this sunday from the Awesome and generally super cool Beaux Brady on sunday to go with my other hand he did.

My wife picked this out for me last night. Done by Jason at Taylor Street. Good times were had.

Finished this up with Xam earlier, another one that's difficult to get a picture of yourself but you get the idea...

Stu at Progression Tattoo finished my Medusa last night, I'm really stoked with it!

New signature.

People are wrong. On one leg I've got a shark, a coffee cup, a raven and skull, a mini coffin, a skull and dagger, a smashing pumpkins logo, the letter P, a torch, an apple... and a few more. Don't worry about other people, who sound like they have no tattoos anyway.

Ha ha not only am I tattooed but I lift weights. I deadlifted his bodyweight not long ago. Yeah buddy, you keep wrinkling your nose at me. Let's just see how that goes...

This is exactly why Grime told me to keep my back piece off the internet. I'm glad I listened to him. Copying flash is nothing like copying a totally custom piece made specifically for the client. You just can't compare the 2. I commented on that 3re pictures instagram and asked if he was proud that he completely copied another persons tattoo. We'll see what he says...

Dammit, I'm still trying to figure out why I awoke with a black eye and a broken pinky the day after I joined up.

I have not been tattooed since SFO last year and I thought this yr would be a no go but got some funds and wife nodded so a solo trip for me is looking good

Be still my heart...

Little jammer today from Kyle Sajban at Red Rocket Tattoo.

working on getting a little something from Freddy Corbin...

Please be nice. I'm just a nerdy nurse who collects.

aww, that's so lovely. I think mom tattoos are really special, I'm glad that she got to see it before she passed. And in my opinion, tattoos don't always have to be technically outstanding to be good tattoos. A lot of it is in the intention of the tattoo and the personal meaning that you are embodying. Thanks for sharing that (: @guitguy she's 54 :p

So since pretty much forever, I'd been bugging my mom to get a tattoo. She can be really socially conservative and definitely came from the "tattoos are trash" generation. After enough bugging, it became pretty clear that she's never going to be tattooed, so I started bugging her to come with me to get a mom tattoo so she can be a part of the process and get a feel for how rad the shop environment is. That kept getting pushed back farther and farther until I realized again that it wasn't going to happen. So basically, I gave her the "you're going to be part of tattooing whether you like it or not" talk, and told her that if she wasn't going to participate as a third party, she can participate as a first party and tattoo me instead. So she did. :cool: isn't it terrible? I love it so much. It's supposed to be a bear, looks kind of like a weasel, 100% precious and motherly. Moms rule!

Anderson Luna, Saved Tattoo. Check it out.

I keep my arms covered too. I don't think there is anything dumb about being cautious.

I asked my friend to go with me, so if we have the dinero/time, we're planning on going up. Hopefully it works out for us.

I really don't understand it either. I guess some guys think tattoos make women seem too macho or manly. I guess their brain sees it like muscles. Good on a guy but not a woman. I think it's daft. Oh well. More tattooed women for me!

(Speaking as a client and not an artist here, so feel free to ignore) For larger pieces (with multiple sittings), most shops I've been in require a deposit that is applied to the last sitting of the tattoo to ensure the customer actually returns to finish the piece. Makes perfect sense to me from both the artist's and customer's perspetive!

Talking to my favorite tattoo artist about starting a Firefly themed sci fi tattoo in a couple weeks. Very very excited. :)

I don't get it either. It's too much like "I can do it and it's ok, but you can't do it b/c I say so" and that irritates me. Of course, I was just showing my husband pictures on flowers I like (traditional/English roses) and there was much wrinkling of the nose and "I'll be married to an old sailor, AYE matey, ahoy" butthead. It makes me give the pictures an eyebrow raise, wondering if there's something wrong w/my taste but dangit, they're pretty so he can stick it.

It isn't worth wasting your time caring about what tattoos other people get. People have been getting tattoos for as long as there have been people, I have no reason to believe that people will ever stop getting tattoos. It's larger than all of us and it will survive. Sorry for being a dirty hippie there.

Just flying back now from another visit to Colorado to work and play. Did some tattoos at Godspeed and at Bolder Ink, and enjoyed a lot of the outdoor stuff there is to do. Always a good time when I'm out there. - - - Updated - - - That was an awesome trip Chris, it looks like you had a great time. Right on!

After 2 months of hitchhiking i've now been back home for a week. Figured i'd introduce my girlfriend to my parents and see my friends again so we are here for a total of 2 weeks. It feels good seeing everyone again and walking around a city that you know like the back of your palm. If anyone is interested in pictures of the cute version of Amsterdam where I live (Leiden) Check out the pictures i put on my travelpage: www.facebook.com/drifterineurope next monday we're going back to Germany and then back up north to visit @Johannes again. Life's good!

I know this is the Bad Tattoo sub-forum, but let's all take a moment to remember how fucking cool Freddy Corbin's face tattoos are.

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!

a couple of years back the marine corps changed their tattoo policy and once they caught wind of it a lot of them started to get their sleeves finished or even started so they could be grandfathered into the new policy. I had 3 weeks booked solid of outlines. the longest one that i had was 11 hours 5 hours on each arm with a break in between for the outline. she was fucking tough, i couldnt imagine getting 10 hours of outline

That's so awesome! I want very close people in my life to tattoo small ones on me. I love when people get involved artistically. Such a big part of life.

Woo hoo for girls in the gym! I like looking at my tattoos when I'm working arms...they look so sexaaaay.

Here's another! Hahah

Welcome, John! So you're one of the ones that relishes the pain -- never quite got there myself, but when I was younger it wasn't quite the problem it is now. Good luck with your new ones, sounds great!

Welcome. I hope you have or are planning on getting an awesome traditional Rose of No Mans Land. Every nurse should have one.

aren't you just about running out of space, yet? :D

I wish there was another hour and a half of this.

Tatmanduer.

On the topic of semantics Is it "tattoo artiste" or "tattooer" or "tattooist" or "my buddy who does tatts"?

yesterday we went to our annual family reunion in El Dorado Hills,great time for sure !

getting tattooed by BJ Betts @ Musink...

Why does it bother you? I find it kind of endearing, as it usually means that said client gets tattooed by the same person consistently. We don't own our friends or our coworkers or our dentist, but we still say "my friend, my coworker, my dentist." I don't see much of a difference?

My daughter was so into drawing on herself when she was little!! Every time she got ahold of a marker she was coloring on her arms and legs... one time (while I was out of town) she got into a multi-pack of colored sharpies and drew on herself scalp to toe!! I'm not at all surprised that now, as she approaches her 18th birthday, she's planning to get a tattoo!!

Matt started both of our backs at the same time. I finished mine up last week. How much do you have left?

the police always take pictures of mine