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There would be too many pictures to post! (see: my IG?) I've been tattooed by: Grant Cobb, Fred Pinckard, Bob Roberts, Brad Stevens, Mario Desa, Tomas Garcia, Katie Davis, Christos, Nate Moretti, Brian Bruno, Ron Wells, Grez, Jason Hobbie, Dustin Davis, George Archer, David Bruehl, Richard Smith, Jojo Ackermann, Chelsea Shoneck, Civ, and James Cumberland. I have upcoming appointments with: Timothy Hoyer, MaryJoy, Virginia Elwood, Paul Dobleman, Todd Noble, Robert Ryan, Jason Minauro, Steve Byrne, Stuart Cripwell, and Tony Hundahl. Ok!

I need to clarify ... ON MY THIGH

@CultExciter Next level shit, man. Super stoked for you. I got my foot did by Antonio Roque this evening. Picture's from his IG.

My wife finished her bachelors degree about a month ago and when she was done, we quickly went and got 2 pair of roller skates and a decent Trek bike to match mine. There's a LONG walking/biking/skating trail near us that we use a lot. Today, we went to a skating class. We've both skated off and on for years but decided we'd take a few classes to build some real skills. It was GREAT! Plan for the next year: I boost my skills and find a better job, we go to England (and I visit the Triumph motorcycle plant and join the Bristol Tattoo Club) and then she starts on her library degree...

Too much joking on here about this, somebody needs to pony up and soon.

@Johannes, it was either that or a Hatchet Man

Must be Valkyrie day on Istagram; Dusty Neal: and London Reese:

I'm with Dan on this one. I love the Washington weather. Natural tattoo hydration and less sun screen needed.

Darl Gnau at Charmed Life Tattoo and Gallery in Maryland I really can't speak highly enough about this dude. Even though I'm not the biggest fan of neo-traditional tattooing, he just kills it on so many levels that you can't help but love what he does. Darl’s Portfolio | Charmed Life Gallery

Got this one a couple of weeks ago from El Monga @ Aloha Tattoos, Barcelona. Left shin, right below the knee, which the ears kinda wrap around a bit. The rest was pretty bearable, but those bits hurt like hell.

I'm booked with Mike Wilson on August 9th for a gorilla head with dagger. I'm excited.

Finally got all the springs changed on my old Beetle. It's 3.5 inches lower in the front now. I had help from a neighbor in exchange for a few cold beers and me whipping up a couple of pizzas on my grill.

It was fine dude. Just normal tat-zap discomfort.

Added all you muthatruckas that I could find. Dont have much on my instagram

Ok, here's the deal....if someone gives me a good enough offer(a beer, a comicbook, painting, shoestrings, bluegrass vinyl whatevs)i'll get the amazing hatchetman. for reals. start giving me offers and i'll do it!

Ooh I am going to have to go look it up! Cool! We are headed down to Brooklyn again tomorrow. Looking forward to it! It has become such a ritual.

Looking forward to meeting Paul Dobleman at the end of the month for something small from his Psychedelic Stories contest flash sheet! I'm sure it will make me want to go back for something bigger and custom...but it is a 6-7 hour drive for us. Paul Dobleman: Psychedelic Stories February’s WINNER! | TAM Blog

^^^ Agreed. Green Amps Forever.

Y'all may have seen this stained glass piece I've been working on for a few weeks on the Instagrams: Brokeback lady skull based on Mike Fite's banner/bizcard as a gift for him from myself and a good buddy of his. I have one of his variations on it on my thing. Waiting on the wood framing stock to come in so I can ship it off to him. Doing the piece was a big feat for me and I'm super happy how it is coming out. I look forward to doing more adaptations of flash as I grow my personal collection.

I love that tattoo. That's the kind of tattoo that makes me want to be your friend because there's no way you can have that and not be a cool guy.

Starting on my back tomorrow from a nice kid in Fort Myers. I really loved a drawing he did and had been meaning to get a piece from him ... It's an adaptation of a sailor Jerry Indian lady head. Taking a bit of a leap of faith in him, but I like his work a lot and love the drawing. It'll be his first back piece but we aren't going to fill it completely edge-to-edge. Finally getting my alligator piece from Heath Nock at Handcrafted Miami a week or so. Had to stop myself from booking with Destroy Troy while he is in town for the convention next week. I really want a shark skull hat tho! Btw, I've missed y'all. It's been a crazy few weeks at work and I've just not spent much time on here.

Never posted this here, Kevin Leary Family Tattoo, Chicago.

I was waiting to post this until it was healed up and haired over. Chris O'Donnell. Completed at Saved Tattoo, Kings Avenue, and Chris' private studio.

I'm really just posting this to get my post count up haha. Apologies. I know most of you are into traditional here, but this was the first proper back I've done and I was fairly happy with it.

Heavy hitters already this month... Done by Stefan Johnsson @ California Electric

Got this Rock of Ages from Joe Ellis while he was guesting at Lab Monkey Tattoo:

I can't take the heat anymore, living above 9000 ft the highest temp I've seen in years is about 75.

Love those guys at Family Tattoo, good people, good tattoos.

I still want to see all of these awesome tattoos you have!!

what @hogg said! except the jesus part hehe

I may be weird, but I found the shin bone itself to be a cakewalk. And I got one shin tattooed twice (with a big coverup).

yeah i gave in to hi-tech life and you can find me on the instagramz, johannes414. woop woop!

,,,when us men think it's ok to shave our legs

I think that they pretty much always have time for walk-ins. There are a couple of different locations so I am sure someone can get you in. I would not expect Mike Wilson to have time, but everyone there is incredible. Mike Bruce does some of the best shit out there, and the rest of the tattooers there are all very good. Also they have a ton of guest artists coming and going.

I've found, in my experience, that the best tattooers are the nicest and most professional ones. Tattooers that have big egos and harsh personalities are probably just overcompensating for/grumpy about their sub-par work. Just my $.02.

Had to laugh the other day. I work with this one guy for years, he always wears a static-control lab coat due to the area he works in. We all have the coats, he just wears his all the time. I was driving home the other day from work and i'm passing him on the highway, I see a tattooed arm leaning on his door, he sees me coming up on the left and pulls his arm in. Another closet tattooed freak on the payroll. Rob

So the shop got this gem sent to our facebook yesterday...

When I met my (now EX) husband I already had a tattoo and he didn't have any. He decided to get one but didn't want me to get anymore as he didn't really like them on women :rolleyes: We have now split up and I have recently started dating again and had a brief fling with an old friend who has lots of tattoos. Tattooed people are more interesting naked ;)

and some more i did today

I like what Troy Denning has, both the beads and the bonji.

Chris Garver Invisible NYC - - - Updated - - - not sure how to add a lager pic..

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

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!

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 found this, but I can't find the book for sale or the author's name anywhere..... Referencing the popular book, "Hail to the Tat: An Illustrated History of Presidential Tattoos," 35 of the 43 presidents sported skin art. Amongst the First Citizen's tattoos, the most popular were on the arm, thus starting the tradition that no American President can be photographed wearing a tank top. The most famous tattoo involved a small eagle holding a broad sword (demonstrated in the first source) fighting Jack "Galveston Giant" Johnson. Additionally, several presidential tattoos stand out: Andrew Jackson sported a tomahawk that ran the length of the inside of his left leg; James K. Polk is historically known to be the first white man to have a Chinese character as a tattoo (the symbol for "eager"); James Buchanon with a scantily-clad brunette on his chest as well as the acronym "BFL" in six inch lettering on his abdomen (BFL standing for "bachelor for life"); and William McKinley with a cartoon representation of himself as the Monopoly man carrying a bulging sack with a $ symbol.