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Just came across this video on State of Grace and thought I'd share it. Some nice interviews with the artists.

He's obviously not as badass as you are.

@Graeme and I are supposed to get impulsive tattoos this afternoon (from the shop around the corner from our old place, as a way of celebrating our time there!). I think he's going to wuss out. Peer pressure him here!

Tattoos hurt though!

If you have less than 10 posts, and you post more than 4 links in a post, it will get auto-moderated. When that happens, our moderators will usually approve it w/in a day or so if it's not spam. There are also keywords that can trigger auto-moderation like 'buy cheap tattoo supplies' etc.. Thanks for your patience w/ these anti-spam measures that sometimes catch legit posts like yours. Cheers Steve

End Of An Era And The Beginning... - Luke Wessman - Self Made Tattoo Artist There is some cool photos of Dave's shop in San Diego on Luke Wessman's site. There is just one angle of influence he had on tattooing, it's hard to really define what each persons role in history of tattooing is, but Mr Gibson definitely has one. I hear so many different stories about the guy good and bad, but his stuff speaks for itself and his influence is undeniable. Funny when I look at pics I think about how similar our shop looks to that, and then I read I find out there is a good reason for that, Terry Tweed helped him set up that shop. Our shop is not exactly set up like Terry's shop, but our owner spent a whole decade working at Terry's shop, so there is a lot of his influence on how a shop should be set up.

Thought I'd post this here. I put it up in the 'awesome things you have been doing' thread but, I'm pretty proud of this so, here it is again ;) This is Jon Knight and Soulstack, a band that I play in, from our show at the Montreal Jazz Festival this past Saturday. I might be the guy with the gold guitar ;) Thanks for watching.

Welcome dude and great intro!

Go back and listen to every story he has to tell you....

This is not on me--it's on my wife--but it's too good not to post here: By Paul Dobleman, Spider Murphy's Tattoo. I booked with him for next month--can't wait for my turn!

You can get icecream and/or a beer when its over.

Heh, I just want to clarify that my earlier statement was made when the intro was blank. Now that I can see it, I'll bid you welcome and offer some complimentary cupcakes.

@onthefly Don't forget to read this: Last Sparrow Tattoo - Newbie Guidelines This part especially: "Do not go posting a bunch of meaningless posts just to hit your 10 post requirement! If you want to ask a question right away - just post it in your intro thread." Welcome to the forum :)

My first thought was this has to be Matt Arriola if he is getting tattooed in Seattle, but I know embers had traveled to get tattooed a few times as well.

I'm mad jealous. Hope you get something from him soon.

Hi, I've been a tattoo enthusiast for a few years now and I've thoroughly enjoyed watching the artist interviews on this site so thought I'd finally sign up to the forum. I'm a big fan of Japanese tattooing and have 2 three quarter sleeves done by Diego Azaldegui in Leeds UK. I'm currently deciding on what I want for my back piece and hoping to get started on that soon.

Do you happen to have a photo of your Steve Byrne tattoo? I'd love to see it; he does some of my favorite tattoos. I've heard great things about the book, and yes, Hector does amazing tattoos. I'm thinking maybe a rose of no man's land, or a leopard/panther/tiger head. Whatever it is, I'm sure I'll be stunned by it.

sometimes less is more. :-)

Lab Monkey Tattoo Studio | 30 Baker Street, Stirling.

Frith Street The Family Business

Ah it's a harpy! Very nice my brother!! Lol you had me at 'tits' ;) @hogg that is one damn fine lady head your wife got!!!! And you, you bastard, getting a Pharaohs Horses from Paul next... I hate you. In the nicest possible way of course lol

Done by Steve Byrne at Rock of Ages Austin, Texas.

What the hell, I will enter this one, pretty sure everyone knows who did it, haha. Man that Kore Flatmo sleeve is great, that is who I am voting for this month.

I'll jump in. Josh Stephens, Hold It Down (That's my elbow if anyone was curious).

Finally have a new finished piece to enter the contest! Not expecting to win, but it's a good way to show off my finished tattoo by Kore Flatmo! The pictures were taken in May by Kore when we finished up. Yay! :D

hello. my name is gene and i'm a tattooer.

Welcome @doshio

Hooray, working now! Cheers again folks :)

I was going to write Chris Lain in here, but saw that @Avery Taylor beat me to it, like 2 years ago.

hi gene ;)

Paul & Alec@ RED HOT AND BLUE TATTOO - Edinburgh, UK TATTOOS BY PAUL FULTON Instagram Chris Lambert, Gentleman Tattooer

That's the first step of TA, now tell us a little about yourself.

He wasn't telling stories, he was just tattooing a parrot on a guy, chatted a bit, mentioned some story that was a filming of starsky and hutch and bob shaw... I wasn't trying to intrude on his conversation. But, I was encouraged to get a tattoo from him, so he's next on my list. that parrot was dope af

Very lucky to be heading to New York (from Melbourne) for the first time in around 8 weeks. Have the following plans or bookings: Robert Ryan - chest piece Mark Cross - couple of palm-sized beauties Bailey Hunter Robinson - bison head Smith Street - assorted flash from the wall I'm planning on condensing the appointments at the start of the trip as I dont want to impact too much on my wife and daughters trip. Would love to hear fellow posters experiences of condensed appointments.

Got this yesterday at FTW's Owen Jensen flash BBQ party. By Jason Phillips. Got a sweet painting of the design too!

Ha! Thanks, Hogg. It really was awesome. We are heading to Chicago this summer for a honeymoon just in time to stop by and see the new Great Lakes shop and hopefully get a new tattoo there to celebrate.

I got married yesterday. Does that count?

tapped out. finishing in another week. getting my knee done by derek noble on tuesday!

Here is the start of my dragon sleeve. I am very excited for my next session. Will be black and grey with some red accents and continue up to my shoulder. Work being done by Carter Gillis @ Designs by Dana in Cincinnati.

I think it's time I try my luck in one of these. Done by Chad Koeplinger.

I haven't seen many (any?) portraits win this, so either this will buck the trend or become one of many.

Done by Josh Damnit, Classic Tattoo, Upland, CA. Not a healed pic but its been a year since I've been able to get tattooed (been deployed) and got excited! :D

Adam Shrewsbury made this one on me last week.

Done by Vincent Moisdon at Colorfast Studios

Portrait of Edgar Allen Poe by Vinny Romanelli at Red Rocket NYC (a Poe-rtrait?), done this afternoon.

Done by Corey Miller in NJ.

heres mine

Curious if anyone else in here collects old acetate stencils? I would really like to have a peek at other peoples collections. For some reason I almost enjoy collecting stencils more than flash. I just like holding an old acetate in my hand and imagining how many people got tattoos from it. Here are some of my collection. I have a bunch more I need to take pictures of. Bob Shaw Owen Jensen