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Got tattooed by Adam Warmerdam last week. So I'll throw this in the mix.

Headed up to San Francisco with the homie @Iwar for an appt with GRIME on September 19 :D

Matt started this tattoo last weekend. Pretty much every other tattoo that you can half see in the photo is by Matt as well. Sorry it is showing up sideways, but I am absolute shit with a computer.

I was lucky enough to get tattooed by Valerie Vargas the other day as planned. Left arm. Elbow upwards. Should be finished early September.

It doesn't matter what you call yourself or what others call you........just get good, solid tattoos....and enjoy yourself while you are doing it!

I was riding the bus to work this morning and even though the bus was full and people were standing, there was one empty seat...the one right next to me. I believe it was @CultExciter who once said on here that the purpose of visible tattoos was to attract mates and deter foes, so I'm halfway there.

How horrible that you got a tattoo taken from the highest selling book series of all time and other people got it too. But yeah, claiming to understand things on a much deeper level than everybody else isn't hipster behavior at all.

grez is seriously such an amazing tattooer, and versatile is a very apt word to use in describing his work.

It's funny because I was thinking of the people I've been tattooed by that it might be Seth Wood who I would get all my work from. His tattoos are great, I love how he's doing more and more large scale work and that it is completely fucking awesome, and I really like him as a person. He's funny, easy to get along with, incredibly smart, and he always adds a little bit extra to his tattoos that really set them apart. The tattoo I have from him is only a couple of years old but it's solid as fuck. I'm glad that I don't have to choose only one though.

I dream about being tattooed by Shige, Horitomo, any of the Horitoshi family, Wendy Pham and a whole slew of other artists. But I am very happy with the tattoo artist who started me on my journey, Henning Jorgensen. He's introduced me to a world of great artists who are as genuine and humble as he is. He's given me beautiful artwork that I'll treasure for a lifetime and just an awesome guy to chat with about life in general. Henning loves tattooing and that's something that I admire about him, his passion for his work. Mike Rubendall is the same way, hence why he and Henning are such good friends. Same minds gravitate to one another. I'm lucky to have work from both and will continue that trend.

Hi guys, my names Ross, I tattoo fulltime at Body Language Tattoo in Fife, Scotland I am a big fan of the LST interviews and finally decided to join the forum. Thanks for having me.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the lotus crown and the pearl!! fucking brilliant!!

Getting my left thigh done by Horizakura in September, gonna be a bird (dark eyed Oregon Junco) and a peony or lotus, leaving that up to him since I already have a lotus elsewhere.

@Avery Taylor incredible. One of my best friends and coworkers moved here from Seattle, and he has amazing work from Matt. I need to jump on this boat.

Goddamn! I saw that one on Instagram and lingered a long while. I absolutely love that collar and lapel flip. It totally makes it.

I'm hobbling around right now like a penguin... and I'm trying to dry heal this tattoo completely, but its so hard to resist the temptation to put some lotion on it. I must persevere! :/

Hoping to get a walk up from Aaron Coleman at the Boston Convention at the end of August. Maybe Jay Cavna too...

Getting my chest done by Capilli Tupou in September while he's guesting at Dan Smith's new shop. Beyond excited!

If it was just on who's work you like the best at this time,I would also say Seth Wood.I love his style.And I love Regino Gonzales Japanese work,& b&g work.I wish I could start over with a blank canvas,I would like to get a bodysuit from these two guys.

If I were to stick to just one, it would only be if I were doing a full Japanese bodysuit. That being said, it would be a very difficult choice between Stewart Robson, Mike Rubendall, and Horitomo... I'll say Stewart, though. Once my front is finished and my back is at least outlined, I plan on having Stewart and Mike each do a leg from thigh to knee, so I hope to have at least have a good chunk of tattooing from each of them.

Yikes! Just booked an appointment with Mario Desa at Great Lakes! This is turning into such a great summer.

Got this Grimm tiger yesterday from Fergus Simms. Here is a pic of the three thigh tattoos I have off him so far taken after the appointment. Safe to say I am very happy with all of it.

Tebori by Horimasa Tosui in his private studio in Amsterdam. The baku was done at wednesday and the pictures are taken today (sunday).

Robert Ryan. Ever see something of his that didn't stop you dead in your tracks? I rest my case.

Oh I did forget, sorry about that - multi-tasking strikes again! It's by Yoni Zilber.

oooh ouch! hahaha

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck. but its ok, some ducks are fun to hang out with

Hello everyone, was looking and reading this forum for some time, finally found urge to register and participate in tattoo threads. About myself, I'm having four tattoos for now, done from this year's January and can't stop from thinking about some more ink. Planning and sketching and having ideas. Think I'm addicted and love each dot of ink on my body. Full sleeve, Full back piece, Full chest plates, Full ribs and may it go on and on

If a reputable tattooer refers to you as a collector its not a bad thing, its self proclaimed turds that get tattooed by like 3 different people in their hometown that give it a bad name.

I would say Chris Garver! The reason is I like japanese style tattoos but also other styles as well. There are very few artist that can do many styles at the level he does. Well rounded is an understatement!! Being that he was on t.v and all many people may say some negative things but you cannot dispute how awesome of an artist he is not just as a tattooer. He's very personable and friendly! Also I found him to be super humble about his success.

This is tricky. I love all of the work I've gotten by the various artists, but I'm not sure I would stick with only one per se... If I had to choose I would have to say Grez, only because he is so versatile, clean, and a good dude. And I would hate to go anywhere but Kings Ave if I had to choose. A close second would be Seth Wood, but since I haven't gotten any work by him yet I would be hesitant in making that commitment. And like @CultExciter said, so glad I don't have to choose one! That would take the joy out of collecting tattoos for me, to be perfectly honest!

I still have to figure out who I'm going to see in Montreal this September. - - - Updated - - - Thanks, @Delicious! - - - Updated - - - @Pugilist I've heard only good things. I watched him tattoo an amazing pin-up at The Pearl a while back, but I didn't get the chance to get him to work on me. Fixed!

Haha. Attract mates, repel rivals/deter foes. This is my seat!

Wading through reddit tattoos can be entertaining but it's a lot like cable television: one or two good shows surrounded by crap.

Get tattooed by Lucas Ford and welcome to LST.

That's good that they had you sign a contract, hopefully that means that they're taking their end of the deal seriously too. Admirable painting volume, keep it up! That rules! I think at the end of the day, it all just comes down to you. What you want and how you go about it. I really really do wish that I had started my apprenticeship learning how to make tattoo equipment and learning how to paint well. There are no words for how much understanding your equipment and designs help your technical ability to apply a tattoo. Well since you're in it full swing at this point, my last piece of advice is to hold off on putting needle to skin for the first year. Build up your work ethic and craft skills first. Good luck in all of this! Really looking forward to watching you progress and contributing to the forum. Cheers!

I'm going to be hanging out with Pushead on Sunday. You know. No big deal. I'd love to hang with you folks, but... he wins :D

DUDE, first of all, thank you! Second of all, he drew the snake with that exact image in his head!!!!!

Well it looks like I may have lost my mind as I seemed to have booked two sessions this weekend with two different artists at invisible. The really stupid thing is I'm getting not one but BOTH knees worked on. I really am not looking forward to this in the slightest..... Regino saturday, matt Sunday...woohoo!

Done by Tim Pausinger @ Pearl Harbor Gift Shop in Toronto on july 2nd. Who knows, maybe people will really like this one!

Here it is, my naked self on a cold winters night...finished and healed pics of my back by Dean Sacred.

THIS http://www.flickr.com/photos/dlozeau/5531302786/ My love of Freddy Mercury and skeletons combined!

Nope...its B9. ...or Hollywood.

"Well, I finally got my period. I just wish my breasts weren't so sore and tender..." (I was going to make a comment like "Only I can prevent Breast Cancer"... but then thought it may be slightly on the not cool side... but y'all can make up your own minds ;) )

OMG and LOL. What's going on with his face? What's he thinking? "What the hell is going on? What the fuck happened to me?"

Yea but plenty of owl tattoos aren't hipster and its a fine line with whipshading. My wife calls my (small) owl tattoo my hipster tattoo and it bugs me haha but I still like it. Animals that are humans is getting a bit old. The hipsters themselves annoy me most of all. Ive seen a few with amazing traditional western tattoos but they are still hipsters and thus bug me. They take many things I love and make it a trendy joke and for that I despise this "sub-culture". I

Dari are you crazy?! I would tattoo you any day of the week any week of the year. I LOVE doing super detailed stuff, and btw you sat fine but my memory isn't what it used to be... so maybe you didn't...

There is no such thing as the best rose. Its not a competition, more of an appreciation, repulsion, or somewhere in between. My personal fave is Henry Goldfield, He rules the rose in SF His chest piece is a giant rose from Oakland's Shakey Jake done in the early 60's I believe. Many tattooers and their families wear Henry's roses. I don't have photos available right now , but I wear one and my wife has a 3/4 sleeve of 3 roses from Henry. When I got mine, he gave me the drawing which proudly hangs in the shop. Next to the rose it says" Dean, here's your rose. Follow the rose in life and you'll never go wrong. Good luck to you." Most of the roses I see today are very well done in a variety of styles. I like rose tattoos with a black outline made by people over 50. But hey, whatever you're into, there's room for it all.

I'm scared Tim Hendricks won't ever tattoo me again after the tattoo he did on me that involved a tiny 2 inch by 3 inch world map with all the teeny tiny latitude and longitude lines. And I sat terribly that night as I had done a 3 hr handstands and arm balances yoga workshop with Ana Forrest that day. Terrible timing - what was I thinking? My hands were shaking when I wrote the words down that I wanted written on it, and that was before we even started. I had bruises on my arm for days from him having to hold me still 'cause I was jumping all over the place, trying to get away. He'll probably never tattoo me again. :(