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I got this from Steve Byrne yesterday.

Oneshot kirin done by Marius Meyer. Sorry, bad picture because it was finished late monday night.

Got my first traditional piece from Chad K yesterday who was super cool. Just a simple wolf head on the top of my foot. Didn't hurt as bad as I thought it was going too and I must say it was nice to get a tattoo done in one sitting for a change! Super stoked to get it and am currently thinking about what I want to get on the other foot right about now. Oh and @Wilhell that's a rad piece and props to you for just one sitting.

Tanners dragon and koi full back piece by Ben Lucas. Professional Tattooing & Piercing | Chico, Ca | Eye Of Jade Tattoo

yeah the first tattoo he did on me was star wars ! heres the stuff hes finished on me so far: and this s the best picture i could find of my front.. ive had the other side of my ribs done and a bunch more work since then hes started a native american girl on my arm thats getting finished soon :P

every tattoo I do contains tiny particles of black sabbath.

Oh, I can add to this, literary tattoos, woo! From nearly three years ago by the up-and-coming superstar Jon Poverty. Did this wolf head with the words whittled down from an excerpt from The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy. ”He said that the wolf is a being of great order and that it knows what men do not: that there is no order in the world save that which death has put there.”

Jordan Baxter from Hope & Glory suffolk UK did this monday! blast over some laser removal

Hope it's ok to revive this thread from a few months ago. Here's my gorilla on the back of my calf, this pic was taken right after it was finished. Got it done back in Feb of this year, probably time to take a good healed pic! This one was done by Endijs at Chalice Tattoo in Boise. I'd been wanting a gorilla tattoo for quite a while and when I saw this painting of his I knew it was the one I had to get.

Figured I'd toss this up in here. Received my tiger painting from Tim Lehi today and couldn't be happier. I can't wait to get it framed and hung up in my room.

Joel D. Long Art Exhibition - Boulder CO | 15th Street Studio Asian Inspired Scrolls Art Show by Joel D Long | TAM Blog

@Wilhell and @Reyeslv, I've already told both of you how impressed I am, but it bears repeating. And Reyes, I can't even tell what's left to do on yours! It looks pretty complete to me.

I'm sorry, but that IS a blatant invasion of privacy.

You could have also posted that you are the toughest dude ever for getting that in one go. How long did that take? Seriously amazing.

There's also the classic scholarly skull design: That one was painted by Chris Hold, but it's after a Bert Grimm design.

While waiting for a couple of tattoo appointments coming up I decided to get a tattoo while I wait. This one was by Nathan Draper at The Pearl. He did a great job and is a really nice guy, too. A good experience all around. Update: Please ignore my disgusting sock!

I always keep my heavy metals away from the monster magnet.

Some dude was getting those silhouette birds when I was last getting tattooed and while I'm sure they are annoying to do because that shop is probably doing that tattoo at least five times a day, it's the shop minimum for what seemed to be very little work. Same with those infinity signs. Seems not too bad to me.

Trust me, if you want to show them to any tattoo artists, print them out on paper to show them - I can you tell, after working the desk in a busy studio, it is truly obnoxious of someone to make you wait for two minutes while they fiddle with their phone trying to find the right reference, plus you then cant leave anything physical with the shop or the artist, or you have to then email over every little thing to the shop, who then have to print it out for the artist, and if you want to show the artist that reference they will have to squint at the tiny screen. We like pictures on paper. A lot.

Hahaha, thank you so much, @Graeme! It was so painful to do that big thing in just one go, and nothing I will recommend. We were starting at 4.40 PM and I was done 11.15 PM I think. We had a lot of breaks eating a little and drinking coffee. So Tattootime was maybe five and half hours? The worst part was when Marius dried and washed the tattoo before this picture was taken. Haha, maybe @Iwar can describe it a little better? Omg

Oh fuck you @dcostello - - - Updated - - - I'd like to add, I'd get tattooed by @dcostello and they would all be Lucero tattzz

Did another 3 hours with @Stewart Robson this past friday. Doing another color session today.

Great Lakes opened up yesterday. How many of you heathens stopped in and got tattoos?

See, that's good to know, because as soon as I find somebody that knows what Supernaut looks like, I've got space available. :)

Painted this gorilla recently! Mike Wilsons tattooing one on my neck in 2 weeks! great thread!

I know, they're bread and butter, but super obnoxious nonetheless!

Love the eyes!

I broke my 'no dream catcher' streak on Sunday and I have another one on Friday :(

Absolutely anything found on Pintrest. I swear the next person that comes in, whips out their phone and shows me something on Pintrest I'm going to slap the hell out of them.

embarrassingly a manga half sleeve that i had done before i was 18 haha! @Cork

you put out CL ads when traveling alone with the Title "here for a few days need someone who will apply lotion to my back piece"

When on vacation and your wife wants to spend the day by the pool...so you spend $200 on a cabana rental for all day shade. Not gonna feel the sun today, not even once.

Would be a good opportunity/excuse to revisit your artists so they can re-apply the tattoo image onto your prosthetic.

I've had irrational thoughts about losing a limb too and I always imagine myself asking the doctor if I can keep the limb after that amputate it. A tattooed limb floating in fish tank would make a great conversation piece.

My one year anniversary of being an active LST member is also soon. I've learned a lot by reading through the threads and watching all the interviews. Most importantly LST gave me the nudge (peer pressure) I needed to go out and fearlessly make appointments for large scale work. LST has also helped me be unproductive at work for at least 1 hour per day....

Whoaaaaooohhh so many amazing tattoos being posted!! Love love love the white tiger and the dragon lamp. I don't know why great tattoos are so romantic, I swear I actually swoon when I see them. Very hard to follow up on these awesome pieces, but I just wanna post this one from yesterday. One session, 3 hours, lots of fun! Dunno what I'd do without such cool clients, they're always the ones with the crazy ideas, I'm just lucky enough to get to draw them :)

Just booked with Todd Noble for Labor Day weekend. Can't wait.

I'm not sure there's any way round it. Getting tattoos hurts, more or less, depending on whereabouts it's going. If you really, genuinely want that tattoo though, it doesn't hurt enough that it should put you off. (Sometimes I find the whole "washing a slightly scabby wound for a week or so" aspect more unpleasant than the actual needlework.) ;)

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.

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

Look at this blackness! It was a bloody mess. Kongo Yasha is really going to pop once this background is done.

I'm at work and my book is sitting on my front porch waiting for me. So excited to read this. Going on tour with my band in a couple of weeks and going through SF, I'm going to somehow try to get Ed to sign my copy. Don't know how I'm going to make this happen, but I am on a journey. haha

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

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

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

@ johannes- Something dark with Lovecraft would be fun. Michael Moorcock's Elric blowing the horn at the end of the world would be interesting...until the tattoo aged and it ends up looking like David Bowie playing a saxophone. Cheesy fantasy tattoo, whoo! I feel like Gaiman's stuff would lend itself well to tattooing. The flying ships in stardust (catching lightning), or playing with the pantheon in American gods. You wouldn't have enough room for an accurate Stephen King book. Traditional with moby dick. Darn it! I can't wait to get my next tattoo!

Not sure which book(s), though. Thinking I might someday get the W.A.S.T.E. horn from The Crying of Lot 49. Maybe something by Ray Bradbury. Gully Foyle's tattooed tiger face from The Stars My Destination could be good...