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Apologies for the crappy picture, I screenshotted this from IG. I'll post a better picture tomorrow, but check it out! By Sean Perkinson at FTW in Oakland. Steve Boltz flash.

Stoney by Steve Byrne.

Got a new job at a spot I've always wanted to be at. Best thing of the year for me so far.

I'll let you guys decide if I'm the giant or the shrimp

Ah what, the hell, I'll give this a try this month. This was done by Thomas Hooper in five sessions between October 2012 and June 2013, mostly at Saved but with one session at the Rochester Convention:

I'm a little late to the party but here i am. I went to the release of the Star Trek Lottery ticket at the Dallas Convention center. William Shatner was there.

I actually work with dave now in stockton at quarter horse tattoo! - - - Updated - - - Posted it! forgot to mention you!

Dude, sentences and punctuation please.

Got my tattoo artists son a Predator metalworks figure, which was bad ass. I ended up chilling at the shop and he got bored and gave me this bad ass traditional wolf in party mode. Love it. Skylar G! Gotta love that he locked the doors and let me blaze up while he did this. Such a chill guy.

I'm going to India in October/November! (!!)

I still remember the last "casual Friday" I wore a short sleeve button up to work for the last time ever.

Haha. IF he has a wife. Just 'coz you know how to post a pic of a pretty lady and say she's your wife doesn't mean it necessarily is... Sometimes it's hard to tell if it's a troll or not. In this case I could not tell.

This monster of a kirin is a oneshot from Marius Meyer.

Hi there, Been lurking on the site for some time now and just wanted to say thanks. Mining through the archives of the forum has yielded a ton of excellent information and exposed me to so many new (to me) artists. All the regulars of this community that strive to get the word out on good tattoos should know they've made a big impact on a lot of us out there. So, thanks! And keep rocking killer tattoos!

And don't forget he runs a highly successful, although unidentified, forum!

Hahaha, photobombed

Hello LST, I'm Chris and I'm from Sacto, CA. I got my first tattoo in 92 or 93 at American Graffiti by Eric Hogan (RIP). From that point on I was hooked! Scott Sylvia gave me my 2nd one at the same location. I first met Scott and Eric when I was a little punk kid in S.F. at an A.A. convention. I had no tattoos at the time and was so impressed with these older guys that were covered. I tried to get them to work on me at the time, but to no avail. Thanks for that, given my age who knows what I'd have ended up with. Luckily a couple years later they were working in my home town and I was finally able to get some ink. I didn't really know what to say in the intro, I'm not too good at talking or writing about myself. I'm grateful to be a part of this community and look forward to being a member for a long, long time! Thanks, -C

I'm just going to start saying permanent dermis pigment retention patterns.

Yep that would be real nice. Me and @Jade1959 will be there on Saturday. I'm on Henning Jorgensens cancellation list. Fingers crossed.

Got this Panther head by Fergus Simms a couple of days ago and had the Flaming torch by Johan Ingemar done about a month ago , I also took these photos of my current progress ,still got a while to go

According to my work's dress code I'm not supposed to have visible tattoos, long hair, or a beard, and I think going shirtless all the time would probably raise too many questions about the other stuff...so shirts are kind of practical at this point in my life.

getting tattooed by BJ Betts @ Musink...

hahahaha I do that to my husband all the time-"you wanna mess w/THIS?? Really?" One day during lunch, some of the little boys were flexing their arms and giggling when I'd touch and go oooo what big muscles! So then I flexed and they were giggling and then stopped..."Miss Missi, your arm feels funny" hahahaha

One of the best ways to deal with not being totally satisfied with your tattoos, or being nitpicky about them or whatever is to get more tattoos.

Just my own preference, but I think you should leave it be.

Brock always has somewhere to hang his hat.

Grats to you for sticking to it and listening. Met with the criticism you could have thrown a bunch of attitude back or run away crying to the Dominican republic. Life isn't traveled on only one rail and being able to switch tracks to get to your destination will serve you well

I think some of you may have seen that Waverly makes green soap air fresheners?

I'm not balanced, but I think the asymmetry is cool/sexy. It won't stay that way for long, just b/c I want (need) more.

Just get rad tattoos...who gives a shit if it matches something else or if its balanced.

They see me ridin', they hatin', tryin' ta catch me ridin dirty.....

I laughed at the 'as shop owners, we can make it work with any client" bullshit. Something makes me think any of the three of them (not lady face) would throw a customer that annoying/demanding out in no time flat.

I just hangout and clean up after everyone. Its a good deal!

Now to be replaced by "balls out friday."

Paul Rogers , Les Skuse , Huck Spaulding 1956 .

My grandmother and I were chatting yesterday. She's 90 years old and is one of the most important people in the world to me. Well, we were talking about life, work, and how my apprenticeship is going. She looks at me and asks "Would you tattoo me? Right here, a big butterfly, and you can use this mole as the head of the butterfly." I'm still grinning over that.

I just realized that this is the same guy I just referenced in my last post. I feel bad for his wife (who is from the Dominican Republic in case you didn't know).

What the heck. I know many of you have already seen this. Anyway, it's almost healed and was done by Papa Joe Dawson.

I'm getting tattooed by him tomorrow! Ii'm so excited. the first person to tattoo me besides me besides my uncle and hes a legend. find him in Stockton, Ca! Quarter Horse Tattoo - Stockton, CA

I just heard from Dave about a week or so ago and he said a friend just opened a shop in Stockton about 45 minutes from him...and they were treating him very well there! I am guessing this is the shop you saw him at! Who is Dave Gibson huh??? I had to chuckle a little but I can understand how some people might not know who he is now! Dave gave me a list about 8 years ago.....I asked him for a list of tattoo artists that had 40+ years in the craft that did solid work and he gave me a list of world class artists! I have been chipping away at that list ever since adding as many of these people's work to my body as I can! I owe Dave.....he really is partially responsible for a lot of the wonderful tattoo artists I have met over the last 8 years! Debra Yarian and Debbie Lenz were on that list and I was tattooed by both of those ladies two weeks ago during my trip to Ohio..... Yeah.....you met a legend in the craft! He seemed like he was going to retire and stop tattooing.....I've been on him about not stopping....and I was stoked when he said he was working a day a week again in that shop! Definitely go get something from him while it is still an option! And please tell him I said hello if you would! :) Here are a couple acetates Dave sent me a while back!

the whole concept of hood rich is some crazy shit.

I'm not an artist, so I won't speak on the technical aspects of your tattoo, but I will encourage you to give it some time to heal. I've had tattoos that looked kinda rough when they were brand new, then healed up perfectly.

People with swag are awesome, they rarely mess up my order and make sure my fries are hot!!!

Apparently Seth has them building machine kits that they have to tattoo with. Separating the wheat from the chaff in one fell swoop. Take note tattooers, if you can not assemble a build it yourself kit from Seth which goes together practically on its own it is time to kill yourself.

I live in an apartment building that has rooftop access. Sometimes it's really nice to go up there in the morning with a cup of coffee and just look at the bay.

well, i do think , this still takes guts, to step out from your own freakin comfort zone and just walse in a shop and be all like :'' yea i w ant to do this, will you have me?''' People should more often DO what they dream of, instead of becoming old bitter grandpas /grandmas by mid 30ies with all these unfinished business :''Ohh i wanted to be a ballerina, so i hate all this modern dancing'' Do what you feel passionate about Believe me, if you will be reaaly bad in it, people will let you know, and will find something else. whoop whoop!

when I was a kid Dave would come through philly with Mike Wilson all the time. I got to go to Luckys about 10 or 12 years ago in San Diego. Real deal tattooing in a shop full of nothing but hand painted flash. Very cool!

i know i'm like a phantom here these days, but here's a picture of me from when i was still working with/fostering kittens (and before the giant beast of a pup came into my life).