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I can't remember if I mentioned, I'm headed up to see GRIME for a session on my back Sept. 19, I'm rolling up with my boy @Iwar, he'll be starting his back with back to back sessions Sept. 20 and 21st!! Shit's coming up pretty quick now! :D

And here it is, posted by Photo Dianne on Instagram: Beautiful work, @Dick Warsocki.

And another, sorry everyone I am getting carried away posting in this thread. Think I am addicted to painting ha ha.

Here's a couple of healed photos i took of a tattoo a friend of mine got from Mike in India. You can see a photo of it just after the tattoo was finished on the website with the interview.

A baku! What are you going to get?

keep posting as much as you want in this thread. killer stuff!

This is a piece I did for hire.

Okay this is going to be one of those "Meaningful Story" tattoo stories. Deal with it. On 26 June, out of nowhere and with no previous symptoms my wife of 34 years had a Grand Mal seizure. On 26 July she had a brain tumor removed. On 30 July we learned that it was malignant and she has an 85% probability that she won't make it 18 months. But she's a fighter. 85% against just means there is a 15% probability she will make it. My wife spent her entire life fucking up the curve and that's not changing anytime soon. She was told that visualization is helpful. Make it a tangible "thing" you can combat. She takes chemo and radiation 5 days a week (for 6 weeks), then has a re-eval. She nicknamed the tumor "DLB" (dirty little bastard). I saw some flash on line and heard a 90's era song, added a little of this and that and the next thing you know I was in the chair. I hope you all like it:

David Glanz just came up with an opening for Friday night . . .

Mike does OK hannyas and snakes, so you should be good. Haha. Re: size, I told him that he could have as much of the front of my thigh as he wanted, so... I guess it will be kinda big? We'll see. Thanks for the encouragement guys, I'm so stoked! And I hope you get your baku too, @else!

Brad's one of my favorite artists. Everything I see by him is incredible, and the time I hung out with him, he was cool as hell.

The two tattoo's i got on saturday, the two turtles are to represent my daughter and I. the bear print is my memorial tattoo for my dad, his favorite college teams football logo (plus it's the city he was born and raised in) along with his signature and dob/dod

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ohh man I need to stop reading this...i forgot how much I love montreal.

today is outline day with Bink. My last really large open spot (back of left thigh) is going to be getting the treatment. Woot.

my computer has been broken for a while, so I havent been able to get on here, but I am still alive, and started school again.

pretty sweet shots.

I love seeing all this great stuff, @irezumi. I'm really happy for you, buddy.

"Why have you got roses tattooed on you, isn't that a bit gay?" One of my most recent favourites.

Love this! The snake is killer. I'm such a fan of Boltz's work, it's everything that a tattoo ever needs to be.

You certainly look like you're on the right track. I'll second the advice you are getting suggesting not to overthink things, as counterintuitive as that may seem. With a good artist, you can leave much of the design work to them. Also, a lot of the traditional photos you have provided would be best (in my opinion) with at least some color. Although I have to admit I have a strong bias towards colorful traditional work. Bold lines and strong colors seem to work pretty well and hold up over time. There is an excellent thread on these pages about what makes a good tattoo and the consensus seems to be that strong black lining and good shading forms the foundation of good tattoos. Color just adds a little extra spark, in my opinion. Not to mention, browsing through the various galleries here will demonstrate the truth behind that sentiment. Best of luck to you in whatever you decide. Looking forward to seeing how it all turns out.

Nice one! I'm getting zapped by him on Saturday. Not to speak for @Pugilist but she's getting tattooed by Mike Rubendall. A friend of ours is getting his first tattoo at the convention on Saturday, I'm trying to get him to come out after he's done. He will have earned a celebratory drink! It's going to be cool meeting you and your wife!

Sorry this made me laugh because so many dicks are already walking around the streets so why should people be offended by drawings of them?

Seems I am enjoying attempting to paint snakes and daggers, basically the same design modified and or repainted.

Mike Moses. Columbus, OH SAY WORD sSON!

Really like this back piece from Matt Mooney. The skull is very Grime I think but he definitely has his own thing going on which is dope.

Not quite along the lines of most of the thread, but this is a sculpture I just finished for a local skateboard art show. Each deck does have a tattoo design stenciled onto it, except two that have some lettering in a taped off graffiti sort of style. This was just after the first test ride... I'll try to link to my buddy's Instavideo of it as well. Instagram I think I have a group shot of most of the boards, as well as a few more photos in action, if anyone would like to see them as well.

Sorry to hear what your family is going through, tough business.. Personally I dig traditional style, don't get me wrong realism is cool too.. This with a dagger would be way cool IMO, you mentioning a dagger makes me think traditional as well.

It is a shame that this place is so traditional centered that this awesome tattoo gets less than 10 likes. Open your horizons guys

What paint are you using? looks clean I am not a tattooer either, just enjoying painting it is keeping me out of trouble. - - - Updated - - - Here is one I finished recently, Managed to spill some ink on it and then this happened dont look at it for to long or you might get sick Ha Ha. Another dagger effort.

Thank you so much, @slayer9019! We are so lucky up here in Norway that have Marius Meyer in our neighbourhood.

This whole thread has become redundant to some degree, but I would like to point out that if someone wants to come in and get a nice tattoo, let's say a lady head, panther, or maybe a skull and dagger, and another person comes in and wants a paragraph of lettering on them, I guarantee you the person who wants the lettering is going to end up paying more for their tattoo. Maybe we are the only shop like that, but Ashley is happy to draw as much fancy custom script as you want while you wait, but he charges accordingly.

next is our counter guy, Matte Wagner. He does a lot of cool collage shit. His is titled "Evolutionarianism" It's a digital collage on paper. Mounted on wood. Here's mine. It's a front and back of the same imaginary person. They are titled: "A Travelling Man 1 & 2" Ink and watercolor on paper. Mounted on wood, and shellaced. 72x36 Thanks. Hope you enjoyed.