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Just had confirmation of my appointment on the Sunday, with Mr Jack Rudy. Lady head in arm ditch!!!! Woohoo!!!

What's up, everyone? Been lurking a little here and there for a while. Recently got much more interested in tattoos, so thought I'd create an account. Lived on both coasts in the last few years. Grew up in VA, tried to make it work in Seattle, messed around in pretty much every part of the country (Alaska included), now in NC. Collected a few tattoos along the way ;). Anyways enough talk, picture time!! Hope this works: Dragon by Will Lollie in Asheville; swallow rose by Mario Desa; feet by Danny Reed also in Asheville. I have a lot more including some older pieces from Koeplinger, Jason Scott, and a couple peeps from Liberty tattoo. But I have a thing about posting my tattoos online. I'm just posting these because they've already been IGed by the artists, except for the Reed feet - I just wanted to show those off :p. Enjoy - - - Updated - - - Better shots, too big for one post :cool:

I know a lot here are not really into the new type of stuff but i will post anyhows :) First was with Tofi 11 hours of sheer hell on my shin, by far the worst session I have had. I know this tattoo will not last long due to the way it has been done but I like the quirkyness and I can laser it at some point and get something new lol image upload no compression ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next day did 4 hours with Victor Portugal just to finish my backpeice. online photo storage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd day with Victor Portugal was 6 hours and we are starting down my legs and arse cheeks :) screenshot by lightshot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Day with Victor he doesnt want me to post till complete :( ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next day Silvano Fiato for 6 hours to fill in above the lady he did last time :) online photo storage Sorry for the knacker shot lol application screenshot

Hi. This is probably my favorite thread on the internet. New here, and have got a thread up in initiation but thought I'd post a few of my recent pieces here. Feet done by Danny Reed. Dragon by Will Lollie. Both work in Asheville, NC.

I am no expert here, but solid information on tattooing in that era is really hard to come by. I don't think that really anybody was doing any documentation of tattooing, so I think most of what we're left with is photographs and business cards. I think it is in the introduction to the Tattootime reissues that Ed Hardy notes that prior to I think the 1980s, there had only been two books about tattooing published in the English language. That said, for Internet sources, check out Chuck Eldridge's Tattoo Archive. He's been documenting tattoo history for decades and is probably the single best source about this kind of stuff. For books, Margot Mifflin's Bodies of Subversion is essential. It's about women and tattoos, and she writes a fair bit about circus sideshows, and the book is just excellent. She recently published a new edition of it too. Stoney Knows How by Leonard "Stoney" St. Clair and Alan Govenar is a delight. Stoney started off tattooing in the circuses so there's plenty of circus stories in there. There's also a documentary of this, check the Ed Hardy thread for a link to it. It is hard to come by and usually extremely expensive, but George Burchett's Memoirs of a Tattooist is about European and American tattooing in the earlier part of the 20th century. It's a bit sensational, but is a cool read.

Yesterday by El Monga at Spider Murphy's....There's a better shot on his instagram, but you get the idea.

Alright, image heavy post incoming! So at @BrianH 's suggestion, I posted a scabby piece, here are some more pictures of the heal and a couple of tattoos I've gotten since. (healed) by Sean Perkinson at FTW in Oakland By Rempe, also at FTW during a guest spot. and then this one is from a couple weeks ago by Casey O who is new at Chicago Tattoo Co. and spent a week guesting at our shop. One of my favorites so far I think.

I work with a guy with almost a full sleeve from Tofi, and that shit is going NOWHERE. You may lose some details, and it will flatten down a lot obviously when it is fully healed, but as you say - he is pretty heavy handed, and that ink is really in there!

appointment with Todd Noble at the Montreal show. going to pick from designs he has drawn up and ready to go for that weekend. there is a good chance it will involve a lady head.

We're finishing my back tomorrow. I feel really melancholy about this!

Heading down to Cincinnati for the second sitting on my Tiger with Kore Flatmo tomorrow. I can't wait!

This?

I was scheduled with Chad at noon and I think we started around 2:15p

This is so far off as to not even register, but I was placed on Curtis Burgess' (tribal rights in colorado) waiting list. It will be approx a year and a half down the road, but I love his work. I can't wait to toss something at him and have him go bananas.

Yeah, this reminded me of a time I had a conversation with a friend's friend. I think she asked me about my tattoos initially and it somehow segued to Hardy. At that point she spewed some trash about Ed Hardy thinking of the clothing. I responded by trying to inform her that he's actually a great artist, a legend in the tattoo world, and a great influence on people despite what feelings there are towards the clothing design. Also that it was Audigier who she should probably be disgusted with. In her elitist arrogance, her look at me turned to disgust and saw me as a huge douche for even trying to say anything positive about the name "Ed Hardy". That pretty much ended the conversation and we happily went our separate ways. I might not necessarily be a fan of the stereotypes wearing the clothes but I'm far less interested in the people too elitist to have an open mind and who trash others they know nothing about.

Spontaneous one from Fergus Simms. My fourth by him.

I got this from Matt Howse while he was visiting Portland a couple weeks ago :) I had the pleasure of meeting up with @David Flores for a beer while I was in town. Super charming and sweet fella that David ;)

Hi, my name's Jon, I've been a tattoo enthusiast since I've been around 18, and got my first one a couple months ago (I'm 26 now). I work as a croupier near London, very boring but I hope to get hired in Vegas to make a shitload of money and be able to travel the world and get inked by the masters all around the planet. I adore realistic stuff and bold black and grey. Atm I have a sleeve in progress with Joao Bosco from The Family Business Tattoo, that should be finish mid/end september. That's my second tattoo, the first one is a little black piece on my right forearm that I'll need to laser (I like it, but it's a waste of space imo :p). Anyway, nice to meet you all, and I cyu around.

Yeah, go talk to them! I'm sure you'll come out of there feeling like a kid on Christmas :p

Yeah, I've been a little bit scarce this summer - traveling a lot and I don't love the mobile apps for the forum ;) The legs are AWESOME!! (if I do say so myself) I love them to death at this point :)

Idk, it's totally your decision but I would go to a different shop to get it touched up/reworked. Yeah, te artist that did it will touch it up for free, but getting a quality tattoo should never be about money. And like @David Flores said there's something wrong with the shop, artist, etc. Considering your tattoo is infected. IMO, every one recommending you "don't go back" includes getting a touch up. Just my $0.02.

For you Koeplinger -guys: Earlier this year I was waiting for about 5-6 hours for my appointment with Chad Koeplinger..

Tattoo enthusiast for quite a while, but newly tattooed person, this London Convention will be my first. I'm super excited to have an appointment with Moni Marino on friday, can't wait ! I'll be happy to meet members there.

No, sir, YOU are a machine. That is pure insanity right there, I have no idea how you do that. You should get an award, I'm serious. Work looks great as well!

Awesome!! I loved when he showed off the tattoos on his arms. "These are rare" :) It was interesting to hear Ed speak of the whole clothing line craze too.

Hate the Brand, Love the Man: Why Ed Hardy Matters | Here's Margot Mifflin's review of his memoir from the Los Angeles Review of Books. It's well worth the read.

Pretty! I met Matt when I was up at Spider Murphy's. He was funny. I liked everyone I met up there.

I started my back last month, neck to knees, a large Oni/Hannya faced lady holding a lantern - taking reference from the scale of Shige and Calle style backpieces, but painted by the artist. I was incredibly nervous going into it, I had built it up in my mind to be the worst thing ever, and I was stressing out about not even being able to get through the first full outlining session...I have had a lot of work done before, and this kinda added to the worry, because I know how bad it can hurt, and how much I do not enjoy getting tattooed! The first session went really well though, I think the fact I had been waiting and wanting this for so long really helped - I wouldn't have ever let myself quit halfway through. The back is NOT an easy area, there are some really bad spots, for me it was behind the kidneys, thin lines on the spine as well as the whole coccyx area...it all sucked, those areas just stood out as being particularly bad! I have had two big shading sessions since then, healing is tricky, thank christ for my girlfriend helping with the bacitracin, also it has been hands down the itchiest tattoo I have ever had! Maybe because it covers such a large area, and everything is itching at the same time! it has been an eye-opening experience so far - It feels like a long, daunting task to get the whole thing finished, once session at a time I guess!

Finished my sleeve with Mo Coppoletta. He did the upper part of the arm too, a koi, out of shot.

You know that Ed Hardy backpiece that's a rose with a panther face in the petals and all sorts of other crazy stuff? I asked him for something like that but on my lower leg. I was thinking shin but we'll see what he thinks.

@irezumi I just set that creek/trees picture as my desktop background.

My view from the front door for the 3 weeks working in Breck The scenery while riding a bike from Copper to Frisco to Breck Boreas Pass My friend seems to think this sign means downshift and accelerate. Guanella Pass This should not need a caption Oh yeah no guardrail and a big big big ass drop nbd. Hailstorm hit right after this picture. Independence Pass / Continental Divide Hailstorm rainbow FTW View from the campsite at Twin Lakes/Aspen area Taking the monster truck to the mountain to the lake, load up and row the canoe across the lake and make camp in the other side. Camping got realer than I thought it would. - - - Updated - - - Thanks man this has been a long time coming, (the move/job that is)

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

I got my first tattoo at age 38 and I'm kind of glad I waited. I'm not saying it's a mistake to get them younger- just that it has been fun for me the way things have turned out. I have about 10 depending on how you count them and I still have plenty of room for more.

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

Krav-jitsu= triangle choking someone as you stab them in the eye with a pencil? Welcome to the forums!

apologies in advance for large pics. Too many to resize. Summer tour 2013 Baltimore One Shot! RIP Cosmo Philly just a quickie in St Louis NEW JOB! Joel Long's art show Boulder - - - Updated - - - More later

Also i did 72 hours back to back in 8 days:-)

Here's a link to the video Stoney Knows How FolkStreams » Stoney Knows How It's primarily Stoney but has Ed Hardly in it and he gets a tatoo. Great video nonetheless.

If this had been my first tattoo then my entire tattoos collection would consist of one line because for some reason he started on my love handle and when he hit that with the tattoo machine I didn't think I'd last 5 minutes. I somehow kept breathing and made it through the session, but that was brutal.

I have my first back piece appointment in about 540 days....

Jeff Gogue: Pretty damned spectacular.

Ive seen it a million times, whenever a forum creates an elite class/club, it pretty much dries up and dies

Maxime is going to be tattooing in LA at the end of the month, if I can convince the wife I"m going to try to have him do one of my palms... here's one that he did...

I got my palm tattooed by Tony Hundahl almost five years ago and have never gotten a touch up. It looks fantastic and I'm trying to work up the nerve to get the other one done as well. Here is a recent pic: /kev/

i hope shawn does not mind me replying to a post addressed to him, but i just read the article yesterday and saved the link: Nibble and Sip: tattoo nutrition and my experiences with long distance cycling