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If anyone is there tomorrow evening, I will be the nerdy looking lady getting her thigh tattooed by Rubendall.

That's TOMORROW? Is it OK if I am super excited for you?

Just got back from honeymoonin' on Vancouver Island. :cool: We wanted to get some honeymoon tattoos and a we were thinking of getting cute little hummingbirds although we did have a running joke of getting "spirit eagle" tattoos on the drive out to the island. Then one night my wife says "YEAH let's get eagle tattoos, that would be more bad ass than a cute little hummingbird!" RIGHT?!? Can I get a HELL YEEEAH! As fate would have it, we passed a Birds of Prey sanctuary on the way in to Victoria and met this bad ass dude named Manwe who solidified the plan: We got some super-legit tattoo work at Government Street Tattoos in Victoria, BC. We called the shop they said come on down and let's chat, BOOM how does tomorrow at 10AM sound. Seriously such an awesome experience getting a tattoo from Chris David in this shop. So stoked on the results: Hers: Mine: I'm super stoked on the placement and design of my latest and greatest tattoo. THUMBS UP On deck for this winter (tattoo season)...getting a piece on the opposite shoulder/neck and starting the back piece. BOOSH

This show: Yet, I still watch it.

Take lots of pics of you guys eating the poutine! I have never had any, so I need to live vicariously. Then, some pics of the tattoos, yeah that goes without saying.

I'm compelled to make this same post on a very regular basis. That or something along the lines of "I LOVE TATTOOS!" Sometimes that's all there is to say. On a related note, I'm getting tattooed tomorrow, so I'll have some awesome stuff of my own to contribute. :cool::cool::cool:

Get a California grizzly!

Wait for this weekend. With the Montreal convention starting tomorrow and people here having some crazy stuff lined up, there's going to be some rad tattoos getting posted over the next few days.

Shops also worth noting: Everlasting Idle Hand Picture Machine Mom's Body Shop (ask for @Jacek Minkowski or Olivia) Seventh Son Warhorse Tattoo (Berkeley) FTW Tattoo (Oakland) Tattoo 13 (Oakland) Analog Tattoo Arts Kolectiv (San Jose) also, I can basically guarantee that there will be someone at any of the shops previously mentioned who can kick the shit out of any style you're looking for.

I'll put my wolf permanently in this thread. Chris O'Donnell, NYC:

Thank you for organizing all of this for us!!

Alrighty - I'm having a hell of a time reserving a table for 14 on the 19th. ..so I went ahead and reserved the same table we had last year at OTD (out the door): OTD Pacific Heights 2232 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 Tel: 415-923-9575 Our reservation is for 7:30pm They do good vietnamese food and parking wasn't bad last year. Any objections should come pre qualified with a confirmed availability at alternate suggestion. ;)

@mmkaoji I always used to use it too, but a couple of times when I was abroad with no access to it I started being fairly minimalist and just washing gently and maybe down the line some unscented moisturiser. I noticed that the tattoos weren't healing any worse, and when I broke out the bepanthen again recently I felt like even with a thin layer it is just too thick- I don't trust it. That's mainly why I've dropped it, but when I was getting tattooed my Mo Coppoletta a couple of weeks back we talked aftercare and he said he didn't recommend it either. With all that said, it's obviously one of the big and trusted aftercare options people use, and I doubt it's actively screwing people's tattoos up, so each to their own. I'm healing the last bit of black and grey on my sleeve right now, and I pretty much just ignored it bar washing it. I really think the less interference, fiddling etc the better... for me, anyway.

Or, whichever numb nutted producer chooses the "artist" gets tattooed by them.

if i were rich i would so go to this convention. not to get any new tattzappin ink, but to annoy and make fun of you all! (could do it with stereotypical "swedish" accent but that will take some beer)

#smilenowcrylater

I'll holler at a taco truck. #neverscared

Yes ma'am.

This weekend is going to be rad! So for poutine on Saturday so far we have myself, @Pugilist, @Mark Bee, @BrianH and his strangely tolerant girlfriend, @Mushu, and hopefully a real-life friend of mine who will have just gotten his first tattoo. Anybody else? @mtlsam @Dennis? I'll make the reservation tomorrow. This is probably not a lot of people for a 15 pound poutine so I feel that this is going to be a dangerous meeting!

I heard you guys like dry healing tattoo pictures.

Getting psyched! As fate may have it, I may be getting started on my turtle shell next month...looking forward to it (not looking forward to it) and making a contribution to this epic thread!

I know I started my own thread for it, but I since it's an awesome thing, too... I was trying to raise $500 for my AIDS walk, with the team goal of $1000. As of yesterday... I raised $1000, taking my team total up to $2040! My amazing girlfriend raised $525 of the team total, which means that the rest of my team is slackin! I only used two of the premiums that were available- a bar tab at my bar and a 'Shawn will cook you a super unhealthy dinner' option that someone spent $100 on... Simon Erl is doing us a shirt... which means I could even get more than the $1000. It's going to help so many people in my area!

By @Badtaste (sorry I don't know her real name):

How about all 14 of you rent a big bus and drive up to Vancouver for some cool hangs instead? I know all the cool spots! Also, I think a Pacific Northwest hangout is in order because this thread is making me super jealous.

I had another (relatively small (3.5 hours) session on my Tamatori-Hime sleeve today, we finally got to put some color into it :-) Unfortunatly the octopus will be colored next time, which i think will give a big change as to how everything looks now. And a nice (almost) full body shot :) :

Sean Herman:

We are truly spoiled. Haha

no idea is this is true, but have heard through the grapevine that talented but young tattooers applied and were rejected for being too good. essentially, they didn't one one or two being so much better than the dregs they typically get on these shows. and probably they didn't have enough drama to be interesting on TV. Though I don't doubt that most folks with any degree of skill wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole. And yet here I am, watching it every week like a sucker.

if we ever meet I will high five you for getting that shark.

No I won't. :( We are visiting mid October (11-15), something like that. Yea that's definitely one of the shops on my list. Idle Hand is another I would love to get tattooed by. You guys are so lucky to have such a variety of amazing artists.

Welcome to the forum! I hope to see more great work on you in the future :)

I can't wait to see what you get. I absolutely love that cat he put on you. Real magic in that tattoo.

I am an omnivore and pretty flexible with what I'll eat, so I'm game for whatever. I'll eat street tacos with y'all, don't matter to me.

This time tomorrow we'll be on our way up... @Mark Bee definitely feels like christmas eve!

Great post! I haven't moved around as much as you have, but I've certainly had countless jobs and lots of varied interests. Hell, I've studied nine languages. Do you really expect me to have one cohesive tattoo?

I dunno -- not crazy about his graffiti either. I see better tags every day by the train tracks near my house.

This is from Henning Jorgensen. done at Royal Tattoo. enjoy!

okay sorry.. maybe i'll have something new in a couple of months.. - - - Updated - - - Okay here is one of my older tattoos. Not finished.. By Phil Szlosek at Kingsave NYC

Guess I'll throw in with my dragon head by Will Lollie at Empire Tattoo. One is my pic, the other was taken from his IG.

I posted this in the latest tattoo thread, but I'll put it here as well. Done by Todd Noble at Right Coast in Fenwick Island.

hello! this is my amazing oneshot tiger from Henning Jorgensen! got it done at Royal Tattoo/Helsingör about 6 hours!

I read an article in I cant remember what magazine many years ago that pointed out that almost every question we get asked about our tattoos can also be directed towards a new teen mother example: "did that hurt?" "what do your parents think about that?" " you know you're stuck with that for ever, right?" "i cant believe you'd do that to your body?" "why would you do something so irresponsible?" etc., etc.

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

Got started on this last week. It's going to be a long term project but at least it's finally started.

Finally done after 16 hours. Rodrigo Melo out of Northstar Tattoo in NYC.

Both of these are by Clamore Wolfmeyer at Amillion here in Austin. I didn't get a shot of the Higgs Druid, but here is my wife's pillowcase the next morning! Haha! Boldwillhold!

I got my third piece from Ron Wells Friday, and I LOVE HER: & if anyone wants the link to my Grez back piece progress, PM me. I don't want my butt all over the internet before its finished--after that, I of course give zero fucks.

Done by Neil England. 8.5 hours at the Seattle tattoo expo. He was a machine!

your household does thanksgiving right!

It's on my left flank. Ridiculously gorgeous! I am one satisfied customer!!