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I managed to get tattooed by Capilli when he was at Captured Tattoo. I actually contacted him a few weeks after he announced his U.S. visit, and he was completely booked up. He emailed me back a month or two later and let me know he had a cancellation. I jumped right on the opportunity. After a near cancellation, due to some booking confusion, he managed to get me in at the time we had originally planned. I would have to say that getting tattooed by Capilli was probably the best Tattoo experience I ever had. He is genuinely one of the nicest people I've ever met. He shared some cool and funny stories, and had a long conversation about Type O Negative and Alice In Chains. It was hands down, the least painful tattoo I've ever gotten. He says he's going to start making regular visits throughout the year, so I would highly suggest getting tattooed by him if any one in the United States has the chance. That was the best photo I could get, being that it's on my Tricep and pretty gooey at the moment. PS-It's totally ridiculous how he has been tattooing for only 5 years.

CA being awesome should inspire NY to get our shit together! We HAVE to do something like this. And btw, idk if it's just the California-glow but damn, LST is a good lookin bunch :)

Yesterday. (I got a lot done this week!) Panther head + rose (and a smattering of stars and dots): Again by Eddie Martinez, Supergenius Tattoo

Nice! I just sent out the print to @hogg today! @Iwar will be in the mail next week. Just have to coordinate with @gougetheeyes and @slayer9019 locally and we're good to go! Cheers fellas!

long time no post (instagram silliness)

Got this yesterday from Alex Graham @ Lucky Drive

I gotta catch the next meetup. SFO perhaps.

Why is @ian so grumpy looking? Did he just get his ass tattooed or something?

yes. the owner Jason Scott does great american traditional. Chad Koeplinger usually visits 2-3 times a year for guest spots and he is awesome. Andrew Stortz is also a frequent guest and does solid american traditional. Check out Tony Sellers' work too.

Thanks @steve1461686340 for hosting and posting the photos. It was great to meet everyone and put faces to names. Hopefully I will see most of you this year at SOG!!!!

...and I just got selected as a juror in a trial that's going to have me off work for at least three months. Thinking of using this as a opportunity to do my feet.

You all look fantastic! It's rad that you were all able to get together and have a good time!

Actually yeah, hahaha

@steve1461686340 happy it arrived safely! @ironchef deserves all the credit for making the generous offer.

@BrianH your gift arrived today and I can't thank you enough! Such a rare treat when people go out of their way like this. Really feeling the LST love after the dinner last night and now this today. Thanks again - I feel lucky to get to be a part of this.

Thanks again to everyone who made it out - it was great to meet you all in person and to catch up with those of you I have met before. The time flew by too fast! Here's the only pic that didn't have everyone looking like zombies from the flash. Seriously the nicest (and smartest) group of people I've ever met.

Well it finally happened and I got tattooed by Stuart Cripwell today. Even though we had to rush like crazy and were still 30 minutes late to our appt. (which ended up making us miss the dinner tonight - sorry to everyone who went). I got this cowboy on the last big spot left on my arms. My girlfriend got this Sorry in advance if they are huge but I'm posting from my phone.

I wanted a hot stuff devil/aloha monkey mash-up, and that's exactly what I got! Danny Reed put this on me yesterday at Hot Stuff Tattoo in Asheville, NC. Awesome guy, and a very cool shop. I waited till he put it on IG.

Tattooed by a guy called Steve in Bath around 1970. Don't know what became of him. He gave me two great tattoos though. Got tattooed by Doc Price in Plymouth. He was 80 and has been tattooing since the 1940s, amazing guy and some great tales. I first saw one of his tattoos when I was in Approved School (Reform School) in the 1970s. It took 40 years but I got there. I've a great big framed picture of me and Doc that takes pride of place on the wall in my house. I've also got a Bristol Tattoo Club bat tattooed by Jimmie Skuse (Les Skuses grandson). Jimmie has been tattooing for a few years I'm not sure if Jimmie has been tattooing since 1985 but the family lineage dates back to the 1940s. Alex Binnie did his version of my first ever tattoo a couple of years ago. He is such an important person in British tattooing history. At the London tattoo convention I'm getting tattooed by Henning and in October, on my birthday, by Lal Hardy. George Bone is also on my list.

Tattooed by Jesse Gordon tonight at All-Star in Limerick,Ireland.

My suggestion: check out the list of artists (here: Bay Area Convention of the Tattoo Arts SFO 2013) and see if there's anyone you want work from. Then email them! You'd be very, very surprised at the availability of some of these folks. I've seen world-class artists take walk-ups at this convention. Good luck!

I lol'd.

Hello and welcome. My advice is to go to Hobo's or Congress Street in Portsmouth and talk to them. They'll take really good care of you.

Hi Tim welcome to LST. Which artists do you have work from so far? Have you visited Congress St or Hobos Tattoo in Portsmouth?

After a few months now of GVT and then a pretty conventional bodybuilding split, I am running Dan John's Mass Made Simple Lite (MMS Lite). It's a breakin week of 3 workouts and then 5 weeks of 3 workouts per week. They're full body workouts, with a focus on hypertrophy coming from load not just volume. Each workout has a little bias (more pressing, more pulling, more squatting etc). They all finish with farmer's walks. So wish me luck...

is that scarring the skin? pardon my ignorance, I would give this a try on my upper arm if I was confident I could get a nice tattoo after the treatment

@beez I love that rose!

Welcome -- nice scar cover-up and congratulations on four years down!

lol of course - here they are! I appreciated the comedy factor. ;)

@steve1461686340 Thank you again for hosting the night! Can I see the rest of the pictures perhaps? Kinda regretting making a stupid face. D'oh

No worries. And hey... after a long hiatus... I finally bought a NEW macbook (pro!) with a 500gb hard drive. So. I can finally convert video again. (My macbook had 2gb of open space) I have more Zeke Owen coming this week....

I'm already an old wrinkled dude covered in tattoos, I've got six kids, and all but two of them (too young) are regulars with Nick Colella. Fuck anyone that doesn't like it.

Yup, the only thing standing between me and nightly sex with a variety of super models is these damn tattoos ... and my wife. :-)

^^ This...worse feeling ever! My ritual is serious now, as I have worked out the "kinks" that can ruin my day (well more than getting my knee drilled with a needle for a few hours haha). Shit, shower, shave, as close to the time before me leaving as possible. Fill my two nalgene 1L bottles with ice and water, begin hydration. Start the long drive into NYC, and park in the same parking deck (no need for street parking tickets, assholes want $150 a pop). Walk to burger joint, get massive burger and fries. Go to favorite bar. At bar immediately bartender(s) ask me what I am getting worked on today. Drink 2-3 tasty beers. Walk to shop, smoke a cig on the way. Use bathroom before because nobody likes to stop mid-tattoo. Afterwards, get in car light up a premium cigar (currently working on a case of Rocky Patel Vintage 1992s). After I get home shower forever then get a nice scotch and look at new tattoo. Literally nothing ever changes, and it works out perfect. Also not drinking any alcohol the day prior makes a massive difference!

Hey all! I'm new here and have a initiation thread going. Thought I would kick off my posting here with my latest tattoo, done two days ago at Blue Arms Tattoo in Oslo by Tony Nilsson. I have borrowed the picture from Tony's instagram, which can be found here: Instagram

This happened today. Tattooed by Adam Warmerdam Totally unplanned. Got a heads up on Friday night that he is in London. Super nice guy and a great tattooer. I absolutely love this.

My wife and I both got tattooed by Capilli Tupou today. First off, he is one of THE nicest tattooers I've ever met. Just an incredibly good guy. My wife got her knee cap and I got the back of my knee done. Because, you know, we complete each other. Hers: His:

If I ever go back I would go to Diamond Club or get tattooed by Kahill Rintye at Tattoo City. TIm Lehi and Rassier would be cool too.

Hey all! Just announced on the Convention's FB. Shige's Seminar reservations are now available for purchase. I believe it goes from 10am till 11:30, with only 100 seats available each day on Saturday or Sunday. 99 on Saturday, since I already booked in on that ;-) Not to be missed! https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8220639153

@Scott R I agree with you nothing's more frustrating than being injured and clutching at straws as to why . Now you have the correct diagnosis and are getting sorted ready to come back stronger .

That's awesome Moist Towelette getting work from Gogue is hard to do Though I will say I'm much more jelious you have work from Aaron Bell. Ill be getting my leg sleeved by Matt Deverson this year. Gonna be a fun 16 hours in two days

Long live the tattoo nerds!! :D

I'm down to meet up. I was too shy last year.