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Yesterday I got my leg touched up by Rose Hardy while she is in town and then spur of the moment booked with Grez this summer to fill out the rest of my arm. Excited doesn't even come close to how I feel right now :)

These were taken right after it was finished, so the black is much darker than it is now. It's faded to a nce contrast from the gray wash and face.... - - - Updated - - - I'm tossing around a few ideas for my next couple of pieces. Something traditional American on my left forearm and a Japanese tiger to finish up the upper half of my arm with the dragon on it.

It depends on how often you're planning on walking around and going about your daily business not wearing pants.

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It looks pretty good to me. Think you're obsessing a bit (as many of us do). Hard to tell if you're lying perfectly straight or the camera angle is dead center -- and even then the human body is not perfectly symmetrical without the use of Photoshop.

been messing around with some different stuff lately. these two are ink on cardboard. 16x20"

I have said RFTC logo! I also think I want a corn rocket now.

if you guys haven't seen it ... here is my blog on realself about my laserjourney :) Tattoo Removal of a Full Sleeve and a Lowerleg Sleeve / Chest, Stomach and Neck with Picosure- Germany, DE - PicoSure review - RealSelf

concept sketches for some paintings

Mike aul has been wonderful. I've looked through Jeff zuck's portfolio and was blown away. I plan on going to him in the very near future.

I think you're referring to Casa Sanchez here in SF. $5.8 Million Tattoo / Sanchez family counts the cost of lunch offer - SFGate Many people have ridden the corn rocket. So many, in fact, that they stopped the promotion. But in searching for the above link, I found that they brought it back in 2010 as part of a "stimulus" package. It's not a bad logo as a tattoo, I gotta say. Believe it or not, I've never actually eaten there, but I have easily consumed my weight in their chips and salsa, included the last part of a bag of Casa Sanchez chips just yesterday.

is it my imagination or is it that almost everyone talking about how this is a great idea, nothing wrong with it, etched etc are not tattooers? Can we get more working professional craftsmen to add to this?

Struggled to make this one, Hard to get a good pic.

- - - Updated - - - Just wanted to share, I love her. Pulled from tumblr.. the tag says the artist is Bradley Stevens - Fun City - NYC

Recent conversation. Me - hi there, what can we do for you? Customer - look at this shit tattoo *shows some wobbly writing on her wrist obviously scratched on* isn't it rubbish? Look how crap it is. Me - we'll, it's pretty bad, yeah. Customer - that was done by **** at ****'s tattoos. It's rubbish, I hate it. Me - ok. Well, I can promise you we're a bit better than that, at least. Customer - so how much would it cost to get just a little name on my other wrist? Me - if it's just small it'd probably be our minimum charge, which is £25. Customer - £25? Fuck off. **** at ****'s tattoos (same place she'd just been complaining about) will do it for a fiver. I'll go there. Me - ..... You get the tattoo you deserve.

Done

Some recent stuff: this was my end of the trade with Olivia. We decided to use her birthmark as a nipple. :cool: And then this was a medical illustration of a humerus bone. This is actually on a dude who is from the same town that I apprenticed in. It was pretty nuts actually, he told me that he had gotten work done at the shop I was at, and turns out he had a tattoo that I had drawn for my mentor to use. Small world..

first after a break over christmas

Welcome to LST. We can point you in the direction of good shops, but any detailed cover up advice should be given in person by whomever you choose to do the work.

I would like to get a portrait of my pit bull from Ben Grillo, and bro tats/sibling tats. All are great ideas in my book.

Beware of deals in brain surgery, parachutes and tattoos.

the hipster deth one hang on the wall

I'm taking a trip to michigan mid 2014 and emailed Jeff to see what his availability is. I envy you the proximity to him. He does some killer stuff! Welcome to the LST!

Love how the red moves the eye through the piece, great job!

this ones killer!

i second this, got tattooed by hiroshi at 3 tides osaka last year. he's so meticulous and deliberate, it shows in his work. super nice guy and i was shocked to find out he relatively new at tattooing.

Jan Willem tattooing at 25 to life in Rotterdam. Hes only been at it for 4,5 years now and his work is amazing. His instagram is @jwx Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met behulp van Tapatalk

I've been loving the Gibson girl heads Ron Wells has been doing lately and was wondering if anyone on here has an adaptation of a Gibson girl. I particularly like "The Eternal Question" based on Evelyn Nesbit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, who has a pretty fascinating/tragic life story. I didn't used to think I'd want a girl head...

My latest by Jan Willem at 25 to life tattoos in Rotterdam. Picked a design from his flash and he nailed it! Couldn,t be more stoked with how it turned out! the picture of the tattoo was when i removed the wrapping after 12 hours. Really hard to take a good picture of it without it being shiney. Once its healed ill post a new picture

Me and @Pugilist got matching tattoos again. This is from Doc Forbes flash and was done by Chris Hold at Sacred Heart Tattoo in Vancouver, BC. It was a super fun one and Chris was a great dude to get tattooed by. Couldn't be happier with the tattoo and the whole experience.

I'm anxiously awaiting the new year so that I can finish up my chest piece. It will be very nice to finally let the hair grow back. Then hopefully at the end of January I'll get to the stomach piece I've been struggling to get done for the past year. I'm in no hurry to get back to work, though. So I'm torn.

So I have been up since 5am , I haven't had anything to eat yet.i have managed to drink a bottle of prosecco mixed with a fyull bottle of chambord (so moreish!) I am out of my nut. I have managed to peel a bag of sprouts in this state without maiming myself . Being a vegetarian Xmas dinners are not as important t. Hopefully after this I'll be able to think straight again and start drinking again lol. Xmas day has been excellent the kids have had fun , e got the oldest a dj mixer he can cut up his mp3s with and it's great I am shit at it (nothing makes you feel older , he doesn't even know who the fuck Eric b and rakim is ) and ways more drinking to be had troops have a good one

Tomas Tomas just got on Instagram: Instagram I really hate that Dotwork Damian tattoo posted above. It looks like a grandmother's lace doily.

I just got this from my friend Matt Brotka at Salvation Tattoo in Richmond, Virginia. However his full time gig is at Left Hand Black in sunny San Diego. Pic pilfered from his instagram .

Update: New piece is happening. Put down a deposit today, appointment is January 20th. :) It's going to be a hare, with possibly a moth, foliage, and whatever else to help fill space and make it purty. After this is finished, my lower leg will be more or less complete and I get to move on to other projects.

As of right now (in no particular order): Sigur Ros - Kveikur QOTSA - Like Clockwork Paramore - S/T letlive. - The Blackest Beautiful Dillinger Escape Plan - One Of Us Is The Killer Deafheaven - Sunbather Daylight - Jar Balance and Composure - The Things We Think We're Missing Alice In Chains - The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here The National - Trouble Will Find Me

BTC and Les Skuse .

Personally, I dont believe that is from a tattoo infection. Also, I feel truly, deeply sorry for the man who had to go through that. Basically what was coming out of his back was dead and liquified tissue. Poor man

I am a stout appreciator of the holiday season. My house smells awesome, the shop has christmas lights up, and we're getting a little tree! I have also just put an end to a really unhealthy relationship that I've been engaging for like 6 years, and while part of me is sad, the bigger part is like FUCK YEAH, I'M FREEEEE

Viaiting my father in law agaun now in germany. Im forced to sdrink alot of beer and vodka. Good timnea. Also fuck iphone keuboards Verzonden vanaf mijn iPhone met behulp van Tapatalk

We've done a few at our shop... the first one was in the summer of 2012, and we had a decent volume of people, about half new and half repeat clients. Several of the new folks have since been back a few times, one of them every few months to add palm sized pieces here and there. The second one was this last October, and we were barely busier than a normal Friday. But, of the two of us doing them, there were only two or three people that weren't regular clients, and they came with someone who was. The first one was mainly to get new people in the door, and the second one was more to try and thank our customer base. In those goals, we seemed to be decently successful. That being said, we don't intend to do them every Friday the 13th, because we'd prefer doing it as an occasional fun sort of thing, rather than a gimmick.

December is a month that I get more cancellations than any other and that means a lot of spare time for me.. I find myself up til 4-5 in the morning, painting or drawing til either I get sick of that or I've had enough beer to put me out. Sometimes neither and I find myself at a junction of just painting really shitty, watching Dracula movies til the sun comes up..

I don't respond "But, it's MY toilet!" when the professional (plumber, obviously) I have hired for the job gives me a suggestion based on his/her hard-earned experience....I might ask why they think that is the better plan, but ultimately that's why I'm paying them for the job: to make sure it gets done right.

Our daughter is in a play, and they had their performance for the elementary school today. Tomorrow/Saturday/Sunday are the performances for the public. I've seen it many times b/c I went to all the rehearsals but I'm still excited to see it for "real". She has a pretty main part too!

I am glad I checked into this thread. It reminded me to check in on your OV blog. I am also glad that you posted that Higgs mash-up from R.H. Wells. I had mentioned it somewhere else on LST, but that thing is incredible.

Use the 2nd guy and with the money you save buy a few pounds of weed.

Fucked up priorities... will bite you on the ass every time. And how much more does it cost to have a quality piece done? Unless you're going to a kitchen magician. I just make the appt at my usual shop, come with a pocket full of $$$ and it takes what it takes. Rob