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Hey Guys So i have decided to travel to the states from Australia around July/August for a couple of months possibly with another tattoo friend of mine and would love to meet a heap of you guys while I'm over there. We are planning to start in San Francisco and travel across the country to New York hitting a lot of shops on the way for walk-ins (not going with a plan). I just wanted to use this thread as a kind of home base for information for the next few months. Thanks LSTers Also i will probably be doing a travel blog thing aswell.

28th might be my last session with Rubendall. He thinks we're going to wrap things up in the 6 hours I have booked. I have additional appointment times booked so we'll see. :D

Got a this little wrist filler by Henry Wyatt at Inkies in Fremont, CA. Representing and supporting the Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda Relief... The design is a a guide taking the deceased to the Hereafter by canoe, based on an artifact known as the Manunggul Jar. #TattooForPhilippines https://www.facebook.com/tattooforthephilippines Needles and Sins Tattoo Blog | Tattoo for the Philippines

Tattooed by Tony D Chronic Tattoo Elyria Ohio. Thanks for letting me share!

Pure awesomeness ! Memoir is such a great shop I think if I won the lottery the first thing I would do , would be to book a flight to see Shawn Barber his work is just mind-blowing. - - - Updated - - - Got my wife to take some photos of my latest tattoo all healed. The photos are a bit glarey cos of the flash. Tibetan Skull by Ema Sweeney at Custom Inc .

just a little Indian action and tiger from Kemer here at Superfly tattoos in Leon Mexico

I'm getting tattooed by Hillary Fisher White in a few weeks when she's on the west coast. All sorts of excited.

Healed pic of my Scott Sylvia (BlackHeart Tattoo - SF) roses from Dec 2013. Happy New Year, everyone!! :D

10 hours now on this piece, more to add!

Thank you, yes at least on my arms... Can't rule out ever getting color...buuuuut, probably won't. I love the way color looks on others, but aesthetically I guess I prefer either all color or all b&g rather than mixed and b&g suits me.

going to la to finish this with bryan burk in a couple weeks. and i just booked a flight to austin in february emailed steve byrne! sorry if the pictures big

Got another 3 sessions on my front with valerie over the next month'ish!!

I'm having my fu-dog finished up on 1/8, figuring on 3-4 hours. Then onto the NYC Tattoo Convention in early March to get some existing work expanded a bit. Rob

Okay, per request, one Monmon Cat by Horitomo. HORITOMO (@horitomo_stateofgrace) | Just finished | Intagme - The Best Instagram Widget

Here's a healed shot of the rose and dagger I got from Scott Sylvia at the Richmond Convention.

Alex Snelgrove tattoos at the Okey Doke Tattoo Shop in Toronto and has been tattooing with electric machines for only a couple of years. Here's a link to her instagram: Instagram And some photos lifted from it: And this is a stick n' poke portrait she did:

Cheers guys, here's a little teaser before I get round to meeting Lee for a proper shoot. Excuse the heavy filter!

Haha, isn't it a trip how experience shapes perspective! I think a lot of, if not most people experience somewhat of a more profound change within themselves. You will find many small anecdotes of that phenomenon through the forum. Welcome to LST! Can we see the tattoos you have?

Thank you! @ironchef, you would be absolutely correct. Laying down in his space was a great experience to be had. He's a very nice guy too. I'm not sure if it's been mentioned previously but both Horitomo and Yokohama Horiken have rooms to work in while everyone else at the shop works in an open plan. The rooms are raised platforms and you remove your footwear before entering. You lay out your towel on the floor and he sits to tattoo. Very traditional. Being able to lie there and see him work, see his drawings for ongoing or upcoming tattoos/paintings, seeing his reference materials, and the little sculptures of Fudo Myo-o was a great time and while laying there being poked on the feet may not sound fun, I'm pretty sure I was wearing a goofy smile the whole time. BTW, if anyone was wondering, to me, shading by tebori didn't feel as painful as by machine.

And this happened yesterday! I love Caturdays. By Horitomo at State of Grace (duh!). The outline and black shading are by machine. The white shading is by tebori. My first tattoo that uses color ;-) http://www.intagme.com/horitomo_stateofgrace/625645608470926116_177828155/ I swear I have the fugliest feet in all of Hobbiton. Ha! Well, before the tattoo that is.

Yes, bactine. I know Jill's used that stuff on me and I believe Horitomo too. I can't say it worked either cuz it still hurts but maybe it makes it hurt just a little bit less. That said, I was still twitching when Horitomo was tattooing me. At some point your body just kicks in defensively even though your mind is perfectly fine with going on and on and on.

So who's next? I'm headed in on the 13th.

This is an interesting thread! I always exfoliate and moisturize but 2 weeks before I intensively exfoliate and moisturize the going-to-be-tattooed area. The week before I focus on drinking at least 2L of water of day to make sure my lymph is moving well and no sugar or caffeine. The day of I try to eat well but not heavily, bring snacks if it runs more than 2 hours and after I want some kind of massive protein and starch mega meal. 5 Guys, lettuce-wrapped, bacon cheeseburger and cajun fries is my favorite. (Unless I am at Spider Murphy's than I want Sol Food Puerto Rican and in Berlin I ate the most gigantic plate of schnitzel and spaetzle ever...but y'all get the idea). Sometimes I wash that night sometimes I don't but I definitely whine a lot and get crabby for the next 24-36 hours....which is really the most important part of the ritual. The whining and crabby-cakes. My husband loves it.

I got some blackberries, leaves, branches, and another rose added to my arm yesterday (Kim Saigh at Memoir).

For your consideration. Just got this yesterday from Beau Brady while he was at Invisible NYC this week and a few forum members suggested I put it up in here. Thanks!

Here's my tattoo. Done by Lillian Chen in Yorktown, VA at Ancient Art.

I would second Smith Street. I didn't actually get tattooed by the guys there, but they are good and atmosphere is great.

You can get that authentic NYC stuff at R & D Tattooing also , they are around the Queens / Brooklyn way I believe , Richie Montgomery guests there also . https://www.facebook.com/rdtattooing

Mike Perfetto does solid work,but it's first come,first serve,and he opens around 4:00pm.Closed on Tuesday & Friday.From Coney Island take the N train to New Utrecht Ave,and walk up two blocks.I got tattooed by him around 15yrs ago,and the tattoo still looks great.his address is 6217 16th ave (16th ave & 62nd St.) 718.331-1411 Brooklyn Ink Tattoo and Body Piercing Alex,Joe,& Rob, do traditional work in Bay Ridge.

There are a ton of people who can do great traditional tattoos in Brooklyn. If you want to real traditional, you can get tattooed by Tony Polito or Mike Perfetto. Smith Street (in Carroll Gardens), Greenpoint Tattoo (Greenpoint), Flyrite Tattoo (Williamsburg), Hand of Glory (Park Slope) will all give you a great tattoo. Plenty of options available.

One of my best buds tattoos out of plattsbugh NY. His name is Andrew Stortz. you should check him out since you live 6 hours south. He travels a lot so you could catch him a little closer i am sure.

Hi, welcome to LST! Sounds like an awesome job you have :) So by the sounds of it, if you are allergic to surgical steel, it is unlikely that you can be tattooed at all, at least not by any methods that use an electric tattoo machine or other tattoo methods that use surgical steel needles. I would talk to your doctor and see if that would be an issue for you. I believe that some hand-tapped tattoos use bamboo instruments, but these kinds of tattooing usually follow a certain form that you may not be looking for. Anyhow, I wish you luck and thanks for coming here with your questions. I hope you enjoy the numerous resources the website has to offer!

Look up the Gypsy Gentleman and watch all of those, well worth it Also check out the interviews on here Scott Sylvia's interview is great if you have plenty of time to watch it.

One time I was tattooing this girl's ankle and she meowed her way through the whole tattoo as her 'pain management.' It was a trial.

I am a fairly social person but do not like talking about my tattoos with those that I feel are just being nosey. My standard answer... Them," Hey where did you get those tattoos?" Me, "prison" Although my work I think is exceptional and def not prison work(Ive never attended!) this response typically pushes people way from me while they make sure they still have their wallet and/or purse. If you want to be flat out mean and are in a bad mood....When they ask "Did it hurt"....just reply, "not as much as the sex I traded it for."

Cory Lenherr. End thread.

Eli Quinters, Bart Bingham, Cory Lenherr

valerie vargas

Before-light meal and a good shit. After sushi, beer, medicine

Mike Wilson seems to be able to make a rad panther without trying very hard.