Leaderboard
Popular Content
Showing content with the highest reputation on 02/12/2014 in all areas
-
Latest tattoo lowdown.....
hogg and 21 others reacted to heathenist for a topic
Got my feet done by Aaron Coleman last night. Great guy, super happy how they came out, and he was fast enough to get both done before I completely wussed out. They wrap a bit, but you get the picture.22 points -
I posted an earlier pic of this chest piece, but today Tim Pausinger at The Pearl in Toronto finished things up. I'm super pleased with the results. Tattooing on and around nipples sucks. Worth it in the end though. Now, planning for an epic back piece begins. Oh FFS. Why is this image sideways. F' it. I'm going for a nap.14 points
-
Sorry for the poor phone shot but there is progress...background finished up this past weekend. Mike10 points
-
Full Back Piece Thread
Zillah and 6 others reacted to William Burgess for a topic
Sessions 1-5 by Aaron Bell...16.5 hours on the clock so far. - - - Updated - - - Killer Don Nolan design! I remember getting this design sheet when I was just starting to assemble some equipment from spaulding rogers back in '90...anyone know what year it was drawn?7 points -
Latest tattoo lowdown.....
Kingdomhearts25 and 6 others reacted to passive jay for a topic
went in to ask him about getting an older tattoo fixed and ended up getting a spur of the moment tattoo. excuse the crappy pictures as I forgot to ask him to take a picture for me so I had to try to do it myself at home afterward.7 points -
Dragons!!!
str8shuutr45 and 4 others reacted to introspect for a topic
Really love these by Rico at Daruma Goya in Japan5 points -
4 points
-
Got this done last night by Heather Bailey at Spider Murphy's. Super stoked to have work by such a great artist! (First pic's stolen from her Instagram - Instagram)4 points
-
This year's Montreal convention is still a long way off, but they just released the poster for the convention: Mike Rubendall did the poster and it's a truly great one. If past years are any indication, it'll be a while yet before we see what artists will be attending, but Val and Pierre from Tattoomania always do a tremendous job with the convention and get some of the finest tattooers from around the world to attend, it's held in a beautiful space, and it's a really fun time in a great city. We also had a little LST meetup last year and it was a real pleasure to meet some of you in person. This year, the convention is going to start off at the Yves Laroche Gallery with a showing of new paintings from Phil Holt, Timothy Hoyer, Lango Oliveira, and Edu Cerro and if you've been following those guys on instagram you know that the show is going to have some pretty spectacular pieces in it. Anyway, here are links to the convention: website instagram facebook Who is planning on going?3 points
-
I'll be there with my wife. Count on it. And @BrianH, I'll buy ya a beer too, if you have to sit for that long.3 points
-
@Mark Bee Your chest just showed up on my facebook feed and of course I recognized it right away. Looks fantastic!2 points
-
Latest tattoo lowdown.....
cltattooing and one other reacted to motsimus for a topic
@Mark Bee thats so nice man.2 points -
Rock of Ages Tattoo Design
hogg and one other reacted to velvetlover36 for a topic
Don't know if this has been posted yet, but this is probably my favorite version of RoA. I know it doesn't have that "wow factor" that more modern versions of this piece has, but I tend to gravitate more towards the old-school images. William Grimshaw:2 points -
Latest tattoo lowdown.....
cltattooing and one other reacted to RoryQ for a topic
That's a really nice tattoo, made me stop and admire it for a moment when I saw it. Saw it... Hur hur.2 points -
@Reyeslv, yup March 7th. I'm going to go to the reception too, but I also want to listen to all the speakers on the 8th. Good thing I live 15 minutes from down town :-)2 points
-
Tattoo Crush
sighthound and one other reacted to seasam for a topic
I've been diggin: RH Wells Grimey Tomas Tomas Kenji Alucky Greggletron Nathan Kostechko Alexander Grim Seth Wood2 points -
Mike Giant solo show at Fecal Face Gallery in SF, 2/7/14
Shannon Shirley and one other reacted to Tight-Lines for a topic
you forgot to add that you ignored me in blackheart. BTW, solid story from last friday: While waiting for Scott to finish getting ready, a really awkward stereotypical tech industry/googleish type dude comes in looking for Jeff regarding something he was drawing. Jeff comes out with some phoenix/bird looking thing (pretty sweet from what I saw). The dude spends a solid 5 minutes with it right in front of his eye... like deeply analyzing the work. Finally, he says "I think it looks really good, but the wing feathers look too... hold on im trying to find the best word to describe this... organic. Yeah, they look too organic." I think the highlight was Scott making random "Hmmmmmmmmm" sounds while the dude was balls deep in the drawing. Fuckin love that shop.2 points -
Latest tattoo lowdown.....
Kingdomhearts25 and one other reacted to DevilMan for a topic
I also posted this in the backpiece thread, but i'm soo stoked i just had to put it in here too :-) Well, Since today I am an official member of the Back piece squad :) We had a (pretty brutal) 5+ hour start of my backpiece, we managed to finish all the lining (except for the big flower that need to go on my upper legs). Next session will be for lining the flowers and the rest of the leg part, and to start shading... I can't wait ;-)2 points -
Since its the year of the dragon and dragons are bad ass lets see some dragons. Dragons you own or dragons you like, Post them up. I own these two. Thigh piece is from Shige, Yellow Blaze Japan and the dragon and sword is from Dean Sacred, Sacred Tattoo New Zealand.1 point
-
Thanks @motsimus and @Shaun1105! Glad to have it completed.1 point
-
@Cork thanks! Seems like every time he is at Northstar, I go there the Saturday afterwards. Dana is an amazing artist and he has been doing a killer job on your back piece...congrats again on the progress. Maybe I will get to see him if he comes up to NY for the convention in March. Hopefully one session of sumi black to go for the koi in the end of March and then onto color in April. Feels great to have the background done. Oh by the way...think you mentioned earlier...have a new reference for pain when getting work done...it was livable but that rotary was humming ;) Mike1 point
-
Tegaderm/Saniderm/Tatuderm healing process
Killercook76 reacted to tatB for a topic
Update on my 2nd experience using tegaderm: -Got tattooed on Saturday, wore original plastic wrap/meat pad bandage for 15 hours. -Washed and let dry for ~10 minutes. Applied Tegaderm. -Wore the Tegaderm for ~60 hours (probably should have waited another 12 hours but I was impatient), then removed with soap and warm water. Upon careful inspection after letting dry for 15 minutes 99% looked to be in the light sunburn peel stage. I had some small areas of outline that are slightly indented and when I pressed a paper towel against those areas a faint bloody imprint was left of the paper towel. I lightly dabbed those areas with the paper towel every few minutes for about 30 min until the bloody imprinting stopped. Applied lotion then dabbed a few more times over the next hour or so but saw no bloody or plasma. This morning those small areas are still indented and I'm guessing they will go through a slightly thicker scabby peeling process. Not worried because I've experienced some of these areas with non-tegaderm healing and they usually heal fine. Some photos: Five minutes after removal: 15 minutes after removal: Close-up trying to show the "indented" areas described above. They are the darker shinner areas mostly in the area of hair below the eye on the right:1 point -
Mike Giant solo show at Fecal Face Gallery in SF, 2/7/14
Shannon Shirley reacted to cltattooing for a topic
For more info on the show, click: Mike Giant @FFDG, Feb 7th Hope to see some bay area LSTers there!1 point -
HELP! There's a Tattoo on my Pimple!!!!
tatB reacted to cltattooing for a topic
This is definitely my favorite thread on the entire forum.1 point -
Those are really awesome! Aaron Coleman does amazing, super fast work.1 point
-
February 2014 Tattoo of the Month Contest
Reyeslv reacted to heathenist for a topic
That didn't take very long haha. There are at least 3 tattoos posted already that could very easily be winners if they weren't all posted in the same month.1 point -
1 point
-
New to the site
daveborjes reacted to WideOcean for a topic
Hi, just curious: are those tits part of a religious tattoo as well?1 point -
Hello there.
TrixieFaux reacted to Graeme for a topic
Anybody who lists "manipulation of others" as an interest sounds like a total douche.1 point -
Tegaderm/Saniderm/Tatuderm healing process
daveborjes reacted to HettyKet for a topic
Oh, that must be really annoying @Cork. How did you apply it? I'm wondering if it was being stretched, rather than contracting as you moved. If you applied it with your legs straight it was doomed, I'm afraid. For it to move with you you need to apply it when in the position that streatches the area a much as is going to happen - so, it the case of an arse you want to be applying it when squatting, or while laying on your back with your knees drawn right up. Inelegant but necessary!1 point -
1 point
-
1 point
-
Embarrassing question
cltattooing reacted to MadeIndelible for a topic
I think this might help: http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/tattoo-after-care/3501-help-theres-tattoo-my-pimple.html1 point -
Embarrassing question
WideOcean reacted to cltattooing for a topic
blast over the little fuckers >:]1 point -
Latest tattoo lowdown.....
Kingdomhearts25 reacted to ian for a topic
Little Medusa Spider action on my very upper thigh, not a fun spot to get tattooed! He's going to add some webs behind her another time, the last thing I wanted after shading this thing was some thin liner work... - - - Updated - - - YES YES YES!!!1 point -
Telling My Parents
tattooremoval reacted to Mick Weder for a topic
Haha! takes me back to when I got my first. All of 17 and was living with my GF at the time. Told my mum over the phone. She said never show her, ever! 2 hours later she's dropping over "kitchen stuff", so I was wearing a shirt. Just before she left she said "fuck it!, show me" so I did. She cried, I laughed. It's funny ya know, I'm now 45, still dropping in ink and suited up. My mum now lives with me & my family...and she still hates them, still says "don't you think enough is enough"? I still laugh, at least she doesn't cry anymore. I don't have to explain to anyone why I get tattooed. I love me mum too, but either people get it, or they don't, and if they don't I don't try too hard in convincing them otherwise. She'll just learn to live with them. Yeah, tell her over the phone and don't make a big thing out of it. The more comfortable you are in your own skin, the more others are too if that makes sense. Good luck.1 point -
Latest tattoo lowdown.....
Kingdomhearts25 reacted to cltattooing for a topic
Did this one yesterday, 5.5 hour one shot. Tough girl! @Wilhell I know I've already said it, but I really love your backpiece. The powder blue with the orangey reds looks real slick. :cool:1 point -
I´ve already posted this in the back piece-thread, but I throw it out here too with a better photo. Next session in March:1 point
-
Hello and welcome to LST! Who did your tattoo? In my opinion, it looks good as it is and there's no need to add anything to it. About getting a quote tattooed on you, I suggest you read this first: Most Honorable Blog: The Letter of the Law: Laws for Lettering and Tattoos You don't have to accept everything in there, and there are things in there that I disagree with myself, but it's at the very least worth reading and considering. I also really don't understand how you can at the same time come here asking about what kind of quote you should get but insist that it has to be meaningful. The two are kind of in contradiction, no?1 point
-
Full Back Piece Thread
Boxing Gloves reacted to Tittleton for a topic
Back piece started by Steve Byrne at Rock Of Ages1 point -
re-introducing myself with a new idea
gougetheeyes reacted to HaydenRose for a topic
I think the best course of action is to either keep the entire quote (which I STRONGLY advise you don't do) or no quote at all. Yes, shortening the paragraph is a better choice, but the first line of the quote does not represent the whole meaning. You will feel better with an image that conveys the entire thought than a block of text or half of the meaning. Also, I've noticed in recent years a lot of women think their tattoos need to be light and feminine and wrap around the body. That's fine if that's what you want, but it feels like the whole placement and airy quality is a trend right now. Big bold pieces still look stunning on women. And any tattoo that is placed well (that means not where you put it but how your artist designs it for the area you choose) will highlight the curves and assets of a woman's (or man's) body. When @9Years talks about real-estate, he means it. You have to treat open spaces like real estate if you plan on getting a lot of tattoos. You don't want to build little shacks all over a lot and then decide you want to build a mansion over them. And quotes are only provided by artists and shops. Go there. Where are you located? Perhaps someone can direct you to a decent shop.1 point -
re-introducing myself with a new idea
gougetheeyes reacted to 9Years for a topic
Here's my opinion: 1) It's been stated pretty explicitly that cost is not something to be discussed publicly here. If you're unsure, check out some other shops in your area and get a feel for what the hourly rates are. 2) Take the quote out: it's on the middle of your back (if I'm interpreting your sketch correctly) which you WILL regret later if you get into the whole tattoo-thing long term. That is prime real-estate. Also, the images you've chosen probably represent what you are trying to say anyway and the words will ultimately fall-flat in time (my opinion). For what it's worth, I agree with the author of this article regarding text on the body (you might not!): The Letter of the Law: Laws for Lettering and Tattoos | Occult Vibrations 2) I think both of the images could be stronger if placed elsewhere. I would put one on each upper arm. I think the kite-girl could be really cool in the right artist's hands, but I don't think the image is big enough to be a side-piece. Again, that's prime real-estate if you decide to get something larger in the long term. 3) Instead of feathers, why not something like a phoenix or bird-of-paradise or peacock? I think those animals tend to make for a stronger image. Good luck!1 point -
1 point
-
Asking a tattoo artist to tattoo someone else's (non-tattoo) art?
Shaun1105 reacted to Black Math for a topic
As an artist/illustrator, I've had people ask me if they can get my work tattooed on them, and I usually say it's okay. I have had people not ask me though, and i've somehow stumbled upon a photo of a tattoo of my original work without my consent. The way I look at it, is a tattoo artist should be okay with tattooing someone else's work so long as the client has the permission from the original artist. Of course, there are exceptions, like artists that have passed on or artists that are very popular and difficult to get a hold of. It's not really a black and white issue. All I know is I feel pretty ripped off when someone copies my work.1 point -
Dragons!!!
Tesseracts reacted to Wilhell for a topic
@Iwar found this photo yesterday. Mike and Mike, Rubendall and Roper. Sooo good! Coolest thing I´ve seen in long time! Another dragon-king, Hide Ichibay:1 point -
HELP! There's a Tattoo on my Pimple!!!!
daveborjes reacted to Colored Guy for a topic
Vise Grip pliers are your only salvation... squeeze wisely my friend.... Rob1 point -
If you are that concerned about it I would suggest going back to your pimple artist and having them take a look.1 point
-
i'm currently reading stoney knows how
Stax138 reacted to jayessebee for a topic
ive heard that tattooing in peroxide is fairly effective1 point -
1 point