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OK, I'll play. These show most of my legs. I won't bore you with the sides of my knees or ankles. And I'm too lazy to type out who did what, but I'm happy to answer any questions.

I realized that besides for instagram photos in the Latest Tattoo Lowdown-thread, I haven't uploaded any proper hi-res healed pictures of any one the tattoos I've gotten since I first registered here 3 years ago. I'll make sure to get to that. Anyway, here's my twiggy pale legs at their current state: Left leg, top to bottom: Rose - Eli Quinters Judas wearing devil mask - Iain Mullen Heart factory-thing - Rudy Fritsch Dietzel masked girl - Joel Albertsson ACE-script - design by my friend, tattoo by Iain Mullen Swampy horned skull - my friend Isabel Crocodile bird - Joel Madberg SOOS Man with birdcage head - my friend Isabel Ancient aliens UFO with wings and bird claw - Iain Mullen Gorilla in tower holding skull - Deno Crossed bones RMA - my friend Isabel Återkomst - some scratcher named Jens (traded for a small photo) Badly healed heel tattoo - Iain Mullen Upside down skull - my design, tattoo by Iain Mullen Right leg, top to bottom: Shaman and hyena - James McKenna Rock of ages, upside down cross - Peter Lagergren Girl sleeping in moon - Jaclyn Réhe Human cuddled in egg shape - my friend Isabel Whispering devil + indian symbol and three moons - Iain Mullen Baboon head - Matty D'Arienzo Saraswati/indian looking head - Adde Ramstedt Behive - Knibbe Pallius Upside down eye of providence and snake - Ville Prinsen Big angry snake head - Deno Cat reaper - Joel Madberg SOOS Funky tiger coming out of flower - Cezilia Hjelt Equaly badly healed heel tattoo - Iain Mullen (both to be redone in a few months) Bum dreaming "C.R.E.A.M." - Frej Lind Hårda Tider-band logo on toe - my friend Isabel Edit: Oh wow, long post. Thought they were thin enough to go side by side in pairs. Well.. enjoy

Here's my right leg, taken post run (#shortshorts). Slowly chipping away at it. I'm starting my right leg with Grez in July and (hopefully) Scott again. Rose and dagger - Scott Sylvia Blue crab - Todd Noble Wolf and genie lamp - Ron Henry Wells Cats - Grez Pineapple - Drew Rash Lilacs and mom banner - Keith Reed (unpictured, but posted in latest tattoo lowdown recently)

Recent shot with the Flatmo sleeve completely healed! :D Visiting a friend who just got a bull terrier puppy!

diggin' this thread. dreading the knee ditch and inner thighs. here's what and who, so far... Upper left - three wise monkeys: my brother - tribal knife: myself - gypsy head: jill bonny Upper mid - third eye skull: my brother - sun, moon, web knees: trevor taylor - hardy bulldog: myself - butterfly: myself - daruma and candle: myself - umbrella eye guy: trevor taylor - green flame/symbols: myself - doll head: shawn barber - BnG snake: myself - flower: beppe strambini - fox & stars: hideki kobayashi - horse head: myself - bird: myself - cherry blossoms: my brother - 408: my brother Upper right - snake and kewpie: christopher ayalin - lucky 13 cat: matt arriola - eagle and clipper: mike Wilson - hippie snail: my brother Bottom right - horse head/ring of flames: myself - shark: myself - BnG pattern: myself Bottom mid - naismith: cris cleen - fu manchu snake: jeff rassier Bottom left - holey heart: myself

A little in-progress shot my wife posted on Instagram of the peony on her elbow from Martin Lacasse at Olde City Tattoo. You can see the back of the snake as well. That's also the first peony that bloomed in our yard this spring. Here's an in-progress shot he posted of the snake. From @lacassetattoo. Finally, here's the ditch peony.

I'll add my sorry sticks to the thread. Visible tattoos: Hot Stuff and the ankle cuff are by Nathan Draper. The hot air balloon and the cat are by Chad Koeplinger. The pyramid (Higgs flash) is by Glennie Whittal The skull, clown, and boxer are by Tim Pausinger. Not visible is a space torch I picked up from Mario Desa at Great Lakes, a hand of glory by Chad, and some more work by Tim. This September I have a session with R.H. Wells to fill in some more of my legs at the Montreal convention. Who knows, maybe I'll find a few more fillers before the end of the summer.

Going waaaaay back here, but I'm going to have to pass on an LST meetup this time around. I can't really take any time off work at the moment so we're driving the eight or so hours to NJ tomorrow after I finish work, get tattooed Saturday at who knows what time because walk-ins, then head back earlyish on Sunday so I can be back at work early Monday morning. Should be fun. We're hoping to make a NYC area trip later this year, maybe October, and we should for sure do a meetup then. It would be great to meet you folks.

So glad to hear that he's feeling better! I am a bunny lover myself, however I'm in the bad books at the moment, Hermann is sitting in MY on the couch refusing to move or talk to me as I rearranged his designated area without his prior permission. :rolleyes:

Landscaping! We too just recently did some landscaping to our entire front. We chopped down all the trees, dug up all the grass and replaced it with a deck, shade covers, built a bar, bought a new bar b and now spend heaps of time drinkin', rockin' tunes, bar b qing the fuck outta chicken wings. Yeah, spending quality time with nature is where it's at for us now.

Mr. Matt Arriola at the most recent SFO convention. He crushed it!

I have an upcoming consult for adding on to my pre-existing Yoni tattoo (will get tattooed in the fall, theoretically.) Don't know what we're going to do yet. Woot!

Great thread. love it! I´m going to add some stuff to the collection in October. Jeff Rassier is going to do a good-sized filler in crazy style on the calf, between the Horimasa and Garver tattoos. Chris O´Donnell a skull/snake on the other thigh, and Timothy Hoyer the other calf with ladie/demon/tiger hybrid (based on a painting he did last year).

Back-piece finished a few weeks ago. Valerie Vargas, Frith Street Tattoo, London

Thanks. Best of all, Matt drew it on, then tattooed it in an hour and a half.

I'm no where near that free spirited, but now that I have been going big I do agree with the sentiment. There are about 200 things I would love on my body. so I am assuming any combination of them would make me more than happy if done well.

Could also do an ascii art tattoo, but I bet that would be a real pain in the ass for that tattooer.

Great collection, Hogg.

Really digging the monochromatic theme, @mmikaoj. You and @rozone are making me a little jealous.

I have an old Punk/ Hardcore upbringing & still love it, but also dig to the max real sweeet, cool blues. I'm always looking for new additions to the collection. Post up any recommendations. Here's Smokehouse, fkn awesome. - - - Updated - - - Oh, while I'm at it. Chain (Australian) 1971. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGpeUELyM6A

@HandsOn wins for most self-administered tattoos. Great stuff!

Hi everyone, I've been a lurker for a while and decided to just go ahead and introduce myself. I got my first tattoo as soon as I hit 18, and then a couple more soon after - all regrettable (tribal ankleband anyone?). In the past few years I've made a concerted effort to learn more about tattooing and have begun acquiring larger pieces that I really like. I have a big koi/maple leaf party going on on my back and I'm almost finished with a piece on my right arm (top of the shoulder to ditch), which I'm fortunate enough to have done by Virginia Elwood. Looking forward to getting to know the fine folks on LST and learn more about great artists and tattoos out there!

She's really fantastic, super friendly and fun. I have a couple of peonies with a traditional Lebanese brass coffee pot and cup nestled in them. Sorry for the crappy phone pics and weird angles, it's much more vibrant than what my phone is able to capture. Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Some ravens were nesting down the street from where I work at Wellesley College and they set up a webcam. The baby fledged on graduation day. It was fascinating to watch this little family, and I hope they return next year. An article about corvid intelligence

I've been into Son House and Mississippi Fred McDowell lately.

Ooo a mango tree! We have plain old trees that just shed these seed things that look like long caterpillars. And then seed things that spin around like helicopters. Aaaand then some other stupid thing they shed. Every time the wind blows. I wish we'd at least get some kick ass fruit out of it. Stupid trees. We are redoing some of our landscaping, which isn't probably awesome to some, but it is to us b/c we pride ourselves on our abilities in the yard. Aaaaand we've got two weeks before the play opens and it's a bit scary. A big production for a small community. I'm meeting new people and trying to come out of my shell but holy moly, maybe Les Mis wasn't the best choice for my first foray into theater-as-therapy hahahaha.

Wowzers! Awesome legs everybody. Here are mine,

Thanks! I'm very happy with it! Oh no! Let me try again! :confused: Not the best photo though... :rolleyes:

Found some shots of my blue dragon, lower left leg and outside left leg straight after having that lizard smashed into the arse cheek. (apologies for the arse cheek shot. Good thing it's tattooed).

Three absolutely great tattoos so far! will add this into the mix just for fun. My 3/4 peacock sleeve by Mie at Nine Tails Tattoo in East London. Its a cover up of an old black and grey piece that I had 6 laser sessions on over a couple of years. Final touch up finished last week.

A full back tattoo to kick off the month! Nice one. Better follow suit then. Tattooer CP, Australia. About 6 years old. Cheers.

2nd tattoo completed this past friday by brian bruno, richmond, va Sorry for the not-so-good phone picture quality...

I just grabbed one of the last spots with Chad K. in 2 weeks after a lot of dithering. Now I'm going to make a superfluous post on here because I'm happy about it. On one of my scheduled days off, no less. Thanks for the final nudge, @Graeme.

Whether one sits an 8, 4, 2 or 1 hour session, it's still time under the machine in my book. Every hour is painfully earned.

it is a sexual thing. the dagger symbolizes a penis. i have a dagger stabbing through a skull and eagle because i love skulls and i fuckin love america.

Okay, this is just a first pass - nothing is done except maybe the sea snake but there are no highlights or shadows for him yet either. On the right, hidden are two unfinished clownfish in an anemone. He'll keep laying things out to get the whole design before he goes back to finish each part completely. Next up will be some fish and coral on the right, and in the middle will be the deep blue with some shadowed critters in the distance. Kinda frustrating that nothing will be finished until everything is finished at the last minute! FYI - This is a sea scene made from a number of pictures I've taken while diving. The sea snake I chased all over the bottom trying to get a close-up of him, only later to find out how poisonous he is! Oops! And I just love my eels!

Blaming @Graeme for this one since he posted his hairy man legs on instagram. I'm sure those famous legs Stuart at Spider Murphy's has filled up has given everyone the itch to do the same.. Or seeing Henning's work on those meaty thighs of @ironchef if you're going the Japanese route. But I'll tell ya, I'm real happy with how my short little legs are coming together and thought I'd get the ball rolling by saying fuck it and posting my hairy dude legs. Kinda weird, I know. Maybe I'll get weirded out and edit out the photo... Maybe (definitely) @MrsGougeTheEyes will yell at me and roll her eyes forever. But fuck it, here's a shot of the front of mine. In the kitchen. Visible tattoos by Andy Perez (@Perez), Todd Noble, Oliver Peck, Nash Hogan, Jake Fraser, Scott Sylvia (@ I forget your LST name brother), Bailey Robinson, Sophie C'est LaVie.. There are some on the back and some on the sides that are tough to see but this will suffice for now. @slayer9019 I know you're squidding it up slowly but surely and @else I just went back and read your intro thread. Totally totally awesome, especially with how everything's gone. (It's here for anyone who wants to take a gander.. http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/initiation/3283-changing-way-i-see-myself.html) Now let's see those legs!! (So I don't feel so weird..)

AND I JUST GOT ATTACKED AGAIN!! This time it yanked my glasses off my face!!! MY FACE!! Two weeks ago another crow dive bombed me and chased me for two blocks. It is TERRIFYING. Lessons learned: - Late May - Late June = fledgling season, and crow mothers are no different from mothers anywhere and will attack any perceived threat to their babies. Any perceived threat like walking under a nest you don't know is there. Walk somewhere else for the month. - Crows remember up to 200 discrete faces and also talk to each other. Don't piss off crows. - They like to nest in big, tall trees. - If you hear warning caws (I did NOT get a warning just now) then GTFO. Just do it. I like to walk and my walk to my chiropractor's office is usually quite pleasant but I think I will take the bus home BECAUSE SCARY BIRDS SWOOPING AT YOU FROM THE SKY AND FROM BEHIND IS FUCKING TERRIFYING! I dealt with this as a kid in Oklahoma. Kite hawks, anyone? My friends and I took to walking to each other's houses in the summertime with bike helmets on. One day a bunch of high schoolers in an open jeep drove up and started making fun of us for walking with helmets on....guess who got swooped?! Lesson. Don't fuck with birds.

Hi lovely ink enthusiasts. My name is Kirsten (Stan) and I'm part of the team from a custom work studio in the North East of England. After many years of blood, sweat and tears and saving we have recently relocated to our new premises in the heart of a busy town. We are Glory Bound Tattoo. Please check out some our the pics I've uploaded..just a few for starters. Hope everyone is having a great day..the sun is shining and the ink is flowing happily here today. Have a good weekend people :) much love Stan xxxxx This is me and some of my work done by the owner of the studio.

REALLY enjoying this thread, thanks. So far I've only got my right sock finished, so I'll refrain from posting pictures of my own until I'm into my left leg (consult for which is finally scheduled for 20 days from now).

Dang! I may change my mind. I just might go despite the price. I found out Hiroshi Hirakawa from Three Tides is releasing a book at the convention. I love that guy's paintings!

Yup. Son House is the man. Haunting music. "

Great. Now I have a phobia I didn't have before clicking on this thread.

Richard Johnston “Richard Johnston - Helena, Arkansas Blues Festival”

I'm a big fan of Lightnin Hopkins also I can barely tell what he's singing but Son House makes a good tune Beat me to it @9Years

Sorry for my absence! Been so busy moving, traveling and getting tattooed! haha :cool: Here's some healed pictures of my dragon-koi by Lehi, and monmon cat by Horitomo! And a tiny lil memory-cat by Mary Joy at tattoo city! Had the best trip ever, even got to see Ed Hardy's studio!

Awesome thread. I never keep my progress photos, and for the first time asked myself why. Anyway, the only one i do have. Some line work on my left upper leg. Ill get some other shots up later.

I can't wait to see this as a whole I really like the concept and how it's from Your dive photos. Isn't armpit area the most fun? I'm glad he/she was professional Enough to tell you that your skin was done for the day instead of wrecking you and then needing a touch up

I got this last night from Dave Regan while he is guesting at Classic Electric Tattoo in Frederick, Maryland. Beautiful shop, and town. I had just met Dave, but it felt like I was getting tattooed by an old friend. Fun times all around. Photo pilfered from Dave's instagram account. (@dutchraven)

Stunning. The details on the hair on each of them is just amazing. Not to mention your ability to sit for ridiculous amounts of time!