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So half sleeve is coming along nicely - foo dog and goldfish recently added. Sleeve by Daniel Innis at the Pearl in Toronto.

I met a girl, we talked tattoos, she's from az, shows me her legs done by roper, says they're friends and she can text him and give me a referral. Looks like I'm saving some money and flying to Arizona sometime this year. !!!! Also naturally me and this girl have been seeing each other. Life is cool sometimes.

The winner of Tattoo of the month "November" is my Norwegian homeboy @Wilhell with this crazy face ripping Oni, by none other than the great Tim Lehi at Blackheart Tattoo, San Francisco. Congrats dude! Please PM @steve1461686340 with your shirt info (size and male or female) along with your address. New contest will be up shortly!

Got this from Horimatsu in October. It was a great experience, he is such an awesome dude with some pretty cool stories to tell. Also I got this cattoo on a caturday so I kind of won the internet that day :D edit: can't figure out why the picture is all wonky but if one clicks it again for full size it looks like it is supposed to... edit2: oh, and it's located on the outside of the calf.

The Golden Age of Hong Kong Tattooing | VICE | United Kingdom At work so I can't watch this at the moment.. but thought i'd put it here for those who can!

got this beauty from nick oaks on his visit in toronto @ the okey doke beyond happy with the turn out

Congrats, Bunny! I imagine finally getting that tattoo after seven years of waiting is a very satisfying feeling. Greg and I didn't get to two tattoos last night, since we got an unavoidable late start. We did go with the creepy Lo Pan hand holding a dragon that we were joking about the last time I was there. It's pretty much all a result of talking about Big Trouble in Little China with he and his coworker when I was the last one in the shop on my last appointment.

Last contest of 2014 folks! The rules: The tattoo picture that gets posted in this thread for December 2014 with the most 'likes' for the month wins! The contest starts on the first of the month and ends on the last day of the month. Your tattoo picture must be posted in this thread (both tattooers and tattoo customers can win) in order to qualify. Include with your photo/post...tattoo artist name & tattoo shop. You MUST be the one who has the tattoo or did the tattoo. You can 'like' as many tattoos as you want. It can be a finished or in progress tattoo. You cannot enter the same tattoo in more than one contest.

Everything is healed properly so it's time post some pics of my completed sleeve. It use to be a 2/3 sleeve but had it completed to a full one. Let me know what you all think.

@El Dolmago, that is ridiculously nice. So many different elements, but it all flows. Jealous.

One more session to go and filling in the blank spot underneath.

Really? A beautiful back and grey sleeve won this summer, and several of the most active posters here get mostly or exclusively black and grey tattoos, though not necessarily in the style of the Jun Cha sleeve above. There's a slant towards color traditional, but to say that the forum has "little appreciation for B&G" doesn't seem right - there are definitely folks on here who are knowledgeable about Chicano tattooing, among other styles. There is a huge repository of info. on different traditions here if you dig around! Not trying to pick a fight, just scratching my head a bit.

Welcome! I'm sorry your first tattoo experience was a bad one. I'm sure there are people here with better knowledge of tattoo artists in your area than I have, but the first person who came to mind is Brenda Flatmo in Cincinnati.

Cost depends on the artist, and you'd certainly have to consult with him/her specifically to get a true indication. We can help find you a competent artist - so where do you live?

Good way to wake up this morning. This was great!

Well, here's my entry. By Markus Lenhard - private studio in Berlin - work in progress cheers!

I don't really like taking pictures of my tattoos, but I'll contribute to the thread :P one pizza with heart shaped pepperonis and one noise punk tribute http://i.imgur.com/pa4ltn1 http://i.imgur.com/h5JMO91

Here's a couple of recent oils. The Rock of Ages is 5" x 7" on birch, the skull is 10" x 12" on canvas board. Both are for sale if anybody is interested.

Welcome! Do you have pictures to share? Cover it up with something you love. And, to cut to the chase, a panther.

eh some of us like those too

The only tattoos that don't get much appreciation around here are bad ones.

Nathan Hebert

Little quacker from Clare Hampshire, pic stolen from her IG. Wraps around to outer forearm.

I LOVE James Hong and Big Trouble in Little China! @Cork @sophistre

little sumtin...for da kids...

Well.....I went to Virginia Beach the Thursday night before the Richmond Tattoo show and woke up Friday morning to go to Ancient Art Tattoo (VaBch) to be tattooed by Scott Sterling! What was going to be a small banger to palm size tattoo.....turned into this........ Due to a lot of weight loss....I do have a roll on my side.....Scott used the fact that I have this and made it so the mouth opens and closes.....LMAO! Very fresh photos....sorry the photos isn't better!

I got my first-ever hand-poked tattoo last night from our own @cltattooing: It's also my first scorpion. Let's be honest: I needed one.

Ok, I'm gonna just drop this and run. The pain goes down noticeably in the middle of a hot flash.

got a last minute appointment with robert ryan for december 9th while he's guesting at old soul. can not wait!

I've got some work in progress by Badj at Black Eyes Tattoo. Some pictures that were taken after my last session. Thought dinosaurs would be a fun addition to my collection.

Sorry no pics. I got a chance to look through a pile of Dana's secret stash of Roper pics, some are pretty good. I also got a chance to scroll through Bloodwork Bodies. Man, that book is amazing. The green dragon is in the book, I had to steal a clean pic for you guys. Not to mention it was good to catch a glance at @hogg's ass on more time.

Am I understanding that your question isn't why are there so many drawings of skulls, but why do they have actual skulls or models of such on display in shops? One reason of course would be, as everyone pointed out, that they're cool. Another thing could be for drawing reference, if you have the actual item you can pose it in any angle you want and draw from it as a whole reference, using books or the internet as a reference can only give you so many angles, and maybe you don't want a 3/4 perspective, just a little off from that or whatever. With the actual item in hand you can angle it exactly how you're imagining and get it detailed just so.

There's nothing wrong with going to different artists for different tattoos. That's how most of us here get tattooed. With that said, I'd suggest reading this thread before committing to a lace tattoo. I think there are ways in which you could take the inspiration from lace and make a nice tattoo out of it, but looking at that link you provided, a lot of those tattoos are going to be a total mess in a few years.

@cibo This is was my father's, which he gave to me.

Thanks for sharing that, dude. I didn't want to sleep tonight anyways.