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Just got this blaster today by Ron Henry Wells while he's in town at Lombard St. Tattoo. A somewhat new take on his drippy wolf designs - I'm so happy with it! Photo taken by Ron and stolen from his IG - Instagram

this is my back, done by Russ Abbott, I think right after it was finished, roughly 5 years ago now I think.

Franz Stefanik from the Okey Doke in Toronto.

Thanks again to everyone for the input and great advice, I think I've found what I want; it's a black and white daisy growing out of a red heart, just really spoke to me cause she'll always be in my heart, you know? Thanks y'all

I'll be there all three days! I'm helping out in a booth with Marvin Moskowitz and Timmy Adams.........please come by and say hi...I am easy to spot! LOL

@beez Aren't they great?! I have Shienrenjo, still hoping to find a deal on Tattooing though! http://i.imgur.com/ty271W6.jpg http://i.imgur.com/bmx5bi7.jpg Shelf is filling up, here are a couple new ones that came in. Missing a few I picked up during Gomineko's flash sales!

Welcome Alessandra! I really like the idea of a phoenix tattoo as it has potent symbolism and is a strong, beautiful image. That said, three to six inches tall is too small to do much justice to the idea: when I think of the phoenix tattoos I've seen that I've really loved, what makes them really work is both the way that the shape of the phoenix, especially the tail feathers, flows with the body; I also love the different contrasting patterns in the body, wings, tail, and head. You need space to make that work. I'd also advise against incorporating initials into the tattoo, for the simple reason that I've never seen a tattoo improved by adding initials or anything like that. Tattoos are by themselves meaningful without needing to shoehorn in any additional meaning. Another new poster here is planning on getting tattooed at Carter's Tattoo Company in Bowling Green, KY and it looks like they do really nice tattoos there.

Just came in the mail! :) By Ozuma Kaname: Tattoo Fantasy Women in Tattoo @Dennis Kaname's Women in Tattoo is INCREDIBLE and far outstrips what I was expecting when I ordered it. I saw in the thread that you also recently received it. Big smiles over here! I also have Shienrenjo and Tattooed Beauties. I am pleased with my Kaname collection so far :). The other pic is of my tattoo book shelf, which also has some other odds and ends on it, but I'm pretty stoked for my burgeoning tattoo book collection :).

Back on the table next week w/ TheGangOfOne ! Excited to get some momentum on my ShaoLin backpiece this new year. Lined in at the beginning of December. Was hoping to sunburn it off during our trip to Mexico (so I could feel the full wrath again haha) but alas it was pretty chilly down south. <sorry i'm scrambling my lines until I get more progress, only sharing the full view privately for now> @ - - - Updated - - - @beez Shad "Horitsukikage" ? Steve is great pals with Shad, got a bunch of cool stories about him and the way he tattoos. I think he's coming to Edmonton to visit in the near future, I'd love to get a small piece and meet him!

Another session with Junii and Matt at Diamond Club at the end of the month :). More leg and butt work. Hopefully shad will be back soon and we can start on my upper back! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks for the kind words, everyone. Now on to the wonderful world of healing...

Haha! Good one. Mine does end rather abruptly, doesn't it? ;) (BTW - the broken tilted mast in the middle is the mast of a Japanese cargo ship (Nippo Maru) from WWII that was used in the war as a water carrier. Before the war it had apparently been used to transport bananas! Plunder would have been much more fun if it had been sake.) Although there was pretty cool artillery, a tank on the top deck and torpedoes in the holds. Yeah, it will be cool just having done the contest regardless. We can have our own contest with the following categories: Philly Tattoo Convention, Contest: Back piece, Division: LST, Class: Male. And the Winner is - @Cork! Philly Tattoo Convention, Contest: Back piece, Division: LST, Class: Female. And the Winner is - @SeeSea! Of course, unless some of our cohorts around here decide to join us. Then we'll have to create sub-classes such as Japanese, B&G, etc. Because you know, now in America, everyone has to get a trophy. - - - Updated - - - Here is the mast reference for my back, and stuff on the deck. Pretty weird to swim over that and into the holds to see torpedoes jumbled about. They told us, don't bang your gear around - everything is still live.

Backpiece appointment number 2 with Marius Meyer booked in for Feb 9th. Flights and hotel all booked up, bring that shit on

@KBeee thanks, it was an awesome experience to get. Most of my torso is now pretty much full now as well. All by Stewart.

Whoa, with all the awesome tattoos posted in the Lowdown thread recently I'm surprised no one's posted here yet. I'll kick it off! Here's my thigh by Seth Wood, started at Temple and finished at Saved.

I recently finished a short documentary that profiles Norwegian tattooer Morten Transeth. I also added English subtitles to the best of my ability, so remember to switch captions (CC) on if you need 'em :) Go to http://instagram.com/morten_transeth to see more of his work. Thanks for watching!

No question I prefer this image in black & gray. I enjoyed the way they handled Death in the Harry Potter movie, and I like reaper spiders and reaper snakes.

Congrats on just now making Seth's instragram feed!

Thigh is my least favorite to heal and tattoo...crispy city

the cannabible is a must have for any book collection

i always liked this pheonix by joey ortega Tattoo Snob - NSFW: Small & old to fancy & new! (photo is NSFW)

Thumbs up on the Phoenix! Awesome imagery for what you're trying to convey. Yeah, and bigger. You want to see the detail on those features and flames. If you don't mind me saying, it seems like you are mixing emotional elements here. You want the Phoenix to symbolize all you've been through - rising from the ashes/accident, but you've mentioned commemorating an anniversary. Granted, it sounds like your guy is pretty awesome to have been there with you, but in my very insignificant opinion, the Phoenix is for you. Period. Regardless who was there to help you, you did this huge thing. I would not wrap anyone else up in that concept - keep the Phoenix for you. Now, if you want to commemorate the relationship and show your husband how important he is to you, maybe create another tattoo that incorporates something positive about what the two of you share, that is not related to pain and the accident. Perhaps something forward-looking to represent the new relationship that you share. Maybe you both get the same tattoo, etc. Congratulations on all you have accomplished!

Before @Pugilist got tattooed at Adorned we ate at the Blue Ribbon fast food chicken sandwich place and it was really good and from what I can recall not far from Kings Ave NYC either.

Heh, heh. Well, if you're going to wear heels, @SeeSee - then @Cork has to, too. Just being fair, here . . .

You cannot control people's opinions. I went from no tattoos to 5 in the past year. Shoulders and legs, so they are easily hidden. This past summer I was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. A casual friend told me I've changed a lot. I asked what he meant. He stated I didn't think you were the type to get tattoos. I asked him if this was winter and you never saw my tattoos would you say I've changed a lot ? He replied "I guess not " No one at work or any customers/clients know I have tattoos. Appearances do matter. How you dress, how you groom yourself, your tattoos. Look around to decide what your appearance should be and don't just look at your co-workers. Look at the supervisors, managers and bosses. I'm entitled to get tattoos if I want. But I don't expect people to share my point of view or opinion on things. I have a good job that pays well. It affords me to get good tattoos by good artists.

YES! My backyard! LST East Coast hangage?

From the JANM Tattoo Show facebook page: "Perseverance will be traveling this year!! We will open in Baltimore, Maryland at Towsen University in February and in Richmond, Virginia at the VMFA in May!! ‪#‎perseverance‬ ‪#‎janmtattooshow‬ ‪#‎janm‬"

@Scott Althen - Holy shit my jaw just dropped. Wow. Just wow.

One thread discussing things that happen on Ink Master is more than enough, thanks.

Back in the chair with Wt Norbert 22nd January for a bear head on my left knee.......Hell yeah!

I'm not sure if I ever posted a picture of my back when it was finished. Anyway, here it is. (found a better picture)

@peaceridge Look into Tick in Las Cruces NM. She does really good Japanese. Really good everything, really.

Got my lemur rose morph yesterday... it's a partial cover up, I'll get another soon with background to cover the rest. Also, the tattooist is going to go over the purple in a darker shade once healing is done in order to fully obscure the design underneath it.

I'm healing a crunchy, stingy bastard on my upper thigh. I'll be glad when this is done.

Nothing more manly than a dude with a flower tattoo. Good luck and sorry for your loss.

A. Great Calvin Candy drop. B. It's chaos. I always say I'm not going to go. Then I go. Then I think "man, I shouldn't have gone." Then I'll run into friends and we make fun of Pitbulls, Al Flictions and Eddie Munsters.

great stuff in here, as always . got something new today, photorealistic :

For first timers of the Philly Tattoo Convention... It can be a bit much. Think 800+ tattooers. And pit bull rescue booths with dogs wandering around. And Al Fliction from Stink Master. And Dante from Clerks. And Eddie Munster.

What is this horseshit? Remedy that post-haste.

It's a huge convention and there are some mediocre tattooers,but there's also plenty of real good tattooers too.I'm going to drive down on Saturday weather permitting.Also wear comfortable shoes,because there's no carpeting,and your feet suffer on the concrete floors.

Might be able to go this year! New schedule's got me off on Sat/Sun -- fingers crossed..

I went to this convention for the first time last year and got tattooed by Ron Wells. It's kind of a shit show with the amount of people and things going on, but it's ok. There are a ton of terrible artists there, but there are usually a decent amount of solid ones. If I wasn't already getting tattooed at Kings Avenue that weekend I might go try and snag something.

done by Chris O'Donnell at his private studio happy new year to all

Welllllllll....if it makes you happy get another one, right?! Went and saw Paul Dobleman at Spider Murphy's last week...please excuse the inflammation Hope everyone is having a great New Year so far!

Done by - Mike Bialek, Okey Doke Tattoo Toronto ON & Trophy Tattoo Hamilton ON

The Like feature appear to work from Tapatalk, but then when you refresh you'll notice that your like has disappeared. This is an ongoing issue that has not been resolved by Tapatalk yet, several other forum owners are complaining about the same thing. There is even a different 'like' system that I would be willing to switch to, but it also does not work in Tapatalk. Unfortunately there is no other forum app out there that has supports this feature either. I do plan to migrate LST to a new software platform entirely sometime in the next year hopefully, and once that is done, we wont even need tapatalk because the site will be fully responsive and will just reflow to work on any size screen, complete with all the features that work on the full desktop size. Tapatalk will also work on the new version, and the like system does work in that one if you prefer tapatalk over the 'responsive' version for some reason.