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Today I capped my other knee with a demon head by Franz Stefanik at The Okey Doke in Toronto. Its always a great experience with Franz. Interesting conversations with a great guy who also does amazing work. I'll have to update my legs in the Squidpants thread soon. I'm really looking to forward to getting some filler work around some of the larger pieces on my right leg now.

Here are my lady arms! My right arm in the left pic was still in-progress. Not too masculine for my taste.... but I guess it all comes down to personal taste. Get what you like! I also don't know what a deco-ish googah is...?!

@TrixieFaux absolutely love your arms...so beautiful...fits perfectly with you :) - - - Updated - - - oh...and my arm so far...

whatever... Jamie Sawyer Immortal Ink Clinton NJ first time with Jamie awesome and fast artist great convo does it get better on a 'sick day'

Beautiful lady arms! Here's mine, along with some unasked for lady back and butt (in progress). All of mine are done by the same tattooer, Gemma Pariente at Full Circle. I don't think sleeves are masculine on a woman, get what you wish, epic tattoos are for everyone.

My arms are still in process but here's the 1/2 sleeve so far

I think @Tornado6 means Art Deco ornamentation? Check out some of Lars Uwe's work, @Tornado6, see if that gives you some ideas of how bold and feminine Deco/Nouveau-ish stuff can look: ETA: Since I see a lot of people posting their own tattoos, I just want to make sure it's clear the above image is not me. :)

Resurrecting this thread. I've been told a couple of times by friends and a tattooer that I respect that I may be going too fast. I've thought about slowing down. But for what? I've also had a tattooer tell me to get tattooed while I'm young, because they hurt more when you're older. I've also had a tattooer tell me to just get them whenever I feel like it and have the resources to do so. I kind of want to finish ASAP so I can move on to Ross Hogg status and just buy prints because of the lack of real estate left. I've also had a good talk with Kimmy Beeeeee about slowing down, that way all my tattoos aren't from the same "era", so to speak. As time goes on, I'm sure my taste in tattoos will change. Thoughts?

Thank you all. As you can see I am very happy to receive this shirt.

Heading up to visit Mr. Noseworthy on thursday for my first session. He has been very open to input and willing to bounce ideas around while the idea jells together.

When I'm not getting tattooed, I work as a brewer, currently for a chain of brewpubs. Right now, the company is having a brewing competition between the brewers in all the restaurants worldwide where we had to create, brew, and market our own beers to be sold in our individual restaurants. When I got into brewing professionally nearly eight years ago I wanted to gain a little bit of experience and eventually get into writing beer recipes, but it turns out that outside of small brewpubs with very little brewer turnover, the reality of commercial brewing is that you're brewing the same recipes over and over and over (which is a challenge in its own right because you want to same results every single time even though you're working with raw materials that can vary pretty greatly). So it's been a really cool opportunity and challenge to be able to think up a beer, write a recipe for it, brew it, and then serve it to people. Though that last part is a little bit stressful, especially when your peers are drinking it. I'm really happy with what I brewed though. I brewed a Belgian-inspired brown ale--it isn't brewed to any particular style, but I used a Belgian yeast and Belgian malts so I'm calling in Belgian--with a low bitterness that is balanced out with sour cherries. It turned out really well: it has a nice fruity character without being sweet; it's complex without sacrificing drinkability. Anyway, as this is a competition, I'm also asking for your help and support here. The first round of the competition is decided by public vote and then the finalists then go to France to have their beers evaluated by a panel of judges. The winner then gets to go to the Great American Beer Festival which is being held in Denver, CO (if I win, hello Lifetime Tattoo!). While I would love for all of you to come to Montreal and taste my beer, you don't actually have to try it to vote for me, so if you are so inclined you can vote up to once per day until the end of the contest via this link: http://maitrebrasseur.les3brasseurs.com My beer is called The Belgian Cherry. I am the worst at coming up with names. There is a hilarious picture of me in there though, if you need an incentive.

@OutOfIdeas Yeah I don't post much in the "Your overall look as a tattooed person" thread, ha.

@TrixieFaux Your arms are the best. Almost makes me wish I'd gone with all black and gray!

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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.

We come here for one interest we all have in common which is tattoos. But I wonder what everyone likes to watch on TV? Is it an old show or a new one? Let's speak on this. I love Mad Men. Its my favorite current TV and has been since about season 3. So sad it's ending soon and I must look for something new to watch. How their characters present their marketing campaigns actually made me re analyze how i present my projects in school and I made a huge improvement with that. Really dig Roger's response to everything in the show. He's always got a slick comeback and it's great hahaha. I just finished this season of American Horror Story, this is my first season watching it and was into it but there were some parts that made me lose interest. Some of my friends said the previous seasons were way better. The creepy factor kind of lost me with the killing of Twisty. Then after that it kinda went downhill. Though I thought he was annoying, Dandy was prettying interesting in seeing how his character switched. I'm into more shows but I wanna know what do you guys watch? Let's talk!

So.... We're putting on a show.... April 24-26, 2015 in Downtown Tulsa, OK.... We are still working on the site, and getting artwork done, but.... oklahomatattooshow We're trying really hard to get a well-rounded line-up together, and put on a nice event for not only the artists and vendors, but more importantly to showcase some amazing tattooing to our new home state.... Feel free to message me or shoot an email directly to the show if you or anyone you know is interested in participating, or just attending the event... Thanks, Jen

see i started on legs and moved up so now a lot of work i get most people dont even know about but as for the post tatt blues - yeah - i got a piece scheduled for next month then my funds are running dry so it might be awhile - but i still want more coverage - ah - summer is the off season anyway for me in terms of tatts - i'm in the water constantly with the kids (pool / ocean / paddleboarding) so healing is not desirable during this time after my next piece in late feb - i might try to finagle another but that'll be that till fall

Brains are weird. It's comforting to know that you've experienced some of the same weirdness, though.

Funny that you chose to resurrect this, because what I just posted in the post-tattoo blues thread probably belongs here. I don't think I'm getting tattooed at a particularly fast rate relative to a bunch of folks here, but that's not a realistic comparison for me to make. Like, I've enjoyed pushing past my comfort zone, but I can probably be a little more laid-back about it - my skin isn't going anywhere. Getting travel tattoos has been a lot of fun, but feeling spooked at how fast they've filled up space is probably a sign that I should put a little more planning into my next couple. Dealing with a bounty of contradictory advice from well-informed people can be way harder than tuning out all of the bad advice out there.

@Mick Weder @ChaosDani @marley mission Thanks for the support. The picture is pretty silly, the life-sized cardboard cutout of me is even sillier. Maybe @Pugilist will post a picture of it.

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Thank you! I wasn't sure if people would rip on my work bc it's not huge pieces but either way its cool. Started off small and working my way up! lol. Thanks again! - - - Updated - - - thanks Tornado! My mother passed in 06 and always thought I would do the traditonal Mom Heart tattoo but the plane sky writing her name got in my head one day and then the dilemma became who would the pilot be & I thought a frog bc she was a leap year baby but I wasn't keen on that idea so my wife said what about Churchill who was our family cat that passed in 2012 & we had her for 17 years & that was it...100% sold lol. Every time I look at it I just laugh and think of the good times.

I just bought 4 more. My wife is running out of patience, it's a good thing she is a cat lady, haha. Now we have a total of 7.

That looks amazing @Mark Bee, I love the kneecap

Ha ha @Cork! You do know, I am in the "Perseverance" book, right? I should get around and post a pic here though. BTW, really cool "lady parts" being posted so far by all. @TrixieFaux, fist bump on the all black and grey. And I think @DJDeepFried needs to find himself a sleeveless suit too. - - - Updated - - - Ha ha @Cork! You do know, I am in the "Perseverance" book, right? I should get around and post a pic here though. BTW, really cool "lady parts" being posted so far by all. @TrixieFaux, fist bump on the all black and grey. And I think @DJDeepFried needs to find himself a sleeveless suit too.

I'm a hoarder of words, and gewgaw is one of those that just catches my eye every time I see it :) Yeah, when you search Art Deco tattoos, a lot of what comes up is actually Nouveau, which is why I slashed the two together, but I liked that cat one because I thought something like the curvier, but still graphic Egyptian Revival floral elements like that might still give you the cleaner feel you like from Deco, without the problem of keeping lines super straight on a wrapping body part. And yeah, the color palette is killer :)

A googah is just a decoration :) I'm not sure if Japanese is my style, but I know they work with the body and I'm sure that would not turn out masculine on a woman's body. A horse skull is a long, thin shape. It would make a cool tattoo by itself, no doubt, but I think it needs something - flowers, wind bars, you know, googahs to make it into a full wrap "sleeve" tattoo. I was thinking that I could put a horse on the inside of my arm. I've had several over the years, so I could provide pictures of mine, but I've loved the illustrations in the Marguerite Henry books since I was a kid too. Oh, and Zenyatta, and many trips to Lexington, and The Black Stallion... Horse crazy little girls never really get over it. @TrixieFaux those are lovely! I really like both of them, but the raven is my favorite part. I do like the Lars Uwe tattoos. They are more Nouveau, but the color palette is super!

good for you man - i'm going back to my other rib next month too - like its gonna hurt - it'll be another 3 to 3.5 hours on it - but...meh - who cares - you just deal

Must have sent that to the wrong person, I can't see a single tattoo!

What the heck is a deco-ish googah? IMO if you want a horse tattoo, get a horse tattoo, not a tattoo of a horse painting. Maybe the painting could serve as a good reference, but I wouldn't get a copy. The Japanese style horses look bold and incredible, and that style also lends very well to full sleeves if you go to the right artist. Google Junii Salmon and tell me that doesn't look feminine. Unfortunately @Lance hates us, so I haven't seen an updated picture, but here is that style of horse tattoo. http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/gallery/member/8230-oda-nobunaga.html&imageuser=1982

Love both of them, One of my favourite artists for sure!

One of the more pleasant surprises was how gentle Josh Arment is. I think I finally know what you all mean when you say someone's got a light hand...before I'd just assumed everyone on here was crazy.

Here's it is fresh. I'll post more after it heals up. I had a great time and came away with a bunch of new music to check out too. Can't imagine having a better first experience.

=== Hi Everyone! Started this in Late October 2014 and just got it Finished on Jan 03 2015 6 Session of 4 Hours Each - Traveling back and forth from Montreal to Toronto... Tattoo Artist is Tony Hu from Chronic Ink Tattoos. http://instagram.com/tonyhutattoo Completed and Done! 龍 - Dragon by davidcwong888, on Flickr

I think @AverageJer posted a picture of a Sailor Jerry fish he got a couple days ago? I hadn't been on here recently and wound up getting a similar tattoo on Saturday. It's from Rollo flash tweaked by Josh Arment at the Aloha Monkey. You guys, I can't begin to do justice to how cool everyone at this shop is. After some very, very embarrassing last-minute indecision I went back to the first thing that had caught my eye on the wall (and learned a lesson about not overthinking things). Sorry about the picture quality.

Send your friend to Stewart Robson @ Modern Classic Tattoo, I've seen him do some amazing cover ups. At the least he might be able to give your friend some real advise ssuch as lightening the tattoo with a couple laser sessions before he goes in for the cover up, that way the tattooer has a little more freedom...

The winner of Tattoo of the month "December" 2014 is @Cork with this spectacular back piece by Dana Helmuth. Congratulations!! Please PM @steve1461686340 with your shirt info (size and male or female) along with your address. New contest will be up shortly!

Bummer not seeing you, @beez, @Reyeslv, and @scott this year. I'll try to snap a few photos so it will almost be like all the LSTers are here.

After going big, I go home; I prefer to shower there.