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That big torso devil from Theo Mindell is on me! We have finished everything now except the last bit of fire/flames. Next/Last appt coming up in April to kill the beast.

Ha! I sat with Garver last Thursday for this.

This is my toad - I'd really like another too. - - - Updated - - - Rather fancy a newt too.

Seth Wood today!!!

Here's my frog, done by Tim Pausinger at The Pearl in Toronto.

warrior frogs on my arm by Ryudaibori, June 2009

I had the seventh session on my back yesterday and we finally started in on the colour and crushed the tiger. There's still a bit of shading to do in the water, and we're still figuring out what to do with the snake with regard to scales or patterns, colours, etc., as well as what colours to do the maples, but I am super stoked on the progress we're making.

booked in with tony hundahl for Oklahoma convention! thinking tiger head and cobra but could just do big cobra

Marius Meyer started this one a couple of weeks ago. Gonna add more dragon next time.

My first tattoos Grumblekiddles, by Lorin Hay at Red 5 tattoo

Post your devils/demons/etc! Planning to get one from Craig Boxcar Chazen next week, but for now here are some of my favorites. Luke Jinks Theo Mindell Chris Marchetto Boxcar

Sons Of Bitches. Jealousy x 3

booked in with heinz tattooer for june at seventh son

Couple hours in today, more and more black! Steve worked on the waterfall and waves off the bum and down the side. most of my previous tattoos are now bordered in which was a really cool thing to watch (sore neck haha). Especially with this cool Escher dragon Steve had put on my ribs 10 years ago. It had a intense start, straight over the kidneys. yikes. mental session if you know what i mean. half a cheek and down the back thigh. you cats weren't joking. but made some really visible progress and the piece is really coming together and at a good pace. I'm going to wait two or three weeks to finish the lower waves and rocks, hope to have the background all in before heading on a vacation. Then all the colour in May. I'll post some shots after the redness and yellowing mellow out. Really feeling the fit of my tattoo suit. :)

Sorry to see you didn't go home with anything, @SeeSea, except this awesomely ironic picture of us being photobombed by Brian O'Halloran from Clerks while wearing a shirt that says "Polite as Fuck." It was cool catching up with you again @Bunny Switchblade, and meeting you @daveborjes.

Got this on the same day i finished my sleeve. lol.

Jason Colehour, Lifetime Tattoo Denver Last Friday my girl and I drove down and got some walk ins, I got this fun filler, she got a panther. Fun times

Cross posting from the back piece thread, this is after session 2 with Marius Meyer yesterday. Yesterdays session was all the scales, all the shading in the skull and all the yellow. Looking to get the next session booked in for around the beginning of April, hopefully.

Thanks, I absolutely adore it! He knocked it out in four hours which I thought was pretty speedy considering the detail.

here is screenshot to make it even less complicated :)

People of New York (and surrounding areas) may wish to check the most recent (at the time of posting) instagram photo of trevor_lee_ewald ------edit-------- Looking again, it's actually the second most recent post, to make things less complicated here it is - Instagram

Cool. Amazing what she did to her own face. Woman Uses Paramedical Tattooing To Hide Burns And Scars | SF Globe

I'm currently opting for a bikini top as my tattoo heals. Looks strange since it's -6 below but whatever.

Oh my god. Epic tattoo. You rule.

I'll play too! 1 Jesus Boxer. 1 Jesus Gorilla. 1 Chola Snake.

Please forgive the terrible pic. Still one more small session to go. By Papa Joe.

that's a dope piece @9Years

@Mick Weder - that's like panther toad!

Tommy Montoya was doing something similar. His instagram is private now but before he marked it private he was tattoo hair on guys that had receding hair lines. Looked like these dudes got a buzz cut and had a little hair growing back. Pretty dope idea and looked good from the pics.

Oh damn we must have just missed that. We got there in time to see them popping balloons with knives and the kiss of death trick.

I shall treasure the picture! It was great to meet you @Cork and Mrs. Cork and Baby Cork! And @Bunny Switchblade and @daveborjes and @Mike Panic. It was as we said a couple weeks back - an experience to try, and I'm glad I did it. And it was a lot more boring than I thought it would be. The audience seemed to just be everyone standing around waiting for their classes to be called, and it was impossible to see much of the work as it was being judged.

Shoveled the walk and 20 percent of the driveway, gave in to my sciatica and went inside to drink. The novelty of this has worn off.

@Cork took 3rd and treated the audience to a quick burlesque after he dropped his drawers for the judge. I think that cost me the win. :). It was a field of almost 30 and some really nice work. Congrats to @Cork!

The inside of arm near the armpit ... Not sure if it's the worst but Lordy it sucked.

Got this last night in Philly from Mikey Holmes. Inner forearm hurts.

this is Zephyr ,our 19 pnd miniature Australian Shepherd . this one of many beds she has,my DIY'er wife made this for her,(yes that's her toy box,she's not spoiled) . .

Here is my heart / rose by Talley Matthew. He works quickly and gently. This was super fun, and I'm excited to have a tattoo I can see easily :) Drawn on single needle

Franz Stefanik, The Okey Doke, Toronto, Ontario

I love this contest. Have been to busy looking at amazing stuff, but now i figured it´s time to show something off. This is my backpiece by my favourite Norwegian tattooer, Marius Meyer.

1 hot stuff 2 dragons 3 snakes 4 roses 5 sea creatures 6 winged creatures

So it's been a couple of months since I last updated the progress on my back. The shading sessions are just so much nicer for me than the outline. I think I May have even fallen asleep at points during the session in January. There was no chance of that this week though as the studio was pretty cold despite the heater just next to the bench. I ended up putting half my jacket back on the side that wasn't getting tattooed. Anyway enough rambling this is how it is looking now: p.s. @SeeSea your back piece has come out great. Congratulations.

Here are some recent ones for me... Got this guy from Alan Berg Started this with Mat Welch and snagged this Bert Grimm horse from Miguel Olascuaga

I've had the flu since Wednesday night and this video's the only thing keeping me going:

Round 2 with Chad yesterday. Sorry about the sideways picture I can't fix it on my phone

was in sf last week got this from jeff rassier. super happy about it reaper1 reaper2

Oh I've got a few, some laughable some not, but I'm definitely not ashamed of this one First tattoo I ever did, at Tux's studio in '99. I was so nervous telling him & his wife the night before; I asked them to meet me for coffee and got it off my chest that I was ready to do this. He tried to talk me out of it by mentioning no heath benefits, no retirement pay, high-risk occupation, "why don't you be a vet or something, much easier. That's what Alex Herman did after quitting the biz". I could not be swayed. So he said"OK, show up at the shop tmrw and you can tattoo yourself". That really surprised me, I was not expecting that. I was prepared for "what the fuck, you shouldn't be doing this get the hell outta my sight". He had a legit rep for being rather brash and didn't pull punches. Chased a few people out of the shop looking for apprenticeships. When I got there I realized I had no idea what to put on myself. That part had not even crossed my mind, just "Holy shit Tux is gonna let me tattoo myself". So I said, "what should I pick?" He handed me this one and said "That's the first one I did on myself" which may or may not be true (once upon a long time ago he did the borneo scorpion on Higgs and told him he drew it himself hahaha what a classic fibber) but I didn't ask twice. He set up 2 Percy Waters, loud as hell, told me they were worth more than my life, showed me some basic info and turned me loose. That was one of the most exciting moments ever up to that point in my tattoo experiences. Best design ever? no. Best job ever? No. Some good blowouts? Yup. Something I'm proud of? Most definitely.