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By Todd Noble, at the Montreal Tattoo Convention. Sorry about the sideways view. Was right-side up when I took the picture. Anyways, you get the idea.

Here is our mutt at 1.5 years. The first photo is her at 7 weeks.

By Jon West @ Imperial Tattoo Company.

I got the Gorilla Fudo Myo-o from Marc Nava last Friday at the Bay Area Convention. Definitely a nice addition to my squidpants.

44 year old guy here, living just outside Washington DC in Virginia. It all started about 15 years ago when I convinced myself that "doing an Ironman triathlon is a good enough 'meaning' to commemorate forever" and the first tiny tattoo was born. That progressed a few years ago to a polynesian half sleeve to commemorate where I was born, and that's moved on to a full colour sleeve and a decent sized calf piece (which I did 10 days ago and am having a ridiculously hard time healing - actually found this site searching for hints on healing calves and found lots of great advice). I do tons of international travel as well as play hockey for fun. Looking forward to hearing from others.

I have been hitting tough spots lately - collarbone, inner bicep, stomach nothing compared to ribs imo but still tough another inner bicep comng up in december ah if only they all felt like the forearm

No, this is One Day at the Fair - same exact setup as Three Day. If I survive, maybe I'll see you in May!

Little filler to pass the time between back sessions. Chelsea Kotzur at True Blue in ATX.

Jay Thurley (@jaysoos on IG) put this panthernator on my shoulders yesterday. These neck tear-throughs are tough to photograph, didn't get one from above my head to show the whole effect.

Meet "Odie", AKA: Odie Capote AKA: Poh-poh Odie was found as a puppy with his sister in a trash bag in a dumpster by my step daughter. He's mostly a terrier mix and was born with only a nub of a tail. He's super affectionate and loves Ziggy dog like a brother. He's on the left awaiting some turkey scraps: On hind legs: The other curly white dog is Maggie the poodle. She was a confiscated puppy mill breeder that we adopted from the city pound. We knew that no one else would pick her so we took a chance. She's turned out to be a very sweet dog who adores me. She's quite a hunter that loves to wrestle with the other dogs. Here's the before photo when we got her home. It took several hours of hand clipping to clean her up. Beast! After, with a new toy. And "Lucky Pete" the parakeet that landed in our back yard to eat the seeds we put out for the wild birds. He's lucky I was there to prevent the dogs from eating him since he was not afraid. He obviously got out or was released. I put my hand down and he jumped up on it! We looked in the local CL and for signs, but no one was looking for him.

Both the hockey skull and the octopus sleeve were done by the lovely and talented Hannah Aitchison! :D

Hi there, I'm John. 16 hours deep on this back piece in progress! This is my first piece and I have been thinking about this decision for the last 4-5 years. I am 24 next week. It took a long time finding the right artist, artwork, symbolic and spiritual reasoning, and maturity before I pulled the trigger to be on the wait-list. I wanted to be at an age where I could be okay to make large decisions such as this knowing it'll be with me forever. I am just so ecstatic with how things are coming together. Everything I envisioned and more. This back piece will be completed by the end of 2015. I might start a sleeve or chest plate thereafter... Progress: Currently 15-16 hours with another 10-12 hours to go. Final back piece will total between 25-30 hours. Cheers! J.

That is a sick sleeve mate, love the octopus!!

Inner thigh is pretty bad... :(

yeah I'm sorry @Dan i ended up not making it out on Sunday. i was there on Saturday and got to meet up with Lance and Cabs for a little bit. also got to meet 9years so that was cool! locked up future appointments for Adrian Lee and Rubendall so it was definitely a successful trip!

@SeeSea, I was on a 5 person mixed team for a 24 hour mountain bike race once... Wow, it was both rewarding and beyond difficult thanks to the mud we had. You would think you could get a decent amount of rest with 5 people, but it didn't work out so well. Maybe in nicer weather it would have been better. Looking back, I'm glad I did it. There is a never quit in my makeup. Throw in challenging conditions that make others quit, and I get even more determined. It really builds character and inner strength, so go for it if you're up for it.

@SeeSea You obviously love running. So, do what you love! Not for me, I love riding my motorcycle, but I'd also love to do an Iron Butt ride some day (1000 miles in less than 24 hours). I once drove the cart for a friend in a 100 hole golf tournament (I don't golf, either). Those guys had such a good time!

@SeeSea Sounds like a one of a kind experience, go for it! Also sounds like total madness.

i've heard it called the bent back girl or bent back skull. first time i saw it was in this animation called "The Devil in Denim." oldest reference i've seen is from Milton Zeis, Tattooing As You Like It. there are some awesome versions of it. this DETH version tickled my fancy, so i copped it. can't remember the title of this piece at the moment, but i'll track it down.

Each first time I see this Jeff Srsic snake & peonies back piece, my jaw stays dropped.

Some from the past year. I think I did them in this order too. Watercolors and black marker. It's fun to look back and see what you keep doing over and over again, and what you would do different now.

buffalo by bh robinson. good dude~ pic is sideways bc i like to be as horizontal as possible

Been working on this piece now am about 9hrs in with a local artist Jason Leeser. I came up with a few ideas of what I wanted and he did the rest. Can't wait to start color next week!

Our youngest and the "granddog" Rocky at church Wednesday evening. Yes, Rocky goes to Bible study and pays close attention!

This series of backpieces by Chris Brand fits nicely in this thread.

I ran across some of Julian Siebert's work today.

I'm going to stick to things I've seen in person, but tattoos by the following have always been astonishing when I've seen them: Filip Leu Chris Trevino Henning Mike Roper Plenty of others too, but those four really stand out as being especially memorable. Instagram is cool and all that but for large scale stuff you need to see it in person to get the full impact. - - - Updated - - - I'm going to add Matt Arriola to that list thanks to @Avery Taylor and his wife Kim. They both have staggering work from him that they were nice enough to show me.

Ha ha ha.......well this is truly what I have focused my "collecting" on! Can I ask why pick the year 1985? I am just curious...... - - - Updated - - - Here are a few off the top of my head..... There are probably several more but I am not sure they have made it to the 28-30 year mark just yet so i didn't include them...... Debra Yarian Debbie Lenz Gale Watkins (my mentor) Tony Polito Mike Perfetto Steve Delgatto Jerry "Reds" Donohoe Ronnie Dell'Aquila Richard Stell John Black Tom Beasley Ritchie Montgomery Dana Brunson Jennie Peace LeDan Peace Stan Moskowitz Marvin Moskowitz Ernie Carafa Jerry Swallow Juli Moon George Benjamin Mike Skiver