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  1. First session Wednesday with Tim Lehi at Temple in Oakland. He lined the main image and some background. Pumped to get started, pumped for the long road ahead, pumped to finally be able to contribute to this thread after ogling it for years...
    6 points
  2. 3.5 more hours of progress last week. total is about 51 hours so far and i'm guessing we have 20-25 more hours until we are finished. Legs and ass are 99% complete. Waiting until it is finished before sharing anymore full back pictures but here is a close up on my ass/leg/lower back area: - - - Updated - - - Also I just realized that over the past 12 months I've been tattooed a total of 63 hours (51 on my back and 12 on my front). plus ~100 hours of driving back and forth from Boston to Long Island x10, Boston to Manhattan x1, Boston to Montreal x1, and Boston to Reading PA x1.
    4 points
  3. More progress... this session was at the Austin Star of Texas Tattoo Art Revival Convention. It was my first time being tattooed at a convention with so many people going through, I was nervous at first, but once the rubber hit the road, it was a lot of fun, and the distraction of all the people was a huge help.
    3 points
  4. Ha, you can't mess with the classics! Clearly only those with distinguished taste would choose such a subject... There will likely be some cool surprises in the background of the butt, but I'll wait until we're a little further along to post them.
    2 points
  5. Ta Moko designs are based around genealogy, social rank and status, accomplishments, and so on, so I could see a hypothetical situation where you got a Maori tattoo because "they have the most badass warrior culture on earth" and ended up getting a tattoo that describes somebody else's life and family. Would Maoris be offended by this? I don't know, but they'd probably think you're a dumbass for getting a tattoo of something that you're engaging with so superficially. I do think the same goes for Viking stuff. If you're going to get magical staves tattooed on you, it's probably best to understand what you're getting and what it means. The trend a few years ago of people getting Masonic imagery is another example of this: you might think it looks cool and mysterious and occult, but people who know how to read the imagery know you have gibberish on you and you come across as a moron as a result. I don't see how getting a tattoo just because it looks cool and having no understanding beyond that is any different than somebody getting kanji while not understanding the language.
    2 points
  6. I should really know better to engage with this topic on here, but here it goes, in the spirit of fostering an intelligent discussion about tattoos: There's a Canadian Inuit filmmaker who made a documentary a couple of years ago about trying to learn about the virtually forgotten tradition of Inuit tattooing before she got tattooed herself using the traditional skin sewing methods. Why were the traditions forgotten? Because there was a concerted effort on behalf of the church and the state to eradicate indigenous culture, that was deemed to be "cultural genocide" by a recently-concluded Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Families were torn apart, countless lives were destroyed, languages were all but lost, cultural practices vanished. The legacy of this endures. There are people who are trying to revive the languages and traditional practices like tattooing. I mentioned the filmmaker in particular above because she has deliberately limited the distribution of her documentary precisely because of fears of cultural appropriation. Her reasoning is that the revival of traditional Inuit tattooing is so fragile that if this style of tattooing is appropriated it might discourage the people who are rediscovering their own traditions. I can see why this woman might think it offensive that a non-Inuit person would get an Inuit tattoo just because they like the style, and I don't think she'd be wrong. It's certainly not "childish".
    2 points
  7. First piece completed in 3 sessions with Timothy Hoyer and i am beyond stoked for it. Upon completion of the tattoo, I decided he is doing my full back. Gave him my ideas and he is down. Just going to save up cash then actually begin session sometime in September. I feel I should have hit him up sooner for some work. Once healed I'll post pics. I can honestly say for once, I currently have no upcoming tattoo appointments.
    2 points
  8. Racially wiped out? No, but they were culturally.Norway (I don't know the Danish or Swedish history) wasn't peacefully converted into Christians. Some were, but the Pope ordered the middle part of Norwegian to be Christened by force and violence after missionary stuff didn't work. There is a saying in Norway that it was Christened by blood and swords... After this, the traditional Norse religion was pretty much fully vanished, and it's only thanks to a few people who took a few books to Iceland and archaeological research that we know anything about our country between 850 and 1200.
    1 point
  9. The fact the majority of people now think of the swastika as primarily a racist and Nazi symbol speaks volume to the impact cultural appropriation can have.
    1 point
  10. @sourpussoctopus @Graeme Ok, I guess my viewpoint is skewed. I'll be honest, I've not really had any exposure to cultural appropriation, it seems to be something that has come to light in the media just recently and to me it seemed a little daft to get all het up because someone wore their hair a certain way or got a certain tattoo. I guess the fact is I wouldn't care if people started "appropriating" my culture, but possibly due to the fact England has no real cultural identity. My apologies if I seem insensitive or if I offended anyone
    1 point
  11. space tattoos can make great cover-ups. I can't vouch for who has experience or examples of space tattoos in your area, but you do have some awesome tattooists within easy reach of you, including at least: Mitch Moses the drown town Chad Lenjer https://www.instagram.com/challenjer/ Black Anvil in Fort Wayne black-anvil-tattoo You'll probably get some more candidates from others on the forum here, too.
    1 point
  12. Finally got an appointment with Sneaky Mitch. He's been my great white buffalo (hot tub time machine anyone?) for a while now, especially since he literally works 5 mins from me! Haha. So worth the wait though and he's a top guy.
    1 point
  13. exume

    Latest tattoo lowdown.....

    Quick one from Nate Hudak while he was visiting my friends shop down the road.
    1 point
  14. bongsau

    Hand Tattoos

    A bit amusing...I'm reading my lengthy post above from 18 months ago...now I've got tattoos creeping the cuff and onto the hands. Things change, tattooing is fluid! here's my newish dragon fist: and here's a an artsy selfie of my dragon fist - dragon fly and dragon eyes ! for your viewing pleasure see guys! i got lots of space left...maybe squinch in some tudor roses on the hands in the future
    1 point
  15. Just had a weekend in Oslo with the missus topped off with the first session on my chest by Tony at Blue Arms.. Super stoked with it Pic stolen from his Insta. Cheers to @hogg for Percy Waters reference
    1 point
  16. Just set up an appointment for Mike Wilson to start my front in March. Now for the longest 2 months ever... If anyone has any advice for navigating Jacksonville, could you help me out in this thread? http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/general-tattoo-discussion/2932-inksmith-rogers.html
    1 point
  17. lape

    Skoll and Hati

    Frank Grimes Gastown Tattoo Parlour, Vancouver - Canada
    1 point
  18. ChuckJ

    Jaw, Meet Floor

    I always loved this piece by Jeff Gogue.
    1 point
  19. I only know his tattoos from Instagram which doesn't count for much but Johan Svahn in Malmo looks good.
    1 point
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