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Still chipping away at the front. Here's the latest on the right thigh. https://www.instagram.com/p/BDjFMyVMVH7/?taken-by=horitomo_stateofgrace

Hi LST members! I've decided to sign up and make an account after spending a fair amount of time lurking the forum and watching all the LST interviews trying to learn as much as I can. I got my first tattoo about 18 months ago and went from not knowing what I thought was good tattooing from bad to wanting to get a lot of tattoos from tattooers I respect and admire pretty quickly. I've gone and gotten about one a month, including a couple of bigger pieces, from tattooers across Australia. I'm still relatively new to the tattoo world, but I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to be tattooed by some great people and tattooers, and I look forward to getting more and learning more about the craft and history of tattooing! Cheers, Adam. - - - Updated - - - I love talking about my and other peoples tattoos with people who appreciate the work, so if you're interested, here are a few of my favourites that I've collected over the last year: https://www.instagram.com/p/8CaTYnBxWC/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BAJyOsgBxWs/ https://www.instagram.com/p/8eo4LhNCrX/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BDFEF1av-ub/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BARF9BuQ2lN/ https://www.instagram.com/p/9dBby6OsH_/ https://www.instagram.com/p/BB95q3hnHTT/

I've been lazy as all hell and haven't posted any new bangers in a while....... Right BUTT cheek - Alex Boyko - December MOM Cover up on the wrist AND LEMMY tribute- Jon Larson - January ©Ankle - Jon Larson - February Wrist banger - Jon Larson - March Left SWELLbow - Chad Koeplinger - March

I'm not a tattooer but I think somebody should be able to add some dimension to that tattoo to make it look finished. Jesse Strong at Steveston Tattoo Company comes first to mind because he does really nice black and grey--he does really nice everything--but maybe somebody has other Vancouver area recommendations as well.

Don't have a fresher/better pic at the moment but the Morrison and Baphomet are new. Done by Mikko Lekkerimäki @ Sick Boy Tattoo here in Kokkola. Young dude, been tattooing about 5 years. The Morrison is fresh in the pic, it was done little over a month ago. They will continue as sleeves, cover-ups to be done on both arms.

lots to learn here best place to start is the interviews section awesome awesome stuff latest lowdown is a great thread there is good discussion here too just randomly occuring in the various threads and topics welcome

Managing $5M worth of construction and just wrapping up another $1M design. High voltage electrical projects. And to counterbalance that I just got the go ahead on a small contract to do engineered drawings for a new commercial space...for cosmetic tattooing. This is really amusing that I am overlapping my professional life and deviant lifestyle. Make dat green lol

Something a bit different than your badass pieces :) done by Bumpkin Tattoo, Trnava, Slovakia. It was a free design that really spoke to my booklover soul. Photo from the artists' Facebook. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

To get a good tattoo you need to find an artist that can work a design in your style. You need to go to every shop you can and look at their artwork, when you find someone that speaks to you with their designs then have a conversation with them about what you want and work out a design together. Tattooing is a personal and I believe partially spiritual experience and should not be cheapened by involving some kind of electronic device.

You might find a couple of takers, but as a newbie - if you hang out here a little while, you'll understand the general mindset of the group (who mostly aren't interested in or tolerant of just another technology based suckerfish to the industry as a whole). Welcome, if you're primary intention is to learn about how to get and enjoy tattoos! - - - Updated - - - You might find a couple of takers, but as a newbie - if you hang out here a little while, you'll understand the general mindset of the group (who mostly aren't interested in or tolerant of just another technology based suckerfish to the industry as a whole). Welcome, if you're primary intention is to learn about how to get and enjoy tattoos!

lol, zing !Tattoos are not for everyone.

Upper bicep filed in with color. Love this. He really hit it out of the park. Sorry for the instagram link, I never got a good picture. 18hrs +- total. Inner arm in a month if I can find the right idea! Last spot for arm to be completed. https://www.instagram.com/p/BDgM6Quus7m/

How about a tattoo app that throws your damned phone in the trash, walks you into a tattoo shop so you can talk to a human being, pick something off the wall, and get a tattoo? Getting a tattoo isn't exactly a difficult process. I hope you pay attention here and get the knowledge you need to help you in choosing a quality artist to give you a quality tattoo, but cut it out with this app shit. Nobody needs an app to get tattooed, and frankly, given that you don't have any tattoos and have a very recent interest in them, yet apparently want to make money off of them nevertheless via a useless app, you're coming across as an interloper and nobody likes that.

I think eating right, getting sleep, keeping hydrated, etc. is definitely important. Getting tattooed, though, can be a heavy experience mentally, and I think when you're nervous, you might forget to take deep breaths or breathe at all and be physically very tense, which could very well make you feel like you're going to faint. The first time I got tattooed, I got my elbow done, and I was nervous and not breathing. I was turning green so the tattooist told me to take a break. Call me a hippy but meditating or doing some yoga before hand might be helpful.

Jon Larson - April https://www.instagram.com/larsontattoos111/?hl=en Joe Chatt - May https://www.instagram.com/ihaveadeathwish/?hl=en El Monga Sasturain - July https://www.instagram.com/elmongasasturain/?hl=en Vinny Stevenson - July https://www.instagram.com/vinny_stevenson/?hl=en El Rotor - July https://www.instagram.com/elrotortattoos/ El Dimoni - July https://www.instagram.com/dimonibcn/ SUPER STOKED to be in Spain this summer....

Henning requested pics of my healed back with a black background. Believe it or not, it was tough finding large enough black material like a curtain or spool of cloth but luckily my local dry cleaner had something I could borrow. I had to email him LARGE files because he may publish the photos in something. Fun looking at all the details. Maximize your browser!

This is what I got yesterday by Eterno, spanish tattoo artist. Really happy with the result!

Started the line work on my lower sleeve today with a Jizu - will be adding a Kannon on a dragon line work on the other side of the arm in a couple of weeks. Than moving on to filling in the gaps and colour. so it begins. Arm by Dan Innes at Pearl Harbor

made a trip to michigan over the weekend jeff zuck @ name brand tattoo. not sure why the picture looks weird at the top of the flames alex boyko @ sunhouse then today on my way home i swung by old soul and got this from john hill

A little twist on a classic. Picked from the incredibly twisted, but amazing, sketch book of Matt Kerley.

Finished today the skull and some minor details. I love it, it really makes the Tofi eye part that was bland and I didnt like pop more now :) He also gave me an original painting of his which is sick (pic below) The Japanese artist at the shop was doing a sleeve, super clean work and he ended giving me an original of one of his paintings(pic below), so had a great day :) Sorry for the glare from my phone. Video of completed leg by Mrdist! The original picture Henry gave me :) The original picture Enzo gave me :)

So had my first session today with Mrdist today in Sweden. What a gentleman! Lots more to come tomorrow. Yes I know its another womans face and skull lol much more to come tomorrow but who doesn't like a woman and skulls ;) lol Sorry for the shit pics from my phone :)

Unfortunately the contestants have discovered that by being obnoxious assholes, they get more screen time. As long as it works, they'll continue to do it. I'm not sure why someone thinks it's good to be famous for being a butthole, but that's the new reality.