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I disagree with this sentiment. Those tattoos can be covered up or lasered off, and with the exception of her back, I don't think those would be especially difficult coverups. They're mistakes, they're gross errors in judgement, but starting by getting shitty tattoos doesn't mean that you're stuck getting shitty tattoos forever.

who the hell cares - why do people make threads like this

Down with my demons Done at Electric City Tattoo, NJ by Caz

I've been busy recently! First up I got this really cute cat and umbrella from Wendy Pham at Brighton Tattoo convention. I've been after this piece of flash for years so happy he's now mine! Next up (and also at Brighton), I got the side of my knee done by Jody Dawber. This was the most painful tattoo I have ever got. I was whimpering like a baby (and I usually never make a fuss). I had to dig deep to get through it! Thank god she's fast. And last but not least, my latest addition (again on the side of the knee) from my super talented co-worker Lucy O Connell. Had my eye on this babe for well over a year, so happy to finally give her a home.

Inside of my right upper arm. Adding more floral elements to connect the inside and outside at my appointment next month. We both got tired, and the shop was closing. :-) Hurt like a fucker. That unexposed baby skin inside my arm (as you can see, I'm very, very pale) was excruciating.

Wow! I have no words.

the smilie on the finger is stupid,it will be gone in 6 months.

this season actually had alot of good tattooers imo but i think they should just let these guys tattoo instead of coming up with weird ass challenges "this week you'll be tattooing black and grey portraits...on eyelids"

I agree,I liked Christian 's chest piece the best of the 3,they said it had blowouts,but we couldn't see it good enough, and Anthony won with an incomplete chest piece and his sleeve was not a full sleeve, I liked cleen's sleeve the best.

@El Dolmago I loved Mario's Hello Kitty tattoos! I should modify my original answer to say that the presence of respected tattooers at a non-tattoo convention would reassure me that people weren't being exploited. I would've gotten a Hello Kitty tattoo...

Got my the lower part of my sleeve worked on today - Dragon scales done and the colour done on the Jizu and on the Kannon. After 3 appointments of solid lining, I'm happy to have some shading done.

I remember Dan Smith and Mario Desa running a Tattoo booth at the Hello Kitty 40th Hello Kitty Con a couple of years ago. Two heavy hitters there.

If these are all on one girl, then what good is getting her to go to a great shop now going to do? So she can get one awesome tattoo surrounded by crappy ones? Who is going to appreciate the really nice tattoo when she has permanent Willy Wonka track marks?

If it's her boyfriend, you aren't going to get her to listen. The work is shitty and awful, and you can tell her everyone think so, but she is involved with this guy and thinks he's the bee's knees. Nothing will convince her otherwise. It's sad. The multicolored pimple thing on her arm is tragic. I don't even know what to say about that.

yeah i think its a risky proposition for a tattooer to go on the show i think most of the time the tattooers are portrayed unfavorably at some point in the season i cant imagine a successful tattooer taking the risk of going on a show like this

just watched the final - so gimmicky the show could so much better if they didnt try so many gimmicks i liked the american traditional chest piece that Christian did - sadly - he wasnt even able to be judged for the final

Here is some full frontal nudity from my Lived In Tattoos - Sunday takeover, wanted to share on LST though... Falcon - Bobby Tripp 2009 Escher Dragon - Steve Batt 2005 Polkadot Dragon - Scott Rusnak 2012 Psych Tiger - OllieXXX 2012 Dragon Eyes - OllieXXX 2013 Collar Snake - Shawn O'Connor 2013 ...this illustrates how it looks when tattoos from multiple artists blend together. also what happens when you tattoo your ribs first and then the front after (i.e. space squeeze) - 2 questions that have been asked on this forum in the past.

Got this good lookin' little guy yesterday from Ron Wells.

Next stage of my Japanese dragon sleeve was completed today. 5.25 hours of black and shading for the background. Artist: Scott Ellis, Triple Crown Tattoo, Austin Texas.

I had my first sitting on my knee with Grez the other night. We ended up sorta running out of time because he had to leave right when the shop closed and it took a while for him to draw a lot of things on when we started. But he got done the outline and shading and it looks fuckin killer. The real highlight of the trip was after we wrapped up though. He had told me last year that he was going to show me his tattoos from Hardy, Higgs, and Conn (his three favorites). So Thursday night he showed me tattoos he has from all three of them. Then he asked me if I wanted to see the art he keeps at the shop (aside from all the insane shit he has on the wall). He showed me a shitload of originals from all three of them, from flash sheets to commissions to sketchbook pages. He also showed me a bunch of originals from Sailor Jerry, Mike Malone, Timothy Hoyer, Tim Lehi, and a ton of others. It was absolutely bonkers.

I was just wondering today if they would be added! Thanks!! The site just keeps getting better!!