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  1. Hands On
    finally getting around to this photo flood. let's see if i'm allowed to upload all these.
    4 points
  2. Hands On
    @Dani forgot to check LST for this thread prior to the convention, so i missed this opportunity. perhaps next year! @Gingerninja easy to have good taste at the Bay Area Convention. great artists and amazing tattoos any way you turn. One last pic. Andrew from Raking Light Projects talked me into picking this one up from Thomas Hooper... I just had to convince the wifey. You can see it hanging at his booth in the prior set of pics.
    3 points
  3. Marwin3000
    Here's my panther done by Chad Koeplinger a little over an year ago! Alreadu scarred. Done in like 30-40 minutes!
    3 points
  4. suburbanxcore
    @Hands On Thanks for all the great pictures. I'm pretty sure that Hooper piece was hanging at that show at Somatic Gallery back in August. His pieces were different than I expected, but very awesome.
    2 points
  5. Devious6
    @Hands On What an awesome photo history of the convention!! So much amazing work going on there. @Dan You're famous, my friend!!
    2 points
  6. Boiled Dove
    I'm about 2/3 packed. I will leave Dallas on the 23rd, visit family in Indiana for Thanksgiving, and then head to NH to start on 12-1
    2 points
  7. Gingerninja
    Now, this is how you take photos! Thanks @Hands On! It's super cool to see so many people that I have mad respect for in the community. You have exceptionally good taste!
    2 points
  8. jgolfo

    Latest tattoo lowdown.....

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    Just got this ship done by Daniel Albrigo at Port City tattoo in Long Beach
    2 points
  9. exume
    Third try, sorry to clog the thread with broken images. Jay Thurley, made in Denver a year ago
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  10. Machcekborrach

    Upcoming Tattoos

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    @suburbanxcore Yes i do i've only got 5 hrs done so far, got a bunch to go still i think. Brian is fast, you should definitely get tattooed by him, he's awesome. But here is a current progress pic kinda fresh got tattooed a couple weeks back.
    2 points
  11. Hands On
    i captured this dude's most painful tattoo(s) of his life, administered by Thomas Hooper...
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  12. Killercook76
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  13. Hands On
    it was there... i saw it on Raking Light Projects IG post. i'm lucky no one picked it up at that time! he has some amazing art that's much different than his tattooing. He has a book out, called Inward, that's available thru Tattoo Life Magazine http://www.tattoolifemagazine.com/bookthomashooper/ and I also recently found out he keeps his website up to date, which is pretty rare in this age of FB and IG... https://thomashooperart.com/ my favorite post has all the backgrounds used for the "The Traveler" print. pretty great stuff. the short little video on this link is also damn cool https://meditationsinatrament.com/2016/09/21/the-traveler/
    1 point
  14. Dan

    tattoos of hands

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  15. Dan
    wow ! great set of shots ! thanks for posting all those. that was me with Oliver in this set,wish you had known so we could have met. :)
    1 point
  16. Boiled Dove
    New Hampshire here I come.
    1 point
  17. oboogie
    I don't think you really are, you know. ;-)
    1 point
  18. 9Years
    @GlaryMilberg LOVE that locust! Dan's yokai are the coolest.
    1 point
  19. Oiocha
    Cool, glad I can actually participate instead of just posting about my oogling like I usually do. I got it in April of 2014 and that feels like it was an eternity ago, I was even more of a youngin' then. Lars Lundquist at Inksmith & Rogers Admittedly I never took a good healed photo, so the one straight off the table will have to do.
    1 point
  20. Devious6
    What tremendous panthers - every one seems a winner!! For me, I love @guitguy's piece...but any could claim the trophy. Thanks to all for sharing!!
    1 point
  21. havetsherre
    Here's my Steve Byrne panther from when he was at Invictus in Oslo. Fresh and healed photos.
    1 point
  22. Boiled Dove
    Found out there were open auditions to be on Survivor in Dallas yesterday so I had to go, right?
    1 point
  23. guitguy
    Well, I guess I'll throw my "cat" in the ring (groannnn haha). I'm very happy with how this turned out. The pics are of the fresh tattoo. It has healed beautifully. Done a month ago by Franz Stefanik at the Okey Doke in Toronto, ON. I'll toss in the before and after pics too as it was a cover up of a sad old bird. 32 years old to be exact. And, I love the line work !
    1 point
  24. bongsau
    here is my one-shot psych-panther crawling up my inner thigh into the buy-me-dinner zone made by Shawn O'Connor in 2014 before he setup shop in Nelson, BC
    1 point
  25. Rob I
    I didn't see anything in the rules regarding multiple submissions... so here is another panther done buy Nick Colella at this year's Montreal Tattoo Art Show. Healed pic
    1 point
  26. Rob I
    All have been amazing so far!!! Here's a panther and some roses done by Jebb Riley, done at Congress st tattoo. This was a spur of the moment cover up started while I was waiting on Chad Koeplinger to color in my chest eagle. He was running late, so I made good use of the down time. Done in 3 sessions. Second pick is a half shot of it healed several years later.
    1 point
  27. marfil98
    Here's mine by Brian Tiger at Screamin' Ink Tattoo in N.J. Done in one 4 hour sitting. I love how it turned out.
    1 point
  28. 9Years
    YES! Here's mine from Theo Mindell, Spider Murphy's tattoo, healed:
    1 point
  29. mtlsam
    Let's keep this momentum going! My panther vs. snake by Bailey Hunter Robinson. This tattoo just celebrated it's 5th year looking out at the world. Done in one sitting with about 4 hours of tattoo time, while Bailey was still in NYC. This was my first big tattoo, and I'm still stoked on it everyday!!! Play on LST.
    1 point
  30. marley mission
    ok - I'm gonna be first to enter with my Robert Ryan Mandala Leopard which resides on my stomach - hopefully the leopard can qualify as its the closest thing to a panther that I have - no hard feelings if it doesnt meet the qualifications - done at Electric Tattoo in Asbury Park NJ - if you havent been tattooed by Robert or been to Electric - well...you're missing out - luckily I live only short drive from the shop - anyway - here you go...btw - this tattoo also made his awesome book - The Inborn Absolute :)
    1 point
  31. sophistre
    It seems to me like there'll probably always be both, now that both types exist. There are people who will always be more comfortable on one side of that fence than the other...people who feel uneasy about upscale interiors and courtesy salon fruit-infused water, and people who are intimidated as hell by tattoo shops full of tough guys, or who've managed to make mental divides for themselves over different kinds of tattoos, who may be interested in getting a tattoo 'but not that kind' of tattoo. For some people, that's probably part of the experience they're shopping for, in both directions -- the salon feeling, or the classic grit. This is additional speculation on my part, totally based on my own anecdotal observations, but there also seem to be weird overlaps between people who don't like the idea of getting something from flash and want something 'custom' instead, and people who want the upscale experience (and people who got their tattoo concept off of Pinterest, which is totally ironic). I read here all the time about how there's been a huge upswing in the number of tattoo shops out there -- shops that come and go with excess apprentices and artists that don't last long, people trying to reinvent the wheel, this whole glut of shops in any given place -- and I suppose catering to this demographic probably provides them with a whole lot of business. Trends seeking trends, or something. But, if I had to wager a guess, I'd say that the street-shop mentality you guys were talking about -- artists with a style who can still turn out solid walk-in work, who are willing to do that, who are dedicated to the craft/labor of tattooing as well as the art of it -- will probably always be more successful in the long-term. Places like that will endure. And maybe there are lots of high-end salon-style shops that employ this ethic, too; hell if I know. I think it's probably the at the heart of what's most important, beyond interior design. ...I listened a lot of lectures growing up about artists who forget that art is not just art, but also a business. Haha.
    1 point
  32. CultExciter
    I like this thought process Ms. Carolyn. It's something that actually affects me. I live in Virginia. For those of you less informed, it is does not qualify as the most "progressive" state in the Union. The tattoo shop I work at is in Salem, Virginia, which is the sister city to Roanoke, Virginia. I would describe this town as behind the times. I can count on two fingers the tattoo shops in the area that look like "tattoo shops." You know, flash wall to wall and on the ceiling too. I'm lucky to be in one of them. It's the type of shop I want to work at. But, like I mentioned, the area is a little behind the times and alot of clients are very enticed by the "studio" "custom-only" "leather couch and plasma TV" look. So, those shops are a little busier in the area, even though, they are still doing the money maker tattoos. In a lot of places, Virginia is not the only place, flash is being replaced by glowing smart phones and Google/Pinterest images. That's the new flash at these types of shops. My coworkers and I have joked that those shops should just mount iPads to the wall. But here is the exciting part. Clients who are discovering our shop, where the other three guys have been tattooing a combined 55 years, they walk in and say "Wow! This looks like a tattoo shop. This is so cool." I think, at it's root, tattoo shops that look like tattoo shops, will always be the common denominator. You can up the fixtures and the fanciness, but having those archetypical designs on the wall that speak to the human psyche, and the folders of black and white tribal, lettering, and even Tattoo Brand/Cherry Creek stuff will provide the best jumping off point for clients. Even Ed Hardy went back to having a "street shop" look after having Realistic. So all the shops who think they are breaking ground with a white-glove stark environment really are not. It comes and goes, as they say.
    1 point
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