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Local shop had a flash day with a bunch of visiting artists and I chose this guy out of the book.

It’s been a while but here is the result. Very happy with it. artist had no qualms about this being cover art from an LP.

Well to be perfectly honest, in my humble opinion, of course without offending anyone who thinks differently from my point of view, but also by looking into this matter in a different perspective and without being condemning of one's view's and by trying to make it objective, and by considering each and every one's valid opinion, I honestly believe that I completely forgot what I was going to say.

Did some more work on the Ninja Turtles sleeve. Were going to add another Foot Clan Soldier, Bebop and Rocksteady and Possibly Krang(sry nerd stuff). Im thinking a leaking ooze canister under the turtles flowing down into the Villains.

Thanks Dan!

Snagged a quick appointment today. Getting a happy version on Tuesday.

Hello my name is Coco and I got my first tattoo today so exciting

A couple weeks ago I spent some of my birthday money on this wolf in sheeps clothing. Spicy near the bum- got me second guessing getting my butt done 😆. Got a couple more appointments lined up this month for my left elbow and a bit more on my legs. That should see bday money spent.

No. It isn't valid. And this post is old.

yes valid that

At least they aren’t posting a link to their shitty web site!

Bringing in the comments on a random thread from five years ago. Thanks for sharing, person nobody knows. We don't know what the hell you are talking about.

well, I have no idea WTF you are talking about

I'm not talking about beautiful tattoos, I appreciate how you keep these precious memories on your body!

Nice! I love fun tattoos.

He’s not the brightest bulb on the porch.

This is from nine years ago, my dude 😂

I think its sounds like suspicious

A girlfriend of mine git both knees done at once and hated life for it. I am FULLY expecting that experience 😆 but I'll lie to myself and say it will be easy And I agree on elbow ditch being easy. Haven't done knee ditches yet Added a beautiful lady head to the left ankle. Spicy going , would do shins again over this spot again lol.

How come every post you make is a self serving advertisement? This is a forum for tattoo enthusiasts, not a yard sale site.

No issue with knees? Good luck. Both of my knees are done. The left one got so swollen that i couldn't bend my leg. The black and grey on my right healed better, but it still hurt a lot. Knee and elbow ditches? Piece of piss.

honestly my knees were not bad at all, my knee ditches pretty much sucked though

Nice! The shin is no fun

First for the year! Double -ended candle on my right shin. Heading back Friday arvo for the other shin.

Hello This site is geared toward tattoo collectors, not for helping folks w/ tattoo supplies, equipment, or techniques. thanks for stopping by.

Agree. Please do not get a tattoo. YIKES.

holy fuckin shit ! I don't think you should EVER get a tattoo ! get a piercing or henna maybe, or dye your hair, but please don't get a tattoo.

Saturday gone I went in to get current webs touched up and extend webs into the cleavage. My appointment was pushed back an hr so we ran out time to fix the cleavage webs. It just wasn't working with my anatomy, so we're going to come back to those another time. Managed to get a couple lines thickened on existing webs and a little cherry banger on my left calf (will match with skull cherries on right) , just after closing time.

I am retiring 10/14/2024 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Almost done with the upper portion. Passed the halfway point of the overall backpiece.

I love skulls too, I have a lot of those.

@rabbitrok @Dan , yeah can't go wrong with flowers! I have some little blossoms and the roses with more flowers to come. But I still stand by the skulls 💀 😍

Im Tom! I'm from Melbourne and have gotten into tattoos over the last year and really connect with 'traditional' as an art style. Currently working on two arm sleeves and so far looking sweet i think! Look forward to interacting with you guys 🙂 (I also needed some advice on a coverup design and was wondering what my best approach there is?)

Nice!

The boys were saying the same thing, so I'm holding out hope that I have an easy experience with knees 🤞🏽

I love traditional . each of you get something like this maybe. . tattoos by https://www.instagram.com/leatherlanetattoo/

I’d skip the “deep, meaningful that represents blah, blah, blah” part. Just pick a cool image that you both like. Dragon, tiger, panther, ying/yang, skull, etc.

Tattoos can take 4-6 weeks to heal, longer if they went in rough. Give it a couple of months.

Thank you

Congratulations. I'll give a little unsolicited advice - start planning now. I've seen people who have a hard time making the transition. I had a friend who had big plans - he was going to record his originals, finish a book he had started (it was actually pretty good), work on a screen play, do some traveling (even bought a little sports car to take his trips in). When he retired, he decided he'd just spend "some time" decompressing. He wound up spending his days reading comic books and playing video games. He also started gaining weight, and he was already overweight to start with. Two years later he was still reading comics and playing video games. He hadn't recorded a single song, written a word on either his book or screenplay, hadn't taken a single trip. I had a gentle talk about all the great things he wanted to do and got the, "I know, I getting ready to start, I just needed som "me" time." Another three years passed and he still hadn't recorded a single song, written a single word or taken a single trip. AND he had gained about 100 pounds. We parted ways over politics; I asked him to stop bringing it up because we are about as opposite as it's possible to be, but he wouldn't shut up about it. Anyway, good luck. I've had some of the best times of my life since I stopped working. I'm a musician and I get to practice 3 or 4 hours a day, go to rehearsals, gigs, it's great. Between mowing the lawn, cleaning the house, laundry, shopping, cooking, the gym 4 or 5 times a week, and everything else, I'm busier now than when I was working.

Hope you continue to heal and can eventually get back on your bike.

About 36 hours into this. Just finished up the background and going to start working on Fudo next session.

That's a very nice tattoo

I had seen tattoos in pictures and movies, and had someone explain to me what they were and how they were done (more or less), but the first time I saw a real one, I was 9 or 10. My dad (college teacher) used to work with this lady whose husband was a painter or artist of some kind. They invited us to their place for a party where he would show some of his new paintings or something, and all I remember was this guy looked weird as hell to me (in hindsight, he was the textbook definition of a middle-aged bohemian NY dude in the early 90s), and he had a fucking snake tattoed on his hand. Not real big, just like on the side/top of his hand, over his thumb and almost reaching his index finger, all line and no shading or color. He obviously noticed I was staring like an idiot and was totally cool about it too.

I was 6 at the time. I was on the bus going home from 1st grade, the last day of school too, so it was memorable. Our regular bus driver had been replaced by this guy who was not in his happy place. He was yelling at us to keep quiet and what not... he was wearing a wife-beater shirt and had a couple of tattoos that I could see. I got a glimpse of one that was military related. The only thing that most of us knew about tattoos was the "prize" tattoos that came in boxes of Cracker Jacks. You know the box I'm sure, with the sailor on it that was probably inked from head to toe under his uniform. CG

I couldn't have been more than 3 when I noticed my Dad had the old school skull with the snake crawling through the the eye socket tattooed on his bicep. I didn't understand how it got there or why it was permanent, but I damned sure knew I wanted one. I was hooked on anything to do with tattoos from then on, always have been, always will be. I found the Sailor Jerry flash version of that skull and snake last year and got it big as Hell on my calf. I can't wait to show him the next time I see him.

The three that sort of blend together: -My dad has a small hand-poked 't' on his forearm that was going to spell out his name, but he stopped before they got that far. he's always said he regretted it. -My grandpa has a bat flying past a full moon on his forearm and a few others, but the bat sticks out in my mind the most. -My barber (first haircut through the time he passed away when I was 18) was in the Navy and had old school anchors and eagles.