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    Ah yes, the fun of peeling off several bits of sellotape when you're hairier than Robin Williams.... Very pleasant. Joking aside I do still try and shave the area I'm having tattooed in advance provided I think I'm not going to slice myself up... But I guess it depends on the size of the piece and where exactly it is. I think the leg was a special case, something about around the knee and shin just turned out trickier than expected.
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    Guilty as charged here, I'm afraid. I nicked myself several times shaving my leg to try and save the artist the hassle. We joked about it, but I'm not sure I made it much easier for him, because he had to work around or over a few nicks.
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    Yeah, I know the piece you're talking about - it's a blue-skinned face with red hair... I was trying to figure out who or what it is a representation of (I think I read it somewhere when i was doing research for my own backpiece). They put out some amazing stuff. There's a few shots up of a black and grey Fudo Myo backpiece that Yang appears to be doing on another European which looks amazing too (but not finished yet). I'm depending on Ching keeping up his crippling convention schedule and guest appearances in the west in order to get this backpiece finished in reasonable time... :P
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    Got my dates for starting my backpiece - in the last week of September - and a hint of what some of the details of the design are like. Super-exciting. It's with Ching from East Tattoo in Taiwan. I gave him a fairly loose idea of the type of subject matter I was interested in, and specified that I wanted black and grey and something that was going to make a big visual impact (it was some of the backpieces featuring Buddha heads and Guan Yin figures that originally caught my eye from him).
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    I do sometimes have the sense that there will come a point where I really regret not saving space for particular tattooists. I love large pieces but I guess they block off huge parts of the body. Maybe there's something to be said for keeping a fair amount of space free for smaller tattoos so as to satisfy that?
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    Lochlan, I identify with what you're saying in regards to how your tattoos can simultaneously help build a rapport in some situations but act as a barrier in others. From a professional standpoint I think in my area (policing) we see the same 'swinging door' effect. Tattoos can open the door for certain segments of the population to feel more at ease in interacting with you - the tattoos are a conversation starter, something that humanises and differentiates you from your uniform (if you're wearing one). On the other hand, we must be cognisant that some clients, particularly older ones, are not going to have those positive associations ... Typically when dealing with an older person. I also agree that if you have heavy coverage and can be good enough at your job that the tattooing is a 'non issue' for everyone involved, then you're acting as an ambassador for the next people to come along, in a way.
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    This sentiment was also expressed by Mario Desa and Stewart of late. The forum will be all the poorer for non-participation of tattooists. Some of the most interesting posts on here, let's be honest, have been the ones from experienced tattooists talking about the history of particular figures within the industry, or the finer points of the way they see their trade. However, I'm not quite sure what can or should be done about tattooer forum members being pissed off with stupid questions like the one that kicked off this thread. It's the internet, a certain amount of spam is inevitable and no matter how sacred the topic there will be someone along in a short while to piss all over it- often unwittingly. If some tattooers are offended by this to the point that it means they're not going to come back to the forum - well, that sucks, sorry to see you go. But I must admit the comments about 'coming here less and less', or wistful mention of a tattooers-only subforum and whatnot do also smack to me a little of "I'm taking my ball and I'm going home". I will miss some of the contributions but equally I won't miss that aspect. I know this probably won't be a popular post, but so be it.
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    Anchor Bock and Anchor Summer Ale last night... I really liked the Bock - super stuff.
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    So why then go on to... Groundhog day indeed... Best to use the search function for the original mega-thread on this topic, end of story.
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    Duffa, I'll be looking for a weather report....
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    Looks interesting - a similar concept to the PorterHouse we were discussing earlier. As far as the selection goes, looks like they have the 4 regular offerings plus 1 seasonal and 1 fruit beer? The czech-style black lager sounds interesting. I used to have to spent a few days a year in Cardiff - I wish I'd known about that place, it might have made the place a little more tolerable (apologies to any Welsh forumites). Actually perhaps I'm being unfair to Wales, I'm actually quite fond of Braines ale and Breconshire brewery's various offerings (they do a lovely pale ale called Cribyn).
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    Deveneys of Dundrum : Lughnasa Beerfestival 2011 | The Pod, Crawdaddy The chocolate Bar Friday 19th August 2011 5.30pm - 10.30pm Sadly I think I'm the only one within range of this bad-boy. It's a small Irish craft beer festival - there's also food (roasted whole hog, pies, nothing complicated). Beer and pagan holidays, winning combination...
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    I would have liked to go this year (and maybe meet up with some forumites) but I'm on holidays while this is on... (Japan - also admittedly bloody well looking forward to that too). Ross Nagle from All Star Ink apparently has some slots left, judging from Facebook, if anyone fancies getting some bad-ass trad work.
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    I've got a book on Maori tattooing called 'Mau Moko', written by a group of Maori academics (most of them tattooed) who interviewed Maori artists and people with a lot of moko. The book is a fairly academic survey of the past, present, future etc. One of the chapters is a fairly robust presentation of all the different strong feelings about moko and kirituhi. It might provide some of the perspectives you're after? Amazon.com: Mau Moko: The World of Maori Tatoo (9780824832537): Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Becky Nunes, Linda Waimarie Nikora, Mohi Rua, Rolinda Karapu: Books YouTube interview with the authors
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    This is a really interesting thread. I guess I expected the food-related rituals that people have - but I'm surprised about the topical pain relief ointment and the pre-tattoo drinks... Not judging anyone, but I always mentally ruled those things out as potentially earning me a bollocking from my artist. For me my rituals coming back from The Family Business in London were that I would always walk up to Islington and have a few pints of cask ale. Then dinner followed by cheesecake. :p On the topic of pain relief, I did a double take when someone I knew with a new backpiece told me that they took oxycontin or an equivalent painkiller during long sessions. I had assumed that was a total no-no - or am I just seriously naive?
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    hannya snake apr11
    Yeah- this is awesome! Thanks for sharing...
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    His back is certainly big enough to fit that kind of panorama on!
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    Teargas, like a curfew or baton rounds, would probably result in the police being rounded upon for being too heavy handed... I wonder will they get the go-ahead for any of that? I believe the Met have said it's a decision for parliment (some of those options, at least). I feel like the Met are caught between a rock and a hardplace. Too soft and passive a response and they are accused of being caught flat-footed or being incompetent. Too aggressive and pro-active and when people are inevitably injured the liberal media, a significant portion of politicians and assorted community groups would go ballistic and look for individual officers to villify for going over the top. It was gratifying to see Kurdish and Turkish business owners out protecting their property on TV - fair play to them.
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    Sorry to drag up this thread, but it seemed like the most appropriate place for this query- We're hoping to visit the Yokohama Tattoo Museum in the first week of September. I've been checking their website and translating it into English and am struggling a little to understand what they mean about taking a '10 days hiatus per month'. It seems to say something about being open 10 days, then closed 3, then open again etc. Can anyone shed any light? I was also curious if anyone knows if Kazuyoshi Nakano i.e Horiyoshi III's son/successor works out of Yokohama and takes walk-ins or bookings? (Apologies if that's a ridiculous question, but again although I've looked at his page on their site I see a gallery but no contact details).
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    Agreed, that was a really interesting post, useful to hear these snippets of modern tattoo history....
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    I finally got around to sorting pictures of my chest - these were done in February / March of this year so I'm not sure if they count as 'latest tattoo lowdown' material though... This oni head, also by Mo, is older, but I didn't have a pic of it until now. It's funny, when I look at this picture I don't so much see the tattoo as all the bare skin below it, and I think 'damn, better bring that down the arm'.
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    I've got a bunch of Seiko watches, including a couple of Japanese-market only that I am probably fairly nerdy about. In terms of clothes I have a thing about Belstaff and aside from tattoos they are probably my biggest 'luxury' expenditure, between us my GF and I have six of their jackets. Pricey but they make some seriously nice heritage-type leather jackets. I used to wear nice suits and ties at work, but to be honest they just kept getting wrecked so now I save nice clothes for private time. Like pixxelated I hoard books. I buy in bulk, trawling every secondhand bookshop in the city for vintage science fiction. I don't think I've thrown on out in about fifteen years. My GF says if we get married this will come to an end.
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    Interesting article... I think I've only had the Osaka style, must watch out for the Hiroshima style. The only thing I'm not a fan of in/on them are the fish scales... I find it kind of weird the way they keep curling up and moving around due to the way they react to the heat (it's like there's some invisible breeze in the restaurant). ABENO OKONOMIYAKI Above is a link to the London-based okonomiyaki chain that I go to, on the offchance that one of our UK members is interested. They're pretty authentic, as far as I can see, comparing it to the okonomiyaki I had in Japan. As with the California-style okonomiyaki mentioned in MsRad's article they also do their own 'house' take which basically just involves stacking two okonomiyaki on top of each other for us greedy westerners, as far as I can see.
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    I only get decent mexican food when I visit the U.S or possibly London. Last time I was in Chicago I went to Rick Bayless' restaurant Frontera Grill and his cheaper sandwich place Xoco.... Both pretty amazing, but to be honest the best mexican food I had that trip was from some random neighbourhood place out in the 'burbs where the bill came to about $6.... Maybe that type of food works best as cheap and cheerful street-food. The other type of food I particularly love but can't get here is Okonomyiaki.... I know a small chain in London which is pretty amazing but there's not a single place in Dublin that serves it.
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    Double post, sorry
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