Paulywhore

what the fuck? you are making a joke out of a girl getting raped by her dad? damn u got some serious bad karma coming for that shit, you sound like a spoiled little rich brat by saying that shit, and for eisen777 who said they "like this" you are a little douch bag piece of trash too, apparently you assholes grew up with a silver spoons in your mouth, I bet if that chick that got her ass tatted heard you say that shit she would knock your teeth out, and rightfully so. Ursula is a good name for you, a witches name, you evil heartless bitch.

ran into this guy at the store, I asked him where he got it and he said “ohh I got that at the pike in like 69’” , he couldn’t remember who did it.

so I guess the butthole tattoo trend is coming? or is it here already? hmm, I kinda feel sorry for street shop tattooers now that trailer trash chicks will start to get the last guy they hooked up with tattooed on their bunghole instead of some senseless script going sideways down their ribs, oh well someone has to do it. On a lighter note I will paypal the first tattooer a one hundred dollar bill after he/she post a video of tattooing "gucci gucci" around this young lady's poop shoot. - <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/J86gwuklv-0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

I had to click on your link Alanna, dang I almost wish i didnt ;) your baked goods look delicious, now im craving Lemon pound cake, god damn i love lemon pound cake, I may have to take you up on your cake Mistress deal, sweet, soft and tangy just how I like it. lol

nothing says love like Bacon and roses, i think larry the cable guy said that?

damn i fuckt it up its www.lastlotlizzard.com

ya the got a website called www.lastlocklizard.com , you can go on there and get some advice on it, believe in yourself tony, you can do it!

ya, thought id ruffle a few feathers, round n' round we Go~

hey Frankie D, just thought id give a little PMA regarding your goals, I think that the idea that you could become a doctor before you could become a tattoo artist is just not true, you may not become Chris Garver in ten years but who does? Nobody on here knows how good at drawing you are and you may not even know yet yourself? I have heard many talented tattooers say that they didn't really even draw that much before they started tattooing and now they are one of the best, shit, Grime said he didn't even draw before he started tattooing, so in reality I think that you becoming a tattoo artist just depends on how bad you want it, keep drawing every night, keep bugging all the tattooers around your town and maybe offer to sweep up there shop if they will look at your drawings & give you advice on shading or styles and what not. Personally Im not a tattooer, nor do I know much about the tattoo world compared to a Pro tattooer, but I do know that we are spinning through Space right now with a giant ball of Fire spinning around us that lets us see the paper that we draw on and our balls to wash them so if anybody on here tells you that you cant become what you want because of this and that and because your hands are too small or your skin is too black or your daddy cant send you to medical school or art school or whateverrrr, its allll bullshit and its bad for ya, like carlin said, but I digress, Ya frank the bottom line is that haters are either too scared to grab life by the balls and do what they are telling you that you cant do, Or maybe they just dont want to give away info that they found out the hard way. Most on here may hate me for saying this but if you cant get a chance at working in a tattoo shop and nobody will help you for whatever reason, Fuck it, go on ebay, buy a machine some single use needles, buy some ink, and start tattooing all the drunks, skaters, punkers, thugs and wannabees in your neighborhood for free or next to free, dont lie about your skill and never steal anyones photos of their work, If no one will help you, do it on your own, life is short and all the haters will be six feet deep one day anyway so fuck em!

My uncle was in vietnam and got tattooed back in the late 60's/early70's , he had some tattoos and I always thought they looked rad, he had the old style zigzag man smoking a joint with pot leaves around him and in the smoke it said 13. My uncle was from Long beach ca born and raised so im guessing he got work done at the pike, but hes dead so i cant ask him.

oh heres the link - Artists « Gold Rush Tattoo

Im not sure how much exposure he has had but ~ Tom Moser - at Goldrush, wow is all I can say, all the pics of his work are insane but a few that stand out to me are the blue yellow and red cobra that goes from the guys waist line to his chest, tiger head on the guys hand, panther on the hand, and the tiger at the end on his portfolio. I looked at most of the other guys pics at gold rush and they are all incredible, looks like these dudes are top of the food chain.

Damn PShakman, you have a great deal of knowledge about tattooing and legendary artists, thanks for sharing some of your knowledge, I think your what they call a "OG".

You said it brother, thanks for seeing respect for more than just a word. Respect seems like such a simple concept to some, but to others it is a very complicated thing to practice, i guess depending on a persons background and the experiences they have had in life contributes to they way they give and expect respect?

Oh damn I feel like i opened a can of worms with this post, It kinda seems like we are flushing something out, whatever that is im not sure? Its good so hear all you guys chime in and give your two pennies worth, I guess we all have one thing in common, uuhhh tattoo's?

when getting tattooed what do you like better? personally I tend to like black and grey more, it kinda feels alive or something to me when I see a good black and grey tattoo, kinda what I think of when I think of the word tattoo, but than some stuff looks so good with color like traditional for instance, its crazy how good the tattooers have got nowdays, some of the stuff almost seems too good to be a tattoo, like it should be in a gallery or in some rich fucks house, is there such a thing as a tattoo that is too good? I guess this turned into a two part question-

lol what the hell are people in florida smoking? spong bob on a construction workers hands? never seen that out here in cali, Now that would make for good tv, fucking garden gnomes on trailer trash chicks with no panties and spong bobs on bikers and shit, sounds a hell of a lot better than watching Garver tattoo a crazy piece on some jock thats crying about some anal herpies he ex gave him, nothing againts Garver, shit I really want to get tattooed by him, its just if Conor's had a show I wouid be watching that laughing my ass off.

damn I bet she cam in all commando too, you are my hero Conor.

I always thought "Ink Slinger" sounded funny, ya know call up the ink slinger and get a 20sack of some grey wash or sumthing? lol

Oh the end product turned out great, its by far my favorite tattoo i have got so far and has a lot of sentimental meaning to me so its a keeper, and thanks for the response, and i'm not looking for any new friends when i get tattooed, I have enough friends that i dont have time to see as it is. Im a 6 foot tall 29 year old drop out that could be accused of partying a little much and getting in a few fists fights here and there, Only work I have ever done is Construction or Metal shops, and from what Iv'e heard back in the day as you guys speak of the kinda guy that got tattooed was kinda like me? so i beg to differ on me getting in a shop back in the day, no hard feelings, i know you guys dont know me.

(A man walks into a tattoo shop he has never been in before, with 450 bucks cash in his pocket ready to get tattooed, not to window shop. he go's to the desk and says "hi i have a appointment right now with so and so", the helper says to the man "oh hes got a quick tattoo to do and he'll be right with you" ok the man says, he sits down on the couch in the shop and waits patiently, not expecting a free rib dinner or a blow job, or a cappuccino or anything like that, he just sits there, about 30-45mins go by, the man notices the helper going around taking orders from the artist for a coffee/lunch run, the man thinks to himself "hmm a coffee sounds pretty good I hope she asks if she can grab me a coffee" , she walks right past the man saying nothing, the man thinks nothing of it at the time because he thinks the tattooer will be done soon, so he waits ... another 30 mins go by and the helper gets back with coffee and food for everyone, the artists take a brake and eat lunch with the whole crew, another 30mins go by, the man still waits patiently, than the artist is ready to tattoo, the man gets tattooed, he very much enjoy's the attitude of the artist and very much likes the piece he did, so the man pays for the piece and tips the artist, he shakes the artist hand and says to him "thank you i really love the piece" and the man go's on his way. Later that evening the man thinks to himself, oh theres that new tattoo site ive been checking out, maybe if I put up a post about customer relations and how i think it could be better it could help the way customers see artists and the way artists see customers. So he puts up a post.) - Hey Shawn by you saying that you threw some guy out for yelling "i pay your rent" or something like that, I took it like you were saying I should have been thrown out to, like I was acting like that douche you threw out when you dont even know the way I am, or how my deal went down? I didnt mean to offend anyone and I guess what I was trying to say came out wrong, or just in a curt way, The real deal is I fucking love drawing and art and getting tattooed so I guess i get passionate about it at times, especially when i pay good money and give good respect, all i expect is the same amount of respect, no free steak dinners or special treatment. Ive had a few bad experiences but out of all half aint bad, its just a bummer looking down at your arm and remembering some douchebags cool guy attitude everytime you look at ur tattoo, but I guess you gotta get the good with the bad, in retrospect maybe it makes me appreciate the good experiences even more. ya I will go back to the shop that didn't offer me a cup of water, its not gunna make or brake it for me, like i said the tattooer is down to earth and does good work so that is really what matters.

just go full boar and get - "JOBSTOPR"

Ohhhhhhhhhhhh im soooooo scared Shawn, you sound like a badass bro, right on bro! Ya Shawn everything you said is common sense, as far as you taking what I said personal, not sure how that happened? you yourself said some tattooers see tattooing as a hustle so maybe you should read what i wrote again. So your saying not having a tough guy punk attitude is selling out to the highest bidder? Im really not following you man, kinda hard to make sense of your comment regarding my comment.

these are all great but I think if i ever got my fingers tattooed it would be "Taco Love" because damn I love tacos and maybe a taco shop could sponsor me as the taco king or some shit like that, ummm i love tacos:)

right on, thanks for the responses guys. I guess because I have my own business and I have more than a thimble full of common sense in my head, and I was raised oldschool with this thing called Respect engrained in me that i see things the way that i do, the man with the money is the boss, without the paying customer your rent is not paid, but money doesn't come that easy to me so I appreciate it when I have a customer, shit especially in this economy. At work I get burned and breath in chemicals all day and i'm happy as fuck to do it when someone calls me to do a job, I dont have some punk attitude to my customers because I want to treat people good so I get referals to other customers. Maybe the money is just too easy to make for some tattoo artists and they don't appreciate what they are doing, Ya know easy come easy go. Anyways thought id share my thoughts with you guys, perhaps a customers view for you shop owners to take note and evaluate how you treat the people who pay your bills. I mean damn I thought getting tattooed was suppose to be fun? The fuckin cool guy punk attitude kinda blows the fun out of it, and maybe offer your customers a cup of fucking water for christ sake? especially if they have been waiting for two hours after they made a appointment to get tattooed. How can you be proud of the work you do if your just out to hustle someone? Its called Pride ya know that thing that America was built on.