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Ran a 5K.

Last night, I got to tour Ed Hardy's art studio. I saw countless pieces spanning five decades--everything from porcelain to flash to massive painted scrolls and more. I'm still trying to process everything; it was a truly incredible experience.
So yeah. That's an awesome thing I did recently.

Granddaughter's 6th birthday party yesterday.

We noticed that "Marshall" the mule next door was in distress. We found he had a 2 1/2" infected cut on his lower leg. The owners disappear for weeks at a time so we had to call the SPCA. The poor guy can barely walk and needs immediate medical care.

Ran a 5K.

I will never smell Dial soap again and not think of healing a tattoo. Especially the joy of that first wash.

Getting tattooed is not that bad, The healing its a bitch for sure.

Tomo's new studio, Silk Needle, continues the Yellow Blaze tradition of being somewhat hard to find without GPS / phone map.
The sign is 'blink and you'll miss it'.
Nagaoka is a morning shinkansen's ride from Tokyo... 1.5 hours. The new studio is super comfy and Tomo seems to be planning a lot of conventions in Europe and Canada soon, he's energised.
We did 5 hours, which finished off my front after (I think) 4 years and about six sessions? All in Japan bar one. My bank account is glad that's done.
Drank some awesome Echigo beer on the way home and zoned out till I ate a restorative giant ramen. I lived on ramen this trip: All kinds! Soya base, extra fatty pork base, fish base... Cheap, tasty and hydrating.
Flying home tomorrow but this morning I had a consult with Shige and, all going well, getting a small piece from him at a convention in Europe in next while.

Oct 1st, Imperial Tattoo Company, Jon West. Continuing work on my leg sleeve.
Thinking of a sacred heart with some geo mixed in to it right on my knee, Also thinking to put an element touch of water, wind, and earth by adding my kids favorite animals.... So far I have the Owl. Next I know for sure a Shark and than Wolf?, Bear?, Lets see what the kids say :) ???

Oct 1st, Imperial Tattoo Company, Jon West. Continuing work on my leg sleeve.
Thinking of a sacred heart with some geo mixed in to it right on my knee, Also thinking to put an element touch of water, wind, and earth by adding my kids favorite animals.... So far I have the Owl. Next I know for sure a Shark and than Wolf?, Bear?, Lets see what the kids say :) ???

Here's my Tim Beck iris. He's super tall, so this is a little wonky angle maybe, but he filled that weird spot just perfectly.
Freedom Ink is a super cool shop, very chill, very neat, and we listened to Bowie all day.
Oh, modesty napkin ;)

Ugh, the next post is a pic and a request for a cover-up. :-(

More likely the positions you unconsciously put your body in due to favoring that side.

i continued a tattoo on hip. it was hard :/ I waited this session two year and very happy now )
It will be one tattoo in next time we connect these birds =)

I went in last night to fill in the last building on spidey, and the small empty gap on top of my shoulder was getting to him so we decided to put Wasp, Antman's wife, in the gap.
Sorry for the redness.

^ great colours.
I don't know if an Instagram link will work but this was my new little one from Wednesday
https://instagram.com/p/7Kx-SjDFLX/

pics please - love fish tatts! have 3 myself :)

Got a few more hours in on my custom dragon chest piece! So close to being finished but so stoked on how it's come together.
London Reese is a pleasure to get tattooed by. Very easy going and cool to talk to.
The shop is great, everyone there is a really friendly, cool, and talented as hell.
After this last session, I now understand why some people say the chest sucks.
15hrs down so far, only a little bit more to go.

Never thought of it this way. I've had 9 sessions on conventions in total. Reputable artists will make sure everything is in order so don't worry about anything else than chosing the right artist for your tattoo

Shao Lin Monk backpiece
made by Steve Batt in his private studio in Edmonton, Alberta
32 hours, Dec 2014-Jun 2015

I call dibs on all your tattoos when u might meet someone either above or below

Final healed pics. Amazed and still hard to believe that I get to wear this art. I now travel with over a dozen of my underwater photographs designed into this awesome scene by Sean Zee Instagram

sol you're overthinking this - who cares who likes it - if its trendy blah blah
you need to like it - thats it
get what you get
but dont get upset

First Session 8hrs. All done.
Tony Wayne from Imperial Tattoo Company.

Pharaoh's Horses by Sheila Marcello @ Electric Tattoo in Asbury Park
they had a traditional flash weekend event @ the shop
as I was getting tattooed by Sheila I was a few feet away from Bert Krak and Robert Ryan doing pieces
there was many other big names there as well - place was packed
seeing Bert up close I couldnt believe how big the guy is - he looks like he could suit up for the NY Giants if he wanted
very cool vibe at this shop though I would say I prefer less of a crowd
pic is shiny - meh

here is a better pic - one that Sheila took - along with some others she did yesterday