Rad Kelham

Just got an email from Greggletron. He is going to tattoo a spider on my chin. It will go under my chin with the legs peeking up onto the front. Stoked!

Apologies if this already exists - no search function on Tapatalk. I have about 25 sheets of shop flash (prints) that my mentor painted. I've picked out the ones I want to keep and would like to trade the others, a few at a time. Does anyone have prints they might want to trade. No generic stuff. I'll post more photos later.

Painkillers are fine. You just have to take a lot and make sure to mix them with alcohol. I'd rather be a sissy with a lot of big tattoos than a tough guy without. Another good combo is nyquil and red wine. Heck even ibuprofen works if you take 1000mg.

Yup. It is. He is now on Instagram @Victorytattooing

Thanks. Trevor Shea is awesome. Here is some more of his work on my woman.

@rkctattoos is me and @gemtattooshop is the shop I'm working at

The boss just set me up with a full collection of his flash. Check out this score!

When I went in for my first sleeve 15 years ago, I brought a folder with about 15 photos and a list of about 10 criteria. I was a real pain I'm the ass. Now I know better.

Don't be too picky and don't give the artist a list of 12 things you want in the tattoo. The more artistic freedom you give the happier you will be with the tattoo!

I didn't mean you @polliwog. I got banned from a the "Buy Nothing Facebook" group a few weeks ago and I'm still mad about it!

By popular request here's the grapefruit thread. I'll post my atrocity first so nobody has to be shy about theirs sucking. This is actually my second one...the first one was a a bunch of freehand garbage and penises just for the sake of learning the machine. This one I drew a design, stenciled it on, and tried to do a good job.

Here's my $.02, and I mean no disrespect to the OP here. I can't stand it when people play tattle tale and/or get off on enforcing rules in online forums. I've seen people get banned in other groups (non tattoo related) for breaking trivial rules (often out of ignorance) and in all cases it was due to overzealous mods and tattle tales who get off on having some amount of control on an online forum (probably because they lack control of anything important in their real life). Tattooing has never been about blind obedience and following rules. Let people post what they want - within reason of course.

Here's the trick to Bactine: get the squirt bottle, NOT the spray bottle (spray can introduce airborne bacteria - if all you can get is the spray bottle then transfer it to a squirt/wash/Nalgene bottle). Now, squirt the tattoo using gloved hands to catch the excess, and rub it into the OPEN tattoo (linework usually isn't enough). Then let it sit on there for a few minutes, and then start tattooing without wiping it off the skin. Lidocaine won't fuck up your tattoo in any way and you won't OD. Note this does NOT apply to other numbing products, especially those with Epinephrine in them. Some people spray a couple squirts on and wipe it off immediately with a paper towel, and surprise, it doesn't work. This isn't a trade secret or technical information, by the way. I learned this as a collector long before I became an apprentice.

So if you have a bodysuit you're only allowed 1?

Nothing wrong with bactine. It's a staple and makes sense for all parties involved.

The soap is crap. They say to do a dry wash with it - which obviously is useless for the first couple days as that won't break up the slime. I tried it in the shower as a wet wash and as soon as it hits water it dissipates and doesn't wash anything. The ointment is nice - it's like aquaphor but it liquefies when it warms on your hand so it really rubs in nice with no goopyness. The lotion...well by the time you're in the lotion phase there's nothing that can ruin your tattoo other than picking. So I vote it no better than any other unscented lotion. Now the Nothing 5% lidocaine soap...I used it yesterday getting tattooed for the second day in a row. It works great and is better than Bactine because it is both soap an anaesthetic, so it kills two birds with one stone. Use it in leu of your wash bottle.

By Trevor Shea in Vancouver BC. Healed and no filer...seriously. Trevor is the Mike Roper of Canada in my opinion. Bodysuits that you will never see online.

@Bmore it's unreal. So sweet and malty for an IPA.

I started a duplicate thread, and here's why: the search function on the mobile app (tapatalk) doesn't work. I don't have a computer aside from my phone and tablet, so searching for threads isn't an option. Perhaps other people are in this boat too.

@swallow It's definitely fixable, so long as you don't have a skin condition that caused it and it doesn't happen again. I'd go back to your artist.

Yeah @swallow I have no idea, but I'm just a collector and apprentice. We need the big guys to chime in, but clearly they aren't sitting around checking LST right now.

Definitely nothing good! It's the only explanation I have for this strange heal.

That's so strange. Are you sure you didn't see a hooker during the healing?