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    Marcus wasn't happy with the first edit so it's being reformatted. Should be up in a couple more days...
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    Considering that it's now the year of the dragon... well... Dragons :D
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    I guess it's going up late tonight...
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    I'm seeing the page for Episode 2 but there's an empty square where the video should be...
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    I believe TAM is only helping with advertising. New Era has been brought on as a sponsor. Episode 2 will be up tomorrow! should be a good one, it has to do with the WW2 era and the beginning of tattooing as an 'industry'
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    Marcus Kuhn got into town late last night, he's slowly made his way over from Maine over the last few months. Over breakfast he told me all about the upcoming Gypsy Gentleman episodes, the next installment should be up sometime the first week of January and features Steve Byrne and Tony Hundall and was filmed at different places around Austin. The line up and the premise of the third episode should be really good, there's a great line up of tattooers and it's going to be filmed in San Francisco next month. I'm really excited about that one ;) Next Thursday he'll start to dial in my sleeve that was started in May with some colors, super stoked!! Pix for sure :D
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    I do the same thing, inhale while they dip in the ink and exhale while they tattoo, seems to help me. If it's really a problem get some EMLA cream or some of that Dr. Numb stuff, some people may call you a pussy but if it's going to make it easier for your artist, who cares what people say.....
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    he was wearing this shirt... Mens | mens 3385 ltd ed guest artist myoshka the good cross charcoal marl tops & outerwear t shirts maharishi mainline at maharishi | maharishi online store for mens and womens clothing. I'm surprised that he has people that follow his blog that don't understand what he was wearing....
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    Aside from a little bullet button my AR is just the same as yours ;) Unfortunately the magazines are 20 rounds lighter :(
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    I"ve actually started treatment at a place with in walking distance from my house. They use the best laser and gave me the best price besides one other place in Washington DC. I lucked out! :D
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    Have you taken any pix of your progress?
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    when the thread was started it said San Diego
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    it hurts a lot more but it's much quicker. It's a sharper, deeper pain but doesn't last as long. The itch for 2 weeks afterward is almost worse than the actual laser treatment!! I keep a spatula handy for my back :D
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    I can't comment on a swastika as bold as the one used in the first post but I know the Sayagata pattern used in MANY Japanese tattoos as a pattern on cloth is made up of interlocking swastikas. Here's a tattoo by Dominic Vasquez with the sayagata pattern It also seems to be the most common thing in pattern/dotwork master Xed Le Head, I believe they use it in the Buddhist/Hindu text where I believe it originated. Him and his whole crew have them EVERYWHERE including all over their faces, some bold others more obscure... you can see it on this guys face... and on this back tattoo done by Tomas Tomas...
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    If he knew she was high, it shouldn't matter how many times he asked her. He shouldn't have done it.
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    c'mon, really?
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    best shops???

    ian replied to tat2tony's topic in Tattoo Advice

    Power Tattoo in Vista, Ca is legit
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    best shops???

    ian replied to tat2tony's topic in Tattoo Advice

    State of Grace is a nice shop
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    Thanks Ursula, it is a pretty rad tattoo! It's the result of having too much illegal money and getting high on my own supply ;) Fortunately there's a lot of powder grey shading that won't need any laser but some of the black parts are pretty damn black. They did give me some EMLA cream, it's only 2.5% lidocane and really didn't seem to do much. She offered to shoot me up with some lidocane but since it's such a big area I'd have to pay for the time which she said would amount to $150. I figured it'll be done soon enough that I can just bear it. It is pretty painful, it feels like a combination of an electric shock and someone snapping a rubberband on you times 1000. When they stop and start again it hurts but once they get going it's not as bad but it's still pretty bad. I know there's another topical cream called LMX4 that's 4% lidocane but it doesn't have as much as the other stuff in the EMLA. Karl, do you have an opinion on the 2 creams? EMLA and LMX4?
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    probably a big skull with a samurai helmet and a big snake. I have Chris Yvon @ Power Tattoo in Vista working on the drawing :D
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    you get down, I watched you tattoo at SFO for a bit. I believe I posted a pic of you in the thread...
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    you can see she hit the whole right wing, half of the left wing, the letters and mountains at the top, all the facial features and half of the hair
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    I figured I'd document my laser sessions here for those that would like to follow along. The Woman doing it is the Physicians Assistant for a Dermatologist near my house. At my consultation she said she could do half at a time and today she said the reason was that if there was a negative reaction it would be on only half of the area rather than the whole thing. Today she said as long as this goes well she could probably do the whole thing in one session and after todays session it doesn't seem like it should be a problem, she did much more than half today. They use the Medlite C6 which is, from what I understand, one of the best lasers on the market. I'm happy with the outcome so far, the skin isn't broken or anything and there's no blistering. My wife got something removed by another Dermatologist on her finger and it blistered and bled like a motherfucker. I'm not sure if she could have hit it harder today but I'd rather she not and not have it be a big bloody mess. Feel free to ask any questions and I'll do what I can to answer :D Here's before... And after todays session which I understand will lighten more over the next 6 weeks as my body absorbs the ink... I'm getting the rest done on the 7th and from there I'll go back as my bank account allows me...
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    No, what I mean is that a few of the pictures aren't displaying and instead I'm seeing one of these...
  25. ian
    saw the big 4 at the Cochella Polo Fields. Anthrax, Megadeth and especially Slayer kicked major ass!!! Metallica sucked balls.....
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