Shannon Shirley

oohhhh...I get it now...yeah ,people screw lettering up constantly.I guess if you dont have an instinctual understanding its tough. I see so many rely on the interweb fonts,which I personally find offensive in some sort of personally proud way. LEARN IT. Its so important in tattooing. So many steer away. And in the past ,many wouldnt do it, stating the ''dont do names'' as some sort of saving the masses from thier'' tattoo mistakes'' helpfullness. I do a bit of sign painting also, so I dig it. oh ,and uh,''sarsparilla''? is that northeastern? I just about never use reference and often see ,later, my own font mistakes,or is it just my own style? hehehe

wow... so many good young tattoers nowadays...Howdy.

howdy fellow bay native...yeah where you workin?

because I worked for GTC in Modesto for yrs it is part of my lexicon, and I do feel like I ''get it ''having grew up with many Chicans in the suburbs of the East Bay ,Nor Cal,So I feel like It being strictly So Cal is not true. Charlie left ELA in 85'. To quote Tim...''that fish has been fileted''.Do to the internet and media everyone ,now, can pretend to be part of it. Even in south Alabama they like my ''California style'' lettering. Not because I imitate, But because its part of who I am. although BJ's books are beautiful and helpful to the masses, that's not where'' I'' got It....heck I did Scott S's belly rocker 20yrs ago...''Loco Amor'' .Scott and them at American Graffiti used to ask me how and what spanish words were spelt and meant...hehehe...another Huero..Soy Como Soy.

yeay.....howdy Chad.. My mother is full blooded azorian,a Marin native,her mother was from around Yuba city and Livingston.... so, Im half portagee....Nobody in the south understands, it seems what a portagee is. Except brazilians.

always........

damn ....... Its my day off.... and Its Alabama....heheheheh ....taxes ?????

god damn....if i could do my arms over....id get scotty to do my elbows now that he can tattoo....hehehehehe....we never see old tattoos by us old fu#ks...maybe Ill take some pics and spread em.....

I dont think youre old enough to say shit like that......

ok real nice.....om mani...padmi hummmmm...

some of us are on the verge of alzeimers.......hhuuhhh???

San Diego is a mecca for tattooing, it should be relatively easy to find someone qualified to do anything your heart desires. good luck.

hehehe okey dokey thx

Ive got one very much like that. It was given to me @20 yrs ago....the glass is cracked,I cant get myself to break the seal on the back to fix it.. What's ROA mean?.

Thats how it been for a long ...like thier afraid thier friends will look at that tattoo and won't understand,If they actually let some shaky ol' bastard tattoo them...I got tattooed at Doc Webb's in San Diego @89' I believe Doc was Alredy dead , but it was still cool, I can't remember the tattooers name right now ,I'd hafta look at my ol notes, but either way ,No gloves, I felt like I was interupting his ''Soaps'', pretty funny.

Ive mentioned it before....Ive gotta a damn Eric Hogan tattoo , It blows.....he's gone...I can't get myself to cover it, god Im a sap!!

thank you guys...I used to go to some racing events,and even took part in amatuer roadracing..small ones big ones..motorcycles ...cars ..I didnt care, I just grew up around motorsports and i like it. I always rooted for the new guy,till he proved me wrong. the young kids,the underdogs ,For the sheer reason that the important ones get the support, nobody ever gives a damn about the guy/gal that might lose , because if they support the underdog and he doesnt win by proxy they might seem like a loser. It always seemed stupid and childish to me.I have known some great ones.but to act like everybody else in the game sucks is stupid.Instead of pretending your cool, cause you waited three months to get the next hip thing from the newest cool guy, go see Rick Walters ,Tenn dave, yeah where's Zeke,dont pretend to love the history and ignore those ol'bastards/bitches (didn't want to leave you out ladies) get a real historic tattoo. You'll be able to tell all your friends some shit they might not know. This business is rapidly losing its soul.....Help preserve the soul of tattooing....Im not telling you to get tattooed by any idiot with a ''gun''. Im just real suprised since Ive been on this sight at the knee jerk, bloodsucking wannabeism that are quick to judge whos cool cause they read it in a magazine or seen it on TV. Most of them old school cats never trusted magazines or TV. But nowaday's you see'm around in the media cause everyone has realized it's the only way to survive, what a shame. Shame on you ,Walmart shoppers.

today ,I got to listen to one of the people I work with tell his clientel that he thought the show would help the public understand what good and bad tattoos were....ha..ha. like his flash copies are comparable to the very qualified tattooers towards the end.

I love this Eisen...good art will never be technically the best....good art has character, soul. what makes a better story? I got tattooed by a great artist, we had capachinnos and discussed Vivaldi. .....I got tattooed by a good ol man, we went out later and got our asses kicked. This who's the best crap is lame and only for the snobbish.

Mark my words......Its the next TV show...they re probably already workin on it.....I'll call It ''Ol Bastards'' .....After the competition is over, you gotta fist fight the 70 yr ol bastard....for the money..we'll see how that goes. hehehe So,there you go.....New thread....Who's the best Tattooer youve been tattooed by , over the age of 60 , that you know , could kick yer ass?

we all started somewhere. I love scott's interviews, if you pay attention ,they all start with the embarassing question. Scott has Aaron C's first tattoo on his chest, well he used to.

hell yeah!!!!

thank you....Ed started this shit. don't get me wrong ,ya gotta love Ed. but, Now everybodys a damn expert. I dont think they listen well.....Who interviewed Stoney ,while Les held the camera?.It reminds me of how a preacher will take bits and pieces to make it suit his needs. Ed appreciated all of it...If you dont believe me,Ask him........P.S. If he didn't why did he publish my 1st wife's dribble she calls books....hhehehe.....yeah ,lookit up....Margo DeMello. And If she says that first book didnt come from my thoughts ,shes a liar.

Oh yeah....that's what im talkin bout....another star is born. We've got oil embargos , howzabout tattoo kit embargos. You ever look at "Lucky Supply's'' tattoo kits? ya gotta love it.

Off the subject a little....most of the non tattooers on here are business conscious, you know about it and will travel because you want it, the rest of the world ...doesnt care who the names are ....they cant even imagine paying more than 5 bucks for a poster...original art? what for?...they eat fried chicken and it fills thier bellies. good enough, they feel. You do understand that? They dont even want a new Cadillac, that 15 yr old bucket from korea runs just fine. If it wasn't for them, Me..Us...the mediocre..wouldnt stand a chance.