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    Dan DiMattia. http://calypsotattoo.com/ I'm not super into the tribal thing but watching Dan work and hearing him talk about the designs is always a lot of fun. He does some really nice stuff and a lot of his work can be really fun. He's also a force of fucking nature -- get him talking about his chi and you'll never hear the end of it! Also, don't ever agree to spar/wrestle/box with him.. you will lose. He may be one of the simultaneously nicest and toughest dudes ever.
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    Really dig Mario's panther/tiger/animal heads. Getting tattooed by him next Friday -- pretty pumped!
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    At this point, I've got a steadily growing list of tattooers I'd like to get work from.. I'd say half magazines/interviews/internet and half word of mouth. Seems a lot of it is in conversation or an interview when someone tosses out names and I might not know a name so I'll go try to do some research in books/internet/magazines. But a good attitude is what makes me want to keep going back. My first big tattoo was done by Dave Wallin. It was snowing and near closing time and he wasn't at the shop, so the owner called him up, Dave came down, talked to me and wasn't a prick, drew up a sketch and we put on the outline. Five years later, Dave's done a bunch of my tattoos, I worked in his shop and while I had to give it up for my day job, I still help out on wknds scrubbing tubes. A good attitude can make you wanna do that.
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    Nothin?! Shit..
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    This comes after a comment Julio made: "this guy rolled through the shop in san jose once. kinda rockabilly type with is rockabilly girl. he did have a mustache and goatee going on. but under the mustache you could see he had a mustache TATTOOED on him!!!!!!! it was kinda in the shape of the pringles guy. he wanted a day of the dead sugar skull of him and his girl with a dagger. i drew one with the silly mustache. he never came back to get it tattooed. i think i offended him with the funny mustache on the skull that represented him." There have gotta be more folks holding on to drawings like this that never happened!
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    Don't know Capn Jazz, but bummer when a band is a bummer!

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    By Theo Mindell

    gougetheeyes commented on hogg's gallery image in Animal Tattoos

    By Theo Mindell
    SO NICE dude! Good job on having this tattoo!
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    Mario, I'm the one that booked in for the 5th. Panther head! Pumped!
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    Don't mention the cancellation list. Make it for those dozen or so who are really committed! Also, when I saw the title of this post I thought it was about blacklisting names.. which I think is also a good idea. If you're a no-show more than a couple times, extra flaky or obviously having drug time in the bathroom, you get blacklisted. Like at Hop Sing's.
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    Dude got rid of his myspace a while back and I think he's staying "off the grid" a bit? Maybe the guys at the shop know?
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    You mean a loo?
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    LIL CHAMPION? .........new rap name.
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    Ribs and ankle/foot area. Got a lot of space left compared to most of you on here I'm guessing.. I'm truly worried about my back. And kind of hoping I'll never make it to full ass.
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    The area where the ankle meets the foot was fucking brutal. I had a really easy time with my elbows and my chest was like dozing on a tropical fucking beach with a drink compared to a lot of other spots.
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    New thread: Hilarious drawings that never got made into tattoos
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    HA!!! I can't believe you took the time to draw the whole thing up I'd have loved to fucking see that!
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    I missed em twice in the last two years (er, year and a half?).. was out of town both fucking times. Bumout City.
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    This was an earlier idea of mine, too and I've actually seen one of these, just can't remember where or by who! ...Useless.
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    Or lanterns or pocket watches or pyramids.
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    I feel like this has been going strong for a while.. hell, my girlfriend has one. I've seen plenty of dudes with this, too, though most are either heavily tattooed or are the types with only the hand/forearm/neck trio. In related news, I also have a torch tattoo on my shin. Happily, no owls, victrolas, diamonds or peacock feathers.
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    A buddy of mine has guested there a bunch, aussie Jake, who has the utmost respect for Sid and has only said a million good things. I'd really love to get tattooed by Sid!
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    I thought you believed in miracles after you did my ribs. Sonofa...
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    Well said.
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    Exactly! If I'm opening a tire factory I'd at least buy a bunch of tires and do a little reading on rubber or something. I'm not trying to beat a dead horse here, I just thought this kind of thing had already passed. The least you could do is be a scummy biker or something.
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    Just got an email from a guy with no tattoos who does not tattoo, we'll call him Old Man River, saying "Hey, opening a tattoo shop/art gallery with some friends and business partners," asking me if I knew anyone who wanted to work there. Without typing a laundry list of everything wrong with this picture (which I just did and then deleted after I thought better of it), what's the general feeling here? My response to him was short but polite. I'm not a tattooer myself but I really wanted to fly off the handle a bit... and its not even my place to. I know there are a few non-tattooers who have done this very successfully but it's rare. I wouldn't decide to go open a shoe store or a tire factory -- how could I justify it when I know nothing about those industries -- so why do people think they can open a shop/GALLERY and somehow become respected and successful in the tattoo community?
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