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As promised a couple more from Rachi Brains BLACK THRONE TATTOO Should maybe also take this moment to mention the also amazingly talented Ms. Alison Manners who is also tattooing out of Black Throne these days. Also check Manners Tattoo.com

@Wedge - I 'liked' your new lady head from Mr Wells in the other thread, and I'll sure as hell like it again in this one ;) Its that f#cking beautiful.

I think this sums it up pretty well. RIP! For anyone unfamiliar with Kanames' work here are just a couple of examples. His works, painting and documenting Horiyoshi III's female clients are truly stunning so lets start with one of those ;)

I've never had any problems or issues while traveling although I did receive a few weird looks (see: stares) from a few older gentlemen whilst in Japan but other than that everything has been pretty smooth (I hope I haven't just jinxed myself... lol)

@ThaliaCamille - Indeed! I really should dig some of her work up, thanks for the reminder ;) (shall be back later to post)

Happy Birthday Dari!!

To be honest, thats my biggest problem with this tattoo - I can't stand racism. It just doesn't make sense to me (granted thats just me) But i agree, this is definitely a "laugh in the face" scenario

"Ok... I think we may have it..." *tattooer walks back,looks* "Oh, uh actually if we..." *wipes of stencil starts again - 'centers' * "And there we have it. Perfect"

Apologies but I found some more:

by Alix Ge https://www.facebook.com/alixgp

@Lance - very, very nice work and welcome to the forum :cool:

Sorry Dan... *leaves with sad puppy look on face*... ;) I'm still laughing, @dcostello thats my 'call of the week' thus far dude

Can't remember where I found these but they are stoled from the interwebs :D ^^ THIS PLACE LOOKS AWESOME. Can anyone confirm or deny its existence? ^Good advice. ^aaaaaaaaaaaah... only if he buys me dinner first.

I'm not fully sure what this guy is trying to say about himself... I figure if I keep looking long enough I might get it... One thing I can tell straight off the bat is what an upstanding citizen he is ;)

Since I'm on holidays, bored and have a few mother loads of horrible tattoo stashes floating around the interwebs, I figured I'd share some more wonderment. lol enjoy

Doesn't it feel great!?! Best Club Ever ;)

@Raskolnikov - that shit above had me in stitches, and slightly concerned lol

Yeah, you guys are pretty cool ;) Seriously though, thanks to everyone who set the forum up, and for everyone that contributes and makes LST what it is. Wish I was in the bay area to actually meet peeps, but alas, Australia is a tad far. One day though... thinking I might have to make a trip to the San Diego convention in the near future... Here's to the next year and all that follow!

My first tattoo was some kanji. Yes, I can admit it lol. It would have been 12 years ago and I got this in a local biker shop near where I grew up. The place was a classic walk in shop. Flash covering the walls (not the best flash but everything they needed for their clientele) The guys in there where rough as guts, but to their credit the shop was pretty clean... even if they where smoking up a storm in there. I had got it thinking it meant "Good Luck" or "Good Fortune"... I was wrong... (kinda) As most kids are, I was stoked with it and went around showing my friends and all was going well until I showed my chinese friend Alex. He asked "What's that say?" to which I replied "Good fortune", to which he simply replied "No it isn't." and starts laughing until he's almost in tears. I asked him what it meant and he refused to tell me. He said "if you went and got a tattoo without doing the research then you can live with it". Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuu At the time I worked night shift in a internet cafe/online gaming centre which was rarely busy, so for the next 3 nights straight all I did was try and find out want it meant. That and trying to convince Alex to tell me. Third night, it's 4am and I am loosing my shit. I could find one or the other character but not the two together. (I admit I probably wasn't looking on the best sites but eh). Anyway, its 4am and this cafe was below a few English language schools in the Brisbane CBD. There weren't may people in there but I noticed that there was one asian guy sitting playing Counter Strike so I walked up, tapped him on the shoulder and just said "excuse me, are you chinese?". Poor dude shit himself (not literally) and cautiously answered "y...yes". "Awesome!", I pulled out the chair next to him, sat down and said "whats this say?" He breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and tried to figure out how to explain it to me. My heart was in my throat thinking the worst all I could think was this is going to be bad - Alex was laughing so hard its going to be really really bad... The young chinese guy looked up and said "it means 'Better Life'... its a really good symbol. we say it at new year and for luck". My response was "so its a good symbol? its ok??" he smiled and nodded. I was cheering to say the least. I gave him his time for free on the machines, and then went upstairs to see Alex who was working in another shop. And told him what I'd just been told. He looked at me and said "I know. I just wanted you to shit yourself for a little while until you learnt your lesson" So kids what have we learnt? Your chinese friends can be real assholes sometimes ;)

@RoryQ haha kind of. I have been lucky enough to get over 3 times in the last ten months (thank you Jetstar haha) but that was everything I was able to get done last trip (Hannya second trip, nothing on the first) But i'll either get my ass back over asap or wait until the crew come to Australia next year. I missed getting work from Chad also when he was here in Brisbane recently at Westside... one day dammit.

@jade1955 - dude, that Dietzel piece from Chad is gorgeous. How long did it take him? (guessing 20mins/half an hour? haha) and your lady got some beautiful work also, very jealous! How did your appointment go today? @Tim Burke - that wolf is tough, nicely done I finally got photos of the rest of what I had done in Kyoto, not the best lighting but better than nothing for now :) two more sessions should finish it up me thinks ^^Sorry for the crappy photo but I really like these finger waves and wind bar

@Texkota you asked for it...

@Gregor - gold. I have found some new contenders people: ^^ The 'cat' (I use the term loosely) looks like it could be from the same artists that brought you the mighty tapeworm as shown to use by @slayer9019 lol