eisen777

My back outline got pushed up. I start it next weekend with Chad K. Looks like my next 2 years of tattooing is going to be all this big work im starting this year.

My wife gave me her old Peavey. She used it in her band all throughout the late 90s. I don't play it nearly as much as I should. She also gave me her early '90s Japanese Strat that has a weird Floyd Rose-style bridge and a graphite nut. It is crazy awesome. I love that woman.
The best amp I ever had was a Sovtek Mig 60 that I painted bright red. That amp could drop a man at 20 paces. It would shit all over every Marshall/Laney/Bogner/Fender it was up against.

@eisen777, hell yes! just played that unwound album yesterday!
if i didn't know better, i'd think that you and @CultExciter were stalking me...haha, since it seems like a song/album gets posted within a day or two of me playing it. some of the best stuff from the 90's that no one really has heard of either.

I've been lurking here for a solid 8-9 months now, not heavily tattooed, just getting started. I'm working my way down one arm right now, but due to being a grad student, it will be a while before I'm finished.
Started with this by your own Mario Desa back in November:

Got this Dietzel flash from Nick Colella in March:

Also have a little Sailor Jerry butterfly that I got from Mario on the same day as the gypsy, but I don't have a picture of it.
Sorry if these aren't as recent as stuff people normally post, but I wanted to contribute.

Damn....thats some dedication to the champagne of beers.

this is pretty simple in the act of self promoting you publish your stuff and it is public domain. i dont mean in a legal way but your putting it out there for people to see. this business is full of no talent ass clowns who search hi and low for influences to print off the computer and trace.. haha. as for flash thats the whole point. cant get pissed if someone sucks at doing your designs be glad you dont. you paint them to sell that s the whole deal. now if you look at someones design and try to copy it you are ripping it off, if you look at it and it inspires you to draw eagles all day thats influenced. we are sponges you cant help look at eds eagles and not love the way the wings have tension and try to recreate that energy but not line for line, thats just not right. finally just learn how to draw it stay up all night chain smoke get drunk listen to tom waits bone machine and dig in and learn how malone did it or how ed makes it look easy its up to you and fuck everyone else......much love scott

well...this is bound to turn into a huge mess. but, here's my take. i think we all "appropriate" things, especially those of us who follow "traditional" tattooing. by its nature, traditional or classic tattooing follows a certain code, look, and rules. we follow a lineage. most of the designs have been passed on to us through that lineage and visual heritage, and their origins are long lost, or if there was an originator, he is long dead.
now, if a LIVING tattooer does something unique and original, and it's his/her own idea, and overnight, thanks to facebook, it's being copied all over the world and internet, i think that's wrong. that guy came up with something cool and new, maybe his whole own style or niche, and he's still alive, making a living. we should respect that.

Booked in with Steve Boltz in just over a month. Can't wait. Trying to decide between a Rock of Ages and Pharaohs Horses or just something random on the day. Whatever I get I'm sure it's going to be incredible :D

What I did was mentioned my ideas and went with the one he said was cool....

where are you planning on putting the tattoo? either or he'll do an awesome job.

My back outline got pushed up. I start it next weekend with Chad K. Looks like my next 2 years of tattooing is going to be all this big work im starting this year.

My back outline got pushed up. I start it next weekend with Chad K. Looks like my next 2 years of tattooing is going to be all this big work im starting this year.

My jamns for the day.....jamin.

I guess this has become my official thread. It's cool. I'll geek out on the stuff getting me through the tough shit.

That new Soundgarden song in The Avengers is AWFUL. Audioslave is awful, too. What happened to Chris Cornell?
Oh well, Soundgarden before they decided to suck...

yep.

http://youtu.be/_hxjMw9PmS4

Here's my half sleeve in progress. Half shaded and the inside of the arm has nothing on it yet. By Frej Lind @ Royal Arch Tattoo in Västerås, Sweden. My next appointments are to get this side of the arm finished up and also one with Deno at Stockholm Inkbash in august. He's giving me a monkey contemplating a human skull. It's going to be fun!

because of the placement it's super bruised but here's a preview :D

Almost forgot to post this up!
Regino Gonzales
Invisible NYC

Just got this from Bryan Randolph at Spider Murphy's:

It's based on old Milton Zeis flash (and my wife, for bonus points). Bryan's awesome, and I couldn't be happier with it.

Done by Deno.

My appt. with Chris O'Donnell is TODAY!!! YES!!!

I was 21 when I got my first tattoo. I'm glad I waited until then or I would have some really stupid shit on my body. My boyfriend had gotten a few tattoos from Tony Sellers aka Fat Tony at Hobos Tattoo in Portsmouth, NH. I really wanted to get one so my boyfriend took me to go see Tony. I told him I wanted a rose on my shoulder and just kind of left it at that. He showed me one that he had in his sketchbook and without even really looking at it, I said sure. I remember being so nervous as soon as he started to tattoo me that I was shaking. It was so bad that he had to stop and wait until I calmed down. That rose is still one of my favorite tattoos that I have. Tony has since become friend of mine and I highly recommend him if you are ever in NH.

If you're interested, i recently posted an interview that I did with Zach Nelligan during the Roc City convention. Check it out on my blog:
Our Endless Days | A blog for traditional tattoo enthusiasts

No apologies necessary. I love coming into this thread and seeing rad stuff.
Here's my contributions for today. All by Tim Lehi. I wish these pictures were better so I could see more of the detail...