Stewart Robson

Why does everyone ALWAYS ask questions on the internet about things that don't directly concern them then get pissy when they don't get an answer?
I don't get it?
But really, I'll try to be nice...
personally I don't answer that stuff online anyway. Here's some reasons why, in no particular order:
1) Many people equate time to cost and base their tattooer choices on cost. Most decent tattooers do not want to be involved in a bidding war or pitching for work.
2) serious customers ask at the shop, via email, the phone, conventions or whatever. We get a lot of time wasters, especially online. Nobody want to entertain time wasters.
3) It doesn't really matter.
4) with very large tattoos the time taken to complete it can vary between clients. Simply looking at a photo on a smartphone doesn't tell you that the client was a giant, or very petite. 25 hours for one client could mean 45-60 for another.
5) some of us get enough comments, likes, adds/requests or whatever on instagram per day that the 'news' or 'updates' tab that we miss it - there's less than 100 spaces in there so 100 likes and 2 comments means that your urgent request is missed.
If you need to know how long a particular tattooer would take to give you a certain size tattoo or amount of coverage so you can budget for your tattoo - contact them via the method they prefer, phone, email, whatever.
If you're just curious - get over it, you win some, you lose some.

Why does everyone ALWAYS ask questions on the internet about things that don't directly concern them then get pissy when they don't get an answer?
I don't get it?
But really, I'll try to be nice...
personally I don't answer that stuff online anyway. Here's some reasons why, in no particular order:
1) Many people equate time to cost and base their tattooer choices on cost. Most decent tattooers do not want to be involved in a bidding war or pitching for work.
2) serious customers ask at the shop, via email, the phone, conventions or whatever. We get a lot of time wasters, especially online. Nobody want to entertain time wasters.
3) It doesn't really matter.
4) with very large tattoos the time taken to complete it can vary between clients. Simply looking at a photo on a smartphone doesn't tell you that the client was a giant, or very petite. 25 hours for one client could mean 45-60 for another.
5) some of us get enough comments, likes, adds/requests or whatever on instagram per day that the 'news' or 'updates' tab that we miss it - there's less than 100 spaces in there so 100 likes and 2 comments means that your urgent request is missed.
If you need to know how long a particular tattooer would take to give you a certain size tattoo or amount of coverage so you can budget for your tattoo - contact them via the method they prefer, phone, email, whatever.
If you're just curious - get over it, you win some, you lose some.

Why does everyone ALWAYS ask questions on the internet about things that don't directly concern them then get pissy when they don't get an answer?
I don't get it?
But really, I'll try to be nice...
personally I don't answer that stuff online anyway. Here's some reasons why, in no particular order:
1) Many people equate time to cost and base their tattooer choices on cost. Most decent tattooers do not want to be involved in a bidding war or pitching for work.
2) serious customers ask at the shop, via email, the phone, conventions or whatever. We get a lot of time wasters, especially online. Nobody want to entertain time wasters.
3) It doesn't really matter.
4) with very large tattoos the time taken to complete it can vary between clients. Simply looking at a photo on a smartphone doesn't tell you that the client was a giant, or very petite. 25 hours for one client could mean 45-60 for another.
5) some of us get enough comments, likes, adds/requests or whatever on instagram per day that the 'news' or 'updates' tab that we miss it - there's less than 100 spaces in there so 100 likes and 2 comments means that your urgent request is missed.
If you need to know how long a particular tattooer would take to give you a certain size tattoo or amount of coverage so you can budget for your tattoo - contact them via the method they prefer, phone, email, whatever.
If you're just curious - get over it, you win some, you lose some.

Why does everyone ALWAYS ask questions on the internet about things that don't directly concern them then get pissy when they don't get an answer?
I don't get it?
But really, I'll try to be nice...
personally I don't answer that stuff online anyway. Here's some reasons why, in no particular order:
1) Many people equate time to cost and base their tattooer choices on cost. Most decent tattooers do not want to be involved in a bidding war or pitching for work.
2) serious customers ask at the shop, via email, the phone, conventions or whatever. We get a lot of time wasters, especially online. Nobody want to entertain time wasters.
3) It doesn't really matter.
4) with very large tattoos the time taken to complete it can vary between clients. Simply looking at a photo on a smartphone doesn't tell you that the client was a giant, or very petite. 25 hours for one client could mean 45-60 for another.
5) some of us get enough comments, likes, adds/requests or whatever on instagram per day that the 'news' or 'updates' tab that we miss it - there's less than 100 spaces in there so 100 likes and 2 comments means that your urgent request is missed.
If you need to know how long a particular tattooer would take to give you a certain size tattoo or amount of coverage so you can budget for your tattoo - contact them via the method they prefer, phone, email, whatever.
If you're just curious - get over it, you win some, you lose some.

Why does everyone ALWAYS ask questions on the internet about things that don't directly concern them then get pissy when they don't get an answer?
I don't get it?
But really, I'll try to be nice...
personally I don't answer that stuff online anyway. Here's some reasons why, in no particular order:
1) Many people equate time to cost and base their tattooer choices on cost. Most decent tattooers do not want to be involved in a bidding war or pitching for work.
2) serious customers ask at the shop, via email, the phone, conventions or whatever. We get a lot of time wasters, especially online. Nobody want to entertain time wasters.
3) It doesn't really matter.
4) with very large tattoos the time taken to complete it can vary between clients. Simply looking at a photo on a smartphone doesn't tell you that the client was a giant, or very petite. 25 hours for one client could mean 45-60 for another.
5) some of us get enough comments, likes, adds/requests or whatever on instagram per day that the 'news' or 'updates' tab that we miss it - there's less than 100 spaces in there so 100 likes and 2 comments means that your urgent request is missed.
If you need to know how long a particular tattooer would take to give you a certain size tattoo or amount of coverage so you can budget for your tattoo - contact them via the method they prefer, phone, email, whatever.
If you're just curious - get over it, you win some, you lose some.

Why does everyone ALWAYS ask questions on the internet about things that don't directly concern them then get pissy when they don't get an answer?
I don't get it?
But really, I'll try to be nice...
personally I don't answer that stuff online anyway. Here's some reasons why, in no particular order:
1) Many people equate time to cost and base their tattooer choices on cost. Most decent tattooers do not want to be involved in a bidding war or pitching for work.
2) serious customers ask at the shop, via email, the phone, conventions or whatever. We get a lot of time wasters, especially online. Nobody want to entertain time wasters.
3) It doesn't really matter.
4) with very large tattoos the time taken to complete it can vary between clients. Simply looking at a photo on a smartphone doesn't tell you that the client was a giant, or very petite. 25 hours for one client could mean 45-60 for another.
5) some of us get enough comments, likes, adds/requests or whatever on instagram per day that the 'news' or 'updates' tab that we miss it - there's less than 100 spaces in there so 100 likes and 2 comments means that your urgent request is missed.
If you need to know how long a particular tattooer would take to give you a certain size tattoo or amount of coverage so you can budget for your tattoo - contact them via the method they prefer, phone, email, whatever.
If you're just curious - get over it, you win some, you lose some.

Why does everyone ALWAYS ask questions on the internet about things that don't directly concern them then get pissy when they don't get an answer?
I don't get it?
But really, I'll try to be nice...
personally I don't answer that stuff online anyway. Here's some reasons why, in no particular order:
1) Many people equate time to cost and base their tattooer choices on cost. Most decent tattooers do not want to be involved in a bidding war or pitching for work.
2) serious customers ask at the shop, via email, the phone, conventions or whatever. We get a lot of time wasters, especially online. Nobody want to entertain time wasters.
3) It doesn't really matter.
4) with very large tattoos the time taken to complete it can vary between clients. Simply looking at a photo on a smartphone doesn't tell you that the client was a giant, or very petite. 25 hours for one client could mean 45-60 for another.
5) some of us get enough comments, likes, adds/requests or whatever on instagram per day that the 'news' or 'updates' tab that we miss it - there's less than 100 spaces in there so 100 likes and 2 comments means that your urgent request is missed.
If you need to know how long a particular tattooer would take to give you a certain size tattoo or amount of coverage so you can budget for your tattoo - contact them via the method they prefer, phone, email, whatever.
If you're just curious - get over it, you win some, you lose some.

Why does everyone ALWAYS ask questions on the internet about things that don't directly concern them then get pissy when they don't get an answer?
I don't get it?
But really, I'll try to be nice...
personally I don't answer that stuff online anyway. Here's some reasons why, in no particular order:
1) Many people equate time to cost and base their tattooer choices on cost. Most decent tattooers do not want to be involved in a bidding war or pitching for work.
2) serious customers ask at the shop, via email, the phone, conventions or whatever. We get a lot of time wasters, especially online. Nobody want to entertain time wasters.
3) It doesn't really matter.
4) with very large tattoos the time taken to complete it can vary between clients. Simply looking at a photo on a smartphone doesn't tell you that the client was a giant, or very petite. 25 hours for one client could mean 45-60 for another.
5) some of us get enough comments, likes, adds/requests or whatever on instagram per day that the 'news' or 'updates' tab that we miss it - there's less than 100 spaces in there so 100 likes and 2 comments means that your urgent request is missed.
If you need to know how long a particular tattooer would take to give you a certain size tattoo or amount of coverage so you can budget for your tattoo - contact them via the method they prefer, phone, email, whatever.
If you're just curious - get over it, you win some, you lose some.

Why does everyone ALWAYS ask questions on the internet about things that don't directly concern them then get pissy when they don't get an answer?
I don't get it?
But really, I'll try to be nice...
personally I don't answer that stuff online anyway. Here's some reasons why, in no particular order:
1) Many people equate time to cost and base their tattooer choices on cost. Most decent tattooers do not want to be involved in a bidding war or pitching for work.
2) serious customers ask at the shop, via email, the phone, conventions or whatever. We get a lot of time wasters, especially online. Nobody want to entertain time wasters.
3) It doesn't really matter.
4) with very large tattoos the time taken to complete it can vary between clients. Simply looking at a photo on a smartphone doesn't tell you that the client was a giant, or very petite. 25 hours for one client could mean 45-60 for another.
5) some of us get enough comments, likes, adds/requests or whatever on instagram per day that the 'news' or 'updates' tab that we miss it - there's less than 100 spaces in there so 100 likes and 2 comments means that your urgent request is missed.
If you need to know how long a particular tattooer would take to give you a certain size tattoo or amount of coverage so you can budget for your tattoo - contact them via the method they prefer, phone, email, whatever.
If you're just curious - get over it, you win some, you lose some.

Why does everyone ALWAYS ask questions on the internet about things that don't directly concern them then get pissy when they don't get an answer?
I don't get it?
But really, I'll try to be nice...
personally I don't answer that stuff online anyway. Here's some reasons why, in no particular order:
1) Many people equate time to cost and base their tattooer choices on cost. Most decent tattooers do not want to be involved in a bidding war or pitching for work.
2) serious customers ask at the shop, via email, the phone, conventions or whatever. We get a lot of time wasters, especially online. Nobody want to entertain time wasters.
3) It doesn't really matter.
4) with very large tattoos the time taken to complete it can vary between clients. Simply looking at a photo on a smartphone doesn't tell you that the client was a giant, or very petite. 25 hours for one client could mean 45-60 for another.
5) some of us get enough comments, likes, adds/requests or whatever on instagram per day that the 'news' or 'updates' tab that we miss it - there's less than 100 spaces in there so 100 likes and 2 comments means that your urgent request is missed.
If you need to know how long a particular tattooer would take to give you a certain size tattoo or amount of coverage so you can budget for your tattoo - contact them via the method they prefer, phone, email, whatever.
If you're just curious - get over it, you win some, you lose some.

@gronk, you're entitled to get any type of tattoo that you want. that is everyone's prerogative. but many of have found, some through personal mistake, or seeing others, and just living for several decades, that tattoos have trends just like anything else. a good majority of us here realize that, and we stick to traditional american, japanese, and black and grey tattoos because we know they will still be relevant 10-20-30-50-100 years from now. that's right, my rotting corpse will still have relevant tats!

Why does everyone ALWAYS ask questions on the internet about things that don't directly concern them then get pissy when they don't get an answer?
I don't get it?
But really, I'll try to be nice...
personally I don't answer that stuff online anyway. Here's some reasons why, in no particular order:
1) Many people equate time to cost and base their tattooer choices on cost. Most decent tattooers do not want to be involved in a bidding war or pitching for work.
2) serious customers ask at the shop, via email, the phone, conventions or whatever. We get a lot of time wasters, especially online. Nobody want to entertain time wasters.
3) It doesn't really matter.
4) with very large tattoos the time taken to complete it can vary between clients. Simply looking at a photo on a smartphone doesn't tell you that the client was a giant, or very petite. 25 hours for one client could mean 45-60 for another.
5) some of us get enough comments, likes, adds/requests or whatever on instagram per day that the 'news' or 'updates' tab that we miss it - there's less than 100 spaces in there so 100 likes and 2 comments means that your urgent request is missed.
If you need to know how long a particular tattooer would take to give you a certain size tattoo or amount of coverage so you can budget for your tattoo - contact them via the method they prefer, phone, email, whatever.
If you're just curious - get over it, you win some, you lose some.

My personal problem with this stuff is that it doesn't deal with or derive from the basic motivations of humans or society.
All the long-lasting tattoo imagery addresses or springs from some basic element of humanity. Which is why they've lasted a long time.
My opinion is that this style of work (trash polka et al) is created with the main motivation to stand out from the crowd or be 'different'.
The drive to be original, different or special, is fundamentally flawed and certainly short-lived.
If tattoo designs derive from deep-rooted human drives and archetypes it's pretty much impossible for the concept to become dated. The execution is a different matter.
In my opinion all the best tattoo imagery comes from or symbolises basic human drives, or the needs of humans in society. Skulls, pin-ups, powerful animals, flowers, hearts, religious imagery, daggers etc, etc.
Most of the flash or portfolios (including tribal) in a decent tattoo shop will succinctly encompass the interesting bits of the human experience.
That's why the work posted in this thread rings hollow for me, regardless of the difficulty of the application.

I know it's been months without any significant news but...
Here's a trailer.


Please spread the word.

Thanks @Iwar
I'm pleased that some people are looking forward to this. I hope I can edit something interesting for those who care about such things. i hope I can get it finished by the end of the year.
There might not be many new interview posts coming up over the next few months because I'm just starting to get stuck into the editing proper and there's already a lot of faces to squeeze in to the film.
I still need to reply to a few emails and I'm honoured that people offered their time to help - I really do appreciate it.
Danny is a member here at LST but I'll let him make himself known if he wants to.

I know it's been months without any significant news but...
Here's a trailer.


Please spread the word.

I know it's been months without any significant news but...
Here's a trailer.


Please spread the word.

I know it's been months without any significant news but...
Here's a trailer.


Please spread the word.

I know it's been months without any significant news but...
Here's a trailer.


Please spread the word.

I know it's been months without any significant news but...
Here's a trailer.


Please spread the word.

I know it's been months without any significant news but...
Here's a trailer.


Please spread the word.

I know it's been months without any significant news but...
Here's a trailer.


Please spread the word.

I know it's been months without any significant news but...
Here's a trailer.


Please spread the word.

I know it's been months without any significant news but...
Here's a trailer.


Please spread the word.

I know it's been months without any significant news but...
Here's a trailer.


Please spread the word.