Tim Goodrich

Man, I met Ledann in Bakersfield with their son. Timmy Tatts called me up to their hotel room. I walked into a pile of original Eddie Peace Flash......Old hinged brass tubes, a pile of envelope art from Doc Webb to Eddie...................Machines like you wouldn't believe. Everything was in plastic, I found a beautiful Paul Rogers on Waters 6 frame, with a strut bar welded on......double wrapped green fish tape coils.........I wish I had the loot. Well Ledann is one of the coolest cat's I have ever met. We all had dinner and connected our booths at the show. I got a Wagner frame, Two sheets of Eddie Peace flash, and traded Ledanns son his knuckles for a flash book. Great family. The photo album was killer. Eddie Peace was in a band called the "Wandering Playboys".

Fuck yes, these are dope!!!!

The polynesian/Hawaiian style, I have no reservations, that's part of the culture over here, accepted by all. Half of my head is tattooed and I keep it shaved......pretty evil black and grey, I call it the hair club for Tim.....lol. I was going up for a trial a few years ago, morning of my jury selection, my lawyer stressed out about my head, then the prospective jurors kinda gathered around me like I was a rock star (Hawaiians are so cool when it comes to tattoos) all very curious, until the bailiff freaked out and yelled at all of us. We were not stressed about the tattoos after that........... The kind of facial tattoos I am referring to in this thread are exactly what Hawk is mentioning about Lil Wayne.......The gangsta tattoos on the face........kids coming in and "Set Trippin" on their cheeks and eyebrow lines..........Now it's spreading to the "afro saxons" and even skaters. Jay Adams is running around the north shore with LA on his face....... Those are the ones I get a pit in my stomach about........"Is this one gonna come back later crying to me about some "hard luck" they are experiencing? I like to work and make money, am I violating some ethical code?

One of the most regularly requested tattoos I have been noticing are facial tattoos. I keep getting requests by guys and girls/ Guys wanting small designs across the eyebrow...words, or something small where a tear drop would go......city initials, spiders etc....gangster shit......girls wanting the stars etc........ For some reason, I get this feeling that I am doing something taboo..........like when that little voice is telling me not too and I get that feeling in my gut. Anybody else experience this? Any of you get regular requests for this shit?

In Hawaii, we get alot of "ho, i like blast'em" "poke" We even had a shop over here called "Like poke Tattoo". It's all a from "pidgin" and I hear it daily: You blast'em today?" It's died down some, but it happens at least once a day.

I enjoy the artistic license afforded me by my customer, with a general subject. I follow some simple old rules that have worked for a long time. When they look at a refined line drawing, they get the idea. I hate seeing money go out the door, so I will draw as long as my schedule allows. Getting off my sometimes lazy ass and doing a color study usually results in a stoked customer and a way better tattoo. I have noticed this, people come in with a better description and more willing to make the attempt at conveying their desire since the television shows. Some tattooers get grumpier with age, but the cool head always prevails.

This is an eagle done by Rosie C. This looks like the eagle that is untying they hula girl that says "Don't worry, I help you" in the book. My dentist is his grandson. The guy who did the tile in my bathrooms had this tattoo. I will locate the NKC tattoos he had on his arms and post those too.

The Lance in Hawaii used to work for Rollo. The Lance from Orlando..........I think is Lance Conklin......who was running around with Milford Barnes down in the San Diego area. Lance from Hawaii is still working in his shop daily. Still wears chinos and aloha shirts everyday. You seriously walk into a time warp when you step into his shop. Very cool guy.

This is the best forum site I've seen. Very mature, and drama free. I am happy to be part of it. Thank you guys.

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