Joe Stratford

SOLD! I'll take two..

What the fuck is this? What the fuck is a 'Tattoo Designer'?
More importantly I had a look through their Instagram Instagram and I can see work regramed/reposted by Tattoodo from
Chad Koeplinger
Horiyoshi 3
Tim Hendricks
Scott Sylvia
Stewart Robson
Etc, Etc.
(not sure how to tag names on here - help? mod?)
I'm pretty sure none of these artists would be happy about their work being passed off and associated with this sort of thing.
In the murky world of the internet this is going to be rife. Still really fucks me off, even more so after watching the FST: Shoulder of Giants film seeing the hard work, passion and love for the industry that these artists have spent years working toward and seeing people break it apart with diluted souless actions as these.
It blows my mind that people are willing to pay $300 for a 'design' over the internet?!
Makes my blood boil.

What the fuck is this? What the fuck is a 'Tattoo Designer'?
More importantly I had a look through their Instagram Instagram and I can see work regramed/reposted by Tattoodo from
Chad Koeplinger
Horiyoshi 3
Tim Hendricks
Scott Sylvia
Stewart Robson
Etc, Etc.
(not sure how to tag names on here - help? mod?)
I'm pretty sure none of these artists would be happy about their work being passed off and associated with this sort of thing.
In the murky world of the internet this is going to be rife. Still really fucks me off, even more so after watching the FST: Shoulder of Giants film seeing the hard work, passion and love for the industry that these artists have spent years working toward and seeing people break it apart with diluted souless actions as these.
It blows my mind that people are willing to pay $300 for a 'design' over the internet?!
Makes my blood boil.

What the fuck is this? What the fuck is a 'Tattoo Designer'?
More importantly I had a look through their Instagram Instagram and I can see work regramed/reposted by Tattoodo from
Chad Koeplinger
Horiyoshi 3
Tim Hendricks
Scott Sylvia
Stewart Robson
Etc, Etc.
(not sure how to tag names on here - help? mod?)
I'm pretty sure none of these artists would be happy about their work being passed off and associated with this sort of thing.
In the murky world of the internet this is going to be rife. Still really fucks me off, even more so after watching the FST: Shoulder of Giants film seeing the hard work, passion and love for the industry that these artists have spent years working toward and seeing people break it apart with diluted souless actions as these.
It blows my mind that people are willing to pay $300 for a 'design' over the internet?!
Makes my blood boil.

What the fuck is this? What the fuck is a 'Tattoo Designer'?
More importantly I had a look through their Instagram Instagram and I can see work regramed/reposted by Tattoodo from
Chad Koeplinger
Horiyoshi 3
Tim Hendricks
Scott Sylvia
Stewart Robson
Etc, Etc.
(not sure how to tag names on here - help? mod?)
I'm pretty sure none of these artists would be happy about their work being passed off and associated with this sort of thing.
In the murky world of the internet this is going to be rife. Still really fucks me off, even more so after watching the FST: Shoulder of Giants film seeing the hard work, passion and love for the industry that these artists have spent years working toward and seeing people break it apart with diluted souless actions as these.
It blows my mind that people are willing to pay $300 for a 'design' over the internet?!
Makes my blood boil.

i think what @Kev is trying to say is that it's finally time for me to get my modeling career started

Had a big session on my back by Marius Meyer.

Sixth session, almost done! By Grez. Said goodbye to my old and very odd lower back tattoo yesterday, too.

It's a snake and tiger kinda time! 3rd session in, steaming through it! By Stewart Robson

Ok I'll go First done by the totally awesome Valerie Vargas at Frith Street Tattoo, around 40 hours work, finished a couple of weeks ago.

It's a snake and tiger kinda time! 3rd session in, steaming through it! By Stewart Robson

It's a snake and tiger kinda time! 3rd session in, steaming through it! By Stewart Robson

Heres mine. Tattooed by Stefano C, Frith Street Tattoo, London on Christmas Eve.

Sleeping after a back session sucks.
That is all.

It seems to me the cross is an old tattoo, possibly have it re-worked (blasted over is the new term du jour, I believe!) if your happy to do so, make it look more in keeping with the rest of your trad stuff and maybe have something incorporated into or around that, possibly something like the attachment. I have a negative space around my Traditional tattoos and personally I feel it looks the best, it gives each individual piece definition, if you start filling with things like stars/smoke etc it can swamp up the whole arm IMO.

It's a snake and tiger kinda time! 3rd session in, steaming through it! By Stewart Robson

Sleeping after a back session sucks.
That is all.

It's a snake and tiger kinda time! 3rd session in, steaming through it! By Stewart Robson

Second session yesterday. Was a lot easier this time around, not so apprehensive I guess and also made a point to just focus on my breathing for the few lines that needed finishing. Looking forward to the next session! Thanks again Stewart.

It's a snake and tiger kinda time! 3rd session in, steaming through it! By Stewart Robson

It's a snake and tiger kinda time! 3rd session in, steaming through it! By Stewart Robson

It's a snake and tiger kinda time! 3rd session in, steaming through it! By Stewart Robson

It's a snake and tiger kinda time! 3rd session in, steaming through it! By Stewart Robson

It's a snake and tiger kinda time! 3rd session in, steaming through it! By Stewart Robson