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  1. hgiles
    I recently saw some of his work and read his blog. Definitely top shelf!
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    Yes, it costs more for a variety of reasons. I dont see tebori as offering any particular advantage over a machine, so I wouldnt insist on tebori...Shinji is great though.
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    Memento - great movie!
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    Weird! I experienced the same thing! My right side rib panel was brutal from the very first line and I ended up tapping out in less than 4 hours with not even all the shading done. My left rib panel was completed in 7 hours by a different artist and it was just bearable.
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    Some artists have a knack for 'helping' a client sit longer...they seem to know more 'tricks' I guess. Some artists have a heavy hand, course wiping towels and jack hammer for a machine -- I am starting to think this weighs more heavily into how we perceive the pain than the actual body part.
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    Going through this very thing right now with my Bruno piece.
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    It's 4 days post right now, so really flaky and dried out. I will get some pictures in a few days and post it. It's a 3-tailed Kitsune with a skull...pretty bad ass! "Toughest" tattoo I have so far, I think! :-)
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    Dan S, I agree in the sense that I gotta know what I can expect to pay and how I am being billed. I don't like paying by the piece either, becuase I don't know what the piece is until it's finished. This leaves you quite vulnerable as a client and Ive definitely been burned before. Otherwise you might as well walk in and say 'Rape Me!' However, I generally don't think the talk of money is necessary for anyone except the artist and client. When someone asks me what I paid, I often just offer the shop/artist hourly rate.
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    I can do day trips. I can't really justify any more expense (time, money, travel) than that. I am in Central Virginia and there are some great tattooists in the Richmond and DC areas... not really gonna do much better.
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    I started a Tibetan Skull (rib panel) a month or so ago with Chad Koeplinger. In the meantime I started and finished the other rib panel with Brian Bruno -- who I have to say is a super-competent, professional tattooer as well as a great artist. Seriously, I have mad respect with him after having sat with him all day (1p-730p). I am finishing up with Chad in about 2 weeks. And am looking forward to having it finished, but not looking forward to the pain! Ugh! It'll be well-earned. I will put up some pictures as soon as I can get someone to take some. I can't very well do that myself.
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    Looks like I am finishing up a Tibetan Skull with Chad Koeplinger on 5/12 -- < 2 weeks away! I am healing my other rib panel that Brian Bruno did a few days ago...
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    Tomorrow is my next session - YAY!!
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    Without a doubt I would go sit with Jess Yen Horiyen:
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    ChrisvK, I think you'll find that once you find out how strong you are -- well, that's how strong you are. Once you know how strong you are, then you can work on conditioning and finding out how strong you are in other exercises.
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    Unique color palette.
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    Here's some masterful fine line black and grey work too:
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    American quirks? You never know if an American is carrying a gun.
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    Why?

    hgiles replied to Reyeslv's topic in Worst Tattoo EVER!

    It doesn't bother me a bit. 1 It just makes my tattoos look that much better. 2 If you have to justify a tattoo by telling how little you paid then it's probably a shitty tattoo. 3"You'll appreciate the quality long after you've forgotten what you paid."
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    Getting nauseous just thinking about that! My appt for my ribs and stomach is on Thursday with Brian Bruno.
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    You could probably ask your artist for ideas. But my favorite Neo-Japanese artists are: Filip Leu Shige Horiyen Jess Kore Flatmo Jeff Gogue Kurt Wiscombe ...and a bunch of good ones in Asia...
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    9 hours! Damn! You're a soldier! Lets see the ink!
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    Blaming everything on the current president is also an American quirk. There was a girl on FACEBOOK that actually blamed the POTUS for her having to sell her Jeep because it got poor gas mileage. As if she didnt' know the gas mileage when she bought it. As if she were unaware that putting bigger tires on it would make the gas mileage worse. As if she were unaware of the endless cycles and trends towards higher gas prices over the past 40 years!
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    At 42, I am not trying to win any contests, but I do work out 5 days a week. Ive been doing it a long time, so I don't need to go extra hard nor extra heavy. I know what works for me, so I hate being offered unsolicited advice in the gym... anyway...
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    +1 ! I got some work from Jesse too! Solid tattooer -- any style, but especially Neo-Japanese.
  25. hgiles
    Looks like nice work!
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