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A bit of a sub-story to the Eastern Promises russian prison tattoos

A bit of a sub-story to the Eastern Promises russian prison tattoos

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@G.Uristti Yeah, I know you've been sarcastic. BTW your work is outstanding so you have every right to comment on this guy. I'm not an artist so I'll keep it subtle.
I didn't really get why some poor tattooists have thousands of followers on F.book or Flicker...you've cleared it up a bit for me :) Thanks

Maybe he just has lots and lots of experience of being mediocre? I've got quite a few years worth of that under my belt, myself.
Adam Sandler is fairly experienced and coincidentally enough if you consider Billy Madison started filming in 1994 he'd have the same 18 year experience. The same 18 year experience for say, Robert Deniro, starts with Mean Streets in 1973, concludes with Cape Fear in 1991, and has highlights of Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter, The Godfather Part II, Raging Bull, King of Comedy (MA! I'M TRYNA TATTOO HERE!), Midnight Run, Once Upon A Time In America, The Untouchables and Goodfellas.

i was truely being sarcastic... i completely agree with you though
this is the thing about someone who has been tattooing a long time. in certain circumstances of course. he might very well have a good bed side manner. when i was learning to tattoo (15 years ago) there were quite a few tattooers out there that had these grand reputations but there work wasnt so great. it all boiled down to they were super likable and had a great shop to be in and for that their customers swore up and down they were the best. so it can very well be that this guy has been tattooing for that long and his reputation supercedes him. i can definitely be wrong but it doesnt suprize me in the least to see this guy working. then again as all tattooers know clients arent as educated as they need to be and im not talking about someone whos up on the whos who and whats what in the industry.

huh? what?! whats wrong with wonky poorly colored and misplaced? :/

I remember Chad Koeplinger doing a cool T-Rex a while back. Good luck finding a pic.
Quick search turned up this one by Uncle Allan... The Blog of Uncle: Grrr arrggghh...

I dig this a lot. We are all people with a common interest and like sharing experiences thru this site. I get just as much of a kick talking to someone who looking for a first tattoo or a tattooer I admire.
When it comes down to it we are all just people with our own interests. I could give a shit about people opinions on my tattoos. If you like it, great! If you dont, nod your head and move on... we dont need a system for making people think they got a shitty tattoo. This isnt Inkmasters, its an awesome tattoo community.

@Ursula and everyone else who weighed-in, thanks for voicing up.
In order to know what a good tattoo is VS a bad tattoo OR a bad tattoo VS a mediocre tattoo and so on, one must often see the difference.
It's an open forum so this is part of it though we thought ahead, somewhat, and put some things in place...
-Use the 'like' button because photos/tattoos that are most 'liked' rank higher and appear on the first pages.
-Next, there is the comments section so leave feedback on both good, mediocre, and bad tattoos but be respectful.
-Lastly, everyone starts somewhere in getting tattoos and more often than not we start getting bad tattoos first and it is not til we learn what a good tattoo is and/or someone offers constructive criticism that we realize I need to get better tattoos or some time passes and you take note its all bleeding together or its fading much faster than it should.
This site is aimed at all interested in tattoos so all have the opportunity to learn and get better tattoos. Shit, I was in a shop topless the other day getting tattooed and I know when ever this happens around those who know tattoos I am going to get comments on my bad tattoos so I laugh with them while getting better tattoos.

Ok at the risk of sounding like a huge bitch i'm gonna post this anyways...
As far as I know Scott and company started this site to promote good tattooing, and good tattooers. I've noticed lately in the members gallery there have been a lot of bad tattoos uploaded. Is this just going to turn into another tattoo photo gallery where anyone can post photos of every horrible tattoo they do, and then have people thinking that work is good because they saw it on a site that claims to promote only good tattooing? I feel bad when I log on and on the very first page there's awful tattoos being shown. Am I just a horrible person for thinking this or do others feel the same way? I feel like if I wanted to see average bad tattoos I could just do a google search or visit one of the numerous tattoo design websites. Is it wrong to have a moderator removing bad work at the risk of offending the person who uploaded it? We seem not to have a problem telling people in the forums when a tattoo is shit.

I just joined this site, I love lady heads and after browsing the member pictures I'd like to add Stefan Johnson's name to this conversation. I really love his style of girls and not even sure how it would be categorized (help?). I plan on getting a gypsy head in the near future but I prefer the more neo-trad, softer designs like this rather than the pure traditional styles which most artists seem to do. Here's a few examples of Stefan's style which I like and if anyone can suggest a traveling artist or one in the northeastern US who does similar work I'd greatly appreciate it. If I was closer to Stefan's shop in CA I'd be booking an appt. tomorrow. Thanks.

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my friend soap owns a shop called lab monkey in Stirling, Scotland. I learned to tatto in the shop round the corner from his but thankfully he never hated on me for that ;).
anyway reading his blog i came across a good link to a website documenting some of scotland's history of tattooing. ive visited it before many years ago but forgot completely about it, thought some of you might enjoy reading info on it
Prince Vallar - Tattoo Artist

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If raising the consciousness of an individual or community is useless, then sure.
I agree with you wholeheartedly about the job issue. Though surely vocational programs, continued education and apprenticeships in the trades fall under "Education", right? Access to jobs can be blocked many different factors - be it personal or local/national/global limitations. But everyone benefits from an educated individual.
@Hunter Morrow - I used to wonder the same things while I was out and about...though I didn't necessarily enjoy the sense of superiority I was cultivating. It drove a wedge between me and the public. I just found that it is easier for me to empathize with motherfuckers, you know? It makes my day easier. Maybe I'm just a dirty hippie at this point. That reminds me - I gotta jump in the shower.
"One Love"

bit more photoshopped celebs, actually just one celeb...:NICOLAS CAGE CAN PLAY EVERYONE

bit more photoshopped celebs, actually just one celeb...:NICOLAS CAGE CAN PLAY EVERYONE

bit more photoshopped celebs, actually just one celeb...:NICOLAS CAGE CAN PLAY EVERYONE

Everything on Home - British Pathé is amazing! I love the documentary about tattooing ladies in 1930-1950. I wanted to link it here, but anyone interested can just follow your link to see it!( It's on e right)Thanks for posting it!

Erik Inksmith.