Colored Guy

I saw this on yahoo news. Amazing he waited so long.. he must have been extremely bummed out. The new work is simply outstanding. Rob

Today 2/21... I've never seen it soooooooooooooooooo slowwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Giving up for the night, everywhere else on the internets the speed is fine. Rob

Slapping a swastika over it would be an improvement, even if you were Jewish! Rob

Then again... I hear that turtleneck shirts are making a comeback... Rob

NYC waited a long time to become a mecca of tattooing. With that dopey-ass ban from '61 to '97 you had to go out to the Island, or NJ. Of course lots of outlaw shops flourished. I'm out on the Island, lots of great artists here too. One day I'd like to do a NYC tattoo crawl just to check it out. Rob

Once you break stride, hard to get it back sometimes. Late in a long session, short 30-second breathers are good though. Rob - - - Updated - - - The way it was told to me was the 1st session is all the lining, shading which is mainly black and darker colors. Those can wipe into the lighter colors especially if its bleeding pretty good. When I had my forearm koi done last year, my forearm was really swelled up after the coloring was done. I've sat for as long as 3 hours for the outline and shading. After being hit 6 zillion times with the liner, I'm done at the 3 hour mark. That for me is the toughest. I can cruise through the coloring session in comparison. Smaller pieces that can be done in one shot are nice, in & out complete & wrapped up in 2 hours. And I'm functional after. Tattoo day... I make sure I get enough sleep the night before. Eat a little something before you go. I like to drink soda when I'm in the chair, the sugar helps me with that light-headed feeling. Anyone that can sit for 4 hours or more, great if you can do it. I'd have to be plenty stoked to sit that long.

Word... it needs a shitload of pictures of naked fat women to hold my attention that long. Rob

Feel free to use it.. I'd be honored. I'm heavily inked by most standards, but lots of people here have way more than I do. Rob

Some of their flash is very nicely done. Like anything else, you pays your money and you take your choice. Or don't. For the casual tattoo person, they might be perfect... maybe not for us tattoo-festooned freak shows... Rob

I save pictures of things that I like, not necessarily tattoo flash, but pieces of art I like. I stock up elements that I like to have in a tattoo, something even to fill out background. So simple things like flowers, clouds are among the things I can work into having old tattoos freshened up or new work as well. My artist likes when I walk in with things to show her. Rob

So far all the women in my life have liked them... they all saw them enough before we got really serious. - - - Updated - - - Definitely invest in good ink, it makes a lot of difference over the years. I'm lucky to have always thought to go big and not get anything weird that will be passe over the years. Rob

Can I just have 87% of my other posts moved over here? Rob

I have one that's been covered up twice! Rob

One shop I was going to from 1977 to 1980 had the greatest flash on the walls. I still have 2 pieces on me but freshened up. My buddy got this christ head, reaper and a griffin. I never saw better pieces of each since. My artist has things in files, categorized somewhat and we pick through it when we want to add something to something I'm having done, to fluff it out. I should volunteer to go sort it out and catalog it for her. Rob

Yup.. WTF is wrong with some of these people? - - - Updated - - - Same here... most of us know what impact an ordinary tattoo on our arm, leg or back may have on others. Ones we can hide if we chose to. I recall back in the day when very few artists would do the neck, face or hands. Rob

Flash always takes me back to my 1st tattoo experience. Every shop had those token shitty-artwork traditonal panels on the wall along with way better stuff. I'm seeing it make some sort of a comeback now in shops and the artwork is much better. They just don't call it FLASH. Some shops have it arranged in wall-mounted flip books. I think it helps people make a choice.. give me something like this one except with... and it winds up being an original after all. Rob

Bigger may be the way to go on a pec tattoo... but you'll have to get the other side done eventually... At the appointment you get the last chance to size it, I can't see why it would matter to someone else if it were a little smaller or bigger. Its still gonna be there! Whatever goes, don't put the artist in the middle of a squabble in the shop. If you think things may get sticky, have the wife stay at home... but have the artist put a 12" x 12" gauze pad on you at the end... Rob

I've been inked so many times and probably years back, things weren't nearly as sanitary as they are now... and I'm still alive. If you have any concerns, just ask the artist (before the session starts...), some may appreciate you watching out for yourself and they get a chance to educate the public. And you'll tell others how clean and conscientiously the shop is run. Rob

I've always wanted a full-back piece of a polar bear eating vanilla ice cream in a blizzard. Rob

I recently saw an original issue of the A-Z book, very cool. Some dated content, but everything was there... except they didn't supply you with talent. Rob

The term is actually a play on words: Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka. Look it up. I actually like some of it... good solid art work that you usually see in galleries, but on skin. If its executed into solid tattoo work, I can see it catching on. Rob

Shit... I would just Fed Ex the ink to where you're going to be working out of. I know a guy that sells model car paint (Black Gold, an offshoot of House of Kolor) and when he travels from Texas to shows, he has a pallet of his spray cans and bottles of paint sent to his motel or someone's house. Rob

I got back in the gym in September, I was sidelined with a serious back injury from a car accident for almost a year... did nothin' but go to PT, acupuncture, chiropractor, pain management, etc. Been stickin' with machines right now since I have less chance of hurting myself worse. Got a 5-day split going and I'm about 90% back to where I was. Doing a high-fat low-carb diet, cut back on the beers <gasp!>, throwing in some cardio too. My weight was 256, I'm down to 241 and expect to lose more. I feel a lot better in general and regained some muscle. Taking a test booster (T-Bomb II), Cissus for joints, fish oil, creatine, a men's multi vitamin and a few other things. Of course whey protein shakes. Rob

It can definitely be brightened up. The dragon head on my chest was a bit to dark and the artist worked some lighter greens into it and it helped. Go back to the original artist, provided you feel comfortable doing so. Rob - - - Updated - - - It can definitely be brightened up. The dragon head on my chest was a bit to dark and the artist worked some lighter greens into it and it helped. Go back to the original artist, provided you feel comfortable doing so. Rob

I've been with one shop since 2005 and my last 5 tattoos were done by the same artist. I'm committed with her for a large piece coming up, but I'd like to have something done by the other girl in the shop. She does real nice work and its still in the family. Rob