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Amazon.com: Used and New: Rocks of Ages: Being a Celebration & Manifestation of the Historic & Enigmatic Epidermal Icon As Seen by Various Artists
$67 really isnt that bad for an out-of-print awesome book. I would buy it if i didnt own a copy already.
Or, if you just want to look at it (and perhaps scan or photograph it) you can always use the inter-library loan program. I've had the chance to pore over multiple books that I would never have the chance to see or afford to buy.
Public libraries for the win!

Tattooing The Invisible Man.
Pierced Hearts and True Love: a Century of Drawings for Tatoos.
Sailor Jerry Collins : American Tattoo Master.
New York City Tattoo: The Oral History of an Urban Art.
The Mingins Photo Collection: 1288 Pictures of Early Western Tattooing from the Henk Schiffmacher Collection.

that's a nice line up man, I bet you're psyched!!
I'm getting tattooed by Chris O'Donnell in June
Hoping to get a little something from Tim Hendricks the same day
Jondix will do my whole stomach in October
and Grime should be starting my back at the end of this year/beginning of next year
Needless to say, I'm pretty psyched myself!! :D

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.

SOCIAL SECURITY - British Pathé

Appointment made for June 10th @ Smith Street with Steve Boltz! 2012 goals on target.

I'm going to hop on my soap box for a second and give everyone a little rant:
Who cares? Really?
When I first got into this I looked at it like a business mostly... Capitlaism, blah, blah, blah.... Fuck that noise now.
Over 12 years now, I look at it like this, as my husband always said even when I first came into his shop...
"You never really see rats jumping on a sinking ship... Why in the Fuck would any smart and skilled person want to do this for a living? It's not easy, it's not cool, and it's not a life easily lived, why?"
BUT, in this case, yeah... It's much too cool, to not WANT to do it... You can blame TV, you can say it's more accepted, but it's not really... If there are still small towns in the middle of nowhere, and you needed to stop and get some help, they would look at you sideways, say sorry, can't help ya, move along stranger...
Deal with that bullshit for a good few years, you might change your mind about how accepted it is...
But while all us are busy bitching about it online, the real heros, and pros are busy, working... Tattooing and painting and putting their stuff out there. Putting the real work in. So in an effort to save time, and typing do us all a favor, just get tattooed, don't get attracted to it, between the hours, the people, the drugs, the bullshit, it's not something you can just do, it's something that does you.
OK, end rant.
Tattooing and this life inevitably chose me, like it does with anyone that partakes it, NOT FOR THE MONEY, but purely out of LOVE for the craft, that love is the drive that keeps us rolling around doing what we do....That's my take.
PS... all the new kids and folks hopping on this site need to go back into the older parts of the forum, and read everything there that they might be thinking about, cause all this stuff has already been brought up before, while I am happy the site is gaining members, I am tired of re-reading old stuff, that's not really relevant to life, and tattooing right now.
Ok, end of second ps rant.

For some reason I disagree. I told my girlfriend (one white tattoo) that I like chicks without tattoos and she laughed/called me stupid.
Then I showed her who was boss. Dishes for two weeks. DONE.

I never gave it any thought. I did my upper arms first, then moved down. Seemed like a natural progression to me. I also try to keep the balance between left and right.
CG

My dad's tattoos, Eagle from Tacoma Wa 1969, Sparrow from Ft Worth TX 1972

They booked an appointment for Steve, but he doesn't work on Saturdays. Which was totally ok, because Eli Quinters came through and banged this out. Dude is so rad! (Sorry for the fuzzy pic.)

Just me or did anyone else notice the tattoo in the photo looks totally fake and just photoshopped on there?
if you can post a larger photo with better definition i'll take back my comment....
As of now however, I call fake.

Getting tattooed by Steve Boltz in less than 2 hours. Images imminent.

Meh to big banners - Big ass dagger through the neck:

Upper arm: Sky's the limit- roses,skulls,daggers,tiger/panther/wolf/jackal/clown heads, lady heads,anchors,eagles,...

2 days with Thomas Hopper for my wife and I, if he takes pictures Ill re-post them. I dont have a worth while camera.

figured id post my tiger in here.

bryan burk

hope this is ok to post, i took a picture from a page in 'outlaw biker tattoo revue' from the early 90's that i bought online some months ago.. tattoo by Ed Hardy.

got a quick one from my fiancé James Buie at Inksmith n Rogers the other day... it's from some Paul Rogers flash

I got tattooed last weekend by Chad Koeplinger when he was visiting Frith Street Tattoo. Such an awesome guy and an amazing tattooer, I will be geting more tattoos from him in the future. Apologies in advance for the poor photography skills, the tattoo wraps around a bit because it's really swollen but i'll post a better photo as soon as it's had chance to heal properly!

Jef Whitehead works at Taylor Street Tattoo. and certainly Chicago Tattoo Company rules.

I also visited Smith Street during our trip to New York and got this from Steve Boltz.

Tattooed by Brad Fink, yesterday, on my left titty.

and also my closet Friend @Dzelram and I grew up together in Masspequa on Long Island. He is also the reason that I am into tattoos. We have gone many times to get work done when we were younger. We are reliving the past and getting tattooed agin together. We went to Smith Street together today, unfortunately we were turned away. I'm going back to NY in June and I will have an appointment this time!!!! No more leaving to chance......
Welcome to LST and thank you for posting, tomorrow is a big day!!!!