Lochlan

you can always ferry from the city to larkspur then cab or bus up two exits. the ferry ride is amazing!!

@shinobi
go in with the rough idea you want then let the tattooer (who ever you choose) at Sid's work their magic of drawing you a badass tattoo with their expertise then come share it with us! (please)

@shinobi
go in with the rough idea you want then let the tattooer (who ever you choose) at Sid's work their magic of drawing you a badass tattoo with their expertise then come share it with us! (please)

you can always ferry from the city to larkspur then cab or bus up two exits. the ferry ride is amazing!!

Just got home from a surfing trip in the Philippines, last night I booked another surfing trip in the Philippines for march 2013 so happy, I love it over there.
To top it off this is my 100th post!

J. Madberg, Stockhol
unfortunately not mine

I'm thinking about getting my chest done. Hopefully by Paul Dobleman when he's in Europe in '13. Probably Pharaoh horses. But there's such a wide range of things I'd love to have on my chest. Damn.

Also forget everything you've learned from those shows. Seriously. Everything. Focus on finding a tattoo artist whose work makes you think, "damn! I need that on me!"

I'm probably going to have to update this thing soon. I got some new stuff that hasn't made it in yet

@shinobi
go in with the rough idea you want then let the tattooer (who ever you choose) at Sid's work their magic of drawing you a badass tattoo with their expertise then come share it with us! (please)

gf got this by michael bennett at 2 spirit.
one of the nicest shops ever.

Tattoos are pretty much the coolest thing in the world! I'm also pretty much constantly amazed by the quality of work people here have. I have this joke about Instagram how if you see amazing work it's either on a tattooer or on an LST member (which, I know, are sometimes one and the same). Instagram in particular is insane. I know that so much is lost by seeing tattoos on a tiny phone screen, but the amount of mind-bogglingly awesome tattoos that are being done every single day in insane. Like how crazy is it that Horiyoshi 3 has an instagram?!? I hope this board is able to show people that having really good, like jaw-droppingly good, tattoos is something anyone can have as long as they're willing to put the time and money--and when you compare it to collecting other kinds of art, it's really not much money at all--into it.

I'm amazed at the incredible art work that is able to be put on skin! I'm amazed at the ingenuity, the skill, and the obvious talent of so many, many, many tattoo artists out there.
Until I started coming here and following a bunch of tattooers on Instagram I had NO IDEA that so many spectacular tattoos are being done in the world.
I remember looking at old tattoo magazines at my uncle's house when I was a teenager and thinking that they were amazing - but it was so unreal to me - stuff in a magazine y'know.
And then tattooing was illegal in Oklahoma until not too many years ago - not to say that there weren't tattoos happening, but it was all fairly hush hush (and most of them weren't very good) and I never thought to look to see what else was out there.
And now my mind is blown every. single. day.
Perhaps the most amazing thing of all - great tattoos are accessible to just about everybody. You don't have to be famous, or wealthy, or otherwise connected to be able to get an awesome tattoo. It takes just a little bit of research and attention to what is going on out there.
AMAZING!!
It's one of the coolest things ever. I regret that I have been missing out on all this for so long.

Well just finished my Raijin. Seriously love the little extra touches
Regino Gonzalez

Scott Sylvia. He and @Lochlan are the OG's of this forum.

you must be talking about @ian That guy must be living right, he has lots of nice tattoos.
I am so glad this thread helped you. I have come along way in my appreciation since the infancy of this thread. I owe everyone here a big thank you and if I can pass on any help would be glad to do so.

A little update, I got a cool flower coming out of a "skin split" by Dave Cummings to fill in the last big spot on my right arm. It 's super nice and old school. He tapped into his apprentice roots to bust this one out!

I've heard of and seen more allergic reactions to these "specialty" tattoo healing products than the good ol trusty ones of lotion.....so I stay clear, just my experience.

I've heard of and seen more allergic reactions to these "specialty" tattoo healing products than the good ol trusty ones of lotion.....so I stay clear, just my experience.

I've heard of and seen more allergic reactions to these "specialty" tattoo healing products than the good ol trusty ones of lotion.....so I stay clear, just my experience.

We should rename this thread to "the enabling thread".

There can only be one @jade1955. :)
Welcome! Hope you enjoy LST.

Welcome dude, love hearing about folks who found tattoos later in life.. Wonder if we've got another @jade1955 on our hands :D

most definitely! i got tattooed by timmy a month or two ago so i figured it was time to get something from J. he did this cool spider & web on my girlfriends elbow as well last night.

got this guy yesterday from Lowercase J @ Tattoo Marks in State College, PA