Mark Bee

Heh, my Great Lakes sweatshirt arrived today. I was hoping to get to the Deitzel show, but we had to move quickly and all of my tattoo funds are now going to the inevitable expenses one incurs in this sort of thing. Next summer hopefully. Though with any luck some of the Great Lakes folks might head up to Toronto sometime soon. Nudge, nudge.

Worth every second of discomfort, and then some. Congrats - it's amazing.

I do love a good butterfly tattoo. I was talking to a guy who is planning to write a book on the history of tattooing and we got into a discussion on butterflies and masculinity. He laughed and told me that he thought a guy getting a butterfly tattoo in this day and age was almost asking to get beaten up. He is not particularly dialed into the scene. I rolled up my sleeve for him to reveal my SJ butterfly that I picked from a book of Jerry flash at my local shop. I love it and it has never for a moment posed a threat to my masculinity (however it is that I may wish to define it.) Edit: This was done by Glennie at The Pearl in Toronto. She has a much nicer pic on her instagram feed, if you were to scroll back the better part of a year.

This is spectacular. (As are many of the other recent posts.) Holy moly, there are some crazy great tattoos popping in this thread. And I'm not the least bit surprised. @RoryQ - that piece is incredible.

Here are a couple of shots of my ankle collar done by Nathan Draper at The Pearl in Toronto. I'll post the chest pics when Tim gets a little more done in the next few weeks. Sadly they are upside down and I have no idea why. No one is rushing to hire me for an IT position, that's for sure.

I've got an ankle band that I'll post when I get home and my neck collar is in progress, but I will post the results.

Haha, yes it is. :)

It might be my iPad, but I don't see a video or a link to a video. Just a heads up. I'm very interested in the book.

Welcome aboard!

Great tattoo from a great shop. I hope you enjoy Chicago. I was there for the first time this August and loved every minute. So much to see and do.

"I have my own laser"

Its brilliant work and I'd certainly be thrilled to have your version of the horses in my collection!

Starting a large tattoo on my stomach next week. Its going to be awesome!

Welcome!

The sternum has been a wee bit tender for me. Looking forward to getting that all finished up.

November is going to be quite a month, I see.

Congratulations! What a killer tattoo!

Brilliant work! Congratulations!

Heh, yeah this was much better. I was well rested and ready for it. I think I was just burned out during that last session.

I just finished the shading on my chest piece. Two or three more sessions and it'll be done.

Great boxer! I have a boxer on my left shin, and I keep thinking about getting a female boxer as well - just to even things out.

Is this a second thread about the show? I'm pretty certain there were several comments left about it...

Welcome!

I saw this on Instagram. I am going to try and get back to Chicago and check it out (along with a couple of new tattoos.) However, we are just about to move and money may be too tight.

My wife and I just signed a lease on a massive warehouse space. The adventure begins!