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Back Progress: http://web.stagram.com/p/454663434010911458_5661303
My Wifes New shin eagle: http://web.stagram.com/p/454553257463014123_5661303
Congress st. tattoo trips are some of my favorite.

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Just for the heck of it, I'll throw in my right arm 3/4 sleeve done a couple of years ago by Henning Jorgensen when he was guest tattooing at Kings Avenue Tattoo (both the Manhattan and Long Island shops). This picture was actually compiled by Henning and shared with me. Enjoy!

Just for the heck of it, I'll throw in my right arm 3/4 sleeve done a couple of years ago by Henning Jorgensen when he was guest tattooing at Kings Avenue Tattoo (both the Manhattan and Long Island shops). This picture was actually compiled by Henning and shared with me. Enjoy!

Just for the heck of it, I'll throw in my right arm 3/4 sleeve done a couple of years ago by Henning Jorgensen when he was guest tattooing at Kings Avenue Tattoo (both the Manhattan and Long Island shops). This picture was actually compiled by Henning and shared with me. Enjoy!

Ok, I'll play, though it is a tough month on this thread once again with lots of superb entries already.
My sleeve has recently been finished and has nearly healed, the work was done by Mo Copoletta at The Family Business in London, it took seven three hour sessions which between December and May. I have already posted a few in progress shots but this is the finished product.

Just for the heck of it, I'll throw in my right arm 3/4 sleeve done a couple of years ago by Henning Jorgensen when he was guest tattooing at Kings Avenue Tattoo (both the Manhattan and Long Island shops). This picture was actually compiled by Henning and shared with me. Enjoy!

..and some more progress on the background.

Newbies take note....THAT IS HOW IT IS FUCKING DONE!!!!

Continuation of my Robert Hernandez leg piece, still in progress. Went to Madrid for this, 7 hours 30 mins:-)

Terrible pictures, but finally got some color on my koi sleeve from Rodrigo Melo out of Northstar tattoo (NYC).
Opted for a black koi with yellow and red highlights, the other koi on my shoulder will be similar.

Also got this a couple months ago from Kyle Sajban out of Red Rocket Tattoo (NYC).

I may very well get my back piece from Adam Hays from Red Rocket. He did two AMAZING back pieces at a recent convention (well atleast the outline) and his style is amazing. adamguyhays is his IG, and within his last 20 pictures has the back pieces im talking about (dragon and tiger).

Today's shenanigans in NYC or better referred to as tattoo fan Heaven!
First a stop by Invisible NYC to check in on my friend getting work from Chris Garver:

Then some work on myself by Mike Rubendall at Kings Avenue Tattoo Manhattan (more photos in the back piece thread):

Finally, Chris O'Donnell working on a grim reaper thigh piece at Kings Avenue as well (Grez and Rubendall in the background:

Today's shenanigans in NYC or better referred to as tattoo fan Heaven!
First a stop by Invisible NYC to check in on my friend getting work from Chris Garver:

Then some work on myself by Mike Rubendall at Kings Avenue Tattoo Manhattan (more photos in the back piece thread):

Finally, Chris O'Donnell working on a grim reaper thigh piece at Kings Avenue as well (Grez and Rubendall in the background:

My short response is that tattooing doesn't need validation from the New York Times or the art world.
My longer response is that is anything interesting at all being said here? It's obvious that the person who wrote the article did essentially no research at all into tattooing or the history of tattooing and how it intersects or not with fine art. I mean, she writes about some jagoff performance artist who made a video of him tattooing prostitutes for heroin money in 2000, but not Ed Hardy's 2000 Dragon Scroll that exhibited in a gallery the same year? Or how about the idea that tattoos are suddenly collectible now that the fine art world has taken a bit of a shine to them? Because there weren't tattoo collectors before? And that tattoo collecting isn't at all the same as fine art collecting for the simple fact that tattoos have no exchange value? That's just a start of what's wrong with the article.

Today's shenanigans in NYC or better referred to as tattoo fan Heaven!
First a stop by Invisible NYC to check in on my friend getting work from Chris Garver:

Then some work on myself by Mike Rubendall at Kings Avenue Tattoo Manhattan (more photos in the back piece thread):

Finally, Chris O'Donnell working on a grim reaper thigh piece at Kings Avenue as well (Grez and Rubendall in the background:

Phantom of the opera done by Fat from Spain (Iker Ruiz)

You want a skull in that spot.
You're welcome.

Ah ok so the fine line is also called single needle. I didn't know the lingo.
It might not have been as bad if it weren't the last thing he did on me after already laying there for 5.5 hours, ha.
And here is a cool pic of the face that I (my wife) took so you can see it more clearly.

Today's shenanigans in NYC or better referred to as tattoo fan Heaven!
First a stop by Invisible NYC to check in on my friend getting work from Chris Garver:

Then some work on myself by Mike Rubendall at Kings Avenue Tattoo Manhattan (more photos in the back piece thread):

Finally, Chris O'Donnell working on a grim reaper thigh piece at Kings Avenue as well (Grez and Rubendall in the background:

Today's shenanigans in NYC or better referred to as tattoo fan Heaven!
First a stop by Invisible NYC to check in on my friend getting work from Chris Garver:

Then some work on myself by Mike Rubendall at Kings Avenue Tattoo Manhattan (more photos in the back piece thread):

Finally, Chris O'Donnell working on a grim reaper thigh piece at Kings Avenue as well (Grez and Rubendall in the background:

Here's my entry!!
Done by Joseph (Jet) Diprojetto at Love Hate Tattoo in Rochester, NY:

Today's shenanigans in NYC or better referred to as tattoo fan Heaven!
First a stop by Invisible NYC to check in on my friend getting work from Chris Garver:

Then some work on myself by Mike Rubendall at Kings Avenue Tattoo Manhattan (more photos in the back piece thread):

Finally, Chris O'Donnell working on a grim reaper thigh piece at Kings Avenue as well (Grez and Rubendall in the background:

Corey Miller did this on my buddy Mike's right thigh today:

More from Rubendall at Kings Avenue on my back. Shaded in the rest of the back of my left thigh and added some color to the peony and dragon's tail!!! More pics when I'm all healed up! Enjoy!

Today's shenanigans in NYC or better referred to as tattoo fan Heaven!
First a stop by Invisible NYC to check in on my friend getting work from Chris Garver:

Then some work on myself by Mike Rubendall at Kings Avenue Tattoo Manhattan (more photos in the back piece thread):

Finally, Chris O'Donnell working on a grim reaper thigh piece at Kings Avenue as well (Grez and Rubendall in the background: