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And the winner of March 2014 "Tattoo of the Month" goes to....
@Eilin
with her jaw-droppingly super tough Tiger vs. Dragon tattoo, done by my fellow compatriot Marius Meyer
Congrats Eilin!!!

Please PM @steve1461686340 with your shirt info (size and male or female) along with your address.
Thanks to everyone for your submissions! New contest will be up in a jiffy.

ha! you guys sure know how to make a man blush. I did finally get a little pizza tattoo.

@Iwar Thanks man! I got very lucky with that one. I had put my name down months ago in case Koji had any cancellations and I totally forgot about it. Happened to be randomly working from home and got a call from Adorned asking if I could be there in the next hour. Got the okay from my boss, jumped on my bike, and pedaled over. Even got a flat on the way, but still made it haha. Soo stoked that worked out. Particularly happy with the placement of that one. Really glad I had saved that spot!

busy month! got some fun sailor jerry flash from ryan shaffer the other day

and this ishikawa goemon head from koji ichimaru

and a tengu from liam alvy

oh, don't think I posted my higgs mummy from austin maples yet whoops.

shout out to uncle sam for the tax return. no more for a while, ha.
p.s. inner bicep fucking sux. not looking forward to doing the other arm.

So this past Sunday at the Scottish tattoo convention I got tattooed by Yutaro Sakai, he's the nicest:

Got this one from Chad whilst he was at smith street last week. Top dude, real good experience

Spent about 6 1/2 hours at Memoir with Kim yesterday and I think we finished this arm. She did a little more outlining and shading all over, and added a little misty shading background. I love it.
Will post healed pics in a couple weeks.

Got this little guy from Dan Santoro, Bert Krak flash. Inside of the forearm 2-3 months healed.

@David Bruehl was in town, I wanted some birdies I had a good time and got some good tattoos thank you so much

The results of yesterday's visit to Greg Christian.
I've been walking around Cleveland eating ridiculous, inexplicable food today and goddamn, does healing this thing suck. I can recommend eating a grilled cheese sandwich stuffed with meatloaf after getting tattooed, though...

i have a small one from tim pausinger on my arm. the picture is really small too :)

I have been really slowing down on getting tattooed recently, but I am very stoked to be getting an adaptation of this cute little nautical star/butterfly design by Robert Johnson flash (from the 1950s, found in the always amazing Flash from the Past) so that I may always keep moving in the right direction. Appointment in a couple of weeks.

i have a small one from tim pausinger on my arm. the picture is really small too :)

Finished this with Shige the other day ...
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starting again in August ...

Small arm filler I got a month or so ago from Jeremy Swed at Inksmith & Rogers...based off a Zeis flash piece.

Latest session, two and a bit to go!

Big night for me last night, having Chad Koeplinger start my back piece. I am so insanely in love with it and so grateful to Chad for tattooing this on me.
I'm sure some of you saw his instagram with the pics below. If you can believe it, he did this in 2 hrs, with about 30 minutes of breaks for me scattered throughout the session. So, he did this in an hour and a half. No joke. He still has some more lines to add in the hair, and some more tiger stripes, but this, to me, was one hell of a start!!!
Also, it was great to meet @BrianH. He was the appt before me, and got an AMAZING tattoo from Chad.
AND to add to this wonderful evening, Jason Scott handed me a gift that Martin Lacasse sent for me. He gave me the ORIGINAL sketch, that was sent to the publisher, of MY dragon from the 365 Book!!!! OMG ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?!?!?!? I AM SO INSANELY PSYCHED!!! That was so super nice I can't even believe it. WOW!
Oh, and in closing, This was EXCRUCIATING. The lines are so insanely thick, and it wraps some onto my ribs, up on my traps, and flirts like hell with the top of my ass. There was no easy part of this tattoo, just varying levels of hell. Explains why i needed 30 minutes of breaks in a 2 hr session. Got back to my hotel at 2:30 in the morning, and with all the adrenaline, and the fact that I thought I should sleep on my stomach (just can't seem to do it), i didn't sleep a wink. Hopefully tonight i'll get a good night's sleep.
Anyway-
I can't seem to get these pics to display correctly and I forget how to fix them.
rob

i have a small one from tim pausinger on my arm. the picture is really small too :)

I was bored on my lunch break, so my buddy Chris Porter at Alley Cat Tattoo cured what ailed me. Super small and right next to the knee ditch. Sorry for the leftover stencil residue. I like bright shower curtains.

i have a small one from tim pausinger on my arm. the picture is really small too :)

I've probably posted this somewhere, but I think it fits well here. The screaming gorilla is on my left elbow, the tiger on the right. Both by Tim Pausinger at The Pearl. (The tiger is a little distorted by the way my arm is lying.)

Stole this to bump the thread. Great tattoo by the way @velvetlover36

Got this today, Mimi Wunsch at Sea Wolf, great shop and couldn't be happier with her take on a classic. (Really hard to get a good photo of something that wraps over multiple bones!)

Birthday gift to myself. Tattoo by Matt Howse at Seventh Son SF CA. Photo pulled from his instagram. Stoked.

@Aussie Tom I 100% percent agree, every time someone asks me where to get their first tattoo from I tell them to go to Fergus not only because you'll get a great tattoo but because it will be the most relaxed tattoo experience you'll ever have.
also here's my latest from the man himself just on the arse end of healing.