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I was kind of thinking the same thing... so it might not be stretching it too far. I was thinking more along the lines that if you can get the key and unlock the owl you receive its wisdom??? who knows.. Thanks Julio.

You got it Dari! I have a another non tattoo forum I post on (a Phish forum), I'm pretty sure they would help mind if i throw it up there?

I have seen a plethora of owl tattoos recently. Often they are holding a key, and a key hole is incorporated in the owls body. I've searched and searched but I can't find the reason behind it. Does anyone know the reason for this(if there is one)?

Thats a pretty crazy story, I'm sure you'll always remember that one! I'd love to see that foot too, sounds like a rad piece!

Hogg, that tiger is really rad, can't wait to see both of them done..... The rest of your collection of ink is pretty damn impressive too.

While I am not a tattoo artist, I was checking into this thread out of curiosity. I noticed a lot of you guys mentioning you needed to take off some songs so they wouldn't pop up during shuffle, and trust me I think most people have a few songs like that! Anyways a helpful hint is that you can make it so certain songs don't pop up on shuffle! I'm in class right now, and can't check out exactly how to do it, but I can post how to later if anyones interested.

As a collector I don't like this idea at all... However, I guess if the artist asked and client complied or vice versa, I don't see it as something terrible. Just not for me.

I absolutely am a fan of those traditional style panther heads, definitely going to get one eventually! Avery that piece is amazing, great work Bryan

Overwhelming amounts of people may be an exaggeration....

"The Town" was an entertaining movie, but to be honest the terrible fake Boston accents were killing me. And Petri Aspvik, I really dig your taste in movies, and I think it is definitely a smart choice to wait for any movie inspired tattoo! -Maxx

I really dig the style of this man! and i love the rest of the work you posted too, thanks for sharing.

I am a huge fan of Donnie Darko, and have been thinking about starting a tattoo based on it. I'm young and don't know if I'll love it forever, so i will wait more than a couple years to see if i want something associated with the movie tattooed on my body... However, the fact that I've watched this movie AT LEAST once a month for the past five years might give an indication to the future. I am also a huge fan of the coen brothers... The Big Lebowski, Fargo, Raising Arizona, The Man Who Wasn't There, and many others.. I absolutely am a movie buff, and love mostly at independent and other films that would be considered "artsy". I will not be surprised if I have several tattoos aimed at movies by the end of my life.

I know, right? It truly is funny, some of the stuff I've heard that really gets me going. Once a friend of mine was telling me that him and one of his "former" best friends got into a fight that could never be solved... his explanation was that he was a certain sign and his friend was different sign, which he said explains why they would not be able to ever get along. I can't remember the signs, but seriously I was dying of laughter. I mean i personally never made my sign a huge part of my life, but to each their own!

Didn't change that i'm a Sagittarius! But I feel like this could be detrimental to the large amount of people who live their lives by their astrological sign... being in college right now, I have talked to an overwhelmingly amount of people who won't get involved romantically with someone because they are not of their compatible sign.

Lochlan and Kyle thanks for the great responses... I must say that this forum, despite its smaller size of users, has had the most helpful people on it. The replies are always incredible. I will definitely continue to post here! however, I am still new to the world of tattoos, so I think more reading is in order before writing. Thanks again guys.

I got my first tattoo a while ago, and fell in love with the medium and the art of the trade. Since then I've been engrossing myself with as much information about tattoos I can find. I was hoping you guys could give me some recommendations for books that have information about the history of the art and some of the key artists in the past. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance, -Maxx

Really interesting and innovative concept man, hope it takes off for you!

Thanks for all the info, I am going to start contacting artists to see if they would be interested... I think I'm most interested in Jon and Julio right now. Will the description I put in my first post suffice, Or should more detail be included? I will keep you guys updated!

Thanks bigjoe! T.C. looks like he does some nice work, as well as Murray... Is it a bad idea to contact the artists to ask if they would be interested? This is only my second tattoo, so I'm not quite sure about the etiquette... I think that maybe Julio's own spin on things would be cool for this because it's not completely traditional with the Kraken and all. -Maxx

Wedge, I'm in southern CT, about 50 minutes east of New Haven. Maybe I will shoot Hope/Julio an email asking if he would even be interested in taking on the work. Lochlan I'm definitely willing to travel, hopefully not too far though. I'm still a college student, so something like a convention is possible, but would REALLY strain my budget. I actually had my first work done up in VT when I was visiting a girl I know. It was my first piece, I sat for about 4.5 hours, and ended up costing $700 all said and done. Lets just say my lifestyle wasn't so comfortable for a while after that haha. So I am willing to travel, and wait to save up for the proper artist. -Maxx

Hey all, This is my first post here. I think this is the appropriate spot. I'm looking to start a quarter sleeve! I want to get japanese style waves with a kraken wrecking a Japanese junk ship.I'm hoping for it to start on my chest and reach up and around my shoulder. I live in CT and am looking for an artist to do this, right now I'm looking into Julio Rodriguez at hope gallery.... heres a link to some of his work. Hope Gallery Tattoo : Julio Rodriguez : Tattoos : Page 3 What do you guys think of his work? also any other artist suggestions? -Thanks in advance Maxx