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You must not have spent much time here before starting this thread @tkl13

That's coming along great @Cork! And a 5 hour sitting on your back isn't bad. Shit hurts, and it looks like you hit some really tough spots that session.

Velkommen Calle!

Welcome to the forum! Can we see some of your tattoos?

I hope you didn't misunderstand me. Your rework looks great!! Hair and all... I just dug the old one too. I can only hope that my own tattoos will be as relevant and look that good when they're 30+.

Awesome @Duffa!! You're a trooper. Are you planning on adding background and extending it down to the back of the knees in time?

That turned out great, but I think the original looked really fuckin' cool for a thirty year old tattoo! I really dig how the long fur looks when it's a little "blurred" from old age too. I would definitely have kept it if that was on my arm.

Welcome @jada! Wow, that sounds like quite the collection. Care to share some pictures with us?

Welcome Alex! What are you getting on your back? Can we see it?

We missed you @Duffa! Happy to see you're back here posting. Very eager to see your back man!! And a travel blog would be great :D

Welcome @huggernaut!

Welcome Aaron! Who's doing the tattoo?

Welcome! Nice intro. What made you decide to move to Japan?

Welcome @mitchum! Do you have any tattoos yet?

Last contest of the year ladies and gentlemen! Here are the rules: The tattoo picture that gets posted in this thread for December 2013 with the most 'likes' for the month wins! The contest starts on the first of the month and ends on the last day of the month. Your tattoo picture must be posted in this thread (both tattooers and tattoo customers can win) in order to qualify. Include with your photo/post...tattoo artist name & tattoo shop. You MUST be the one who has the tattoo or did the tattoo. You can 'like' as many tattoos as you want. It can be a finished or in progress tattoo. You cannot enter the same tattoo in more than one contest. Super excited to see what amazing tattoos will be submitted for this months contest!

I have the great pleasure to announce that my buddy @Wilhell has won the November contest with his jawdroppingly awesome Mike Rubendall snake'n'hannya thigh piece!! Congrats my friend!! Here are some reaction photos from when he received the good news Please PM @steve1461686340 with your shirt info (size and male or female) along with your address. Thanks to everyone for your submissions! December contest will be up soon.

Opie G. Ortiz posted this 20 year old Hardy backpiece on instagram a few days ago

Thanks for sharing that with us @suburbanxcore! Your shin dagger turned out fantastic!!

General tattoo news that's worth sharing, but doesn't necessarily fit in any of the existing threads (or deserve a new one) Like this... I checked out Black Heart's official website/blog today, and was suprised to see that it had gotten a big overhaul since I last visited. It looks really nice, and it had some pictures of tattoos that I had never seen before. Check it out: Black Heart Tattoo |Black Heart Tattoo | » Bad Ass Tattooery | Bad Ass Tattooery

I haven't posted any pictures of it yet, but thanks :)

NICE!!! What are you getting? - - - Updated - - - And what did you get from Mutsuo?

@Melvyn Johnson If you're referring to the Eagle'n'Snake tattoo in my gallery, that's actually on my front. I just recently started my back, but I have a long road ahead of me yet... Are you familiar with Frith Street, The Family Business, Into You, Black Garden, Jayne Doe, Alex Reinke (private studio), New Wave?? If not you should definitely check them out, as they are all in your neck of the woods. Yeah, we have a handful of solid tattooers over here as well. My front for example was done by a local tattooer here in Oslo, but I also very much enjoy travelling and getting tattooed when I'm on vacation. - - - Updated - - - Oh, and I couldn't care less about football :rolleyes:

Congrats @pavel brodsky! Looks insane so far. Do you know when your next session will be yet? - - - Updated - - - Love that El Monga piece @real meta! Really cool!

How about some of your work? :) Welcome to LST!

Welcome to LST @Melvyn Johnson! Do you have any tattoos yet? There's certainly no shortage of incredible tattooers where you live, so I'm guessing you do :rolleyes: