Iwar

I thought we could use a thread that shined a little light on some of the artists we love, but aren't necessarily very renowned or getting the recognition we feel they deserve.

Lets get the ball rolling....

I've been a fan of the work of James Tex of Deadly Tattoos inc, located in Calgary, Canada, for a few years now. I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with his work, and some members here might even know him personally and/or have tattoos from him.

Anyways, I stumbled across him a while back in another tattoo forum where a member showed off the progress of a Samurai sleeve he was getting done from Tex. I was blown away by his work, and to my great viewing pleasure he had a fairly large online portfolio on his shops website: Deadly Tattoos inc.

I'm not sure if everyone agrees with me in that he's "low key", but I can't say that I have read an article about him or seen any pictures of his tattoo except on his website (and obviously the forum I mentioned).

Here's a few samples of his work from his online portfolio:

Tattoo Artist Magazine posted this recently on their blog:

Very nicely worded MsRad, I don't see a problem with the title of collecter. Although I don't think of myself as a collecter(haven't earned that right, and also think it's more of a word for others to discribe you). With anything that one can acquier a large supply of anything is known by defult as a "collecter." Now weither that person gives other collecters a bad name or not all depends on their attitude if they think they are better or not.

That being said and like I said earlier, referring youself as a collecter is a bit odd in my mind. Kinda like talking in 3rd person, some people can pull it off with the right charm but for the rest of us it just sounds strange.

Didn't see your post before I posted. Think I got my answer right there, thanks.

I can see what Mario is saying about tattoo snobs with an attitude towards other clients, but I don't quite get why the term "collector" is so annoying. I refer to my tattoos as my collection, so doesn't that make me a collector? Is "enthusiast" a better term?

I would never put myself above anyone, especially if they're getting work done from a respectable artist, regardless of the design they may choose. To each his own.

Can the term "work" also be perceived as offensive? If so I might already have offended a few members here with my picture comments.

Hopefully I'll be travelling to the US soon to get some work (see, I did it again) by some of the amazingly talented artists that you have over there. I would hate to make a bad first impression by blurting out something that an artist would interpret as ignorant or offensive. I'm certainly not going to say "whatup tat-wizard, fire up yo gun and shoot that ink on my squid slacks", but "love your work" is something that I imagine that I could have said without thinking twice.

I've been thinking how would you pronounce tattis, like would you say "tattys" or say "is" how it's pronounced in english, or some other way?

Both pronounciations are equally common (and equally inappropriate in my opinion)

Anyone witnessed this little gem?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcYj6bHrwsM

"I got tats on my arms, on my chest and in my mouth" :D haha

Maybe they'll do a followup single when he gets his squid pants on!

I want it! PM me with your paypal info :)

Tats gives me chills, but the norwegian slang term for tattoos "tattis" makes my blood boil.

Go back to your artist and consult with him/her. I'm no doctor, but if the tattoo was done at a reputable shop it's probably nothing to worry about.

Iron Will is amazing! I also recently bought "these old blue arms" about Amund Dietzel which i highly recommend. The Bob Roberts book "in a world of comprimise, I don't" is next on my wishlist.

Amazon has some great deals on some books too. I bought "the family business" amongst others there really cheap.

Oh, and don't forget Hardy's tattoo time series!

I'm with you on the bloodworks book that's in the making. I'm ordering the "sleeves" book as soon as I can afford it.

Congrats and thank you for this great website!

Probably my favorite part about LST is the ammount of talented tattooers and serious collectors that contribute on the forum. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and stories! (Special shoutout to Shawn for his Old tattoo documentaries thread!)

And of course the interviews. They have been beyond awesome.

The only thing I'd wish for is that we get even more tattooers and enthusiasts to recognize this site, sign up and contribute :)

I've been looking for the "Music & Sea tattoos" edition. Are you willing to ship to Norway? If so, how much is standard shipping?

Sorry for the heavy posting in this thread lately. I'll give it a rest after this.

Finally finished. Only had an iPhone as a camera, so excuse the mediocre quality.

(for some reason I'm unable to upload pictures to my gallery at the moment...)

here's the newest addition by our own Lizzie:

all one 4 hour session. i have two that were also just done by El Brad Mariachi too while he was in town, but i'm horribly bad with remembering to photograph tattoos.

Love this!! Lizzie has done some killer vulture designs. There's a couple more in her gallery (including a badass chestpiece). Wish I was wearing one too.

Just found your galleries. Awesome collection!!

Hey! Good to see another Oslo resident on this Forum :)

I'm sure I speak for everyone here in that we'd love to see some pictures of your collection!

You're booked with Roper you say?? What are you getting done? I'm jealous beyond words :)

Story:

Miljenko Parserisas, a 56 year old newspaper salesman, has 82 Julia Roberts tattoos on his body, all of them inspired from different scenes from his favorite movie "Erin Brockovich".

He has spent a total of 14.000 kroner (around $2350) so far, and he states that he's far from done.

I have seen some shitty portraits in my time, but this guy takes the cake! :cool:

this has been a very good week for this thread for sure.

I'm still waiting to see Iwar's front side after the final session... that one's killer!

We finished it last week actually. It's Pretty much healed already so I'll try to get a decent picture up soon.

If it was me I'd leave that descisions to my artist.

Congrats Oaktown! Love the tattoo.

Getting something from Stefan has been high on my wishlist for a long time now. You're a lucky man.

Keen to elaborate on what kind of a place "Mystery spot" is by the way? :)

This is awesome!! Thanks Shawn. Looking forward to more uploads.

Oh man, what treasures!! Can't wait to see what you upload.

I'd even be interested in buying some if the quality turns out ok and you burn some dvd's. If that's something you'd consider of course.

I'm kind of a nerd when it comes to stuff like that. YouTube is great and all, but nothing can compare to watching it on the old television :)

Damn, this is a tough one... so tough that I need to categorize:

Drama

1.) Deadwood

2.) Breaking Bad

3.) Sopranos

4.) Six Feet under

5.) Treme (Waaay underrated in my opinion)

Comedy

1.) Curb your enthusiasm

2.) Seinfeld

3.) Extras

4.) The Office (British version)

5.) Bored to death

Animated

1.) South Park

2.) Family Guy

3.) Futurama

4.) Simpsons

5.) The Ricky Gervais Show

from what i'm seeing around facebook, it looks like girlheads with a wolf, panther, tiger, goat etc head on top.

I've noticed this too. I've seen some really nice ones by Schor and Vargas.

I think it's a really cool design, and I considered it when getting my appt with Vargas, but ended up dropping the "animalhead" bit.

Thanks Petri!

Glad to see you on this board :) Though it didn't come as any suprise, hehe..

How about a blog update soon??