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Tattoo Fonts, Tattoo Lettering & Tattoo Script
Julio Avila replied to Lochlan's topic in Tattoo Designs, Books and Flash
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That makes me wanna dress nicer and join the hair club for men
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what do you want to do before you die?
Julio Avila commented on AlannaCA's blog entry in Blog AlannaCA
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I once had this wonderful young lady bake me a dozen cupcakes after I covered up some crap on the back of her neck. They were the most amazing cupcakes I have EVER had in my life. Instead of oil or whatever one uses in delicious cupcakes, she used pudding. They were intense!!!! I occasionally still bug her about them. How this angel only weighs about 103 pounds is beyond me. She will always have a special place in my heart. I believe my heart is located somewhere in my stomach.
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yeah i think chris conn what a huuuuge influence on everybody. but you can take it even further than that. outside of tattooing, you can go with Gibson.
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just be respectful. yes tips and cupcakes are awfully nice, but thats not what gets me to work on time everyday. just be nice. leave your tuff guy attitude at the door. dont try to impress us, just be nice. if you know some jokes, please share. if some crazy shit happened to you earlier in the week, tell us the story. if you are coming to us because you saw how awesome we did of a job on your friends japanese sleeve, dont be surprised when we are bummed that you want us to do your celtic armband. haha come in clean and with a good attitude. thats all i can ask for. anything extra is frosting on the cake
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valerie vargas
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ugh i really hate it when people mess with my food. im a really reserved guy but i may have snapped.
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- horror stories
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Green street hooligans
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Yeah I had to watch that movie again
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drawing other tattooers
Julio Avila replied to Bryan Burk's topic in Tattoo Designs, Books and Flash
A guy I work with can do that shut. He is amazing! He drew on of me and had my goatee turning into a scraggily dragon. I'll see if I can find it. I think it's at the shop- 9 replies
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We've all had one of these, Im sure.
Julio Avila replied to JasonHoodrich's topic in Crazy Tattoo Stories
maybe i got sick to avoid more of these people. man that first night was rough!!!!! cold sweats, body aches, non stop body shifting..... then to top it off, at about 6 in the morning i woke up with the craziest leg cramp ive ever had. i screamed like a little girl for my wife. no joke. it hurt so bad, i thought i was gonna puke and then pass out. ugh- 10 replies
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Tattooers and Tattoo Customers Favorite TV Shows
Julio Avila replied to Lochlan's topic in Random Crap
SOA, Dexter, Boardwalk Empire- 13 replies
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We've all had one of these, Im sure.
Julio Avila replied to JasonHoodrich's topic in Crazy Tattoo Stories
Ugh. I hate those people. A few days ago a guy came in to set up an appt. He started blabbing about his wife that died in a car wreck and he never had closure. He never really got over her. He gave me the name and continued to tell me the story. He was drunk too. I took a deposit from him. Then he goes.... Oh wait that was seconds wifes name! My first wife was Donna! Clearly he never got over her. Then he tells me he heard it hurts less on muscle so he wanted it in the biggest muscle he had. His dick. I told him I wasn't gonna tattoo his dick but I'd be more than happy to tattoo it next to his pussy. I was certain he wasn't gonna make it for his appt. but he showed up. Moved around the entire time as I tattooed it on his arm. He still kept sayin dumb shit. When I was done and collected the money I told him to walk out into traffic. Same day, last tattoo of the day.... Dude came in 40 minutes before we closed. Said he wanted a pachuco cross on his neck. I figured, simple enough I can knock it out in no time. Draw one out then he wants an "S" in it. Then he goes on to ask me if I know what a pachuco cross is and that it's a Sicilian thing. Then I tell him he's mistaken that it was a Chicano thing. He tells me," well that's what my dead uncle told me and that's who I'm getting it for". Slap it on his neck and he tells me the "s" is for his girlfriend. Damn tattoo should gave taken me 6 minutes to do. I got out of the shop ten minutes after we close shop. As I was walking home, I started feeling sick. By the time I got home (6 blocks away from the shop) I was attacked with the flu. Been outta work for a couple of days. Think I can return tomorrow- 10 replies
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That was HIM in green street hooligans and children of men?!!
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I blame it all on Garth Brooks On the other hand, I did get to listen to an interview with Loretta lyn on NPR. They played her stuff and also some duets with Conway twitty.
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Most common "object" used for tattoo coverup?
Julio Avila replied to Lochlan's topic in Tattoo Removal or Coverup
Hogg me too. Ugh I think there are probably like 4 dudes doing a good job aka enough black. The rest fail at making a long lasting readable tattoo.- 48 replies
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Tuffest tattoos I've seen...the first is in one of the tattoo times. Is soo crudly done. I believe it's a hanging head that says "hooray for me. Fuck you". The second, imnot sure where I saw it. But it was a panther slapped on the throat. It was an old tattoo. They just took the crawling panther and put it sideways on this dudes throat. It looked so tuff. Mostly I think this topics for broads.
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I think Driscoll has r2d2 and c3po on his knuckles Oh and that's not the hand I was talking about. GTC's hands have all crosses I believe. Each one different and amazing
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That Mexican calendar book is really good. Bought a copy at some museum in Chicago.
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Henry, if you go to George yepes website, he sells prints of his paintings. You can also have him paint on top of one of the prints, customizing it by the artist. He's painted la pistola y el corazon several times. I believe the first version was burned in Sean penns trailer or something like that. I've seen a second version in San Francisco at the de young gallery. It's part of cheech marin's collection. That one was incredible!!! It had more of the bodies showing. It was truly larger than life and one of those paintings that made me feel insignificant. Got the same feeling with that helguera painting. That painting was ally bigger than I thought it would be
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Yes I cleaned up wolf piss. It was bright yellow green. Almost gatorade-ish. The smell was very vinegary. One last thing.... You ever watch Sanford and son? Well towards the end Sanford had a neighbor named Julio. Julio had a goat. Ding dong bossman thought it was only fitting that I should have one too. I show up to work and he's already tattooing and goes," there's something for you in the back". Now he lived on a hobby farm, but I lived in the CITY!!! He made me take the Pygmy goat home for one night before I told dude there's no way I could keep it. Poor fucker was in the trunk of my Honda civic hatchback for few hours. Gave him back the next day. The wolf probably ate him. Oh and they named him for me. " guacamole". Sometimes I hAted being the only beaner in the shop
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I like good time charlies knuckles. He's got crosses done by a bunch of the dudes at jack rudys shop, I believe
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So can I buy a shirt with the tits on it?
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That's a Jesus helguera. It's fucking beautiful!!! I wanna steal it. That one and the two George yepes paintings. And just about everything else