Jake

Well when the book is related to illustration I think that quote goes out the window.

here's Josh's back piece by Bob Roberts. fucking killer tattoo.
for those who are interested click here for part 1 of Cody Miller interviewing Josh Arment and click here for part 2.

tonight's post is featuring all back pieces/body suits by the absurdly talented Filip Leu. I'm actually a little surprised no one's posted any pics of his yet in this thread...

Now THIS is a cover-up. Apologies if it's already been posted- I didn't peruse the whole thread

Amen Tim Hendricks

the only skull I have on me is by Mike Lucena and is below.
Gotta say I love skulls by Rudy, Hooper (who has that whole book of skulls), Jondix, Jensen, Garver, the usual suspects.... Both Stewart and Valerie over at Frith St have pretty radical day of the dead skulls on their website. Surely there's people I'm forgetting right now though.

Now THIS is a cover-up. Apologies if it's already been posted- I didn't peruse the whole thread

Amen Tim Hendricks

here's Josh's back piece by Bob Roberts. fucking killer tattoo.
for those who are interested click here for part 1 of Cody Miller interviewing Josh Arment and click here for part 2.

Drench the fresh tattoo in Neosporin as soon as the artist finishes. Hahahaha just kidding.
For reals though Aquaphor is the shit. It's made by Eucerin- the same company Lochlan is recommending lotion from- but it has more of a consistency of Vaseline than lotion. I do the standard wash a couple hours after (I've found the exact time isn't crucial to the healing process for me so don't sweat it if you rinse off 6 hours later or 2 hours later) and then apply a thin layer of Aquaphor. It'll look really funky about an hour after application so I usually take that as a cue to dab off the excess with a clean paper towel. Then just reapply as necessary. Personally, it makes my scabs much thinner and flakier and less likely to get infected/stick/fall out.
Basically, use this:

to get colors like this:

PS - Tattoo by Scott Sylvia 2010

I'm pretty sure the best way to book in with Lehi would be to call Blackheart...

Now THIS is a cover-up. Apologies if it's already been posted- I didn't peruse the whole thread

Amen Tim Hendricks

Catholicism WOW!
Side note- I used to own a buddy christ figurine. Damn I miss that thing

Big nurse head by Sid, this one always sticks in my mind

and then this Black and White piece by Valerie Vargas is one of my favorites ever

Horitaka of State of Grace did a nine dragon suit that has no "background"--just the dragons.

Horizakura. So amazing. I have never seen scales done like that, almost used like a background element.

Finally was able to get a healed picture of it.

My new Eagle tattoo in honor of my daughter and son, done at the Seattle Tattoo Convention by Matt Howse, Spider Murphy's Tattoo. Done in a single session of 7 hours.

First pic is tattooed by Horiyoshi I , second is both Horiyoshi I & II .

Is this old ? Don't care ... Ed Hardy awesomeness .

I really love the Latina-style girl heads that Marie Sena has been drawing and tattooing.

Not mine, but here's an incredible pair of legs that Myke Chambers did.

Caught this on the B9 board tonight. @Valerie Vargas was given proper credit for this beauty.
Based off of Tom Waits lyrics per poster. Good lord this is pretty.

Stuart Cripwell:

THIS. Always. The end.

Truth: