ShawnPorter

bonus points for the Pushead shirt!

I skated most of my teens/early twenties (ever the Pushead fan, I usually had multiple Zorlac decks set up) but these days I probably only skate a few times a year.

Coins by colors. I have all the basic ones and am moving into 'shades of' now. Once I get all the colors I can finally buy new words... cause if I get Beyonce again.....

June.... ummm... lemme check. 17-22

Philly is close to Texas, innit?

I was going more Heaven's Gate than hipster :D

Welcome to the family. Your purple nikes will be sent to you soon. :)

My strategy is to go MASSIVELY overcomplicated for easy clues, and chicken scratch for hard stuff. Keep you guessing.

Did I ever mention that one of my friends growing up- older gent, had a full leg squid tattoo? From hip to ankle? REAL SQUID PANTS!

Anyone else using it? Some of my drawings are barely recognizable as what I'm going for, but if you want to play.... ovibrations.

No shit! I spent more on Pushead stuff last year than I did on my mortgage.

The first commandent says: You shall have no other gods before Me. It doesn't deny the existence of other gods; just that you can't put them before YHWH. So I'm sure the creation stories had a little from Brahma, a little from Tiamat, etc. Anyhoo.. got off topic for a bit. I'm an atheist. I'm covered with religious work; Tibetan Buddhism, Satanism, Hindu, Christian, Hebrew, Christian Mysticism.... you name it. I don't really think there's a conflict with religious imagery on a nonreligious person. Sure, having Hindu gods on my neck has led to a lot of conversations about respect and culture (the best being a Hindu friend defending me to her daughter- "if you love Lord Krsna more than he does, why is he not on YOUR neck!". Gotta love my Pushpa Dashwani!) and the Baphomet on my hand has led to more than a few fun situations but by and large... It's no different than having Peter Pan tattooed on you. Which I do. Hah.

I was 15 I think; I was coming back from my HS Graduation and asked my folks if I could get a tattoo as a present. They said yes and we stopped at a shop in Savannah, Georgia where I got tattooed by a scary biker chick named Darnell. My mom lied and said I was 16 since that was the minimum age Darnell would tattoo. I had doodled this little sun that ended up looking nothing like what she tattooed on me. I'll look for pictures (it's since been covered up by Josh Hoffman) but man... it was AWFUL. She did it with a single needle, but some of the lines blew out so much that they were easily 1/8" wider than other parts of the tattoo. I was nervous, so she gave me booze to sip. Then tattooed my brother with the same needle setup because "you two are family".

Added in 2011: Chad Koeplinger Deno Robert Ryan Scott Harrison

heck yeah. And the 'Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky' is worth the read too.

What should we be discussing?

Thanks Luke. In theory they're made to promote the website, but I never put the website name on them, so it just sort of is what it is. In this case a creepy Abeturkeyrose.

I'm not trying to derail what is a serious discussion; just pointing out that pretty much any major style in the last 30 years of tattoo culture originated with my pen and ink skillz.

the ICP Masterpiece 'Big Money Rustlas' just landed on Instant Streaming. Whoop. Whoop.

I totally know how much viagra and hookers cost, good Sir, and am offended that anyone would think otherwise! :D

I've seen bootleg redraws of my infamous SQUIDPANTS drawing and... It breaks my heart. I give and I give and I give, and what do I get back? WHAT DO I GET BACK?

Never hold back. Ever. Shout it from the rooftops!

Wilson, for sure. Richard Stell. Zeke Owen

I took my fiancee there the day she turned 21 and got her LOADED on hurricanes. At 10am. She can handle one drink before she's wrecked, so four or five ounces of rum on an empty stomach led to hilarity. Have a good vacation, dude, and if Annette is at Ladyland, tell her I said hey.