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Well might as well since I finally have a worthy tattoo... Scott Sylvia, Guest Spot @ Kings Avenue Tattoo, NYC

Ok so here are my latest additions. All of these were done over the last week while I was in New Zealand. First is a piece on my thigh by Simon Erl, got this one at the New Plymouth Convention; I got this one from Capilli later on in the week, it was a bit of a fluke I sent him a text asking if he had any time before I went home and it turned out he'd had a cancellation. Heaps lucky; And this last one was a session on my back. Jelle did the outline one night back in April and then I sat 5 more hours on it last Thursday. It's taking shape;

Higgs piece from Dustin Wengreen at Temple Tattoo, Oakland CA.

My new roses! I think every one can guess who did them :)

I know I don't have a chance but I've been dying to finally put a picture in one of the competitions By Geo Rogers @ Last Train Tattoo

My name is Michael Bennett, I tattoo out of 2Spirit Tattoo in San Francisco. I.ve been tattooing for a little over 10 years and am grateful for all it's given me. Hope you're all having a lovely day.

@Bunny Switchblade You were right about Geo. He did a wonderful job on my chest, and on my friends arm. We had the most enjoyable experience, probably the most fun I have ever had having a tattoo done. Seriously a very chill guy and talented artist. My friend and I spent 5 1/2 hours at the shop, and well, I couldn't be more pleased.

Now, this isn't strictly speaking a serious entry, I just wanted to note how far this contest has come in the last year. Some truly outstanding work being displayed here! Congrats to all for the effort of both tattooer and tattooee in getting them! Thanks to all for sharing your pix, and thanks to Lochlan and the team here for making this site a must-see every day. Panther head by Dale Grande, probably 1974.

Forrest Cavacco aka Tattoo Forrest at Cobra Custom Tattoo in Plymouth, Ma. TATTOO FORREST

I work in IT Admin at a college and I had forearm tattoos when I got hired 13 years ago... Ive since done hands and neck to no comment so far except my boss thought my ewok hand looked cool...So far so good but I'm under no illusion that they will be used against me if they want to but knock on wood I do a good job and try not to fuck up

Some I hadnt posted yet- all by Aaron Carmody from Keepsake (RIP, best shop) in arlington Handpoke with alchemy sign for gravel on the lid Funnel of souls skullcross

My latest tattoos on my shoulders were a bizarre experience. Obviously, the collarbone sucked, but I've felt worse... We did one complete shoulder first, and so my body/brain was focusing on easing that shoulder. So when we moved to the outline of the other shoulder it was the most god awful pain ever. Worse than my foot and ribs.. My body must have been sending all of its painkillers to the first shoulder, so the second one was just raw, 100% pain. Not fun.

i'm straight edge. i have a few shirts, and a few tattoos. but, i don't make any bigger a deal about it than that... where i live, most people not into music probably think i'm wearing a shirt advertising a ruler or a razor. the straight edge kids that make a huge deal about it in every day life are insecure, need a reason to feel special, and will probably break edge by the age of 24.

I guess I'm not straightedge if I just had to google straightedge.

Forgot to post this in last month's contest... Got it done mid-fiancee visit, so I was too busy with sushi joints and Klingon Monopoly to be online. Also, in what may have been a small miracle, we got the stencil (which was two pieces) perfect on the first try. Josh Cruse JP Cruse Professional Tattooing Wichita, KS

Herb Auerbach Slippin' Into Darkness

I give it a shot with this one from Sept 2011. Mask by Yushi Takei..

Hmm just found this and hope you won't mind me adding to it. I'm Erica, 19 year old fat chick from CA. lol great opener isnt it? I am in college right now, my major is Political Science. I absolutely love govt, law, philosophy, all the things which most kids my age hate. I am hoping, once I transfer, to double major in French and Political science. Then maybe get a master's in Security Studies. As far as tattoos go, I've wanted one since I was 12. Everyone in my middle school was getting horrible tattoos, and it was the thing to do. All through high school, people would show off their garage tattoos with pride. Everyone always talked about what they were going to get "tatted" and what deep personal meaning it had. When i turned 18 I started really considering getting tattooed. But I didn't know what I wanted. Then I went to Chinatown in vegas when I was visiting my father and found a Ganesh statue. Then I knew I wanted to get him on me forever. So I searched the internet, Google images, all of that good stuff. I still had alot of predjudices when it came to tattoos. I hated japanese tattoos, i thought they all had to have meaning, didnt think girls should be heavily tattooed. But in the course of my research and lurking, my attitude changed. january of this year, on the 31st, I got my first tattoo. I was in love and I wanted more. So back to the internet I went to lurk on tattoo websites and looking around and learning what a good tattoo was. Found myself here, and I love it. I know sometimes my posts are foolish, or awful, and I do apologize. But I love the vibe of this place, and have learned so much. Changed my ideas about tattoos and tattooing, and it makes me want to go spend all my money grinding images into my skin! Tomorrow I will be getting my 3rd tattoo, in a year, and the 3rd tattoo so far in my life. I just want to thank you all for opening my eyes... and creating a new passion in me!

So, this happened this evening: Done by Richard Pinch in Aberdeen Scotland. Got the Foo Dog done last year and always wish I went bigger. Richard added all the background and more flowers and I think it fits my back a lot better now. Very happy with it. There is another chrysanthemum going in on my ribs that you can't quite see. The flower on my hip will be the same colour as the one on my inner biceps, dark reddish. The yellow on the spots on dog will also be getting more dark tones too, like the mane. Very, very happy with it but also slightly freaked out at the size of the tattoo on my back now!

Hello everybody! The last time I was in getting tattooed (mid- September) my artist mentioned this site as we were talking other tattoo sites. Since then, I've been lurking and reading and figured it was time to say hi so I could join in the conversation. I took about a 9 year break from getting tattooed and then decided that life was too short and I was back in the chair for more! I look forward to reading more and hopefully contributing to the community.

If my kid is that big of an incoherent, inarticulate moron when he's 22 or 23 I'll tattoo his face for him to distract people from how dumb he is and how poor of a parent I was.

The lady head you posted in the tattoo of the month competition looks great.

cant quite figure it out but I have seen roses similar to those before. beautiful @HaydenRose

Yea those off-hours functions suck, especially now that they are mandatory sometimes. Fuckin Christmas parties...oh wait I forgot "Holiday Parties".

Who did your tattoos? As a fellow Virginian, I am curious. This forum allowed @cervixalot and I to realize we are Eskimo brothers in the tattooing world.

Scott Ellis at Triple Crown Tattoo started my 2012 Mayan jaguar thigh panel today- halfway there and already awesome:cool:

I cant pic which one to show, so I'll do this one

thanks everyone and @Scott Sylvia again if there is an east coast lster that was put out by Sandy private loch and claim my shirt first come first serve.

After reading everyones stories i feel obligated to share my own. Well here we go. I'm Chris, a 19 year old kid from Leiden, The Netherlands. High-school for me started being the worst time of my life. Being a metalhead since the age of 9 I went to high-school as a 12 year old chubby kid with long hair and a squeeky voice. Since i was the only longhaired metalhead 12 year old the bullies thought of me as an easy target. This led to delving deeper into my music and finding hardcore. Looking back to that time i'm just glad i stayed true to who i am despite all the shit i got for being me. Forward to 16 years old. The hair and the squeeky voice were gone, the bullying wasn't. One day i had enough of it and went apeshit crazy. The little 12 year old turned into a 1,85m high 83kg heavy mass of hatred. No one messed with me after that. Met awesome friends in classes and been hanging out with awesome people ever since. Lot's of parties, lots of concerts. Good times. After high-school i went to University to study law. After 2 months i realized it wasn't for me. Not only was it boring as fuck, the entire system was just build around being a lawyer that makes money of off unfortunate people and i was surrounded by the most self centered people i have ever met. Dropped out and started working at an indonesian take away place where i worked till last summer. I also did and still do vollunteerwork at a homeless shelter. This is where i found what i want to do in life. Helpin people. Started college this september to be a social worker and aced my first testperiod. For aslong as i am into metal/hardcore i've been into tattoo's. All my favorite artists and bands had tattoo's. They were badass, therefor tattoo's are badass. I had to get tattoo'ed. Luckily I waited till I was 18 years old and went to a good local shop. This was last year. I got the crest of the city i grew up in on my left calf. This city gave me my friends and made me who i am. Everything that happened to me happened in this city and it just felt right getting the crest permanently on my body. More tattoo's will definitely follow in the future but at the moment I simply can't afford quality work. Take care, Chris

i'm at least glad that they're good at clean, readable graphic design, with a heavy emphasis on the hierarchy of information.

earth pounding pachyderms !! lurking the stells https://twitter.com/i/#!/StellTattooArt/media/slideshow?url=http%3A%2F%2Finstagr.am%2Fp%2FSs3WeOtFtv%2F got me searching for great elephant tattoos zach nelligan http://www.triplecrowntattoo.com/ and richard stell painting http://www.richardstelltattoos.com/

awesome, to me this is a huge part of what getting tattooed is all about. you can check out portfolios online for all kinds of folks but you can't tell what the whole experience will be like from just looking at pics of someones work. glad it was a good time for you.

Forrest is a GREAT tattooer and a really nice dude.

On me, Artist: Beewon @ Liquid Fire Tattoos

Oh my goodness, I love that moth elephant so much. Also love this one by Virginia Elwood:

i'll just leave this here...

You have some great, great tattoos @Doesy. And @HaydenRose: I bet those took an hour and a half, tops. They look great, of course!

Found a video of it--the peaceful zombie, love it.

Looking good! I'm sure it will only get bigger!.. any ideas for the other side yet? ;) - - - Updated - - - gotta get this done by 12/21/12, right?

I spotted this on the front of a copy of one of the local papers that was laying around the break room at work today: So there are always job options with visible tattoos. Probably helps if you're a local celebrity though.

hardcore-ish metal or metalish hardcore, what ever you wanna call it...or just good stuff: and then this which has nothing to do with hardcore

Hope ya'll like it! Chris Conn Askew Sekretcity Los Angeles

I'm not so old that I'm now "older folks" am I? Though I found going on to the forearms (which I did a whole month and a bit ago) was a pretty heavy decision.

Well this month was pretty badass for great tattoos as well as lots of voting. Thanks to everyone who posted, liked, and got some awesome tattoos! Both people who won got multiple tattoos over a short period of time. The SFO convention wins in general for putting out some of the most liked tattoos for Novembers best tattoo and from that convention we've got a tie..... The winners are: @ian with his skulls by Jeff Gogue & skull by Jondix (post #2), Congratulations!! AND the other winner is @Scott R for his Eagle backpiece laser then coverup by Scott Sylvia (post #17), Congratulations!! It's been cool to see both guys tattoos and process to get the tattoos they wanted overtime so thanks for sharing with us at LST! Bring on Decembers Tattoo Contest....... Winners, PM me your shirt size and address

Eric Inksmith, my favorite tigers of all time. Hands down.

Got these two from Chad and Greg Christian whilst they have been here in Sydney

Started by torso with Thomas Hooper today

awesome.

Not discounting Spider Murphys or any of the other suggestions but Geo (Geoff Rogers) from that shop is a solid tattooist! I know Geo has been out to Matt Amey's shop (Independent Tattoo) in Delaware to guest spot in the past!