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New one from Chad Koeplinger done at Frith Street Tattoo

Just got this little pony from Bailey Robinson.

done by Nick Colella Chicago Tattooing Co. 3/2/2013

I shouldn't be allowed outside without a chaperone. My girlfriend and I went out for lunch this afternoon. Since we were right around the corner from The Pearl in Toronto I decided to stop in and say hello. Just a few moments before we got there Tim Pausinger had a couple of last minutes cancellations. Perfect timing! I had a few ideas on my phone and after brief discussion Tim drew up a design and got to work. I had a tattoo done last week that was healing nicely and so I figured what the hell. Let's do it. I've got another appointment on Friday, another on the 18th and two in April. I think I'll take a wee break at that point before beginning the work on my chest.

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What the heck, I'll throw mine in the ring this month...Got this one back in Janurary. Done by Thomas Deaton at Twisted Reality tattoo

I'm throwing another old one in because this is fun! Sorry for the gratuitous man-boobs. Andrew Conner. Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Got tattooed by Matt Arriola at the West Texas Tattoo Conv. Super pumped on how this came out.

New little one I picked up from Mil Martinez at the Tattoo Tea Party in Manchester. He works out of 13 Diamonds in London. Super cool guy. Sorry about the crappy picture, i'll get a better one soon!

Effective immediately, due to a major ink shortage caused by @else the price of ink will be increasing dramatically on the limited quantity that is left. The now rare tattoo ink will be more expensive per ounce than Rhodium.

I've always been overweight, chubby or fat. I have both arms covered and quite a bit of each leg tattooed - I love my tattoos. And beautiful tattoos look great on any size body! From a personal standpoint, it is simply my vanity and insecurity that has kept me from getting my back, buttocks and ribs tattooed-- and that is because I wouldn't be comfortable naked in front of most people. My husband ( who is a tattooer will most probably be the one to tattoo my back and sides) As a tattooer, I like big people with big tattoos and small people with big tattoos too> Best of luck

never watch miami or la ink to get ideas or even to i don't know....just watch the interview vids on here instead....

Thanks guys. I knew I really wanted to get tattooed by Matt and was up in the air with a few options. I pitched him a spider and a scorpion, and he went with what he knew. I couldnt be happier. It was a good experience. Also he asked me if i wanted to enter the contests they were having so I said sure. Ended up winning Best in Show and sending him back to Seattle with a big ass skull for winning.

Done by Cecil Porter. Douglas from the movie "Where the Wild Things Are".

i completely agree. that drawing looks like doo doo, man. not to mention, i would highly reconsider the forearm tattoo. even after i had several tattoos, i was very apprehensive about getting my forearm tattooed. that's coming from a dude in his mid 20's, not 16, and had been working for quite some time.

I will always do this show. I cant wait. I have a blast.

MarkBee, you have more than one limb you know... :) but daaaamn, nice tattoo you just got. just great!

If they come here and ask for opinions, that shows that they're different from most 16-year-olds (whom you accurately describe in your other post). I like to think of LST as a place where people of all ages can get great advice. If they don't wanna follow it, then they're free to enjoy their shitty tattoo. (No shots)

honestly, i don't think it's all that bad. someone has to start somewhere. but this dude should without a doubt, 100% heed peoples warnings. if you're 16, and someone older than you that has tattoos is trying to advise you do something opposite what you are planning to do, it's for a good reason. i am so god damn glad i didn't get tattooed at 16, 18, or even 20 or 21. i probably would've gotten the lamest shit, and went to bunk tattooers.

Politics of the Piercing Profession, I try to be nice... You would have seen me a lot more, but... I am less drama lately... funny how busting your ass takes the fun out of being an ass...

Yeah, it is so good. It's also one of those tattoos that makes me think that even though spider tattoos have never really appealed to me that I'm probably wrong about that and I would love to have a tattoo like that.

I'll be working Musink this year with my buddy Myles Karr

I always thought of it as a Jerry design, but never really verified that. I have the design tattooed on my leg, Artwork Rebels has it as part of their last Thursday flash special they do every month. Saw that Nikki Balls one today, love the bandana.

I had to join the site to thank you for this thread. I have been trying to decide for some time where & what size to get my first tattoo. I'm old, fat, & not especially attractive. I've been wanting a tattoo for a long time, and have known for a while what it is I want. But, the size and placement has held me back. I have been thinking of getting it small, worrying about what people would think. Which is really ridiculous. I don't worry about what people think of me, as Popeye would say, "I am what I am". Thanks for helping reinforce the decision that was in the back of my head the whole time.

Here's my anchor!! We went a lot bigger and more colorful than I thought we would going in... Love it! :D

Done at 2:a Långgatan Tatuering aka American Art, been going since 70's by Magnus Tufvesson. a good guy. Nova is my youngest daughter. getting some fillers around it to finish up that arm in a couple of weeks or so.

Finished up this thigh fight yesterday, from Nash at Thicker Than Water

this cracked me up..

Thanks, hogg. It was a pretty great day, all in all. I'm a little concerned about Friday. I was planning on having another, smaller piece put on that same stretch of real estate. But I've already done two in the last 8 days, and I think my arm will be very unhappy with me.

If you're sixteen you know better than somebody older than you because that's what being sixteen is all about.

Woahwoahwoah, I thought this was a voxer thread.

i can understand that but i personally think it's too much drama in those shows, but if you like, then fine! but if you wanna see good artwork...just check the instagram stream thing whatever right here -----> i get stuck sometimes just sitting and watching the pics go by...

This is the winner, at least I hope. Such a nice tattoo.

It's not the worst tattoo I have seen, but the filagree work is not done well.

They have always reminded me of Sinbad the Sailor from the old Popeye cartoons.

I wish I hadn't seen this. I love her stuff, and now I need to get a tattoo from her.

A guaranteed way to tell if your artist is excited about your tattoo is to ask them to tattoo some one else's flash . I got a Mike Malone piece from Ian Flower and he said " I'll even tattoo it with my Malone machine for no extra charge " ha ha.

I think a place that is charging you a good bit below the going rate for good tattoos in Vancouver, that tells you that you can go in "almost anytime" instead of setting an appointment, and is going to tattoo a 16 year old is probably not going to give you a great tattoo.

Ok... so I do have ONE MORE appointment booked... but *after that* I plan to take a break ;-)

Evan Griffiths who co owns Tama Tattoo in Melbourne, Australia. Evan is well known down under but probably not so much elsewhere. In my opinion he is one of the most dynamic tattooist out there, his japanese is outstanding and his bio mechanical is world class too.

If you can afford a tattoo, you can afford to wait and save more money to travel to get tattooed.

I just wanna go to see Lucero. When the fuck did Pennywise get back together?

He really is a great story teller. He told stories about the tattoos he has. He also showed me a ton of flash that he owns but doesn't have enough space on the walls to put them up. Everyone needs to get tattooed by Tomas. Awesome guy.

Tony Hundahl

I had a hell of a weekend at the convention. Pictures stolen from their respective instagrammers. First, got this reaper from Richard Smith of Thicker Than Water on Friday. No pictures really do this thing justice. And yesterday I got this ghostly wolf head from Ron Henry Wells. Words can't even express how excited I am about this tattoo.

doesnt everyone? it makes me feel like my money is secure and a little bit like a stripper. plus who could resist the pleasure of purchasing something with a fist full of musky cash pulled from their pants?