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My wife and I got tattooed by Matt Arriola yesterday. The tiger was three sittings, but only took about three and a half hours.

More pictures of tattoos, less being dickheads. Please and thank you.

Dennis at @ProvidenceTattoo

Just got my latest tattoo finished a couple hours ago. Not the best pictures, I go back in a few weeks for a touch up session, will get some better pictures then. Was done by Jamie Macpherson at Unity Tattoo in Vancouver. I am really happy with it.

I know some people on this forum don't really dig this guy, but Gen did a guest spot here in Hong Kong and I got my lower leg done. That ditch is something else eh? Taken from his instagram coz I couldn't get any decent shots.

Why is it a shame that his tattooer copied someone else's style? Anymore, almost all tattooing is evocative of some other persons work.

Raking Light Projects is are presenting a Jondix exhibit in Los Angeles at 4300 Melrose Ave., opening reception is Saturday evening (April 13) from 7-10 pm and the exhibit will be up for a full year. Hope to see some of you there! :D

I take your point too. On second thought I should have been more sincere towards @thecatatafish about his tattoo, although I am sure he knows what Gen is about otherwise he wouldn't have made the comment about some people on here not digging him. Im going to end this now because its not what im about and I respect this forum and the majority of the people that contribute.

Hey ... Miguel Olascuaga, Live Free Tattoo in ATL

Not sure if this is what you meant but this is who I thought of: sam rulz

Solid decision, I personally liked the get another tattoo one because what's better than one tattoo? Twooo

One sec.... - - - Updated - - - Fixed. I keep coming back to this image again and again. This is spectacular work. I'd be sticking my leg in everyone's face saying, "Have you seen this?!?!" Strangers in subways, at the grocery, at work...everyone. Such a great tattoo.

I take your point there, and get why you would be especially pissed seeing that this guy ripped off one of your tattoos, but unless a) this particular tattoo was directly lifted from Shige or any other artist, and b) that the client asked for a copy of somebody else's work, disparaging comments about people's tattoos bum me out because these tattoos are on people, they have to live with them, and often they don't even know that they're getting straight copies of other peoples' tattoos. If it means that I have no morals because I'd rather not make somebody feel shitty about a tattoo that they're stoked on, then so be it. For what it's worth, my "dickheads" comment was mostly about people complaining about the cost of good tattoos. There's no place for that here.

This is my Torso, still to much skin.....:confused:

Seeing as this forum is a such a huge collection of excellent tattoos and also a PSA for getting good tattoos and avoiding scratchers, why don't you show him some of the threads on here? I've never been particularly swift about following through on my tattoos, but this forum (along with some other media) definitely helped me avoid doing some stupid shit as well as make me understand some of the not-great aspects of some of my work.

Yesterday the rain in Philly was crazy and my jeans got soaked commuting in. So I spent three hours at work in my underwear. Dealing with vendors. USPS. Staff. I was going to put a tie on, but that would have been weird. Random musings.

I think everybody associates impulsive with "right then and there", so mine may not be as impulsive. A friend of mine says, "you should get something that says i'm from florida, like the gators logo". i say, "that would be mad cheesy, but id get a sick gator tat!".......a month later i have a giant gator on half of my body by Seth Wood

Yeah Norway is the UAE of Europe. Give me some of that oil money. Good idea for a thread. Sorry can't add anything for Tokyo.

They're playing tomorrow night I think. I caught them about a year and a half ago and they were so good. In between them leaving the stage and them coming back for an encore a girl projectile vomited from a balcony overlooking the stage right onto Proscriptor's cymbals. He was playing with vomit splashing around whenever he hit them. So brutal.

Bunch of good FST tattoos on this page.

This is the only elephant tattoo that sticks in my mind, and what a tattoo it is by Dean Sacred.

- - - Updated - - - I don't see any similitude :confused:...............

You should just come to Providence. Visit Howard's grave.

That fucking tiger! Ack. Matt, Lehi, and Bryan Burk are my three favorite artists for tigers. She got a good one, for sure. And that girl head's on you? We gotta catch up soon. I didn't know you were going back in the chair. It looks great, but you knew that.

I got an elephant tattoo last September. It's pretty simple compared to what has been posted, but I really like him. Got it done at Tattoo Paradise in Washington, DC. I'm no veteran (this was my second), but I liked the shop and the guys and girls there were great. Took the photo as it was healing - you can see all the skin that was peeling off, ha. Sorry!

What's a metal thread without Motorhead??

Yes London rent is high and valerie is fast, I'm more than happy how much tattoo I get for the money with valerie. Wicked tattoo yet again @Tim Burke

I'm a newb, but when I was on Dana Helmuth's site I saw this and it kills.

haha man hes a machine! such a nice guy!

heres mine

All of my tattoos save my first have been pretty much impulses. Started with my gypsy lady on my arm and just came up with the other ones while at my previous tattoo sessions.

@youthcrewalex, whenever Chad posts the progress on this, I get stoked!

well my latest, a rose with my daughters name was pretty impulsive. was going to get some sneakers...never made it to the shoestore...

Thanks, everybody! I took the day off and spent most of it with my wife and daughter. It involved red meat, red wine, and red velvet cake, so all in all, it was a great success.

New one from Valerie Vargas at Frith St on my calf. Taking pictures of your own calf is a bit of nightmare!

Lost my LST shirt so maybe my tiger can help out. Tony Hundahl - Rock of Ages Austin, Texas - one shot

Jessica Swaffer does really nice lady heads - currently at Chapel Tattoo ,melbourne

Not to sure if this guy has been posted, Matty Darienzo, He is an Australian that tattoos at Into You London. matty d'arienzo | Tumblr

baily robinson Copper Beehive – Tattooing by Bailey Hunter Robinson - - - Updated - - - Jeff gogue http://www.offthemaptattoo.com/

Alix Ge, someone posted one of her tattoos already but I love her lady heads so much. I got one back in March. the last one is mine, freshly done

..the side of your fridge looks like this:

oh man this is for real, my wife recognizes scotts voice.

Didn't see any mention of Brad Stevens so far. His lady heads are my favourite. I've got this one from him: and here are some others he's done:

This dude is so pretty its probably appropriate to post here .Rudy Fritsch is an awesome tattooer who currently resides at Milano City Ink ,check his distinctive style. Milano City Ink Srl

These 2 are from Todd Noble. I thought they where quite nice. Tried to find a link or something to add here but I couldn't find anything? (I ripped them of visualamor.com )

Jef is painting alot more now and flying east to work at the upcoming richmond (virginia) tattoo convention in november. his tattoos are looking really clean and that Deno tattoo is proof of it. that thing is slick, and he did it at my shop in DC. i have a bunch of Jef tattoos but not anything thats been done in the last 10+ years.

I'll second Theo Mindell as one of the top lady-headers. I'll probably end up with one from him sometime soon. Also, I didn't see Cris Cleen mentioned in here, but I love his ladies. ALSO, that Dietzel flash on the last page is soooooo good.

Thanks for the kind words, james. I completely co sign the Lina Stigsson tattoos and paintings. I fucking love her work. Kills me. I gotta say here, though. Not come off like an ass kisser at all, but I have always been partial to how Scott Sylvia does lady heads. So absolutely tattoo looking and completely un-pretentious, but still pretty and charming. I'm a big sucker for charm in a tattoo, especially when it's perfectly fitted with looking bad ass or tough. And that's a very hard thing to do. It's one of those things that only comes with years of experience, analysis, trial and error, study, and love for your craft. His painting in the Bella book kills most of the other fancier ones in there for me because of how sincere it comes across. Truly mature tattooing.

for those of you in the bay area- there's a piece of Conn flash with 3 awesome lady heads that me and Lochlan always drool over. I've seen it in both Temple and Blackheart. I only found this tiny picture of it online. In person it's fucking rad

I just joined this site, I love lady heads and after browsing the member pictures I'd like to add Stefan Johnson's name to this conversation. I really love his style of girls and not even sure how it would be categorized (help?). I plan on getting a gypsy head in the near future but I prefer the more neo-trad, softer designs like this rather than the pure traditional styles which most artists seem to do. Here's a few examples of Stefan's style which I like and if anyone can suggest a traveling artist or one in the northeastern US who does similar work I'd greatly appreciate it. If I was closer to Stefan's shop in CA I'd be booking an appt. tomorrow. Thanks.