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My latest is only a few hours old. Is this the first LST-themed tattoo? If it is, I also know who got the second (only moments after me): Courtesy of Mr. @Scott Sylvia himself. PS Like this or feel the ban hammer.

got a little rose on my neck from Adam Hays and.... a bit more on my back from Chad K

posted in the lastest tattoo thread but i figured i'd give it a shot in here as well. by Stuart Cripwell @ Spider Murphys this past thursday.

Jesse Gordon Jnr. Clipped from his Instagram. Nice guy, interesting to hear a little about the history of Inksmith & Rogers.

Criminal. Thinking about it some more I probably won't tattoo my feet because for a long time I've wanted Jondix or Hooper to do them and it would be a shame to just get them tattooed with whatever now just because it's convenient.

I justified it by saying "well it will save me from spending money at the bar/etc"

I was heading to work for 7am on release day and there were already ten people, all dressed up in office clothes, waiting outside of a games store for it to open. I snickered to myself at them, then finally had to admit they had a point and I picked up a copy after work. Really great game so far. I'm not really one for online gaming but I'll give some LST gaming a chance.

gonna enter this Rose by Adam Hays whilst he guested at Black garden, london UK.done on thursday

I think the show and the competition is complete shit, worthless, but the one thing that I think has come of it is using the guest judge category to put the spotlight on quality tattooing, cause the contestants sure can't accomplish that. It really doesn't matter what I think of Oliver, and as much I feel like I wouldn't care for most other people that do what he does, I think he does more good for tattooing than bad. I think putting on the Elm St convention really sealed it for me. There are so many shitty tattoo conventions that are selling tickets by promoting z list celebrities and runner ups in shitty tattoo shows as headliners, most of these things run by non tattooers, and often people with little interest in tattooing, except the amount of money it could put in your pocket, but Oliver decides to put on a quality convention with only top tattooers, there is ever opportunity to have some big company bank roll some tattoo convention shit show, where they would pimp out his celebrity and those on the show to try to sell tickets to juggalos and reality tv junkies. Ultimately I don't think it matters what I think anyway, but that is a small snip it of how I see it.

...and I just got selected as a juror in a trial that's going to have me off work for at least three months. Thinking of using this as a opportunity to do my feet.

I am sooo damn jealous, and I know I really gotta make time to head out to SF. Awesome tattoo!

The GTA:V PS3 bundle on amazon is hard to resist right now...

pics or it didn't happen @gougetheeyes @AngelSpary :cool:

Pics?

@hogg Love it!!

Maybe he's saving space for some new work when he get's old.

This isn't directed as a dig at the OP, because I understand how hard it can be to try to book an appointment, especially when we are talking about an international matter, but just maybe some insight on how to approach getting tattooed. That being said, is there anyone who books appointments over Instagram. I always see people commenting on posts trying telling tattooers to call them or email them if they have an appointment available or expecting them to comment back with a price quote of an idea that only exists in their own mind. If you want tattooers to take you seriously (and not just ignore you) you should always look for contact info on people's social media page, most of the time the easiest and prefered way to get ahold of someone is posted clearly, secondly if possible always go to the shop in person (if possible), if not call the shop and ask the best way to book appointment with the person you are looking for. 99% of the time you if you follow this, it's end of story, but if you have to contact someone through social media, make sure it's a private message and make sure you mention that you tried to contact them through conventional routes. Be clear, concise, and let them know you are willing to lay down a deposit to your paypal to secure time with them. Also give tattooers a week to respond before you send follow up emails, or call the shop again.

Yea it was weird for a launch of such a big game. I just kinda walked in, no lines or anything and saw the big poster and said "what the hell". Little did I know the game just launched, etc. Yea I'm PS3 at least.

I picked up my copy the day it came out, but I didn't line up. I walked into the shop after work and bought it. No lines. No hassle. Are you folks on PS3?

@youthcrewalex, that reaper is too much! @slayer9019 You are correct, sir.

@daveborjes haha, i feel you. I did tell Chris I wanted this to be Fenriz, so, hopefully that escapes the Japanese pantheon.

LOL Hogg, congrats on a great piece! Sent from my LG-E980 using Tapatalk 2

Butt session with Dana Helmuth tomorrow to put a "hopefully" huge dent in progress on wind bars and background.

Good idea. I'm going to get on his list just so I can cancel! :-)

@Gregor I think as long as your diet is in hand you should be grand. I've never done ETK or any of Pavel's Kettlebell only programs, but he's a legit guy and if you do it properly I'm sure you'll get something out of it. Post up in this thread after a bit?

@Gregor @kylegrey @hogg @Cork @Colored Guy Gregor, as Scott R says, when people lose a lot of weight unfortunately they are almost always also losing muscle mass along with it. My view is that leaness is rarely a comfortable bedfellow with a goal of building strength (unless you are very genetically gifted). As Scott alludes to after a certain point in your training you have to be taking in a surplus of calories to support progress. Whether the goal is strength or hypertrophy, a lot of classic programmes like 5X5, Starting Strength, old bodybuilding splits etc. go hand in hand with an expectation that you will eat like a King for a while. Invariably, you're gaining muscle but inevitably some fat. Typically the intention in the long run would then be to try to cut some of the fat while maintaining as much of the muscle mass as possible. I've seen a lot of fellow intermediate lifters seem to constantly swing between a kind of boom and bust. They do something like Starting Strength and eat like crazy, and their squat and press shoot up. They also get fat. Then they spend several months cutting, but botch it, and end up a lot leaner but also weaker. Then, the cycle begins again. I've done this myself a fair bit, despite efforts to the contrary. All that said, I think there are two other points worth considering:- 1. If you're a novice lifter in terms of your strength standards and/or have a lot of weight to lose I think it is possible to gain muscle and lose fat at the same time... For a while. I think for most men they can ride both horses up to the point of achieving some basic benchmark strength standards (bodyweight bench, double bodyweight deadlift?) but, after that, if you want to get a lot stronger then you can't achieve that while simultaneously trying to get leaner and leaner. 2. On the possibility of building strength whilst not gaining mass, whether muscle or fat, I think it's possible to follow a programme which is based on strength as a skill, and which seems to relate heavily to the CNS and lifting. The work of Pavel Tsatsouline springs to mind. He has recommended near daily training in the past, with relatively heavy weights, pursuing the idea of strength as a quality that can be developed through practice, rather than just being a physical attribute you either have or don't. I've made decent progress in strength terms on a high frequency / moderate intensity / low volume programme a little like this (Dan John's '40 Day' programme). If you want to get stronger but want to actively avoid getting bigger in any sense then this is a route worth exploring. In the long run I'm sort of agnostic about how long you can continue to progress in strength terms without accepting that you are going to have to get bigger, however. A lot of the benchmarks which Pavel and co. use as demonstrators of notable strength being developed are often also highly skill related (the one legged pistol squat being a good example). I'd be curious what @kylegrey has to say, seeing as pro bodybuilders seem amongst the best at getting really lean whilst keeping on lean muscle mass. Genetics, or just a matter of being really good at cutting when the time comes for it?

Man, that is gnarly. Thanks for posting. I think I'd rather have the busted tattoo.

Robert Klem did Sleep's first album cover, doesn't look anything like his tattoos though.

Hi Tim welcome to LST. Which artists do you have work from so far? Have you visited Congress St or Hobos Tattoo in Portsmouth?

Welcome -- nice scar cover-up and congratulations on four years down!

I actually have 5 vintage Pinky Yun copies. The copies themselves are old. They are on cardboard back & laminated. I will accept reasonable offers. I have spoken to Cliff White, who told me what they are worth. You can email me if you would like individual pictures of them Thanx HERO [email protected] FB/herotattooer Instagram/tattoosbyhero Cell#484 554 7582

No worries. And hey... after a long hiatus... I finally bought a NEW macbook (pro!) with a 500gb hard drive. So. I can finally convert video again. (My macbook had 2gb of open space) I have more Zeke Owen coming this week....

Well why did you bring up women's bodies declining if you didn't think it made an impact on the choices women should make for their tattoos? I don't worry about what my tattoos will look like as I age. But I got that impression from you. You have to understand that you are a MAN talking about how and where a WOMAN should get tattooed. It's fine if you think tattoos are "sexy" on a woman, but end the discussion there, please. It's the same as when men blame a woman for not appreciating a cat-call. There's a point in the conversation where your opinion crosses the line. Maybe you didn't mean anything by your comment, I understand. My point is that this is a forum (watch how you articulate yourself, as meaning is hard to convey through text), tattoos are personal regardless of their meaning, and most (if not all) of the women on this forum have dealt with a lot of hardships as a result of deciding to get tattooed, so don't blame us if we don't take a compliment the way you wanted us to.

Most of my sessions have been 4-5 hours on average, nothing shorter than 4 hours. Several times I've sat 8-9 hours, mostly with Henning. We try to squeeze in as much work as possible when he's visiting. My first tattoo was with Henning and the entire experience was an all day event. Walk to subway, subway to LIRR, LIRR out to LI, cab from LIRR to Kings Ave. That's about 1 1/2 to 2 hours travel time already. Arrive 12-12:30PM. Other than email communications, hadn't seen Henning since the first time I met him in about 1 1/2 to 2 years earlier. Short conversation, Henning begins to stencil me and draw, which takes about 45 minutes. Then we get to business. Couple of bathroom breaks, a 30 minute break for lunch, then back at it. Henning would ask how I'm doing and I tell him I'm fine. Do you want to keep going? Sure (with no frame of reference). By the time all was said and done, it's about 8:30PM. I literally get home about 10:30-11PM.

I'm already an old wrinkled dude covered in tattoos, I've got six kids, and all but two of them (too young) are regulars with Nick Colella. Fuck anyone that doesn't like it.

@ShawnPorter THANK YOU!! re the above thread.

Thank you, dead. I have a little crappy cherry blossom on my thigh that has solid lines, but needs reworking. No sense putting it up until it's jazzed up. CL, I figured. I'm a big fan of Tengwar and Sindarian. I also love the Runic inspired Dwarvish and the High Speech. Thank you for the polite welcome.

3 week tattoo-bonanza to come: London: Mole eating planet, side of underarm, El Carlo. Lady head sleeping under starlit sky, inside of thigh, Jacyln Réhe. Eel eating it's own tail, around another tattoo on front of thigh, Deno. Trieste, Italy: Heart/factory-thing, front of other thigh, Rudy Fritsch. Back in Stockholm: Tibetean UFO in smoke, back of knee, Iain Mullen. After that: chill time for a month or three. edit: (checked bank balance) ... or six

artist: Jess Yen JESS shop: MY TATTOO a friend notified me two weeks before and told me that Jess Yen had a last minute opening,so I ended up getting an 8 hour one shot piece from Jess on 08/16/13 ! here is the original art he drew for me & my body size & weight ,he signed it and dated it for me. and here is the stencil which he also gave me, here it is the day after,he used saniderm on it, here are the healed pics . .

Did you? Because I checked my PMs and still haven't seen this tattoo.

Why would you find it awkward? You know, not everybody has it lucky and can end up with awesome tattoos. I have a couple I am not super proud of, but we live and learn. You might have an opportunity to change a persons life by referring them to a good artist. One good tattoo can overshadow all of those bad ones in an instant. Be cool to people who are just trying to be cool to you. Take compliments in stride, as long as they aren't being weirdos or freaking you out.

Hi all! im an apprentice from Suffolk UK and would be very greatful if you could take the time to look at the prints and merch i have for sale at Home / nofireinmylungs prints are amazing quality and huge, shirts and hoodies are lovely quality and the stickers are fun! orders of two or more items get a free sticker pack thanks for looking!

My tattooer and I talking about this a while back. We both agreed that it would be badass to be that old dude covered in tattoos. Old tattooed dudes always got some good stories.

I don't usually post in the contest threads but I thought it would be fun to have a Henning vs. Rubendall showdown. Done at the Montreal tattoo convention last week:

I'll put my wolf permanently in this thread. Chris O'Donnell, NYC:

This is from Henning Jorgensen. done at Royal Tattoo. enjoy!

what others think is their problem, not yours. me personally don't give a flying f**k what others think of any of my tattoos anyway...but thats me...