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By Scott Sylvia last month at Blackheart.

These are my hands. The bird by Bailey Robinson and the panther by Steve Byrne. The knuckles and little guys were done by Vinse One. Actually Matt Arriola did the anchor.

My 3 year old niece wants to grow up to be a badass. Tattoos by Pixar, I believe.

Here is my latest. Done on Tuesday by Aaron Coleman (Immaculate Tattoo, Mesa AZ). I asked for a crawling panther plus "whatever, as long as it's fairly traditional". Got a sword and some roses and I am extremely pleased of course. Done in only 2.25 hours as I mentioned in the 'fastest tattooers' thread.

George burchett flash dragon done by Cheyenne Sawyer at Atlas Tattoo in Portland

i entered the top part last month now i am entering the bottom part. done by jeff gogue. sorry for the blurry pic and this pic was taken the day after so it wasnt "fresh"

I love a good back piece or a solid sleeve, but my obsession is hand tattoos. Here are a few of my favorites from the collection I have saved on my computer. Tim Hendricks Seth Wood Ron Wells Ashley Love Annie Frenzel Peter Lagergren Peter Lagergren again I'd love to see some other favorites, or hand tattoos that LST members have!

Horitomo cat from a few months ago ... sorry for the dark picture

I love flowers on the hands and I also really like this ... Jondix Gerhard Wiesbeck

If I was to get hand tattoos Alex Binnie would be my go to guy .

New one from Chris O'Donnell. Flaming traditional dragon head.

Chris Rigoni, apprentice tattooer at Holdfast Tattoo in Australia, since 2012 Instagram

First time posting hopefully I uploaded the image correctly. Finished this little guy in the summer.

@deadsp0t, yeah we got a new sport now...how many hours under the needle championship!

So many penises..

Our own @Chelsea Shoneck should be on this list:

Work in progres, done by Neno from Hidden Dragon Tattoo, Zadar, Croatia. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Tapatalk

Here is my back-piece from @Stewart Robson Started - 11/25/2011 Completed - 11/24/2013 The tattoo has 78 hours in total.

Im liking Craig Ridley's work , he has gone from strength to strength since moving to Brighton.

Awesome piece Shaun! I am about to take the 2 hour trek now to see Nick Colella for my background filler for my half sleeve, will report back when done. Sent from my LG-E980 using Tapatalk 2

ohhh...so you are learning by yourself, at home? please leave this forum.

Just after lining.

6 Days of standard mild soap and bepanthen. Normally I switch to Palmers cocoa butter on the 8th day and today I ran out of bepanthen. Buy a new tube? Or straight for the Cocoa butter? The skin is just about finished pealing

I can't seem to post links very easily from my wife's iPad - but I am a fan of Joe Ellis (Sacred Electric in Leeds, UK). He was an apprentice when I first became aware of him a couple years ago. For a sample of his work check out my Rock of Ages in my gallery.

I got this from Chad Koeplinger earlier this year. I love it, and I want to share it with you:

Alright... here goes nothin. Pharoah's Horses tattooed by me, finished in October.

How about adding our own @smiling.politely to the list.

I got tattooed by Cheyenne back in September. He is a great guy, and makes really nice tattoos.

Yea welding can be tough on skin. Nothing was more fun that getting "sunburned" when I was welding a lot (without proper protection).

In the summer, Saved did a lot of walk-in Sundays with pre-drawn flash. I wish I made it to some of them. Some of the days were based around holidays like Mother's Day and others were design-based like Mandalas and Skulls. They never advertised the price, and I'm not even sure if they were shop minimum just that they were small one-shots.

Ha! Same here! Blew both out skating and it eventually lead to me stopping sports l together.

The legends book has a fair amount of Coleman flash. The lost love book also has a handful of flash sheets and photos of Coleman's.

Horitomo cats & my cats :)

After 1st session with Horitomo. Back was much easier than I thought/ heard, of course we haven't hit the problem areas yet...

Oh I'm aware of it. It's sad and not such an antiquated form of communication. At this rate 2 generations from now will barely be able to read a damn font if its not Helvetia or Times Roman. Pathetic. I give value to the fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination that this provides way over texting and video games, besides all the other benefits like BEING ABLE TO READ.

Zac Scheinbaum at Saved. I believe he's only 23 or 24.

Hey guys! I've never entered a contest before but thought I'd try this month. This is my anchor and bow tattoo, my second tattoo, done by Steve at Cloak and Dagger Tattoo in Dayton, OH. :)

I work a physical job as well, and one that has me working with high temperatures (steam and boiling liquids) and some fairly nasty chemicals, but I don't really take any special steps to protect myself other when I'm healing. Maybe I'll put on a longer pair of gloves instead of nitrile examination gloves when I'm dispensing chemicals, but I don't wear long sleeves all the time. As it is, only short sleeves are allowed according to the dress code, though visible tattoos aren't allowed. Go figure.

I used to live in Long Beach, so of course I'm biased. Port City, Dark Horse, Spotlight for starters. If you're willing to trek to Orange County you got Gold Rush, Torch, Sid's. If you're ever in the Valley, you got JoJo Ackerman's spot in Santa Clarita. Tons and tons of options in SoCal.

I don't know those shops you mentioned (except Broken Art)... but @DJDeepFried and I both go to Memoir Tattoo on Beverly in west LA. We have gotten great work from Kim Saigh & James Spencer Briggs. Shawn Barber & Brendan Rowe are also great, and they get really good guests like Seth Wood. memoir tattoo ©2010 Then there's Unbreakable Tattoo...a lot of good artists there, I'd be interested in getting one from Jim Sylvia. Unbreakable Tattoo - www.tattoounbreakable.com Then there's Dark Horse with Bryan Burk who has an interview you could watch right here on LST. He's amazing. Best Tattoo Artists | Top Tattoo Shops and Parlor in Los Angeles | Dark Horse Tattoo Los Angeles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TujVa9bS6L0 And last one for now: Shamrock Social Club. I have one from Mark Mahoney. It was just a small one before I knew better, but what a great experience. Coolest guy. Shamrock Social Club

People still come in asking for that beauty mark shit all the time at my shop in JC, I won't touch it with a 10 foot pole. I also love it when girls come in wanting a cross on their wrist "facing them" \m/ o_0 \m/

Hey Folks, Thanks for this thread. Instead of it being a big ole bitchfest, it really has given me a good outlook, stuff to remember when I feel like I have to write a six paragraph bible verse the size of a postage stamp. I tattoo whatever walks through the door, and sometimes it is taxing to my soul, but what is more taxing is the thought of not tattooing.