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got an old man tattoo from an old dude.

After 2 1/2 months rooming with my lovely mother after moving back to VT, I am moving into my own place! Living out the New Girl dream and rooming with 3 men... This should be interesting!

here's my tattoo from cole dunn that i got today at the meeting of the marked. hard to get it all in one shot because it's caps my shoulder off pretty good but you get the idea.

Hello Everyone I have been in a process of getting a back piece for a month now this is my first tattoo and the pic is 4 hours after the last session. Wanted to hear some honest opinions. It still has another session in 2 weeks in which some details and all the coloring will be done and it should complete the piece. What do you guys think?

You're as special as @Hogrider, @Cork, @KBeee, and @someotherguy. Weird that someone signed up just to spam via PMs, but they have received a death blow from the banhammer.

With a process as important as getting a piece of artwork permanently drilled into your skin, how could you NOT use a professional tattoo designer?? Online of course. Face to face interaction is so last generation

A week from tomorrow I'm getting tattooed in Providence, RI, then I'm leaving for Europe til mid-December. Packing will be complicated since my journeys span multiple climates, but I'm excited to be traveling again!

@TrixieFaux & I just got back from a photo shoot at Memoir for Tattoo magazine. Don't know if our faces will show but it's the closest that I will ever be to being a model.

Got this from Britney Goodman at Downtown Tattoo in Las Vegas.

So far, for the first 4 weeks at my new school I have kept covered up with long pants and long sleeve shirts...even on these 90-100 degree days. I do have working A/C in my classroom so it only gets hot outside. Well, I got some cropped pants yesterday that show the bottom of the monmon cat tail and I'm going to wear them tomorrow. Yeah! Livin' on the edge!

Damn, I thought I was special.

[emoji106] good shit. Nipped in the bud quick.

Did you draw that yourself?

I did that 'Fung-Wah' bus every weekend between Boston and NYC for two years, it was only $10 each way. I have lots of odd stories from those trips!!!

Got this from Austin Maples the other day at Idle Hand, good shop ,good dudes also heading to Phoenix tomorrow got myself booked in for a Hot Stuff Devil reading a Playboy!! by Mando Rascon at Immaculate cant wait.

Finally finished my left knee ditch, drawn on. Right knee ditch healed, from the Black Heart line book on Walk-In Sundays. Both done by Jeff Rassier at Black Heart in San Francisco, CA.

drove down to frederick, maryland and got tattooed by alex boyko today.

Day 1 & 2 with Silvano Fiato 12 hours yesterday on this and 8 more today, still not finished. Coming back in 4 weeks time to Silvano the day after Florian to fill in the knee, do some more detail to the bottom part. He has done some very heavy saturation so that it will look great when healed. Going back next June to do the back of the calf. I love Lee Jeffries stuff so obviously we based it around his works. For those that don't know his work, link below if interested :) Lee Jeffries - https://www.google.co.uk/search?client=tablet-android-google&espv=1&sboxchip=Images&tbm=isch&q=lee+jeffries+homeless&revid=1539496463&sa=X&ei=MZAHVLbOIKbhywPamYHoCg&ved=0CB0Q1QIoAA&dpr=2&biw=600&bih=800 Sorry for the shit phone pic, Silvano will post some better ones soon.

I did not like the head on a Raven on my right side. Took it to Joey Ortega at Triple Crown in Austin (who did the Raven on my left side) and he worked his magic. He knocked it out of the park.

Pleasing.

May the spirit of Peterpoose lend you strength.

So jealous Ross! I just read this entire thread. I don't know why I haven't seen it sooner. As of right now, I like balance. Not necessarily symmetry, but there's no way I could have just worked on one limb at a time. As far as my "overall look" goes, in business attire nobody is the wiser that I'm tattooed. In shorts and a tee, it's pretty obvious. I still get shy around old people though. My initial instincts are to cover up with a jacket. But that instinct is slowly starting to fade. I have a bunch of gaps that are totally bothering me right now. But I'm trying to abide by my self-imposed rule of waiting for a tattoo to heal before I start the next one.

Update: I filled in the inside of my right knee a month ago, and on Sunday, I'm having Ben Grillo fill in the outside.

@Lance @cvportagee @ian @Scott R @cltattooing @hogg - Taking this year off, not happy about it but it doesn't align with things. Hope you guys all have a great time and enjoy the meet-up!!!!!

Oh my god was just about to post the same thing did my first one on Sunday morning and loved it

Here is my submission for this months contest. My whole backpiece has been done in a 6-month period (just 31 hours in total) by Bonel from Corazon Santo, Arnhem, The Netherlands. I also have a full size picture available HERE

Finally got my elbow done. Was worth waiting, I'm stoked about it.

Because the last thread was locked... This is for you @Pugilist:

1 shot Zeis Tiger/Snake by Jason Phillips at FTW in Oakland, CA. Jason slays both Japanese and American traditional. If you're ever in the Bay Area, you should definitely book an appointment with him. So happy with how this turned out. So glad I don't ever have to tattoo my chest ever again.

On a space as big as a back , you want a bigger tattoo. A small tattoo usually just looks out of place and sort of lonely. And as mentioned, by going bigger you can get a lot more detail. The portrait of your mother is especially nice. I hope your tattoo always brings you happy memories of her.

Bethenny, if you really want your back done then do it. We all might whinge about how bad a backpiece can be while getting but i promise that all who have finished a backpiece would do it again. I myself am about 1/2 way through mine and although it sucks getting the work and healing it the satisfaction of seeing perhaps the biggest piece of art you can do on your body is awesome. I dont look forward to my fortnightly sessions but once they are done I cannot wait to get home and see the progress. The end result is well and truely worth it. Btw @Cork love the work, great detail and colours. I wish I was that far advanced with mine. - - - Updated - - - This fortnights update. Most of work was done on right side arse cheek and thigh but shows how he merged the original 3/4 sleeve into the backpiece.

Thrown me sides & a leg in, not me back yet I think. Anyway, back tattooed by CP, Brisbane Australia. Cheers.

Hello and welcome! Either way is going to be meaningful to you. I would say go with the younger portrait because that seems to be more what you want. I'm not super crazy about having her drawn as an angel because I think that a regular realistic portrait without embellishment would be stronger, but ultimately, it comes down to what you want and what you and your artist decide will work best. Who are you thinking about going to for this tattoo?

Oh it's a pleasant enough journey, and if you and the Montreal contingent on here can make it to NYC semi-regularly, then someone who lives in MA doesn't have an excuse (other than the city's ability to make money disappear). Guess I'll just have to get tattooed twice while I'm there to make the best use of a trip. It's a hard life.

Here's one I did tonight based on an Amund Dietzel eagle head.

i just want to look like Walt Disney threw up all over me :cool:

I was watching a tattoo doco ages ago and the interviewer was talking to this suited dude outside a convention about his choice of design. Old mate says, in the beginning a lot of thought went into design, placement and meaning...now it's just all about the coverage man. I was really able to pick up what he was putting down with that statement. I know what I like, but long gone are the days where I'd think too much about it. I have been with some pieces, but like when we were looking for a large feature to punch in the inner right thigh, tattooer says, how about an evil looking monkey playing a banjo swinging a whiskey bottle from his tail sound? Whiskey swilling monkey it is. I always knew as a young boy that a heavy suit was designed for me. For me it's not quite the design, it's going heavy. In saying that but, when I see the most awesome work through these threads on fellow LST members, the work just blows me away and constantly think how I'd love to be able to start all over again. ...hold on, nah fuck that! It hurts too much :)

I do my best to offend as many people as possible with my tattoos......... But in all seriousness.....I am sure I do have some tattoos that would be offensive to a lot of different people or groups! I really never intentionally had myself tattooed to offend anyone but more so because I generally don't care what people think of me or my tattoos! If I thought it was a good idea at the time I did it.......and have no regrets about any of my tattoos!

I've probably posted this somewhere, but I think it fits well here. The screaming gorilla is on my left elbow, the tiger on the right. Both by Tim Pausinger at The Pearl. (The tiger is a little distorted by the way my arm is lying.)

Dave Regan:

Here is my chest piece in progress:

I would have told him, yeah, my cellmate said the same thing.

I get a lot of "I never would've guessed you have tattoos!" often followed by something along the lines of "but you look so nice!!"

Great idea for a thread! I'm sure I'll think of many things to add to this thread but the first one that comes to mind is how this plainskinned girl at work was asking about my tattoos and she was super complimentary about them, really appreciated that they're nice, well made tattoos and then she commented that I clearly cared a lot about my tattoos "unlike those other people who get them on dares". Other than the fact that it seems most people who have a tattoo or two put way too much thought and meaning into their tattoos, I am kind of offended by the comment because I would get a tattoo on a dare.

One hour? Get the f*ck out of here man. Solid.

david bruehl

My Mike Malone, eagle from Ross Ferrie.