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I spent my Saturday afternoon with Jeff Zuck, finishing up the black in my backpiece. It was a fantastic experience as always. Jeff is one of the nicest, raddest dudes I've had the pleasure of meeting in or out of the tattoo world. With the exception of a few spots, shading the butt wasn't as bad as I had psyched myself up for. A close friend of mine got a really awesome fox/owl totem from Jen Munford at the same time (it's up on her IG @threejenbirdmun). Needless to say, my (very pregnant) fiancee spent the afternoon being real jealous.

Seth Wood through the neck.

here's my Ass Cobra from Chris O'Donnell :D

William Yoneyama knows how to lay down a snake or two.

By Andrea Furci at The Family Business in London a couple of weeks ago. Picture stolen from their i.g.

Jason Brooks can do a decent snake.

that's not even going to make a good tattoo from the sound/looks of it. do what people are telling you to do; go to a local artist you like and they will draw a tattoo for you.

Got this form chad koeplinger last monday

Trevor McStay at Dynamic, for starters. Instead of finding a design you like, take the idea to a tattooer or a shop you think you might be into and let them come up with something.

Appt with Jeff Gogue in 23 days, Jondix in 25... but hey, who's counting, right? :D

That big torso cobra is about the best damn snake I've ever seen. Why do I feel like the client brought Noble's Grime cobra to William and said, "Top this"? - - - Updated - - - TRY HARDER.

Just got a leopard head from Bryan Burk during his guest spot at Black Heart. I couldn't be happier. He's one of my favorite artists and I finally scored a little piece from him.

Buying tattoo designs online is a scam. Do what everyone else here has said and find someone who makes Japanese tattoos that you really like and describe what you liked about that design to them. You'll end up with a way better tattoo than if you brought in a design that you're married to (which may not make a good tattoo at all) because you paid for it. Don't be afraid to make a long trip...I routinely drive 8+ hours round trip to get my back worked on, and have driven a lot more than that and crossed borders to get tattooed by people I dig. Tattoo road trips are a blast.

might as well have another crack, Tattoo around the clouds and Kraken is fresh/swollen in this pic. Tristan bentley, Ocean ink Sydney Australia

Ok, I havetried to take a couple of pics of the one Paul did, its a bit scabby now so not the best pics but you get the idea

Got this off Chad Koeplinger at the London convention on friday, I'm proper made up with it! Any one got any advice on healing inner bicep tattoos though? inside of my bicep is black and blue now it hurts like a bitch :D (pic pinched off chads instagram) I got a amazing Butterfly girl head off Paul Dobleman too but didn't get a pic at the time and its a bit too scabby to take one now, had loads of people come up ask me about it on the day!

"HEY" "Can I help you with something?" "Sick ink brah!" "Uh, thanks." "You do time in the pen?" "Buddy, you think you can get colour like this in prison?" <we both laugh> "Yeah, no shit man. Take er easy eh."

Tattoo Designs & Art :: Tattoodles Massive Gallery of Tattoos & Pictures is a decent flash site.you can join for a month,and download as much flash as u wan't. The only shops near Darwin i found are Darwin City Tattoos Mat,Mim,& Dean,do good work.Another shop called Coolalinga Tattoo came up,but couldn't find any website with their work.If your willing to travel down to Brisbane, Seventh Circle Tattoo Studio and Tattoo Artists in East Brisbane Qld Brendan does excellent japanese work. True Love Tattoo Wild At Heart Tattoo: Home Sydney- Traditional Japanese Tattooing by Kian Forreal - Tattoo Artist -Sydney Tattoo Shops & Tattoo Studios Australia Home Melbourne- Third Eye Tattoo WENDY PHAM www.evangriffiths.com Owen Williams Chapel Tattoo Tattoo Magic 3065 Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia Green Lotus Tattoo - - - Updated - - - Tattoo Designs & Art :: Tattoodles Massive Gallery of Tattoos & Pictures is a decent flash site.you can join for a month,and download as much flash as u wan't. The only shops near Darwin i found are Darwin City Tattoos Mat,Mim,& Dean,do good work.Another shop called Coolalinga Tattoo came up,but couldn't find any website with their work.If your willing to travel down to Brisbane, Seventh Circle Tattoo Studio and Tattoo Artists in East Brisbane Qld Brendan does excellent japanese work. True Love Tattoo Wild At Heart Tattoo: Home Sydney- Traditional Japanese Tattooing by Kian Forreal - Tattoo Artist -Sydney Tattoo Shops & Tattoo Studios Australia Home Melbourne- Third Eye Tattoo WENDY PHAM www.evangriffiths.com Owen Williams Chapel Tattoo Tattoo Magic 3065 Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia Green Lotus Tattoo

Some damn good advice here! I removed those back links cause they are nothing worth while that will help the world of tattooing and its customers

why not find a good artist who can draw up your design especially for you?

just saw this on Sang Bleu. hopefully it hasn't already been linked here, but i don't remember seeing it. enjoy! http://sangbleu.com/2012/10/02/the-tattoo-a-documentary/

Snakes! Love 'em so much. Maybe too much. I have three, and I'm really trying to stop. One on my back by Jill Bonny, one on my elbow by Scott Sylvia and the aforementioned weirdo battle royale by Jeff Rassier:

Got my little leopard head from Ross Nagle at the London convention on Saturday. Top, top guy and a great tattooer. Terrible pic of my badly swollen inner elbow - the faded black above the head is from an old tattoo that will more than likely be covered at some point. Oh and apologies if the picture is huge, think i should have gone for 'medium' rather than 'large'

Hope it is ok to post a snake with a panther, found this one on Steve Byrnes instagram page. It is awesome!

I think you really should go to a shop. You do realize that part of what you are paying for is to have a real live artist draw up whatever your brain can think of. On top of that they will have to "redraw" the tattoo at least once (think they are "drawing" the tattoo on you", otherwise to tracing paper then to your skin). Getting ideas from online is not a bad idea. You can hone in on an idea that you like (for example, looking up a bunch of dragons). You can print out some references to bring to your artist so you can visualize what what you were thinking. Remember images sometimes look killer on paper but you are not a piece of paper. You are an organic, moving, not even close to flat, pre-colored (skin tone) object. Your artist will take all of this into account with your provided reference material to give you a killer tattoo.

The first time i was lasered it was by a doctor.The four other tattoos were lasered by tattooers who were trained with the laser.The doctor charged more than double of what the tattooers charged.You should call some tattoo shops in your area,and ask if they know of a good laser technician. I heard good things about Dallas Tattoo Removal I was talking with this tattooer at a convention last year,and he said he got good results from this place in Houston. Houston Laser Tattoo Removal, tatremove.com, Remove Your Tattoos

I know what you meant bro I just went off on a tangent about that guy calling William out because it annoyed me he tagged grime and noble on that cobra piece. I guess not everybody is as educated as us guys but they should just shut up and keep there comments to themselves.

thanks, definantly helped me out.. im more about the experience of tattood people rather than ad's and dr's office info.. cant helpt to feel like everyones trying too hard to sell me something.. - - - Updated - - - ive heard.. gonna take it like a G..

My advice is: lasering hurts A LOT!

We just watched the season premier last night. I'm pretty excited to see where it goes. There really haven't been any seasons that I didn't like, though I thought 3 was the weakest and 4 the best. I personally really liked season 5, though that may have been somewhat influenced by my childhood crush on Julia Stiles. But after 6 seasons, something definitely needed to happen to shake shit up, and without giving out any spoilers for anyone who didn't see the end of last season, I'm really hoping that the new "discovery" will do just that.

Huge Dexter fan, loved the first 4 seasons (4 in particular, John Lithgow was incredible) but i agree that seasons 5 and 6 have been relatively weak (up until the finale of 6!). Watched the 1st episode of the new season and thought it was a huge return to form, can only hope they manage to sustain such a high level.

Calling @Joe Shit Japanese style tattoo artist wanted in Australia.

Hello, I'm Sergio, from Barcelona, I'm 36 years old and I'm crazy with all staff around the tattoo world. I really have enjoyed with all the post, info and videos of this awesome comunity, thanks for share. Excuse me if my english is rude.

disgusting - - - Updated - - - I covered up her booty for the safety of others. ;) you are welcome

Anyone get stuff from the London Convention that they wanna show? If I missed it, its because I am dumb.

Hey LST, Thought I would post this here first: I have a massive (approx 10') Grindhouse canvas poster I acquired while working at a movie theater in my younger years and am looking at selling it to someone in the Bay Area. It has both Death Proof and Planet Terror sides with Rose Mcgowan (big ol boobies) and the Death Proof side has Russel along with all the ladies from the film. Its in great condition. If anyone wants it, PM me. Thanks. dcostello

You mean tig ol' bitties?

Welcome to the site and thanks for joining.....first I would in the most polite way possible over the internet suggest finding a new tattooer. You've got lots of space and some prime spots open so fill them with amazing tattoos that will stay and look good years down the line. Where are you located so we can suggest some places? That's my advice. Many of us start with not so good tattoos though we learn and get better ones then they become that much more fun to get and see.

The expressiveness in those Valerie Vargas girl heads is really unbelievable. Truly great stuff, thanks for sharing it.

Sorry for the shitty Instagram pic, but some shading/color from Chris O'Donnell/Saved Tattoo.

Had the best time at the London Tattoo Convention this weekend @Jade1959 got a couple of great lady head tattoos from Lina Stigson & Mary Joy. I got tattooed by Deno on the Sunday. It was his last appointment of the convention @6pm. He was running a bit late. At 5:45 I saw him putting a stencil on a girls lower leg and I thought no way is he going to get that tattoo done and mine before the convention closed at 8pm. At 6:40 he had finished the girls tattoo and I was ushered over. Deno freehanded the skull on my knee and by 7:30 we were done. Boy is he fast. Deno banger on kneecap.

Just had this done by Deno from Circus tattoo at London Convention today! 1st of a pair, inside lower back of thigh.

I realize tat tattoos have become more "culturally acceptable" in the past decade or so, but it drives me insane when kids from the suburbs come in looking to get a neck/hand/face tattoo without having any other work... Seems like everyone wants the "warped tour" sleeves these days. Wrist to fingers. Drives me nuts.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/87380848@N06/7999917286/http://www.flickr.com/photos/87380848@N06/7999912529/got this from Whitehead last night, he added those finger waves too. one of my favorite people to get tattooed by, he has some amazing Higgs pieces on him.

Just back from two days under the needle. The artist was Ching, from Taiwan (as you can probably see from his watermarking of the photos). He's guesting at White Dragon Tattoo in Belfast along with his buddy Yang. Got to do the left arm when they come back next year... photo hosting photo hosting Overall a not bad couple of days. The outline and black background was relatively straightforward (on Monday). Yesterday ended up taking 7-8 hours, I think underestimated how much detail was involved in the buddha and hannya details.

I just got this tattooed at the Montreal convention by Mike Rubendall. We did 4.5 hours last night, and then finished it in an hour this morning. I'm so pleased with it.

Makara Snail Tattoo by Chad Koeplinger

a friend of mine went to the Brighton convention earlier this year and emailed me this picture of one Valerie Vargas did.. such a great tattoo. i'll post my panther head by Chad Koeplinger once it's finished.

This one is mine, Panther Reaper from Grimey..

World's smallest panther (by Ben Grillo, of course):