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By Chad Koeplinger at the London convention a few weeks back

When I saw Freddy Corbin in the line-up it did perk up my interest. In general though, I suspect the likes of us are not the target market for this venture...? A celebrity tattoo studio opening in Notting Hill sounds like a potential plot for a new Hugh Grant rom-com vehicle. I can see it now: "Floppy-haired repressed English gentleman (Hugh Grant) falls in love with unsuitable, free-spirited American tattooer (Reese Witherspoon or someone) who teaches him about being himself and ... blah blah etc etc.". Ker-ching....

I'll try to put together a good photo with the newest additions, it's hard to take a decent looking picture of it because it wraps around my arm, though here's a picture of it from Seth's blog from when it was first finished about a year ago: Seth Wood Tattoo - - - Updated - - - I have a couple of tattoos from Ron and, yes, his tattoos are amazing...like "holy fuck, I can't believe he did that" amazing, especially with some of the negative space tattoos, and he's all around a really awesome dude to get tattooed by. I highly recommend the experience.

i went to see Curly this morning. i'm getting pretty much the whole of the back of my leg done.. similar to this Leo Zulueta back piece attached. i took in Modern Primitives as an example as it was easier than trying to explain. he then showed me something very similar that he tattooed on the inside of someones forearm, looked incredible. it'll be two sittings in July.

Just set up back to back days in mid January with Grime to start my back! :D

The details that Seth added: And the start of my sleeve, by Thomas Hooper:

You poor, poor dear.

meh.

I tattoo a fair number of police men & women. Most of them with large-scale work (read: bigger than half-sleeve) All if them are sensible enough to know not to get visible tattoos. They also understand that tattoos are for outcasts and outcast tendencies are best hidden from the powers that be. If you wanna be an outlaw, don't be a lawman.

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

best costume ever!

This is something that encounter at least once a week..... you know how when you have a dentist appointment you try to cram 6 months worth of flossing into 15 minutes before your appointment? or if you have to go to the doctor, you try to shower up before you go in for whatever is ailing you? WELL PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TAKE THE SAME LIBERTIES WHEN YOU ARE GETTING TATTOOED!!!!!!!!!! brush your teefs so it dont smell like you been munchin on shit sandwiches for lunch. if you are getting your foot or cankle area tattooed, please wash your dawgs and wear a clean pair of socks! dont come in after working in the sun on the job site with your work boots and wool socks. and for you goofy hipsters.... wash your feet, borrow some socks from your dad, and wear a pair of shoes other than the sorry ass moth holed pair of vans you bought 5 years ago and have been wearing EVERYDAY since. you're gonna spend hard earned cash on a cool tattoo on your foot only to slip said foot into a pair of sneakers that smell like onions and vinegar?! not so smart. do the right thing. and while you are at it, wear some pants that fit you and put your girlfriends shirt back into her closet.

Check these pix out...the tattoos are secondary, but they are there. Ah, the good old days! Flavorwire » Captivating Photos of a Teen Gang in ’50s Brooklyn

I'll be at the convention for a few hours tomorrow (friday) night after six or so. If you'll be there and wanna say hi and/or get a handful of the new flyers email me [email protected] Look fwd to mtg some more LSTers

Me too.

@Iwar that's awesome, man.

@Iwar. Just fabulous. Love it.

@Iwar: !!!!! All I can really say.

@Iwar he had a book of designs to choose from at the convention, right? That's really nice, love it. Going to go get myself booked in for when he's guesting at Frith St tomorrow I think.

haha, i thought the same (in regards to LST'ers not really being the target market).. but if i can get tattooed by Freddy Corbin there, then i can't complain.

@Iwar love that subtle pattern on her clothing, Chad always seems to throw in those little details that really make a tattoo.

@abees Thought Curly was really good, I don't think the presenter expected him to be as frank as he was about the problems (for most people) around getting tattooed below the shirt-line, doing hands, face, neck etc. If you're policing then the reality is that, as Stewart alludes to, you do not get visible tattoos or display any kind of heavy coverage unless you want to find your chances of promotion and movement within the job coming to a grinding halt. In fairness, it's not just marking yourself out by displaying the fact that you're tattooed heavily that will do that: There's ample ways to rule yourself out of contention (Go sick too often or for too long... Go sick with the wrong thing, such as a mental health issue... Have or make a bullying complaint... Be see to accrue too many complaints against you..etc). That said, while policing as a concept is conservative in terms of its social function (and in the way it is managed) there are a lot of people in the ranks who are there because it is an unconventional job in many ways. The irregular hours are the antithesis of 9-to-5, and the work itself can be either mind-numbingly boring or interesting and dangerous one night to the next. You find jobsworths who are there for the pension, but you'll also find people who are risk-takers and eccentrics by any measuring stick. When I joined up there as a small number of guys floating around in the job who had forearm tattoos, usually quite old-school, daggers and crawling panthers. These were guys who had transferred in from the Irish army or prison service. The attitude was that they got a free pass from management as far as the tattoos went. I don't think it would fly today, they'd be in long-sleeves like the rest of us.

@jade1955 Yeah i saw guys walking around with full backpieces (well not full, but large) uncovered. Awesome work but i'd want to keep it wrapped up so it stayed that way. Can't help you on the cigar skull function but i will say it looks good!

Damn I suppose it's back to Frith Street for me then.

I can't speak authoritatively to the claims re: shitty spots in this thread as I'm not that covered, but working on a mini-backpiece (ends around my hips), I have been surprised how much I find the hips/upper butt far, far, far (far!) worse than my ribs. And I haven't even felt any real butt action (pun intended).

Metal remix. Nothing says antique appraisal like cannibal corpse

A long time ago I worked for a large music store and they told me to cover up what few tattoos I had at 19 and to wear my hair down to hide my very small stretched earlobes. A few years later you would see sleeves on most of the staff and much more extreme large gauge lobes/ piercings etc and I guess it's now going back full circle. Also had friends who worked at American apparel not long ago and were told in meetings to stop hiring tattooed staff cos they wanted a different clientele and image for the brand. And that is what it comes down to. The big guys up top choose what 'look' they want to portray and sell and just like fashion that is gonna change when it suits and right now I guess this is the beginning of customers who thought it'd be rad to get their first tattoos on their hands or behind their ear ( but really, it's so large it's a neck tattoo) to realise that life ain't fair and just cos you can do the job don't mean you will get hired over some plain Jane without tattoos. Trying to reply to this coherently on n iPhone is hard but you get the gist. Sorry!

Here you guys go. Just popped this up on youtube.

damn, man. i didn't even notice that. good eye.

So I guess Pink Floyd was right, pigs can fly!

Mutsuo Part 3 is up. Great way to end the Mutsuo section. His work ethic is unbelievable. These Tattoo Age episodes are put together oh so beautifully. Tattoo Age | VICE

Brian's tattoos are great. I am also a big fan of Mike Rennie's tattoos. He is another guy that you don't hear about a lot, but puts out great work.

Here you guys go! ha just realized I screwed the last 30 seconds. will fix

while it does look awesome, I cant really get past that the flag is in the wrong order.

Snake/eagle duel chest madness with Mike Wilson on dec 1st at inksmith

started mine today so thankful to last sparrow.

well shit i already posted this but hell ill share it here, Eric Inksmith tattooed me at the Wilmington North Carolina Tattoo expo a couple months back

got about 3 hours of work done on my whole front by an amazing artist in North Carolina named Brandon Munday, dude kills it reminds me alot of tony hundahl super awesome tattoos check his instagram out and spread the love @mundaytattoo

Scored this off Instagram .

Andrea Furci at The Family Business, London.

this is by zach nelligan. straight up team logos are lame, but I’m totally down with a tattoo like this one. Zach also posted another baseball tattoo with the diamond and some other things incorporated. It was really awesome. I love baseball-grew up playing it-so at some point I know that I’d like to get a baseball related tattoo. edit-the one thing i don't like about this tattoo is the mustacheod gentleman. i really don't like the whole 1800s/1900s gentleman with mustache designs, but this is still an awesome sports tattoo. if i'd have gotten this, the dude just wouldn't have the mustache.

last i was told I was going to be one of the 7 dwarfs, flynn ryder or a princess :(

YUP... It's The Walker Texas Ranger Episode: A Matter of Principle... And Richard and I kinda got a vibe that the contestants would be trying to get a rise out of him: Contradictions & EXCUSES we're tiring, Richard really wanted to practice what he preached, manners, restraint, representing Real Tattooers in a positive light...and knowing when your advice or words meant nothing (because the fuckers "KNOW" tattooing), if it so why help them... ? (He didn't want to shit on the floor, but he could have, after seeing the bullshit we did.) I don't know whats going to happen, but I am happy that some real tattoo masters like Rubendall, Richard, and the like,are going to be on the series, it helps make these assholes look bad. (Richard doesn't consider himself a master), he wants to keep learning... And that's the lesson we learned in NYC.

I hate everybody so I just mumble a "yeah thanks" and wait for them to finish ringing up my groceries.

Boom! fixed:

I asked for a foxy big boobed lady head and this is what Valerie Vargas did for me.........

I feel you dude. I was just talking to someone the other day about a recent shitty tattoo they got and they said the guy is "pretty good for around here". I told them there are actually tattooists around here that are plain old GOOD, not just for here, for anywhere. Then they were the usual complaints of money and likely having to schedule something at least 2 weeks ahead. I just said that they'll get the tattoo they deserve. People want to be stupid, shitty fuckheads, then they deserve stupid shitty tattoos.

I wanna see Elliot Smith again.

Ugh fuck you horitomo!!! I'm quitting to go work at subway as a sandwich artist