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I don't think I posted this new one I picked up from Greg Christian at Chris Nuñez's new shop, Handcrafted Miami just after New Years: Super excited for South Florida to have this new shop, which is beautiful. They're bringing in a lot of big name guys, which we don't often get here. Chad Koeplinger visited a few weeks after I got the moth and I was kicking myself for not having the budget to get something. But, I did book in with Heath Nock for June. (Holy shit that is a long ways away!) Getting a gator head with a Florida banner.

Might as well. Greg Christian @ Handcrafted Miami More pix in the latest tattoo lowdown. It's hard to shoot photos of your arm yourself, haha.

This is healed up enough to get a reasonable picture of it, so here's the progress on my arm so far. We're about six hours in right now, and my next sitting is in a week and a half. Thomas Hooper did this. Obviously.

Hey guys, I just joined the forum and figured I'd kick things off by posting my in progress back piece. Jason Kundell is doing the work, though things have slowed a bit since he moved from SF to Portland. Hope to wrap things up in the next year and then it's time to get back into shape!

I get all my tattoos done by Kat Von D.

yeah, it's drawn by Chud Köpplinger. unknown german tattooer. has glasses and beard.

I use the whole message board for this.

Here's mine all healed up. By Nick Colella.

Getting tattooed by Ron Henry Wells today. Insanely excited. I THINK the partially drawn wolf head he put on IG this morning (part of a larger Pic Stitch-ed picture) is for me. We'll see. I also got a really gnarly reaper from Rich Smith from Thicker Than Water yesterday--once I can get a decent picture of the damn thing I'll post it in the "Latest Tattoo Lowdown" thread.

Get the guy who did the jimi Hendrix portrait and wrote Bob Marley below it to do it.

This is a good one from the Revisited Flash from the past book, from a few years back off of the original flash by Fred Maurquand.

I don't intend to. Chris is working on my leg currently, so I'm not technically a n00b. This was the outline: Fenrir (Fenris) part 2… « CHRIS O'DONNELL TATTOO

I mostly go to tattoo shops. Mostly.

It shouldn't be that big of an issue. I mean how many FSU fans could be on parole at the same time anyway? Just kidding :p

sorry if you're using a smartphone to see this; its the only size worth viewing.

Still working on the squidpants over at Invisible with Regino, but...tax returns came back. Maybe get something small by Perfetto? Also got Europe coming up in a few months..who knows what I might get!

I go to the shop where the tattooer I want to get tattooed by works.

Hi, Joe!!!!!! Here is our first gift to you: Last Sparrow Tattoo - Newbie Guidelines

Consult with Mo Coppoletta today in TFB for bringing down my left arm sleeve. It was good to see him, felt like I was going back to my tattoo collecting roots, because he was the first guy to do big work on me! The shop is still cool as ever. Roll on The first Friday in March so the work can begin...

I get stoked every time I look at myself in the mirror.

There is a lot and I mean a lot more than what you said GSJoe. You can love art but you are not going to try and be Caravaggio! Where are you at GSJoe? Before you even started tattooing fruit you need to draw! When you are tired of drawing, draw some more! Draw and draw. Then go in to a tattoo shop and show those drawings. Go home and draw some more. You see where I am going here GSJoe? After all that drawing, you may, going back into that shop and show them your new drawings. If they like them than you will be taught how to draw! " You have to past the first grade before you can go to the second grade!" Peck

There's nothing wrong with bringing in a printed copy of this, shit it's flash if you got this exact tattoo I don't think there would be anything wrong with it, but if you have to redraw it anyway, might as well improve on it. I am sure whoever drew it was inspired by someone else's flash and drew his own version, and probably the person he copied it from did the same thing with someone else's flash. The design is old and classic and out there it's just a matter of people making it their own.

Being a south Florida boy (now in the frozen north.... Norway). I've always wanted to get something to represent FLA. A classic gator is a great idea and something I've toyed with. My only problem... my family are FSU fans. :p

some friends opened a bar some months ago. been drinking a bit more than usual lately but i like it. it's a good way to keep kinda sane during our not so nice winters!

I wonder if the diff here is between stretchy soft lady jeans and burly rough dude jeans. :)

Eddy Deutsche just posted the backpiece he did on Paul Jeffries on IG and HOLY SHIT.

I love that. The contrast between the bright flower and the muted colours of the moth is brilliant.

Would love to get something pretty sizeable from O'Donnell, time and travel expense kind of make it unlikely for the foreseeable future - really cool for all you guys! Just about to email Greg Christian about getting something while he's in London - maybe a dragon's head, I was going to get Chad to do one if I came up on the reserve list while he's at Frith Street but I figure that's unlikely and if I do I can always get him to smash something else out, could be an exciting month after all...

This guy was a true pioneer in the tattoo industry. and even though there has been much bad talk about him making professorial equipment available to the general public many years ago- it does seem like quite a few of the best known artists world wide started their career thanks to him. and even tough I had a professional apprenticeship, my first machines and much of my equipment back then was all Spaulding brand, and of course the a to z book that I still have, and hope to pass along to my apprentice one day, just as I got it from the guy who taught me. RIP

The newest contestant of Ink Master has arrived. - - - Updated - - - Part of me hopes this is Karl Hedgepath playing a joke on us.

I believe the dude on the left is Jason Ochoa. I worked that Sunday night at the bar and a dude was there with a Elm St. tattoo patch and we got talking and he said his name was Jason and he was doing a little spot over at Greenpoint Tattoo, which got us talking about the DeVita event -- and that he and Thom shared the same dragon back piece. Incredible! And a nice dude.

Got this outlined the other day, by Josiah Laughlin at Imperial Tattoo, Going to do a big mum on the ass cheek, maybe a hannya on the other cheek, back of knee not very fun, but glad that part is done.

Buying a kit on amazon and learning from youtube videos isn't respect.

@else, you know you essentially have a vishnu panther? The cobras, the type of crown it's wearing, even the marks over the third eye... all point to vishnu. The crown is one that Krishna usually wears.

I graduated from University of Miami ... So I feel you. There will be no blue and orange in this rendition! Why not a pink flamingo?

Same

Scrubs are the best!! Highly recommend them - generally loose - generally soft cotton... wash well, don't mind wearing them into the shower for a minute if I'm stuck to them... and cheap!

Every town and I do mean every town has at least one good, maybe not great, person that can do a good tattoo. It may not be your " style" but can tattoo a technically good tattoo. Kind of an oxymoron there. The best tattooers are not at shitty studios for a reason! A famous shop does not become famous ( whatever famous means) by doing shitty tattoos! Firth Street is a famous shop and has what people might call famous people tattooing there. I know if you say Valerie or Stewart's name at a tattoo shop, 90 percent will know who you are talking about! Especially with Instagram and Facebook.

Solid list man. Anything involving the Cavalera brothers is awesome. As is anything involving the dudes from In Flames. Also, really enjoying Machine Head's new album.

Lol, bacon week

O'Donnell does the best snakes in tattooing...everyone I know references his snake style.

myke chambers in progress Tattooer Myke Chambers

Here's some fillers I have had done the last couple of months, all by Tony Nilsson at Bluearms Tattoo here in Oslo :o

Here goes! This is my hindu influenced panther by Chad Koeplinger done 1/18 at the Star of Texas Convention in Austin, Tx

If I drew this, I swear I would frame it. - - - Updated - - - Actually, I think this should be entered into the next contest. Despite @Pugilist's commandments, I'm bringing this image to my next appointment.

Im not sure if I mentioned this, but I had an email conversation with a producer about my contempt for the show, and despite him trying to be very PR conscious... mentioned that he 'personally wouldn't get tattooed by' one of the Judges... based on him thinking that their work wasn't good enough.

"Mephistopheles can be a mouthful in Manhattan , Johnny " - Angel Heart

Tattooed guys talking about how they don't like tattooed women give me the douche chills.

Hello and welcome to LST. When did Liorcifer leave Tribulation to open Infernum?