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My wife and I did our honeymoon in Stockholm and then Copenhagen a few weeks ago, and while in Copenhagen we both got tattooed by Henric Nielsen at The Sailor's Grave. They do a walk-in Saturday where Henric paints up new flash each week. I got this mandala flower on my left forearm and my wife got a lady head in profile with butterfly wings. It's a really nice shop, and Henric is a hell of a guy. Marija Ripley was also really nice and recommended a pretty great restaurant on the same street as our hotel. Next up...to try and book in with Steve Boltz and maybe get something from Ashley Love.

Update: appointments with Stefano C. and Jordan Teear are made. No way out now...

That doesn't look like a barber pole, that looks like a dick. Oh wait, you're talking about tattoos, right?

That is a beautiful fish! Currently have 3 running tanks: 5 gallon that contains a red cambodian double tail betta and zebra nerite snail as well as various live aquatic plants 60 gallon that currently contains 2 young blood parrot cichlids 7 neon tetra (there were 12 but are being eaten by the parrots. They were bought as dither fish anyway) and one L240 vampire Plecostomus 3 gallon which is currently home to two baby (about 1 in.) electric blue Jack Dempseys. This is just a growing tank until they are about 2-2.5 inches and then will be moved into the 60 gal with the other cichlids. below are pics of the chiclids and the pleco.

Also, a good read: Last Sparrow Tattoo - Newbie Guidelines

Weird, been seeing a handful of these pop up lately. Last time I was at King's Ave in the city Grez was doing a pair on a guy.

Only healed two simultaneously a few times. Such a pain.. Were you getting multiple tattoos done at conventions or just makin' it raaaaiiin when you stopped by the tattoo shop??

I wonder why, haha!

On a family trip to the states I had organised an appointment with Tomas Garcia at Sid's in Santa Ana. While we were at the shop my mum, dad and little sister all got spontaneous tattoos from the other guys while they weren't busy. So cool having a family who digs tattoos!

My wife just started her backpiece. Snake with peonies. I'll post some pics later if she lets me!

Watched this earlier. Mario is so rad. The brief tattoo I received from him was such a good tattoo experience.

The funniest part of my recent trip to NYC was when Mike Rubendall introduced himself to me. "Hey man, I'm Mike." I had to stop myself from getting all star struck and saying, "Uh, yeah dude, I know." I cannot stress enough how everyone at Kings Ave is so completely genuine and polite.

Might as well post this here too even though the shit posted so far has been ridiculous.

Congrats Kev!!! :D

Might aswell throw this in here, crossing my fingers! This month has stiff competition :)

I'm a newb, but when I was on Dana Helmuth's site I saw this and it kills.

@keepcalm could make an interesting side piece, lion head on the flank and ship up top somewhere? maybe even incorporating you shoulder into it.

You're talking about this with your artist, which is what you should be doing. Soliciting advice from complete strangers on the internet is weird, and quite frankly, if you need to do that you probably shouldn't be getting tattooed anyway.

don't ask us. ask the tattoo artist. if you don't have an artist picked out we can probably make some suggestions based on where you are located.

Laser is the way to go. Creams don't work.

Are there any other fish keeping enthusiasts here? I'm a total fish nerd and recently I've been running into a lot of other aquarium nerd tattooers and collectors. I think it would be cool to share what specimens we have and post pictures. If not, I promise not to bore you all with my fish :o

So excited! We were not planning on going and then a twist of fate just confirmed that we'll be there. If anyone wants to meet up, the Friday evening would definitely be best for us, but we're flexible. Let's do this.

One day perhaps! I'm excited for this convention because there will be so many amazing tattooers at it.

I wish I was going just to meet up with you two!! Not this year unfortunately. Still in Texas!

If anybody was maybe a little bit hesitant about going, they just announced that Filip Leu and the Leu Family Iron are going to be attending this year. I am super excited for this!

I had a 55 gallon reef for about 5 years. It was absolutely gorgeous. Until i made the mistake of buying one fish without checking into it's behavior type. It slowly over time ate everything in the tank. I wanted to start over, but it's a really big $$$ investment. Said fish -

I think we need 2 contests per month. A large piece contest and a small piece contest.

I had a whole bunch going at once there for awhile... I definitely noticed that each subsequent tattoo was taking longer and longer to heal. And that the day after was getting harder and harder on each one. I've been on a little break here for the past couple months. It looks like my break will be ending soon though and I'll be healing multiple tattoos again :D

I got tattooed by Greg Christian earlier in the year while he was in London. Such a nice guy, really laid back, and definitely one of my favourite tattoo artists - I think if anything he's a little underrated over here.

I do that all the time, feels more authentic to me- plan a few big pieces, have fun with the rest

I was in the city with my wife and sis-in-law this past Sunday and one of them wanted to hit a bar before we went home. I said "i know a bar around the corner, we're not too far from Kings Ave. so i know the area a bit". That led to "hey lets go there, i want to ask about an idea i have" from my untatttooed sis-in-law. Long story short, i wound up getting a sparrow just because one of the guys i've already worked with wasn't doing anything. She chickened out. And Oliver Peck was there! After 5 hours of eating, shopping and wandering around, that little impromput visit was the best part of the day. And then we hit a bar anyways. :p

Thanks everyone for your enthusiasm and interest. I still have a hell of a long way to go. I haven't finished interviewing yet and I have a day of two of other filming to get before I can start editing and figuring out how to make an interesting film from the footage I have. I'm guessing this summer will see a lack of interesting updates while I work on the meat of the film. @Russ I do know what boots Dante is wearing in that photo but he wouldn't like me to tell. He will appreciate your interest.

Hahaha when the hell did you post this? Also funny because the next day you seemed so surprised that you did, indeed, feel hungover.

Solid decision, I personally liked the get another tattoo one because what's better than one tattoo? Twooo

Consider yourself invited over next time you're stateside. There's a PBR with your name on it. - - - Updated - - - Yes! Well done, Kev, and congratulations.

Totally understand....thanks for being honest. Again, love these pics/stories keep them up.

I really dig the variations I've seen of the Russian prison epaulette tattoo handled in a more traditional manner . This one is by Rudy Fritsch who does great tattoos in a very distinctive style . Rudy Fritsch Original Classic Tattoo

Just blurred out actual identifiers. A few of those Brothers are dead, a few are in the joint, at least two are on the street, and I don't want to casue anyone problems.

Here's the latest shot of my progress. Enjoy.

The most awesome thing I've done in a long time:D

Updated full back progress pic. Pretty much healed up from my last session. Will be seeing Rubendall again in May to finish shading the back of my left thigh. Probably start some color too!

they don't. everyone in norway is totally criminal so they can survive. you see senior citizens mugging tourists during summer and such. ooor maybe they make enough money so the prices doesn't bother them as much as us others visiting.

Healing up nicely! Peony sleeve by Kurt Wiscombe, Skull sleeve (in progress) by Kore Flatmo!

I always feel a little weird running to the computer to upload a pic of a new tattoo, I don't know why. I like to savor it for a little. Then I rush to Instagram to pop it up hahaha. But anyway here's what I got on Sunday from Chris Smith at Deluxe Tattoo in Chicago. He took the picture. I stole it because I couldn't get a better shot, it's tough to get a really good photo. You get the idea.

Hey All, New to the forum. Great place you have here and very cool thread. Here's my in progress back piece. Collaboration between Henning Jorgensen (phoenix) and Mike Rubendall (dragon). Have about 19 hours in so far. Enjoy!

Higgs did Tomas' throat. Shit is tough.

I apoligize if this is a repeat, but this is a pretty damn cool Higgs pictures I found surfing on that internet thing. With the late Sonny Tufts and Jack Dracula.

Tomas Garcia has two original paintings by Higgs done at tattoo city in '91 hanging up in his station at Sid's tattoo parlor. They were super cool!