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Hi. This is probably my favorite thread on the internet. New here, and have got a thread up in initiation but thought I'd post a few of my recent pieces here. Feet done by Danny Reed. Dragon by Will Lollie. Both work in Asheville, NC.

Awesome! It is an honour to win against so many tattoos that I would love to have myself and given what people have lined up in September, I can't wait to see what next month's competition brings!

Looks like @Graeme came out on top in the August contest! Such a tight race between him and @Wilhell all the way to the end. Can't wait to see what this month brings!! Congrats @Graeme!! Your arm is fucking AMAZING!!!!

I always love seeing the stuff you post, even if it's not the type of work I would get on myself. I think most of us here can at least appreciate good tattooing in all forms and nerd out on seeing people really dedicated to getting quality tattoos, regardless of style.

IG folks already saw, but I finished my back yesterday. I love it, although finishing it was very bittersweet! Here is the photo that Stephanie posted. She did everthing but the map, which is an old tattoo that she worked to integrate into the whole thing. She is a great tattooer and human being.

Went out with that guy I said I met a few weeks ago... Went pretty amazing. Very happy

Yesterday by El Monga at Spider Murphy's....There's a better shot on his instagram, but you get the idea.

What's up, everyone? Been lurking a little here and there for a while. Recently got much more interested in tattoos, so thought I'd create an account. Lived on both coasts in the last few years. Grew up in VA, tried to make it work in Seattle, messed around in pretty much every part of the country (Alaska included), now in NC. Collected a few tattoos along the way ;). Anyways enough talk, picture time!! Hope this works: Dragon by Will Lollie in Asheville; swallow rose by Mario Desa; feet by Danny Reed also in Asheville. I have a lot more including some older pieces from Koeplinger, Jason Scott, and a couple peeps from Liberty tattoo. But I have a thing about posting my tattoos online. I'm just posting these because they've already been IGed by the artists, except for the Reed feet - I just wanted to show those off :p. Enjoy - - - Updated - - - Better shots, too big for one post :cool:

I know a lot here are not really into the new type of stuff but i will post anyhows :) First was with Tofi 11 hours of sheer hell on my shin, by far the worst session I have had. I know this tattoo will not last long due to the way it has been done but I like the quirkyness and I can laser it at some point and get something new lol image upload no compression ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next day did 4 hours with Victor Portugal just to finish my backpeice. online photo storage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd day with Victor Portugal was 6 hours and we are starting down my legs and arse cheeks :) screenshot by lightshot ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd Day with Victor he doesnt want me to post till complete :( ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next day Silvano Fiato for 6 hours to fill in above the lady he did last time :) online photo storage Sorry for the knacker shot lol application screenshot

It's a convention, things usually run late but it's cool because there are a hundred rad things to look at in the meantime.

Not a great photo, but this is part of my back after my 2nd session on it today. Photos stolen from Chad Woodley's instagram (@tattoosbychadwoodley).

for sure let me know your schedules I am so geeked for this to get here, I will probably continue to post jibberish in this thread until I board the plane to SFO. Seems silly but I actually scheduled surgeries around SOG

That Will Lollie sure does some pretty tattoos.

Agreed on the above... It's not my cup of tea either, but clearly guys like Victor Potugal are good at what they do- so kudos to you. Here in Ireland the tattoo scene in Dublin (what there is) is massively into realistic black and grey and the more 'out there' realism, they love all the Eastern European Robert Hernandez type work.

This is one of those threads that ends up costing me a small fortune on Amazon or ABE.

I am from Virginia, lived in North Carolina, have messed around in pretty much every part of the US, and have gotten tattooed at Liberty Tattoo. Maybe we are related.

I'm florescent green with envy.

Just had confirmation of my appointment on the Sunday, with Mr Jack Rudy. Lady head in arm ditch!!!! Woohoo!!!

Alright, image heavy post incoming! So at @BrianH 's suggestion, I posted a scabby piece, here are some more pictures of the heal and a couple of tattoos I've gotten since. (healed) by Sean Perkinson at FTW in Oakland By Rempe, also at FTW during a guest spot. and then this one is from a couple weeks ago by Casey O who is new at Chicago Tattoo Co. and spent a week guesting at our shop. One of my favorites so far I think.

With permission from Curly, i'm posting the direct links as it's easier that way.. Tattoos & photographs by Curly.. Tattoos by Curly - Lionel's Tattoo Studio (Tattoo Club of Great Britain), Oxford, England. - https://www.facebook.com/curly.moore.77 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lionels-Tattoo-StudioTattoo-Club-of-Great-Britain/146864455350309 https://www.facebook.com/curlytattoo66 Curly Tattoomonger Lionel's Tattoo Studio - Oxford

I got this from Matt Howse while he was visiting Portland a couple weeks ago :) I had the pleasure of meeting up with @David Flores for a beer while I was in town. Super charming and sweet fella that David ;)

Finished my sleeve with Mo Coppoletta. He did the upper part of the arm too, a koi, out of shot.

My research into the tattooed ladies of yesteryear, botany in tattooing and the historical basis of truly feminine tattooing (WRT WTF I want on my skin and via trying at ascertain the names of the various styles) has brought me to Charlie Wagner but I'm a nosy bint and always want more information. There seems to be some evidence of (much of) the circus tattooing tradition having come over fro Germany but I'm having trouble finding and following the threads. This lady, who I now know to be Jean Carroll an ex-(genuine)bearded lady who had her beard removed and tattoos applied for the love of a contortionist, has been one of main my references and inspirations for the style I'm after since before I found you lovely lot or had the foggist of information about the history of tattoo. Turns out she was tattooed by Charlie Wagner. Take a peek between the figurative work. This lady, another long standing inspiration, turns out to not only be a circus artist and Americas first female tattooist but Maud Wagner the wife of Charlie Wagner. See palm trees and botanical work on the arms. So, yeah, looking further I found this lovey example of his work including really rather botanically correct 'growing' roses, some primroses and few other bits. The use of negative space seems to be beginning to develop. I also found this old flash (no idea of date or artist, maybe 40's) with fabulous botanical poppies. I must admit I'm most happy to find genuine historical references to follow up my gut feeling that there must have been more flowers included in design at some point in tattoo history and that they probably looked rather like the work of the early botanists (specifically Basillus Besler and others from the 17th and 18th century). So, yeah, I'm after any information that's to had about this period in tattoo history in America and I'd love it if there was anything anyone could tell me about European tattooing pre/during this period. Anyone?

Welcome to the forum! I hope you stick around and learn a lot about great tattoos. I do think it's important to say that you should really be learning the "basic information" from an experienced tattooer during your apprenticeship. Also I would say that getting tattooed is the first step towards becoming a tattooer. Second step? Getting tattooed some more.

Thanks for the info i have super sensitive skin and was worried that it would be there forever like a scar. It's been three weeks for me and hasn't gone away completely.. Then again the ribs have always been a slower healing area for me. My other side healed completely in 2 months ..

Congratulations @Graeme !!!

Grats to @Graeme !

My 1st one is about 2 layers down in cover-ups. I got it in 1977 when I was 22, very recently married. It was 2 hearts and a banner with my wife's name and my name in the banner... which I know now is a hex on a marriage or relationship. I got it at S&W Tattooing in Amityville, NY. Walter was the artist and he slapped it on me in about 20 minutes for $25. This was the type of shop that had a line out the door on any Friday or Saturday night, 100% walkins. The actual tattoo was very good and had great color. Rob

Welcome @sighthound. Rad tattoos!!

Love the color on that dragon.. Coming from a black/grey man haha. Welcome

Welcome. Great tattoos!

Really great tattoos. Thanks for sharing and welcome!

Welcome! I love that dragon!!

I was scheduled with Chad at noon and I think we started around 2:15p

So this book has absolutely no written information other than side-annotations, but it has an unmatched wealth of old photos -- especially those of tattooed women. ISSUU - Brochure ATM Publishing by KIT Publishers Don't mind the price tag, there are almost 1300 photos in this book. It's an essential in any collector's library. I've thought about posting a bunch of them here but I don't know if that's really an OK thing to do. I'd love to share some valuable history, but I also want you guys to give all of your money to the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum. :) Here's one of my all-time favorite pictures:

Idk, it's totally your decision but I would go to a different shop to get it touched up/reworked. Yeah, te artist that did it will touch it up for free, but getting a quality tattoo should never be about money. And like @David Flores said there's something wrong with the shop, artist, etc. Considering your tattoo is infected. IMO, every one recommending you "don't go back" includes getting a touch up. Just my $0.02.

Pretty! I met Matt when I was up at Spider Murphy's. He was funny. I liked everyone I met up there.

I just saw that @Scott Sylvia is going to be at the Richmond Tattoo Convention. IS THIS REAL LIFE???

my computer has been broken for a while, so I havent been able to get on here, but I am still alive, and started school again.

apologies in advance for large pics. Too many to resize. Summer tour 2013 Baltimore One Shot! RIP Cosmo Philly just a quickie in St Louis NEW JOB! Joel Long's art show Boulder - - - Updated - - - More later

Why does everyone ALWAYS ask questions on the internet about things that don't directly concern them then get pissy when they don't get an answer? I don't get it? But really, I'll try to be nice... personally I don't answer that stuff online anyway. Here's some reasons why, in no particular order: 1) Many people equate time to cost and base their tattooer choices on cost. Most decent tattooers do not want to be involved in a bidding war or pitching for work. 2) serious customers ask at the shop, via email, the phone, conventions or whatever. We get a lot of time wasters, especially online. Nobody want to entertain time wasters. 3) It doesn't really matter. 4) with very large tattoos the time taken to complete it can vary between clients. Simply looking at a photo on a smartphone doesn't tell you that the client was a giant, or very petite. 25 hours for one client could mean 45-60 for another. 5) some of us get enough comments, likes, adds/requests or whatever on instagram per day that the 'news' or 'updates' tab that we miss it - there's less than 100 spaces in there so 100 likes and 2 comments means that your urgent request is missed. If you need to know how long a particular tattooer would take to give you a certain size tattoo or amount of coverage so you can budget for your tattoo - contact them via the method they prefer, phone, email, whatever. If you're just curious - get over it, you win some, you lose some.

Haven't posted in a bit... Session number... 7 or 8, I think, from Mike Rubendall today. Finally hit the ass, which made my ribs seem like a breeze. About two months ago Thomas Hooper finished my torso: And then one from Scott Campbell about 3 weeks ago:

1974, just days after I turned 18. Skinny, long-haired rock-n-roller. In some name-unknown parlor on Chippewa Street in Buffalo, NY (which at the time was skid row = Junkies, Prostitutes, rank bars and tattoo parlors). Flash from the wall. As with the times, I don't remember much if any of the experience. Here's what's left of it:

He's well-known in these parts, but I haven't seen much mention of Dave Cummings from PSC Tattoo, Montreal on LST: - - - Updated - - - Another local guy who I feel deserves some recognition (again, pretty well-known locally) is Pol from Pol Tattoo, Montreal.

Maxime is going to be tattooing in LA at the end of the month, if I can convince the wife I"m going to try to have him do one of my palms... here's one that he did...

Robert Ryan: