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Jen Lee, Tattoo City bad month to enter because of that ridiculous vargas back piece….fuck it

I´ve already posted this in the back piece-thread, but I throw it out here too with a better photo. Next session in March:

The elbow area of my right arm by Chris O'Donnell, the skull and peony were done a few months ago and the leaves and background were added about 2 weeks ago:

I'll go ahead and get this month started - edit: almost!. All months should really have a panther tattoo, shouldn't they? I'd love to see Aaron Coleman three-peat.

Dave Regan:

@TaeTae, I find back of the thighs OK. The ass is way more painful. It´s actually awful! hehe.. Wow, that was a big question! My legs will not be in the same style as my back piece with traditional windbar background. My plan is to collect small and large one-shots on the rest of the body regardless of the style, and finally sew it all together with a kind of background. Maybe a flame background. I should also laser remove an entire sleeve and two other tattoos. A big project, but necessary. In October I travel to NYC / SF (with @Ninab and @Iwar) to get tattooed by Hoyer / O'Donnell / Lehi and hopefully Corbin. On the wish list for the future: Rassier, Leu, Mick, Roper, Sylvia Trevino, Ichibay, Bruno, Grime, Arriola, Deutsche, Whitehead and many more ..

Here is mine from last year, done by Nick Colella: Healed, crappy photo Fresh, from Nick's IG:

It went perfectly. Plan to use it again this weekend on my Eddie Deutsche piece.

Looking at Ron Wells's work from the Philadelphia convention and feeling ridiculously excited about seeing him... Instagram ::explodes::

Had a big session on my back by Marius Meyer.

The 2 lefties I know, Freddy and PeeWee, had been zapping a long time and I've never seen either or them use or see PW build anything other than 'normal' frame styles. I don't think their tattooing would 'improve' because of any changes like that.

now I remember why I like LST so much..it's all the looove and nice tattoos!

Well holy shit, guys! Party on!

Ok I'll go First done by the totally awesome Valerie Vargas at Frith Street Tattoo, around 40 hours work, finished a couple of weeks ago.

I'm getting tattooed by Chad Kopelinger this month. Super stoked. I'm still not 100% sure what I want from him; there's so many things that he does well, it's a tough choice.

Back piece started by Steve Byrne at Rock Of Ages

Got started on my ribs with William Yoneyama today, 40+ degrees outside, nowhere better to be than under air conditioning. About 3-4 hours in, should wrap it up in a few weeks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Mario Desa put this Higgs flash on me last night at the Philly tat con.

Wolf head from Mike Aul, pretty killer capture

It's a snake and tiger kinda time! 3rd session in, steaming through it! By Stewart Robson

Always love a good eagle. Such a classic subject for a tattoo and a lot of people do them killer. Here is mine by Bert Krak done at the London Tattoo Convention last September. So happy with it and such a cool experience.

posted my neck eagle and wife's eagle a few times already: Chris David, Government Street Tattoo Victoria, BC

If you have more tattoo machines than clients, that is too much. Guy who tried to be a tattooer I know, worked one day a week had to bring his own clientele, always had a new machine to show off, never had anyone to tattoo.

Here's my latest round of work... First is a fresh pic, and second is a pic after 12 hour post tattoo waiting period and another 48 hours under Tegaderm, looking gooey and juicy and disgusting, haha. Even getting some leakage as you can see from second pic even though I overlapped tattooed skin by a full two inches easily, so just gonna have my wife slap on another piece of Tegaderm on that corner

I'll be attending as well. Looking forward to meeting some more LSTers.

Hello and welcome to LST! Who did your tattoo? In my opinion, it looks good as it is and there's no need to add anything to it. About getting a quote tattooed on you, I suggest you read this first: Most Honorable Blog: The Letter of the Law: Laws for Lettering and Tattoos You don't have to accept everything in there, and there are things in there that I disagree with myself, but it's at the very least worth reading and considering. I also really don't understand how you can at the same time come here asking about what kind of quote you should get but insist that it has to be meaningful. The two are kind of in contradiction, no?

Chad Chesko. Local guy here in Boston. Love seeing his biomech and japanese work on instagram. Sent from my SGH-T989 using Tapatalk

Greg Irons

Some good advice and thank you. The worse part for me was spending a few hours drawing up sketches and he didnt even mention them. Suddenly he want some other tattoo we never discussed fixed. I ended up telling the guy to get lost after calling the tattoo Artist that did that piece he wanted fixed. The Artist does nice clean work but this guy moved around a lot, and didnt do any of the proper after care, went swimming for hours the next day so scabbed up and lost patches of the tattoo. I believe the Artist from looking at the thing. Hes getting bad mouthed when I can clearly see he is a serious and deidicated artist. Glad I didnt take the job not and I will definatly not forget all this good advice either. thanks all

I'm always shocked when I see a guy tattoo left handed. Not that I'm right handed I just like to shock myself. That out of the way I never have had a "left handed" machine, although I have seen a pic of left handed Waters, with Wagner's name stamped on it. So that goes way back. I don't know the answer to this really. I'm sure it personal preference. I just lay the a little more over the side of my hand. Of course I've also had people tell that I'm left handed, and therefor I cannot tattoo. I love that rumor. Makes me wonder if it goes back to "sinister", a word that's Latin root means, "From the left"?

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Just a thought -- I wonder if people will start using 3d printers to make frames, maybe carbon fiber or something equally strong and light?

Only minutes into the competition and there is already tough competition, Nice tattoos guys. Im entering my chest piece, it took 12 hours and was done by Luke Kehoe in Kalispell, Mt at The Temple Decor.

@semele and @Wilhell you guys are warriors, so much respect. Those are both gorgeous backpieces, I would be so proud if I were in your shoes. Carry on!

@semele Grez is KILLING your back!!! You are a trooper to take all that solid black shading in such a large area! Applause!

I for one am proud to be a (small) part of a forum whose members are posting some of the best tattoos in the world right now.

@semele Most excellent.

@semele Rad!

Sixth session, almost done! By Grez. Said goodbye to my old and very odd lower back tattoo yesterday, too.

Here is my chest piece in progress:

Chris cooks is a very modern style though right? Steve Wrigley is another great choice.

Some progress on my frontpiece with my boss, Josh Cruse. Did about three hours of color in the snake all around my chest and belly. I have another sitting in two weeks, but I'll probably hold off on posting anything until we get it all done... after it's healed and settled, we'll touch up anything that needs it and add some pattern work in that minty green stripe on the snake.

I am @shaunsomers. Currently featuring 67% tattoos and 33% dog photos. But I just put the first three pics up today. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

bryan burk dark horse, los angeles

Haha Thanks @ironchef! Tegaderm was introduced to me by Tim Hendricks when I got tattooed by him on my ribs. I've tried all the different aftercare techniques ... After getting tattooed I wait until I get home and clean my tattoo. I rewrap until the next morning and then I put on the tegaderm. The reason is if you put it on right after you get tattooed there will be too much plasma and parts of the tegaderm will not stick. This may sound crazy but... keep it on for 3 days. The product is crazy because you can take a shower and get it wet also it's made from a breathable material. From my experience what happens is the tegaderm slows down your initial healing which may sound negative but... It's good because when you heal slower there are fewer chances of getting scabs. The peelings are a lot softer too. Reminds me of when you peel from a sunburn. So basically it heals your tattoo slower but heals smoother with no scabs. Negatives?? I really can't think of any.. Garver used it too on his last tattoo he got and he also said how awesome it was. The best place to buy it is on ebay !!!!! - - - Updated - - - I will post a pic on my instagram account @Killercook76 . I got my tattoo 11 days ago and it's almost healed... If you have any other questions please ask and I'll do my best to answer you from my experiences.

@Shannon Shirley, oh, he's just been around Virginia a long time and well, if you go to the Time Machine website, the fact that he puts a few how-to videos up there was enough for me. But, without going into it, there is more to the story...

Heres mine. Tattooed by Stefano C, Frith Street Tattoo, London on Christmas Eve.