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Day two finished! Here's a full progress pic! Erin Chance is the artist :)

It's done. It's actually done. The last session was the worst one I've had to endure. Major touch ups to the wind bars/clouds, double lining, basically every soft spot got hit in one day. By the end I was definitely spent, but so stoked. Dana was very pleased with how this came out, and that makes me happy too. He wants me to show up to the Baltimore or Philly conventions and do the back piece contest. This took a year and a half, and it was an amazing experience.

Best shot I could take myself.. Will get a full one soon :)

Hi, here is a healed photo of the hell scene that Tim Lehi did on me last month. He is my favourite tattooer and it was so fun to get this piece from him. I also posted it in this months contest: http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/lst-announcements-contests/6076-november-2014-tattoo-month-contest-page4.html#post105993 The size of the photo might be a bit too big, but I will fix it as soon as I can.

Molly wrote me!!! Excited!!! After some chatting about a recent order mix-up and that I've been a loyal customer (read: Monmon Cat addiction), she told me that Horitomo's schedule had opened up due to cancelled travel plans and she offered me a sooner spot!!! April consultation!!! ::dances around kitchen::

One more from Henning

Tim Lehi oneshot

6:00 at Matchless it is!

Sorry no pics. I got a chance to look through a pile of Dana's secret stash of Roper pics, some are pretty good. I also got a chance to scroll through Bloodwork Bodies. Man, that book is amazing. The green dragon is in the book, I had to steal a clean pic for you guys. Not to mention it was good to catch a glance at @hogg's ass on more time.

Here's one from Henning Jorgensen Is this the Rubendall one?

I am working on a sleeve. And it would not be complete without "Mom". Work by Billy Hill (Envy Skin Gallery, Columbus) on 11-15-14.

Okay, we are six hours in of day 1 of 3.. Here are the first few shots. We're doing full back in three days, a third at a time, so we don't have to keep going over fresh ink from previous days :) Artist: Erin Chance, tattooing at Sacred Tattoo in Auckland, New Zealand

I'm looking for photos of Koi backpieces with a specific perspective on the Koi, illustrated in the Roper and Horimatsu pieces below. I haven't seen many done from this perspective but I think it looks great! I've seen a Rubendall piece like this at one point but am unable to locate it. Any pictures or links would be appreciated! Thanks!

Hello all, I'm a 27 years old tattoo enthusiast from Montreal. I took a look arond the site and thought I'd join, it would be nice to exchange with people who have such good taste in tattoos! My favorite styles are realistic and cartoon and I wear both. I've got 60+ hours of work so far, including a back piece, all by Montreal artists. I'm looking for full body coverage. Aside from that, I'm an electrician, I really enjoy going to gigs and playing video games. Also, english is my second language. Although I understand it almost perfectly, my wording might sound a bit odd from time to time. But I'm always happy to learn, so I don't mind being corrected.

I've got some work in progress by Badj at Black Eyes Tattoo. Some pictures that were taken after my last session. Thought dinosaurs would be a fun addition to my collection.

Adam Craft just posted this cover up jobbie:

Thanks all! It's definitely a large undertaking! Currently into day two, about an hour in.. Here is a photo taken this morning of yesterday's progress.. Excuse the undies & the angle - my friend took this photo when I got out of the shower! Will add more as I can take them, working on upper back today so can be difficult to get good action shots via selfie!

Before I figured all this out, I got the shakes and shivers really bad. Now I wear fleece, but the cure for all tattoo ills is ..... BROWNIES! Before, during, during, during, after. A little protein, some fat and lots of sugar. The perfect endurance food. My batch for tomorrow is in the oven now :)

They keep wimps away.

That, and drinking wine from the skulls of your enemies killed in battle [emoji88]

My arm by Joel Madberg, Salvation Tattoo Stockholm:

Been loving RTJ2 of course, in some ways it reminds me more of El Ps older stuff than the first one did, really fun album. Anybody else get on the new Souls of Mischief, People Under the Stairs, or Dilated Peoples joints? The new Souls is an awesome concept album, cool to hear something different from those guys, the People and the Peoples albums sound a lot like their old stuff which was expected, but still very solid stuff.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @ironchef - booooo!!! We're going to miss you!

Damn. You are tough as nail, @CaitlinBurnett10. But it's SO good!

damn those are nice. when i see stuff like that it makes me wish i went the japanese body suit route but i do love all my work though is that what they mean when they say you will regret your tattoos?

@Wilhell i'm totally into this man. Kudos bro.

@ironchef I think I would only do colour if I had one cohesive full suit of waves and rocks with a massive Koi on my back, except the colour would be done like the Horimatsu piece, just a hint of yellow in the fins!

@Wilhell - size is perfect - all the better to see the details! I love the pinks - really makes it pop!

@Pugilist 's appointment is at 1 on Saturday. Text me if you can swing by, it would be good to meet.

INSANE!!!! Go girl rock it out!

First tattoo... - commits to wait until he has his life pointed in the right direction - gets a massive black panther, simple bold classic design - bonus points for a TEAROUT! - does a heavyweight sit to pop his tattoo cherry - great idea to expand down the leg in the future Someone get this dude a trophy! well done and welcome

I like to get tattooed by different artists but I usually get more than one tattoo by each of them. There's so many talented people in my city, I can't stick with only one of them, plus I like a couple styles of tattoos so I wouldn't get them done by the same artist.

I keep coming back to this one. It's such a rad way of filling an awkward spot and I feel like I've never really seen anything before like it. I'm going to keep this tattoo in mind for a long time especially as I get more and more awkward gaps.

Jun Cha. Unfinished, ran out of time and had to run to the airport. 16 hour session. Reh, edited with better size & lost the likes.

Because everyone has a skull.

Skulls are fuckin' cool. That's a good start.

Quick update here with my new piece from Matt Houston in Salon Serpent I'm Amsterdam (again!). Great dude,great shop and great experience. Absolutely love the piece. Nearly healed... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

According to an overly excited drunk fellow who was admiring flash in the shop, "tattoos invented skulls"

My inner thigh leopard tibetan dagger done by Chad Koeplinger at last Barcelona Tattoo Expo.

Thanks @KBeee! I've had a blast working on them. And I dunno, but you're right - smoking reapers are awesome!

Regino Gonzales of Invisible NYC. He's a cool dude.

For fun, my peony by Wendy Pham done as guest spot at Red Rocket Tattoo in NYC

i just want to look like Walt Disney threw up all over me :cool:

"I want a sleeve. You know, clouds and stars and shit." So we did a painting of a sleeve of clouds and stars and....shit. Actual turds, with bits of corn in them and everything. Strangely enough people start to get a bit more specific when we whip it out. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

One of the best ways to deal with not being totally satisfied with your tattoos, or being nitpicky about them or whatever is to get more tattoos.