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Here we go, done by Darcy Nutt at the RVA convention this weekend. Couldn't have asked for a better experience, she is top class in every way possible! There's some weird shadows and lighting in the pics, cause they do the piece no justice at all.

I got my first-ever hand-poked tattoo last night from our own @cltattooing: It's also my first scorpion. Let's be honest: I needed one.

Bearded lady from George Archer at the RVA convention yesterday (picture courtesy of George's IG).

Buncha mysterious people sitting in the shadows.. Good to have a few drinks with you guys and finally meet in person!!

Last night's meet up after @Pugilist's session at NY Adorned with Brian Kaneko. Great meeting you and @Graeme in person!

A weird thing about this place is that you've seen multiple pictures of my butt before you've seen one of my face.

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.

@SeeSea @Fala @gougetheeyes @MrsGougeTheEyes @ironchef It was super fun hanging out, glad we were able to make it work!

Finished another session tonight. Just banged out the stripes. I am so psyched with how the face is coming out. Have black in the tail up top then color hallelujah ! Cork man you should be beyond proud of that thing it's awesome. Edit: sorry about the sideways pics

Y'all are a very friendly (and hangover inducing) bunch!

Looking good guys! @Pugilist your new tattoos are so beautiful. [emoji106] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Always good to also look for the source...

Since you already mentioned Koji, check out Unmon (Instagram) and Jun Chihara (Instagram).

I'm sure yours is going well! Sending you vibes! I finished today, here's the final photo.. Hope it brings motivation! We did a final 9 hours today to finish up :) So happy! Full back in three days - boom!

Not mine, but great to see Kore Flatmo posting again, it's been close to a year!

Forearm filler and a Snakehead Done by Greg Woodrow - Taunton Tattoo Co, Oshawa ON, Canada

little executioner fella from my mentor yesterday.

Why not... Horizakura peony/junco from last year:

Hi folks, Long time lurker but first time poster. Have been learning plenty here since I started paying attention!! Don;t have pics of all my tattoos so will obviously need to get that done asap. A quick run down of my tattoo history is as follows (in chronological order): - Pair of wings by Sean (I think) in Zulu, Dublin (a typical first tattoo, I'll leave it at that...) - 3/4 Japanese-style/koi sleeve by Jani in Wildcat, Dublin (again, in hindsight, probably should have been paying more attention/completed more research!) - Sand timer/roses on inside of bicep by Tyler James Densley in Seven Seas, San Diego - Latin Script by Kris Magnotti, Adorned NYC - Half sleeve on outside of arm by Ross Nagle at Allstar, Limerick. An owl on top of a heart with blood and webbing. - Gramophone on outside forearm by Kim Anh Nguyen in Salon Serpant, Amsterdam - Sugar skull/raven/panther head with roses on inside of forearm by Ross Nagle at Allstar, Limerick At the minute, I only have pics of my 2 Ross Nagle pieces. The Tyler James Densley piece is blurred out in the first pic. The top of the sugar skull looks a little distorted in the 2nd pic because of the stretch in my arm. The Kim Anh piece is on her Instagram, is there any way I can get that across to here?

@SeeSea just thought this one came out the best? Here's the one with the flash so you can all our lovely faces!

It was a total breeze! And a very interesting experience to have no sound at all. I've had quite a bit of tebori done, which is far quieter than a machine, but not at all silent.

thanks seesea even more common is the ironman tattoo dont know if you know what looks like anyway marathon pain helps me keep tattoo pain in perspective :) session scheduled for tomorrow night

FYI Matchless is doing 2 for one beers, cash only!

Almost finished 1/2 sleeve, and like it so much, decided to go full sleeve. Design being worked on and getting lines put on in 5 days.

Can't wait to see you guys later - I'm decked out in my Monmon Cat shirt and getting ready to roll! Bummed I can't meet you in person @ironchef.

My suggestion is Kiku (Instagram) But if it's gotta be more black than greys...then any of the Horitoshi family.

got a last minute appointment with robert ryan for december 9th while he's guesting at old soul. can not wait!

I'm hanging in there. Little over 6 hours in. Damn spine work. Watching Harry Potter movies. That's about the speed of my brain right now!

I'm with you. I only regret the ones I never got.

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!

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.

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

Went to see Steve Wimmer on Monday in Delaware. Took a little over 6 hours, my longest sitting. Thought I was gonna tap out but I champed it. Not gonna lie, the last hour was rough on me though. (Cell phone pic)

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.

Tim Lehi oneshot

Ok edited to make it not so massive, we'll see if that works. Tried to get a head on photo to show the other side as well, but it made it distorted as it wraps around and looked funny. Done by Ellen Murphy at Lombard St Tattoo, Portland. As I said the other day, rad shop, Ellen was awesome, great day all around. Picked off the wall from a Stell sheet, mostly healed now.

Got this from Timothy Hoyer last month. Really stoked about getting a tattoo from one of my absolute favorite tattooers.

Yesterday did four-plus hours of blasting black on my arm with Seth Wood, guesting at Memoir this week. Three more sessions to go. Can't wait for color. I like getting tattooed, the pain and everything. Is that weird?

I hate posting the same pic over and over again, but i want a LST shirt! Done by Shige. Pics do this piece no justice.

Done by Curt Baer from Iron Mountain Tattoo.

bad photos but i got the dragon yesterday from Andre Cleary and the girls head a month ago from Adrian Hing , both are really nice humble guys. also sorry for the sideways pics ive tryed everything cant figure it out.

Here's a pic of the line work, Will post a couple of pics of the finished product when its completed.

Interested to see what an organic line is. Welcome!