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We had an issue with the site this am so had to roll back to an earlier backup - we lost any posts that were made earlier this am - sorry about that.

YES! Here's mine from Theo Mindell, Spider Murphy's tattoo, healed:

Third session on this demon samurai by Nikko at the Bay Area Tattoo Convention

28-year-old female tattoo artist from Denmark, looking to do my first guest spots from January 2017. I've been tattooing for 2 years, I mostly work in B&G realism, but also enjoy doing other styles. Please check out more work on my facebook: artbymichellem And if interested, send me a message through my facebook page

TATTOO OF THE MONTH IS BACK!!! Hope we see a strong turnout on this. RULES: The tattoo photos posted in this thread will be submitted for polling of Last Sparrow's Best PANTHER tattoo. This is all in good spirit and fun of course. The submission process opens on the first of the month and ends on the 20th of the month. After that there will be an open poll for one week, which will close on the 27th, and the tattoo with the most votes wins. Your tattoo picture must be posted in this thread (both tattooers and tattoo customers can win) in order to qualify. Include tattoo artist name & tattoo shop with your photo/post. You MUST be the one who has the tattoo or did the tattoo. It MUST be a finished tattoo It MUST fit the theme of the contest The theme of November is:

Soooo, after having lurked around for a while and posting some comments in other topics, I guess I'll make a proper introduction. I'm an aspiring apprentice from the Netherlands, 26. Before you all get your balls in a twist: I'm not here to find an apprenticeship or get information on what tattoo machine is the best buy for ruining someone's life. I haven't ever touched a tattoo machine and won't before my future teacher says I'm ready. I know that's somewhat of a taboo around here (and rightfully so), so I just had to get that out of the way. I might post some of the art I make for my portfolio in the 'Art Show' topic, as I already have, but that's it. If you are really interested in my drawings you can also look me up on instagram under the same name as I use here. (@exiny) I consider myself, as most of you do, a 'collector'. Got my first shitty tattoo during the emo-age at 14, wich I have covered now. Working to someday achieve a full (neo-traditional) body suit. I'm still ways away from reaching that goal though. So far only my left arm and chest is done. I got an appointment to start my right sleeve the 4th of februari. I mostly read LST at work when I have some spare time. I love tattoos. I love reading about tattoos, I love looking at tattoos and I love talking about tattoos. Tattoos. Any questions, just ask :) Also, here are some of my tattoos (done by Theo Zinas) :

One day...he's on my list. I swear almost everything I see from him totally floors me. I live in California, so the travel will likely be a bit more than $55 ;)

Lay off that decaf nonsense. You need caffeine!

Let's keep this momentum going! My panther vs. snake by Bailey Hunter Robinson. This tattoo just celebrated it's 5th year looking out at the world. Done in one sitting with about 4 hours of tattoo time, while Bailey was still in NYC. This was my first big tattoo, and I'm still stoked on it everyday!!! Play on LST.

ok - I'm gonna be first to enter with my Robert Ryan Mandala Leopard which resides on my stomach - hopefully the leopard can qualify as its the closest thing to a panther that I have - no hard feelings if it doesnt meet the qualifications - done at Electric Tattoo in Asbury Park NJ - if you havent been tattooed by Robert or been to Electric - well...you're missing out - luckily I live only short drive from the shop - anyway - here you go...btw - this tattoo also made his awesome book - The Inborn Absolute :)

I rate pain on a scale of 0-5. This little one, which took a while since this super guy was taking his time, barely registered as a 2. On my hip bone and towards the pube it reached a 3 which on my scale is "okay, I feel that". I feel like I didn't earn any sugar! What is wrong with me? Great therapy nonetheless. The tegaderm is holding but gushy underneath. I "managed" the area this morning at the gym...hoping that the heal goes well with this area. Looking forward to the reveal tomorrow afternoon! @pidjones

Just got this done, old school cowboy skull. Fits right in between two other tattoos I have. Can't wait to see how it heals up.

Today was a pretty good day thanks to Kurt Melancon at Leviticus in Minneapolis.

@suburbanxcore Love those! @Dan's anchor is perfect, too.

@suburbanxcore. Fantastic!!!! I would love to get tattooed by Oliver

I live in England and the best advice i can give you is go for it! Although i'm not sure exactly where you live so it might be a hell of a lot more expensive than it is for me, this will be my 4th trip to be tattooed by Marius and it's so worth it. Edit: Profile says you're in the States so yeah, the cost isn't really comparible. It's costing me £45 for a return flight (around 55 dollars US). In that case i feel your pain!

Kruseman was at one point pretty local to me, I forget where he's relocated to recently but he still comes by to visit periodically. I'd like to get something by him someday. He was actually on my "get tattooed by" list before I even found out he'd been cast, so that was cool. Thoughts on the most recent episode: Gian's male pin-up was really cool, definitely the winner of the bunch. With every episode, I grow to hate the women on the show more (except for Kelly, she seems decent). Every episode is just them whining and complaining, and consistently turning out mediocre at best tattoos. Their ego doesn't even come close to their skills. But hey, what else is new with this show.

Nikko finishing my demon samurai piece at the SF convention