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Went to New Jersey on May 19th to see Robert Ryan, and picked this Narasimha out of his sketch book. He changed it a little from the original to fit the upper arm better. Easily one of my favorite tattoos. The next Saturday, I played the walk in game at Smith Street and got two tattoos from Bert Krak, a butterfly, and a skull & crossbones. I came in wanting the butterfly, and he said he had time for another quick one if I was interested, so I picked the skull after he said it was a shop favorite. Everyone at both shops were great, and I had a great experience getting tattooed.

Agree with above. Could also be ingrown hairs caused by initial shaving and way too much lotion clogging pores. Keep it dry for a while

HI there! I'm Nicole. I just recently got my fourth tattoo and am currently planning a fifth (plus a cover up). I look forward to getting to know you fine folk.

I got this rose from Sam Castro while she did a guest spot in Killeen, TX

I'll throw in this healed and hairy hand and rose combo: Got this by Uncle Allan at his shop Conspiracy Inc. in Berlin in the summer of 2015. I got in on a cancellation on the first day of a weeks stay in the city. Afterwards I proceeded to torture it by walking around Berlin for the better part of six days, sweating in my jeans under a 36C sun. There is no way I have deserved it to heal this great.

I got this from Oliver Peck at the Fresno show.

I applaud the initiative, @Dan! Here's a little filler rose I got from Tim Hendricks at last years London Convention.

so entries are open for the UNOFFICIAL June 2017 tattoo of the month contest, for June it's "rose" tattoos, please post entries in this thread ,be sure to include artist name. I will make another poll thread around the 20th or so of the month to vote in, let's keep this alive,IMO it's fun. post your entries through the 20th. I will post a "Poll" on the 21st to start the voting.

Not really any such thing as a "quarter sleeve." It's just a tattoo. ;-) No one minds if you are skinny or fat. Just get a tattoo and enjoy it.

Thanks, I have already had a consultation and am booked in for August Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Blue rose for my 10th anniversary. Done by Reid Gosmire at Leviticus. My wife got a similar one done.

Progress report

@Mr_T I'm no dermatologist, but it looks like either you're putting waaay too much lotion on it, and that's causing the breakouts (pores are clogged), or it's an infection. I really think you're just overdoing it on the lotion, but I don't know. Second opinion, anyone?

The great thing about that "pattern" is that you and the artist could build, start and stop it to fit any body part and shape. The key is going to be finding the right artist, and there are plenty who already specialize in geometric pattern work.

I'll be up at Kings Ave on July 8th. Now, just have to solidify what I'm getting.

@MrToast Dude, I don't think anyone has opinions about skinny guys with tattoos other than if you rock it it'll look great. You sound really self conscious, but the tattoo will be empowering. Yes, I think part of being a good tattooer is bringing out the strengths of the canvas. Good Luck.

I have a lot of heavy black shading on my first tattoo and it did need a few spots touched up to even out the saturation. It's easy and your artist should do it for free.

It's still not healed. You may have to get touched up, but it will never look like it does just after its tattooed.

So, I was procrastinating a bit on Instagram, and stumbled upon this post from last year: Thought it was a good reason to revive this Higgs thread.. Did any of you LST members get in on this? Or, does anybody know anything about how this project turned out? Hadn't heard about this at all untill today.. And last but not least, how INSANELY COOL is that hooded shadow-thing?! Don't know why, but that one completely blows me away right now..!

Bongsau in the middle, yup my tattooed ass got published in the online newspaper. The tattoos on either side are Paul Jeffries works.