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Solid bro I miss the island.

I've got the red hot chili peppers symbol tattooed on my left hand haha!

I've been working on my back for about 3 years now and it has been a great journey and humbling experience. During my sessions of pain I've learned a lot about myself mentally and physically and would also have the best dreams of my life the nights after my most painful sessions. I would say my shoulder blades, ass, and inner thighs to be the most painful. Anyway I've extremely enjoyed seeing the progress which is about 90% complete started color a few months ago and it just makes the piece pop which has motivated me to finish it by end of summer!

great interview! love this site!

I went all the way to the thighs which also is a fudo dragon haha. In my opinion a large scale back piece just doesn't look right when you can see where it ends at the waist or lower back. I would say end at your ass since your planning more work on your thighs. Good luck on your piece!

Awesome start Luca and Avery! Look forward to seeing how your backs come along. I have started the color on my back and hopefully will be done by the end of summer or early fall. It really has been a journey for me . Thanks for sharing guys.

Seen the Grime piece in person really bad ass. Its on my tattooist who's doing my back here in Seattle Colin Delgado.

Your right looks like Sabado or Genko's work. Just a guess though.

I was 15 just made $60 bucks doing yard work, went to a homies house to look for bud or something to do. Showed him how much I had and he said don't know where to get bud, but do you want a tattoo with a look in his eye and a sparkle in his smile. So off to Low Tide Tattoo we went owned by some biker looking dude named Harv Angel. Picked out a black and grey rose off the flash on the wall had and it tattooed on my left forearm which covered most of my forearm since I was soo small. Half hour later I was finished and all tripped out on what I had done. Got home first thing I did "Hey dad look what I got on my arm!" just to get it out of the way since I knew it would happen sooner or later. He took off his glasses looked at my arm then gave me the worst look I have ever seen him give me to this day then nothing but silence. Mom was like what did you do! They got over it though and realized that was just me crazy and different compared to my siblings. Oh and the rose is covered up now with a japanese sleeve as well as the rest of my body.

Will do! Its been awhile since I taken pics of my progress the only one I got are old haha.

Hey Lochlan favorites got to be Horiyoshi 3 of course, horitomo, horiyasu, horitsune, filip leu, and mike roper. Black and grey Freddy negreti, Freddy corbin, Tim Hendricks, and El chino come to mind just love that Westcoast gangsta style.

Thanks for posting that Hardy piece love seeing how old tattoos are holding up after all the years.

Hey whassup everyone! Found this site by accident looking at backpieces on google. Stoke to see informative forum posts and good tattoos. I've been getting tattooed since my teens and for the last 5 years been working on my sleeves and backpiece. I love all sorts of art, but personally love irezumi and East LA black and grey!