Kimmie

Here's my baby! Seven hours down, an estimated two to go to finish up. Done by the incredible Erick Holguin of Ink & Dagger in Roswell, GA. It got a little sore at the end, but he was so gentle/light handed that it was smooth sailing for the majority of it. It's in memory of my mother, who loved cardinals, and is even better than I ever imagined.

If I may add,
Thou shalt not ask a question if thou only want confirmation of thy opinion.

Here's my baby! Seven hours down, an estimated two to go to finish up. Done by the incredible Erick Holguin of Ink & Dagger in Roswell, GA. It got a little sore at the end, but he was so gentle/light handed that it was smooth sailing for the majority of it. It's in memory of my mother, who loved cardinals, and is even better than I ever imagined.

My first tattoos Grumblekiddles, by Lorin Hay at Red 5 tattoo

Here's my baby! Seven hours down, an estimated two to go to finish up. Done by the incredible Erick Holguin of Ink & Dagger in Roswell, GA. It got a little sore at the end, but he was so gentle/light handed that it was smooth sailing for the majority of it. It's in memory of my mother, who loved cardinals, and is even better than I ever imagined.

Here's my baby! Seven hours down, an estimated two to go to finish up. Done by the incredible Erick Holguin of Ink & Dagger in Roswell, GA. It got a little sore at the end, but he was so gentle/light handed that it was smooth sailing for the majority of it. It's in memory of my mother, who loved cardinals, and is even better than I ever imagined.

Here's my baby! Seven hours down, an estimated two to go to finish up. Done by the incredible Erick Holguin of Ink & Dagger in Roswell, GA. It got a little sore at the end, but he was so gentle/light handed that it was smooth sailing for the majority of it. It's in memory of my mother, who loved cardinals, and is even better than I ever imagined.

Laughing ... I just end up trying stuff because it sounds fun. I only rode a couple years, but had a blast with a cool instructor friend of mine. I really liked barrel racing but only did it in the ring messing around but I did eat dirt a couple times - can't really be a real rider unless you eat dirt, right? Sometimes I think my family must think I am a little crazy, but really, if you saw me, I look completely boring. :-)
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So after much searching, here's what I'm gonna wear for the backpiece contest at the Philly Convention on Sunday. I couldn't find a true halter top that completely shows the back with only a little string tie across the center of the back and I'm not doing a bikini or <shudder> pasties. This is actually quite classy looking. I can pull it down around my hips so the whole tattoo shows, and I'll wear black leggings. I wanted to do something like this rather than just turning a shirt around backwards because I wanted to show the tattoo walking around the show a bit. My only concern is being cold so I am wearing a neck scarf and we'll see how that goes.
Deep Open Back Halter Top by VENUS
BTW - Venus makes amazing bikinis. many have tops like bras for good support and padding. I could never wear a string bikini or many other styles, but these are very flattering. I love this one. It comes with a little insert padding but you really don't need it unless you want to vavavoom.
Enhancer top, low rise bottom, scoop bottom, wrap skirt Swimsuit

Participated in the Chinese New Year celebrations this past weekend in Edmonton.
My buddy and I did a quick feature and demo on the local breakfast news TV broadcast.
And then our school did a demo at the big ol West Edmonton Mall.
Here are some action shots, En joy! Gung hay fat choy
Our Shaolin kung fu demo team

Here's an action shot of me doing a flying jump kick and shooting out a chain whip:

The pride of our school, the kung fu DRAGON !

with a sneak peak of my backpiece progress
thanks for looking, hope the lunar new year is good and full of colour for all the tattooed pals out there :cool:

Here's it is fresh. I'll post more after it heals up. I had a great time and came away with a bunch of new music to check out too. Can't imagine having a better first experience.

@SeeSea definitely knows a thing or two about the back as prime real estate...

Lol, you will be fine.
Don't put too much ointment on it.
Drier is better in my experience.

Session 2 done yesterday, plenty left to do but its crazy how different it looks from the end of the 1st session.
Borrowed this pic from Marius' instagram page. Started with the fine line scales on the snake, then the black in the skull and finally some colour on the snake. All told it was probably 5 - 5.5 hours this time around.

Good God
Do not get the back of your knee tattooed!
The tattoo stings...but just awful the day after.
Also got tattooed on the armpit border.
So I've got a hunched shoulder and a zombie leg for a few days until this skin loosens up
YEEOUCH !
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Looking forward to next week where I can actually take a care-free shower. Oh wait I'm getting tattooed again next week.

Oh how my leg has changed in just a few short months.


I think my next move will be to cap my other knee. Then I need to work on the back sides. I'm too front-heavy.
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Can't wait for the next meetup..

I'm moving onto my lady arms! Right before everybody puts up their Friday the 13th stuff, I hit a guest artist coming through town :)
Hoping to start a themed collection on my left arm, with Talley Matthews, on Friday.
Hubs is coming to the shop with me, but he's got an important shooting match on Saturday, so I know he won't be getting tattooed.

Haha. Does that just mean "standing up"?

I realized that besides for instagram photos in the Latest Tattoo Lowdown-thread, I haven't uploaded any proper hi-res healed pictures of any one the tattoos I've gotten since I first registered here 3 years ago. I'll make sure to get to that. Anyway, here's my twiggy pale legs at their current state:


Left leg, top to bottom:
Rose - Eli Quinters
Judas wearing devil mask - Iain Mullen
Heart factory-thing - Rudy Fritsch
Dietzel masked girl - Joel Albertsson
ACE-script - design by my friend, tattoo by Iain Mullen
Swampy horned skull - my friend Isabel
Crocodile bird - Joel Madberg SOOS
Man with birdcage head - my friend Isabel
Ancient aliens UFO with wings and bird claw - Iain Mullen
Gorilla in tower holding skull - Deno
Crossed bones RMA - my friend Isabel
Återkomst - some scratcher named Jens (traded for a small photo)
Badly healed heel tattoo - Iain Mullen
Upside down skull - my design, tattoo by Iain Mullen
Right leg, top to bottom:
Shaman and hyena - James McKenna
Rock of ages, upside down cross - Peter Lagergren
Girl sleeping in moon - Jaclyn Réhe
Human cuddled in egg shape - my friend Isabel
Whispering devil + indian symbol and three moons - Iain Mullen
Baboon head - Matty D'Arienzo
Saraswati/indian looking head - Adde Ramstedt
Behive - Knibbe Pallius
Upside down eye of providence and snake - Ville Prinsen
Big angry snake head - Deno
Cat reaper - Joel Madberg SOOS
Funky tiger coming out of flower - Cezilia Hjelt
Equaly badly healed heel tattoo - Iain Mullen (both to be redone in a few months)
Bum dreaming "C.R.E.A.M." - Frej Lind
Hårda Tider-band logo on toe - my friend Isabel
Edit: Oh wow, long post. Thought they were thin enough to go side by side in pairs. Well.. enjoy

OK, I'll play. These show most of my legs. I won't bore you with the sides of my knees or ankles. And I'm too lazy to type out who did what, but I'm happy to answer any questions.

diggin' this thread. dreading the knee ditch and inner thighs. here's what and who, so far...
Upper left
- three wise monkeys: my brother
- tribal knife: myself
- gypsy head: jill bonny
Upper mid
- third eye skull: my brother
- sun, moon, web knees: trevor taylor
- hardy bulldog: myself
- butterfly: myself
- daruma and candle: myself
- umbrella eye guy: trevor taylor
- green flame/symbols: myself
- doll head: shawn barber
- BnG snake: myself
- flower: beppe strambini
- fox & stars: hideki kobayashi
- horse head: myself
- bird: myself
- cherry blossoms: my brother
- 408: my brother
Upper right
- snake and kewpie: christopher ayalin
- lucky 13 cat: matt arriola
- eagle and clipper: mike Wilson
- hippie snail: my brother
Bottom right
- horse head/ring of flames: myself
- shark: myself
- BnG pattern: myself
Bottom mid
- naismith: cris cleen
- fu manchu snake: jeff rassier
Bottom left
- holey heart: myself

Here's my right leg, taken post run (#shortshorts). Slowly chipping away at it. I'm starting my right leg with Grez in July and (hopefully) Scott again.
Rose and dagger - Scott Sylvia
Blue crab - Todd Noble
Wolf and genie lamp - Ron Henry Wells
Cats - Grez
Pineapple - Drew Rash
Lilacs and mom banner - Keith Reed (unpictured, but posted in latest tattoo lowdown recently)

Wowzers! Awesome legs everybody. Here are mine,

Laziness is dictating I will post up some instagram shots. Maybe I'll get a full "squid pic" later.
Hanya - Stewart Robson
Dragon/Raijin - Regino Gonzales
Dante's Inferno - Paul ??
Devil - Matt Van Cura

Sheesh... Incredible collection @rozone!!
I have already posted a picture of myself in fundoshi's here, so this ain't so bad :cool: Here's my pale and hairy stilts.

Left leg:
Chris Garver - Harpy
Tim Lehi - Tiger
Morten Transeth - Butterfly
Jonas Nyberg - Black rose
Horimasa Tosoui - Hannya
Chad Koeplinger - Kali
Civ - Girlhead (barely visible)
Scott Sylvia - Dagger & LST ban hammer (barely visible, but my avatar makes up for it)
Morten Marbel - Weird insect thingie (not visible)
Christoffer Wøien - Cat head (Krak flash) (not visible)
Tony Nilsson - Anchor/shaking hands (Dietzel)
Nico Henriksen - Samurai with a headache
Marius Meyer - Shishi
Cris Cleen - Weird heart shaped thingie (not visible)
Grime - Samurai skull (barely visible)
A friend that will remain unnamed - Rose & diamond (I had Marius re-shade & colour it. Still looks kinda crap though)
Unknown Danish artist - Guitar headstock with snakes (and also my first tattoo!) (not visible)
Right leg:
Chris Conn - Girl in uniform
Timothy Hoyer - Panther
Bob Roberts - Dragon
Chad Koeplinger - Geisha (Hardy flash)
Marius Meyer - Dragon lady & Baku