Gingerninja

@Guerillaneedles I LOVE the Wendy piece. Hard. She's on my list for sure!

@oboogie Meh, can't please everyone. Killer work.

Totally love the Cash piece, @oboogie! I'm team tegaderm/saniderm as well. One week later, mild flaking and no itching for this girl. One of my pieces didn't even flake/peel/nothing. Score!

Yeah, you are in his rotation. Score!

UGH, I am patiently waiting. For like 2.5 more years, not that I'm counting. Okay, I'm totally counting. :)

I stopped into the shop in January to buy some prints which he signed for me. Are you a local or semi-local? @Lance

Good luck @oboogie! You have an amazing collection. Looking forward to seeing your new piece!

I'm going on the record saying butt tattoos hurt. My cheek started to involuntarily twitch at one point. Oops.

5 hours ago, Lance said:

@gingerninja! You know how to rock a convention! Great pieces. Btw, who did your shi-shi? Looks cool too from what I can see.

Mike did my shi-shi.

And DUDE, I saw your mon mon cat on IG. I love it hard. Is it in color or B/G? I'm on his wait list...how long did you wait or are you in his rotation?

Hi there. I don't know about Ithaca but going into the city is a gold mine...

My evil plan is to have Henning fill in the space opposite Grez's fall piece with winter and spring botanicals. Mike offered to add more fingerwaves around the fall piece to tie it all together. I'm silly happy. @sophistre

Ha. Thanks @omeletta and @Devious6. It was my own tattoo Olympics. Other than being a little tender, it was easy.

@Patrick Bateman Check out the lowdown thread for photos. It was an *awesome* weekend!

Pagoda was good...

Peony by Rubendall, fall botanicals by Grez, Sailor Jerry swallows by Scott and filler peacock feather by Virginia Elwood. Sorry that the color saturations are all over the place (the peony and feather look pretty normal). Butt tattoos hurt!!

Stewart just had a cancellation!!

Thanks for making me want PIE at 10:00 am on a Monday morning. *shakes fist* @Devious6

I saw her post and I grabbed it! Thanks for thinking of me!!! @polliwog 

Hey there. I'd totally be up for a meet up! I'm traveling for work next week to your city starting on Wednesday. Let's figure something out. @suburbanxcore

Welcome! Post some photos. :)

Thanks @Mark Bee and @Devious6!  I have emails out to a few folks. I doubt I'll get in with someone that I want but it never hurts to ask, right? I'm there for the entire duration since I'm in Philly the week before and have to be in Virginia the following Monday. Light a candle for me.

Dan Smith cancelled going to Pagoda. Crapity, crap, crap, crap. Now, I'm at the utter mercy of someone cancelling on another awesome artist for a Sunday appointment.

Hey, all. If I did or said something insensitive, I do apologize. I'm out to go chase unicorns and rainbows.

I thought that I was nice and supportive. ? @polliwog

@oboogie You feisty today!

That's super cool. And hey, like other's have said...if you want a 1 of 1, do it. Right?

Whoa, sugar. All good here! You posted in a very passionate forum. No one is attacking you (at least I'm not). You led with the fact that you are a minor...we most of all want to protect you and all involved. Very sorry for your loss. Truly. @rose094

Hey Rose, please wait. I can empathize with your desire to get a memorial tattoo for your sister. Please realize that your may be asking an artist to break the law. There's nothing cool about that scenario. Wait until you can find a great artist that can do a proper tattoo. If you post photos of a tattoo and heaven forbid that someone puts together that you are under age, that's a pretty crappy position that you just places everyone in - you, your parents and the artist. Do you really want to do that?

Oooo...what's the bigger tattoo and are you on his/her list yet? I'd invite you to consider getting something bigger if you are serious about dipping your toe in the water. There is so much good info on this forum and check out the photos in the gallery, too!