Flo Ania

Here's my new one, done yesterday at the mondial du tatouage by Chad Koeplinger! STOKED!!!

Here's my new one, done yesterday at the mondial du tatouage by Chad Koeplinger! STOKED!!!

Here's my new one, done yesterday at the mondial du tatouage by Chad Koeplinger! STOKED!!!

Here's my new one, done yesterday at the mondial du tatouage by Chad Koeplinger! STOKED!!!

Here's my new one, done yesterday at the mondial du tatouage by Chad Koeplinger! STOKED!!!

Yeah! It was so great being tattooed by Chad! I had a lot of fun! Looking forward to the next session!

@Flo Ania epic man! I love it. So fucking good!!!!
He drew mine on as well and that was a lot more pleasant than the tattooing!

@Flo Ania, Sick!

@Flo Ania KILLER

Here's my new one, done yesterday at the mondial du tatouage by Chad Koeplinger! STOKED!!!

Here's my new one, done yesterday at the mondial du tatouage by Chad Koeplinger! STOKED!!!

Yeah! It was so great being tattooed by Chad! I had a lot of fun! Looking forward to the next session!

Here's my new one, done yesterday at the mondial du tatouage by Chad Koeplinger! STOKED!!!

@rufio I would suggest turning off your computer and looking at real tattoos instead. You said you're willing to travel, so I'd recommend going to a good convention and looking at tattoos there. Paris is this weekend, so it's probably too late for you to hop on a train and go to that one, but London is coming up in the fall, I believe in September or October. These are both world-class conventions and if you go you'll be able to see some of the best tattooing in the world in person. I know that when I started getting tattooed, seeing tattoos in person was really critical in helping me to understand what works about tattoos, what gives them, like @bongsau said, the WHOA factor. There were things that I thought were really impressive in pictures on the internet that were far less so when I saw them in person, never mind how they'll look with some years on them. There were other tattoos that I wasn't crazy about when I saw pictures of them, and I'm thinking of Chad Koeplinger's tattoos here specifically, but when I saw them in person they were so strong and bold and powerful and vibrant, and I immediately understood what I'd been missing in just seeing the pictures. The point is that tattoo isn't something you can meaningfully understand without leaving your desk chair. Good luck and I hope you find what you're looking for.

Daaaaaang that's tough! How long did that take @Flo Ania ? I've heard lots of people say that Chad is fast, but that seems like a lot of lines!

Yeah! It was so great being tattooed by Chad! I had a lot of fun! Looking forward to the next session!

Is that the start of @Flo Ania's backpiece I just saw? Because holy shit.

I've been holding out on posting pics online of my Shaolin backpiece progress. But now the 'blackground' is just about complete and the time felt right to share my progress. This is 5 sessions deep, about 19hrs and we are getting some wicked momentum. Tattoo is being made by Steve Batt in Edmonton, AB.
Thank you all for your LST kinship through this experience!

Had my 4th session on my back with Chad K this past friday at Congress St Tattoo in Portsmouth, NH. I'm sure several have seen these pics already, but I love this thread and wanted to join the fun even if it's not a "full" back piece.
Could not be more thrilled with it. I love Chad and I love this tattoo. He thinks only 2 more sessions till we're done!
I think it helps that I'm a small guy. Less to color :)
Lying down pic was taken by Chad night of, and the standing up pic was taken by my wife the next morning after that dreaded first shower. Lighting is terrible in the second pic, but you get the idea.
It's so freaking bull shit that the pics always post sideways. trying to attach link to gallery photo which I think i was able to fix

I know the boxer sold it for you! ;)

I know the boxer sold it for you! ;)

I know the boxer sold it for you! ;)

I was once 360 pounds. I can write a book about every type of scenario and the painful feelings you can imagine with regards to an overweight person. It has happened to me. Even at 230, I still have a good amount of those feelings no matter what people tell me.
Anyways, tattoos are cool to look at on anyone. :cool:

Here's a teaser. All the linework on my left leg is complete, and some of the dots/shading - but quite a bit of both remain. I've got another 10-12 hrs booked for April and June - so I'm hoping by end of summer I'll have a completed and healed half squid pant.

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Whoa. Sorry about the huge photo.

It's been a while, but I just recently got back to reading the forum and looking at what other people are posting as far as new work. By way of jumping back in, it seemed like posting what I've been up to since I last participated in this thread is the right way to go.
This might be a bit of a long one. Sorry.
Sometimes you're in New Orleans. Sometimes you end up with a butterfly. Brent at Uptown Tattoo did this one:

Jake Miller from Cathedral Tattoo in Salt Lake did this little ditch guy for me:

I did a bit of a run of appointments at Great Lakes Tattoo. Erik did this one:

Nick did this one:

And Matt did this one on my calf:

Javier Rodriguez at LTW in Barcelona made this crazy tiger head for me:

John Raftery, who is also at Cathedral in Salt Lake now, did this snake while he was still in New York at Fun City:

Ben Haft at Fun City did the tops of both of my thighs with a sinking ship and a rose of no man's land:


And finally, Mike Suarez at Hand of Glory in Brooklyn was able to squeeze me in on Saturday and do this on my shin:

I picked up a few little bits of filler here and there, too.
Next up is getting my left knee done, I think. All of this has really just motivated me to start thinking about back/chestpieces.
Further down the rabbit hole.