Scott R

I think ull find that there are plenty of cleanskins more knowledgable about tattoos than 99.9% of those who are heavily tattooed.

:confused: Can I have some of your smoke bro ?

I am leaning on getting this, do I just download the app? when I follow someone do I just get updates when they post pictures?

I know I am lame for not looking this up

@David Bruehl was in town, I wanted some birdies I had a good time and got some good tattoos thank you so much

I really want to try horse since they can't sell it for food in the USA.

you obviously didn't eat taco bell in the early 90s

Still planning my goal. Prob 225 squat, 300 DL, 150ish BP...who knows.

I love that you have DL as your highest goal lift. Deadlift beat out my next best lift by over 100lbs. disclaimer i could not squat for shit. and sadly my close grip bench max was on par with my squat :(

@David Bruehl consistently killing it

Bigger people can get more cool tattoos. If your pale then thats just icing on the cake.

Blaze and bubble were funny for different reasons and the guy who posted shirtless fashion pictures in the parking garage was so awesome if he was a troll.

kick ass!

and welcome I love valeries tattoos

Or drive to tulsa and see Richard stell.

I guess I will try an even the RHW vs VV count

valerie was kind enough to do this tattoo at SOG from a picture of my wife

@Eilin that is utterly magnificent!.

@keepcalm I've decided to push the trip back to September/October and I'm going to be in the states for hopefully 3 months, I can't wait.

if you pushed back to october you might be able to catch SOG in october

hello rok lets see some of your tattoos

appt with @David Bruehl march 27

38 yrs old and finally doing spring break right!

@Killercook76 yeah I am stating while he may be hard to get in with I prefer it to just being another number.

some of the thrill is in the chase

Are you asking me how I got an appointment by him? Well I started out with an email like once a month then every three months or so. I think I also dropped another artist(S) names too.

When I got tattooed by him he told me that he gets like 1000 emails a week by people asking for a tattoo. Plus he travels a lot for conventions and guest spots. He does all his appointments so if it were me I wouldn't be able to filter through all those emails without going crazy. I mean there is only a certain amount of time during the day and someone that busy isn't going to answer them all. He probably gets a lot of people wasting his time too.

I wouldn't call it unorganized it's just how does someone pick and choose when they get so many emails?? He told me that persistence was one of the reasons why it worked out. Plus he loves to do traditional tattoos though he is known for realism. My tattoo was a traditional style cobra. Who wouldn't want to tattoo that? haha!

My advice would be to polite but persistent. Be nice and say youre a serious tattoo collector. Just be advised you may have to travel to Costa Mesa California. He does travel and told me that he would hook me up if he ever came to NYC but.. I think you need to take the first step and travel before he gives you any special treatment.

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honestly I think I just got extremely lucky!! On a side note he is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet in your life. Super down to earth and cool!!

I briefly met tim a 2 years ago but was in tattoo fog and didnt properly introduce myself when he came up to me. Last October @cvportagee and I walked up to him and he was so easy to talk with and gave both of us numbered prints of his "tattoo apprentice" drawing. He seemed genuinely excited to do my stomach. He is a busy man and honestly His approach is quite refreshing IMO. I mean he could keep it straight business and have a 2 yr wait and funnel everything through assistants but he seems to be more interested in tattooing friends, other tattooers and shit he really likes to do rather than take all comers.

The wait for RG is 4 month and his price is 250/hr compared to Dan's one month wait and 180/hr.

Is their skill difference that great that I should wait that much longer and pay that much more? Honestly, I'm not sure; My artistic eye isn't strong. To me, Dan's art looks just as good.

you have been given about 15 artists to check out from guys who have arguably been getting tattooed and following tattooing longer than you. Its up to you to heed this advice.

As far as cost I have seen too many times the less expensive artist take substantially longer to finish a tattoo, which translates into equal or more expensive tattoo when its said and done.

I am not saying Dan is not going to give you a good tattoo but you took enough time to sign up and ask for advice and admittedly have a lack for recognizing a quality tattoo.

I need to up my internet game so looking o get this soon

@littlecreatures I flew in for scott to do my back and I agree, it was a great experience. A cool tattoo is end game but supporting down to earth people who love tattoing is affixed to the goal of getting a cool tattoo. I have to get something else from him next time our paths cross.

on a similar note I watched prisoners last weekend, and have been thinking about this often over past week helps cement my sentiment that people generally suck.

side note that dark haired woman from @cltattooing video in the waitress uniform is gorgeous

here is a Valerie Vargas lady head done from a picture of my wife

http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/general-tattoo-discussion/3101-best-midwest.html

if your going down 1-35 to ROA you should think about adding Pair-O-dice to your list Richard and Jennifer stells new shop in Tulsa oklahoma. You could also stop in Norman on way to austin and I could show you some good eats.

Well excuse me for saying so but those are some great looking thighs.

ha no excuse needed , I still look at my tattoos daily the eagle especially keeps me enamored

I would recommend going to pair o dice in tulsa Welcome to Richard Stell Tattoos.com