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this is by james spencer briggs

this is by james spencer briggs

Man all three of these artists are beasts in their on right. Hooper I knew about but was pleased to be educated by viginia and marcus and what they bring to the table

very cool, have heard of smiths street but its enlightening to hear how it unfolded and their philosophy towards tattoing.

thanks guys, I am genuinely excited and actually think LST has saved my tattooed self. I have always been drawn towards tattoos but like many my ignorance towards the matter left me in uncapable hands. Without you guys I would have already covered my covered tattooes and have been done with it. This site has been the driving force in my appreciation of art.

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"If you come at the king you best not miss" - Omar

just saw his last reply, not worth the time. Lambs pretending to be lions are generally the first to be slaughtered

blaze, I will not throw stones as your tattoos are better than mine right now. I will say the people here are not misleading you with criticisms. If you dont want to take advantage of the thoughts and experiences of people who are more educated than you about tattooing then your missing a golden oppurtunity IMO
BTW your back bicep is also known as triceps

just saw his last reply, not worth the time. Lambs pretending to be lions are generally the first to be slaughtered

blaze, I will not throw stones as your tattoos are better than mine right now. I will say the people here are not misleading you with criticisms. If you dont want to take advantage of the thoughts and experiences of people who are more educated than you about tattooing then your missing a golden oppurtunity IMO
BTW your back bicep is also known as triceps

just saw his last reply, not worth the time. Lambs pretending to be lions are generally the first to be slaughtered

blaze, I will not throw stones as your tattoos are better than mine right now. I will say the people here are not misleading you with criticisms. If you dont want to take advantage of the thoughts and experiences of people who are more educated than you about tattooing then your missing a golden oppurtunity IMO
BTW your back bicep is also known as triceps

I am glad I found this place, I met a few local artists but didnt really know what I was looking at. The gang at LST pointed me in the right direction locally and gave me some good options if I wanted to travel

You got tattooed for nine hours straight in your dining room by someone who doesn't work out of a shop? You should have read some threads and watched some interviews here before posting... But by all means, since you ask, bring on the pictures. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's curious to see this.

I am seriously considering going. It will be my first time to SF and hopefully first tattoo from a quality artist

thats super pretty mel

Well honestly, when you are wearing shirt nobody will see that going on. Go for what you like, it all doesn't have to match. But if you start something on your arm, think about what you want on your other arm. Tradtional...Japanese...Realism... depends what your into. You still have a lot of space to work with.

Why do you need a subscription when you have this site...not sure if srs....or just noob.

Well I do have to say I was not that well informed until recently (I have read every post here and have been researching on my own). With all of the horrible, shit, backwards advice or knowledge that a lot of people have out there it is hard for someone that knows nothing to sort through the garbage. The world of tattooing and being tattooed is one that (at least to me and a lot of people I know) is very "mysterious".
To sum up this thread (since I do not care to return to it) I will sum up with a long-winded analogy. Which goes as follows:
It is easy to say "Wow what bad choices, wrong guy, wrong style ect. when you know the industry. I myself like I am sure a lot of customers are not well informed either through anti-tattoo propaganda, shitty references (dood my guy is DA BEST EVER!), and general secrecy around the industry itself.
To compare I will say this. I work in the computer industry, but not as 95% of the population knows it. For me to say to you "Wow you didn't know what a beowolf-cluster was? Holy moly you dont understand Change Management relating to business application impact modeling?!" would be similar to saying the quote above to someone who has little knowledge of the tattoo industry.
People like me need to be more informed. It is extremely overwhelming to go for that first tattoo (hell I've been trying for years) when you are thrown into a foreign world as I was. You not only do not know your options but sometimes get derailed by a few tough guys or bad timing!
As to bubbleberry, I do NOT regret my decision to get this piece done. I am not going to laser it off. I have stared at it day and night since I got it and am starting to like it a lot more. It may not be the greatest tattoo in history but it is a part of me now and I like it. The only tattoos I would have ever regretted would be the ones (thank god I didn't) I would have gotten when I was drawing on myself in middle-school high-school (mostly band logos and a cross [atheist now]).
Overall I am very happy at the information and advice I have seen or been given so far on LST and am extremely grateful for all of it (thanks everyone!). I feel much MUCH more informed in the area (by no means an expert) but love the art I have seen, and am so glad all you tattooers put in all that work to continue this amazing style of art! Also thank you whoever reads all of this, as it was a bit long-winded.

I don't eat in that category of restaurant.
This is is more me.

ursula, would you pay $500 and then get an awesome foot tattoo over it?

Thomas Hooper is easily in my personal top 25 tattooers. I love how good black work like this elevates a body part beyond being just an arm/leg/whatever. So good.

The way I see it as at least he called you. I think that shows that he cares about giving you what you want.

I wouldn't take it too personally, to be honest. Tattooing's a 24/7 job sometimes, and the guy may have just had a ridiculously busy week or something. It's pretty likely you're just someone who's slipped through the net of an otherwise tightly run studio.
At the same time, I'll echo what Ursula and Jake are saying- if you're unsure, or if the drawing sucks, you don't have to get it tattooed on you.