s33ktruth

I'm into that, not something I would probably get, but it's look awesome.

Yeah I read an interview about some of those he's been doing lately, and he said they will look so bad when they age, but pretty nuts!

Thought this was nuts, by Ben-Leland Grillo

Wish you guys were there, you will be in spirit...ohohohohoh.

Sweet! I ran into my friend last night that use to work at True Tattoo, he told me about Grand Cobb, and Charlie Roberts still does walk ins if he's working. Also was told of this guy named Sal Trevino that does great black and grey. Thanks for the help :)

Going to save up to go on a trip to LA to see my friend and tried to get tattooed by Bob Roberts or other ppl at Spotlight. Can someone shed me some light on Charlie's work and the other guys that work there? I dont know anything in LA or what's close to LA. HELP ME :)

Those are all really interesting posts. S33ktruth its true what you say my 12 year old daughter just collected 11 merit certificates at the end of term.

Yeah, I am also a victim of this...I am on the Dean's list and still am for Highest Honors. :p

http://imgur.com/Rq8md

Here is mine taking on my phone, from Richard Stell, 4 yrs old.

I was thinking, and then Richard confirmed... As far as we know, he got one of the first rose morphs on the back of his thigh, a piece by Ed Hardy, it's a design that he saw that was in a slide show he saw back in 1992... It hung for years in the shop, and no one ever got it... He was "amazed" no one had gotten the piece yet... And they actually didn't call it a morph, the term they first used was, "HYBRID"... It's a Panther-Rose... It can be seen in the book, Tattooing the Invisible Man.

It's one of Richards favorite tattoos.

Jennifer, I met Richard in 2007 at Nick Ley's shop, he kind of explained that story with me when he was traveling with Oliver. He actually tattooed a rose morph like the one he got form hardy on top of my forearm, probably my fav tattoos, and has been since I've gotten it. Thanks for the refresh, I've seen the book, one of my fav books out there!

I have a lot of friends that have kids and always say that their children are ahead of the class and usually in honor roll. I think it's funny, a good friend of mine is head of the PTA for the school where her kids go. Tattoo that, conservative losers.

lol...umm....

He got banned and I don't think that is really his choice of profile pic.

See:

Oh thank god, I have been off and on the forums a few weeks (been couch surfing), I just got settled into my apt finally...thanks for that.

Would like to keep looking at this at work but sometimes I see people post stuff that isn't safe for work. I think it would be a good idea to warn people if it is or not. On a site I read...putting, NSFW in you're post or if you are "linking" something in regards to a reply back to a comment is pretty good idea to protect ya neck....and PLEASE Bubbleberry change your avatar please man, that shit is definately NSFW, thanks for gay ass every time I see you on here.

Cheers

I'm a little late finding this thread.

I'm Dee; I'm 27 and I grew up in in Texas. I lived in El Paso TX, moved to McAllen TX when I was 15, then back to El Paso after I finished high school. Got a little crazy, lived the punk rock life style for a few years but eventually realized it wouldn't end well. I moved to Tennessee to start over. I’ve worked all sorts of jobs over the years, then found my current job with a good company and started to try and settle myself to an average life of a cubicle job. Met the man I eventually married, tried going back to college for awhile and volunteered on my off time. I've been fascinated with tattoo for as long as I can remember; especially tribal tattoos from all around the world. It was a chance encounter and an off the cuff comment that put the idea of being a tattoo artist in my head. But once there it wouldn't leave. In my family art was a hobby, the thought of being An Artist had never seriously crossed my mind, because it wasn't something "real" people were suppose to do (dumb, I know). I discussed the reality of an apprenticeship and making a living as a tattoo artist with my husband and then decided to go for it. So now I'm balancing an office job by day then rushing over the shop to work till close, then at the shop all weekend. I hardly ever have free time and sometime things can get very damn stressful, but I've never been happier. That the hubby is backing me 100% and my friends are understanding is a huge help.

When I do have time I play xbox, cook, go indoor rock climbing, skating, on bike rides and Zumba.

I'm on facebook, twitter and xbox, more than happy to add to my circle of friends on any of those. :)

To Ivar, you're right about this site being different. I love it and this was a great idea.

To Thomas, what part of El Paso?

To Shawn, the self sufficient life style has always sounding interesting, and....honest?..not sure if that's the word I'm looking for but the closest I could think of at the moment. I've always wanted to give it a try, but I'm kind of afraid I would find out how much of a spoiled sissy I really am. :)

Grew up on the Northeast part of town, but I'd be skating in the lower valley at carolinas skate park usually. I use to hang out around moontime pizza, close to downtown.

Sounds like you've bounced right back, mate! Good on you, man.

Pat, I'm always a pussy with things like this. Us writers are so damn sensitive, hahaha.

Yee-haw, waiting for my approval at the apt complex, and moving all of my things in today. Feels like a super workout, after I'm done boxing.

Yeah I've been wanting to move out of my ex's parent's house for quite sometime, I couldn't stand the intervention of her mother getting into our relationship and questioning me about petty bull shit, not to mention I was cheated on back in Dec. I am in a community of artists, and local businesses. I'll be able to ride my bike to my internship which is a few blocks away, my boxing gym, and to commute around. I'll only have to drive to school twice a week. I'm stoked!

Ink Rat, Three Tides Tattoo, and Scratch Addiction are worth checking out, and OFC you can't forget about Horiyoshi III, Horimasa is out there, Hide Ichebay (amazing guy I met when I was 18 @ Perfection)....

Sometimes all it takes is for something big in your life to come to an end. Most people fall apart while others thrive. If you can thrive I think it shows what type of person you are. No disrespect to people who dont of course.

You nailed it, hahahah.

Black Velvet lover here, Canadian whiskey is great. I think you can get a Black Velvet (normal size) for about 18 bucks, it beats Jack and Lower shelf liquors easy, great smooth taste.

Been missing the last couple of days. I just ended a relationship with someone I was dating for 2 years, and had my stuff on the front porch when I came home from boxing Monday night. I stayed up until 3 a.m. moving my things into my friend's workshop and garage. It has been a rough week but I had a place to stay the last 2 days. Luckily I found a great Apt, and a friend of mine that I skate with in good spot and move in tomorrow. A lot of good things have been going on and I'm feeling happier than ever. Has anyone been through this kind of experience?

That's really cool someone's from Las Cruces, I use to skate NMSU campus a lot when I was a kid, they have the best stairs and marble benches.

+10 pts to the IT guy, that rides bikes, welcome to LST, I love the tattoo.

It will cost somewhere between the price of a large sandwich and the price of a house.

But seriously, listen to David.

also, that's one of the 10 pictures we see multiple times every day from customers, along with celebrity tattoos and the wonky outline-only tiny swallows.

Let me guess, you don't want it as high up toward your neck, or as low down your arm and a little bit less across the stomach?

I wished all the guys who used to bring this to me would bring Tom of Finland drawings instead. Usually the same motivation but much better designed, drawn and a hell of a lot more fun to tattoo and wear.

The best advice would be to check out guys who specialise in large black tattoos and get them to design something that actually fits your body and works with it instead of this squiggly, ugly crap. - There's a tribal/blackwork thread here on LST somewhere. I know you're not going to read it.

LOL, best suggestion, /closed thread.

tricep, upper arm, and outside forearm for me.

I think some of my fav novels are from Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, and I really enjoy old classic novels like 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, and The Time Machine. I read a lot of tattoo referenced books like Bushido, Tattooing from the West to Japan, Invisible Man, and Horiyoshi III Biography is awesomesauce. I am currently working on The Art of Happiness a book about the Dalai Lama, and once in a while pick up this psychology book about science of thinking and personalities behind them.

In school right now, so a lot of my books are dealing with programming, database, server related, and theory of computers and software design.

you sound like a "redditor"...reddit: the front page of the internet

the logo is a narwhal and bacon haha....

I watched this twice yesterday, can't wait for more.