Rad Kelham

By Trevor Shea in Vancouver BC. Healed and no filer...seriously. Trevor is the Mike Roper of Canada in my opinion. Bodysuits that you will never see online.

Thanks. Trevor Shea is awesome. Here is some more of his work on my woman.

By Trevor Shea in Vancouver BC. Healed and no filer...seriously. Trevor is the Mike Roper of Canada in my opinion. Bodysuits that you will never see online.

I have a Thai mythological leg sleeve and hand tattoos. Done by IG: @fulltimetattoo back in 2007.

By Trevor Shea in Vancouver BC. Healed and no filer...seriously. Trevor is the Mike Roper of Canada in my opinion. Bodysuits that you will never see online.

Here goes. Head tattoo by Jesse Roberts. 3 sessions about 3-4 hours each, then one quick touchup session. Completed in about 2 months.

Some of my crappy watercolor paintings. Dip pen and brush on watercolor paper. There are a couple more on my Instagram if you want to cringe some more.

By Trevor Shea in Vancouver BC. Healed and no filer...seriously. Trevor is the Mike Roper of Canada in my opinion. Bodysuits that you will never see online.

I have a Thai mythological leg sleeve and hand tattoos. Done by IG: @fulltimetattoo back in 2007.

I have a Thai mythological leg sleeve and hand tattoos. Done by IG: @fulltimetattoo back in 2007.

By popular request here's the grapefruit thread. I'll post my atrocity first so nobody has to be shy about theirs sucking. This is actually my second one...the first one was a a bunch of freehand garbage and penises just for the sake of learning the machine. This one I drew a design, stenciled it on, and tried to do a good job.

Here goes. Head tattoo by Jesse Roberts. 3 sessions about 3-4 hours each, then one quick touchup session. Completed in about 2 months.

Here goes. Head tattoo by Jesse Roberts. 3 sessions about 3-4 hours each, then one quick touchup session. Completed in about 2 months.

Here's my $.02, and I mean no disrespect to the OP here. I can't stand it when people play tattle tale and/or get off on enforcing rules in online forums. I've seen people get banned in other groups (non tattoo related) for breaking trivial rules (often out of ignorance) and in all cases it was due to overzealous mods and tattle tales who get off on having some amount of control on an online forum (probably because they lack control of anything important in their real life).
Tattooing has never been about blind obedience and following rules. Let people post what they want - within reason of course.

There's mine. Surprisingly it didn't hurt that bad. The beer belly helped.

Here's my Derek noble thigh in progress. It goes all the way around. Poor Derek has to work around my fat ass and sweaty crotch. Stellar dude. Go see him!

Here's the trick to Bactine: get the squirt bottle, NOT the spray bottle (spray can introduce airborne bacteria - if all you can get is the spray bottle then transfer it to a squirt/wash/Nalgene bottle). Now, squirt the tattoo using gloved hands to catch the excess, and rub it into the OPEN tattoo (linework usually isn't enough). Then let it sit on there for a few minutes, and then start tattooing without wiping it off the skin. Lidocaine won't fuck up your tattoo in any way and you won't OD. Note this does NOT apply to other numbing products, especially those with Epinephrine in them.
Some people spray a couple squirts on and wipe it off immediately with a paper towel, and surprise, it doesn't work.
This isn't a trade secret or technical information, by the way. I learned this as a collector long before I became an apprentice.

Here's the trick to Bactine: get the squirt bottle, NOT the spray bottle (spray can introduce airborne bacteria - if all you can get is the spray bottle then transfer it to a squirt/wash/Nalgene bottle). Now, squirt the tattoo using gloved hands to catch the excess, and rub it into the OPEN tattoo (linework usually isn't enough). Then let it sit on there for a few minutes, and then start tattooing without wiping it off the skin. Lidocaine won't fuck up your tattoo in any way and you won't OD. Note this does NOT apply to other numbing products, especially those with Epinephrine in them.
Some people spray a couple squirts on and wipe it off immediately with a paper towel, and surprise, it doesn't work.
This isn't a trade secret or technical information, by the way. I learned this as a collector long before I became an apprentice.

By Trevor Shea in Vancouver BC. Healed and no filer...seriously. Trevor is the Mike Roper of Canada in my opinion. Bodysuits that you will never see online.

By Trevor Shea in Vancouver BC. Healed and no filer...seriously. Trevor is the Mike Roper of Canada in my opinion. Bodysuits that you will never see online.

By Trevor Shea in Vancouver BC. Healed and no filer...seriously. Trevor is the Mike Roper of Canada in my opinion. Bodysuits that you will never see online.

I didn't mean you @polliwog. I got banned from a the "Buy Nothing Facebook" group a few weeks ago and I'm still mad about it!

So if you have a bodysuit you're only allowed 1?

Here's my $.02, and I mean no disrespect to the OP here. I can't stand it when people play tattle tale and/or get off on enforcing rules in online forums. I've seen people get banned in other groups (non tattoo related) for breaking trivial rules (often out of ignorance) and in all cases it was due to overzealous mods and tattle tales who get off on having some amount of control on an online forum (probably because they lack control of anything important in their real life).
Tattooing has never been about blind obedience and following rules. Let people post what they want - within reason of course.