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My buddy went to Thailand and got the one on the base of the back of his neck. I guess you have to get that one first and you build around it. Permanent Mark is from Santa Barbara so I've seen some of the many he has, on his hands, the necklace one, the Thai tigers on his side. I guess there's only one guy doing the real deal, he's way out in a rural area of Thailand and he's the same guy that's tattooed Chris Garver, Charlie Roberts, Hanky Panky, etc. There's a pretty gnarly story about the guy but I won't share that here...

He'll be at Ink N Iron in Long Beach, Ca

SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

I've heard of these but didn't know they actually existed. Horrible.

:D

J is a good friend of mine, I believe I was there when you got it. The first time you posted the rose I noticed the trail tattoo and thought it looked familiar. I didn't mention it before because I figured it was just a 'hiker' tattoo. As far as Johnny, I just recognize his style of traditional roses. No one in town that I'm aware of has that style :D

what a small world! Who did your tattoo, Johnny? - - - Updated - - - and now that I think about it, we may have met before. Did J at Otherworld do your Oregon Trail tattoo?

what does 'sb' in sbhikes stand for? - - - Updated - - - nice tattoo by the way :)

that's crazy man, I saw the progress in Instagram. Isn't it a big cover up as well?

Not a tattoo but a cool tattoo souvenir. I scored these shoes on eBay 6 months ago, they were designed by Grime for Vans and part of the proceeds went to Shriner’s Hospital Burn Center for Children. I brought them up to SF with me last week to have Grime personalize them for me :D Stoked on them!!!

walk if you have to, it's worth it..

why don't you delay your trip until late October so you can attend the SFO tattoo convention?

I'll be there for sure :D

Art Work Rebels, Jason Kundell's shop, does half off flash on the 23rd of each month...

Seeing Grime on Thursday... so giddy! :o

Cool, I'll keep an eye out for her. I think I would recognize her from Instagram...

Raking Light Projects is are presenting a Jondix exhibit in Los Angeles at 4300 Melrose Ave., opening reception is Saturday evening (April 13) from 7-10 pm and the exhibit will be up for a full year. Hope to see some of you there! :D

Locked in for the 25th! Little more than 2 weeks away :D

is Codine syrup and weed considered straight edge now?

I do but I know others that just break it off big at the end of the tattoo...

Who is that, Chris? Brynne? I didn't know she posted here...

looks like Jondix did it...

action shot (NSFW) :D

It was a Black Flag Reason For Living board, mint condition, made by Rip City in Santa Monica back in 1983...

This will be the 4th session on my back. I waited as long as it took to laser the existing tattoo on my back, documented here... http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/tattoo-removal-coverup/1663-my-laser-chronicles.html Between the laser sessions and heal time it was a little more than a year. The only reason I got in so quick is I had a super rare skateboard that he was looking for. Unfortunately it was one of only 3 more boards he's looking to collect. The other 2 are nearly impossible to find, one I don't believe even exists, the other I actually found but the condition of it (pretty nice actually) still wasn't good enough.