ian

I have a guy in mind that I'm trying to get to do my back once the laser is done. When/if he commits I'll post it up. Super excited if he does!!

here's some pix of my sleeve from Marcus Kuhn...

And if those artists are supposed to be some of the best in the business, what kind of quality can I expect from my local shop?

Since I can't start my own thread yet, can anyone recommend a good shop in the San Diego/North County area?

Don't use a shitty TV show to gauge the best of the business. Those tattooers were picked by TV producers for their differing levels of tattooing.

If you're in San Diego, go to Flying Panther. Ben Grillo spends half his time there and does some killer black and grey and has been dabbling on some sweet traditional. Dominic Vasquez pretty much does it all but I think he's best at Japanese tattoos and the owner, Rob, gets down on the traditional. No matter the style you're looking for there'll be someone there that can do it for you very well. The combined talent there shits all over the cast of Ink Masters ten fold.

Grime posted to Facebook that he's down to his last 45 copies and after that it's gone.

If you don't have luck with a trade soon you might want to scrape the cash together before it's done and gone...

Fresh of this morning, work by JONDIX, i have to say it was the best tattoo experience ever, this man is so asome in many ways.

isn't he just the coolest guy? Just a great experience to be tattooed by such a talented humble person.

Great tattoo! :D

well rounded in regards to different styles with his own flair attached to it... The Grime.

looks like another guy posting on his facebook page is having the same kind of trouble getting ahold of him...

damn, I thought I had it bad after my last session...

Jondix

that sucks man, no wonder so many tattooers don't like posting their work for the public to see.

I only saw one episode, when he goes to get some tebori done, and it was mostly "look how drunk I'm getting!" and then 5 minutes of tattooing at the very end of the show.

Maybe it was just that one episode, but after that I was completely disinterested.

the tattoo he got though was fucking amazing. PM is here in town and I asked to see the tattoo he got, it's spectacular and for being 100% hand poked it puts many machine tattoos I've seen to shame...

Hey All,

As of right now, there is no plan for another season of Tattoo Age.

say it ain't so :(

Got this color (most of it) today.

It hurterated.

damn, how about that back piece? Any pix of that up in here?

Ian1280

All that said, I think I got a good treatment. There was no blistering after the treatment, the worst thing that happened was the feeling of a slight sunburn.

There is also no apparent scarring now 2 months later so all in all I'm very happy with the outcome.

I'd rather pay more in the end for doing a higher number of light treatments than get a fewer amount of harsh treatments that could result in scarring.

Karl, what do you think about the results of the first treatment? I'd say it did a good start of breaking down the tattoo with no negative effects but you know more about this than I do...

I"m getting treated by a dermatologist up the street from my house, the guys name is Dr Novatt but his assistant is doing the work, her name is Claire. The office is up here in Santa Barbara.

They're by far the best deal I've found besides Jinxproof but they're all the way in Washington DC, and they have one of the best lasers on the market.

I'm paying $600 per session to treat all the black. For one session I'm pretty happy with how much it's been broken up...

it's been 2 months now since my first treatment, I wish I took the before in the same light as the after but if you look close you can see that just the one treatment has done quite a bit to the tattoo...

I'm going in on Wednesday for a second treatment and this time they'll treat the whole area instead of doing half and half.

Hopefully 2 maybe 3 more treatments and I'll be done with the laser :D

Just had another session with Marcus Kuhn today, the arm is swollen with some healed work, some almost healed and some fresh.

I just wanted to share an update.....

what an amazing collection of art.

you need more

My favorite part is when Chris Nunez said, "That tail is too small to propel the koi's head."

I love that critiques included details like hydro-propulsion theory.

that shit blew my mind!! I'm not sure what he's capable of now but back on the Miami Ink days he was around the same caliber tattooer as most of the contestants on the show....

The reworked to the 2nd episode made it better. Hope there are more projects to come.

Early next month Marcus will begin filming in San Francisco with George Campise and Jason Kundell... should be a doozy :D

He's hoping to begin putting out new episodes every few months, he's got great ideas for future episodes.

These 2 episodes should be the beginning of a great tattoo series!

Spent 6 hours today getting tattooed with Marcus Kuhn. Half the time was spent dialing in the black work, the other half was spent doing color. He got the lower third of the 3/4 sleeve complete, here's a little taste :D

I've got another appt. next friday and the friday after that... hopefully he'll be able to finish it this trip!!!

he sold it ;)

Marcus wasn't happy with the first edit so it's being reformatted. Should be up in a couple more days...