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welcome to LST!!

The fact that I won't get to see your Grime back piece is pretty good reason to be mad at the guys who copy custom pieces. I seem to recall seeing an ass-peony that was a big tease and was looking forward to seeing the final product. I'm sure other artists are wary about posting work online for the same reason, so it sucks for those of us who just enjoy looking at photos of good tattoos.

maybe in time but definitely not before it's finished. I'd be pissed if someone ripped off my idea and finished it before I do!!

Chris Garver Invisible NYC

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not sure how to add a lager pic..

just click the pic to enlarge it :D

After paying for parking it's 100 bux a day. Freakin ridiculous! I complained on their fb page and mentioned that this would be the last year I will be attending...

They said it's in part due to the bands that play but I don't really care about the bands. I go for the tattoos :D

More tattoos please !!

I should not have digressed

Its backwards to me to actually join last october not seek any information or help

go get a tattoo then question your own decision with complete strangers all over the internet on various platforms.

Not meaning to come off as a tattoo elitist bullshit guy I genuinely want @Mike Clayton to be happy with his tattoos.

just to be clear, my comment wasn't directed at you or anyone else, it was more of a general statement to cut the negativity on the forum.

We want people to be attracted to this forum and ganging up on people will chase them away......

For me, it isn't the tattoo, it's the begging for comments and attention. Sure, it's really nice to get flattering comments or a whole bunch of "likes" on instagram or whatever, but that shouldn't be what it's about.

I guess I wasn't aware of any of that...

That's awesome Moist Towelette getting work from Gogue is hard to do Though I will say I'm much more jelious you have work from Aaron Bell. Ill be getting my leg sleeved by Matt Deverson this year. Gonna be a fun 16 hours in two days

he seems like a cool dude, he's got an awesome neck tattoo from Grime that I look forward to seeing in person :D

What are you getting from him? He does rad peonies...

Thanks dude. And yeah my next one will be unique or at least I want it to be lmao. Still gonna think it up.

dude, get what you want, don't get what you think others will approve of.

All this tattoo elitist bullshit popping up around here is not cool.

Just because you've collected cool tattoos by good artists doesn't make you any better than the next guy.

$65 + $7.50 fee a day? Fuck that, that's robbery...

SFO costs less for the whole weekend and you don't have to bump shoulders with a bunch of tools there.

Every wannabe Vans Warped Tour idiot with in a 150 mile radius goes to INI...

Am I missing something? Why is everyone giving @Mike Clayton shit?

His tattoo isn't that bad

i go every year! this was my very first convention ever in 2008 and i got a piece from aaron bell. going this year to get another session with jeff gogue! (had my first session with jeff last year)

I watched you getting that large piece on your ribs. Are you adding on or finishing it?

wear a feather boa.

aren't you just about running out of space, yet? :D

I'm gettin' there, I have to be pretty selective as to who tattoos the last couple of spaces. It's hard for me to figure out images that will fit as well, they're all fairly odd spaces..

This is exactly why Grime told me to keep my back piece off the internet. I'm glad I listened to him.

Copying flash is nothing like copying a totally custom piece made specifically for the client. You just can't compare the 2.

I commented on that 3re pictures instagram and asked if he was proud that he completely copied another persons tattoo. We'll see what he says...

that shit is nasty looking! I'll take the proven to work laser that doesn't make my skin look like a cheese grater...

working on getting a little something from Freddy Corbin...

getting tattooed by BJ Betts @ Musink...

I really don't refer to myself as anything but I guess I do collect tattoos intentionally from different artists that I like so technically, I guess I could be called a collector.

The term doesn't offend me, what else are you supposed to call it?

isn't there a NSFW pic of a woman with a huge Pharaoh's Horses in the torso tattoo thread? That might give you a better idea...

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found it...

http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/tattoo-designs-books-flash/2069-chest-torso-tattoos-page10.html#post57769

that's awesome man, you got a nice tattoo! Was that all done in one session?

Hell yes! I almost forgot about Marcus. He was tattooing out of Full Circle, but now has his own appt. only studio near downtown I think?

yep, you can reach him at [email protected]

Marcus Kuhn, The Gypsy Gentleman, is now located in San Diego.....

damn, I think @Scott R is from Oklahoma... you alright buddy?

Hey, quick question. Is this an event that you can pre-order tickets to? The website says it's just 20 bucks a day, I know a lot of convention type events will raise the prices of tickets as the date draws nearer. It doesn't appear so, but I figured I'd ask some people who have already been.

they did a weekend pass 2 years ago but decided against it last year, it just turned out to be too much work.

It's only a $10 savings and way. It could be worse, Ink N Iron is $60 per day plus a $7.50 fee and the line up for SFO blows away INI by far INI is such a 'scene' where SFO is just a bunch of dedicated tattoo collectors/nerds :D

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...