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New frog from the annual Sailor Jerry Day party at Leviticus Tattoo in Minneapolis. Done by thomas_titus.  
Koi in the background done by Flip McCoy at Steve's Tattoo in Madison about two months ago. 

Garver, January 2020. It's on!

I have an appointment with Greg Christian at this anniversary party to get a gap filler.
 

Awesome!

so I got a little hula lady from Tim Hendricks yesterday, it was a beautiful day at the bay and I had a great time at the show.
my wife made choc chip cookies for them.
I have tons of pics of the booths and artist I will post later.

I'm going Saturday and maybe Friday night. But Saturday for sure. Nothing booked yet, probably just going to bring cash and maybe walk up somewhere.

I'm going Saturday and maybe Friday night. But Saturday for sure. Nothing booked yet, probably just going to bring cash and maybe walk up somewhere.

I'm going Saturday and maybe Friday night. But Saturday for sure. Nothing booked yet, probably just going to bring cash and maybe walk up somewhere.

Hey, welcome. That's gonna be tricky to cover but, as mentioned, something big and bold will cover it completely. Cost might be your biggest obstacle.

Welcome! Your tattoos look great! You have nothing to worry about, it's not like there are tattoo layout police. 

Welcome! My suggestion would be to consider getting these as separate tattoos. It really depends on what your memories are, and if they can be distilled into objects that will evoke those specific memories. 

The experience is a part of the process. I've been thinking about my chest and belly for years. I finally had it boiled down in my head to about 5 people. One, while I love his work, I've not been tattooed by him and I didn't want to go into this big a project with someone I didn't know. Another. I've not been tattooed by but have met and finally decided I did not want to hang out with that person that much. the other two were eliminated by speed and location and that left me whit who was supposed to do it all along. 

Here’s my progress so far on my sleeve from Bobby Cupparo @ LOVEMACHINE N.Y.C.
We’re about 25 hours in so far - I think we’ve roughly got about that left before the project is finished. I had (and have) ink fallout from black inks so my blacks usually need some touching up. 
The lionness was the first piece of the sleeve to be worked on, and was recently worked on this past Saturday. The mandrill is a few months finished at this point. Everything usually gets touched up a slight bit going into each session to address problem areas. 

Little outline Chad carved into me yesterday morning. 

On Friday, Rubendall is going to finish the background on my right leg sleeve. Lots of swirly bits. We will still have to finish up the crane but I'll get that done next year.
On Sunday, in with Valerie for a geisha!

Uncommon for sure, especially without asking you first. At least you can have them covered.

Uncommon for sure, especially without asking you first. At least you can have them covered.

Finished up my sleeve this past weekend at Pagoda by Grez. Here's a little peek...

The Saniderm is going to trap some fluid, so it'll look blotchy under there, but it's not like the design itself is moving or distorting. Nothing to worry about. 

Thanks, everyone for your reassurance! I don’t know why I was worried lately. 🙂

The Ed Hardy show at the de Young museum is INCREDIBLE. I'm going back ASAP. Absolutely incredible. The exhibition catalog is on sale in the gift shop along with a bunch of other books like Beyond Skin and Kahlil's volume of Drawings for Tattoos. Bring your whole paycheck. 

Hey all, been gone for a while, hope everyone is well. 
I have time scheduled with Chad Koeplinger in about a month to do my chest. This is probably gonna be my first multi session tattoo. 
Just breezed through the new tattoo pics, y'all age getting some great shit out there. 
 
 

I got this Filipino tribal collar/chest from Melissa Manuel at Humble Beginnings in San Jose, CA.

 
I feel so much more complete! This is how it was lookin'  before, after the two chest pieces from Walter McDonald.

It won't be done healing for quite a while. Give it a few months. 

It won't be done healing for quite a while. Give it a few months.