slayer9019

Read the rules. This is not a forum for sharing tattooing information. There are enough scratchers out there.

Good artist is paramount. Once your tattoo is done the shop will only be a memory. 

I decided to group together all the threads currently about old tattoos, and tattooing in the past. He is a list of links to all the threads I found relevant. If I missed any please post up a link in the following and I can see if I can get it edited into the original post.
The interviews posted here by @Scott Sylvia, which are located in the blog section. Here is a selection below:
LST Interviews
Erik Gillespie
Stewart Robson
Valerie Vargas
Danny Reed
Chad Koeplinger
Henk Shiffmacher Hanky Panky
Beppe Strambini
Phil Kyle
Oliver Peck
Katie Sellergren
Jeff Cribb
Dan Dringenberg
Kore Flatmo
Tim Hendricks
Bryan Burk
Freddy Corbin
Nick Colella
Josh Arment
Juan Puente
Books
books tattoos tattoo culture
hanky pankys awesome new book
milton zeis
tattoo boooks
traditional-american-tattooing-books
ed hardy tattoo world
tatoo history books shops
tattoo books
tattoo book review world compromise i dont bob roberts
Videos/Documentaries
old tattoo documentaries
marcus kuhns new project
who else has seen true love documentary
video three tattooers one tattoo white dragon belfast
henk schiffmacher art tattoo essence amsterdam video
ed hardy tattoo world documentary ppv
tattoo documentary john samson
tattoo age vbs
video asian art museum shige horitomo horiyuki horitaka horiyoshi 3 related
Misc
old tattoo photos
acetate stencils
legends
tattoo history museum exhibit
local tattoos sailors exhibit
Old ink archive
tattoo discoveries found sale
horiyoshi iii exhibition london's somerset house
If you would like something added to this list please add a comment and mention @slayer9019

Laziness is dictating I will post up some instagram shots. Maybe I'll get a full "squid pic" later.
Hanya - Stewart Robson
Dragon/Raijin - Regino Gonzales
Dante's Inferno - Paul ??
Devil - Matt Van Cura

I think it should come back when this place is a tattoo forum again and not a tattoo advice forum.

Let me chime in here for a second. I have been lucky enough to be tattooed by him twice and watch him tattoo 2 very large tattoos on a friend over the last year or so. My opinion is he is very very good and extremely versatile in style. He has nailed it on tattoos over and over again. I will be going back to him until he stops tattooing or I'm covered (probably the later). This being said, to ask is he the best tattooer is a crappy question. He is by far one of the best I have seen (and been tattooed by) but remember there are also other artists. I highly recommend him but remember NYC has tons of talented guys (Invisible has a chunk of them), and to say is so-and-so the best is a bad question. All that said, I say go for it. I know I am signing up for my next tattoo from him (and the biggest to date).
If you care to see any really colorful pieces he's done check my gallery.

You are turning into this guy...

Seriously though, generally I have heard it used to signify someone who keeps getting tattooed, different than the regular Joe getting one or two.
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I prefer the title Tattoo Hoarder.

The only time it really bothers me when people talk shit about tattoos/people's tattoos is the situations when I can't say anything back. This really only happens around coworkers. My favorite being "that poor shmuck will never have a job as good as ours with all that shit drawn on him". I thought to myself, if only they knew...
The "never get a job" comments seemed to be the ones that bother me the most, whether directed at me or not. My career is practically my life and to say such things is such a stupid comment that is very ill-informed. This being backed up by the fact that one of the most successful people I know regularly gets tattooed at the same shop as me. I think this misconception will continue as use "closet tattooed folk" never really show any tattoos around coworkers/bosses so the myth will continue.

I got a dagger through a skull and a snake because, really unless I added a panther how much better can that get?

My opinion is if a person doesn't get tattoos because they are too picky, they are just making excuses to not get tattooed, which is fine, it's not for everyone. My sisters are both artists. My older sister is a Art Director and very picky. She has two tattoos, that yes did take a lot of direction but still got done. My younger sister is still trying to get that "perfect" tattoo aka not ready yet.

The only one I know of is Avi Vanunu at Psycho Tattoo. I remember Hooper put some work on a guy with some Avi Vanunu tattoos a few years ago and the tattoos (the pictures of them, at least) were amazing. I believe Yoni Zilber got his start there.
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The only one I know of is Avi Vanunu at Psycho Tattoo. I remember Hooper put some work on a guy with some Avi Vanunu tattoos a few years ago and the tattoos (the pictures of them, at least) were amazing. I believe Yoni Zilber got his start there.

The one thing I can point out is, you can be very, very heavily tattooed and still hold a job in a Fortune 50 company. This is a fact, and actually a big myth. As a manager I can say this. I would have a bigger issue with you showing that much skin at a job over that actual tattoos. I generally do frown upon this at work already. While men (in suits) generally have the most clothes coverage, I feel woman should also dress very conservatively at work. This means a suit or long dress and at least 3/4 sleeves. With even that you have over 70% of your body covered! The only thing really showing on me at work is my neck up and my hands!
The corporate office is not a place for creative dress. (Damn I sound like my dad)

Laziness is dictating I will post up some instagram shots. Maybe I'll get a full "squid pic" later.
Hanya - Stewart Robson
Dragon/Raijin - Regino Gonzales
Dante's Inferno - Paul ??
Devil - Matt Van Cura

I can absouletly agree that pointing out technical errors (or just bad tattoos in general) is a positive aspect of the show. I guarentee there were a lot of people watching the show that didnt realize that fu dog was pretty damn terrible until after it was pointed out.
This also goes into my theory alot of people look at tattoos as tattoos and dont actaully look at the picture. These are the same people that dont understand why people pay top dollar for good tattoos when their buddy does them for 20 bucks and a pack of smokes. Once people see the errors on the show they might be more tuned in when picking out an artist.

Man you quoted one of my first posts here! (Just to follow up, I took the advice of everyone here and got tattooed a ton!)