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  1. mario desa
    cool...really interesting frame ideas.
  2. mario desa
    You know what's funny, though? i was at Target a couple of years ago and one of the employees had tribal eyebrows tattooed on his face, and i thought "What the fuck??? I don't wanna look at that when I'm at Target." hahaha... Obviously, i love tattoos, but, c'mon...
  3. mario desa
    http://www.needlesandsins.com/2010/09/federal-appeals-court-tattoos-are-free-speech-protected-by-constitution.html
  4. mario desa
    i agree. kinda seems tacked on, and unnecessary. tattoo looks nice overall, though. the girl is already wearing an elaborate mask, i think if it was a simple or "generic" pin-up girl head, then the snake, web and flowers would work.
  5. mario desa
    ran across this card, from when i was there in 1999 (sorry about the cell phone pics)
  6. mario desa
    scott harrison posted a great myspace bulletin about that a few years back. wish i'd saved it!
  7. mario desa
    i always correct people and scold co-workers who say "tramp stamp". i hate it.
  8. mario desa
    nice! it was good meeting you and glad you had a good time! i love my life here, and in a way, we are america's best kept secret. now you see why we put up with the winter! it's awesome here. dean...haha, we got some softies too!
  9. mario desa
    nice. i hope to live up to that!
  10. mario desa
    hyena, i also try to just get a "zen" mindset going...focus on the actual craft and work of what i'm doing and not worry about the design or the money. and keep the smiles and banter going, do a nice tattoo and pay the bills. some people might not want to hear that...they want to think we always just dive in with our artistic expression blah-blah-blah and put our soul into every tattoo...haha...
  11. mario desa
    i hate that, too. i always blatantly ignore the loudmouth know-it-all and talk directly to the customer. then i don't let the loudmouth come past the wall for the tattooing.
  12. mario desa
    i have a portrair of morrissey, traditional style, by seth ciferri..."life love regret" (unbroken). also have an anti-burnout, kinda anti-punk loser tattoo "LIVE SLOW, DIE OLD" in script on my shoulders by nick colella.
  13. mario desa
    nice to see the dead milkmen brought up! i saw them in '89, it was my first show, age 14! love that band.
  14. mario desa
    ha...thanks. btw, it's hogwarts red #47. got it at wal-mart.
  15. mario desa
    yup! gonna send em all your way!
  16. mario desa
    exactly!!! so true. i don't give out any free advice. if you're in my chair getting tattooed, you can ask me whatever you want (if you're a tattooer). i get so many emails from complete strangers asking about my pigments, machines, watercolor, etc. even non-tattooer customers who ask what size needles i'm using...i tell 'em a "#6 murphy" to throw them off. they always act like they know what i'm talking about! even on this forum, i'm keeping my mouth shut on critiques.
  17. mario desa
    i underdstand that...but, it's being elitist in a bad way, it's just tattooer/non-tattooer. too many know-it-alls already.
  18. mario desa
    the first time i saw lungfish, they opened for fugazi. it was a few years before i tattooed and a few months before i even got my first tattoo. it wasn't until later that i realized the connection.
  19. mario desa
    we need a "tattooers only" section, please.
  20. mario desa
    i agree...we need a tattooers only section!!! too much info already out there for civilians!
  21. mario desa
    i was always a higgs fan, and wanted one from him since i started, i just took it for granted that he'd be around. i did see lungfish a couple of times and was lucky to see the pupils!
  22. mario desa
    wrist, ribs, behind the ear, foot. that's all we do these days. mostly lettering or stars and symbols. i miss doing lower backs (i HATE the term "tramp stamp). at least they used to get actual tattoo designs, usually looked good, and paid well.
  23. mario desa
    yeah, behind the ear has been popular for a while now. after the lower back was ruined by the fratboy "tramp stamp" bullshit, women moved on to the ribs and behind the ear. the torch has been a popular icon for decades. it appears on many many flash sheets of all ages. and of course the owl trend is still going strong, as well as the old school phonograph.
  24. mario desa
    mine is everyone's biggest regret...higgs. met him once, but never got tattooed.
  25. mario desa
    yeah, it's not like a regular job where you can just put anybody in the position to do the job. i think a month or more is great.
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