gougetheeyes

i have about six or seven artists portfolios full of tattoo drawings.

New thread: Hilarious drawings that never got made into tattoos

he wanted a day of the dead sugar skull of him and his girl with a dagger. i drew one with the silly mustache. he never came back to get it tattooed. i think i offended him with the funny mustache on the skull that represented him.

HA!!! I can't believe you took the time to draw the whole thing up I'd have loved to fucking see that!

Did you catch them a few months ago? They just did a reunion tour.

I missed em twice in the last two years (er, year and a half?).. was out of town both fucking times. Bumout City.

i want an MCD tattoo for the lines "and i'm subtle, subtle like a t-rex". they were such a great band.

This was an earlier idea of mine, too and I've actually seen one of these, just can't remember where or by who! ...Useless.

Or lanterns or pocket watches or pyramids.

I feel like this has been going strong for a while.. hell, my girlfriend has one. I've seen plenty of dudes with this, too, though most are either heavily tattooed or are the types with only the hand/forearm/neck trio.

In related news, I also have a torch tattoo on my shin. Happily, no owls, victrolas, diamonds or peacock feathers.

I thought you believed in miracles after you did my ribs. Sonofa...

the problem is the pie is small and full of egos.

Well said.

I'm not a tattoo artist but it seems like there's no credibility that way. If you're passionate about painting you'd own paintings. If you're passionate about tattooing you'd have tattoos. Obviously it's nothing but a business venture to you then if you're nothing but blank skin and you're encroaching on good people's livelihoods and careers.

I mean hell, at least get the standard warped tour visible tattoos and fake it ;)

Exactly! If I'm opening a tire factory I'd at least buy a bunch of tires and do a little reading on rubber or something. I'm not trying to beat a dead horse here, I just thought this kind of thing had already passed. The least you could do is be a scummy biker or something.

Just got an email from a guy with no tattoos who does not tattoo, we'll call him Old Man River, saying "Hey, opening a tattoo shop/art gallery with some friends and business partners," asking me if I knew anyone who wanted to work there. Without typing a laundry list of everything wrong with this picture (which I just did and then deleted after I thought better of it), what's the general feeling here?

My response to him was short but polite. I'm not a tattooer myself but I really wanted to fly off the handle a bit... and its not even my place to. I know there are a few non-tattooers who have done this very successfully but it's rare.

I wouldn't decide to go open a shoe store or a tire factory -- how could I justify it when I know nothing about those industries -- so why do people think they can open a shop/GALLERY and somehow become respected and successful in the tattoo community?

What're you THINKING using my REAL NAME, ANDRES?!

Hey Tammy, I need to put up a separate page on my blog with all the work I've done, let you know when I get to it. Tried to do the website thing but I have no patience with that stuff hahaa.

Oh man. 2001, just turned 18. (Yeah I'm a young dude.) Went to this shop in MD, can't remember the name but it was on Rt. 1 a couple blocks down from Great Southern. Picked out bluebirds for my chest, a design that was from the dude's own sheet, pretty goofy and new-schooly, I didn't know shit about shit. He was a white dude with dreads and he let me pick out the music so I was even more stoked. We put on the Deftones' Adrenaline album. He smoked as he tattooed me and every few minutes told me stop moving. Didn't tell me anything about aftercare, but the "regulars" in the parking lot just told me to buy plain chapstick so I used that and freaked out because half my chest turned purple and yellow, bruised to shit. They're still there. Good ol' bluebirds..

PS his shop burned down about a month later.

What's up dude!

Hey all, I'm not a tattooer, just into 'em and sometimes I get to write about them and do interviews with folks, which has almost become as addictive as getting tattooed.

I've done a bunch of stuff for Inked (which has actually been pretty great, regardless of your opinion of the mag), did a recent piece for a certain UK magazine that will go unnamed that I'll no longer work with and I help out with some online stuff here and there.

I try to update my terrible, terrible, terrible blog with stuff I'm doing.

AP what's up dude!

It'd be awesome if folks could just submit stuff for posting in the video section, could be just that simple. Legal issues, no idea about.. maybe just blur out the face?

Not-sized-right, semi-terrible photo, apologies.

MCD-themed torch tattooed by Oliver with "Dear Hearts" in the banner..

Hahaa someone set this up immediately! Experienced some ridiculous shit and seen some pretty good little videos caught with a phone. This could be a whole new phenomenon here hahaa

haha...they should just do a version of "the office" but in a tattoo shop!

hahaha YES

It's true! I'm surprised they haven't just straight up hired actors yet..

Heard today from a friend that he was asked to try out for "New York Ink." I don't know if this is a new thing that they've tried before in NYC.. maybe everyone could make some sort of cable tv death pact or something.