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wasn't in town long enough to take healed photos at the shop - this one was taken here at home.
i'll be in town for the SFO show again this year and plan on stopping by blackheart so scott can get some decent healed pics...

been meaning to get a healed pic of this up. scott sylvia started this one on me (outline + shading) last fall SFO convention...finished a few weeks ago. craaaaazy fast and scott was a real gent - got me in for an additional session 2nd day to finish up. totally stoked with how it turned out and the overall experience in general...

been meaning to get a healed pic of this up. scott sylvia started this one on me (outline + shading) last fall SFO convention...finished a few weeks ago. craaaaazy fast and scott was a real gent - got me in for an additional session 2nd day to finish up. totally stoked with how it turned out and the overall experience in general...

craig brown from portland. Craig Brown Tattoo or Craig Brown - Historic Tattoo *** 503-236-3440 *** 2001 SE 50th Portland, Oregon 97215
he did one of my favorite sheets for the zeis book so far.

yall are goofy.I will apologize first.sorry, this is bullshit.yall are glorifing bul$HIT. I dont care. tattoos to me me have a tradition.why you think this is cool i cant figure.I come from a lineage. this took great effort,yrs of effort.this sort of glorificasion of scrachers.will get no one anywhere.wake up.so now were all so fuc4in cool we imitate prisoners. what the hell.yall ever done time? this is not funny. not even cool. maybe NY cool . quit hangin with the "riche" children. this in my world is wrong. shoot dope ,film it , and make it into a cool doc.yall need to realize what bullshit is. I saw nothing redeming in this crap.sorry.

Didn't anyone teach you to share, if your going to draw it for her then you have to draw one for all of us.

Definitely check out City Beer Store when your out here in SF. A GREAT selection of craft beers in there.
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I know how awkward it is for some artists to ask a client to undress, so I avoid that awkwardness by undressing completely before all tattoos, regardless of placement. Common courtesy, really.

completely agree with Jake. i find when someone hasnt many tattoos generally or none around the 'offending' tattoo, they tend to focus on it more than is necessary, if you get some more tattoos on that arm, eventually you wont really be able to pick on individual designs. it being on your hand, you probably notice it a lot more than you may have imagined and now your mind is working overtime. if it still pleases you, dont worry, just carry on getting more work.
if you were to ask for my opinion i would maybe try sticking to a more classic style of tattooing so that it stands the test of time, you obviously like skulls so thats a good start, maybe look at some of the work in the LST galleries and see whats going on.

I finished this about a month ago. Just got prints made through Shirts and Destroy.
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i'm getting a blow fish from shinji/horizakura.

I just want to say god bless sluts in tank tops

Badass Bob Roberts the realest and the illest .

I wish there was a rule that said servicemen have to stop getting tribal and start getting Bulldogs, Eagles and USN tattoos like they are supposed to.

lochlan, i think a LST meme contest should happen post haste.
based on the previous two examples, i anticipate sheer keyboard wizardry of epic proportions.

lochlan, i think a LST meme contest should happen post haste.
based on the previous two examples, i anticipate sheer keyboard wizardry of epic proportions.

I like this topic. I got my first tattoo at age 22. Then it took me until I was 36 to get my second one... Third at 41. Fourth and fifth just this summer at 42. I'm getting them at an accelerated pace now. Maybe it's midlife crisis! Not really because I'm at a good place in my life. Maybe I'm trying to hold onto part of my former punk rock identity. Whatever it is, I don't care. I think it's just that I like tattoos and I'm settled in my career and so I feel free to do as I wish. People haven't said this to me personally--but when I hear or read about people saying things like, "She's going to regret those tattoos when she's old and wrinkled and they don't look so good", I just think that is just a lame way of saying "I don't like tattoos". Old and wrinkled is old and wrinkled... I don't think an old and wrinkled un-tattooed arm is going to look much better than an old and wrinkled tattooed one. If I live to be old and wrinkled I might just want to cover my arms with long-sleeved shirts if my skin has varicose veins and liver spots. But then, maybe tattoos can cover up liver spots and varicose veins. I think tattooed grandmas are cute and I hope to become one someday.

Tom Leopard is now 73 and seems to still be happy with his choices.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/denise-vivaldo/my-tattoo_b_785159.html
As food and traveling seem to be many of our, LSTers, favorite things to do besides getting tattooed here's some food threads on Last Sparrow Tattoo for you to jump in on:
Favorite Restaurants
Food and Drink List
Man Vs. Food
Foodies
Tattoos and Chefs

Hope you guys like this, this to the people who post on here that make me lol...

But, on to the topic. As shaneenholm talked about originators and the new generation, for me, as a collector, I agree because there is a enormous romantic aspect in all of this. It is the lineage in there, the feeling of togetherness. It is for some reason many times lost in the new works you see. Because of course as it has been said in this topic, there is a difference between the old sharing of info and the new way. As I wrote in my blog post about Dan Higgs about people seem to act like they want to be the kings, the myths themselfs. Just instantly elevate themselfs to those same romantic pedastals, and not actually build their careers and desings to that level that some day their peers and the clients can lift them there if they want to and "deserve it" (I think in the end of the day everyone who puts their heart into it deserves it). Its like some matrix type shit. Just plug yourself in (go to facebook, myspace etc) and copy the "knowledge".
It bores me and saddens me as a client, because I want to feel the fucking mystery. And as it can be seen, its not about who does the most original shit. All the greats, Coleman, Lieber, Higgs, Hardy, Collins, Devita, Jensen, Stoney and so on, they were influenced. But they also respected.
At least it seems like that. The aura is different. I could try to say more but all of this comes out in my blog, so I dont have anything more to say really...
edit. I wanted to ad. When I talk about that I need more mystery etc., it doesnt mean I JUST want some weird occult stuff. But the mystery can be just honest pure work. Detication and good heart. You know. In these days, THAT is romantic.

Since this site is open for anyone to join I suggest a policy of no "breaking into the business" related questions as a forum rule. All that does is keeping tattooers away, thus making it alot less fun for all of the other members who are genuinely interested in talking about tattoos.

Groundhog Day!
Threads like this and posters like areilla are some of the reasons I don't come here much anymore.
I'm tired of defending real tattooing and discussing why people shouldn't be tattooers when they clearly don't understand what tattooing is.
Someone fairly intelligent who thinks they have a grasp on art wants to be a tattooer, they post a dumb-ass, inflammatory post, people exercise their good will and give sensible responses, the original poster spouts a fountain of reasons why they are right and everybody else is wrong because their reasoning is rock-solid and everybody just doesn't understand, man. Then a bunch of comparisons with other trades and professions are drawn but none of them hit the point. Then someone calls out 'bullshit' or 'troll' the original poster reasons that's what internet forums are for, to discuss stuff.
It's fucking boring.
With a half-working knowledge of how to argue a point, you can 'prove' that you deserve to tattoo. That doesn't mean you do.
You can 'prove' that tattooers don't need many tattoos because 'it's art man, it's all about personal choice'. that doesn't mean you're not a parasite.
areilla, if you can save tattooing and feel you are better than everybody else but you don't want to pay for tattoos, you should type less and draw more. But I know you won't. You read a thread just like this, that had some great points raised but you wanted one of your own.

Then you will never ever be a good tattooer or even a decent one. It sounds to me like you are looking in the wrong direction as far as a career change. You said earlier you have a perfect job except the soul sucking part of it, I say keep that perfect job because tattooing is NOT a perfect job either and involves it's own share of soul sucking and dealing with idiots on a daily basis.
p.s. quit now.