Duffa

@Duffa where are you going this time?

I'll be back in Kyoto and Osaka at some stage, but then was thinking of grabbing an over night bus to Tokyo and getting mildly intoxicated at your bar and checking out the place ;)

Hey Mitch, welcome to LST! I had pretty much the same questions that Kye asked haha. I'm not from Japan but try to get over when ever I can, as do a few other LST'ers. Post up some of your current tattoos when/if you get a chance

I'm thinking a Baku beating the crap outta some Oni.

I'm thinking your right ;)

@Ursula - WOW. That is EPIC!!! Apologies but now there are a couple more questions:

Did you beat Boozy Suzy and go on to fight Champain for her title? and if so did you kick her ass? This just sounds all kinds of awesome. Sucks about the douches over at MTV though, thats a little harsh to say the least. And Ursula, if you where ever in a fight, I'm sure if you screamed "I'M URSULA ANVIL" and looked menacing, chicks going to think twice lol

Say thank you and

So here it is- don't worry about paying me, it's about paying it forward :D

Just felt that this should be brought over in all its glory to the next page. Kev, this burns. (See what I did there? ;) lmao)

@Scott R - that is sweet! The lil fella looks right at home next to your panther ;)

I work in the music industry, and have a small music related tattoo - In 2004 I got the "Triple J Drum" (Triple J is the leading Youth/Independent radio station in Australia - or it was but thats another story) tattooed live on air for a competition they used to run. I got it before I worked in the industry, but it actually probably helped me to get a foot in the door.

NOW to something that was seemingly overlooked

i used to be in a female fighting league and always toyed with the idea of getting a tattoo related to that, maybe my stage name or something (it was Ursula Anvil) or maybe a tattoo of a gold wrestling unitard as that was my costume's main piece.

Ursula, or should I now say Miss Anvil, You where in a female fighting league???!!! That rocks!!! Please feel free to tell stories ;) and please forgive my ignorance, but when you say fighting league are we talking MMA steez? Or is it more like WWE? (I mean that with no dis either, I just mean does it have story lines etc. I don't consider wrestling 'fake', staged sure but that shit would still hurt which to me equals real enough lol.)

Oh snap! @hogg happy birthday homie!

@Jack - I salute you good Sir

Only eight days in to the month, and shit is serious.

if this is only 8 days in, I'm looking forward to the rest of the month

OR!!!!!

If any LST Tattooers get on the show, then you need to try and convince one of your clients, sorry canvases, that their idea would be ok, but it'd be a lot better as squid pants

@ShawnPorter - ok this has to happen. Who so far is waiting on a reply to be a Canvas? I know @Jack is, and @cibo did you mean in your post that you've applied?

*Disclaimer: If you don't want to get the 'squid pants' you don't have to... but it'd be really cool if you did ;)

^^^ that is awesome

@CultExciter - pretty much what jayessebee said ;) haha

@Reyeslv - lol this now concerns me even more. I'm normally exactly the same, as in, when possible chatting and being occupied makes things a lot easier... Issue I'm going to have is I'll be in Japan, so unless I can get proficient in the next 6 months (it could happen?... buuuuut probably not) this is probably going to suck. Even then I noticed the guys when they are working are just heads down and power through. Maybe I'll just look into smuggling some types of meds in haha.

Does winning a spot as a canvas come with a prize of free laser removal?

I could probably get a friend who does laser removal to sponsor one of us.

This is starting to sound like a plan... BUT, any LST'er who makes it onto the show MUST be the worst client ever and exclaim at some point that their tattooer smells like taco meat :cool:

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Slightly late to the party, however my feelings can be summed up with one word - "SWEET JEEBUS". (thats for both Reyes and @Stewart Robson )

@Reyeslv you went the no assistance (i.e drugs) route, do you have any words of wisdom on this? haha.

Just made my appt. to get mine finished next month!

I completely endorse this service and/or product ;)

@ThaliaCamille - where did you watch it? I went on to the Oxygen site to peep it and no dice lol.

Rather than just bumping this thread with nothing to offer, here is a link to the artists attending :)

tattoo artists attending.. | Rites of Passage 2012

@Inkwitch - all good, I've got a thread going about Rites of Passage it just got lost a few pages back ;)

http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/lst-get-togethers-tattoo-conventions/1678-27-29-april-2012-rites-passage-tattoo-convention-arts-festival-melbourne-aus.html (which I should probably bump up soonish)

@ShawnPorter - the uranus line killed me. Nice ;) and yes... to "calibrate geiger counters"... I bet it was (it probably was the intention, however I'm sure it could be used for other uses in capable hands). In regards to the book, or should I now say books - I don't even know where to begin on that one... so probably best to leave it. You should possibly make a thread about your astonishing Amazon finds

Not to derail the thread but, @ShawnPorter - are you friggin serious??!!! About both the Uranium & the "book"... wtf is going on with this world??

Where did the uranium come from do you know? (As in, what country it was sent from) I'm still in disbelief... got any other good ones? lol

@Abellve - feel free to keep posting! haha. I've been a bit slack lately so I'll have to get my ass back into gear and contribute!

@hogg - your new friend is excellent!

@Reyeslv man, I'm more sorry to hear about your loss... is always hard to know what to say, but I appreciate the kind words homie :) and you hit the nail on the head - there is NOTHING better than Moms ;) I look forward to seeing the amazing piece you'll get for her though