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I pillaged this one from Tomas Tomas's instagram and he said there that he got it from the Yokohama Tattoo Museum:

That suit is so striking and powerful. I will readily admit that I am pretty ignorant about tattoos, and this photo really hammers that point home: I had no idea that there were Japanese bodysuits done like that with the heavy black and negative space. Does anybody know more about this photo?

Really nice! San Rafael bound next time I'm close for sure.
Do you know how much this would hurt with pants on?

Got this done last night by Heather Bailey at Spider Murphy's. Super stoked to have work by such a great artist!
(First pic's stolen from her Instagram - Instagram)

I also posted this in the backpiece thread, but i'm soo stoked i just had to put it in here too :-)
Well, Since today I am an official member of the Back piece squad :)
We had a (pretty brutal) 5+ hour start of my backpiece, we managed to finish all the lining (except for the big flower that need to go on my upper legs).
Next session will be for lining the flowers and the rest of the leg part, and to start shading... I can't wait ;-)

Did this one yesterday, 5.5 hour one shot. Tough girl!
@Wilhell I know I've already said it, but I really love your backpiece. The powder blue with the orangey reds looks real slick. :cool:

@TaeTae, I find back of the thighs OK. The ass is way more painful. It´s actually awful! hehe..
Wow, that was a big question! My legs will not be in the same style as my back piece with traditional windbar background. My plan is to collect small and large one-shots on the rest of the body regardless of the style, and finally sew it all together with a kind of background. Maybe a flame background. I should also laser remove an entire sleeve and two other tattoos. A big project, but necessary. In October I travel to NYC / SF (with @Ninab and @Iwar) to get tattooed by Hoyer / O'Donnell / Lehi and hopefully Corbin. On the wish list for the future: Rassier, Leu, Mick, Roper, Sylvia Trevino, Ichibay, Bruno, Grime, Arriola, Deutsche, Whitehead and many more ..

I´ve already posted this in the back piece-thread, but I throw it out here too with a better photo. Next session in March:

The elbow area of my right arm by Chris O'Donnell, the skull and peony were done a few months ago and the leaves and background were added about 2 weeks ago:

Jen Lee, Tattoo City

bad month to enter because of that ridiculous vargas back piece….fuck it

Well holy shit, guys! Party on!

I'll go ahead and get this month started - edit: almost!. All months should really have a panther tattoo, shouldn't they?
I'd love to see Aaron Coleman three-peat.

Ok I'll go First done by the totally awesome Valerie Vargas at Frith Street Tattoo, around 40 hours work, finished a couple of weeks ago.

Back piece started by Steve Byrne at Rock Of Ages

Had a big session on my back by Marius Meyer.

Got started on my ribs with William Yoneyama today, 40+ degrees outside, nowhere better to be than under air conditioning. About 3-4 hours in, should wrap it up in a few weeks.

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Sixth session, almost done! By Grez. Said goodbye to my old and very odd lower back tattoo yesterday, too.

Mario Desa put this Higgs flash on me last night at the Philly tat con.

@ironchef that is one hell of a tattoo, truly mindbowing I cant wait to see it finished
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Valerie just finished my back, just short of a year, maybe 40 hours, its been a ride and I've loved every minute, well apart from the love handles, that sucked :D

Final session on my back with Rubendall today. It's bittersweet. So happy to have this portion of my back finished but will miss the fun times with Rubendall. Great gentleman, incredible artist and shrewd businessman. The complete ball of wax and then some. I still have some appointments booked and I'm thinking about starting something new with him. Henning will top things off end of this year when he'll be visiting and doing his usual guest spot at Kings Ave! Enjoy the pics!
Eyes, spine, and the orb/pearl

Filled in some more flame work as well

Rubendall said when after the orb/pearl is full healed, it'll lighten up to a bit of an iridescent affect.

Full moon close-up :o

We get pictures of Mike Rubendall and Valerie Vargas backpieces on members here posted within an hour. Thank you everyone for being so awesome.

Got this super-awesome psychedelic-multi-eyed-alien-tiger colored in and finished up yesterday (black is healed). Flash and Tattoo by Theo Mindell at Spider Murphy's. Pretty stoked on this lil' guy!!
You can check the pretty colors on his instagram:
Instagram
Or check out a crappy-hotel-room shot attached! What's that saying someone said around here about Tattoos being tough to photo because there ain't no lens that can capture the magic? Totally true in my experience....

It's a snake and tiger kinda time! 3rd session in, steaming through it! By Stewart Robson

Some progress on my frontpiece with my boss, Josh Cruse. Did about three hours of color in the snake all around my chest and belly. I have another sitting in two weeks, but I'll probably hold off on posting anything until we get it all done... after it's healed and settled, we'll touch up anything that needs it and add some pattern work in that minty green stripe on the snake.

Wolf head from Mike Aul, pretty killer
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I completely understand, but i will say this. Two words: @Iwar Fundoshi lol He has now set the bar pretty high though