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So I wasn't sure if I was going to post any of my new tattoos but decided in the end to just go for it. I moved to France four months ago and have been sat in a lab isolated from the world pretty much ever since. I went to the Mondial du Tatouage show in Paris for three days as a birthday present to myself. I booked in with Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas from Frith Street and also Greg Christian. I ended up getting tattooed six times in three days. It was also my first convention and I'm going to make sure I go to a few more :D
I stole all the pictures from the respective artist's instagrams apart from one which I took with my phone.
Demon head on knee - Stewart Robson (Frith Street Tattoo)
Geisha Girl Head - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Flaming Torch - Greg Christian
Castle - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Medusa Head - Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo)
Devil Head - Nick Roddin (Blackheart Tattoo)
I can't wait for the convention next year

So I wasn't sure if I was going to post any of my new tattoos but decided in the end to just go for it. I moved to France four months ago and have been sat in a lab isolated from the world pretty much ever since. I went to the Mondial du Tatouage show in Paris for three days as a birthday present to myself. I booked in with Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas from Frith Street and also Greg Christian. I ended up getting tattooed six times in three days. It was also my first convention and I'm going to make sure I go to a few more :D
I stole all the pictures from the respective artist's instagrams apart from one which I took with my phone.
Demon head on knee - Stewart Robson (Frith Street Tattoo)
Geisha Girl Head - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Flaming Torch - Greg Christian
Castle - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Medusa Head - Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo)
Devil Head - Nick Roddin (Blackheart Tattoo)
I can't wait for the convention next year

So I wasn't sure if I was going to post any of my new tattoos but decided in the end to just go for it. I moved to France four months ago and have been sat in a lab isolated from the world pretty much ever since. I went to the Mondial du Tatouage show in Paris for three days as a birthday present to myself. I booked in with Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas from Frith Street and also Greg Christian. I ended up getting tattooed six times in three days. It was also my first convention and I'm going to make sure I go to a few more :D
I stole all the pictures from the respective artist's instagrams apart from one which I took with my phone.
Demon head on knee - Stewart Robson (Frith Street Tattoo)
Geisha Girl Head - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Flaming Torch - Greg Christian
Castle - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Medusa Head - Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo)
Devil Head - Nick Roddin (Blackheart Tattoo)
I can't wait for the convention next year

So I wasn't sure if I was going to post any of my new tattoos but decided in the end to just go for it. I moved to France four months ago and have been sat in a lab isolated from the world pretty much ever since. I went to the Mondial du Tatouage show in Paris for three days as a birthday present to myself. I booked in with Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas from Frith Street and also Greg Christian. I ended up getting tattooed six times in three days. It was also my first convention and I'm going to make sure I go to a few more :D
I stole all the pictures from the respective artist's instagrams apart from one which I took with my phone.
Demon head on knee - Stewart Robson (Frith Street Tattoo)
Geisha Girl Head - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Flaming Torch - Greg Christian
Castle - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Medusa Head - Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo)
Devil Head - Nick Roddin (Blackheart Tattoo)
I can't wait for the convention next year

So I wasn't sure if I was going to post any of my new tattoos but decided in the end to just go for it. I moved to France four months ago and have been sat in a lab isolated from the world pretty much ever since. I went to the Mondial du Tatouage show in Paris for three days as a birthday present to myself. I booked in with Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas from Frith Street and also Greg Christian. I ended up getting tattooed six times in three days. It was also my first convention and I'm going to make sure I go to a few more :D
I stole all the pictures from the respective artist's instagrams apart from one which I took with my phone.
Demon head on knee - Stewart Robson (Frith Street Tattoo)
Geisha Girl Head - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Flaming Torch - Greg Christian
Castle - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Medusa Head - Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo)
Devil Head - Nick Roddin (Blackheart Tattoo)
I can't wait for the convention next year

So I wasn't sure if I was going to post any of my new tattoos but decided in the end to just go for it. I moved to France four months ago and have been sat in a lab isolated from the world pretty much ever since. I went to the Mondial du Tatouage show in Paris for three days as a birthday present to myself. I booked in with Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas from Frith Street and also Greg Christian. I ended up getting tattooed six times in three days. It was also my first convention and I'm going to make sure I go to a few more :D
I stole all the pictures from the respective artist's instagrams apart from one which I took with my phone.
Demon head on knee - Stewart Robson (Frith Street Tattoo)
Geisha Girl Head - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Flaming Torch - Greg Christian
Castle - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Medusa Head - Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo)
Devil Head - Nick Roddin (Blackheart Tattoo)
I can't wait for the convention next year

So I wasn't sure if I was going to post any of my new tattoos but decided in the end to just go for it. I moved to France four months ago and have been sat in a lab isolated from the world pretty much ever since. I went to the Mondial du Tatouage show in Paris for three days as a birthday present to myself. I booked in with Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas from Frith Street and also Greg Christian. I ended up getting tattooed six times in three days. It was also my first convention and I'm going to make sure I go to a few more :D
I stole all the pictures from the respective artist's instagrams apart from one which I took with my phone.
Demon head on knee - Stewart Robson (Frith Street Tattoo)
Geisha Girl Head - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Flaming Torch - Greg Christian
Castle - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Medusa Head - Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo)
Devil Head - Nick Roddin (Blackheart Tattoo)
I can't wait for the convention next year

So I wasn't sure if I was going to post any of my new tattoos but decided in the end to just go for it. I moved to France four months ago and have been sat in a lab isolated from the world pretty much ever since. I went to the Mondial du Tatouage show in Paris for three days as a birthday present to myself. I booked in with Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas from Frith Street and also Greg Christian. I ended up getting tattooed six times in three days. It was also my first convention and I'm going to make sure I go to a few more :D
I stole all the pictures from the respective artist's instagrams apart from one which I took with my phone.
Demon head on knee - Stewart Robson (Frith Street Tattoo)
Geisha Girl Head - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Flaming Torch - Greg Christian
Castle - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Medusa Head - Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo)
Devil Head - Nick Roddin (Blackheart Tattoo)
I can't wait for the convention next year

So I wasn't sure if I was going to post any of my new tattoos but decided in the end to just go for it. I moved to France four months ago and have been sat in a lab isolated from the world pretty much ever since. I went to the Mondial du Tatouage show in Paris for three days as a birthday present to myself. I booked in with Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas from Frith Street and also Greg Christian. I ended up getting tattooed six times in three days. It was also my first convention and I'm going to make sure I go to a few more :D
I stole all the pictures from the respective artist's instagrams apart from one which I took with my phone.
Demon head on knee - Stewart Robson (Frith Street Tattoo)
Geisha Girl Head - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Flaming Torch - Greg Christian
Castle - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Medusa Head - Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo)
Devil Head - Nick Roddin (Blackheart Tattoo)
I can't wait for the convention next year

So I wasn't sure if I was going to post any of my new tattoos but decided in the end to just go for it. I moved to France four months ago and have been sat in a lab isolated from the world pretty much ever since. I went to the Mondial du Tatouage show in Paris for three days as a birthday present to myself. I booked in with Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas from Frith Street and also Greg Christian. I ended up getting tattooed six times in three days. It was also my first convention and I'm going to make sure I go to a few more :D
I stole all the pictures from the respective artist's instagrams apart from one which I took with my phone.
Demon head on knee - Stewart Robson (Frith Street Tattoo)
Geisha Girl Head - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Flaming Torch - Greg Christian
Castle - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Medusa Head - Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo)
Devil Head - Nick Roddin (Blackheart Tattoo)
I can't wait for the convention next year

So I wasn't sure if I was going to post any of my new tattoos but decided in the end to just go for it. I moved to France four months ago and have been sat in a lab isolated from the world pretty much ever since. I went to the Mondial du Tatouage show in Paris for three days as a birthday present to myself. I booked in with Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas from Frith Street and also Greg Christian. I ended up getting tattooed six times in three days. It was also my first convention and I'm going to make sure I go to a few more :D
I stole all the pictures from the respective artist's instagrams apart from one which I took with my phone.
Demon head on knee - Stewart Robson (Frith Street Tattoo)
Geisha Girl Head - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Flaming Torch - Greg Christian
Castle - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Medusa Head - Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo)
Devil Head - Nick Roddin (Blackheart Tattoo)
I can't wait for the convention next year

So I wasn't sure if I was going to post any of my new tattoos but decided in the end to just go for it. I moved to France four months ago and have been sat in a lab isolated from the world pretty much ever since. I went to the Mondial du Tatouage show in Paris for three days as a birthday present to myself. I booked in with Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas from Frith Street and also Greg Christian. I ended up getting tattooed six times in three days. It was also my first convention and I'm going to make sure I go to a few more :D
I stole all the pictures from the respective artist's instagrams apart from one which I took with my phone.
Demon head on knee - Stewart Robson (Frith Street Tattoo)
Geisha Girl Head - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Flaming Torch - Greg Christian
Castle - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Medusa Head - Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo)
Devil Head - Nick Roddin (Blackheart Tattoo)
I can't wait for the convention next year

So I wasn't sure if I was going to post any of my new tattoos but decided in the end to just go for it. I moved to France four months ago and have been sat in a lab isolated from the world pretty much ever since. I went to the Mondial du Tatouage show in Paris for three days as a birthday present to myself. I booked in with Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas from Frith Street and also Greg Christian. I ended up getting tattooed six times in three days. It was also my first convention and I'm going to make sure I go to a few more :D
I stole all the pictures from the respective artist's instagrams apart from one which I took with my phone.
Demon head on knee - Stewart Robson (Frith Street Tattoo)
Geisha Girl Head - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Flaming Torch - Greg Christian
Castle - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Medusa Head - Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo)
Devil Head - Nick Roddin (Blackheart Tattoo)
I can't wait for the convention next year

So I wasn't sure if I was going to post any of my new tattoos but decided in the end to just go for it. I moved to France four months ago and have been sat in a lab isolated from the world pretty much ever since. I went to the Mondial du Tatouage show in Paris for three days as a birthday present to myself. I booked in with Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas from Frith Street and also Greg Christian. I ended up getting tattooed six times in three days. It was also my first convention and I'm going to make sure I go to a few more :D
I stole all the pictures from the respective artist's instagrams apart from one which I took with my phone.
Demon head on knee - Stewart Robson (Frith Street Tattoo)
Geisha Girl Head - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Flaming Torch - Greg Christian
Castle - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Medusa Head - Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo)
Devil Head - Nick Roddin (Blackheart Tattoo)
I can't wait for the convention next year

So I wasn't sure if I was going to post any of my new tattoos but decided in the end to just go for it. I moved to France four months ago and have been sat in a lab isolated from the world pretty much ever since. I went to the Mondial du Tatouage show in Paris for three days as a birthday present to myself. I booked in with Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas from Frith Street and also Greg Christian. I ended up getting tattooed six times in three days. It was also my first convention and I'm going to make sure I go to a few more :D
I stole all the pictures from the respective artist's instagrams apart from one which I took with my phone.
Demon head on knee - Stewart Robson (Frith Street Tattoo)
Geisha Girl Head - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Flaming Torch - Greg Christian
Castle - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Medusa Head - Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo)
Devil Head - Nick Roddin (Blackheart Tattoo)
I can't wait for the convention next year

So I wasn't sure if I was going to post any of my new tattoos but decided in the end to just go for it. I moved to France four months ago and have been sat in a lab isolated from the world pretty much ever since. I went to the Mondial du Tatouage show in Paris for three days as a birthday present to myself. I booked in with Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas from Frith Street and also Greg Christian. I ended up getting tattooed six times in three days. It was also my first convention and I'm going to make sure I go to a few more :D
I stole all the pictures from the respective artist's instagrams apart from one which I took with my phone.
Demon head on knee - Stewart Robson (Frith Street Tattoo)
Geisha Girl Head - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Flaming Torch - Greg Christian
Castle - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Medusa Head - Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo)
Devil Head - Nick Roddin (Blackheart Tattoo)
I can't wait for the convention next year

So I wasn't sure if I was going to post any of my new tattoos but decided in the end to just go for it. I moved to France four months ago and have been sat in a lab isolated from the world pretty much ever since. I went to the Mondial du Tatouage show in Paris for three days as a birthday present to myself. I booked in with Stewart Robson and Valerie Vargas from Frith Street and also Greg Christian. I ended up getting tattooed six times in three days. It was also my first convention and I'm going to make sure I go to a few more :D
I stole all the pictures from the respective artist's instagrams apart from one which I took with my phone.
Demon head on knee - Stewart Robson (Frith Street Tattoo)
Geisha Girl Head - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Flaming Torch - Greg Christian
Castle - Cody Miller (Blackheart Tattoo)
Medusa Head - Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo)
Devil Head - Nick Roddin (Blackheart Tattoo)
I can't wait for the convention next year

It may be a pompous attitude but just because you've been working hard and doing things right doesn't mean you deserve to be taught. As well if you're a random person just coming in how is anyone supposed to know all these things about you? I believe in teaching people as well, but I don't think everything should be taught to everyone that asks. At the end of the day it's their world, which means they make the rules. You may not like them, they may frustrate the shit out of you but that's life.

Really? So you would happily give something that you've spent your whole life (or large part of) striving to perfect, your means of providing for your family and whatever else to any random person that asked for it? If yes, good luck to you. You know what my answer would be? Go fuck yourself. I don't tattoo, or have any desire to tattoo but if someone came up and asked for my life on a plate I'd be a lot less civilised and nice than most people, especially if that person was a complete stranger.

Calling a tattoo on your shoulder a half-sleeve...

Really? So you would happily give something that you've spent your whole life (or large part of) striving to perfect, your means of providing for your family and whatever else to any random person that asked for it? If yes, good luck to you. You know what my answer would be? Go fuck yourself. I don't tattoo, or have any desire to tattoo but if someone came up and asked for my life on a plate I'd be a lot less civilised and nice than most people, especially if that person was a complete stranger.

Really? So you would happily give something that you've spent your whole life (or large part of) striving to perfect, your means of providing for your family and whatever else to any random person that asked for it? If yes, good luck to you. You know what my answer would be? Go fuck yourself. I don't tattoo, or have any desire to tattoo but if someone came up and asked for my life on a plate I'd be a lot less civilised and nice than most people, especially if that person was a complete stranger.

It may be a pompous attitude but just because you've been working hard and doing things right doesn't mean you deserve to be taught. As well if you're a random person just coming in how is anyone supposed to know all these things about you? I believe in teaching people as well, but I don't think everything should be taught to everyone that asks. At the end of the day it's their world, which means they make the rules. You may not like them, they may frustrate the shit out of you but that's life.

Really? So you would happily give something that you've spent your whole life (or large part of) striving to perfect, your means of providing for your family and whatever else to any random person that asked for it? If yes, good luck to you. You know what my answer would be? Go fuck yourself. I don't tattoo, or have any desire to tattoo but if someone came up and asked for my life on a plate I'd be a lot less civilised and nice than most people, especially if that person was a complete stranger.

@Kahlan No lecture here, everyone else seems to have done a great job of that. Just some straight up info:
At the shop I work in (Which may or may not have a reputation on being harsh to 'wannabes') we get at least one person each week asking for an apprenticeship. In the summer months we get AT LEAST two per week, often more.
Aside from the fact than none of them can draw and most haven't been tattooed at our shop, - I'm not even sure if any of them know what kind of work we do (hint: almost everything) they certainly don't look through any of our folios while they are in the shop. - There is no way that our city can support 52 to 104 new tattooers each year. I've been there since 2007. That would be over 800 new tattooers.
But really, shitty tattooers should stop taking apprentices and helping them become shitty tattooers. If a good tattooer won't teach you, tough shit. If a good tattooer does teach you, I hate you because I never got that chance and I did a whole bunch of shitty tattoos while I was 'learning'.