Sergiozoolander

@Sergiozoolander

Yes :) Only vaguely: bonji with smoke and sakura, (finger)waves, eternal knot (or maybe something else)

I find the more I leave to the artist, the better tattoo I will get. Just a vague idea and I let them take it from there.

Yes, atemporal great motifs!!! Enjoy it, can't wait to see them. ??

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Flight booked and all three artists confirmed (Rico Daruma , Mike Rubendall, Horikitsune) Time to buy convention tickets :)

Great choice!!! Do you have the idea about the designs with each one?

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Ok, I'm really quite new to japanese tattoos, only started appriciating it two years ago. But I have a strange idea that I think would be cool do in a japanese style all though the image is not typically from that culture. I'm still toying around with this idea and would like to see what's out there just so I can pre-visualize a bit better.

Looking for tattooers with INTERESTING and STRONG + BOLD japanse styles. My idea is side of ribs-size and only black and gray. I like fat lines and generous amounts of black, limited use of gray color.

Right now I am really digging the work of Jarno Kantanen:

But my vague ideal would be somewhere inbetween Walter McDonald and Koji Ichimaru if that makes any sense.

Teach me

Hi dude, if that you like is bold traditional japanese style, for me, two of the best and who have tattooed big part of my body are Rico and Shion of the Daruma Goya private studio in japan. They travel a lot around Europe, great balance about bold angry black background and great lines, you cannot wrong with this choice. @ricodaruma on instagram and DARUMA GOYA TATTOO, Japan

Other great options are @horitsukikage1 or @horimomo , and if you like more "westernized" style, @stewart_modernclassic is amazing.

Sorry for my english.

Here's my progress so far by Diego Azaldegui. Got another session in a few weeks which should hopefully finish it off.

I was following your bodysuit progress on your blog, Diego's works are amazing. One of my favorites japanese style tattooers from now. I met Rosie at last Barcelona Convention and she showed me her legs and back in progress by Diego too, awesome!!

When I was getting my arm worked on there was a moment in a lengthy and brutal session where I was laying on the table, I could smell my own blood from the work that had been done on my shoulder, and there was this sudden understanding of how weird the whole thing was: I was there bleeding and in pain, totally voluntarily, and paying somebody a lot of money that I had worked hard for to do this to me. It isn't behavior that is entirely rational; that's part of the appeal of it..

Great true Graeme, many times I was thinking about that during tattoo session, it's a sort of surreal moment, but I love it.

My inner thigh leopard tibetan dagger done by Chad Koeplinger at last Barcelona Tattoo Expo.

Do you reckon there's a chance of me getting a walk-up with Bert Krak or Eli Quinters? Do any of you know how hard it is?

cheers

Hi Joe, last time I was at the convention (2012), Eli and Santoro made walks-up, you could choose design from the book that they carry, we went with a friend on Friday early to the booth of Smith Street and an assistant pointed the name and Mobile phone on a list. As van crossing out names on the list they call you on the phone to tell you what time you go to a tattoo with them. I guess if you go at first hour, the same day may take you. Definitely the best day is Friday, normally not so busy than the other days but I'm sure this year will be a madness of people. Luck! (excuse me for my english)

I had pleasure to be tattooed two times on my leg by Bunshin Horitoshi, one in London Convention and another in her home-studio in Tokyo, is an amazing tattooer and very nice guy.

Other young tattooers that I deeply admire are Horimomo and Bunshin Yozin (Yozin Irezumi facebook name), they make really strong and bold works.

My appointment with Ichibay on Sunday is canceled because he sadly couldn´t come to London in time. I am now trying to get a piece from Chris Garver, Brad Fink or Dan Sinnes, I think.. Are you guys ready for the convention?

Oh man, that's a shame, Ichibay is awesome guy, he did a Fudo mask on my lower leg in her studio in Gifu, and was an amazing experience. I think he's Hokusai's reincarnation. I hope next time you will have good luck with it. I hope you share your Rubendall tattoo.

Thanks for the clarification hogg.

As a point of clarification, tebori is hand tattooing. "Te" is Japanese for hand and "bori" (from "hori") is carve or engrave.

Amazing, not tebori, Toshikazu tattoo entirely using traditional Japanese hand tattooing, dentowaza, like a pencil, Linework, shading and coloring are all done using this method, is awesome. Alex Reinke an Matti Sheldom under KS Publications have made te book "DENTOWAZA" about the work of this master, working in southern japan.

Kofuu-Senju Publications | “Dentouwaza”

Tebori by Nakamura Toshikazu -

http://shisei2011.web.fc2.com/index.html

Ha ha, thanks, I promise that I'm real, 80% flesh&bones and 20% ink, ha ha.

Hello, I'm Sergio, from Barcelona, I'm 36 years old and I'm crazy with all staff around the tattoo world.

I really have enjoyed with all the post, info and videos of this awesome comunity, thanks for share.

Excuse me if my english is rude.