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Don't post very often, but with @Graeme showing progress on his badass backpiece and the overload of cool stuff here to look at the past week, thought I's show what I've been up to the past year or so.

Progress on the front side of me. Working on finishing it out and tying it all together with the back. It will be a shirt soon! October 2012 - April 2015 (chest/stomach).

Got Angus Young put on me by Mr. Bob Tyrrell at the Full Moon Convention in Nashville on May 8th. I'm still blown away that this is on me. It's also the easiest tattoo to heal I've ever had. P.S. It is really hard to get a good pic of this one.

More badassery for you. Starting to see the finish line on this one. By Dave C., PSC Tattoo.

Pure Awesomeness @Graeme

Got this little guy yesterday as a 49th birthday/Friday the 13th/30th anniversary of my first tattoo gift to myself from Paul

Pearson It's right next to the first tattoo I got 30 years ago.

@Graeme Your thread made me laugh and feel a little nostalgic at the same time.

You see, I'm rapidly approaching my 49th birthday. February 13th (which also falls on a Friday the 13th for the first time in ages! WOOHOO!) will mark the 30th year since I got my first tattoo. The tattoo shop was inside of a biker bar in Waynesville, N.C. It was named J.B's Tattoo & Tavern.

You could get anything you wanted... As long as you picked it from the flash on the wall.

He used an acetate stencil, graphite powder and Speedstick deodorant to transfer the design, and I remember very clearly that he didn't use gloves (this was 1985 after all).

I've been hooked ever since, and that tattoo is still there. There's also an appointment already scheduled to mark this little milestone.

I'm not sure if I ever posted a picture of my back when it was finished. Anyway, here it is.

(found a better picture)

If I didn't go this big I think the plan would have been just an eagle on the chest and later a pharaoh's horses for the belly.

Don't have a pic showing them together, but chest eagle and pharaoh's horses belly is what I went with.

It was @jade1955 no?

Indeed it was!

Oh my god.

@el twe Yeah...

That's what I said, especially after how much the stomach hurt, but she is the best plainskin Missus I could ever ask for.

And I forgot, there is that one little tattoo she got to mark something off her bucketlist.

A four leaf clover, about 1 inch tall... On her butt.

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@chrisnoluck Clean as hell!

Hi guys. I haven't posted anything in ages, but that doesn't mean I don't stop by regularly and check out whats new. The past year was kind of a rough one for me health-wise, but I'm cautiously optimistic that things are looking up. I only got one tattoo in 2014 but that's okay, as it was the last big spot I had left open. I spaced out getting this tummy tickler done from May through October. Just now got around to getting a healed picture (and a shitty one at that) of it. Done by my local dude Paul Pearson at Bright Ideas in Murfreesboro TN. (P.S. Although we used a print of the original Pharaoh's Horses painting for reference my plainskin Missus prefers to call it a three headed horse with a gunshot wound).

#1 AC/DC Rock or Bust

My number one only because It's the only album I've bought all year. (no new Social D album this year)

Posted this one before somewhere, but here's mine.

This article is just a prime example of trolling. Slate has sadly turned into clickbait same as Buzzfeed and Huffpost in recent years.

After seeing @Graeme get off to a good start both here and IG, I got to thinking, my backpiece has been finished for a year and a half now. I sure do enjoy having it, but, damn I'm glad it's done! I wouldn't want to experience it again.

Finished this today. Pharaoh's Horses is one of my favorite classic images. Overall pretty happy with it, just wish I had picked darker colors or left it completely black and grey. Luckily this is the first and probably not the last time I will visit this image.

@cltattooing. Saw this on your IG feed and really like it. The eyes and the light source nailed it for me. Pharaoh's Horses is one of my favorites of all time, and one I will have one day.

I wanted a hot stuff devil/aloha monkey mash-up, and that's exactly what I got!

Danny Reed put this on me yesterday at Hot Stuff Tattoo in Asheville, NC.

Awesome guy, and a very cool shop.

I waited till he put it on IG.

I'm visiting home in North Carolina for the first time in a couple of years next week. I have an appointment with Danny Reed at Hot Stuff Tattoo on the 19th. It's for a hot stuff devil/aloha monkey mash-up

Got a healed picture of mine I stole from his Instagram. It's done, for the time being.

Tattoo by Paul Pearson

Tanners dragon and koi full back piece by Ben Lucas.

Professional Tattooing & Piercing | Chico, Ca | Eye Of Jade Tattoo

I fucking love this!

True enough.

I hate when people say "but tattoo artists HATE it!!" about something.

Here's something: Some tattooers are douchebags. Them being a tattooer, even a GOOD tattooer, doesn't make them right or profound. It makes them another asshole with an opinion and there's nothing special or unique about having one of those.

If you think you're a collector, you probably are. It's a way to describe what you do- collect tattoos from people you dig. I collect toys. I collect dvds. I have a lot of passion when it comes to my collections; I think about which swatches to buy, know when some obscure film is going to be released on dvd, read articles about toy production.

I guess if you looked at it like that, I collect tattoos too. I find myself interested in the whole culture of it, not just "gettin' a new tat'.

Verdict:

It's not bad to be called a collector/call yourself a collector.

It's not bad to not WANT to be called a collector/call yourself a collector.

Pretty much sums it up for me. Opposite side of the coin.

I don't collect shit...

I don't owe anybody anything (well, except for that 1 student loan, and it'll be paid off next year).

I DO own:

1 old VW Beetle.

1 old Murray bicycle.

Some nice music gear.

Most of my torso and a good portion of my legs covered in art work done by only one or two local tattoo artists. Artwork that can't be duplicated because it's a reflection of me at this point.

Oh, and some books and CD's that I can't seem to part with.

Haven't posted in awhile, iv'e been busy lately. Anyway, finally couldn't take it any more. I went back and had my chest eagle colored today. Tattoo by Paul Pearson.

Phone calls and visits and a nice cook out, and a memorable ride to the grocery store in my old VW. And I got this awesome dashboard hula girl for the bug.

I think when you're super broke someone being able to pay for a "treat" is very much appreciated!

@else just as info, my daddy/daughter tattoo day was funded by me. The kid had her heart set on a Homeward Bound tattoo, but was resigned to putting it off this year because of trying to remodel her house. It was a unexpected treat for her and a great memory for me. (And I got Woodchuck Norris!!!!)

Finally got all the springs changed on my old Beetle. It's 3.5 inches lower in the front now. I had help from a neighbor in exchange for a few cold beers and me whipping up a couple of pizzas on my grill.