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Drunkenly thought I called my girlfriend and left a really long message that I do not remember.
I woke up with a text saying "You need to call your lady, stop calling me when you are drunk. Love, Dad."

You've got a blacked out "sleeve" going, you want a Japanese sleeve, and you currently have a "sleeve" with Japanese elements that is also a traditional....sleeve? How many sleeves are you working on, currently? And where are you putting all of them?

You guys can PM each other to plan a meetup where you can hug it out -- or Guy will just stand you in front of his bathroom door and shoot you with arrows :D

This one isn't on me, it's on my Dad. However, I started an apprenticeship near the end of the summer, and this was the 50th tattoo i've done. Obviously, there are things that could be better with it, but I was honored he let me do it (and basically let me do whatever i wanted). Jay Cavna design...

Yeah i got that one done right before you

Got this pretty little thing from Mr. Adam Gibson at Good Times Tattoo in Salt Lake City yesterday.

Got this last night from RJ Hitchcock at American Graffiti.
Raw hamburger.

Final bit done on my Horiyoshi III piece. Tattooed by @Stewart Robson at Frith Street Tattoos.
I love the detail & colours in this.

Horiyoshi, himself, liked this on Stewarts Instagram. Thats one hell of a compliment.

My girlfriend collects pigs.
My ex-wife collects alimony. DILIGENTLY AND OBSESSIVELY.

I really want a crawling panther thru the neck...but the space gets smaller and smaller.

I made another reaper, I wanted to share it 'cause I'm stoked on it. This is 6.5x6" embroidery and paint on linen.
More people need to start posting in this thread again!

Tomas Garcia for me at the end of September.

Interesting update: I just had my annual review with my boss. He said he'd actually like to see expose more of my tattoos as work, as I'm a "creative" (copywriter) and he wants me to feel as comfortable as possible. I mentioned that I keep mostly covered because a lot of the folks in our company are fairly uptight, but he said, "Fuck them."
We'll see how it goes!

squid-leg warmer?

Another piece by @Nick Colella of CTC, one-day notice to get it. Far as he can figure, Tom Berg did the flash in the thirties, and it's been on the wall fo the shop for some decades...
First step in filling in the rest of my left arm, and it should work. I have some very old western-style stuff like a panthers head on that arm, as well as some fairly old (1982-1984) Jap style work, so we have to kinda get a blending going on. Thought this piece did that well. There will be one more fairly major piece, and then fill.
Pix aren't the best, but you get the idea....I know this isn't the most rad and popluar styling, but hey, old flash for an old guy!


Background of the shop is kinda kool, too.

I just had this one put on by Eli Quinters at Smith Street last week, so it's still pretty fresh.
Sorry about the bad phone photo.

You'll be surprised to see how many tattoos Jesse doesn't have.

"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." - Mahatma Gandhi

My new Eagle tattoo in honor of my daughter and son, done at the Seattle Tattoo Convention by Matt Howse, Spider Murphy's Tattoo. Done in a single session of 7 hours.

@Jake -
I like both, but think you've got room for some smaller filler tattoos before you start with the stars and dots.

"I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." - Mahatma Gandhi