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https://www.instagram.com/p/BFWh_a2FGP6/. Went down to Denver yesterday to say hey to Chad... Of course I'm going to get tattooed.
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Getting tattooed by Nikko (I know, I know) and Carlos Rojas collab June 10 at the shop and a Timmy B and Andres Acosta collab in June also at the Lake Tahoe show 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BFWh_a2FGP6/. Went down to Denver yesterday to say hey to Chad... Of course I'm going to get tattooed.
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You're not punk rock unless you have Hep C.

Seems like something you could ask your mentor
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Got something fun booked for next weekend and I'm trying to sort out something for the Quebec City convention.

I'm getting close to the point where I miss getting tattooed enough that I'm almost ready to tackle my torso.

If I was driving distance to Switzerland I would go here:
http://www.leufamilyiron.com/site/tattoos/

Cindy is awesome, my friend just got a painting from her and it's great

My appointment for Koeplinger's 50 state tour finally came!
I cannot say enough good things about Chad and my experience. He was open to my ideas and excited to make some changes to his original drawing to give me exactly what I wanted.  We talked about all sorts of things (from our travels in the Middle East to vintage TV shows) and time just flew by.
And he is ridiculously fast!!  This 8x10" piece on my thigh took 1 1/2 hours from stencil to finish.
I would definitely get another tattoo from him and will be watching his schedule to see when he is next near me.
Wildcat
 
 
 

This is sort of how I look at it. Additionally, like @bongsau said, if you go back and repeat, you may get a "rounded down" rate. Of course, you may not and that's something you have to be prepared for. If you're happy with the tattoo and enjoy it, then I wouldn't lose sleep over it. It may seem like a lot now, but $200 is nothing compared to loving a tattoo forever.

First session on this ROA tattoo done by Grez at King's Ave in NYC, still red and swollen. More pics next month after it's finished.
 

I've heard that Jeff Zuck doesn't do a ton of Japanese anymore (not sure how accurate that is) but he is KILLER! You might have to hunt down some pictures of it, but man it's really great. 
http://namebrandtattoo.com/
If I lived close, I would have a ton of work from him. 

There you go, fixed your post for you.
Got pictures of the new tattoo?  We'd love to see them.

Nice work!!!!!
 
I like the new digs. Looks like you pulled over the old user accounts and posts. 
 
Great job. Go give yourselves a big pat on the back. 
 
 

got this sacred heart from joe nickley almost 2 weeks ago

and this from chris kline at the scranton convention this past weekend

andddd yesterday i made an appointment with bert krak for next month while he's at old soul!

@polliwog nice! I was loving that one when it popped up on instagram, glad it belongs to someone here! Eddy is the man.
Oh, I got a little filler yesterday from Nikki Balls, I'll get a picture up soon.
edit: here's a picture
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEbXDZfIzSb/

Marie Sena

I saw this thread and thought I'd share my two ladies, Cleopatra and a half-faced gypsy done by Mando Rascon at Immaculate Tattoo.

My suggestion is to start learning about art so that you're not going to be inclined to go along with suggestions that you ultimately aren't into. Go to the library and start learning about art history, go to museums and galleries and look at art, take drawing lessons at a community centre or given by a local artist not so that you'll be able to draw your own tattoos, but rather so that you can understand how drawing works and so you'll be able to articulate what you do and don't like. Listen to lectures about art history on iTunes U. Watch the video interviews with tattooers on this site. Don't just limit yourself to tattoos either, look at art in general, and I don't just mean visual art here either, and look for art everywhere: on book covers, in comics, on skateboards and album covers, in architecture and nature. There is a relationship between the effort you put into getting tattoos and the tattoos you actually get.

@polliwog nice! I was loving that one when it popped up on instagram, glad it belongs to someone here! Eddy is the man.
Oh, I got a little filler yesterday from Nikki Balls, I'll get a picture up soon.
edit: here's a picture
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEbXDZfIzSb/

Instead of going back in and trying to fix what you don't think is perfect with those I'd just get more tattoos around them to be stoked on, if it still bothers you down the road you can always revisit them later but in the meantime I think a new tattoo altogether would help more

a few months ago, i got a version of the Christian Warlich devil i had asked about. By Tomas Garcia.

healed

kind of enjoying this period here - looking to get something done late spring - nothing happening in the summer so that will be a good slow down for me - but....not sure who or what - problem is - and I'm not complaining now - is that i have had so many great experiences with different tattooers - and i'm torn sometimes - do you go back and get another from one of those tattooers - or do you stay in that 'collector' mode - wanting to have another awesome new experience with another tattooer in another shop - my recent trip to maryland to see chad koeplinger kinda opened my eyes a little to the possibilities of traveling further out to get tattooed
anyway - like i said - not REAL problem - just some fun stuff going through my head as i ponder the immediate tattoo future for myself
i do think i know the piece i want - its a classic and so many of the tattooers i'm thinking about would kill it - got the spot picked out too
ah - rambling now
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kind of enjoying this period here - looking to get something done late spring - nothing happening in the summer so that will be a good slow down for me - but....not sure who or what - problem is - and I'm not complaining now - is that i have had so many great experiences with different tattooers - and i'm torn sometimes - do you go back and get another from one of those tattooers - or do you stay in that 'collector' mode - wanting to have another awesome new experience with another tattooer in another shop - my recent trip to maryland to see chad koeplinger kinda opened my eyes a little to the possibilities of traveling further out to get tattooed
anyway - like i said - not REAL problem - just some fun stuff going through my head as i ponder the immediate tattoo future for myself
i do think i know the piece i want - its a classic and so many of the tattooers i'm thinking about would kill it - got the spot picked out too
ah - rambling now

I started saying "tats" a while back in a funny way, but now it's just in my vocabulary. I guess this is my life now.