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Tengu on my leg By Chris Garver, London Tattoo Convention last weekend. Freehand and 4 hours

artist: Jess Yen JESS
shop: MY TATTOO
a friend notified me two weeks before and told me that Jess Yen had a last minute opening,so I ended up getting an 8 hour one shot piece from Jess on 08/16/13 !
here is the original art he drew for me & my body size & weight ,he signed it and dated it for me.

and here is the stencil which he also gave me,

here it is the day after,he used saniderm on it,

here are the healed pics

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i agree with iwar, having a tattoo for only a few months is not long enough , i feel, to make such a drastic decision. my advice is to live with it for longer and to just enjoy getting tattooed. covering up such a nice tattoo, being so new, will make a mess of your arm and lasering it won't really work.
the few people i have come across that seem to be in your situation end up being so focused on that one tattoo they dont like that it's all they can think of and really, the more tattoos you get the more you wil realise what a great design it is. personally i think it's really great with a nice sentiment behind it to boot.

My latest is only a few hours old. Is this the first LST-themed tattoo? If it is, I also know who got the second (only moments after me):

Courtesy of Mr. @Scott Sylvia himself.
PS Like this or feel the ban hammer.

Got this namakubi from Caio Pineiro today:

Horrible horrible times but worth every second. He is a super nice guy too. On his first euro-trip now, normally works in his own shop in Sao Paolo, Brasil.

Horitomo posted the piece he's doing on me to instagram so I think I'm safe posting it here!

Ended up finishing on 19 hours on ribs, Jet lag got to Carlos Torres, here are some pics :)

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All healed; done by Chris O'Donnell. I couldn't be any happier with it and can't wait to start on my back in 2015.

Here's what I had Myke Chambers put on me today. I'll take some of my own pictures when it heals up.

I get asked that all the time about my daughter. I think what boggles me is why do they assume that once you have a kid you turn into some prudish boring fuck twat? Like "oh now I have a daughter, I'm done with all of this heavy metal and tattoo business, time for Kenny G and A&F wardrobes!"
Yeah the "old" question's always fun too. Like why would I care, I'll be 70 and all ugly n shit anyway. I'll just look cooler than other boring ass 70 y/o's that's all.

I always love seeing the stuff you post, even if it's not the type of work I would get on myself. I think most of us here can at least appreciate good tattooing in all forms and nerd out on seeing people really dedicated to getting quality tattoos, regardless of style.

I know a lot here are not really into the new type of stuff but i will post anyhows :)
First was with Tofi 11 hours of sheer hell on my shin, by far the worst session I have had. I know this tattoo will not last long due to the way it has been done but I like the quirkyness and I can laser it at some point and get something new lol

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Next day did 4 hours with Victor Portugal just to finish my backpeice.

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2nd day with Victor Portugal was 6 hours and we are starting down my legs and arse cheeks :)

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3rd Day with Victor he doesnt want me to post till complete :(
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Next day Silvano Fiato for 6 hours to fill in above the lady he did last time :)

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Yesterday by El Monga at Spider Murphy's....There's a better shot on his instagram, but you get the idea.

:p You can tell which are Jondix and which Mike´s.

:p You can tell which are Jondix and which Mike´s.

:p You can tell which are Jondix and which Mike´s.

Fabulous!
Thanks

:p You can tell which are Jondix and which Mike´s.

:p You can tell which are Jondix and which Mike´s.

:p You can tell which are Jondix and which Mike´s.

:p You can tell which are Jondix and which Mike´s.

Needles and Sins posted a link to this interview with Mike The Athens, and it's a great one, so I'm sharing it:
Mike The Athens | heartbeatink.gr

i didn't even know that those tags are usually the artist signature :-)
The tag on the Tamatori-Hime chespiece has my wife's name, 'Kokoro no Tomo' (Soulmate) and 'Ei' (Eternity) in it.
In my dragon sleeve there's 'Futago' (Twins), the names of my twin boys, and 'Ei' (Eternity). (They are also born last year, in the year of the dragon).
The big kanji on my lower is the name of my daughter, 'Manamusune' (Beloved daughter) and 'Ushidoshi' (year of the Ox) as the seal.

Finally done after 16 hours. Rodrigo Melo out of Northstar Tattoo in NYC.

Today was the third session on my Tamatori-Hime sleeve/chestpiece. It took 5 hours to put in some background on my upper arm :)
(There is some old kanji on my upper arm that's in the process of being covered)

And this is the complete picture of how it is now: