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Definitely more things from jaie devore at perfection. Maybe see if i can manage a porkchop from chris trevino. Gettin something from stell too.

Goin to ny in a few months. Might get somethin small there. Maybe santoro or robinson. Thats about all.

one of the tattoo artists here in austin was tellin me this is the texas show to go to.

more/better artists than the show in austin and it's like a party all weekend...says it's a fucking blast.

the blogs and all that, how easy it to see everyones work, is cool for all of us. it's also good marketing for the artists. i feel like it might water down the ideas of the artists a little bit though, i kinda feel like i start seeing the same thing all the time. maybe guys are using each others work for influence or maybe i'm just seeing a vast amount of people's work so it just seems like i'm seeing the same things done pretty similarly.

there is something to be said about the artists that still don't really put their work online and just rely on word of mouth. it's kinda a double edged sword for the artist like that unless they have a large client base built up. kinda hate to put those artists work on the internetz but hate to see 'em sittin around with no work too...but i kidna doubt puttin their work in a forum post or two really does anything to help 'em get work anyway.

most of the higgs albums are listenable to enjoyable for me.

the albums are worth it just for the art though, so if i don't like to listen to them i'm still happy to buy them.

gotta add perfection in austin, tx.

lots of good art, anyone in the shop will put a quality tattoo on you and every artist is very nice.

Selling me on Devore, man = )

if you're local you should definitely get something from him.

he put a badass tudor rose on me a while back that's a little more classic.

Jaie is cool coz i just have to give a rough idea and then let him do what he wants and the tattoo ends up very awesome...and i can get something within a week of talking to him :cool:

Is that one from Jaie Devore?

yes. crazy detail in this thing.

the shape of my calf makes it look kinda weird...

Just got this. The artist asked if i was cool with something less classic looking...i said yeah.

i would say email the guy you're interested in now.

jen told me her and richard won't be there this year, also i dont think chris trevino was there last year was he?

^ such an awesome photo.

just watched the freddy corbin tattoo age videos last night...

yeah i haven't been into jason's shop yet. everyone says it's like a museum.

gotta check it out soon.

^ hopefully i'll get something from jaie in a week or two.

also, another cool shop in austin is electric13, sent my little brother in there (he was going to get some terrible shit from a dude out his house that his friends know about), so glad we were able to convince him to go to a real shop. paco is a fun dude.

I saw the shirts Katja was having made at Industry Printing-awesome stuff

oh sweet. can't wait to see 'em.

yeah jaie doesn't get on the internets too much and he doesn't do much to promote himself, kinda relies on word of mouth, that's cool for me but not so much for him.

he recently told me he was gonna promote himself a bit more, him and katja (from perfection too) are about to do a flash sheet and get some stickers and flyers made...pretty old school.

hopefully i'll be getting another tattoo from him in the next few weeks here.

of course, jaie devore at perfection, you can find more of his work at the perfection website...

all the people at perfection are real nice and do good work. jaie and bob are in the back of the shop...

i don't have a pic of my skull that cris cleen did but it's up on his blog. skull/butterfly morph...

this one done by a local guy is freekin rad.

^ that's awesome.

the dietzel books are good.

was also lookin through a spidermurphy flash book at one of the shops here. was awesome too.

i have a local dude that does rad stuff and i can always get something within a week or two...

so the wait for me is waiting for the right time financially...probably a good thing though, that way i won't get a bunch of work too fast...

love to get tattoo'd at perfection.

jaie is the dude that does work i really dig, have a few from him, i've told friends here in austin about him.

actually all the perfection artists are awesome. they're nice, do good work and i'm kinda surprised to see that most people don't mention that place. when talking about the other austin shops...

katja is awesome, super nice and does great work.

check this, and i'm not talking only the tattoo, i smile everytime i walk in there and see the druid (and mummy)...

this is katja's work.

just check the perfection website.

Perfection Tattoo - Austin, Texas

What ever Chad Koeplinger does next

yeah, was thinkin that those native american geometric lookin designs he's been doing would take off.

i think i saw a pic where steve byrne used a design like that too.

Just saw a new one Cris Cleen posted on his site: cris cleen works

just went back and looked at that one

it's badass

this might be my first post, been lurking for a bit.

my first tattoo was a few years ago. my lady paid for it for my birthday. hurt pretty good, still didn't get the whole tattoo thing after getting this one, i got one more because of some coaxing from my brother...after that one...i'm pretty addicted to the whole experience.

i think i've been lucky to get work done from guys who are nice dudes, personable and make the whole experience really unique.