DRABFURS

Yep it looks that way!!!! ;-)

You have very firm views on someone you don't know, have never seen their work or their photography???

Hey David he spends most of his life researching, drawing, and then applying to the skin so i'm pretty damn sure he loves them as much as me. He could make far more money in photography but he decided to own and run tattoo shop! Anyway I agree its been exhausted. I see your from Portland are you a Dandys fan?

I have both sleeves, both ribs, chest and stomach covered plus a couple of other tats and am about to start my back. I've lost count how many hours etc. I love tattoos. The tattooist who inked them all also shares my love of the industry and everything else that goes with it. He hasn't a single tattoo. Until you know someone like this you can't just say any tattooer who doesn't have any ink doesn't get the craft. There prob are some guys/girls out there who are only in it for the money but I bet that applies to some with ink too!

I work just around the corner in Blackheath and the Mango beer in there is great!

I work 2 mins away from the Blackheath Zero degrees, they do some great wheat beer in there plus a very sumptuous mango beer. Old speckled hen is my fav at the moment....thats not the cats name!

I personally don't think it would bother me if the artist had tattoos or not. The most important aspect is you get a piece you are happy with. You could get a crap tat from an covered artist or a great one from one that has little or no coverage.What would you go for? Surely the artist with no tats is the stronger person because they feel they don't have to follow the lemmings and believe they have to be covered to be accepted in to the industry.They may love the business far more than covered artists. Either way if you love tattoos you don't have to prove it to anyone else, he/she will know deep down.

This is a portrait of my boy Noah by Ray Wewerka (Flaming Art Tattoo) Caryford England. I love this tat as Ray actually took the photo of my boy months before I decided that was the pic for his portrait.

My name is Jon and i'm from London. Huge tattoo fan and collector with very close links to Flaming Art Tattoo studio. Love the backpeice thread, was looking for inspiration for mine which i hope to start in the next few months. Here is one of my tats i got to celebrate the birth of my daughter.