Lance

I got this one this past Sunday from Horitomo.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BI1TiMWgr4q/?hl=en

 
 

I got this one this past Sunday from Horitomo.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BI1TiMWgr4q/?hl=en

 
 

I got this one this past Sunday from Horitomo.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BI1TiMWgr4q/?hl=en

 
 

I got this one this past Sunday from Horitomo.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BI1TiMWgr4q/?hl=en

 
 

I got this one this past Sunday from Horitomo.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BI1TiMWgr4q/?hl=en

 
 

@gingerninja! You know how to rock a convention! Great pieces. Btw, who did your shi-shi? Looks cool too from what I can see.

I got this one this past Sunday from Horitomo.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BI1TiMWgr4q/?hl=en

 
 

I got this one this past Sunday from Horitomo.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BI1TiMWgr4q/?hl=en

 
 

I was lucky enough to be able to see this exhibit at Middlebury last weekend.  It closes this weekend and I wanted to encourage any New Englanders who might be reading this to go.  The close-ups and life-size photos make it well worth the trip even if you own the catalogue.

My evil plan is to have Henning fill in the space opposite Grez's fall piece with winter and spring botanicals. Mike offered to add more fingerwaves around the fall piece to tie it all together. I'm silly happy. @sophistre

Ive gotten a few sinse my last post on here.
Chest and skull/dagger are by Josh Peters.
Kingyo is by Daryl Hart.
Tiger by Shaun Martinson.
Heart and flies are by Pat Mcfarlane. (pardon the saniderm)

Pagoda was good...
Peony by Rubendall, fall botanicals by Grez, Sailor Jerry swallows by Scott and filler peacock feather by Virginia Elwood. Sorry that the color saturations are all over the place (the peony and feather look pretty normal). Butt tattoos hurt!!

@Lance, @TrixieFaux & I caught the opening of the Tatau exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum in L.A.'s Little Tokyo last weekend that Taki from State of Grace put together. Saw some live tattooing which was very cool. Takes three people – one to tap, tap, tap and two to stretch the skin. Beautiful traditional Polynesian style tattooing that flows with the body. Definitely not your '90s tribal. Highly recommended. Here's a pic of Chris Nunez introducing the tattoo models.
 

Thanks for the lecture write up @irezumi! Chris Brand's lecture, woah! Your words ring absolutely true and I don't need to repeat you. I can't wait to re-watch that when they post the video.
You are also indeed correct with regards to Junii. She was very nervous and as you said at times struggled, but the emotion that came through was definitely felt by the audience. She absolutely deserved the standing ovation she received. I have much respect for this stand out Lady.
Speaking of another nervous speaker, I spoke with Jill after her lecture. We had a good laugh that she was so incredibly nervous, she absolutely could not bring herself to look up from her notes when speaking. At all! She had single minded focus looking down at her 8 1/2" x11" sheets. "There was a crowd in the lecture hall, what?" Ha ha. But her lecture was a good one as well. And an interesting one that worked well as a follow up to Chris Brand's 108 heroes of Los Angeles. Hers was about a Client who's bodysuit looked traditionally Japanese, but upon closer inspection actually held historical Mexican stories and legends. His back piece was a translation of the Mexican flag telling the story of the founding of what would be Mexico City, but rather than depicting an eagle it held a falcon which is a common motif in Japanese tattooing where an eagle was not. Then she translated two Aztec gods as dragons for each sleeve. Quetzalcoatl, a winged serpent, was depicted as a winged dragon and the other was depicted as a floppy eared dog-like dragon (can't remember the god's name) but she used these not to dis-similarly to the pairing of Fujin and Raijin. The whole of it balanced out not too unlike the idea in some Asian cultures for the 4 directions.
What's best of all is all of the lecture subjects are also in the catalogue and soon to be online for everyone, I believe.
Oh, and the 50 bodysuits on stage were amazing. No picture I've seen online do them the justice deserved. When will you ever see that again I mean? Jill had initially asked me to participate in it but modesty got the best if me and I declined. In hindsight had I asked about the format I could have totally rocked a fundoshi. Strength in numbers ;-)
On a last note, one of the best experiences I had at this show was engaging in a conversation with a gentleman who was looking at 3 of Shige's clients back pieces. He had no tattoos and was dumbfounded by Shige's work. He asked me how such a thing could be done. He was so amazed by the quality that when I mentioned Shige works by machine and not by traditional hand tools, he thought Shige input the design into a computer and a machine tattooed the image onto the Client. With all these threads on here about negative experiences from people without tattoos, this is a fantastic show for people with no tattoos to experience and learn about a culture and educate themselves and a great way for people with tattoos to engage them in a friendly dialogue.

I have a surgical scar from a shoulder injury (from a crash with a roadbike).
This is a picture the day after surgery

The scar didn't heal very nicely (as you can probably imagine from that picture ;-) )
And this picture a couple of minutes ago, you can still see a part of the scar without ink, and you can see the covered part.

I also have some road rash on my elbowd, which is now covered by my sleeves.

Hi All!
I really like the look of well-executed munewari. I have only seen it on men and a few smaller breasted women.  As a larger breasted woman I am interested to see how munewari reads on...big boobs.  So.  To that end, does anyone have pictures to share? (lol good thing i've been here before because that ALMOST sounds creepy). Anyway, pictures of women, preferably with larger breasts, with munewari to the nipple.  (definitely sounds creepy. but i'm doing it for the tattoos guys!)
Thaaaankkks!
beez
(ps SF peeps, think i'll be down in the last half of august for tattoo!)

Yes! Definitely want to check this out, but not sure when. Probably late summer (Sept?)

Yes! LST L.A. meetup part deux!
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Had my left armpit done in May or something like that. Mind you I was a bit under the weather, but it sucked getting tattooed. Great tattooer. Great tattoo. But no more tattoos while sick for me. It wasn't so much the pain of being tattooed. What got to me was the position we had to put my arm in to stretch the skin and make it easy for the tattooer to work. My arm was raised over my head and cranked towards myback. It's odd to describe but the lack of blood flow almost made it feel like severe ice burn flowing all along my arm, down to my hand and pinky and ring finger. I needed multiple breaks to get feeling back in my arm. Session lasted for 4 hours or so. I was a bit embarrassed about it as I've never had to ask for a break before because of pain.
That said it healed awesomely and totally dig it. I have an appointment coming up next month for the other side. I'm hoping I do much better this time around though.

Short and precise. I like that. Ha ha!

It could be worse...
...people could be called a "Canvas" ;-)

by Robert Ryan @ Electric Tattoo in Asbury Park NJ

I had my first sitting on my knee with Grez the other night. We ended up sorta running out of time because he had to leave right when the shop closed and it took a while for him to draw a lot of things on when we started. But he got done the outline and shading and it looks fuckin killer.
The real highlight of the trip was after we wrapped up though. He had told me last year that he was going to show me his tattoos from Hardy, Higgs, and Conn (his three favorites). So Thursday night he showed me tattoos he has from all three of them. Then he asked me if I wanted to see the art he keeps at the shop (aside from all the insane shit he has on the wall). He showed me a shitload of originals from all three of them, from flash sheets to commissions to sketchbook pages. He also showed me a bunch of originals from Sailor Jerry, Mike Malone, Timothy Hoyer, Tim Lehi, and a ton of others. It was absolutely bonkers.

I'd like to show you folks my new dragon tattoo  by Horitomo, but I can't get it uploaded to my Gallery, nor can it be attached here.  Sorry, I just can't get the hang of this new site.  Anyway it is really nice - almost a complete sleeve.

No upcoming tattoo plans at the moment, but I'll post up when I know when my next session is. Mainly just writing in to say: miss you guys.  I don't have as much time for fun on the internet as I used to.  In any event <blows kisses>.