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Bill is donating all profits made from his dark black(black as a MOfO) ink this sunday. It's all over the instagram if you live under a rock.

whats the word?

I just got two confirmation emails. I assume I got the print too. I'm giddy like a school girl!

this sounds similar to the place where you put your limb through a hole and get it tattooed.

Wtf... Gloryhole tattooing.

I am sure a few of you have worked in the village in NYC... some nasty shops!

I am blessed to have worked at the cleaner street shops. tattooing in a bong shop is "alright" as long as its getting mopped and cleaned daily. the habibis have some nasty habits. stacks of used sharps containers, no garbage pickup, leaky autoclave etc...

they dont care who tattoos at thier shops as long as they make money.

If you guys want a real scare step foot in "crazy fantasy" or whatever. the owner sits in his dungeon doing lines and hookers while his junkies fuck people up all night long. wood workstations and wood floor... that place is nasty. I dont have to get into detail.

$300 body suits.

I wonder what they will think when they realize they are covered in shit? I mean they will eventually see what the difference is right?

"tatted shit" is a very suitable name. the word "tatted" means covered in shitty tattoos.

I gave up on speedballs (nibs) I like using faber castell and copic multiliners. arches 400lb cold press and a niji waterbrush are my secret weapons.

It took me about 4 years to figure all this out. just barely started painting cool stuff. I will post a koi I did a couple days ago.

I wish man! I am flying out to israel in september so I cant spend any money.

yes! @gougetheeyes and @slayer9019 hit me up dudes. I'll pm you my digits.

also, Oslo reminds me of this Dawn of the Black Hearts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia WARNING!!! NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.

Oh shit, didn't realize your in NYC already.

Now the question is....can us New Yorkers actually get a meetup going while your here!

revival of the meet-up!

I should just shoot you my number so you can text me when it goes down and I will be there.

Rich or Mike Moses at TTW would probably be way into something like that.

Zac Schienbaum is quite the metaltastic little dude as well (we went to the same synagogue as youngins lol)

Not a customer request, but a common customer comment that does push my buttons.... After I've explained to someone that I'll be glad to take their money but a rainbow family tree with no black outlines and the name of every Jones that has ever lived on the east coast on the bottom of their foot is a bad idea their response is "oh, well I'll just find someone who can do it." Those are the folks I'm sometimes tempted to follow screaming into the parking lot.

lol I hate that.

In the defense of dick blick, they only sell to licensed professionals. I was there a week or so ago (in NYC) and the bloodline case was locked and had a clear warning label. As a matter of fact it looked like they haven't even sold a single bottle. I like dick blick and wont stop shopping there just because skincandy sells ink there.

Im not going but my buddy thor is selling his machines there.

sunday monday and tuesday nights are best for me. my buddy is coming to visit me in nyc next week so we will be out in the city everyday.

Well, the population of Earth went from about 1 billion at the turn of the 20th century to about 7 billion and counting today. It only stands to reason that there would be more tattoo artists around and people desiring tattoos.

Tattooing is here to stay. It has been normalized again by the dominant cultures of the world. I don't think it is a fad even though it is going through a boom period. Video games, cell phones and internet usage were all likely once thought to be faddish too, things that would decline or go away. Nowadays it is hard to imagine day-to-day life without cell phones and the internet and video games do more business than film and most of the recording industry put together.

Exactly! And tattoos are cool and always will be.

trolled

I love it when people ask me how much my tattoos cost. I always reply with, "Sorry, they're not for sale."

this is a winner lol!

This is possible a bit off-topic, but what do you all think of the people who get their lower arms covered before anything else? I now have a pretty good balance of visible vs non-visible tattoos, but will admit to getting stuff on my lower arms early and for the wrong reasons.

my forearms are almost covered. I got my first tattoo exactly where popeyes anchor sits. I started getting my arms tattooed from there cause that spot doesnt hurt... no other reason didnt think about it really. I have zero hand tattoos and my tattoos are concealable. I still feel like a hipster cause of you judgmental bastards. ha ha ha ha

Now Casting Spike TV's Ink Master Season 2 in NYC!

Here it is guys! Our chance to become an INK MASTER!

I am not surprised seeing this advertised on Craigslist. Those producers probably don't even know what type of real talent exists.

$150/hour... Impressive! He must be good.

Gentlemen, I am unable to make this. I'm going by how it felt to go 6hours yesterday and I have 6 hours today (Wednesday) and 6 hours on thursday. There's no way I could go out after all that.

Are you getting tattooed or commuting? Lol

I will try and make it. I work that day and might be busy till later. After party?

Murals are for walls. People are dumb.