hogg

Welcome to LST. I just saw those tattoos you did on your grandma's hands and face. Now she'll never get a job! ;)

I'm going on the Sunday, I can't wait to see the Ed Hardy Exhibition. I'm trying to decide if I should try and get tattooed or not, I'm trying to save for my back piece which I started saving for last year before I fell pregnant. We had our son 1 month ago (the most amazing thing I've ever done in my life) but I last got tattooed by Bert Krak roughly 1 year ago so the temptation to cave in and get a little something is strong!!

Maggie's body is covered in tattoos, and her parents have no idea. So we made a video for Maggie to show her parents the tattoos she's been hiding. Made by Bianca Giaever and This American Life.

This forum was started by a professional tattooer, which should give you some insight into certain rules.
I appreciate everyone's civil responses in this particular thread.

You were right--this was of interest to me. Beautiful work, but it brought back some painful memories.

This forum was started by a professional tattooer, which should give you some insight into certain rules.
I appreciate everyone's civil responses in this particular thread.

You were right--this was of interest to me. Beautiful work, but it brought back some painful memories.

Damn people, tattooing has enough drama with all the reality show bullshit, can we just not bring that crap onto the forums? You don't like each other (or at least one of you doesn't the other), fine, I really don't care. I'm sick of it being brought up all the time. Just ignore each other. This is the best tattoo forum I've found and I don't want it to dissolve into petty fussin' and feudin'.
To the OP, if you're even still around (sounds like you didn't like people saying you shouldn't take a shortcut and you ran off), this course sounds like a horrible idea. The best way to learn about tattoos is to get tattooed. Find a shop, hang out there a lot, get a lot of work done there, and maybe you'll get a foothold in the business through an apprenticeship. I can't imagine anyone would want to take on someone who started their career this way, and I think in the long run, it'll just be limiting to you. In the meantime, just work on drawing and studying tattoos. Build up a good portfolio while you're making connections and don't fuck up anyone's skin in the meantime.
As for the forum rules, I don't question it. I don't really need to know all the details of the profession. Tattoos are expensive, hurt, and require a lot of time and skill. That's all I need to know as a customer. If you're going to not get tattooed just because a forum won't tell you how much so-and-so charges per hour or how much their backpiece cost, that's just pretty sad. I really think it's unnecessary.

This forum was started by a professional tattooer, which should give you some insight into certain rules.
I appreciate everyone's civil responses in this particular thread.

This forum was started by a professional tattooer, which should give you some insight into certain rules.
I appreciate everyone's civil responses in this particular thread.

This forum was started by a professional tattooer, which should give you some insight into certain rules.
I appreciate everyone's civil responses in this particular thread.

This forum was started by a professional tattooer, which should give you some insight into certain rules.
I appreciate everyone's civil responses in this particular thread.

This forum was started by a professional tattooer, which should give you some insight into certain rules.
I appreciate everyone's civil responses in this particular thread.

That gives you an idea how they will fare in the long term. If they feel that nothing else is useful here, even the "biggest complaints" thread for some perspective on artist/client relationships, or http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/general-tattoo-discussion/2396-what-makes-good-tattoo.html, they are not someone I'd be interested in being tattooed by.

Hate to break it to you, but that sounds like nothing more than a way for someone to get your money with no guarantees for your future. Spend your money on getting tattooed.

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You were right--this was of interest to me. Beautiful work, but it brought back some painful memories.

You were right--this was of interest to me. Beautiful work, but it brought back some painful memories.

You were right--this was of interest to me. Beautiful work, but it brought back some painful memories.

I saw this one in person recently. It's on Christian Cervantes of Spotlight Tattoo, and yes, it's incredible up close:

hogg's guest on livedintattoos had me realize yesterday that I had not been following Matt on Instagram. I fixed that.

Second session with Kelly:

Ok. I will go first.
"When the inside of the arm isn't tattooed."
Sorry, it's just a pet-peeve of mine -- people calling something a 'half-sleeve' when the inside of the bicep area isn't done. I've even heard people refer to a "Quarter sleeve" when someone just had a tattoo on his shoulder. In my way of thinking there isn't such a thing as a 'quarter sleeve'. You don't even start measuring til you got a real 'half-sleeve'. Then you can have a "three -quarter" or in Japanese vernacular a "7/10s". Then a full sleeve. Or "10/10s"
Please, weigh in.

Thought this might be of interest to some of you. All tattoo work by Diego Azaldegui.

little sum sum from Sheila Marcello @ Electric Tattoo in Asbury Park NJ