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Here's my panther done by Chad Koeplinger a little over an year ago! Alreadu scarred.
 
Done in like 30-40 minutes!

i captured this dude's most painful tattoo(s) of his life, administered by Thomas Hooper...
 

Cool, glad I can actually participate instead of just posting about my oogling like I usually do.  I got it in April of 2014 and that feels like it was an eternity ago, I was even more of a youngin' then.
Lars Lundquist at Inksmith & Rogers  Admittedly I never took a good healed photo, so the one straight off the table will have to do.

Sup guys and gals, I am new. A bit about me, I got my first tattoo at 18, it is a character for "fire" or maybe ninja or Wednesday. Ha, I made the second one up. Well now in my early 30's, I have a few more. Currently workin on my Belly, still got a ways to go on it but I think I'll post it later. Goal is to finish my bodysuit by the time I am 40. Long road ahead but I am excited, na mean. Here are some crappy pics. 04/05 dragon Cavna, 08 Left boob Civ, 15' Right Boob(Hannya) Todd Noble. Flammable (Fudo)sword done by Noble a few weeks after? Shirt not included, my bad about the filter, I just Really like this Photograph. 

Let's keep this momentum going! My panther vs. snake by Bailey Hunter Robinson. This tattoo just celebrated it's 5th year looking out at the world. Done in one sitting with about 4 hours of tattoo time, while Bailey was still in NYC.
This was my first big tattoo, and I'm still stoked on it everyday!!!
Play on LST.

Let's keep this momentum going! My panther vs. snake by Bailey Hunter Robinson. This tattoo just celebrated it's 5th year looking out at the world. Done in one sitting with about 4 hours of tattoo time, while Bailey was still in NYC.
This was my first big tattoo, and I'm still stoked on it everyday!!!
Play on LST.

I was definitely unable to contain myself the last two months. 
-Dan Sinnes scribbled on this locust yokai at Temple. I'm so pumped on how it came together. He posted a photo of the draw on for hilarity.  
-Valerie Vargas did the Oni/Gorilla fight on my arm at the Bay convention. I liked the idea of the eastern/western imagery clashing. My right arm is all american traditional patchwork and my left is semi-american traditional style patchwork with Japanese imagery. This has already healed ridiculously well.
Henning did the namakubi at the Bay convention. I had been waiting a few years to catch Henning at the convention when he had space from his larger works and this was the year. This is absolutely one of my favorite tattoo's. My girlfriend is definitely not as pumped. I'm blown away by his skill and kindness. 
 

This has got to be one of my favourite sleeves here at LST .

Let's keep this momentum going! My panther vs. snake by Bailey Hunter Robinson. This tattoo just celebrated it's 5th year looking out at the world. Done in one sitting with about 4 hours of tattoo time, while Bailey was still in NYC.
This was my first big tattoo, and I'm still stoked on it everyday!!!
Play on LST.

Here's my Steve Byrne panther from when he was at Invictus in Oslo.
Fresh and healed photos.

Let's keep this momentum going! My panther vs. snake by Bailey Hunter Robinson. This tattoo just celebrated it's 5th year looking out at the world. Done in one sitting with about 4 hours of tattoo time, while Bailey was still in NYC.
This was my first big tattoo, and I'm still stoked on it everyday!!!
Play on LST.

And outer forearms are for panthers and dragons. 

A big ol' eagle always makes for a great chess piece.

I think you should take a few hours and watch some LST interview videos before posting again.  Nobody wants to hear every new idea you have every single day, especially when you seem to have no actual interest in educating yourself about good tattoos.

Well, I guess I'll throw my "cat" in the ring (groannnn haha). 
I'm very happy with how this turned out. The pics are of the fresh tattoo. It has healed beautifully. Done a month ago by Franz Stefanik at the Okey Doke in Toronto, ON. 
I'll toss in the before and after pics too as it was a cover up of a sad old bird. 32 years old to be exact. And, I love the line work !

here is my one-shot psych-panther crawling up my inner thigh into the buy-me-dinner zone
made by Shawn O'Connor in 2014 before he setup shop in Nelson, BC

Here's a panther bursting free from a rose.  This was done a little over three years ago by Chad Koeplinger and is a bit beat up like a tattoo should be.

I didn't see anything in the rules regarding multiple submissions... so here is another panther done buy Nick Colella at this year's Montreal Tattoo Art Show. Healed pic

All have been amazing so far!!!  
Here's a panther and some roses done by Jebb Riley, done at Congress st tattoo. This was a spur of the moment cover up started while I was waiting on Chad Koeplinger to color in my chest eagle. He was running late, so I made good use of the down time. Done in 3 sessions. Second pick is a half shot of it healed several years later. 

Here's mine by Brian Tiger at Screamin' Ink Tattoo in N.J. Done in one 4 hour sitting. I love how it turned out.

Let's keep this momentum going! My panther vs. snake by Bailey Hunter Robinson. This tattoo just celebrated it's 5th year looking out at the world. Done in one sitting with about 4 hours of tattoo time, while Bailey was still in NYC.
This was my first big tattoo, and I'm still stoked on it everyday!!!
Play on LST.

Let's keep this momentum going! My panther vs. snake by Bailey Hunter Robinson. This tattoo just celebrated it's 5th year looking out at the world. Done in one sitting with about 4 hours of tattoo time, while Bailey was still in NYC.
This was my first big tattoo, and I'm still stoked on it everyday!!!
Play on LST.

Let's keep this momentum going! My panther vs. snake by Bailey Hunter Robinson. This tattoo just celebrated it's 5th year looking out at the world. Done in one sitting with about 4 hours of tattoo time, while Bailey was still in NYC.
This was my first big tattoo, and I'm still stoked on it everyday!!!
Play on LST.

ah the ol' Rule of Nines !
thx for bumping this thread
...i estimate I'm at least 80% ... checkboard man claims 95% ... i dunno you tell me
on a side note...i started my 2nd layer yesterday !
so to answer the original thread question, nah I'm not bummed at all the closer i come to "completion", it isn't bittersweet at all. In fact very much the opposite. Now there is another dimension and this stage in my tattoo project and that is new layers and density.
The more I get tattooed the more I realize that my tattoo project/journey is not at all about the finish line but about the moments/events/tattoos along the way - just like life...yes, birth and death but life is about living - the events and moments in between.