Patriot Ink Tattoo

yeah I heard ya. Here in nebraska you kinda get stuck in the old ways. I went from Mom's to Intenze, but there's sooo much crap out there to catch the "eBay Tattooers".

The closets "good" shop to me is like 3.5 hours away. I don't go to conventions. So LST has turned into my lifeline, lol. I just placed a new order to Lucky last night, and didn't get get the Time Tells. Just couldn't swing the price this time, ya know.

I've really been wanting to try this stuff. I wonder how it compares to Intenze? Yup, I'm that guy....lol

I was fortunate enough to have Tim build me a custom "one off". Speaking with him on the phone was such a pleasure. He is a very down to earth person, and never leads on about the whole TV thing. He even took the time to check out some of my work and offered pointers. He is just a great guy.

Also Khoi from High Voltage is another "in the spotlight" tattooers who you would never be able to tell they've been on a major show. Absolutely no attitude whatsoever from either of these gentlemen.

Its awful for the wearer of the original image check these :

Original by Billy Hay:

Copy by someone called Kevin Clark:

The "copier" doesn't even have the shading right on the leaves.

Then take look at this "Spencer Kmyta" tattoo

And compare it to the original @Valerie Vargas tattoo which he obviously tried to rip off

It's like the second picture in his online portfolio! The fucking nerves on this dude....

Same thing happened to @Stefan Johnsson a little while back (different hack though)

Look how scetchy the eyes of the "wolf hat" are on the rip off. What the hell?

I think Oliver's one of the few that can get away with those!

I want to turn PECKer's interview into a drinking game, in which you take a drink every time you hear the word "Tat" or "LSD"

dary. LEGENDARY!

holy shit! That 3 mil dots is legen wait for it............

Now, what you want to do it make the "rock on" sign, slip the glowstick in and grasp like this.

He prob wants to "slip it in" his butt:)

There was a lot of very fine detail around it and within it. I'd 90% of the shading was single needle. And the rest was with a 7 oval. This was done in 2003, while I was apprentecing. I'm guessing I was being "learned" and that's what took so long. :)

And no! its not that thing for Lord of the Rings! lol

Tattoo Forum | Last Sparrow Tattoo

I hope I did this right.

Holy shit people! lol! I tried to upload it and I forgot to save it. I will try it again. We don't need a mutany! :)

My longest sitting was 6 we I got my neck done. All single needle.

Yepperooni

I have tattooed for 12+ hours a couple times. I try to avoid those situations as much as possible.

And even by today's standards those look like really solid tattoos for pre 1948

You would have thought she would have either got through with no problems or had problems at every airport.

This is completely stupid

Florida teen detained by TSA for design on her purse | The Sideshow - Yahoo! News

It's not unusual for 17-year-old to find themselves in hot water with the fashion police. But on a flight from Virginia to Florida, Vanessa Gibbs found herself detained by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) over the appearance of her purse.

And just to be clear, it wasn't the content inside the purse that the TSA objected to. No, agency officials took exception with the design of a gun on Gibbs' handbag.

"It's my style, it's camouflage, it has an old western gun on it," Gibbs told News4Jax.com. Gibbs didn't run into any trouble while traveling north from Jacksonville International Airport. But on her way back home, TSA officials at Norfolk International Airport pulled her aside.

"She was like, 'This is a federal offense because it's in the shape of a gun,'" Gibbs said. "I'm like, 'But it's a design on a purse. How is it a federal offense?'"

After TSA agents figured out the gun was a fake, Gibbs said, they told her to check the bag or turn it over. By the time security wrapped up the inspection, the pregnant teen missed her flight, and Southwest Airlines sent her to Orlando instead. The changed itinerary created no small amount of anxiety for Gibbs' mother, who was already waiting for her to arrive at the Jacksonville airport.

"Oh, it's terrifying. I was so upset," said Tami Gibbs, the teen's mom. "I was on the phone all the way to Orlando trying to figure out what was going on with her. It was terrifying."

Less terrifying is the actual design on the purse, which is only a few inches in size and hollow. "I carried this from Jacksonville to Norfolk, and I've carried it from Norfolk to Jacksonville," Vanessa said. "Never once has anyone said anything about it until now."

Nonetheless, the TSA says the design could be considered a "replica weapon," something that the agency has banned since 2002. Just imagine what would have happened if Gibbs had also been wearing stiletto heels.

Wow! This thread has been fucking brilliant!!

Someone needs this as a tattoo

That might have to go on my shine tomorrow.

I changed the user titles to: Newbie, Fledgling, Contributor, Champion

.. I know pretty lame (but slightly less boring), so please post your suggestions! :)

I am all for keeping "newbie" the same, but maybe change "champion" to "member w/ too much extra time" :)

btw, did it mention if he had any of those "evil" piercings, lol

Just when it starts to feel like the general population is seeing more than the ink on people.....