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@Killercook76 That's comforting, I think. I have a lot of open space on my front :( Haha @polliwog I'll probably post some progress shots if I get permission! But to provide some level of satiation to the curiosity, here's the reference I gave him. Kind of a bad photo because it's an actual painting I own and I took the picture with my phone at night in the living room

@Lance Kahlil Rintye :)

Round 1 of my eagle/dragon.
Tattoo By Chris Garver (thanks fairgreen) at Invisible NYC

This is where I'm up to with my back piece so far. Got a few more months to wait before I can get some more done.

Jason Kundell

Tattooland booth

Chris Brand tattooing


LSTs own Stewart Robson tattooing

Junii Salmon


Mike Giant

Thomas Hooper tattooing



Jondix tattooing



With Thomas getting ready to add on the last day

Hooper Mani Mantra tattoo

Jondix tattooing me :D

Anderson Luna tattooing my Wife

Me, Jondix and Thomas Hooper

I'm already looking forward to next year!!!

Unfortunately I only brought a fixed lens, I'm really kicking myself for not bring a wide angle lens but it is what it is.
Here's what I got for those of you that couldn't attend.....
Shige tattooing, I heard him say that he worked on this guy for 8-9 hours


Tomo tattooing



our own Mario Desa tattooing

Chad Koeplinger

Oliver Peck

Chris Trevino

Kim Saigh

Shawn Barber

Henning Jorgensen

On the subject of a backpiece in a day...


I can't seem to link it as a video, not sure why. It's Dana doing a black and grey dragon backpiece in one sitting. May have been posted before, idk.

Going to be discussing my back/ribs with Dave on Sunday while he tattoos me.
With just my own input as of now, Im thinking full "turtle" backpiece extending down the thighs, just before the knees, and wrapping around the torso with 2 opposite images on either rib, with the "river" down the front. I already have a traditional chest piece so we will have to work around it.
Im stuck between the goddess Benzaiten with her bowa and a white dragon, the pearl diver and dragon, or just a dragon. As for the ribs Im thinking a Nue on one side and a Kirin on the other. I enjoy the contrast between the two. As for the back of the thighs Im not sure. It depends what goes on my back. Im thinking Tennyo would be nice. I look forward to his input.

Thank you!! We actually just finished an unplanned second day of color. I would've posted something yesterday, but I figured I'd wait for today. Suppose I oughta crosspost it to the Lowdown, but here you go:


To be honest, the pictures just don't do the actual colors any justice at all...they get yellowed out. The blue with the red/orange is so amazingly vibrant.

Personally, even though I'm totally wrecked right now, I'm so glad that we powered through it, because the absolute worst spots for me have been the upper back between my shoulderblades, and also just below the nape of my neck. And now they're done! Probably worth the shocky-tattoo-flu feeling I'll have for a few hours tonight. I'll be right as rain again tomorrow, though. :)

Got this burnin' hot chick from Willem Jansen today. What a nice guy, and a great tattooer!
Done at the always fantastic The Sailors Grave in Copenhagen.
Picture via Willem's Instagram (@willem666).

Finally ! I have a reason to post haha ! So stoked about this ! I mean........SO stoked ! Bandage and endorphins still on lol  And the freakin' pics will likely be side ways ;)
I finally got my crawling panther, like everybody should ;) By Franz Stefanik at Okey Doke in Toronto, ON. 
Awesome personable guy, awesome chat, awesome tunes. Just a cool chilled out hang and I got to go home with a wicked tattoo at the end haha. 
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Wow ! Upside right ! Who knew haha !
 

Great meeting you there, and it was cool to hang out with you and Mark!

Great meeting you there, and it was cool to hang out with you and Mark!

Great meeting you there, and it was cool to hang out with you and Mark!

Great meeting you there, and it was cool to hang out with you and Mark!

Not really sure where to put this so Ill just put it here. Sorta related to my Fudo Meow tattoo. This is Chris Anthon tattooing me at the Hub City Expo 2 nights ago, taken by the local news paper.

Great meeting you there, and it was cool to hang out with you and Mark!

Great meeting you there, and it was cool to hang out with you and Mark!

Chris Anthon put put this Fudo Meow-O on me. I love him. That is all.

Japanese dragon sleeve by Scott Ellis is finished!
 

You WILL bruise.  But that goes away and it's totally worth it
pics attached were from my latest from Chad on the inside of the bicep. Taken the day after and under tegaderm. 

Man i don't envy you guys at all, i got a one shot from chad on the back of my forearm and it sucked. Great experience with Chad but he's definitely the most heavy handed guy i've ever been tattooed by.
Saying that, i don't envy the experience but i absolutely envy the work!

Yes!!! Awesome!!  Have my chest done by him and I will agree it was BRUTAL!  Congrats on doing this in one shot!

Got this one shot done by Chad Koeplinger today! The chest was way more painful than I thought it would be!
 

Picked this one up from Marc Nava at the London tattoo convention yesterday. Such a nice guy and i had a great time being tattooed by him. Really wish i was at the convention today/tomorrow as there seemed to be a LOT of artists taking walk ups that had time (Frankie Carracioli, for example, was in the booth with Marc and didn't do a single tattoo on Friday, at least not by the time i left around 8pm).
Bumped in to a few LSTers too, wish i knew their names here but it was a pleasure seeing you all, even managed to stumble across my main man @Iwar when i was literally on my way out of the convention.
 
 

My pleasure :) Music by Kvelertak.