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Do you need any more brothers?

Had to dig up this thread to post this amazingness.
Tim Lehi (in progress):

It's hard to find a decent picture of it, and it's not the greatest example of a dragon tattoo, but Brody Dalle has one:

/massive ladycrush

I really never considered this a traditional tattoo site, but more a quality tattoos site. Traditional is the sense maybe that we talk about people who have established themselves in the tattoo world, more than recent trends in tattoo design. Although some would say getting traditional tattoos is kind of in style right now, others would say they never go out of style. But ultimately I think people who do quality work in any style get a fair amount of respect here.
But I guess this site can be a lot of different things to a lot of different people and regardless of how we see it, we all seem to be a fan of some of the stuff discussed here.

Have you guys seen this? It's hilarious:
Look at this Instagram (Nickelback Parody) - CollegeHumor Video

Very cool to see your tattoo on that site. It's a great looking tattoo.

Yeah. Mr. Lambert didn't invent the POSE, but there's no denying that is a direct copy.
I'm working on a 'hack Inkmaster' proposition... where we get really amazing tattooers to apply, really educated collectors... and then we all just act like total horses asses.

I thought it was cool that Gunnar's work on me was highlighted:
Learn something new about Gunnar : TattooSnob: The High End of Low-Brow
What's important here is that a great artist (Gunnar) gets his work recognized. Plus, since the work he did for me isn't his known for cute and creepy style, it shows his versatility.

Those are some cold stairs. Im happy, i will be there for my second sitting in 9 days.

I saw him a month or so ago. Good show, but I have to say I prefer The Smiths to his solo stuff.

Thank you! I know I am panicking, and worrying, but I will believe you guys and assume that it will get better. I do love that tattoo... I dont know how he made the the black lettering so bold and thick, but its perfect. Not insipid, frilly overly girly. its feminine while being bold.

Update: It totally worked!
I was a little worried that I would get a leg tattoo and still hate my legs...
But I've spent pretty much every waking moment since I got my raven-girl staring at my leg (and pictures of my leg) with absolute adoration.
I <3 my leg!! Yay!!
Also - I figured out the probable reason *why* I've been persistently dreaming about leg tattoos. My motor nerves are dying but my sensory nerves are fine. However, because of the motor damage my sensory nerves are freaking out pretty much all the time and I have a constant pins and needles/sunburn feeling from my ankles to my knees. It's much worse at night (like a toothache I imagine, worse when there's nothing else to think about).
Anyway, as soon as he started I realized that the sensation was just a notch stronger than what I've been feeling all the time anyway.
And - I learned to trust my tattooer. I had gone in initially telling him "I don't really care, do whatever you want". And then we had talked about a few things and kind of nailed down an idea or two. When I came in to get the tattoo the drawing he showed me wasn't what we had talked about at all and my initial thought was to cancel altogether. But then I thought on it for a minute and recalled that I had told him that he pretty much had free reign to do what he wanted so I went with it even though it wasn't what I had expected it to be. And it is AWESOME! Better than I ever imagined and I couldn't be more pleased with the thing.
And now I want more ;)

for what its worth i do not claim to have invented that particular pose.
it is
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs15/i/2007/290/7/b/Tiger_Gold_by_xiaobaosg.jpg
very
http://www.gemegg.com/images/stocks/large/1044.jpg
very
http://www.freetattoodesigns.org/images/japanese-tiger-tattoos.jpg
common
http://www.coldskin.nl/images/flash/image/1159991363.jpg
in japanese tattooing
The Art of the Japanese Tattoo | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Phase one of "project squidpants" is complete! :-)
"Raven Steals the Sun" - done in ~4 hours tonight by Levi Hatch at Think Ink Tattoos in Norman Oklahoma.
Completely and totally in love with it - it wasn't exactly what we had talked about and it took me a minute to come around to his vision after he showed me the drawing. Now, the more I look at it the more I love it.

Thank! And to the other poster too.
I wish I had better pictures of all my tattoos, my Japanese is looking good. If I could though I would do things differently, I woudve gotten the lady facing the other way. I told the artist to do it that way, and while it still looks good I wish it were facing forward. Same thing for the compass, though it doesnt bother me nearly as much as the gypsy. Heres a pic of the chest panel for my Japanese.

This was about 2 months ago, all the background from the elbow up is done now.

Hey everybody, new to the site. Got my first tattoo 7 years ago right when I turned 18. Thing is a pos that I wish I would have actually put thought into, but at least its fairly small and is hidden. Since then I've gotten 5 more. The two that I like the best are my Nightmare Before Christmas tattoo on my side and my Alice in Wonderland on my arm. Both by the same artist in VA. So... yea, just stopping in to introduce myself and say whats up.

I usually take a good 14 days for a full peel, but then I usually have a very light secondary peel a few weeks later. I've read that it takes roughly 45 days for a tattoo to fully heal.
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also, I had a few spots in my most recent tattoo that took much longer to heal than others. In the end, all turned out just fine.
i think your tattoo looks great. That black lettering healed perfectly. I think you just need a little patience with the red, but i'm sure it'll turn out fine for you.

I think they were going to send the crazy chick home, then I saw the markers and knew he was leaving.

With all of the talk about Jesse no having tattoos, I didn't even notice that dude didn't have any at all.

Those are some cold stairs. Im happy, i will be there for my second sitting in 9 days.

Hello and welcome.

Chest eagle from valerie vargas sat 15th, I'm looking forward to that, not...

The day the word "revolutionary" lost all its meaning.

My favorite quote of the show was Rubendall telling that guy "clearly the client was the victim here."

Oh my goodness, I love that moth elephant so much.
Also love this one by Virginia Elwood: