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Heading down to Cincinnati for the second sitting on my Tiger with Kore Flatmo tomorrow. I can't wait!

Heading down to Cincinnati for the second sitting on my Tiger with Kore Flatmo tomorrow. I can't wait!

Heading down to Cincinnati for the second sitting on my Tiger with Kore Flatmo tomorrow. I can't wait!

Heading down to Cincinnati for the second sitting on my Tiger with Kore Flatmo tomorrow. I can't wait!

Heading down to Cincinnati for the second sitting on my Tiger with Kore Flatmo tomorrow. I can't wait!

I call him Ladyface Navarro.

Heading down to Cincinnati for the second sitting on my Tiger with Kore Flatmo tomorrow. I can't wait!

Heading down to Cincinnati for the second sitting on my Tiger with Kore Flatmo tomorrow. I can't wait!

Heading down to Cincinnati for the second sitting on my Tiger with Kore Flatmo tomorrow. I can't wait!

Sorry this made me laugh because so many dicks are already walking around the streets so why should people be offended by drawings of them?

You should've asked her what her blouse means.

I call him Ladyface Navarro.

I've herd that in respect to piercing but not tattoos.. Being that ppl far older then Jesus had tattoos, it wouldn't be unbelievable that 'Jesus' had a tattoo or two... ;)

I've noticed it's often what they don't say that speaks loudest. Over the last week I stayed in an upscale hotel and had breakfast each morning in their restaurant. Most of the other guests were on business trips or expensive wedding parties. I got lots of surreptitious looks from curious people. Most were fine. It didn't bother me. But one or two of them openly glared at me. It was strange, but I ended up feeling kind of sorry for them. They had nothing better to do than try and make someone else's day a little worse. (It didn't work!) The hotel staff on the other hand were great. I think they enjoyed having a polite, good tipping, friendly customer than the stuffed shirts who were generally unpleasant to everyone around them. In all my years I have never had anyone say anything openly nasty or unpleasant to me. I've had the usual "what do they mean" questions over the years, but for the most part people leave me alone about them - unless they are tattooed themselves. Then I often have a good conversation, swapping our experiences and finding out about artists I hadn't known about. I'm curious to see if anyone gives me grief from a religious perspective. I suspect my reaction would be to yawn and move on.

hahaha! I managed to choke on my coffee!

Apparently the answer is a lot. They barely showed him and I was looking forward to a epic smack down. Those tattoos were awful. Not one of the contestants in the last two years could pull off a Japanese tattoo. I always assumed it was a fairly popular style, but none of these people seem to have any interest.
When Made Rich or what ever his dumbass name is insulted Japanese tattooing as simple and I attractive, I was waiting for Denning to come over the desk and smack him.
Everyone on the show is a "portrait specialist" or into photo realism. I don't get it.

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Mike Dorsey! The guy is slept on.
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FYI Rubendall just did this on Beau Brady's head....AMAZING!!!

Hahaha I know, right? I still kind of can't believe I am getting tattooed by the dude in less than a month. We rewatched his Tattoo Age last night and I am so excited it's not even funny.

I would walk around naked to show of your work...just saying...no homo

How do you think I feel. My tattoos are a dragon and a tiger.

I remember saying that but probably in a slightly different context. I pretty sure I didn't mean that because I chose not to part of 'normal' society that I feel any kinship with others who choose, at a cursory glance, a similar path. I choose my associates by different criteria than if we 'modify' our appearance or not.
My enemy's enemy isn't necessarily my friend.
When somebody decides to become heavily tattooed, I WILL judge them on their tattoos and overall appearance as I expect to be judged on mine. This does not mean that my judgement is always correct but I can make an educated guess that, for example; if someone has 99% crappy tattoos of whatever/every fad and movie-star tattoo of the last two decades that we won't be discussing the symbolism of Kafka and the spirit of Burroughs. Conversely, just because someone has mostly buddhist or various theological themes that we will have an enriching and enlightening discussion. Appearances can be deceptive but serve as an indicator or advertisement of our intent. I feel justified on reading the signals presented and making a judgement call to allow this or that person to take up space and time in my life. I'm sometimes wrong and enjoy the surprise but it happens so rarely that it won't make me re-consider.
Kinda reminds me of being a teenager and meeting people with obscure tastes in extreme metal, only to be disappointed when that was the only interest we shared. Or that they liked it for different reasons.
Sorry to derail the flow of a TV based thread. I just wanted to make it clear that I'm not a crusader for acceptance. Actually, I'm all for elitism and critical thinking (especially with regards to quality) when it comes to tattoos.
The being able to 'back up' tattoos thing - I don't really care, it's not my argument but... I know I'm a tourist with regards to Japanese tattooing. I wear it, I do it, I'm not Japanese etc, etc. I love it but I'm still another foreigner dazzled by the 'exotic' nature of tattooing. I guess most of us are, just some of us spend a lot more time thinking up retroactive excuses for authenticity.
I haven't seen any Ink Master since the first episodes of season one but I'm glad it exists. Friends, colleagues and customers of mine get to goof off and air their opinions on TV while still showing that they care about tattooing. One of them said to me that Ink Master isn't for 'us'. It's for people who want to watch reality TV. At least the judges, guest judges and host give a shit about good tattoos. They get to represent 'us' to the people who watch reality TV. I'm cool with Oliver, Dave, Seth Ciferri, Forrest, Jack Rudy etc etc representing 'us'.

The old lady was awesome.

The old lady was awesome.