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I am up to about 60 hours...I don't want to think how much money that translates to. It's really an easy math equation. :confused:

That's a tattoo!

I think personality/attitude is very important. I will take a less than perfect tattoo from a great person before I take a world-class tattoo from an asshole. Anyway though, I think their personality shows in their work to the extent that I wouldn't be attracted to an assholes artwork...at least I don't think. Short answer -- personality is very important to me. The experience and memory of the moment is going to outlive the crispnesss and vibrance of the tattoo, I think...

Jesse has a nice take on the Neo/Euro Japanese style. One of the few in our area to do it well, he'll do it right! Cant wait to see what he comes up with.

OED, I've got an over life size Tibetan Skull on my ribs from Chad. I posted a pic a couple of pages back.

I got another appt with Chad K on July 9th...gonna do some more work on my side.

Thanks Stewart, I enjoyed your interview. I am not a tattooer, but am a serious, studied collector. Also I am a creative artist having been formally educated in music theory, composition, and spontaneous improvisation. So I think I see the similarities in concept that you suggest here. I even once used the analogy and was told by a tattooer to basically jump off a bridge and that I didn't know what the hell I was talking about because I was not a tattooer. Anyway, I get it.

It looks like it was done by a competent tattooer, but not by one that really knows or does Japanese very well. The whole energy and flow of it seems disrupted.

I play saxophone, My band: ACME Swing Mfg. Co.

No wisecracks. Here's my Jeff Cribb tattoo (spidermums). Brian Bruno did the Kitsune...

my ass is not tattooed, but I got tattooed closeenoughto it that I thought it was being tattooed and it definitely was no picnic!

I don't think Octopus is very popular outside from the beach and Jesse's shop. I bet he gets asked to do a lot of Octopus because ofhis own killer Filip Leu sleeve. There was a time I though Kitsune were uncommon,then I read a couple of artists websites where the artist said they were tired of doing foxes. I had artists tell me they were their own worst enemy by posting pictures of their latest 'eagle' tattoo and everyone would come in wanting an eagle and they get caught in a cycle of boredom and monotony. I think whats common is a matter or relativity. Some guys have done more than enough lady heads fortheir lifetime and cant wait to get asked to do a koi!

that tattoo aint great. get grez to fix it asap!

I got a Jeff Cribb tattoo! Super cool experience! Jeff says hello everybody! Ursula, Karl, et al..!

Yes. It's not God that created man in his own image, its the other way around.

I believe in God, just not the man-made one.

1963 Selmer Paris Mark VI tenor sax Guardala Studio La Voz M 2005 Charles Walter 190 ebony

Yeah, the composition on that tattoo could be better. Don't dick around on the next artist you select.

1 "Talent borrows, genuises steal!" 2 "Imitate, assimilate, innovate!" In other words COPY, so that you understand, then based on that heightened awareness and your own aesthetic, do something creative with it that makes it all your own.

I like filling as I go. 'Negative' space is only 'negative' if it's in the foreground. Good background fill is imporant, and gives the tattoo a frame of reference and it gives the viewer a sense of time and place. I am more stringent and particular about an artist's smoke, clouds, wind bars, water then I would be about skulls or hanyas, dragons. It matters.

I just met Jeff! Super cool guy! I am trying to figure out (with my family in tow) how sit with him before I leave SC.

There are a lot of variables as to the trauma of getting a tattoo. I've had some tattoos go through the healing process twice and some that were healed in three days. No rhyme or reason to any of it as far as I can tell. But, I have setled into a workable healing routine. 1 Don't muck with it til the next morning. 2 Wash it in the shower 3 Let it dry out all day (there should still be plenty of moisture in it from the day before) 4 Following morning, shower wash it and 5 Start using lotion. (Don't use lotion on it before it's had at least a good 24 hours to dry out) I know this doesn't sound like 'enough' but it works for me. I am not a particularly hairy person, I don't sweat a lot, and I am not doing manual labor outside, so I am generally clean anyway. Overwashing it only re-traumatizes the area -- and only enough lotion to keep it from getting too dry and 'cracking'.

Re: Jeff Cribb - I enjoyed his interview and looked at his portfolio. I will see if I can find a way to go sit with him.

I am going on vacation in June and wondering if there are any artists in the Myrtle Beach - Wilmington area that I shouldn't pass up. I am mostly into Japanese style, if that helps. Thanks in advance.

Nice! I think you could walkminto any shop on Okinawa and find what youre looking for.