Dhopper

There is a lot and I mean a lot more than what you said GSJoe. You can love art but you are not going to try and be Caravaggio! Where are you at GSJoe? Before you even started tattooing fruit you need to draw! When you are tired of drawing, draw some more! Draw and draw. Then go in to a tattoo shop and show those drawings. Go home and draw some more. You see where I am going here GSJoe? After all that drawing, you may, going back into that shop and show them your new drawings. If they like them than you will be taught how to draw! " You have to past the first grade before you can go to the second grade!" Peck

Those two guys put in the work. Nunez may be still learning but I still would not mind him tattooing me. He is not the best but it is also not something that is done 100 percent correct to Japanese culture. Ed did it the best and people followed his lead.

Oh I see, it is like saying I live in New York City but actually New Jersey! I am just messing with you. You got me. Maybe not every single town but every major city has a good tattooer.

I don't think I posted this new one I picked up from Greg Christian at Chris Nuñez's new shop, Handcrafted Miami just after New Years:



Super excited for South Florida to have this new shop, which is beautiful. They're bringing in a lot of big name guys, which we don't often get here. Chad Koeplinger visited a few weeks after I got the moth and I was kicking myself for not having the budget to get something.
But, I did book in with Heath Nock for June. (Holy shit that is a long ways away!) Getting a gator head with a Florida banner.

Might as well. Greg Christian @ Handcrafted Miami

More pix in the latest tattoo lowdown. It's hard to shoot photos of your arm yourself, haha.

Every town and I do mean every town has at least one good, maybe not great, person that can do a good tattoo. It may not be your " style" but can tattoo a technically good tattoo.
Kind of an oxymoron there. The best tattooers are not at shitty studios for a reason! A famous shop does not become famous ( whatever famous means) by doing shitty tattoos!
Firth Street is a famous shop and has what people might call famous people tattooing there. I know if you say Valerie or Stewart's name at a tattoo shop, 90 percent will know who you are talking about! Especially with Instagram and Facebook.

Greg Christian's dragon heads are the bees knees.

Would love to get something pretty sizeable from O'Donnell, time and travel expense kind of make it unlikely for the foreseeable future - really cool for all you guys!
Just about to email Greg Christian about getting something while he's in London - maybe a dragon's head, I was going to get Chad to do one if I came up on the reserve list while he's at Frith Street but I figure that's unlikely and if I do I can always get him to smash something else out, could be an exciting month after all...

Every town and I do mean every town has at least one good, maybe not great, person that can do a good tattoo. It may not be your " style" but can tattoo a technically good tattoo.
Kind of an oxymoron there. The best tattooers are not at shitty studios for a reason! A famous shop does not become famous ( whatever famous means) by doing shitty tattoos!
Firth Street is a famous shop and has what people might call famous people tattooing there. I know if you say Valerie or Stewart's name at a tattoo shop, 90 percent will know who you are talking about! Especially with Instagram and Facebook.

Pants Cat!
Ron Henry Wells
<3 <3 <3

I'll throw this one in.
Portrait of J.E.B. Stuart done by Josh Brown (James River Tattoo).

I should mention this was done in 45 minutes. I was just told to hang on.

I know! If I were ever going to have a backpiece I think I would want him to do it...

It would be interesting where. I like his stuff!

Here's some fillers I have had done the last couple of months, all by Tony Nilsson at Bluearms Tattoo here in Oslo :o

Here is my shark based off flash by Matt Howse, Tattooed by Stevie Edge at Hunter and Fox in Sydney Australia.
Some more great tattoos this month, seems to get better and better every month.

May as well give it a go as its healed at this stage. :)
By Ross Nagle @ Allstar Ink Limerick.

@else
TOO GOOD!
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Another "I know I'm gunna lose again" posts. It's an older pic and missing some updates but whatever!
or in the words of @Dan S....Just to keep in practice

Regino Gonzalez
Invisible NYC

Here goes!
This is my hindu influenced panther by Chad Koeplinger done 1/18 at the Star of Texas Convention in Austin, Tx

I will say they only names I know that you did not put Jennifer,
Kandi Everett, Jill Jordan, and Kari Barba.

I will say they only names I know that you did not put Jennifer,
Kandi Everett, Jill Jordan, and Kari Barba.

I will say they only names I know that you did not put Jennifer,
Kandi Everett, Jill Jordan, and Kari Barba.

I already have a t-shirt, so this is just to get things going this month.
Healed Baku & Shishi by Marius Meyer (Going back for minor touch ups soon. Had some trouble healing one of the Baku's eye)

Damn I broke like half of these commandments!
12. If you hold your breath, you will be laughed at if you pass out.
13. It is your tattoo not someone else's! Do not be talked into a tattoo because it would look cool or you want it because Kat Von D is the greatest and she must be the best portrait tattoo artist!

Damn I broke like half of these commandments!
12. If you hold your breath, you will be laughed at if you pass out.
13. It is your tattoo not someone else's! Do not be talked into a tattoo because it would look cool or you want it because Kat Von D is the greatest and she must be the best portrait tattoo artist!

Damn I broke like half of these commandments!
12. If you hold your breath, you will be laughed at if you pass out.
13. It is your tattoo not someone else's! Do not be talked into a tattoo because it would look cool or you want it because Kat Von D is the greatest and she must be the best portrait tattoo artist!