Dhopper

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!

@Dhopper I bought this one- signed by Grime AND Saber ;)

Seems like we can expect a pretty weak showing this month (slackers!), so I'll throw my most recent tattoo into the ring. Torch + snake from Ron Henry Wells, done just before Christmas at Congress Street Tattoo.

Roses on my elbow by Scott Sylvia

Nah, I think that's considered a postage stamp.

Hooper is moving to Austin and will be at rock of ages. That is why he is not taking new clients, probably. Don't know when he will be here full time but it has been around since November that he is moving to Austin. Talk to dryfess. Oh, and hooper will be co owner of rock of ages with Steve Byrne and tony Hundahl. He has signed on a house too!

Started this Upper-back piece with Valerie at Frith Street yesterday, lines and half of the shading done, three more sessions to go:D:o

Baytown born, Northwest Houston for 11 years and Austin for 18 years. Wife wont let me move to San Francisco.

Oh, look. It's @Iwar with yet another mind-blowing tattoo. Who else is not surprised? :)

Finally @hogg Been waiting for that one. Now I want to see a photo of it besides the killer tattoo you have from Theo Mindell on your other knee ;)
Come to think of it, I also have a "not very recent" tattoo that I haven't posted before.
Chris Conn, Sekretcity.

Couple of things that bother me about this show, and both have to do with Dave Navarro. Let me prefice this by saying I love JA and have huge respect for him as a guitar player, but for a judge he has some horrible work on his arms. I know he is there to provide color commentary (no pun intended), but his tattoos scream "don't do what I did". Second, Dave needs to swap the sunglasses for something else. Those things are horrible.
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"The excuses are B-O-L-O-N-G-A" followed by Forrest Cavacco's "Bull****" will always be a classic for me.

It was nice meeting you too! I am glad you enjoyed Shady Grove and got to meet a couple of people! The tattoo looks awesome!

Got this elephant head mandala from Seth Wood on Friday at the Star of Texas convention in Austin. Couldn't be happier with it and with meeting Seth.

It was nice meeting you too! I am glad you enjoyed Shady Grove and got to meet a couple of people! The tattoo looks awesome!

I didn't mean to set them so close together, but I have an appointment with Seth Wood on Friday in Austin, then another (possibly final) session with Kore Flatmo on my back on February 7th and 8th, and then an appointment with Marie Sena at the West Texas Convention towards the end of February. Pretty excited about it all...

It is better in the South! BBQ and guns!

I missed whatever was discussed about Chad Koeplinger, but I don't think that it is out of bounds to talk about where an artist may or may not be relocating to. I don't get to spend as much time on here as I did in the past so maybe I have missed it, but I don't remember ever reading anything gossipy or all that personal about a tattooer on this forum.

Leaving home right now and headed to San Francisco, appts. with GRIME tomorrow and Thursday! :D

It is better in the South! BBQ and guns!

Hooper is moving to Austin and will be at rock of ages. That is why he is not taking new clients, probably. Don't know when he will be here full time but it has been around since November that he is moving to Austin. Talk to dryfess. Oh, and hooper will be co owner of rock of ages with Steve Byrne and tony Hundahl. He has signed on a house too!

I just moved to the NYC area and he moves... Sad!
Time to save up for a trip to Texas I suppose!

Yeah, if he comes back to Cult Classic in the UK next year too I would try and get over. Amazing work going up on IG every day.
Booked to head down to AllStar Tattoo in Limerick next month, to catch some visitors while they're there guesting. I don't want to jinx myself by saying anymore at this point, because fate seems to keep conspiring against me every time I try to get down there.

This just put a big smile on my face. Thanks for brightening my day.