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    semele got a reaction from hogg in Post awesome things you have been doing recently   
    I have a piece going into a gallery show in around a month... it's the first show I'll be in that isn't affiliated with the school I work for.
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    semele got a reaction from pidjones in Post awesome things you have been doing recently   
    I have a piece going into a gallery show in around a month... it's the first show I'll be in that isn't affiliated with the school I work for.
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    semele got a reaction from Pugilist in Post awesome things you have been doing recently   
    I have a piece going into a gallery show in around a month... it's the first show I'll be in that isn't affiliated with the school I work for.
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    semele reacted to Graeme in Tattoos and the workplace   
    My current job doesn't have me working with or interacting directly with customers, but I am around them and I've found that I get approached by far more customers when I have my arms covered.
    Guess that means the tattoos are working like they're supposed to.
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    semele reacted to Graeme in Tattoos and the workplace   
    I might be in the minority here in having this opinion, but I hope the general public doesn't stop seeing tattoos and tattooed people in a negative light. I have a hard time having sympathy or patience for people who claim that they're discriminated against because of their tattoos, especially when these people work in shitty low-wage, low-job security jobs. Where I work I saw a guy with a nice neck tattoo have an interview to be a busboy. Guess what? He didn't get the job, because if you're getting your neck tattooed while applying for jobs that pretty much any chump off the street can competently do, you're a dumbass. I probably wouldn't hire you either.
    For me, part of getting tattooed and becoming an increasingly heavily tattooed person is accepting and taking on something that most people don't understand and being okay with it. I think that responsibility, that willingness to put yourself at the margins, is an important part of getting tattooed, especially when into getting into less concealable areas.
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    semele reacted to HaydenRose in Peonies   
    by Nora Townsend, I'm getting a small peony like these next Friday from her!! I'll be sure to post pics, but I loooove her peonies.
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    semele reacted to Dennis in Peonies   
    Here are some of mine from Kurt Wiscombe!



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    semele reacted to Pugilist in Peonies   
    Yes, Brian Kaneko's peonies are what made me appreciate peonies! I love them. Stolen from his IG:



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    semele reacted to Shaun1105 in Post awesome things you have been doing recently   
    If you follow me on instagram (@shaunsomers) you already are aware of this, but my wife and I just got back from a trip to Iceland that we took for our 15th anniversary. We did a horse riding tour that was extremely stretching for me as I basically only learned how to ride in September, and I had never been on an Icelandic horse before (they're different in that they have 2 extra gaits). Breathtaking scenery, met great people, and experienced only a few moments of sheer terror while on horseback.
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    semele reacted to Cork in Full Back Piece Thread   
    Aw yeah, it's really coming together now. Sadly, Dana says he can finish in 1 more session. Picture stolen from his Instagram. If you don't follow him by now, you should @danahelmuth.

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    semele reacted to Shaggy in Full Back Piece Thread   
    Both looking awesome @misterJ and @Graeme. Love tigers in Japanese art and they make such a great center piece for a huge backpiece.
    Sometimes I wish i had 4 backs so I could do a different theme on each. :) No wait I am glad I don't have 4 backs, not sure I could do it 4 times.
    Another session today and I can safely say we have now started colour. :)
    The severed head now is finished.
    Jason.
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    semele reacted to Graeme in Full Back Piece Thread   
    Session three down. A lot of ass and thigh lining today. So brutal. Really loving how it's coming together though.
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    semele reacted to SeeSea in Full Back Piece Thread   
    Quick appearance on the beach. Still a lot left to do and layers to add, but it's coming together. Back in the saddle on Friday.
    Dude asked me, "Please don't tell me you did that all in one sitting." :rolleyes:

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    semele reacted to bongsau in Do you track hours?   
    Some of the LST posters here are bang-on, it is so others can calculate the money you have spent. In my experience it's either because they are genuinely curious and want to see if heavy coverage is a goal attainable for themselves OR to validate their own holier-than-thou opinion that you are a fool for 'wasting' your money on something which they view as silly and frivolous.
    What you see, it took me 10 years of steady progress to get covered in tattoos like this. It shocks most - if you think about a 3hr tattoo vs 200hrs coverage - because I think the average person has a misconception about the time/pain we all here invest...time to manifest the ideas, time coordinating appointments, time to travel, time to research and plan, time to make money and time off work, time applying stencils and placement, time actually under the machine (which is what is only really counted), time to heal, time to develop our relationships with our tattooers, time for the tattoo to age and wear (which is frankly when it looks the best), time for the tattoo to take on a life of it's own as we wear it through our lives. And we can't forget the time to wash/rinse/repeat! When the goal becomes heavy coverage we aren't talking about hours invested anymore, we are talking about years committed. Then a tattoo isn't just a tattoo, tattoo becomes life :)
    Tattoo coverage doesn't happen over night. Which is why tattoo to me is a visual representation of commitment, loyalty and dedication, which are values that I think are very important.
    So I tells em,
    "So, like, how long did that take bro"
    "A long fucking time man"
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    semele got a reaction from hogg in Do you track hours?   
    Like @bongsau, I kept a spreadsheet for eight years because I am a chart-loving nerd, but I stopped remembering to update it about a year ago. I'll probably figure it out one day when I'm particularly bored, but I'm sure it's less than 200 hours and I'm done apart from strange gaps.
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    semele got a reaction from bongsau in Do you track hours?   
    Like @bongsau, I kept a spreadsheet for eight years because I am a chart-loving nerd, but I stopped remembering to update it about a year ago. I'll probably figure it out one day when I'm particularly bored, but I'm sure it's less than 200 hours and I'm done apart from strange gaps.
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    semele got a reaction from CultExciter in Do you track hours?   
    Like @bongsau, I kept a spreadsheet for eight years because I am a chart-loving nerd, but I stopped remembering to update it about a year ago. I'll probably figure it out one day when I'm particularly bored, but I'm sure it's less than 200 hours and I'm done apart from strange gaps.
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    semele got a reaction from beez in Do you track hours?   
    Like @bongsau, I kept a spreadsheet for eight years because I am a chart-loving nerd, but I stopped remembering to update it about a year ago. I'll probably figure it out one day when I'm particularly bored, but I'm sure it's less than 200 hours and I'm done apart from strange gaps.
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    semele got a reaction from tatB in Do you track hours?   
    Like @bongsau, I kept a spreadsheet for eight years because I am a chart-loving nerd, but I stopped remembering to update it about a year ago. I'll probably figure it out one day when I'm particularly bored, but I'm sure it's less than 200 hours and I'm done apart from strange gaps.
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    semele reacted to bongsau in Do you track hours?   
    Yes, in fact I am a giant nerd and I do haha!
    I've been keeping a spreadsheet for 11 years.
    So I have all my stats of my tattoo collection.
    Each tattoo is assigned a number to track the sequence my collection. I track each piece by hours, # of sessions, the hourly rate and cost along with start and end dates.
    For me this spreadsheet has been an interesting tool, I can compare the costs and time of my various tattoos. I can see who has given me the most add-value, bang for buck over the years although I am satisfied with the quality of all the work I wear, no regrets. Tracking also has helped me come to understand the process of tattooing better and gives me a clearer picture of hours/money to budget for upcoming projects, accurately.
    I've gone so far where from the stats I can determine the percentage of my collection that has been made by each tattooist and how much time and money I've spent at various shops. I am well-aware how much money I've spent overall for my decade worth of tattoos but that is never something I disclose.
    But most of all, it's just a fun data set I can play around with. I like knowing all the stats and facts on my collection, for myself.
    I also have collected the majority of my line drawings and/or stencils. I'll probably put together a book of my collection and stats for my family once I'm old and even more boring!
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    semele reacted to Graeme in 2014 Montreal Art Tattoo Convention   
    Yeah, going all three days is EXHAUSTING. It was really a lot of fun though, got a great tattoo, saw a lot of great tattoos, showed my butt to people I hold in very high esteem, hung out with friends, made new friends, and all around had a great time. It's weekends like these that make me feel really fortunate to have a part, however small, in this crazy tattoo thing.
    Here's a picture from our LST brunch meetup on Saturday:

    I've probably said it before, and I'm sure I'll say it again, but y'all are a great bunch of people: smart, funny, interesting, fun to hang out with. I'm proud to call you friends.
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    semele reacted to Graeme in Plague or Cholera   
    This is going to be fun, but the question is way too easy! Shunga all the way, because it's at least going to be a beautiful tattoo! But if I had to get some shunga on my neck, I'd honestly probably go with Dan Sinnes over Horiyoshi III simply because I'm more into the way Dan Sinnes has taken shunga in this really weird, crazy, gross-out way that to me is more appealing than the more traditional shunga. Though there's still some really wild stuff there in the original reference.
    Anyway, here's a Dan Sinnes tattoo of a vagina Daruma riding on a penis turtle:

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    semele reacted to Cork in Full Back Piece Thread   
    My poor butt! You can see the beads of blood already forming on the lotus on the left side. Butt is finished. Not much left!

    I swear this towel was clean before we started. And I got to add a new color to my stained fundoshi. Purple!
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    semele reacted to youthcrewalex in Full Back Piece Thread   
    So pleased I'm all done with my back.
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    semele got a reaction from OhBetty in In this thread, we commiserate about healing our fresh tattoos.   
    I had a huge chunk of my lower leg tattooed on Tuesday, and HOLY SHIT healing the knee ditch sucks. Everything else is fine, though sleeping has been tricky the last two nights, but FUCK YOU, Mrs. Back-of-the-Knee. The tattooing itself was really pretty easy for the most part, but unbending my leg is the worst healing pain I've had to deal with so far. Kinda like someone is taking razor blades to that crease. I just hope that it heals well enough that I don't have to do this again. Okay, whining session = over.
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