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I suppose I'll contribute to our collection of giant ass-flowers. Finished a few weeks ago by Grez!

I suppose I'll contribute to our collection of giant ass-flowers. Finished a few weeks ago by Grez!

I suppose I'll contribute to our collection of giant ass-flowers. Finished a few weeks ago by Grez!

Thanks for the kind words, y'all! I am so stoked both to have it and to be done with it--I got it done in about a year, which flew by (even if each session was a mini eternity) but I'm excited to not have to heal this summer.

I suppose I'll contribute to our collection of giant ass-flowers. Finished a few weeks ago by Grez!

Thanks for the kind words, y'all! I am so stoked both to have it and to be done with it--I got it done in about a year, which flew by (even if each session was a mini eternity) but I'm excited to not have to heal this summer.

I suppose I'll contribute to our collection of giant ass-flowers. Finished a few weeks ago by Grez!

I suppose I'll contribute to our collection of giant ass-flowers. Finished a few weeks ago by Grez!

I suppose I'll contribute to our collection of giant ass-flowers. Finished a few weeks ago by Grez!

Thanks for the kind words, y'all! I am so stoked both to have it and to be done with it--I got it done in about a year, which flew by (even if each session was a mini eternity) but I'm excited to not have to heal this summer.

I usually leave mine at home. Seems a hassle travelling with them.

Just returned from another trip to China.
I was actually shocked at how much enthusiasm and positive response there was to our tattoos this time around.
Everywhere, literally...like, here are all these cultural relics, history, ancient landmarks, wonders of the world that are hundreds of thousands of years old...but wait rook! It is a crazy foreigner with all these tattoos. "WOWEE So very beautiful" was the typical praise. Chinese all wanted to get photos with our tattooed kung fu team, kind of fun to be a spectacle in China for a few weeks.
The young kids at the Shaolin Temple were super hyped because I have lots of different animals tattooed. I would use the tattoos (and kung fu poses) to help practice their English vocabulary. Dragon, monkey, crane, tiger, eagle, frog, turtle, snake...and my miniature preying mantis tattoo was the obvious favourite, it got tonnes of laughs and what I assume translated from Mandarin into "what the...crazy foreigner...mantis...look how so tiny...funny!" I told my Shaolin friends the tattoos were Canadian chi gung, funny to hear a shaolin monk grimace about "much pain" from tattoos when you just watched them bust metal and sticks across their body.
This photo below makes me laugh. Buddy Beijing was so pumped on the tattoos on my forearms I had to hulk hogan my shirt for him. He then got so amped and insisted we take a photo with him and his baby. And then with grandma and gramps. And then the whole family. And then individually. It was a pretty magic moment and victory for international tattoo relations!

There was some confusion and disappointment though that I had near everything on my body tattooed...except for my back! Well there's always next time...starting my backpiece journey next month :cool:
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my Instagram is "dennis_kool" if anyone is interested in pics from Shaolin and China

I've got a thing for panthers with blue mouths, looks amazing

That's like the Platonic ideal of a panther. And it fits your back so perfectly. Congratulations!!

Damn @semele, that thing is so legible I can read it from a few states over. Did Grez run out of black ink after finishing? Stunning work. I tip my hat off to you.

Beautiful! @semele

holy shit @semele, now that's a giant ass flower alright...and an amazing whole back piece!

I love it, @semele !

@semele I stand and applaud you!!! WOW!!!!

I love this!

I suppose I'll contribute to our collection of giant ass-flowers. Finished a few weeks ago by Grez!

made it a full month without drinking. younger brother's college graduation party was last Saturday so I had a few beers. Budweiser is surprising flavorful after not consuming alcohol or processed sugars for a month.
lost 9lbs of fat and gained 9lbs of muscle during the month of May. gained a lot of strength. and i could just be imagining things but i swear my tattoos look brighter.

On Sunday I got a gross Mr. Toad. No particular reason, I wanted to start getting more stuff on my legs, and I wanted something traditional Japanese. Done by Stace at waterstreet tattoo in vancouver, Canada.

finally got my other knee tattooed this afternoon. by lowercase j

I got this from Tom Yak at Electric Tattoo on Saturday. It's not a great picture because it's hard to take a picture of the back of your own arm, but you get the idea. Electric is a great shop.