Oiocha

Those tattoos are gorgeous, as always.  Penny you have such great taste and your ideas always look like they come right out of the artists classic playbook, even when its an original idea.

Back from London. It was good. ❤️ Mike finished the background on my leg and Valerie did a rad geisha for me. 
 

There are still nothing but heavy hitters at Absolute Art, the indomitable Brian Bruno to name one. 

Little outline Chad carved into me yesterday morning. 

A lot of my experiences have been with people who are heads down and quiet.  I can take the lacking conversation in exchange for wearing a better piece of art for the rest of my life time. Kiku is the only person I had a good time with and got a good tattoo from, we took a lot longer to do the tattoo but came away having much more fun.  I always book with the end product in mind, I can't form an interesting conversation during the experience anyways, I'm concentrating on not dying.

A lot of my experiences have been with people who are heads down and quiet.  I can take the lacking conversation in exchange for wearing a better piece of art for the rest of my life time. Kiku is the only person I had a good time with and got a good tattoo from, we took a lot longer to do the tattoo but came away having much more fun.  I always book with the end product in mind, I can't form an interesting conversation during the experience anyways, I'm concentrating on not dying.

A lot of my experiences have been with people who are heads down and quiet.  I can take the lacking conversation in exchange for wearing a better piece of art for the rest of my life time. Kiku is the only person I had a good time with and got a good tattoo from, we took a lot longer to do the tattoo but came away having much more fun.  I always book with the end product in mind, I can't form an interesting conversation during the experience anyways, I'm concentrating on not dying.

A lot of my experiences have been with people who are heads down and quiet.  I can take the lacking conversation in exchange for wearing a better piece of art for the rest of my life time. Kiku is the only person I had a good time with and got a good tattoo from, we took a lot longer to do the tattoo but came away having much more fun.  I always book with the end product in mind, I can't form an interesting conversation during the experience anyways, I'm concentrating on not dying.

A lot of my experiences have been with people who are heads down and quiet.  I can take the lacking conversation in exchange for wearing a better piece of art for the rest of my life time. Kiku is the only person I had a good time with and got a good tattoo from, we took a lot longer to do the tattoo but came away having much more fun.  I always book with the end product in mind, I can't form an interesting conversation during the experience anyways, I'm concentrating on not dying.

Just figured out how to get to images again. There are several I haven't posted, including everything from Chad. 

Ed Hardy’s new book at his Museum and Afterlife Volume 2 are out. The timing is terrible and my wallet hates me but, I ordered Afterlife and got a friend to go pick up a copy of Ed’s book.

Ed Hardy’s new book at his Museum and Afterlife Volume 2 are out. The timing is terrible and my wallet hates me but, I ordered Afterlife and got a friend to go pick up a copy of Ed’s book.

I got this Filipino tribal collar/chest from Melissa Manuel at Humble Beginnings in San Jose, CA.

 
I feel so much more complete! This is how it was lookin'  before, after the two chest pieces from Walter McDonald.

And thus the photos have been posted, it has now officially happened. My butt has been tattooed.  I didn't like it and I don't like the healing either.  I also was super bummed that I didn't get to go to the San Francisco Asian Art Museum

My ass hurts, my tailbone hurts, every pair of pants is now "too itchy".  I should not have done this to myself.  

No work from Horitomo has been tebori.  I'm only there for one weekend every three months so we're going the fastest way possible.  I waited on his waiting list for 2 years before I got to come in to see him.  I understand his list is much much longer now.

No work from Horitomo has been tebori.  I'm only there for one weekend every three months so we're going the fastest way possible.  I waited on his waiting list for 2 years before I got to come in to see him.  I understand his list is much much longer now.

The world has enough scratchers.

@Oiocha It's worth it! By the end of the weekend, it will all be a distant memory. There is never a good time to get your ass tattooed. 

My ass hurts, my tailbone hurts, every pair of pants is now "too itchy".  I should not have done this to myself.  

No work from Horitomo has been tebori.  I'm only there for one weekend every three months so we're going the fastest way possible.  I waited on his waiting list for 2 years before I got to come in to see him.  I understand his list is much much longer now.

And thus the photos have been posted, it has now officially happened. My butt has been tattooed.  I didn't like it and I don't like the healing either.  I also was super bummed that I didn't get to go to the San Francisco Asian Art Museum

Scythe action from today...
please also note the nineties tribal from a bygone age when things were different...
I like it and I've heard it's coming back into vogue at some point or other.
... 
 

And thus the photos have been posted, it has now officially happened. My butt has been tattooed.  I didn't like it and I don't like the healing either.  I also was super bummed that I didn't get to go to the San Francisco Asian Art Museum

Rotaries are a thing now, and needle/tube combos that aren't much bigger than the end of your pinky and snap right on the end of some of the new wand style rotaries. Inks are definitely improved Eric Perfect talked about there being recipes with listerine in the ink mixture when someone first told them one of their recipes.