Russ

Hello everyone! It's been quiet from me for a while here now, that'a because I've been working on this leg with Marius Meyer! We did it in only three REALLY painful sessions :cool: never tattooing the side of my stomach ever again! hahah But I'm soo happy with how it turned out!
Cat lady is by Chris Conn :o

Finished my leg by Marius Meyer yesterday, we managed to finish it in only three sessions and I'm very happy with the result!!:o
Cat lady on the front is by Chris Conn

Per Graeme's suggestion, my entry into the Ron Henry Wells Tattoo of the Month contest:

This is all your fault, by the way. The collective you.

Ill throw this in the mix. valerie vargas frith street

Ha! Alright then, here's my RH Wells from last year (march-ish I think).

I'm gonna arse up the RHW month combo with another Valerie Vargas piece!

Even though most people know this, both Valerie and Stewart are seriously awesome people. If I had infinite skin and infinite money I could very happily spend all day getting tattooed and listening to their stories!

Got this done by Frank Carter yesterday, nabbed the picture from his instagram as i'm too lazy to take one myself.

A little Black and Grey skull action at Spotlight Tattoo from Christian Cervantes.

I put this in this months contest thread, but I figured I'd put it here too. It was done by Ron Henry Wells at the Philly convention. Getting tattooed by him was great. He kept yelling at me every half hour or so. Highlights included:
"I can't believe you're making me tattoo between Grez and Scott Sylvia!"
"Seriously, fuck you."
"You know I'm ruining the property value of your leg, right? I mean, I'm gonna put this tattoo here, and next thing you know, bloods and crips will be selling crack on your leg."
"Why do you even want to get tattooed by me after these other ones? I should be working at Starbucks, not making tattoos."
Dude was hilarious. Anyway, this is healed now, and it definitely fits in and doesn't ruin my leg at all. Haha. He's so self-deprecating, but goddamn if he doesn't just keep killing it. I love almost everything I see him do.

It's not Breaking Bad ;)
Meaning; it's not serialised. There isn't a story. It's in four parts because each part focuses on a different aspect of being part of FST (or being part of tattooing as a whole)
Part One is the close knit family aspect.
Part Two is the global 'community' and FST's position in it.
Part Three is the people, roads and attitudes that led us to be where we are (wherever that is) and
Part Four is focuses on what it is to dedicate your life to something.
Each part was designed to stand on it's own. Each one has a slightly different feel. Already the people who've seen the rough cuts of them all have a favourite.
Thanks to everyone for the interest. Special thanks to those who bought or rented it. I really appreciate it. The response has been way more positive than I thought.
I feel I should say: it's probably not what you expect. It's not a moving gallery of tattoos and it's not an advertisement for tattooing or for FST.

And the winner of "Tattoo of the Month March 2014" goes to....
@Russ
by a landslide with whopping 68 votes! Congrats Russ. Your backpiece is nothing short of amazing!
Tattoo by Valerie Vargas (Frith Street Tattoo, London)

Please PM @steve1461686340 with your shirt info (size and male or female) along with your address.
Thanks to everyone for your submissions! New contest will be up later today.

give the man two shirts! :)

Congratulations, @Russ ! What an amazing tattoo.

Great piece, CONGRATS @Russ

There was very little doubt about this one! Congrats on a truly great tattoo @Russ

Congratulations @Russ!

Congratulations @Russ though I don't know why you'd want to cover that tattoo up with an LST t-shirt!

heres one from last night, Ill post another when she's healed.

Thanks @Iwar
I also got this Panther off Matt Arriola at Frith Street the day after

I kind of feel like I ruined this month by posting my back piece, no one else wants to enter so I'll post some more :)
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Done By Tim Hendricks at Frith Street Tattoo

I kind of feel like I ruined this month by posting my back piece, no one else wants to enter so I'll post some more :)
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Done By Tim Hendricks at Frith Street Tattoo

Scott's was the worst. From what I can tell, the area in general is fucking horrible to have tattooed. Scott managed to finish the tattoo in a little over two hours. God damn it was fast. Freddy's was still miserable, but much easier to get through.
@SStu here is a really shitty pic of the two semi-together. It's hard to get a good shot on both sides of the belly. (excuse the shitty tape marks).

Ok I'll go First done by the totally awesome Valerie Vargas at Frith Street Tattoo, around 40 hours work, finished a couple of weeks ago.

I kind of feel like I ruined this month by posting my back piece, no one else wants to enter so I'll post some more :)
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Done By Tim Hendricks at Frith Street Tattoo

Thanks @Iwar
I also got this Panther off Matt Arriola at Frith Street the day after