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@dcostello Where did you put those 2 beauties?

I'm curious if they can be viewed at the same time . . .

I managed to snag a cancellation with Grez yesterday to do a Panther Rose Morph. I'm pretty friggin stoked!

Epic.

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As I am want to do on my days off, I found myself outside The Pearl. Today Tim Pausinger did a couple pieces of Higgs flash for me. He did a druid and this creepy clown.

LOVE the druid, and I can't believe that Tim just happened to have nothing else going on at that particular moment. Lucky Druid.

Waiting sucks. Ha!

I'm waiting for an August appointment. Anyone else have a long stretch ahead of them?

I've been on Hooper's "out-of-town" list since Nov/12. Last time I talked with the shop manager he said that Thomas would be planning out his summer in late April or early May and to call back then. And that's just for the consult!

Actually if I just ended up waiting 2 years for him I'd consider myself pretty lucky.

Welcome, Idealist!!

and please don't hold your breath.

Welcome.

And what he said ^.

I'd be curious to see it in better light.

Welcome!

ditto!

That Indian skull is really good. Welcome.

welcome!

welcome.

@Maikel64 Nice!

Don't forget to credit your artist.

glad to see you back!

Welcome and good luck!

Post some picture of your work, please.

Welcome.

Personally, I find image tattoos way more interesting (in the long run) that symbols or text. You might find that in the end any tattoo itself really only has meaning to you - and basis that you don't need to be quite so literal with the concept.

On the other hand - not everybody feels that way and you should get what you want.

Check out the stickeys - there won't be much "shop talk" here, at least technical-wise.

I've got ships arriving here from Pt.Lisas almost every week.

agreed. He's got some good realism pieces in there, and some nice Asian inspired work, too.

Whatcha gonna get?

This came from the portfolio of an artist I selected to do a piece for me. My tattoo will be nothing like this at all other than the I want the subject realistic.

Since that particular tattoo doesn't appear to be of photographic quality (it's still a well-done tattoo, mind you) I'd be curious to see more of his portfolio.

Realism is just a style, not a difficulty. Some artists can't do it at all, and some realistic specializing artists can't draw and can only reproduce a reference.

I don't like cold weather much.

and welcome!

I live in the area, and am currently engaged in a large coverup. What kind of style art are you wanting to obtain?

Oh yeah, and welcome!

Son, I know you did not just call women the weaker sex ;)

Ha! Certainly not - overall. Generally in respect to physicality - often, especially when regarding rape.

My mom talks about being a humanist instead of a feminist and it bothers me. Not because I think that being a feminist is better, but because I think that to try to tackle a broad spectrum of problems before addressing smaller disenfranchised groups can overshadow very real and demographic-specific problems.

Actually, I'm sympathetic with both your and your Mom's views, but I'm more in line with her strategy of "broad spectrum" solution. Healing human nature can and should be tackled from all angles - but I'm more inclined to believe that raising a new generation of humanists who think and act ideally will enable mankind to evolve into something respectable much faster than trying to chip away at restoring what's already broken, ingrained and imbedded in our current foundation.

Well there. Solved the world's problems this afternoon. Guess I'll go and find a cold beer to celebrate :p

Welcome, and pics, please.

They're probably going to get away with it.... bleh

I dunno. The girl could easily be recognized by someone. Fingers crossed.

In the meantime, and not to demean your viewpoint (as noted above), why limit your observations to just women? Way too often humans just treat humans (and everything else, too) horribly all across the board.

It certainly is more publicized and outrageous/disgusting when any group preys on a weaker group - and there are plenty of groups who are persecuted, just one of which is women.