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That there's being exposed to a good insight. My 10 year old son is the same. He's constantly talking about his future body suit. How he's gonna slam a huge battleship across his back, full flight eagle across his chest, lightning bolts and skulls.
They're funny as. When we returned from riding one of the motorcycles the other arvo and as we're rolling the bike back into the lounge room, my 9 year old daughter looked at him and said...Dylan, I reckon when your older, your gonna be a tattooed biker.
The boy just took one look at her and simply said...100%.

Just recently posted a similar comment on another thread, but like all you guys are kind of hinting at, it really comes down to how educated you are about tattooing. I feel so privileged lately that I took the time to educated on tattoos. You guys on LST have helped a bunch as well, thanks.

Check out this Kim Saigh tattoo, @mhapp95. It's got a lot going on -- but it's also a full back piece. If you want that much stuff incorporated into your tattoo you'll either have to go big or simplify IMO.

I don't know if this counts as upcoming, but I started my second (and last haha) sleeve last month. It has Raijin (japanese god of thunder) riding a dragon on my forearm, Fujin (japanese god of wind) on my bicep, A demon head chest panel and some clouds with skulls in them. My artist is tying it into my back piece which is an Oni head and was just finished last month. The plan was to try to finish the back piece first, but there was a scheduling issues. I'll post pics after my next appt.

So, somehow it's been 14 months since I last got tattooed(!) - I went back to uni and life has just kind of got in the way. Finally getting back in the swing of things, hopefully. I've got a consultation with Xam booked for next month so just deciding between a ship on my arm or a girl/reaper combo somewhere on my leg. Leaning towards the latter just now.

It always is unpredictable isn't it.
Plenty of times I've gone in thinking breeze, and it's been far from a breeze and vice versa. We really never know what we're going to experience until we're under that machine. Simply just coming down to never becoming nonchalant about it and treat every sitting with the respect it deserves...
if that makes sense.
It's like in our things that people say that shit you thread...you must get used to the pain after all this time.
I can never see how that statement would make any sense to anyone at anytime. How do you get used to pain?
One of my answers to people when I feel like it is, part of me getting tattooed so extensively is because of the pain factor.
Pain dictates everything in life. Learn to manage it, I can learn to sustain anything.

Here's one of mine, redrawn from the Bowery book and tattooed by Sophie at Eight of Swords last year, a very nice birthday gift from the one and only @MrsGougeTheEyes

Greg Christian does beautiful swallows. There's a newer one on there in a different style that's equally beautiful.

Post your favourite swallow tattoos. I saw one today that I loved from Capilli Tupou:
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My oldest daughter wanted to slam some bullshit passage down her rib panel.
I said, sweetheart...I love you, but if you ruin prime real estate like that with shit text, I'll be forced to trade you for another daughter with more brains.
She's 25 this year and has learned the sound advice given by her father.

Fixed.

I don't do tattoos,but I paint...

green machine







still experimenting a bunch but i think i've finally got the hang of how to lay out a page (borders solve everything)

posted this in the backpiece thread but i'm gonna give it a shot in here as well. finished yesterday thanks to Max Kuhn.

Can't remember if I posted this here
Sundancer but Valerie Vargas, Frith Street Tattoo

Grez just made this one on me a few hours ago...
I'm in love.

Really good! @Graeme Well done.
Couple of my latest efforts

Worked with Jake Arnett on this sheet, In my opinion his paint and tattoo work is so good, It was an honour he wanted to paint a sheet with me. This sheet will be hanging up in my house before to long.

The knee isn't as hard to handle as you imagine.
The knee ditch on the other hand stands up to its reputation.

Today I got my kneecap done by Franz Stefanik at The Okey Doke. 1 down.

Great job dude!!! That's a powerful back piece right there. Love it!

this is my favorite hand tattoo ever. Love how the sleeve transitions flawlessly onto the top of the hand.
This is just a random picture I saw from reddit that I saved on my computer. I don't know who did this or where it was done.

Woah!!! That ROA! How did he fit that and make it look so good? True talent.

I know I already posted this picture when I first got these done, but I figured I'd include a photo in the actual "Hand Tattoo" thread as well.
Here are my hands. Applied by Thomas Hooper.

Really good! @Graeme Well done.
Couple of my latest efforts

Worked with Jake Arnett on this sheet, In my opinion his paint and tattoo work is so good, It was an honour he wanted to paint a sheet with me. This sheet will be hanging up in my house before to long.

Really good! @Graeme Well done.
Couple of my latest efforts

Worked with Jake Arnett on this sheet, In my opinion his paint and tattoo work is so good, It was an honour he wanted to paint a sheet with me. This sheet will be hanging up in my house before to long.