peterpoose

I got this lil' dude on my forearm from Mat Welch yesterday. It's really hard to get a solid picture, but you get the idea...

I love this!

In cases like this though the person should have just tried to get tattooed by the artist that did the tattoo they love so much or the artist doing the tattoo should have enough respect for other tattoo artist and self respect to work hard on producing an equally amazing but completely original piece.

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Justin Hartman posted this message on his Instagram account and I liked it so much, I thought it was worthy of a reposting
When I post new work on Instagram I get a lot of comments from one person tagging another saying things like “get this” or “your next tattoo.” I see so much of my own, and other artist’s custom work taken, and duplicated. Social media has become the most effective way for artists to showcase, and share what they do. We are not putting together a catalog for you to pick out your next tattoo. A custom tattoo should be worn only by the client it was designed for. Period. As for the artists that are perfectly ok tracing screen shots off of Instagram and tattooing them, show some respect and at least change it up and make it your own. If you’re gonna steal from those that spend countless hours coming up with something that’s original, and one of a kind, then go buy some flash.

Had this Jason Butcher piece done and some filler :)

Had this Jason Butcher piece done and some filler :)

Had this Jason Butcher piece done and some filler :)

Had this Jason Butcher piece done and some filler :)

Had this Jason Butcher piece done and some filler :)

Had this Jason Butcher piece done and some filler :)

Had this Jason Butcher piece done and some filler :)

Had this Jason Butcher piece done and some filler :)

A bunch of people on here have probably seen this all ready but here is what Rudy Fritsch and Iain Mullen did to my back today, took approximatively 2 hours all in all

I have a new found respect for people with back tattoos as of this session. Shit is brutal!
Only a small portion of it felt all right. I had to struggle really hard at times. I was trying to surf the balance between consciously being there with the agony and discomfort and zoning out and into my head as much as possible. Divine moments of pain, that's what I kept thinking, while also trying to breath slow and stable.
Getting tattooed by two tattooers working simultaneously is a good idea though. It's only about 1,568 as painful as getting hit with only one machine but it's about twice as quick! Most of the time the machine working at the most tender spot would be my focus and the other one was mostly irritating. You do get some crazy synergies and some combination of spots gives you new concepts of what pain can feel like. Recommended! Also very happy with the result so far, of course, hardly any need to say that right? Very rememberable afternoon at Imperial Tattoo in Stockholm

lol indeed :)

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.

@peterpoose Just take it as someone loving what you get so much that they have no sense of self-worth, to the point that they'd get something that you got. As Chaz, the graffiti artist said at the Perseverance show, biting is the highest compliment.

I love this!

Yeah, yours has the sultry. The other chick looks zoned out or ready to sneeze.
Any thought to contact them and ask WTF, even if you aren't upset?

I love this!

And nicotine stained teeth lol

People with gas masks and octopuses :(

i like the outline if it works with the design. i think stewart robson at frith st. tattoo did a fine job on this one...
i totally think mario is right too, cut out everything that doesn't need to be there. i always find that the tattoos that make a big impact, are simpler and less involved. filler can definitely look cool, when done right. but i prefer the negative space between tattoos, i also think it gives each piece a stronger impact and it adds more of a storyboard effect to the body, which i think reads better. stuart cripwell at spider murphy's executed this perfectly...

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

Having a tattoo that looks like a fucking tattoo.

People with gas masks and octopuses :(