kylegrey

Wow that's in the invisible man book circa Sept 94 it's barely aged , I always thought the one in the book was Freddy Corbin but checking I was mistaken although he also wears an awesome rendition .

Too many great tattooers to be honest, emily from Black Heart in Epsom is one of my fav's she has tattooed my fiancee a couple of times.

What about Norway? Not gonna claim that I know much or anything about your country bar the football. Many good tattooers?

Next time you're around Epsom way take yourselves to see Ian Flower in Ewell Village , this guy can tattoo anything and for some reason often gets overlooked whats even more insane is that you probably won't have much of a wait .

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Bert Grimm produced several stylistically along the lines of the Stell tattoo above you can view them at the lucky tattoo supply museum online page .

You also have Matt Deverson at Progression Tattoo in Adelaide and William Yoneyama who guests at the shop .

PROGRESSION TATTOO: Matt Deverson

Living in Sydney I don't understand why you would travel to Thailand for a tattoo ? You could jump on a plane and in under three hours flying time get tattooed by a world class artist like Dean Sacred in Auckland N.Z. or in the other direction get yourself to Melbourne and the likes of Trevor McStay or Geordie Cole . Either are far shorter distances and I guarantee you will never again need a cover-up . Here's some links to ponder

Dean Sacred | Sacred Tattoo Shop

Geordie Cole

Trevor McStay | Dynamic Tattoo

I like the work of Nakamura Toshikazu also and it's a little different in style from the others above . Here's a link to his site and if you want to view his portfolio click the first grey box with Japanese writing in it , he's also on IG . Also I've previously posted pieces from him in the chest / torso thread .

http://shisei2011.web.fc2.com/

^ This , which will be confirmed when @xmowglix posts that Bob Roberts jam .

That looks fantastic, @kylegrey! And you're lookin' ripped, buddy. :) You made such a great choice going with Ian.

Is there a cover-up in there, too?

@hogg Thanks you are too kind . Re cover-up there's a poxy tribal band which was my first tatty, I'm not sure what treatment it will get as he's pretty much worked around it at this point .

This post needs photos! I love, love, love Ian's work.

As I'm shit at taking photos I'll post up some proper pics in the appropriate thread closer to completion . For now here's a taster taken from Ian's IG after the first session , mines the dragon head on chest dated 7th Sept .

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Lance is correct on all fronts including the spelling of the artists name . I have the book too and I enjoyed it , it's available online for little expense and not hard to get through so I would recommend it .

@HettyKet There's a Christian Warlich thread here but the photos are very rare and I only shared with the owners permission

http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/general-tattoo-discussion/2535-christian-warlich.html

Oh, and does anyone know anything about these photos? Found them uncredited on line but they look maybe Burchett-y to my untrained eye. Pretty sure they're the back nad front of the same man

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Ah, he was here already all nicely coloured in:

Regarding the gent in question by the looks of his hairstyle he could quite easily be an American serviceman of the second World War which opens up the distinct possibility that he may have been tattooed by Christian Warlich . Although a German Warlich tattooed a lot of U.S. (and German see the Christian Warlich thread ) officers and was considered the George Burchett of Germany , he also called himself the " King of Tattooists " .

This Friday will be my third session with Ian Flower on my dragon sleeve ( now full sleeve ) , I'm having so much fun when it's going to stop nobody knows .

Eh. I have dragon heads on both knees and a dragon on my left forearm. I have a snake on my elbow/right forearm, a massive snake on my back, and a snake (with a hot stuff head) on my shin. Four girl heads so far, three spiders, four birds, three skulls, four hearts, and countless flowers. I'm probably missing a few in the previous counts, but you see what I'm getting at. There will be nothing remotely bummer about a huge tiger from Bryan Burk. Nothing.

@hogg and two tigers from the same person !!

Martin Robson here also .

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HORIYOSHI THE THIRD | Horiyoshi The Thiiird

@Gregor has to say, seeing as pro bodybuilders seem amongst the best at getting really lean whilst keeping on lean muscle mass. Genetics, or just a matter of being really good at cutting when the time comes for it?

Interesting stuff , when I started training the idea of "bulking up " was de rigueur and I tried this and gained a huge amount of weight , which in all honesty was an excuse to get fat and the pretence that as I was stronger it was for a purpose . It didn't really help my goals as I couldn't see what was going on underneath the generous layer of lard I was carrying and when it came time to diet I was shocked at how much weight I had to lose to even look like an athlete . After a time I noticed that the guys who made the most improvements and who's physiques changed the most were the guys who competed regularly, because after a contest is when a competitor makes his best gains as the metabolism is in a heightened state from weeks of strict dieting and once he resumes his normal routine his workouts go to another level . Another thing to ponder is that a lot of the more experienced Pro's actually grow into a show i.e. are at their heaviest and most muscular in the dieting period because they are eating a lot more than what they eat in the offseason and doing far more cardio so the two aren't mutually exclusive . At the moment I'm cycling mad so I ride my bike around 70-100 miles a week at a reasonable clip however I've gotten stronger in the gym so as long as you eat accordingly and focus on the big lifts cardio isn't detrimental to gaining strength . Also it's not a case of just eating more it's more tracking your macros as the old adage goes " you can't get fat if you don't eat fat " try consuming 3-4000 ultra clean calories it's very difficult and also expensive if the majority is derived from protein , bearing in mind that a pro bodybuilders weekly food bill in the US is in the $500 range .

Sounds great I love Lee Roy Minugh's flash .

The story and tattoo are genuinely inspirational..

Best of luck to the both you in this fight.. The tattoo is cool I really like it.. A friend at work to me FFDP covers that song on their new album and its pretty good, haven't herd it so I can't say.

Good luck @blujax01 to you guys and a fine choice to reference a Lady's Love cool Jay jam , I read Chuck D rated his the best rap voice of all time !

Our boy's half -man , half-horse , with a licence to shit in the street .

One of my all time favourites by Ivan Szazi .

" It's a good thing they (tattoos ) hurt , otherwise every pussy in the world in the world would have one " - Jack Rudy .

Hi Lionel, I've recently seen some disturbing stories about people getting tattooed in Bali , I don't know what you make of it but I've been to Bali and even prior to reading this my suggestion would have been hit the waves not the tattoo shops .

Indonesia probes Bali tattoo parlours after claims Australian contracted HIV | Mail Online

Any background on this photo? Where'd it come from?

So inspiring! Imagine back in the day when you were one of those only people walking around with tattoos, what a feeling.

@Guero It's from the fans of the Les Skuse Bristol tattoo club facebook page , the page is run by Les Skuse's grandson Jimmy .

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fans-of-Les-Skuse-and-Bristol-Tattoo-Club/287812237921214