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Really sorry @SeeSee, we had to call time on our first dog Samson and it's a horrible surreal experience .
Having healthy pets really reinforces to us how anything should live and as hard as it was we / you did the right thing .
Anyway here's a couple of pics of our lads firstly on holiday in Blue Anchor beach and secondly blue steel Butch looking G.Q. smooth .

Had some more done on my front and started some on the side moob :)

Vintage Tattoos by Carol Clerk is another thats really affordable and a great place to start .
Here's what I have
Horiyoshi III by Grime and Horitaka
Tattootime: Art from the heart (original )
Tattootime : Music and Sea (original )
Bulls -Eyes and Black Eyes ( Malone / Hardy )
Tattooing the Invisible Man ( Hardy )
Nihon Dentou Shisei vol 2 ( Tattoo Burst Japan )
Cosmic Mook vol 4 ( Japan )
You call this Art a Greg Irons retrospective
Sailor Jerry Collins American Tattoo Master
Stoney Knows How
Shienrenjo Ozuma Kaname
Vintage Tattoos Carol Clerk .
There's so many great books out there funds permitting I would have many more .

My collection is pretty small so I'll just post ones I don't think have been mentioned yet.
Don Ed Hardy, Rock of Ages
Don Ed Hardy, Tattoo Flash
Thomas Jeppe, Home Made Tattoos Rule
Thomas Jeppe, Old Men's Tattoos
Gerard Levy/Serge Bramly, Fleur de peau
Jerome Pierrat/Eric Guillon, Mauvais Garçons
BTW I see a new IG hashtag #tattoobookjousting

Vintage Tattoos by Carol Clerk is another thats really affordable and a great place to start .
Here's what I have
Horiyoshi III by Grime and Horitaka
Tattootime: Art from the heart (original )
Tattootime : Music and Sea (original )
Bulls -Eyes and Black Eyes ( Malone / Hardy )
Tattooing the Invisible Man ( Hardy )
Nihon Dentou Shisei vol 2 ( Tattoo Burst Japan )
Cosmic Mook vol 4 ( Japan )
You call this Art a Greg Irons retrospective
Sailor Jerry Collins American Tattoo Master
Stoney Knows How
Shienrenjo Ozuma Kaname
Vintage Tattoos Carol Clerk .
There's so many great books out there funds permitting I would have many more .

Vintage Tattoos by Carol Clerk is another thats really affordable and a great place to start .
Here's what I have
Horiyoshi III by Grime and Horitaka
Tattootime: Art from the heart (original )
Tattootime : Music and Sea (original )
Bulls -Eyes and Black Eyes ( Malone / Hardy )
Tattooing the Invisible Man ( Hardy )
Nihon Dentou Shisei vol 2 ( Tattoo Burst Japan )
Cosmic Mook vol 4 ( Japan )
You call this Art a Greg Irons retrospective
Sailor Jerry Collins American Tattoo Master
Stoney Knows How
Shienrenjo Ozuma Kaname
Vintage Tattoos Carol Clerk .
There's so many great books out there funds permitting I would have many more .

Here is the list that I think would get you going without breaking the bank:
Stoney Knows How
Sailor Jerry: American Tattoo Master
Bushido: Legacies of The Japanese Tattoo
New York City Tattoo
Ed Hardy's Tattoo Time

I've been meaning to take account of all my books. This was as good an excuse as anytime to figure it out. I think this covers it, but it's likely I have a couple more hiding somewhere. Mostly Japanese stuff (big surprise, right?). Some are quality. Some are academic. A couple are meh. Mostly good though. I think anyways, but I need to fill in some gaps that should be a part of any collection.
Tattoo Related:
-Full Coverage: NSK Collective
-Bloodwork: Bodies (Analog)
-Iron Will (Grime)
-Two Year Autopsy (Grime)
-The Fingerwave Book (Grime)
-Scott Campbell: If You Don't Belong. Don't be Long
-Tattooed By "The Family Business" (that one put out by Mo Cappoletta's shop)
-Bunshin: Tattoo Art By Horihito
-Bunshin II: Japanese Traditional Tattoo, Horitsune II, Dragon & Kannon
-Horitoshi I Storia Dell'Irezumi (Robert Borsi)
-Japanese Tattoo Designs: Ichibay (Luke Atkinson)
-Shige (Hardcover) (pub. State of Grace, Inc)
-Shige (softcover) (pub. State of Grace, Inc)
-Tattooing From Japan To The West (Takahiro Kitamura (Horitaka))
-Bushido: Legacies of The Japanese Tattoo (Takahiro Kitamura (Horitaka))
-Tattoos Of The Floating World: Ukiyo-e Motifs In The Japanese Tattoo (Takahiro Kitamura (Horitaka))
-Studying Horiyoshi III: A Westerner's Journey Into Japanese Tattoo (Jill Mandelbaum (Bonny)(Horiyuki))
-Underway Is the Only Way (Grime & Horitaka)
-Tattoo Artist: A Colletion Of Narratives (Jill Mandelbaum (Bonny) (Horiyuki))
-Fudo Myo-o Tattoo Design by Horitomo
-Monmon Cats (Kazuaki Kitamura (Horitomo))
-I <3 Tattoos (Takahiro Kitamura (Horitaka))
-Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World
-Horiyoshi III (Grime & Horitaka)
-Sketches of Horiyoshi III (pub. State of Grace, Inc)
-Legacy: The Horiyoshi III Tradition (Juan Puente)
-Japan's Tattoo Arts Horiyoshi's World 2
-100 Demons of Horiyoshi III
-58 Musha By Horiyoshi III
-Wanzakure: The Road To Shisei (by Horiyoshi III)
-Denotwaza (on Nakamura Toshikazu) (Alek Reinke/Matti Sedholm)
-Those 3 Japanese Masters Books The Red one. The Black one. The Blue one. (Japanese Pub)
-Backpiece Tattoo II (Japanese Pub)
-Backpiece Tattoo III (Japanese Pub)
-Tattoo In Japan (That thick hardcover one by Edition Reuss)
-Horikazu (Edition Reuss)
-Wabori, Traditional Japanese Tattoo
-Japanese Tattooing Now: Memory & Transition (that tan colored book from around 2001ish)
-A History of Japanese Body Suit Tattooing
-Tokyo Tattoo 1970
-Mau Moko: The world of Maori Tattoo
-Sacred Skin - Thailand 's Spirit Tattoos
-The Mammoth Book of Tattoos (Lal Hardy)
-Tattoo World (Marisa Kokoulas/Michael Kaplan)
Tattoo Reference:
-Of Brigands and Bravery (108 Heroes of the Suikoden) (Kuniyoshi)
-The Faithful Samurai (47 Ronin) (Kuniyoshi)
-Heroes of the Grand Pacification (Kuniyoshi) (come to think of it, I actually gave that one to Jill Bonny as "thank you" one session, so I need to get another copy)
-Kuniyoshi: From The Arthur R. Miller Collection
-Samurai, Stars of the Stage, and Beautiful Women: Kunisada and Kuniyoshi Masters of the Color Woodblock Print
-Art of Armor: Samurai Armor From the Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection
-Memoir: Tattooed Portaits Series (Shawn Barber)
-Time Present & Time Past Images of a Forgotten Master (on Kunichika)
-Hokusai Manga
-The Secret of Noh Masks
-A Japanese publication on, Tsuyoshi Nagano, a contemporary artist who paints a lot of samurai motifs
-A few more Japanese publications. 1 on Kyosai, 2 on Yoshitoshi, and probably 4 more on Kuniyoshi (Can't read Japanese so don't know their names)
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Nice looking collection going on there. I zoomed in for a closer look and thought, "oh I want that one and that one over there too!".
And @ironchef, how's the wenren book? I'm tempted to order it if they are still available.

Here's mine in list form if you can't make them out in the picture!
Horimasa (signed)
Organica
Bunshin II
The Japanese Tattoo
Suits Made to Fit
Bushido: Legacies of the Japanese Tattoo
Tattoo History: A Source Book
The Eye of Atrocity
Demons from the Haunted World
Outlaw Swords of Death
Samurai Ghosts and Monster Wars
Night Parade of Dead Souls
Shawn Barber's Memoir
Escaping the Gallows
Japanese Ghost Stories
Japanese Mythical Creatures
The Extraordinary Drawings of Laurie Lipton (somewhat related as reference material)
Jef Bertels (signed)
Backpiece Tattoo 1-3
Ed Hardy's Tattoo Time
Ozuma Kaname's Shienrenjo
Tokyo Tattoo 1970
Wabori
The Art of the Leu Family (signed)
Underway is the Only Way
Smilin' Buddha (signed)
Myths, Gods and Legends
Studying Horiyoshi III
Rodrigo Melo's Japanese Style Tattoo Art
Perseverance
Ed Hardy's Wear Your Dreams
JBxH3
Japanese Demon Lore: Oni
Shunga: Japanese Erotic Art
Cosmic Mook Tattoo 1-4
The Mammoth Book of Tattoos
Full Coverage
Chris Trevino's Gods and Warriors
In a World of Compromise...I Don't (signed by Bob Roberts)
Leu Family's Family Iron
Tattoo in Japan
Hiroshige: Sixty Nine Stations of Kisokaido
The Fingerwave Book
Bloodworks: Bodies
Some knock off books of Horimouja sketches and Filip Leu's dragon books. Given to me as a gift, they meant well! Hahah
Currently waiting for the "Black & Grey Tattoo 1-3: From Street Art to Fine Art" box set to come in!

Vintage Tattoos by Carol Clerk is another thats really affordable and a great place to start .
Here's what I have
Horiyoshi III by Grime and Horitaka
Tattootime: Art from the heart (original )
Tattootime : Music and Sea (original )
Bulls -Eyes and Black Eyes ( Malone / Hardy )
Tattooing the Invisible Man ( Hardy )
Nihon Dentou Shisei vol 2 ( Tattoo Burst Japan )
Cosmic Mook vol 4 ( Japan )
You call this Art a Greg Irons retrospective
Sailor Jerry Collins American Tattoo Master
Stoney Knows How
Shienrenjo Ozuma Kaname
Vintage Tattoos Carol Clerk .
There's so many great books out there funds permitting I would have many more .

Marius Meyer was kind enough to let me shoot some video while he put the finishing touches on my friend @Wilhell's back piece. Hope you enjoy it! (Sorry German LSTers! This unfortunately won't play in your country due to the licensing restrictions of the soundtrack)

Really sorry @SeeSee, we had to call time on our first dog Samson and it's a horrible surreal experience .
Having healthy pets really reinforces to us how anything should live and as hard as it was we / you did the right thing .
Anyway here's a couple of pics of our lads firstly on holiday in Blue Anchor beach and secondly blue steel Butch looking G.Q. smooth .

Aw yeah, it's really coming together now. Sadly, Dana says he can finish in 1 more session. Picture stolen from his Instagram. If you don't follow him by now, you should @danahelmuth.

Finished what was planned for my left arm at the end of August although one little filler from that session (inner end of ditch) needs reworking after a shocking heal.

i'll post a healed pic of this birdhead in here since i uploaded it to my flickr...
a month old. the wizard is two weeks old.
whitehead birdhead by misomad, on Flickr

@Lance All you have to do is ask bro....(Wendy's currently lasering her right arm to make way for another Shige sleeve :cool:)

Done by Ed in 1979! GOD DAMN!!!!!!!

Really sorry @SeeSee, we had to call time on our first dog Samson and it's a horrible surreal experience .
Having healthy pets really reinforces to us how anything should live and as hard as it was we / you did the right thing .
Anyway here's a couple of pics of our lads firstly on holiday in Blue Anchor beach and secondly blue steel Butch looking G.Q. smooth .

I got a thing today. Hard to believe it too me almost 33 years to finally start. A fun Percy Waters bird from Greggletron/Greg Whitehead at Scapegoat Tattoo. I stole the picture from his instagram.

Side note: I really appreciate this forum. I went to my appointment totally prepared and actually knowing more than the average bear (which is still only a very little, admittedly), and he kept asking me 'are you sure this is your first tattoo?' He kept talking about how pumped he was to work on somebody who'd give him creative license, who knew about Good Tattoos and what makes them good, and...yeah. It made me feel really good. I'm pretty sure I learned all of that here. He would probably thank the forum too if he could. Haha.
Booked my next appointment for October. IT BEGINS.

Most of you saw this going down via Instagram but here's an AMAZING peony I got from the fantastically talented Wendy Pham aka Wenramen. This was on my inner thigh and it connected my Henning front thigh piece to my Rubendall rear back thigh backpiece. I don't know what possessed me to have my inner thigh brutalized but the results were OUTSTANDING. I'm so happy with how this turned out and Wendy is just AWESOME!!!

ASIANS....still smiling even after the beating I took ;)

I am not sure whether it was posted or not on here BUT it seems I got to be tattooed by and visit with Peter Giaquinto just in time!
Peter was laid to rest last weekend!
He was very welcoming to me and told me some really cool stories as well as sharing with me a few things on tattooing!
:(

Both looking awesome @misterJ and @Graeme. Love tigers in Japanese art and they make such a great center piece for a huge backpiece.
Sometimes I wish i had 4 backs so I could do a different theme on each. :) No wait I am glad I don't have 4 backs, not sure I could do it 4 times.
Another session today and I can safely say we have now started colour. :)
The severed head now is finished.
Jason.

Session three down. A lot of ass and thigh lining today. So brutal. Really loving how it's coming together though.

couple of recent ones:

made by Dave Condon (who is also currently working on my stomach)

from Curtis Pettigrove

Background complete. Did arm pit, lower back, butt, and touch ups on random spots.
I prefer working one area after this session lol.
Next session is stripes then color starts.
It's so far from done but I couldn't be happier with the way it's coming out.