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Andre Malcolm has been doing some amazing snakes. These are from his blog:

My first initial gut reaction to this was "holy shit is this real life?" AMAZING

I am guessing she got the bird fourth pic down, of the recent pics that would fit @else best, because of the color scheme and it's not a tattoo on a guy's chest like many of the others. That skull in the first pic, tough.

I thought it was the bird too, but then I wasnt quite sure. Else, verify things!

They sold needles and ink to my sister's friend, who is 21 years old and tattoos out of his house.

I went to a tattoo shop I've never been to before to get my cartilage pierced and to get my sister's nose pierced. It was not a very high quality shop, as far as the work they produce, honestly I thought it was terrible. But the piercings were a decent price and sanitary. And they did have me fill out paperwork which I never had to do before, so at least they kept with the law.

Anyway, they had a glass case full of tattoo supplies that they would sell to just anyone. Shaders, liners, etc were 5 bucks per package, and the machines themselves were a good amount more. they also had ink.

What kind of tattoo shop does that?

Like seriously, I was shocked and appalled and it finalized my decision never to get anything more than a piercing there.

@Delicious - mine is on Marie Sena's instagram

I couldnt find it :(

Ok thanks! I've been chomping at the bit dying to see it!

I've seen neither a cholo pug or a hooper arm...whats up with that?

That makes me furious... as an adult the pain of a tattoo is hard to bear, but to put that on little more than a toddler? Just wrong.

I've been holding off on dropping the bag on this, but you guys are one of the first groups of people I have wanted to tell. Keeping it quiet for the last few months has been tough. I've started apprenticing with my good friend Jason Setchel in Roanoke, Virginia. It's been a while coming. It's been a while convincing myself this is something I could even do. But tattoos and tattoo art are the biggest joy I have in life, and I'm stoked that I have someone who I trust who thinks I have what it takes to be a solid tattooer. My only goal is to keep the soul of tattooing alive and well. Luckily, you fine folks do a damn good job at it. It's amazing that you all are here.

Congrats man!!! The best of luck to you. Maybe some day we'll be talking about your work on here :P

Meaning???

Cholo pug??? Fuck yeah

Seriously @else, what are you trying to do, get the award for best LST story? <3

You join, and bam all these great tattoos. Now you're gonna go see marie sena, on top of the work you have from koeplinger, and byrne? Doing it right!!!

don't know if they do...but i do what i do so...having a good time that is!

haha agreed!

pretty sober now but i did fall asleep(passed out ok...)whilst playing drums the other day...

whiskey! weed! drums? haha!

lol i wasnt aware that this forum approved of weed use

I've been drawing what I've been thinking about getting tattooed. It gives me a visual of what I possibly like

This guy knows as much as that CritInk triflin' chickenhead.

lol helllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaa funny!

How's it going everyone, my name is James and I'm originally from Southern California and recently moved the the Bay Area to work as a teacher.

I had only gotten one tattoo prior to moving up here, and am excited to be around so many great shops. However, I think I might have been a little too excited.

I just got my second tattoo yesterday and now feeling some remorse because it's on the same arm as my first, and right now they don't really flow together. In addition, they're both black and grey, but styles are different as my orchids are pretty soft. There's tons of empty arm space left (which also looks pretty awkward) so I'm thinking it'll be something that fixes itself as the arm gets filled up?

Any reassurance/advice on how to think about filling the rest of the arm? I want to proceed with caution as I continue to get work done.

Abridged Version:

Pics show what I have so far

Like both separately, but want advice on how to proceed with caution to make sure everything looks kosher as I continue to get more work done.

That's a great second tattoo! Seriously, soooo many people come onto this forum with this anxiety. My advice is, let it develop. You have two pieces on one arm, flowers and The Virgin of Guadalupe. Nothing wrong with that. If you really get too concerned about flow, you can have your flowers redone to flow better with the virgin. They look like they need a bit more black to hold up over time anyway! But, even if you left them untouched, you could still create flow, because you have so much upper arm space left

Yeah it is bullshit

Lol nothing wrong with being a fat ginger. A fat ginger started this thread :p

I see it all over the place in people's tattoos, lots of teal, greens, yellow, usually teal and yellow right next to each other

Think like Stevie Edge's color scheme he uses in alot of his tattoos.

FUCKING RAD .

Seriously, I love it.

Dont know how to describe it, but yeah, I love it so much. I've seen it alot, but no one around in my town gets tattoos in those colors, which makes me wonder if any of the tattooers around here would be down to do it?

I dont have any particular like or dislike of snakes. I wouldnt choose to be around one, nor do they scare me. But i'd like a snake tattoo

I had to google it, but when I see it, it reminds me of those fake tattoos you get for 50 cents...

hey nick! Enjoy yourself. Look around, read, learn, then get some rad tattoos that we can all gawk at!

obviously the tattoo is brand new in that picture, Im assuming they shaved to put the tattoo on. Ink in your skin wont prevent hair growth

Lucky I found this thread! The other night I had a dream I went to go get a tattoo with my sister. I don't remember what I asked for, but when it was down, it was a purple new school rabbit on my shin that faded to the right, which lead to a mermaid tattoo that looked like it was drawn by a child. No outlines, no black, choppy colors. I start freaking out on the tattoo artist and he told me you get what tattoos you deserve. I was screaming that he ruined my leg, who the fuck wants a hybrid rabbit/mermaid in two vastly different styles??!!