Pugilist

Here's mine by Jordan at FST.

Makara Snail
Tattoo by Chad Koeplinger

Well, in that case, I'll submit my dagger I got from Mario Desa last November.

That sucks! Have heard some horror stories about tattooers getting into Canada. Very disappointing that he won't be there.
On another note, was just coming to bump this to see if, indeed, folks might be up for getting a convention-related beer or something this weekend. Both @Graeme and I have Saturday appointments so we are sure we will be up for drinks that evening, if it would work/interest anybody else...

Just got a rose from Tutti Serra...
Photo by tuttiserra • Instagram

So here a a couple of pictures of what I got on my west coast trip. They are all healed up now.
The dragon is by Jeff Rassier of Black Heart Tattoo. Juan Puente did the sugar skull at the same shop, an hour later!
The week after I got Stuart Cripwell to do the moth. While I was a Spider Murphy's I picked up their flash book which is quite beautiful as well as getting two new sheets of flash.
I just got the sheets home from the frame shop. They look awesome on my wall!
The three tattooers were super friendly, I would highly recommend all three of them for your tattoo needs!

I really love the Latina-style girl heads that Marie Sena has been drawing and tattooing.

This thread is fucking amazing and why I signed up here!
As for me, getting tattooed by Marie Sena at the Montreal convention in September, then getting more work on my back by the awesome Steph Tamez at Saved in October. I am not usually someone who gets tattooed this frequently but I think I am going through a thing. Maaaaay fit in another piece before the end of the year to commemorate a Big Life Event but not sure if timing will work out.

Jill Bonny (Horiyuki):

What is it with that - someone asked me if I was going to do my face.....
Relationship wise, my honey said to me the other day "there's something weird with your left elbow", me "What?!", "It's naked. I'm used to the other one. You need some work done, for symmetry". :)

here's an update guys! i went sky diving this morning and it was the most amazing experience of my life! my friend said just as addictive as getting tattooed i wanna go back for more!! and i wasn't as nervous as i thought i was going to be. you dont have time to be nervous really! actually the scariest part is signing the liability wavier before you get suited up.

According to Yoni Zilber's instagram, this is the start of a dragon bodysuit he is doing. It made my heart go all pitter-patter:

Yes to the mention of kids--we both acknowledge--as folks who do want to have kids in a few years--that this is likely a pretty special moment in our lives in terms of having the motivation, disposable income, and time, that it requires to get a bunch of tattoos. We know that will change with kids. So we are trying to enjoy it together while it lasts!
(And @RoryQ, we are in a similar predicament--in October we are both booked in for all day session in the same shop at the same time. Seemed like a super fun/sweet idea at the time but will likely be less so in practice.)

Whoawhoawhoa -- more couples on LST>! @DJDeepFried and @TrixieFaux? Awesome.
Also awesome, @Pugilist that you're coming from a totally different place than most others seem to be. Glad I can get into 'em with my wife now, too, (we got matching ones on our birthdays!)
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OVER A YEAR AGO! Going back and reading through this thread is super fun.

Dudes, sometimes I feel like it would be nice to date someone who wasn't into tattoos, because as it is, my partner and I feed off of each other in the worst ways possible. He only started getting tattooed recently, but caught the bug hard, and initially I thought that watching him get tattooed constantly would take the edge off for me, as I'd be living vicariously through him. As it turns out, it doesn't work that way--each time one of us gets work, it leaves the other jonesing for more--such that I think we're both acquiring tattoos at a much quicker rate than we would if we were not in relationships with total enablers. We brainstorm ideas together a lot, so in that sense we do "approve" of each other's tattoos, but it's not really so much about asking for permission, but rather that we trust each other's opinions and rely on each other to work through ideas together.
And of course I am totally joking in "complaining" about this--it's actually pretty fucking awesome.

I was tattooed before my husband had any, but he always liked the idea of tattoos due to coming of age in punk/hardcore subculture, etc. So it was never a big deal that I was tattooed and he wasn't. But as I mentioned upthread, now that we both are, it has become very much a joint venture in a really amazing and fun way, and I kind of can't imagine it any other way. We've talked about it, and we both think that were we not together and doing this whole tattoo thing together, we might both have some tattoos, but we'd probably have fewer and it wouldn't be like, a major hobby for us. So this business about balancing a relationship and tattoos is funny to me, because I feel like I come from the opposite direction, wherein my relationship is one of the reasons I am as into tattoos as I am! It's a really wonderful thing for us to share and go through together, and I have nooooo idea what my body would look like if this weren't a joint venture. I feel like that sounds weird and co-dependent, but so be it.
Edited to add: this is a long-winded way of saying: ditto, @tattooedjuliet!

I kept gently mocking him on here - it helped. I recommend that strategy. :)

A lot of people do great tigers, but none of them do them better then Tim Lehi.

That is one of the worst color portraits I have ever seen in my life. Below i posted a link to Virginia Elwood's facebook page. Not only does she do good black and grey portraits, but she has some good examples of what I was suggesting as a more traditional take on a portrait using color. I know you are not going to go to New York, but I mean this is what good tattooing looks like, I hate to say it, but that shop you posted has more bad stuff than good, although there is some good, just trying to steer you in the right direction.
Virginia Elwood's Photos | Facebook

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Fuckin hell this restoration lark is a piece of piss.

This one appeared on my FB feed.

Interesting update: I just had my annual review with my boss. He said he'd actually like to see expose more of my tattoos as work, as I'm a "creative" (copywriter) and he wants me to feel as comfortable as possible. I mentioned that I keep mostly covered because a lot of the folks in our company are fairly uptight, but he said, "Fuck them."
We'll see how it goes!

I've been lurking here for ages and my wife recently started posting here as "Pugilist" so I figured it's about time to get myself an account.
I live in Montreal and only started getting tattooed a year ago, at 32, and have been trying to make up for lost time since. This forum is a wealth of information and I hope that I can contribute something here as a member.
Here's a link to a picture of my first tattoo, I'll post more of them eventually:
Seth Wood Tattoo

Wood block print,
Dancing Fox, Ohara Koson (Japanese), c. 1910, woodblock print, 14.5 x 7.5 cm, image courtesy “The Art of Japan” gallery
http://effyeaharthistory.tumblr.com/post/1177190896/dancing-fox-ohara-koson-japanese-c-1910

Alex Reinke couldn't be more apt, he's Horikitsune .
Horikitsune – Official website | Tattoo Portfolio