graybones

In all honesty I think it makes a better t-shirt than a tattoo. No offense intended, merely professional advice.

my cat Louie... only photos I have were taken when we first got him from the shelter a year ago. He's got two extra toes on each paw.

Get a tattoo of animals fighting. Big cat versus snake is always a winner, but any combination of big cats, snakes, dragons, eagles is always badass. Representing struggle that way I think is way more visually powerful and makes the point a lot better than a pair of complimentary half sleeves based around vague ideas.

I forgot I posted Louie in this thread, haha. Since then I got a dog, she'll be a year old next week. Louie's friends with her now but it took awhile.
Bonnie:

Bonnie kayaking: (well, taking a break from kayaking)

I forgot I posted Louie in this thread, haha. Since then I got a dog, she'll be a year old next week. Louie's friends with her now but it took awhile.
Bonnie:

Bonnie kayaking: (well, taking a break from kayaking)

I forgot I posted Louie in this thread, haha. Since then I got a dog, she'll be a year old next week. Louie's friends with her now but it took awhile.
Bonnie:

Bonnie kayaking: (well, taking a break from kayaking)

Welcome. Respect for your dedication in going to the artist you really want no matter the money or patience required.

I forgot I posted Louie in this thread, haha. Since then I got a dog, she'll be a year old next week. Louie's friends with her now but it took awhile.
Bonnie:

Bonnie kayaking: (well, taking a break from kayaking)

Done today by Paul Slifer at Red, Hot and Blue Tattoo in Edinburgh,

I forgot I posted Louie in this thread, haha. Since then I got a dog, she'll be a year old next week. Louie's friends with her now but it took awhile.
Bonnie:

Bonnie kayaking: (well, taking a break from kayaking)

I forgot I posted Louie in this thread, haha. Since then I got a dog, she'll be a year old next week. Louie's friends with her now but it took awhile.
Bonnie:

Bonnie kayaking: (well, taking a break from kayaking)

my cat Louie... only photos I have were taken when we first got him from the shelter a year ago. He's got two extra toes on each paw.

Welcome. Respect for your dedication in going to the artist you really want no matter the money or patience required.

my cat Louie... only photos I have were taken when we first got him from the shelter a year ago. He's got two extra toes on each paw.

Welcome. Respect for your dedication in going to the artist you really want no matter the money or patience required.

Getting more tattoos somehow manages to be both the cause and solution of all our problems. But yeah, I can totally see that Conn lady I posted on me someday, I'll have to brainstorm more about the other ideas and see what sticks.

Had a few relevant looking 20's girls hanging about in my reference piles, here:

Argentine film actress Mona Maris (“The Pride of the Pampas”), photographed by E. O. Hoppé in 1929


Anna May Wong c1920

Jetta Goudal

Katerine Burke

@graybones I forgot that there's another Dave Cummings! I hope you still have a job after finding the other one at work. But yeah, Dave's tattoos fucking rule and the pictures of them really do them no justice.
@Diehardonvhs We'll go down to the back of my thighs. Right now, starting in July, I have monthly appointments booked until the end of 2014, but it will go into 2015 for sure. Yours looks fucking amazing from the little I've seen of it on IG. Who's doing it?
@SStu We'll see. I was super into it with a snake but he showed me a drawing he'd done for a backpiece that somebody didn't get of one of those really wild Ed Hardy-style tigers and the drawing had so much power that I wonder if adding a snake to that would just confuse things. It's sometimes best to keep it simple.

wow great pics everyone. @Graeme "squidmitts"! Hah!
I don't generally seek out dotwork so those Jondix, Weisbeck, and Hooper hands are completely blowing my mind right now. Amazing!
Unfortunately if I am ever able to get my hands done, it won't be for several decades. But in the meantime, here's a couple more on other people.
Rich Hardy

Grez

Just googled Dave Cummings here at work, let's just say the first result was not exactly what I was looking for.
Blown away when I found his actual site though. This eagle is crazy awesome! You must be so excited.

yup, nothing manlier than some beautiful ladies tattooed on you!

Not tattoos. You get what you pay for.

I love the idea of getting tattooed to commemorate your wedding day. Graeme gave a great list. I'm not sure how close it is to Coney Island but Three Kings in Brooklyn is a great shop.

Okay, per request, one Monmon Cat by Horitomo.
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I like seeing the pics of all everyone's overall look, so here's my updated one:
(ETA: now my right arm tattoo is going down farther than my left arm, so now I'm going to have to add more to my left. And so it goes...that's how they get ya.)