Brock Varty

Shit dude...thats great!

What are you working on with Kore? When will you be there?

Where did people buy there water brushes from and what size have people been using?

@Stewart Robson I sent you an e-mail. I'd love to be able to help out with this project. Please let me know what, if anything, I can do to contribute.

@RoryQ I think most of the prople I see doing it are people that are already fed up with Instagram and want out anyways and people that are still keeping a Instagram and Backspace active for the time being.

Oh my lanta,

It's already happening. there are legions of tattooers I follow that are going to Backspace as we speak... :(

I use Arches block and I like it quite a bit. Also, I am going to try out a water brush when I can get my hands on one. I don't know if it wilkl produce anything better than spit shading, but we'll see how it goes.

The new Parkway album is decent... I am let down by the progression towards a more radio friendly format though. Their first two albums are still my favorite metal albums right now. The first two are the ones Adam D produced and that is part of th reason they are so good. They are more raw, more emotional, more powerful than Deep Blue and Atlas. The last two albums are basically some radio friendly breakdowns and such. I still like the last two albums, just wish they were getting heavier and harder, not lighter...

Oh. My. Gawd. - - - Updated - - - Maybe we should exchange contact info. I will be in town at the end of January to start my back with Kore..

Thanks for posting this and help raise awareness. Although I do not feel inclined to sign the petition, I would like to say that I am in complete support of proper background checks and screening of all employees.

oh jeezus this thread sucks...

Glad to see people learning things from this site. That is what it is all about! Hopefully we can learn something from you.

Hi there!

I feel like him stepping further out from a more Filip influenced style is partly because he might have a need to feel like he is the only one who makes tattoos like he tattoos. He started getting more new school and more abstract and really imo got out of traditional Japanese mindset. I think it is because there are several tattooers who do similar stuff and his recent direction is an attempt to set himself apart. While I don't care for some of Shige's newer work, I have nothing but respect for him. What he does is still among the best in the world and I feel like he may be one of the most influention Japanese style tattooers around. He belongs in the company of his mentor, Horiyoshi 3, etc. But, for the purposes of this thread/discussion, I really dont jive on his new stuff...

Has anyone read any of Victor Farinelli: Ink Master Review stuff on the TAM blog? Pretty awesome commentary!

Once I saw Kore's work, it took about two days to decide that half of my body would be getting tattooed by him. He is the standard I measure other tattooers and work by. Something about the way he lays out his work is super aggressive and super simple at the same time. It helps that I feel like he is an example of how people should act and conduct themselves, not only in tattooing, but in life. Shige used to do it for me. I felt that way about Shige for a long time before I knew about Kore. When Shige started working with Jeff Gogue more, I started liking his work less. I feel like Shige has gotten to far out into neo-traditional Japanese for my taste.

Who? Mike Rubendall What? Anything Mike Rubendall wants

That is fucking sick man. Very nice!!!

I'm glad you came here first. If you let us know where you live, someone should be able to point you in the direction of solid tattooers.

A friend of mine that knows Dave told him he wanted something fierce eating something sweet on his throat. Needless to say Dave did a Rino/Snake combo eating a donut. If I can get pictures, Ill post em.

Most of it looks really nice. I can see some stuff that looks pretty poor though. Some minor things that throw a few pieces way off.

State of Grace. That is all you need to know. Just go to State of Grace.

I would love to see him tattoo or get tattooed by him. That kind of fast boggles my mind.

4-5 hours? No fucking way. He would be the fastest tattooer ever. I was thinking like 8-10 hours.