Rilla

I'm a dope who got my college baseball team logo, the tattoos not that bad but now it's taking up some prime real estate on my left shoulder blade.

Welcome Jay, I'm just down the road in Rocky Mountain House. Travelling is sounding pretty good right about now.

I finally booked 4 times in Jan. Feb. and March for a 7/10 snake/skull/peony on my left arm. I've been waiting 5 years so hopefully I can chill for the next 2 months or so.

What are you thinking of getting/who are you thinking of getting it from? There are a lot of killer tattooers in Alberta.

I'm going to try and get in with Doug Fink at Bushido in Calgary, I haven't met him but I've got a few friends who know him. I also liked Rick Wilson's portfolio at Strange World Tattoo in Calgary. Finally I'm going to also check out Lucas Ford at Classic Tattoo in Red Deer. I'm looking at starting with a Japanese style half sleeve, do you have any suggestions?

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Welcome to LST and congratulations on being a new dad! Have you gotten tattooed since your first back at 17?

Thanks man, yeah I got a tattoo of my college baseball team logo on the other shoulder blade back in about 04. Both pretty bad tattoos, but I was just a dumb (ex)-athlete who thought playing sports defined me, haha. A few years ago I designed my own skyline type half sleeve, paid the deposit, and when I went in to have it done the stencil was about 12 x 16 (inches). Told em it was supposed to go on my arm, they suggested my ribs, back or chest. So I luckily bailed on that, put everything on the backburner for a few years, had a realization that i needed to expand my horizons and here we are. I'm still kind of in a transition phase of shifting from 9-5 working zombie into a happier-with-less-is-more type. Any way thanks for the warm welcome, and look forward to some needed advice. Peace!!

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Welcome..

Thanks Shannon

Hey, Riley from Rocky Mountain House, AB. I'm a 32 year old father of a 9 month old little boy named Griffin. I got my first tattoo at 17, joined up here after stumbling across the site researching for some new tattoos. Thanks.