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Off topic, but this blog/article has the best line ever:
"I don’t like stepping in dog shit but I wouldn’t go around demanding that all dogs have their assholes sewn shut."

Tattoo Age has been so great overall, but these deVita episodes are really something truly rare and special. We're so lucky that they even exist and that we get to see them.

Done by Eric Inksmith. He's a great guy.

Personally that scratchy, graphic stuff gets too much attention as it is. I like it less than colour realism.
I don't think it belongs in tattooing, a way for an artist to express themselves on somebody else's body. I know the people ask for it and pay for it, but part of a tattooer's job it to stop people getting ugly shit they will want covered when they grow up and see real tattoos done properly. Actually, I apply that to anything that doesn't look like a tattoo. "how clever, it doesn't look like a tattoo"
I know this makes me sound like a dick, but I've seen it time and time again. I've even made some of the same mistakes myself, getting bold graphic crap that I thought made me special and clever. It didn't. It just ruined the space for a proper tattoo.
I think what Hooper does is capture the same urge to be bold and different but he executes it with an amazing eye for design and respect for the body, not to mention his work is filtered through his knowledge of tattooing as a whole.
Horses for courses I guess....

Have been lurking for a while, many thanks for all of the great discussion on this site.
I'm a relative tattoo virgin (2 small ones i got at 18 yrs old), and now i'm finally getting ready to start some large work. Have been saving my skin and researching / saving funds for years so I can do a large, cohesive piece.
I hope to start within a month or so...will consist of shoki / oni sleeve and a raijin / fujin sleeve, and a crane / tiger backpiece with a waterfall with koi on my butt and hamstrings.
cheers!

I'm communicating with the student of Master Jess Yen for the Shoki / Oni piece, hopefully to work out trips across the country for those sittings.
I've been planning the rest of the work locally with Rodney Raines in Charlotte.

Have been lurking for a while, many thanks for all of the great discussion on this site.
I'm a relative tattoo virgin (2 small ones i got at 18 yrs old), and now i'm finally getting ready to start some large work. Have been saving my skin and researching / saving funds for years so I can do a large, cohesive piece.
I hope to start within a month or so...will consist of shoki / oni sleeve and a raijin / fujin sleeve, and a crane / tiger backpiece with a waterfall with koi on my butt and hamstrings.
cheers!

3rd session on my back,6 hours of background.