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I got the job I wanted :)

I was talking to my lawyer not too long ago and the subject of someone I may know came up (one of his high-profile clients...) that was huge into the drug scene as a international smuggler. Sure I knew the guy in school.. turns out the guy is dead. I thought a bit and realized that anyone I knew that was associated with hard drugs is now dead. I'm glad I knew when to call it quits.

i guess a posting a photo is the nice thing to do @Mark Bee

Every hairy man needs a bear tattoo!

Thanks for the input. I think I might go that route, although I decided to spend the day trying to finish this tome I'm writing. I'll probably get it done next weekend.

Hiya, Cadena - from a fellow Texan (sort of).
I won't recommend ideas as much as advise you to become familiar with the various styles of tattoo artwork. Educate yourself to what is possible in this media (almost anything) and locate the artists whose style also speaks to you (many started off as street artists). You can eventually decide upon and bring subject matter and references. The trick is locating the best artist to pull off your vision.

A bunch of people on here have probably seen this all ready but here is what Rudy Fritsch and Iain Mullen did to my back today, took approximatively 2 hours all in all

I have a new found respect for people with back tattoos as of this session. Shit is brutal!
Only a small portion of it felt all right. I had to struggle really hard at times. I was trying to surf the balance between consciously being there with the agony and discomfort and zoning out and into my head as much as possible. Divine moments of pain, that's what I kept thinking, while also trying to breath slow and stable.
Getting tattooed by two tattooers working simultaneously is a good idea though. It's only about 1,568 as painful as getting hit with only one machine but it's about twice as quick! Most of the time the machine working at the most tender spot would be my focus and the other one was mostly irritating. You do get some crazy synergies and some combination of spots gives you new concepts of what pain can feel like. Recommended! Also very happy with the result so far, of course, hardly any need to say that right? Very rememberable afternoon at Imperial Tattoo in Stockholm

yesterday i got this from philipp ohme in dortmund, germany.

unintentionally i get tattooed on the weirdest dates: 11-11-11, 12-12-12. 11-12-13 (european standard) & yesterday, friday, 13th.

My horse head done last month by the super lovely Emily Rose Murray. Still a bit dry and shiny.

I might get my knee done tomorrow. I've had a couple of ideas, but I can't decide!
I was thinking I might get a devil head, but I've got a hot stuff near my ankle and I'm thinking that might be too much devil. I've also seriously considered a buffalo head. Or a bear. Maybe a bear's head. I've spent the last few days pouring over books and images. Having a hard time with this one.

Bitches, am I right?

I never thought it would come to this, but @Graeme: it's tattoos or ham. You can't have both.

Oh lord, no...
The knees are rough. I didn't want to walk *anywhere* not even from the couch to the kitchen for a couple days after mine.

Oh lord, no...
The knees are rough. I didn't want to walk *anywhere* not even from the couch to the kitchen for a couple days after mine.

Don't scratch it. Slap it like the bitch it is.

Dropping your pants to display squidpants is the LST secret hand shake.

Decided to quickly drop my pants in a field
Crow - Bert Krak
Rock of ages - Steve Byrne
Strongman - Stacey Ann
Golliwog - Steve Byrne
Pharoes horses - Steve Byrne
Gorilla - Dan Santoro
Tengu -Steve Byrne
Rose of nomans land - Steve Byrne
Grimm Reaper - Eli Quinters
Not that many right now but until last July I only had two

Your collection is amazing. I love the b&g look and I think the way they all work together really brings a great cohesion to your leg tattoos. I have a ton of color in most of my tattoos, but if I had to do it again, I'd give very serious consideration to having more b@g.

I just want to say that I hate healing my inner thighs and I am the grossest right now.

Hate em.

@elseWe spoke for a bit at SOG convention and had a nice list of subject matter. I settled on geisha with tiger and some secondary elements

I suppose I'll contribute to our collection of giant ass-flowers. Finished a few weeks ago by Grez!

As long as they're good tattoos, I don't really care what suddenly takes off as a trend. What sucks is that trendy stuff invites a lot of imitators who copy without knowing what they're doing (there's a lot of really wonky mandalas out there, for example). But I find it hard to care, particularly as a client, what images are "trending" as long as they're done well. None of us are all that original.

@Mick Weder Thanks a ton for the share. It means a lot. Getting back into normal life is definitely difficult. Living on the edge, or at time going past it, has really made me into a different person than I was as a kid. It started in middle school for me, when I saw the kids who were getting high and listening to underground music and wanted to get into their clique. Now, I have a few friends who aren't heavy drinkers or are trying to get sober, and it's a journey for sure.
Went to another meeting last night with my sister's boyfriend. The speaker was awesome. He was this old punk dude who went through so much, and is now going on 32 years sober and clean. His stories were very inspiring. He had some cool things to say about the whole God part of NA, which I found supportive of my own views. Saw someone who ran cross country at my high school's sister school and talked with her for a while. Going to a welcome to NA meeting tonight and a CA meeting tomorrow.