SuavecitoMiguelito

Healed photo of a tattoo Marie Sena made on me before she moved to Denver.
Colorado people, get tattooed by her!

Same here. I've been dying to see his body suit. Especially after reading Wear Your Dreams, I must see these tattoos.

This?

Same here. I've been dying to see his body suit. Especially after reading Wear Your Dreams, I must see these tattoos.

If you live in Illinois, I'd absolutely try to make it to GREAT LAKES TATTOO. Literally all of those guys would be able to do a killer cover up on that!
Also, you definitely cannot go wrong with a rose coverup. Great choice.

Had the chance to check out tattoo city this past weekend and get tattooed by Doug. Needless to say that shop absolutely floored me. So excited for this thread!

Had the chance to check out tattoo city this past weekend and get tattooed by Doug. Needless to say that shop absolutely floored me. So excited for this thread!

I'm at work and my book is sitting on my front porch waiting for me. So excited to read this. Going on tour with my band in a couple of weeks and going through SF, I'm going to somehow try to get Ed to sign my copy. Don't know how I'm going to make this happen, but I am on a journey. haha

Welcome to LST! So my apprenticeship experience was not too different from what it sounds like you're about to get yourself into. Solid advice: jump ship now, get like 10-20 more tattoos, paint your ass off, and try a better shop. Ideally, a street shop with walk-ins, tons of flash, and artists versed in several styles who do large and small work on a regular basis. I understand that this is rough advice to hear, but I can guarantee that you will have a much easier and much more fun time in your tattoo journey if you take that advice. I fully get what it's like to be young and hungry for it(still am), but you will benefit tenfold throughout the rest of your life if you start out the right way with the right information at your foundations.
Or you can do what I did, which is apprentice at the first shop that will take you, start tattooing right away, fuck a lot of people up, not learn shit about your craft, leave half way through your apprenticeship, and then get another job at whatever shop will take you as you figure out how you're going to get good information and further yourself on your own.
In the end, whatever you choose to do, it is all going to be difficult. What it mostly comes down to is are you willing to spend the time right now to learn the right way, or do you want to spend the next 5-10 years unlearning what you've been taught and figuring out what's what. Having someone tell you that they will teach you how to tattoo is the most exciting thing in the world! The fact remains that the time spent in a shop for 2 tattoos is not enough time to let you know if it's really something you're ready to be a part of for the rest of your life.
Anyway.. sorry for being so preachy. You will decide what's best for you and your life. I wish you the best of luck on this incredible journey that is tattooing and getting tattooed.

Welcome! From the looks of it that shop is damn solid! I'm personally more into Ryan Gagne's super simple bold style, but Lucas Ford looks like a killer tattooer! Definitely in a good place. What are you getting tattooed?

Andrew Loomis books: Save Loomis!
Various old drawing books: Drawing Books - Open books for Creative Minds!

If you live in Illinois, I'd absolutely try to make it to GREAT LAKES TATTOO. Literally all of those guys would be able to do a killer cover up on that!
Also, you definitely cannot go wrong with a rose coverup. Great choice.

If you live in Illinois, I'd absolutely try to make it to GREAT LAKES TATTOO. Literally all of those guys would be able to do a killer cover up on that!
Also, you definitely cannot go wrong with a rose coverup. Great choice.

by Fergus Simms @ No Regrets, Melbourne. 2 days old
It's fresh, so the colors aren't really coming out yet, but there's some nice red and green in there!

So good. That back piece Horiyuki was working on is insane.

I'm at work and my book is sitting on my front porch waiting for me. So excited to read this. Going on tour with my band in a couple of weeks and going through SF, I'm going to somehow try to get Ed to sign my copy. Don't know how I'm going to make this happen, but I am on a journey. haha

I'm at work and my book is sitting on my front porch waiting for me. So excited to read this. Going on tour with my band in a couple of weeks and going through SF, I'm going to somehow try to get Ed to sign my copy. Don't know how I'm going to make this happen, but I am on a journey. haha

Healed photo of a tattoo Marie Sena made on me before she moved to Denver.
Colorado people, get tattooed by her!

I love the way that healed. I'm used to seeing Marie Sena tattoos as fresh, and unhealed, so I have like this perfect version of it. But when it's healed, and the hair has grown back, etc, you can really see how lovely it is.

Healed photo of a tattoo Marie Sena made on me before she moved to Denver.
Colorado people, get tattooed by her!