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A guaranteed way to tell if your artist is excited about your tattoo is to ask them to tattoo some one else's flash . I got a Mike Malone piece from Ian Flower and he said " I'll even tattoo it with my Malone machine for no extra charge " ha ha.

Probably the same way you tell if anyone is really into anything. There's just a look in their eye or you can hear it in their voice and they have focus and interest the whole way through. They can say whatever they want but it'll just show in the amount of effort they put in and their general attitude.
I know, kind of a blanket answer, but it's all I got. Other than being a psychic it's all there is to go on. Non-verbal cues.

I think it's not reasonable to expect a tattooer to be very excited about every single thing they do. It's a profession like any other in the sense that some tasks you get super psyched about, and others less so. The mark of a professional is that you do the best job you can regardless of how excited you are about a piece. I teach, and I enjoy some classes much more than others, but I work hard at all of them. I think it is not necessarily productive to speculate about whether or not a tattooer is being "genuine".

Got tattooed by Matt Arriola at the West Texas Tattoo Conv. Super pumped on how this came out.

When will the ammo shortage end? Seriously sick of this crap. When cheaperthandirt.com is sold out of 98% of their .22LR ammo, things are in dire situations.

I had a guy once ask if I would trade tattoos for cups of coffee. Or if I wanted I could just get the beans and make my own at home. wtf?
I've never been into trades, I did it once though. Snowboard, bindings and boots for an hour of work. My kind of deal.

I was 14 years old when i received my first tattoo, it was on an old futon bed, in a living room of a house party we were having, i was big into punk rock and hardcore music and skateboards that was pretty much my life, so i figured what the hell lets put something on my leg. so i got "skate & annoy" on the back of my leg, the kid ran out of liners and lined it with the side of a shader (ouch) whip shaded it with black and filled the letters in green. the letters are all oozy and drippy looking with the design and i was so pumped on it. well hiding it from my dad and mom was the hard part, i never wore shorts. during the summer every beach trip my family ever had was avoided, i did a damn good job at hiding it. i hid it all the way until i was 18 years old and finally got one legally. i showed my parents my new tattoo, and they loved it. I then started off with "theres one more thing i have to show you" i pulled up my pant leg and told them the story about how i got it when i was 14 and how i had dodged them with it for 4 years. my dad is a very southern working class man, one of those dont talk much kind of guys, he looks at my leg and stares at me and goes "why didn't you tell me? i wouldnt of been all that upset." so all that family time i miss i could of been apart of, but we all know how life works, you live and learn. its still one of my favorite tattoos to this day.

I got my first tattoo right after graduating from college when I was 23. I was living in the Bay Area and rode the BART over to Oakland to visit Tattoo 13. Chummy tattooed my upper arm with an scene of St. Michael. Not long after it healed I was visiting home and having a drink on the back porch with my mom. I told her that I really needed to talk to her about something, and rolled up my sleeve. She starting yelling and slapped me, while I was laughing at her reaction. After about a 5 minute rant she asked to see it again, and commented that it was really pretty. My Dad just told me to keep them where they could be covered in a suit. Every time I visit LA these days I end up getting tattooed. My parents have slowly become more accepting of them. They used to say "that's the last one right?" after each tattoo, but even that has stopped. In fact my Dad just texted me about getting his first tattoo at age 60. I honestly thought he was messing with me, but he was dead serious. I guess my point is that parents attitudes can change over time. Mine go so far as to show off my tattoos to friends when I'm on vacation.

Back in 1973, when I was in the USMC. tattos were not an issue. Only because "arms" and "backs" were mostly the only part of the body that was tattoo'd. However, back then, not many people other than military, or bikers, had tattoos period. Not that were visible to the public anyway. But the major factor in these "new" regulations, is street-gangs. Its true. Gangs are now sending the young prospects off to bootcamp, and on to further assault training, for the soul purpose of them using that knowledge when they get back home and become a warrior in the gang. Its already a issue with law enforcement, and their lack of ability to get a grip on these individuals who in most cases have more power than the average cop. I have seen special documentaries on this subject over the past 2-3 yrs. It seems to be a real problem for the politicians and military brass. but in reality, its only a diversion, smoke screen, to keep the publics attention off of what is really going on. business as usual.

Picked up a used Ruger Mark II Target in stainless with slab sides and a red dot. Still need to break it down, clean it and go to the range, as soon as I can find reasonable .22lr ammo. Walmart has been sold out forever and the local gun shows are charging a 100% premium on the stuff. Eff that.

Damn good lookin' Tattoo!

here in dark cold sweden the only guns you can own(as it seems)without getting in trouble are huntingrifles and such....
on the other hand we have less firearms getting stolen and going into wrong hands but...

Just got a browning hipower and my wife got a glock 19. I still NEED an m1a. Perfect rifle for all rifle needs plus give me a 308 over 223 or 7.62x39. Just a tad expensive to buy and I can't find one in any loal gun shops since people got worked up about semi autos rifles.

At least its agreeable that its 500X better!

A&D is a great option, its used for rashes and burns so it should work well for laser tattoo removal too!

Probably numbering to remember which one that one is! (Not being racist or anything but she(who is holding the baby) probably is not an upstanding citizen that and who lives off the government!)

i like this mitch love ship/lighthouse/lightning scene flash/painting..

im def looking into get a whole ship scene like this, probably with a captains head too, before the year is out..
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and achor. i want to see how much naval shit i could shove into one peice..

I have an app. in March to get a neo-traditional rose on my bicep and im either getting some background work done or starting a chestpiece

Never been tattooed there, but seen a lot of the state. I live in Wyoming, so were kinda neighbors!

I noticed this site is very traditional based (from what ive seen, which i have not seen much) so i thought id throw in some newer school tattoos.i got this one last summer and have had a couple more tattoos since.

I noticed this site is very traditional based (from what ive seen, which i have not seen much) so i thought id throw in some newer school tattoos.i got this one last summer and have had a couple more tattoos since.

Dang! Thats a lot of hours, Pays off though.