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I just got back from the SF convention ,it was a beautiful day in the bay area,got this from Greg Christian.
I met up with Zetroc and Hands On,both really nice guys.

It'll take a few weeks or even months before your tattoo is fully healed/settled, and the black and grey should become much more pronounced (or at least less red), so don't sweat it.

Finally snapped some pics of my squidpant-in-progress.  Pretty sure all of these tattoos have been posted on LST, just not all healed and together.  While I'm looking forward to adding more to it, I'm also really happy with where it's at at the moment...
From oldest to newest: bicycle dropout by Gordon Combs, rose/dagger by Jeff P., wolf by R.H. Wells, umbrella/clouds by Tron, rooster, by Gordon Combs, tiger by Chad Koeplinger, skull/rose by Jeff P.  Thanks for looking.

Too soon to begin nit-picking your tattoo - give it several weeks.  And even then, don't nit-pick your tattoo.  None of them are perfect under a microscope...

It'll take a few weeks or even months before your tattoo is fully healed/settled, and the black and grey should become much more pronounced (or at least less red), so don't sweat it.

That looks like a question for your doctor.

It'll take a few weeks or even months before your tattoo is fully healed/settled, and the black and grey should become much more pronounced (or at least less red), so don't sweat it.

Not quite as weird as actually having Kanye West in our forum. 

Hi,
First post, long time male lurker from Long Beach, California, 43 years young.  Love Japanese style/themed and American Trad.
-Mike

so I changed plans for today's tattoo,I got this little Friday the 13th black widow, and for my birthday which is today too. (10/13)
artist Shannon o'Keefe at Fat Cat tattoo in Carmichael Cal.

Marcus Kuhn's "The Gypsy Gentleman" is returning with a new episode.
 

@Steve No problem at all, thank you for getting it back up so quickly!  Cheers!

Looks like a great line up.  Really looking forward to it.

Bumping this for others to re-up their latest tattoos.  Here's one on me by Jeff P. at Art Work Rebels from earlier this summer:

Bumping this for others to re-up their latest tattoos.  Here's one on me by Jeff P. at Art Work Rebels from earlier this summer:

Been lurking for a while, first post. The information on this forum is so helpful - thanks to all of you.
I've been getting tattooed for over 20 years, starting with the obligatory celtic knot on my ankle in the early 90's (later lasered off). I took a long hiatus from getting tattooed and then dove in with a large back piece from Greg Whitehead in 2014.
I'd been considering getting something more visible for a while, but needed to wait until I could fully commit mentally. I'd been following Robert Ryan for a few years on Instagram, love all of his work, and knew I wanted him to do my tattoo. Finally took the plunge last weekend and couldn't be happier. The design is taken from one of his paintings, Bardo Thodol. We left the bottom of the tattoo intentionally open-ended so I can add to it later. Wonderful experience at Electric Tattoo in Asbury Park, great people all around, and VICE was there shooting a documentary on Robert for the Tattoo Age series. My tattoo might be famous! We'll see if it makes it into the final cut.
Anyway, great to be here!
 

Bumping this for others to re-up their latest tattoos.  Here's one on me by Jeff P. at Art Work Rebels from earlier this summer:

it's a real bump this time... https://www.instagram.com/chrisgrosso/?hl=en 
Spring now seems like an eternity away.

Bumping this for others to re-up their latest tattoos.  Here's one on me by Jeff P. at Art Work Rebels from earlier this summer:

So it's now been almost two weeks since I got my first tattoos ... and I am now starting to love them. :-)
Nobody at work yet even knows I have them. But today I was at my desk and reached up and I caught a glimpse of my arm one and I thought "COOL". I love that I have these two gorgeous images (that represent my gorgeous kids) and they are my little secret. Some people will know and some people will never know. But they make me really happy!
Thanks for reassuring me. :-)

Bumping this for others to re-up their latest tattoos.  Here's one on me by Jeff P. at Art Work Rebels from earlier this summer:

Bumping this for others to re-up their latest tattoos.  Here's one on me by Jeff P. at Art Work Rebels from earlier this summer:

Got this all-seeing eye a week or so ago from my friend/artist Josh Henderson. Just something from some flash he'd been drawing. Currently saving up to finish up the sleeve on my right arm, but I was having withdrawal. Hahaha.

Finished off this eagle/snake with Grez a few weeks ago. Hard to get a good photo by myself!

Also got this weird reaper from Chad around the same time. For the first time I'm having trouble healing red ink but it's getting there! 

Bumping this for others to re-up their latest tattoos.  Here's one on me by Jeff P. at Art Work Rebels from earlier this summer: