motsimus

here is some from my trip to the states in September that i haven't posted yet , titty grabber by Hilary Fisher white , Cherub by Jason Ochoa and the witch by Dan Santoro. Ive haven't been on Last Sparrow that often lately but its good to see you guys and girls are still getting sick tattoos. also sorry for the sideways flicks

Jason Colehour, Lifetime Tattoo Denver
Last Friday my girl and I drove down and got some walk ins, I got this fun filler, she got a panther. Fun times

Franz Stefanik, The Okey Doke, Toronto, Ontario

Cross posting from the back piece thread, this is after session 2 with Marius Meyer yesterday.
Yesterdays session was all the scales, all the shading in the skull and all the yellow. Looking to get the next session booked in for around the beginning of April, hopefully.

hey everyone. just wanted to share this new tattoo I got from Steve Boltz at Smith Street Tattoo in Brooklyn about 2 weeks ago:

sorry for the crappy pic.

Tattoos are permanent. That's the whole point. If you can't handle the commitment, the no-turning-back, maybe you should reassess why the hell you are getting tattoos. They aren't for everybody.
While I applaud the scientific development of no-laser-pain-free removal, I worry about how a low cost easy-removal-remedy will trivialize and water down the tattoo culture and make tattoo even more accessible than I believe it should be. Kitchen tattoo party mistake? Sexy 90s lower back tattoo got you down? Tribal armband not so cool anymore? No worries! Rub the snake oil on and goodbye bad decision!
Maybe this product will be a good thing though. Allow serious tattoo folks to delete some of those not-so-awesome tattoos and upgrade with nicer work. And then we can all have the perfect "collection" :/
I say learn from your mistakes, blast over and get more.
I don't think I will be re-writing pages in my colouring book anytime soon. Even my scrappiest of tattoos I still love and actually love them more for the imperfections as they/I age.
On the other hand, this PhDude is about to patent a goldmine.
So go and get your tattooed lumberjack look and tea-cup tattoos, the future is now!

First piece on my legs by Matthias Boettcher in Lowbrow Berlin. Happy man

Done, 2d sleeve by Shige :
View image: IMG 5047
Next is back in November (or maybe earlier) to complete my mandala.
Cheers

I'm just here to point out the hilarity of motsimus' comment followed by the comment in Myles' signature.

I like the 1st & 3rd examples...I would make the skull bigger than it is in the 3rd picture.
Instagram Does nice skulls...

My latest and greatest tattoo on my left knee, Had a very personal battle getting this one almost tapped a couple of times.
Artist is WT Norbert so stoked to have him working just down the road from my place

ok ok - now I know this is the heavyweight division - the best of the best - major league back pieces - epic sleeves from legendary artists from around the globe - tattooing black belts - you get the picture - but I figure - you only live once - so here is my first ever entry into one of my favorite monthly threads....
Whatever...by Jamie Sawyer outta Immortal Ink in Clinton, NJ

few more
split sheet with Handsome Jake

couple of new efforts

My arm isn't done, and I've only really started on one, but I can actually contribute! So I shall. :) Taking pictures of my own arm is hard, and I suck at it. There are individual pictures of these in my gallery, though, anyway!

I was really late in coming to an appreciation of traditional designs (aside from traditional Japanese, which I have always loved). What sold me on traditional sleeves was the interesting way in which individual pieces become more than the sum of each individual tattoo...it becomes this collective aesthetic that I find so fascinating, in addition to being a very cool collection of individual images.
I mention this because I have similar feelings about 'masculine' and 'feminine' aesthetics. (I'm also one of those people who thinks a man or woman can wear whatever the hell they want and still be masculine and feminine if they want to be, but that's a discussion of a slightly different variety. For the purposes of this post, I'm just using the generally accepted definitions of those words.) I think whether something reads as 'masculine' or 'feminine' in the traditional sense depends mostly on general presentation. There are tons of pictures out there of women wearing tough, aggressive traditional work, but they dress or present themselves in a way that's still super-girly and feminine. I think this look is amazing.
Of course, there'll always be people out there who just find tattoos in general 'unfeminine' or whatever, buuut. That's really more about them, imo.

sup from san francisco everyone. been lurkin here for a while. figured its about time i made an account.
have an appointment with austin maples at idlehand tomorrow and am reading all your tattoo experiences again in anticipation.
still have yet to put together some references, but im grabbing a b&g dagger stabbing a globe. best one i've found that kinda suits me is one from rich hadley:
anyone got similar ones to share? dont want a butterfly in mine, but i do wanna add something else to it so its not so plain. any ideas? cheers guys!

If you're ever in Oakland, I got you.
I'm just trying my best to get on that Chad Koeplinger/Matty Matheson/Chris Grosso level of eating good.

Brought a drawing to Sacred Tattoo today with plans for getting a walk-in, after meeting the shop owner a week or so back. Niño was kind enough to redraw my doodle an this is what we came up with. Great way to celebrate the last few months of living in Oakland. Pic lifted from Nino's Instagram.
Also, I visited Umami Mart and saw @CABS and that Felix and lady head in person. Great to meet you, Chris. Thanks for the directions to The Trappist!

drove down to portland to get this. underrated tattooer.

Finally get to post in this thread!! Screen capped right off Instagram.
Karl Lark/Bert Grimm? lady head flip by Jason Phillips at FTW in Oakland, CA. Ribs are brutal. But I'm stoked on the end result.
Felix by Adrian Sanchez at FTW in Oakland, CA for their 14 Year Anniversary Party. I've always wanted a Felix tattoo. It fit perfectly in the spot.

Got some more work done on my Bakeneko by Josh Damnit at Classic Tattoo Upland, CA

here is some from my trip to the states in September that i haven't posted yet , titty grabber by Hilary Fisher white , Cherub by Jason Ochoa and the witch by Dan Santoro. Ive haven't been on Last Sparrow that often lately but its good to see you guys and girls are still getting sick tattoos. also sorry for the sideways flicks

here is some from my trip to the states in September that i haven't posted yet , titty grabber by Hilary Fisher white , Cherub by Jason Ochoa and the witch by Dan Santoro. Ive haven't been on Last Sparrow that often lately but its good to see you guys and girls are still getting sick tattoos. also sorry for the sideways flicks

Got this lil lady from Shawn VanOven! Thanks for lookinh

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Hi Everyone!
Started this in Late October 2014 and just got it Finished on Jan 03 2015
6 Session of 4 Hours Each - Traveling back and forth from Montreal to Toronto...
Tattoo Artist is Tony Hu from Chronic Ink Tattoos.
http://instagram.com/tonyhutattoo
Completed and Done!
龍 - Dragon by davidcwong888, on Flickr

I think @AverageJer posted a picture of a Sailor Jerry fish he got a couple days ago? I hadn't been on here recently and wound up getting a similar tattoo on Saturday. It's from Rollo flash tweaked by Josh Arment at the Aloha Monkey. You guys, I can't begin to do justice to how cool everyone at this shop is. After some very, very embarrassing last-minute indecision I went back to the first thing that had caught my eye on the wall (and learned a lesson about not overthinking things). Sorry about the picture quality.