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Got this kitsune from Matt Arriola yesterday.

Ongoing piece. When it's done it will start at my ankle and connect to my chest piece. It's a tiger and samurai on my leg and dragon on my ribs/stomach. Just outline and shading so far on the dragon. We decided to work our way up.

got the star a few days ago. it is still the beginning and there is plenty of room on that leg but i like the progression...so i am posting this :p

i'm pretty sure it's from the "könig der tätowierer" christian warlich

i was bored at work and found this gem on youtube. freddy corbin doing some work on odb.
i couldn't find a thread for videos, so i will leave this here. it is rad!

started this end of '13 with rich hardy in krakow,poland. then i travelled to london, paris and london again to finish it few weeks ago. so relieved that i finally don't have to get through that pain again. although the shading during the last 3 sessions was so easy in comparison to the lines.
anyways i can only repeat that rich is the nicest guy. everyone should get tattooed by him if he is around.
merry christmas everyone!

Just got this hannya giesha from Jeremy Lamos on my thigh. So happy with it. The actual tattoo didnt take long but it was a long sit. Felt pretty sick by the end of it. Had allot of fun with the eyes.

Three new ones last night by Will Lollie! My wife and I got "matching" swallows and I also got the bison head. 
I've also added a quick picture of my healed foodog.
 

Wow, looks like everyone's been getting awesome tattoos. Good stuff guys.
Got this tiger yesterday from Kike Castillo. Excuse the picture.

Here is my latest done on my birthday by Yushi while guesting in Seattle and under the needle great guy and awesome experience lines by machine and colored by tebori.
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My first ever tattoo!
Done by Pedro Soos at Frontier Tattoo, Cardiff.

So after my trip to Berlin a couple of weeks ago my new chrysanthemum is pretty much healed. Super happy with how it came out, and it was a great experience getting tattooed by Toshihide.

Pagoda was good...
Peony by Rubendall, fall botanicals by Grez, Sailor Jerry swallows by Scott and filler peacock feather by Virginia Elwood. Sorry that the color saturations are all over the place (the peony and feather look pretty normal). Butt tattoos hurt!!

Progress with Chelsea Kotzur... color next. 

Kim Saigh @ Memoir in L.A. added on to my half-sleeve to match my other arm. Impressed by how seamless she made it look. Healed pics by @TrixieFaux.

Started my Japanese crane arm with Yutaro at Seven Doors in London yesterday. Pic nicked from his instagram as I don't have one and the arm is wrapped atm. There is a second crane on the lower arm and more finger waves. 
As I don't have to travel and I'm not in a hurry, we decided not to stress it but do the whole thing in a couple of nice short(ish) sessions. 
Really enjoyed the time at the shop and look forward to going back!

Got in a short session with Jess Yen on my in progress back piece
 
https://www.instagram.com/p/BIbWbdxjxB3/

Hmm weird, lets try again! I can't seem to find the edit post option so i appologize in advance for posting this one again to anyone who has allready seen it ;)
The first picture is how it looked 10 minutes after it was done last monday. Now it looks like it does on the second picture and itches like hell.

So last session today finishing up the dragon and the background on my sleeve. 
Arm by Daniel Innes at The Pearl Harbour Gift Shop in Toronto 

Went to Seven Doors Tattoo in London yesterday for a drawing session. Had to bring the little one (their suggestion, as we had trouble finding a good date)... So I haven't actually got a new tattoo yet, but my son got two! A butterfly and a crazy design from Deno. Both put on by Yutaro who was really sweet to him. He's very proud now and thinks they are super cool :-)

Elbow ditch was a surprisingly fast heal for me, only took 1,5 week for it to scab and peel (peal?) 
Anyway here is a video for the end result: https://www.instagram.com/p/BIsgSswgEFY/?taken-by=chrisvank

my knees,
Dave Gibson and Samuel Shaw

Who better than Chris Garver to fill a crucial spot on my forearm?  I requested his rendition of a phoenix inspired by a line drawing in Ed Hardy's latest book, "Drawings for Tattoos."  Aside from that, I told him to do it however he wants.  I guess he wanted to make it perfect and pink.  "Well... it's more of a coral."  Either way, I'm digging it and I feel much more complete!

I think for most people this won't look like much has been done, but oh well! All of the black/shading, with the exception of some clouds we're going to add, is now done. All of the lining, too. We had to line two more dragon feet and I thought I was going to die. If I never see another liner that size again, it'll be too soon! So now we get to start color after this, and I can't wait. 

Greg Whitehead and all that.
 

MANGY (unhappy) PANTHER by Theo Mindell.