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From a short drive this morning.....

whatever - it rules!

got this one a coupla weeks ago from Chris Stuart.....

Having started 21 months ago I am unbelievably happy to say that my back is done. It took 59 hours, at least a dozen tubes of bepanthen, lots of cups of coffee and bacon sandwiches, and at least one ruined set of bed sheets. Thank you very much Mr Ian Flower.

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!

@sighthound Better than this? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c1/98/7d/c1987d6810c24192576556a92273bc2e.jpg
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@sighthound Better than this? https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/c1/98/7d/c1987d6810c24192576556a92273bc2e.jpg

Got this panther/rose from Juan Puente a few weeks ago. photo by Juan that day.

https://scontent-sjc2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t31.0-8/fr/cp0/e15/q65/12823389_10206758820987493_1781662114968890668_o.jpg?efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9
Newest piece done today. Pretty stoked about it!

Got this little memorial for my father from Tim Pausinger at The Pearl in Toronto on Monday. Its been a long long journey.

Haven't posted in a while, but I've finally gotten tattooed again, so I thought it would be a good time to revive my account.
Anyway, the talented Johann Ingemar recently started working at my favorite shop in Copenhagen, The Sailors Grave, so this one was a no-brainer:
Dragon in a nice big gap on my lower leg.

Just healed and still shiny, so sorry for all the glare in the photo.
EDIT: Why won't my picture show up as an actual picture in the thread, but just as a link?

Hey guys...I'm not on the boards too much lately because frankly, I'm kind of tired of even thinking about tattoos at the moment. This current project I'm working on is the most grueling yet. Once I finish this piece, I think I'll go back to traditional one shots on my arms, because this thing is burning me out. Anyway, I met with Sam Warren recently to work on doing some coloring (so far we've done one for lining, one for black and gray shading, and now one for color). One more session to go next month to finish coloring and maybe do some touching up. Sorry the pic is horrible but have you ever tried taking a picture of your own thigh? It ain't easy.

Here's some close ups of the key components:

made a trip to michigan over the weekend
jeff zuck @ name brand tattoo. not sure why the picture looks weird at the top of the flames

alex boyko @ sunhouse

then today on my way home i swung by old soul and got this from john hill

A little twist on a classic. Picked from the incredibly twisted, but amazing, sketch book of Matt Kerley.

Greggles and I did a thing today. Haven't been in a tattoo shop since last summer. I dunno if that was the reason, or if this spot was just really tender, but holy crap, I feel like I just got hit by a truck! Poor Greg. I was unusually squirmy. Worth it though, as always.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCmDYNNzBHG/
We set the appointment to line my back for April 9th. I am legit scared of a day that consists entirely of lining! Haha. Especially since we're aiming to line the whole freakin' thing in one shot. Excited, though.

yep ! I have an old one from 95 when my mom passed away,it's an old school tattoo.
she was sick with cancer,so I got the main tattoo so she could see it,then I added the RIP & date after she passed,but I was very happy and she liked it when I got the heart and banner.

Just got this and prisoner of love by Tyson Arndt at Stockholm Classic. It was cool to hang out and talk to Tyson. Super happy!
https://instagram.com/p/BCYCSHiR5PP/
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Just got this and prisoner of love by Tyson Arndt at Stockholm Classic. It was cool to hang out and talk to Tyson. Super happy!

so we went to the Fresno,CA tattoo expo yesterday and had all saturday afternoon with Oliver Peck. Central Valley Tattoo
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and this one on my left lower thigh,it's a little bruised now.
and Saniderm on it.
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we had a really great day getting tattooed together at a convention,it was awesome.

Just got this from David Parker at Black Heart Tattoo in San Francisco. Do I really need to say how I feel about this tattoo?

Unfortunately after I finished my back the itch didn't stay scratched for too long. Started this piece on Thursday. I have been shitting myself about starting the front and I wasn't disappointed, there were some seriously ouch spots. Have to keep telling myself the end result is worth it. :)

I got this done today by Dan Climan, real stoked on it!

I'm pretty sure it's based off a Owen Jensen design but I haven't found the original yet. I'd love to see it if anyone knows where to find it.

Going to stockholm to get tattooed by Tyson Arndt on monday. Really looking forward to getting seeing him again. Such a cool dude.
Getting the tiger with the dagger from this post:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BBOXPUwx5AQ/?taken-by=tysonarndt

Booked in a month from now to get some filler glyphs around my armpit from Jondix. Looking forward a lot! Also it's going to be cool to get tattooed at Seven Doors, only visited before.
Some days before I get my left elbow tattooed by Rudy Fritsch at the Scottish Convention. Iain Mullen did my right elbow back in 2012, second time I met him. Last year at the Scottish Convention Iain and Rudy finished my back. So having the other elbow by Rudy now feels like full circle in a way. Beautiful

thigh shots
Shannon Pagliarini, Matt Dunn, Mark Costa

I've been gone for a while. I'm stoked to see so many great tattoos being done.
Started my back with Horitomo in December.

Session 2 with Steve Moore. Another 3 hours into the back. He wasn't lying that the lining was more painful than shading. But the shading is still pretty bad haha