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Right on, glad to hear :)

I mean I know I'm probably never going to win one of these things but it's still awesome to see what you guys are entering! Maybe we can have like a lightspeed August contest of 3 days!! What do you think @Iwar?

Carolyn LeBourgeois tattooing

wow holy fuck I am boring u___u

@hogg Cheers! :)

@polliwog totally! At least with ink caps, they come in various sizes and you can meter the amount of pigment you'll need for each application, minimizing waste of both pigment and packaging.

@Graeme yeah, I mean the health department isn't completely useless, but dynamics like this have been discussed around the tattoo community for at least 20 years. I definitely remember reading old and new articles in tattoo magazines on the importance of sanitary standards and the responsibility of the tattoo community to work with the health department to impart only necessary regulations. Although to be fair, it's not the most attractive responsibility on account of the fact that every person working for the government pretty much just wants money and thinks that because they hold a position in the state that they know what they're doing. Personally, I prefer the door to be more closed than open.

New laws have been passed in NY effective December 12th that will require the used of single use prepackaged ink cups instead of the usual disposable ink caps.

To: Senator Carlucci, NYS Department of Health, Governor Cuomo, Assemblyman Zebrowski and whomever else it may concern,

This petition is regarding the wording on the new tattoo laws that were passed, bill S1421-2015. The wording regarding single use inks is complicated and may lead to completely unnecessary and expensive measures.

The new bill (S1421-2015 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Requires tattoo studios and body piercing studios to use single use needles and inks, to obtain consent forms from customers and to maintain customer consent forms from customers - New York State Senate) defines "SINGLE USE INK" SHALL MEAN A SEALED AND PRE-FILLED PACKAGE OF INK THAT IS ONLY INTENDED FOR A SINGLE USE”

https://www.change.org/p/andrew-cuomo-david-carlucci-kenneth-zebrowski-new-york-state-department-of-health-change-nys-bill-s1421-2015-to-allow-the-use-of-disposable-ink-caps-in-tattooing?recruiter=368545516&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink

There has been a lot of fuss over this on instagram over the last few days and I feel like this is something worth sharing with the broader tattoo community as it can ultimately affect everyone. Whether you live in the state of New York and get tattooed there, whether you are a tattooer working in the state or planning to travel there for work/getting tattooed, or simply concerned that this law may set a beaurocratic precedent for other states, you should sign this petition.

In a nutshell, the state passed a bill that requires all artists to use pre-packaged, single-use packets of tattoo pigment for every tattoo. Most of the concerns with this proposition are outlined in the petition, but basically it will make buying pigments very expensive, limit the quality and options of pigment available for the tattooer to buy, and will ultimately make the entire tattoo more expensive for the collector.

While I feel that the health department plays an important role in holding artists accountable for safe work practices, I also feel that at the end of the day they usually have no idea what the fuck they're doing without input from the inside and this bill is no exception. Sign please! We got this!

My butt itches u_____u

So you're from Oakland, right? :cool:

@Cork why, cause lol ass? :rolleyes:

also @Graeme, thank you! That is my favorite part about it, I have no idea how he put this together and will forever remain a wizard in my mind.

Sorry for not responding to everyone earlier, I posted that right before sitting down for dinner but oh man, thank you for the overwhelming positive response!

@Cork so insanely cool to see all of that as a process!! Must have been neat to put those photos together and take a trip down memory lane with all of it. I also have taken pain killers for getting the linework done, and you are absolutely right about it not doing a whole lot as far as actually dulling the pain. You definitely still feel everything and it is pretty intense, it just isn't quite so brutal and immediate.

@pidjones thank you! I figured instagram wouldn't be the right place for this one, the format is so irregular for photo sharing.

@Pugilist thanks, Anna! Also very impressed with that as well, can't fathom actually trying to draw that.

@MrToby Thank you! The artist is Kahlil Rintye at Tattoo City in SF.

@Diehardonvhs @Lance @sophistre @mmikaoj @Rob I @hogg @suburbanxcore

Thank you guys very much! Means a lot!

@BrianH WOW WOW WOW SO SICK! Damn!!

Alright folks, here ya go

Yes!!! I'll be there, naturally. Can't wait to see you babes :o I probably won't be getting any tattoos though cause for obvious reasons I can't afford it haha. Although that's kind of a bullshit reason cause it's impossible to leave that show with any money in your pocket.

Austin Maples looks super young too.

He is! He's 23 haha :)

Dude, days off are bad for the both of us.

Booked in with Phillips in October. More work on my front. Not looking forward to it, but sorta am?

Did you get your elbow done?

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I've always wanted a hot stuff devil, and since I didn't have any, why not.

Are you getting the other upside down face girl? Cause you totally should!!!!

Looks like it's a girl, and looks like she doesn't have any tattoos, so I'd stay the fuck away and go find a real tattooer.

Also what the fuck is this? https://instagram.com/p/3USZz8v9es/?taken-by=machinaelectrica

IMO the best japanese-style tattooers in the bay are in no order:

Dave Moore - True Love, Berkeley

Luke Stewart - Seventh Son, San Francisco

Jason Phillips - FTW, Oakland

Tim Lehi - Temple, Oakland

Horitomo/Colin Baker/Jill Bonny - State of Grace, San Jose

Colin Stevens - Body Manipulations, San Francisco

Everyone who works at - Diamond Club, San Francisco

Kahlil Rintye - Tattoo City, San Francisco

Ben Cheese - Everlasting, San Francisco

Andre Malcolm - Skull & Sword, San Francisco

I'm probably forgetting some folks, but thems the best of the best. Also I have seen some wonderful Japanese from Paul Dobleman for what it's worth.

Finished all of the linework today. 4 hours on the ass and ribs was super cool. u______u

But on the plus side it is the most gorgeous tattoo ever and I could not be more thrilled about having gone through with this. Also I met Ed Hardy today and I was pretty much naked except for a drape sheet and my socks so that was awesome haha :rolleyes:

Single-needle rose from Mr. Downtown Oakland in a week in a half! Very excited. Very, very nervous.

Ugh I could write so much on this topic but I have to get ready for work soon. I'll put it in a nutshell though. First of all, my opinions on this topic are constantly evolving and changing. I also strongly believe that in the USA, the people in power in this country are deliberately manipulating the media and the police force to create strong racial tension that will eventually break out into rioting, giving the state the opportunity to declare martial law (whole other topic of discussion). So with that being said, cultural appropriation and race are hot topics and very sensitive and close to home for a lot of people, also creating a complex of white guilt among many people (bullshit), which is where a lot of the internet social justice warriors come from. No seriously, next time you see someone yelping on the internet, just for curiosity, take a look at their race. So from my perspective, many of these concerns and emotional triggers are definitely valid, but also being blown up to push the buttons of the public to engage in certain hot topics and ignore other extremely disturbing shit that is happening behind the curtain (GMO engineering, climate engineering, drone warfare, DARPA, CERN, etc).

So if a tattoo is offensive to you, guess what? The internet isn't the place to get into it. Talk to the person wearing it, you don't know the reason that they got that tattoo. It could be satirical, or it could be legitimately ignorant. You may have the chance to change your own point of view or influence someone else's.

As for the whole white privilege/guilt thing in regards to cultural appropriation, everyone should be aware of their privilege so as to not capitalize on it and marginalize other people, everyone should generally be good to other people, and nobody should feel guilty about things that their ancestors have done because guess fucking what? You weren't there for it, you had nothing to do with it, and you can't change the past.

Worst days. My ass and back of thigh lining session was the shortest one I had on my back, I think I barely sat for two and a half hours or so and I was DONE at the end of it. Best of luck to you, it will be worth it.

Haha thank you. We went about 4 hours, although I dunno if I could have done it without some chemical relief. I've never taken codeine for getting tattooed, but it was great cause it didn't make me high, just kept me from twitching and made it suck less. I mean it still hurt and sucked but it was doable. Oddly the worst of it was the inside of the lower thigh :confused: