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Next week I have Derek Noble working on my t-rex leg sleeve. The areas to do are the ass crack and inside the inner thigh (sigh).
And this week my mentor Dave Richmond is working on a Hanya mask on my knee.

They get in that ass, larry. All the way in that ass!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEhk5N32Tec

They get in that ass, larry. All the way in that ass!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEhk5N32Tec

Here goes. Head tattoo by Jesse Roberts. 3 sessions about 3-4 hours each, then one quick touchup session. Completed in about 2 months.

I saw Chad Koeplinger while he was in town the other day for rose #4.

Done at Rock of Ages in Austin.

Appropriately posting this one on Easter. I got this one from Matt Arriola a few weeks ago at Spotlight. Photo stolen from his IG:
For reference, it's on the back of my thigh:

this is a great quote:
"I have two cats. I'm the furthest thing from a gang member."

Bum progress. The ass and thighs are just plain nasty, and I don't recommend that anyone get them tattooed. :)
Done by Mark Armstrong, Sacred Art Tattoo Manchester

There's mine completed in 2007ish. I now wish it were more detailed but at the time I wanted the biggest back piece with the least amount of time and effort and money. So it goes.

Bum progress. The ass and thighs are just plain nasty, and I don't recommend that anyone get them tattooed. :)
Done by Mark Armstrong, Sacred Art Tattoo Manchester

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Lonny did this in 3 sessions.
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Bum progress. The ass and thighs are just plain nasty, and I don't recommend that anyone get them tattooed. :)
Done by Mark Armstrong, Sacred Art Tattoo Manchester

Got a couple of weeks break from my big back sessions, so with the time off I am getting my kneecaps hammered by Danny Rossiter at Rain City tattoo studio in Manchester. Pray for me. I'll upload some progress pictures next week, getting some pretty big pieces so it wont be done in one session!

Session #6, 3.5 hrs, 22.5 hours total.
Completed the blackground yesterday on my Shaolin backpiece after a really intense session.
This was the heaviest session in my 12 years of getting tattooed.
Inside the crack and underneath the butt cheeks, down the back and insides of the thigh. All the way. It really comes down to mind over matter. The pain was very sharp and the skin is very different in that nether region thus a spectacular array of sensations. But moreso it really messes with your mind to get tattooing in that very private and sensitive area, doing your best to be loose (not too loose, wink wink haha) and relaxed while your mind is frozen at what your body is undergoing. I'm still feeling mentally scrambled the day after. Unbelievable experience, some very serious tattooing. You really have to let your inhibitions go and have full trust in the tattooer. Steve really helped me push through and said I did really well with the sit. Really learned a lot about myself through the vulnerability of this session.
I was chewing down on a towel for the last 30 minutes. But I did it. Exhausted and spaced out afterwards and now I've got this swollen black ass, shit-my-pants shuffle walk happening, at least for a few days. All the way!
me-"I can do this"
steve-"You are doing it man!"
me-"I'm doing this!"
steve-"You did it!"
I've been sitting fairly regularly so I'm going to take it easy for a bit to heal and re-calibrate. Off to Jamaica in April to relax as my alter-ego Ras Colouring Book on the beach. Then a couple sessions in May to blast in all the colour and patterns and saturate some of the black again.
This was a milestone tattoo session for me as well. I hit my 201st hour of total tattooing on my body over a 12 year period. I'm wearing a full body of tattoos now, all pieces new and old interconnected neck to ankle. But I left a few choice silver-dollar sized spots to tuck in a few mini collector tattoos ;)
And the Ramones kicked on as I crossed the 200th hour marker...

I've been holding out on posting pics online of my Shaolin backpiece progress. But now the 'blackground' is just about complete and the time felt right to share my progress. This is 5 sessions deep, about 19hrs and we are getting some wicked momentum. Tattoo is being made by Steve Batt in Edmonton, AB.
Thank you all for your LST kinship through this experience!

All right. For those who've seen it all ready, for those who've been waiting, for those who don't know what the fuck I talking about, for those who don't care: here is my back now.

Finished this Saturday at the annual Scottish tattoo convention in Edinburgh. Iain Mullen and Rudy Fritsch converged for the first time since we did the lines in June, to do some two machine shading on the lower part and add some extra detail. One more touch up session with Iain in Stockholm and then this experience is over. It's been a great ride on so many levels and if I were to explain how happy I am about the result I would have to invent some new words. Both Iain and Rudy rules and everybody who has the chance to get the chance should really consider getting something from them.
I will post a longer write up on this thread full-back-piece-experience-thread.html shortly, perhaps tomorrow. Right now I have a bad fever to pull through. One good thing about getting tattooed is that, if you do it right, it teaches you how tough you really are. Peace!

Flyrite is a block or so away from Saved in W'Burg. Both are excellent shops. There's also Three Kings, Daredevil, Fun City, Invisible, Smith Street, Greenpoint, Bound for Glory, North Star, too many to name really. I don't think it would be a stretch to say that NYC is one of the best cities in the world for tattoos at the moment.
For watercolor tattoos I agree with @bongsau but if you want to spend way too much money on a tattoo that is going to fall apart really quickly, you have Amanda Wachob and Gene Coffey, and probably others who are also "good" but really you should read this thread before you think about something like that.
Welcome!

Check out Calle at King Carlos tattoo - Probably my favourite Swedish artist, he's a really nice dude too!

its covered in saniderm right now but heres an action shot. :)

Upper right thigh. I gave him all the space from mid-thigh up to the swimsuit line, and around to the side midline. I just said that these are the boundaries, and however he wanted to use the space.
Thanks!
Hmmm, not sure there is a "club." Molly is very nice - she books for Horitomo, so write to her specifically. She uses the email [email protected]. When I called at first, they said to write an email saying what you were looking for, where on the body, and give as much information as you could about what you want.
Molly emailed back the same day, and at the time (summer 2014) said she would put me on the waiting list and that I would get a call when they were booking for 2015/2016. I just had the consultation appointment (phone call and email follow-up) today. If it helps, I was incredibly deferential in my initial call and email, and wrote clearly what I wanted and provided reference pictures. I consider this an honor to be tattooed by Horitomo. Your email truly is a sales pitch. They probably pick and choose the work they'd like to do.

Made quite a bit of progress today with Fil Wood at Black Crown in Leeds
https://instagram.com/p/0dTv7zmzSG/?taken-by=fil_wood

Bum progress. The ass and thighs are just plain nasty, and I don't recommend that anyone get them tattooed. :)
Done by Mark Armstrong, Sacred Art Tattoo Manchester

Bum progress. The ass and thighs are just plain nasty, and I don't recommend that anyone get them tattooed. :)
Done by Mark Armstrong, Sacred Art Tattoo Manchester

@BrianH @Diehardonvhs You two are DESTROYING this thread!!! WHOA!!!!!!

Bum progress. The ass and thighs are just plain nasty, and I don't recommend that anyone get them tattooed. :)
Done by Mark Armstrong, Sacred Art Tattoo Manchester