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If ya don't mind me sayin', yer a f***in' animal ! LOL ;)
Good luck!

I saw this one last night on the Tattooland instagram. Chris Brand, 108 Heroes of Los Angeles. SO GOOD.

At first glance I thought it was just cool, then I started laughing my ass off.

exactly as if the dragon wasnt good enough the maple leafs rule just as hard. @Takeaway so good man, Ive inadvertently starred at your ass on occasion

I'm a new poster here, and thought i'd say hi in this thread.
My backpiece, finished a couple of months ago, by the amazing Stewart Robson of Frith Street tattoo. It was an absolute pleasure getting this piece, and getting to spend time with such a knowledgeable and insightful guy; an experience I was very lucky to have.
Excuse the inlarged instagram pic, it's all I have

Best wishes to you SacramentoDan and to your lovely wife especially.
Positive energy has been sent! It works. And know that it always exists all around all of us. We all just need to acknowledge its presence more often :)

Best of luck bud, she'll kick cancer straight in the sack!

I keep her in a shoe box!


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First I find the Beer thread and now THIS?
Man, I love this place ;')

check out @Iwar's blog also we have a good stickied thread about traveling.
http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/general-tattoo-discussion/2506-traveling-tattoos-link-threads-blogs.html

Here we go. Apologies for the suit...unfortunately my plans for world domination have gone to shit so I still have to work for the man. Really cool experience. Can't wait to read the book. Ed was super nice and friendly.

New in the last two weeks:
From Heath Nock today during his guest spot at Handcrafted Miami:

And the start of my back, a Sailor Jerry remix from Chris Buckholts at Howl Tattoo/Gallery in Fort Myers, Florida.

Little bit of a cover up in that. Kinda self conscious about seeing my entire back but whatever you guys are kind.

"If it's on the internet, it's fair game," is such a bullshit cop out imho.
You do pose a tough question though. The art of tattoo has always had copying and repetition. All the classic designs have been done to death and occaissionally been reinvented by the more brilliant and forward thinking artists. But, we're talking standard flash here and not original works of art based on japanese tradition.
To me, the examples sited above equal "unforgivable plagerism". No matter how taken I was with a design of this nature, I could not in good conscience wear it as my own without making significant changes and an artist that would take credit for it is....well.....I'll leave it at that.

Now I'm sad that I didn't make my username "Total Boner Fuel"

Not so much a book as an (yet unfinished) Author tattoo . . .
Jeff Ensminger

Beautiful. Don't forget to add the part about "setting" the new tattoo immediately after removing the plastic wrap.
To set your new tattoo, simply have a friend or acquaintance open their hand, place it over the tattoo, raise the hand in line with their shoulder, and, rotating at the elbow, bring down hand with as much force as possible onto the new tattoo. This will ensure that your tattoo will be permanent. It may take as many as three times.

Got this from Steve Byrne today.

I really hope that nobody opens the copyright can of worms onto tattooing... imagine all of the published reference images or commercial imagery that's used in tattoos. Even if the suit is between two artists, I feel like it would set a precedent for larger entities to totally shit on the tattoo community.

Fella named "Squirrelly" out of Hubbard, Ohio inked this Sailor Jerry-style Wyvern on my calf at the Old School Tattoo Expo in Knoxville Tenn. about 20 years ago. Does it qualify as "old"?

This. That way you'll get a tattoo with the most psyche included in it.

About 7 weeks ago, I got my first tattoo, which was the words "Love will tear us apart again" written down the centre of my forearm. Almost four weeks ago I got my second tattoo, the reading of the first discovered pulsar, also the cover of Joy Division's "Unknown Pleasures," completing the piece.
A little background on the piece: when I was 16, quite a few serious events unfolded in my life. I was a foster child at the time, and I had some mental health issues that resulted in me being volleyed about from hospital to hospital as psychiatrists picked apart my brain and my behavioural problems. At some point I ended up at a hospital in up-state New York, where I saw the movie "Donnie Darko" for the first time. To cut the story down to size, I identified with the movie. One song in it particularly caught me: Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart." I listened to it daily. Fast forward a year, give or take, and while living in a group home, one of the boys I lived with gave me the "Unknown Pleasures" CD for Secret Santa. He never got the help he needed, or the family he needed, and wasn't as fortunate as I was. So while this piece is also a tribute to one of my favourite bands, it is mainly a reminder of a time in my life, and of how lucky I am.

I've already had several kids in big glasses and flannel come up to me in New York and complain that "Love Will Tear Us Apart" isn't on "Unknown Pleasures." Having to deal with them is probably my only regret about this tattoo.
EDIT: Sorry about the huge pictures. Is there any way to resize them so they don't punch everyone in the face with how big they are?

might as well throw up my own snake. I fuckin love it! (Yes thats fully healed)

I got some more work on my left leg,pics when it's healed,
the thing is I do photography for fun and I carry my camera with me 24/7,I document my life,so anyway,this is a pretty cool perspective IMO.
this was shot with my Canon 50D & Sigma 10-20mm Super wide angle lens,(so there is an intended lens distortion)I love this lens for that reason,
the light from the afternoon sun in the window made for crappy shooting conditions,so I did the best I could with all the contrast. :rolleyes:

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I never knew scrimshaw was a term for it, that's rad. I've often admired this style of tattooing and not really known what to call it, other than "looks like an etching or lithograph."
One of my favorite artists who works in this style (and I feel almost bad because I am constantly telling people about his work, I just really think it's so beautiful) is Max Buchi. He travels a lot, mostly between New York and London these days.
some good stuff:

The big day is July 7. I'm really looking forward to it!