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Done by Horinao at The CatClaw Tattoo-Z Kyoto. Believe it or not this was just under 10 hours of tattooing in 2 days (6 first,4 second). So many damn lines!! Its based on one of Kuniyoshi's Suikoden prints - Tameijiro Dan Shogu
Some parts didn't hurt anywhere near as bad as I thought then others killed. Granted it was just the outline though ;)
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And my tattoo has a tattoo, fuck yes.

When I was in Vegas for the APP Conference, my old friend Ron Garza and I decided to get matching 'bro-tats' courtesy of his wife Nakota who tattoos out of Outer Limits. We've known each other since 1995 and have an amazing surreal friendship. Earlier this year one of our good friends (who goes back to 95 with us as well) killed himself, so we decided on Skulls in Party Hats. Little two minute dealies to commemorate our friendship.
The "party tats" label was tongue in cheek.

On a scale between 1 and Bear Mauling, how bad is your pain?

I work with a gentlemen name Kelly Edwards, and his tattoos are fucking incredible. Super nice, super helpful, and super knowledgeable about tattooing.




I do wish he would get a better phone for photo quality.

got this last night. Chris newport Hope and glory Suffolk UK

There are like a million versions of this design floating around. Some without the cap maybe a candle behind the book, or oil lamp.
UPDATE
Funny didn't read through whole thread, just posted this. Great minds think alike i guess.

First, I want to thank Hogg for his response - measured and appropriate. Secondly, I want to agree with his point that this sort of thing happens so infrequently here is a testament to the quality of people on this forum. I do want to highlight how important it is that moderators be allowed to do their job. Self-appointed moderators are a threat to the free and open discussion of ideas and topics. David Flores makes the very important point that if people feel they must address a particular post and do not wish to bring it to the attention of the actual mods, they should be very careful how they frame their criticism. David's suggestion of how to handle this particular incident strikes me as a perfect model of how this could have been handled. As participants on these forums we are self-policing to a certain degree, but I think we should be careful about allowing self-appointed moderators too much latitude. I hope Dan comes back, but I can understand why he was so frustrated.

You are a nice guy Dan, and it's awesome that you feel comfortable sharing your life with relative strangers. I love to meet new folks (especially those with common interests), hear about their lives, and talk about whatever. It does seem though, and I'm sure that much of your recent trials are contributing to this, that you are an exposed nerve. One that experiences some emotional extremes without much of a buffer in between either the good or the bad stuff.
You already know this, but dealing with hundreds of strangers, especially on the internet will inevitably strike that nerve from time to time. I would recommend not taking everything to heart and relax, whilst at the same time hopefully others will have that same patience when people get excited to share their lives and put themselves out on a limb (especially on the random crap forum, har).
These forums are a great resource for education, and even though that is the ultimate goal (at least to my limited understanding, being a F.N.G), a little frivolity can be healthy.
That is until the My Little Pony spam begins, then heads will roll.
My .02, sorry if I'm over-stepping. Lets all go out for drinks, have a good times, and discuss our next tattoos. Peace!

Got this a few weeks ago at Electric 13 in Austin from Zach Taylor, who was gracious enough to come in on his day off to accomodate my schedule. Really cool shop, great experience all around. p.s. I apologize for the photo size, but people here like to see detailed photos of tattoos, right??

I like your threads, Dan.

These are a few of my most recent, coincidently all happen to be don Nolan designs from back in the 70s
Very little if any tweaks to the original designs :)
Oldschool is cool :)

Good dog! And what a looker.

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lots of nice people here,thanks,had a fun time,

Erkel pants.

Got this from Chris Garver last week at the Amsterdam Tattoo Museum pop up store (Sorry if the picture is really big. Posting this from my iPhone). Pic stolen from their instagram.

I got this about 1½ month ago at Copenhagen Ink Festival :) It's on the upper side of my forearm.
Got tattooed by Suzi Powell from Holdfast Tattoo, Perth, Australia. I got a tattoo by her apprentice when I lived in Perth last year, so had to get one by her as well, now that she was in Denmark.

LiveLeak.com - Nonagenarian tattoo artist.

One of the tattoos from the London Trip... photo and tattoo by Stefano C. at Frith Street. Great experience, amazing tattoo, and I got to go back three days later for matching tattoos with my fiancee from Jordan Teear. I'll have photos of those and a full shot of this one when I get home this weekend.

p.s.- Thanks to their staff for being patient while I mulled over which shirts I was going to bring back for the homies... as well as telling me how to find Honest Burger. It was too good.

YES!!!!!! :)

very nicely put :)

ok,so the results of the surgery are 100% all bad stuff is gone. :)
I get freaked out in my way,like I said,fuckin' cancer has touched my life so many times. :mad:
finally one time it got beat !
thanks for all the support & good energy ,it worked !

Done by Robert Aalbers @ Clean Solid Tattoo, Waalwijk on ME !
I Don't expect to win I'm just so proud of it !

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Artist: Jake Lee Shop: Lucky Lane Tattoo

I finished this a couple of months ago and someone mentioned adding it to a contest. I forgot then, so throwing my hat(or leg) in the ring here.
Dana Helmuth at Read Street Tattoo in Baltimore.

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