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Thought this might be of interest to some of you. All tattoo work by Diego Azaldegui.

you want to be 100% shitless during the ass sessions.

This is so true! The ass is a brutal place to get tattooed. So glad I never have to go through that again!!

I think the reasonable answer is as far as you can see while standing naturally

I think you've got it right there. Neither of you will be having fun when the needle goes right into the Grand Canyon though!

Have a look at Rob Admiraal Instagram

@Sergiozoolander Thanks, glad you've been following my blog about it. I sometimes wonder if anyone actually looks at it other than me haha. Yeah Rosie has some lovely work from Diego, her back piece is really beautiful.

@introspect, that's very very cool. What Diety is this?

Thanks @Lance, it's Monju Bosatsu

Here's my progress so far by Diego Azaldegui. Got another session in a few weeks which should hopefully finish it off.

I'm going to go against the grain here and say I've got an exact record of how many hours of tattooing I've had and how much I've spent. I've kept it all recorded step-by-step in a tattoo progress blog. I've even got video footage of all my work so far! I think I'm a bit OCD about this sort of thing haha. It's not something I go around declaring to people in the street or anything but the info is online if I or anyone else ever wants to know.

I love this piece by Horimomo. Outline with a machine and shaded by tebori

I'm on as @introspect81

This is by Diego Azaldegui

Diego Azaldegui is also just a super nice dude, as well as a good tattooer.

Yeah he's super nice. I really enjoy chatting to him during sessions. Makes the time fly by really fast.

Whoa! That is a jaw-dropper. Such a beautiful style...a nice mix of old and new that just ends up looking timeless.

Thank you. Yes I know what you mean about his style. I think it will age well and still look nice in years to come.

Love Diego's work. He has a really unique style. That Monju bosatsu is so nice.

Thanks, it took me a while to decide what to have but I'm really happy with my choice now.

thats looking great @introspect ? sorry if you've mentioned it before but who's doing that fine tattoo?

@Duffa all my work has been done by Diego Azaldegui, working from Argentina and Leeds UK.

This is where I'm up to with my back piece so far. Got a few more months to wait before I can get some more done.

Really love these by Rico at Daruma Goya in Japan

A few more hours put in on my back piece. Also did last night background from under the pits on both side to mid rib cage. All work being done by Rodrigo Melo from Northstar Tattoo NYC. Super stoked at the progress.

Mike

This looks super cool! Love it so far.

very nice. how many hours = 2 sessions? 8 hours? just curious because i like to imagine what my future backpiece will look like after 2 sessions...

Thanks, Yeah it's about 7-8 hours but some of that time included applying the stencil, sketching the background on by hand, making adjustments etc.

Bit more done on my back by Diego Azaldegui in Leeds, UK. This is after two sessions.

Very nice Inntrospect is it by Diego?

Yeah it's by Diego

@introspect, that is absolutely gorgeous. I can't wait to see this one come along!

Thanks man, really pleased with the design

Got started on this last week. It's going to be a long term project but at least it's finally started.

Just finished it. In case there was any question, this proved that Shige is the Hanya master!

That Hannya mask back piece is so beautiful.

BOOM, we have lift off!! Looks like it's live now :)

Just came across this interview with Rico which I thought was pretty cool. He's a great artist who specialises in traditional Japanese tattooing. Check out his and his wife Shion's work here DARUMA GOYA TATTOO, Japan