JimmyS

Adrian Hing of 166 Tattoo in Melbourne,
I'm pretty sure he has only been tattooing for about a year.

Was at the shop yesterday to get a Leopard head. Here's what Dano, the artist, came up with. Needless to say I was stoked, even tough it wasn't what I originally had in mind. However its over 9000 times better than what I had in mind and I was very open to suggestions. Which I think he appreciated, you could tell he had a lot of fun doing it and during the smoking breaks, he was constantly checking it out thinking about it. He said while tattooing he's in another dimension. Soo... bold will hold, here's the finished tattoo right after getting stabbed:

i met this man at a friends 21st birthday, Tony"The Face"Cronin he is the former bodyguard of Chopper Reed a famous criminal we have here in Australia, despite his appearance and history he is a really nice dude, he was cool enough to let me look all over his head at the little details within his tattoos.

Heres a photo of me with my girlfriend and my two best mates.

Heres a photo of me with my girlfriend and my two best mates.

Heres a photo of me with my girlfriend and my two best mates.

@Shaun1105 and @motsimus: that is truly bizarre. I never would have guessed it could be used that way. According to wiki, it comes from the Dutch "tap toe":
Drummers from the garrison were sent out into the towns at 21:30 hrs (9:30PM) each evening to inform the soldiers that it was time to return to barracks. The process was known as doe den tap toe (Dutch for "turn off the tap"), an instruction to innkeepers to stop serving beer and send the soldiers home for the night. The drummers continued to play until the curfew at 22:00 hrs (10:00PM). Tattoo, earlier tap-too and taptoo, are alterations of the Dutch words tap toe which have the same meaning.
OK, threadjack over. Go get tattooed by Soap and post it here.

Heres a photo of me with my girlfriend and my two best mates.

took a drive up to tattoo marks today and got this from lowercase j.

Just got these two from Dusto at Tower Classic in St. Louis as a Christmas present to myself

Me and my lady before a concert this summer.

Heres a photo of me with my girlfriend and my two best mates.

Heres a photo of me with my girlfriend and my two best mates.

Heres a photo of me with my girlfriend and my two best mates.

Heres a photo of me with my girlfriend and my two best mates.

Heres a photo of me with my girlfriend and my two best mates.

Good for you for taking charge of your health. I have also gotten myself into better shape over the last few years and have found that this makes getting tattoos all the more fun. I have a tattoo I really like on my shoulder and I enjoy wearing clothing that shows it off (in the summer, it's below zero temperatures today). Three years ago I would never have worn sleeveless shirts. I feel like there is some kind of mutual incentive with all of this- I want to be fit so I can enjoy my tattoos and I like to get tattoos as an inspiration to remain fit.
Get something you like and that you'd like others to see. You will know what it means to you and no one else will probably even care.
I saw a wonderful quote recently that said something like "you will worry less about what other people think about you once you realize how infrequently they do so."

Done

Some of my favorites are the Nue, Yurei, Kappa, and the Tsuchigumo spider. I also love the story of Watanabe no Tsuna, a japanese samurai who fought the demon oni Ibaraki and cut off his arm.

also your guy Nico has got that traditional japanese on point.

awesome @TaeTae thanks.

As mentioned by lance.
Ukiyo-e print of Akugenta Yoshihira

Uesugi Kenshin vs. Takeda Shingen by Horimatsu

You mentioned Tamatorihime with the water dragon
This painting was done Nico, the guy that does all my work.

And the piece by Rubendall is worth seeing again
Gundari Myoo

Baku as already mentioned, is quite and underused image.
This cool piece was done by Johan Svahn

sorry for the repeated thread guys was just curious to find some cool stories and interested on your guys thoughts also, @TaeTae what i haven't seen much of is tamatorihime with the water dragon as opposed to with the octopus.
thanks @Lance very informative.

Alex Zampirri at Heart and Soul Tattoo isn't doing too shabby.

Try doing a forum search as there are a few different threads about Japanese myths and legends.
I, personally, enjoy yurei, kappa, shunga, and oni tattoos a lot.