Sean Sinha

Got my wife this tattoo from Thad Ritchey @ California Electric. We just had a baby a month ago and she really wanted this tattoo to symbolize that. Really happy with how it came out.

Indeed! Our son is due mid-June. Gonna be an interesting summer.

And damn, @Wilhell. That is so great!

My son is due July 23!

Today I found out I am having a boy and I want to get a tattoo to celebrate the moment. I was thinking of a traditional elephant and baby elephant? Something classic and simple.

soooo I should cut off my left arm?

Limb-off-body tattooing is the next big thing, man.

Looking forward to it!

Any pics, Mark?

@Sean Sinha Nice one. Some of my favorite tattoos are ones that I picked up on a whim or to fill in a spot. I'm a huge fan of impulse tattoos.

Sometimes it's just awesome to go see what your artist has drawn lately and tell him you want it. I don't have many ideas for tattoos left and got the things I wanted, so now I just get stuff that looks awesome and that I think fits who I am.

I got this today from Skylar Grove at Polished Tattoo in San Jose while my car was being washed. Yup, total impulse tattoo and I love it.

I never took losing weight and doing weightlifting so seriously until I realized that if I want to tattoo my body, I better get in shape. I'm still working on it.

Went with my girlfriend to Good Omen in Santa Cruz and she finished her Frida skull up today. I swear, my girlfriends always end up with better tattoos than me!

A lot of meds will thin your blood, but I never had problems taking Ibuprofen in small doses to help.

1 shot Zeis Tiger/Snake by Jason Phillips at FTW in Oakland, CA.

Jason slays both Japanese and American traditional. If you're ever in the Bay Area, you should definitely book an appointment with him. So happy with how this turned out. So glad I don't ever have to tattoo my chest ever again.

You and I and Jason should go to an A's game, soon.

me and my girl made a daycation to the netherlands on saturday and i got this from jelle on my left food (Instagram).

we also had some frikandel speciaal with fries, stroopwaffels and vla.

Frikandel is soooo good.

My artist came to town and was able to finish my raven a couple of nights ago. I can finally move on to finishing my forearm goat tattoo, now.

By Samantha Mancino, Clubhouse Tattoo, Oakland, CA.

I've got two ravens, completely different styles. They are two of my favorite tattoos, too! Go for it! Your reference image would be easy enough for a good artist to work with. Too black? Hell no, Ravens are black birds...

I'm just glad his nickname makes a little sense.

My latest from Karen At Spellbound in Austin.

Is that a cover up?

Honestly, based on appearance and how some of these artists conduct themselves on the show, I'd probably not consider getting anything done by 90% of them. Sausage has done some real nice work on the shows I saw of this season, but I agree...get a real name.

Rob

I just found out his real name and it's Walter Franks, hence Sausage Franks.

If everyone agrees on Santa Cruz, I would love to hitch a ride if possible.

My vote is for Oakland though. Because I'm biased. :cool::cool:

Let's all go to Fenton's in Oakland, then. Ice Cream + Tattoo Party!

I was ready to give her a list of artists I go to along with cards, which I keep for all of my artists, until she started to solicit me tattoos out of a van. I felt kind of disrespected by it, as if I would get a tattoo out of a van. I didn't feel like telling a 40 year old off or telling her how stupid it was to keep doing so, because I don't like to start trouble with customers at my bar.

It was actually interesting seeing Nunez disagree with Freddy Corbin on the last episode about the quality of Sausage's tattoo. I thought it was a great tattoo. I remember seeing Nunez' work on Miami Ink and not being impressed a LOT of the time. I'd like to see him actually have to do a lot of the shit they throw at the contestants and not flip his lid.

At my bar last night, a 40-something woman asks me "How come your tattoos can stay so colorful and the lines stay so sharp? My husbands faded after just a few months!" I asked where he got it and found my answer right away "Oh, his friend does tattoos out of his van. If you ever want more work..." I interrupted her and told her I had to change a keg. Mid shift. Just to avoid her stupidity.

I've got some goofy fucking tattoos. Simba from the Lion King is on my ankle. But I don't have a single tattoo that was done badly and I am thankful for that. I still don't know what it would be like to be ashamed of my tattoos. Which is why I never give people shit for bad tattoos, or ask about them. Shit happens. I don't judge anybody on their tattoos, just on their personality and hygiene.

Recently got this done http://i.imgur.com/qcOwzGy.jpg Was possibly hoping to get some feedback on it. I do love it, but im thinking there might be a couple of things in there that could possibly be changed??(if possible, its definitely livable with) The fingers seem a little on the smaller scale with the palm and all, and how do you guys feel about the shading on the piece? Just looking for some opinions, much appreciated.

The palm doesn't look quite right to me. Wayyyy too big of circles/black shade there, but overall, it's not a bad tattoo. Nothing to really fix, but the base of that palm looks a bit funky to me.

However...it's nicer than some of my tattoos and far from bad. Just that the palm is throwing me off.

We also have O'Reilly tattoo in Santa Cruz if you wanna make that part of your trip. Legendary shop.

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We also have O'Reilly tattoo in Santa Cruz if you wanna make that part of your trip. Legendary shop.