Second Corey Crowley or Cheyenne Sawyer at Atlas. Both are really nice guys with awesome designs in a killer shop!

Keep it clean, give it a few weeks. It'll be fine. 

I've had it before and it goes away in time. Looks gnarly for a bit, but it'll disappear.

I don't think it an allergic reaction to the adhesive: if that were the case I think it would be a much bigger area that is affected. I think it has to do with the edge moving many times very slightly during normal wear which eventually creates a blister. 

On 8/22/2016 at 5:37 PM, marley mission said:

traveled to Boston and back today to get this toad from Todd Noble - also had beers with @polliwog and @BrianH - pleasure to meet you both thanks for stopping by for that LST meetup

This is so killer! You get the best stuff. Fucking awesome. Carry on!

Agreed with Graeme! I've also been tattooed by Monga at Aloha and it was an incredible experience. That shop is a veritable candy-store for the tattoo enthusiast!

My unsolicited opinion: get a classic Japanese tattoo theme to represent that sentence you want. It'll be awesome and you won't have to worry about a poor translation.  

What I really mean is: GET A TIGER! Or a tiger fighting something. Or growling at the (unholy) wind. Or lightening. Lots of lightening. 

16 hours ago, Lance said:

Not sure if anyone posted about this previously. Is anyone planning to attend the 'Tatau' exhibit at the Japanese American National Museum in LA? Opens in a couple weeks, July 30.

Yes! Definitely want to check this out, but not sure when. Probably late summer (Sept?)

NO PARENTS NO RULES

JUST LOTS OF TATTOOOOOOOOOOOOS

But seriously, I like @Graeme's suggestion for scoring.

Other than that, keep it wide open! If the turn out is huge, then maybe some broad categories like:

Arms / legs / front (torso) / back.

Stoked on this!

1 hour ago, polliwog said:

@9Years please post a photo of that when the mange disappears, too!

Will do!

In order to find the best things in life (food, music, people, tattoos, whatever-the-fuck you're into) you have to give a damn beyond a cursory level. You've got to put in some work. Most people don't want to do this in my opinion. More so if they're not going to be into tattoos as a continued hobby. 

Or they're just busy with other things that are more important to them. They probably don't understand why one would settle for a terrible interest rate on a loan or something...

MANGY (unhappy) PANTHER by Theo Mindell. 

On July 1, 2016 at 5:26 AM, Graeme said:

I think it should come back when this place is a tattoo forum again and not a tattoo advice forum.

LOL

Agree with @Dan, it's totally possible to do both. Just show a little restraint around the pool. 

8 hours ago, marley mission said:

fun spur of the moment tattoo from Jesse Calderon, 2nd year apprentice at Modern Times Tattoo in Spotswood, NJ. Young, talented, determined and super cool tattooer. Was also the first time that I was getting tattooed until 3am. Cross that off the bucket list ;)

Fire Ant Attack

YES!!! This is so cool. I read the short story "Leiningen Vs the Ants ( http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/lvta.html) when I was a kid and it left a huge impression on me. I want an ant tattoo now! Man, I've said it before but you get the coolest tattoos. Talk about doing it right...

I agree with everyone else. I honestly couldn't figure out what you were talking about until the 3rd or 4th look at it. Doesn't effect the impact of that tattoo at all IMO.

1 hour ago, cookietruck said:

whoa, is Tim Lehi in pdx now? when i got tattooed by whitehead he mentioned he was trying to get Lehi to move there, i haven't been following tattoo stuff much lately...might need to travel to pdx.

Yeah he's up there now. Takes a trip to Oakland about once a month to work at Temple. 

Spur of the moment trip happening to Portland next week to see Tim Lehi for sesssion #4 of the back-piece.

PUMPED.

4 hours ago, Patrick Bateman said:

you also have a back in progress?

Yup, three sessions deep with Tim Lehi.

20 hours ago, Patrick Bateman said:

I gave him two ideas for what I wanted but it seems he was more into a battle royale Tiger and Snake.  With some other elements I asked him to incorporate.  

Super excited!!!!

YES! Can't go wrong with Tiger and Snake. Have one of those in progress myself...

That's gonna be awesome.

You mentioned Regino Gonzalez. See him and don't look back...

This quote is rife with great tattoo ideas:

"I’ve wrestled with alligators,
I’ve tussled with a whale.
I done handcuffed lightning
And throw thunder in jail.
You know I’m bad.
just last week, I murdered a rock,
Injured a stone, Hospitalized a brick.
I’m so mean, I make medicine sick"

18 hours ago, Patrick Bateman said:

Super amped, had my consultation today with Tim Hoyer for a back piece.  Sessions to start in September.  Yay lololol

That is awesome! What are you getting? I love his work. 

On 6/3/2016 at 1:44 PM, marley mission said:

by Gus at Olde City Tattoo in Philly

You get the most fun stuff...awesome!

I would love to see the monthly contest return. Maybe one that doesn't include a physical prize so it doesn't increase operational costs of the site (as much) to run it?

On 5/27/2016 at 4:51 AM, artenth said:

Personally, i find then awful. What do you think?

This is not the way a "purely educational" thread is started. 

To echo the sentiments above: lets focus on the good tattoos happening out there instead of shitting on others.