9Years

Determined to turn this month into a ridiculous rib piece battle....
Uncle Allan. Conspiracy Inc, Berlin. All healed up.

Determined to turn this month into a ridiculous rib piece battle....
Uncle Allan. Conspiracy Inc, Berlin. All healed up.

Determined to turn this month into a ridiculous rib piece battle....
Uncle Allan. Conspiracy Inc, Berlin. All healed up.

Finally getting my elbow webbed by Chummy at Temple.

Determined to turn this month into a ridiculous rib piece battle....
Uncle Allan. Conspiracy Inc, Berlin. All healed up.

Determined to turn this month into a ridiculous rib piece battle....
Uncle Allan. Conspiracy Inc, Berlin. All healed up.

Determined to turn this month into a ridiculous rib piece battle....
Uncle Allan. Conspiracy Inc, Berlin. All healed up.

Determined to turn this month into a ridiculous rib piece battle....
Uncle Allan. Conspiracy Inc, Berlin. All healed up.

Determined to turn this month into a ridiculous rib piece battle....
Uncle Allan. Conspiracy Inc, Berlin. All healed up.

Determined to turn this month into a ridiculous rib piece battle....
Uncle Allan. Conspiracy Inc, Berlin. All healed up.

Determined to turn this month into a ridiculous rib piece battle....
Uncle Allan. Conspiracy Inc, Berlin. All healed up.

Since it's on Instagram, and I haven't posted in this thread in a while, here's my snake from @cltattooing . So happy with it!

Took a trip up to ol' Spider Murphy's on wednesday to talk to a man about a horse. No, wait, I talked to Theo Mindell about a massive devil head...appointment's not till July though. STOKED nonetheless.

Took a trip up to ol' Spider Murphy's on wednesday to talk to a man about a horse. No, wait, I talked to Theo Mindell about a massive devil head...appointment's not till July though. STOKED nonetheless.

A while ago I decided I want to start my left arm with a panther rose from Jeff Rassier. I hope to join your ranks someday.

Some more on my back by Marius Meyer. It starts looking like a backpiece I think Next session is the 10th of May:

A lot of my real estate has been filled up and so I've ended up going the unorthodox route of putting multiple smaller pieces on my thighs. So thought I would share a racy picture of me in my underwear...I mean of this bizarro mystical panther I had placed on my inner thigh by Shawn O'Connor (now in Nelson, BC at Timber Tattoo Co). One sit for 4 hours. I'm planning on getting another sit in at the end of summer to add some flames as well as fill in all the thigh gaps with spider webbing.
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"Don't lick the frog"

Passed stage 2 of my track racing accreditation . This is the Olympic velodrome our track stars triumphed on in 2012 .

Latest session. 18 hours in now, the end is in sight! Thanks to Stewart Robson and FST.

Didn't have to, but I did a 6/7hr motorcycle ride the day after getting a knee-cap to ankle shin piece. Wrapped it with saniderm on my artists recommendation (which leaked all over...my socks/boots were pretty gross) which kept it pretty protected. It wasn't bad at all while riding, but standing up wasn't super fun after being seated for awhile.

Also drove up to Napa to get this lady head/eagle from Chad Koeplinger on Thursday. Super good experience.

Got this pantherose from Jeff Rassier at Black Heart yesterday. So stoked. If I lived here, I'd get a lot more tattoos a lot more quickly.

Thank you!!
So, as I have mentioned before, Junii usually has some inspiration right before the tattoo and our plans change a bit - now it looks like we're going back to two snakes, no hannya (maybe). And the collab? Oh, just Junii, Shad, and EVERYONE IN DIAMOND CLUB, nbd. !!!!!
At the beginning of the second day, I was looking at some frog paintings my hosts have around their home and vaguely thinking "what a cool tattoo that would be". Headed to the shop. As soon as I get there Junii says "what do you think about this?" and pulls out some frog stencils she made!! As my mind was wrapping itself around this fun bit of synchronicity, she explained that she wanted to put a meditating frog down at the bottom of my leg, and then add some dreamy clouds working their way up so it appears that everything we see is what the frog is sitting and meditating about - we have a beginning now!!
She is going to add a few more frogs, one guy with beads, another one with a coin, maybe another guy. I am so satisfied with how this tattoo is coming along - not just with the quality of the work, but also the completely organic nature of how the tattoo itself is developing. It's really incredible to be part of this experience!! ...searching for more words...I'm just into it, is all. :p
I'm booked again in July...we'll see what she comes up with next!!!!!
I've attached some action shots and one of me being just clearly insanely happy to be where I am. (Thank you for indulging me). Yes @Lance, best birthday present to self ever.
@Zillah the koi looks great!! You are a beast to sit for 7.5 hours - that shit is hard! Congrats and can't wait to see a healed pic.

You're screwed. I see at least one or two people die a week at the shop. See ya on the other side.

Took a trip up to ol' Spider Murphy's on wednesday to talk to a man about a horse. No, wait, I talked to Theo Mindell about a massive devil head...appointment's not till July though. STOKED nonetheless.