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spookysproul

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  1. I see where everyone's coming from with this, especially in regards to the healing aspect of it. However, with the amount of people that I personally know to have purchased dogs from puppy mills and breeders coming out exclaiming how this is some cruel and heartless act and he should be put to death and yada yada yada, I can't really take very many people seriously when they get up in arms about this. Why is this any more cruel than a dog in a shelter having to be put down instead of rescued because someone wanted to have a name brand dog or because Mr. Macho didn't want to have his dog neutered?
  2. @titforatat my tastes changed. Oddly enough, things that seemed so incredibly cool to me when I was 17 didn't really in the following years. If only someone had told me...
  3. I have some decent quality paintings and prints for sale if you'd care to peruse: Home / Spooky Sproul Spooky Sproul
  4. My first tattoo (inside my lip) I got when I was 17. It's not the most embarrassing thing in the world, but is a band tattoo of a band I can't say I particularly care for anymore. Luckily, my first visible tattoo - my forearm - that came about 6 months later, after I turned 18. I still like. I accidentally ended up going to a very good artist, and I'm still proud to have it in my collection. However, I don't know that I would have gone with the same subject matter if I knew who I am now. While a zombie pin-up is pretty slick, it's not exactly my style these days. I ended up pouring every penny I had into getting tattooed and have had about 3/4 of my body covered since I was around 24. Now that it's in there, I definitely wish I'd waited more. There are so many incredible artists that I want to get tattooed by, but don't have the room for; there are many tattoos I have that I wish I'd thought out more before going to get it. I think the only exception I would make for my future children would be to allow them to get a small piece of iconic flash in an area that could be covered by a t-shirt or shorts, but other than that I wouldn't allow them to get a pre-18 tattoo, especially since I have first-hand experience on how you can regret post-18 tattoos.
  5. We have TWO malls that have tattoo shops in them in the 'burbs up here. I have a coworker who has his whole sleeve, hand, and neck done there. They are legitimately the worst tattoos I have ever seen in person.
  6. Hello! Is it Gerry like "Gary" or Gerry like "Jerry?"
  7. Ooh! Me too! My Name's Jon. I was born in Berkeley, California and lived between there and Concord until I was 8, when my mother and I moved to Fort Bragg, California. Not even Fort Bragg, we moved to the woods outside. Either way, FB is where I learned about tattooing. A friend of mine got a job as the shop guy at Triangle Tattoo, which also houses a fantastic museum covering the history of tattooing. I was lucky enough to be exposed to this first - as well as Captain Don Leslie, who frequently visited - instead of the shop a few blocks away that was constantly cycling through methamphetamine enthusiast owners/tattooers. I moved back to San Francisco the very day that I turned 18 (I took my CHSPE and got an early diploma) and bounced between SF and Oakland for the next 7 years, when my then fiancee and I moved up to Seattle. As for my current involvement with tattooing, I am learning and should be working soon. I'd divulge more details, but I'd really rather not jinx anything. You understand. For now I work printing flight manuals for Boeing and support my wife Ash (the aforementioned "then fiancee") and our two "mentally unique" cats. Please support our fun habits by visiting me at Spooky Sproul and maybe buying some art if you like some of it. :)
  8. I didn't realize that Cultes Des Ghoules album Henbane came out this year; I thought I was last year. MY B. Please add that to the above list.
  9. I've been talking about this a lot recently. How are SO many people who clearly have NO concept of the mechanics of drawing, composition, or even basic familiarity with art in general picking up "tat guns" and thinking "Yeah, I should give this a shot"??
  10. Muscle relaxers sound like a fantastic idea, and I can't believe it's never occurred to me before. However - be sure and do a test run around a friend beforehand. I've been given a muscle relaxer before - for recreation purposes - that I thought had no effect on me - I remember the whole experience - but from the perspective of the rest of the world I was on another level of wacky insanity. Slapping my face and saying I couldn't feel it and all.
  11. Fascinating! I had no idea about this until reading your post.
  12. Great! Welcome! Let's see your stuff. Who are you starting your sleeve with??
  13. Just my 2¢ - I think a dark dark complexion with lots of heavy black tattooing looks REALLY neat. As much as I enjoy being almost vampire-pale, I'm still jealous that I'll never have that look. Like a black-on-black t-shirt, but infinitely cooler.
  14. @suburbanxcore I highly recommend it. I thought Midnight in America was "eh" at best, and while I don't think this one is better than Witness as a whole album, I think some of the songs are better than anything off of Witness.
  15. Hello there! Be careful - there are hundreds of sub-par shops up here. Then again, coming from the SF Bay Area I'm a little spoiled. I would recommend the aforementioned Derek Noble at Luck Devil (which is about to be renamed Dark Age or Dark Ages), he did my neck which you can see in my gallery. Also everyone at Fist Full Of Metal up on 85th & Phinney are wonderful people and accomplished tattooers. If you like the no frills classic look of traditional work, the folks at Liberty (just moved to Queen Anne) are all top notch. There's Slave to the Needle that a few of my friends swear by, but I personally have no opinion of one way or the other. If you're interested in black work there's a cat over at True Love in Capitol Hill named Thomas Sinnamond who does fantastic black work from what I've seen.
  16. Hmmm.... I think I've barely listened to any albums from this year, so I suppose they're all in my top 10. (in no particular order) VNV Nation - "Transnational" Kvelertak - "Meir" Golden Gardens - "Narcissus" Modern Life Is War - "Fever Hunting" Actually, I'll say that MLIW is my #1 pick without a doubt. I also listened to the new Mindless Self Indulgence, but I can safely say that it did not make it into my Top 10 releases.
  17. @Gregor that sounds delightful to me, actually! My wife and I - both native Californians - moved to Seattle because we've always heard what dreary and wet weather was the norm. Come to find it's sunny and pleasant about 40% of the time. It looks like the UK, preferably Scotland, is the place to be.
  18. That wretch! She was supposed to let me know that she was on her way so I could take her place!
  19. Welcome aboard! I've been wanting to visit Scotland, possibly move there, for quite some time. What I'm saying is that I'm envious of you.
  20. Also coming from a small town and moving directly to San Francisco, I can say that you're definitely not alone in the culture shock. There were a few art dorks in Fort Bragg, but barely any and they didn't really take themselves that seriously. Seeing these kids continues to be a new level of eye-rolling.
  21. That Wiesbeck hand is stunning! I'm particularly fond of the big black right above it.
  22. Somehow I doubt this will weed out bad tattooers, but I appreciate the novelty of this.
  23. I suppose there's solace in that he's most likely not taking a whole heap of business from a legitimate shop, as it sounds like these folk only want things for free. Here's hoping they share something more than the experience...
  24. Please keep in mind that I am in no way trying to attack you, as I don't get any sort of malice or any other such tone from your post. The problem with this is that you're asking people to work on spec, and then maybe you'll pay one of the people involved. This is all going on your word, of which, keep in mind, no one here has any examples of the integrity. For future reference, it rarely comes across as anything other than rude and condescending to suggest that an artist of any sort work on spec. It suggests that what they do is simple enough and that so little work goes into it that they shouldn't mind whipping something up on the off-chance that the prospective client likes it. I, for one, won't begin a piece of art for a prospective new client without a significant deposit.
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