Joe Shit

Current Podcasts:
1. Canadaland - media criticism
2. Wham Bam Pow! - Maxfun podcast about action movies
3. The Futility Closet - fun and quirky stories of historical oddities
4. As it Happens - CBC news and current affairs
5. Serial - the story of a murder case, told in long form, over several episodes
6. WTF - Marc Maron's interview show with comedians and musicians
7. Bullseye w/ Jesse Thorne - Reboot of NPR's The Sound of Young America
8. The House - Canadian political current affairs
9. 99% Invisible - podcast on design, process, architecture
10. RadioLab - A "Big Ideas" podcast about culture, art, science, etc.
I love podcasts and I listen daily. There are a ton more that I'm trying out and I'm always looking for more. The list above has been on my phone for a while, and each is a good listen, in my humble opinion.

I don't know,but that Japanese sleeve is solid...You can call the shop and ask.I didn't see that sleeve in her Instagram.but if she didn't do it,and if that guy is from Boise,then he may have got it from Erik Payne@ Home

So I feel like a fraud but... I cancelled my appointment.
I ended up drowning in doubt. Doubts about style, design, my chosen artist. By the time I'd finished tying myself up in knots, I doubted whether I even wanted a tattoo at all. So not the best frame of mind in which to make a lifetime decision. I was pretty bummed out about it for a couple of days but I know I made the right decision and I'm gonna take some time to get my head straight before making another appointment.
I think the best place to start doing that is right here. I'm gonna soak up some culture and wisdom. I'm also going to attend a couple of conventions in May.

Yeah,she does real nice work.Do you know of Bruno Kea?He just opened a shop in South France.
https://instagram.com/moderneelectriquetattoo
https://instagram.com/lowbrowtattoo

also posted this in the ladies thread
Here are a few names to get you started:
Jill Bonny
Junnii
Katja Ramirez
Gill Gold
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also Darcy Nutt

A few more artists in South of France...
Stéphane Chaudesaigues | A French tattoo artist in Auvergne
https://instagram.com/alixge

convention contest are a joke, what ever style the particular judges like wins, a lot of smaller conventions just give the trophies to their friends who are the artist, Philly is bigger so I wouldn't expect that though, but don't be disappointed if a much worse piece beats yours they are bogus.

Hey guys! Thank you for the warm welcome! I'm excited to talk tattoos with you all!
Okay, I'll eventually get the hang of embedding, but for now links to peep's instagrams will have to do. All these are from when the tattoos were still fresh (of the ones I could find) because I actually don't have pictures of my work. But I'll try to get around to taking decent photos of it all healed up and settled. Anyway, let's start:
First session for my sleeve with Thomas (going for my second appointment soon):
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Eva is by far the person I have the most work from. Chronologically:
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From Sarah Carter. Least painful tattoo ever:
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My Valerie girls. I love these things:
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(Side story: You know that gorgeous punk rock Virgin Mary Valerie did a while back? I was supposed to get a punk girl from her that week she was at Kings Avenue, but decided to delay it because I thought these two made a better pair. And then she came out with that Virgin Mary and I've been kicking myself since. I'm actually thinking of going to England to get a second pair of girls on my calves to finally get my punk girl. She will be mine. Oh yes, she will be mine.)
I'll try to get pictures of the other ones, since I couldn't find them online.
Disclaimer: My skins swells up like crazy when I get tattooed, so some of these are kinda distorted. Like I said, nice pictures of healed work on their way.

My name is Laura, and I've been a part-time lurker for a while, but finally decided to join today. Though I must say I'm still a bit intimidated, I'm starting to feel more comfortable calling myself a collector, and it seemed fitting to formally join the tattoo community (in however small a way).
I'm currently in graduate school and just shy of a couple of years from my PhD in Chemistry. Tattoos have not been a problem, it turns out. On my second year I got pulled aside by a professor who, after seeing my sleeve, went on to show me a couple of Ed Hardy pieces he had done in the 80's. (It was a bit weird, but kinda cool.)
I've been fortunate enough to have been tattooed - in chronological order, 'cause why not - by: Eva Huber, Allyson Bennett, Valerie Vargas, Cris Cleen, Steve Whittenberger, Sarah Carter, and Thomas Hooper. I have many more ideas I'd love to see executed by the many insanely talented people in my wishlist, so I hope I can continue to forsake my non-existent savings account for years to come.
Anyway, just wanted to shoot the shit with some like-minded folks who enjoy and respect tattooing, artists and enthusiasts alike.
So - hey everyone!

Ha! I sat with Garver last Thursday for this.

This is my toad - I'd really like another too.

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Rather fancy a newt too.

This is awesome. Enjoy.

I can only speak for myself,but I like a street shop that also does custom work,and is filled with good flash.I'be been getting tattooed for 24yrs.and back then you just walked into a shop and got tattooed that day.I think 90% of the tattoos I have were done on a walk-in basis.I did just check out a shop in the city that had no flash on the wall,and the artists portfolios were on an iPad.It just didn't feel right to me.It was almost to futuristic looking inside.But I also like the mostly custom shops they have in the city like Kings Ave, Invisible,& NY Adorned,where they have their elaborate drawings hanging up at their station.I personally don't like to wait months to get an appointment with an artist,but I know for bigger pieces,and backpieces it's inevitable.I think since your working in a blue collar city,that your shop will be fine.I'm from Trenton,and the shops in the city do mostly walk-in traffic,and are doing fine.I like the fact that you can still walk-in to a shop and get a good tattoo that day.Tattooers like Mike P. Who did my koi,and has been tattooing since 1976 on a walk-in basis are the dying breed,but he's still going strong,and has a website now..
Designs by Michael Angelo - Home

My Kings Ave NYC experience was similar to @suburbanxcore and @CultExciter . A few artists were accommodating walk-ins between appointments. The 21 year old girls getting wrist initials and rib feathers had the pleasure of seeing me get my ass tattooed.

When me and @Pugilist went to Electric it was on one of their walk-in Saturdays, and they do everything. It's rad. I got a vajra sword from Tom Yak, the next tattoo he did was a sergeant's chevrons. We lined up before the shop opened to make sure we could get a spot, and it was really cool because the shop gets all kind of people wanting all kinds of stuff, from people who were specifically going to Robert Ryan to get his stuff, to names, flowers, standard walk-in tattoos. I was talking with Tom about it while I was getting tattooed and he was super into tattooing like that and just giving people good tattoos. I got the impression that even though some of the tattooers there are pretty well-known and that people (like us!) will travel to go there, that it's the good local shop and it's just where you go to get tattooed if you live in the area.
Instagram really skews things. I've been tattooed at some really fancy big-name shops and even there very few of the tattooers there exclusively do "their style". I've read on here about tattooers who are super hard to book and will only work in their particular style, and then I've seen these same tattooers in the shop doing simple script on the ribs and that kind of stuff. The internet isn't real life.

I'm sharing this so you can get a grasp of how quick the procedure is, for those who are wondering, and to showcase some of my skills.


This client is heavily modified and has decided to change their look in order to facilitate further modifications. This is the first pace on half of their face, we treated both sides during the same visit. Most full removals will require 10-12 treatments over a one and a half to 2 year period.
The white "frosting" that appears immediately after the the laser is water vapor, a byproduct of the laser tattoo removal treatment. Within 10 minutes, this fades and is not a burn or blister.
In the left hand of this video is a hose, it's a cryo-chiller, a device that blows extremely cold air onto the skin before and during a treatment to help reduce any short-term swelling, a common side effect. It is not a vacuum.
What you see here was filmed in real time, showing just how fast tattoo removal treatments are.

I like the 1st & 3rd examples...I would make the skull bigger than it is in the 3rd picture.
Instagram Does nice skulls...

Like that espresso pot..

I used to love to watch Steve Irwin...First time I saw him on tv,I was like who the fuck is this crazy guy running after animals...I still watch his old shows on tv....he was a great man..

Yeah,Electric is one of the best...but you got Kevin Leblanc @ White Lotus in Tom's River,who I think is the most talented in Jersey.Tattooville in Tom's River...Nick works there and is a good tattooer@ Instagram Right Coast Tattoo in LBI has some good guys..
Instagram Tradewinds in Tom's River has Tommy,& Shaun..
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Crown & Anchor in Pt.Pleasant@ Instagram Atlantic Tattoo in Manahawkin@ Atlantic Tattoo Black Panther in Pt.Pleasant,Slingin Ink in Pt..
NEPTUNE TATTOO & Freehold Tattoo.. Instagram
Instagram There's a lot of good Tattooers by the Ocean...I did check out a shop in S.Jersey last month@ Dead Sparrow

Thanks a million, everyone. You've been beyond helpful and may have saved me from a lifetime of regret. You have my most heartfelt gratitude :D

Thank you! I wasn't sure if people would rip on my work bc it's not huge pieces but either way its cool. Started off small and working my way up! lol. Thanks again!
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thanks Tornado! My mother passed in 06 and always thought I would do the traditonal Mom Heart tattoo but the plane sky writing her name got in my head one day and then the dilemma became who would the pilot be & I thought a frog bc she was a leap year baby but I wasn't keen on that idea so my wife said what about Churchill who was our family cat that passed in 2012 & we had her for 17 years & that was it...100% sold lol. Every time I look at it I just laugh and think of the good times.

Hello,
I have been a lurker of this website for some time now and decided to join as a member. I have approximately 40 hours of tattoo work on myself. Notable artists I've had work from are Mark Stewart, Tim Gillman, and Paul Sorcigli. I am scheduled to get my chest piece started on March 14th, from Virginia Elwood. I love bright and bold traditional tattoos and reading about the history of tattooing.

I forgot to add an update after the last appointment, so here's the quick video of the half sleeve all healed up, that was another killer 8 hours:
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I also got more work done yesterday on the bottom half of the sleeve, lioness is about 70% finished(7:30 hours):
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Next appointment will consist of finishing up the lioness and hopefully get both of the cubs done on the inner forearm.
Once that's done there should be one or two final appointments to go back over everything. So pumped, Jesse is fucking amazing.
Really happy with the progress

3rd session over, that one felt even more brutal than the last.
Completely finished the top of the shoulder and under part of the arm all the way to the armpit of doom(fuck my life that shit hurts).
Top half of the sleeve nearly finished, this is the only pic I have for now, will have to post more once it's healed.