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Thomas Hooper does my favourite squidmitts. A couple of examples stolen from his instagram:

this is my favorite hand tattoo ever. Love how the sleeve transitions flawlessly onto the top of the hand.
This is just a random picture I saw from reddit that I saved on my computer. I don't know who did this or where it was done.

I love flowers on the hands and I also really like this ...
Jondix

Gerhard Wiesbeck

This fucking rules. Jesus.

By Scott Sylvia last month at Blackheart.

i entered the top part last month now i am entering the bottom part. done by jeff gogue. sorry for the blurry pic and this pic was taken the day after so it wasnt "fresh"

First time posting hopefully I uploaded the image correctly. Finished this little guy in the summer.

This is a pretty common thought from clients.......
......I explain to them that tattoo "collectors" are different than people with tattoos....
I push clients to explore the world of tattooing and collect tattoos from folks who create the kinda stuff they dig. Especially if your already interested in travel. Work a tattoo appointment into a vacation..or a trip.... Get work from outside your bubble.
So...whether it be from 3 guys in one shop.....3 shops on one block or 3 shops around the map.... The goal should be to get excited about your collection.
Any shop that has tattooers tattooed by many, should endorse you getting tattooed by ANY...
As long as it's good solid work.... Go get it... Anywhere you find it....

It all depends on the event, how busy it is and the people involved. But for the most part when people say no changes, they mean no changes. Making something orange, instead of red seems like an easy request, but once you start that, you have to start entertaining everyone's color requests and I know from experience if you allow people any input they want all the input. That being said, it may not be no big deal for the person doing it, but you just never know and remember you are getting what you pay for in these scenarios.
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BTW i think the coolest one of these special tattoo days I can remember was done about 8 years ago here in portland for Halloween. You basically stuck your arm or leg into a curtain, you didn't know who was tattooing you or what you were getting until the tattoo was done, but you did get to look at the sheet, you just had to be cool with getting anything on there. I didn't get tattooed, but it seemed like a fun idea.

Friend of the forum, Jon Loudon, ladies and gentleman. Haha.
I'm just going to do a top 6, because I hate basically everything.
1. Touche Amore - Is Survived By
2. Deafheaven - Sunbather
3. Mark Kozelek x Desert shore - S/T
4. Russian Circles - Memorial
5. Comadre - S/T
6. Self Defense Family - Try Me

For those of us into neatly categorizing and wrapping up the year, I thought this may be a good place to discuss music of 2013. What did you find yourself listening to most?
I suppose it'd be proper form for me to start.
1. Self Defense Family – Try Me
2. Restorations – LP2
3. Touche Amore – Is Survived By
4. Comadre – s/t
5. Mark Kozelek and Desertshore – s/t
6. Paint it Black – Invisible (generally I do EPs separate, but this is too good)
7. Into It. Over It. – Intersections
8. A Wilhelm Scream – Partycrasher
9. Iron Chic – The Constant One
10. Deafheaven – Sunbather
edit: I also just realized there's a typo in the subject line. Damnit.

Palms - Palms for sure. I feel like there's more but I can't think of them right now. That one just sticks out in my mind.
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Oh shoot, is this new albums that came out in 2013 or just what we listened to? Sorry, I'm a confused mess most of the time.

By Robert Ryan at Electric Tattoo, Bradley Beach, NJ
http://robertryanofjudah.tumblr.com/image/70126340846

Yeah I guess it's a bit different if you don't have to fear for your safety from the people trying to lift up your clothes.

There was a dude at the bar yesterday who was FUCKED UP on who knows what... more than alcohol, that's for sure. I think that was the first time I've ever actually had to tell someone not to touch me.
I think I've gotten pretty lucky so far with people being rude and entitled, but I gotta say this thread was the first thing I thought of when he was all up in my space.

I'm a few sessions into my front piece with Horitomo. Here's the latest. And yes, everything in this picture is to scale.

@mangoose is that your piece that mike wilson posted on his instagram today?!

Popped into The Pearl this morning to catch a session with Tim Pausinger before he left for the Xmas holidays. He basically finished my chest piece. In January we'll link the shoulders and arms to it. He is also going to do some spider webbing between the tattoo and the bottom of my pecs.
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Chad Koeplinger made this on my upper arm when he visited Oslo in October. Hard to get a good picture because the tattoo wraps around my arm, but you get the idea :)

A picture taken after last sitting, by Matt Shamah

Morning LST, after a long trip I made it home. As promised here is a pic of my finished (for now) back. Not the best pic but I'll see if I can get a better one ASAP. Completed over 5 sessions by Horinao at The Catclaw Tattoo-z Kyoto... I'm going to go pass out for a bit lol.

I sat in the chair for 4 hours last nite having an old fu-dog freshened up. My forearm is still swollen and bruised up here and there. I have the 2nd appointment for early 2014 to finish the whole forearm.
Rob

Just finished last night! Chris Garver , Invisible NYC
Timeless tattoos Rock!!

So during my trip to SF back in October. Our first area we ended up in was Mission, and I was so inspired by the murals painted there. I took a lot of pictures and decided I wanted one of the beautiful traditional roses tattooed on my arm.
We went to Oakland at Temple Tattoo, I wanted to visit this shop anyway because well....its fuckin historical.
So there was only one artist there that day, Jonah.
I asked if he had time for a small walk-in tattoo, and showed him the pics of the murals. Ended up being him that painted those murals! :)
We definitely made each others day!
So he drew up a rose while we were talking to him, fuckin awesome experience overall.
Having someone with 15 years experience tattooing me was epic and especially in that shop.
One of the best trips ever. I have to go back to California. <3

Second session just finished on my thigh. 6 and a half hours in. Swollen, bloody and inky but here is a pic. Tried to get some details in on the right side pics.