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Eli at Smith St just did this one on me

Just got these two from Dusto at Tower Classic in St. Louis as a Christmas present to myself

I got this(^) from Cori a week or so ago.

Started this guy today(^). Unfortunately, I had to bail early, but it's gonna be sick! By Alan Berg

Got this Rose of No Man's Land from Josh Stephens the other day while he was guesting at Atlas Tattoo here in Portland. Couldn't be happier with it, and Josh is great!

Last one by Hugo from Siha Tattoos (barcelona)
the pain was bearable and it was about 3 hours of line. shading and colours at the end of the month!

Teapot by Mors from Chiale Baby (Lille)

and calf by Servadio from AKA London
the lettering reads "DOOM"

busy month! got some fun sailor jerry flash from ryan shaffer the other day

and this ishikawa goemon head from koji ichimaru

and a tengu from liam alvy

oh, don't think I posted my higgs mummy from austin maples yet whoops.

shout out to uncle sam for the tax return. no more for a while, ha.
p.s. inner bicep fucking sux. not looking forward to doing the other arm.

This is for @BrianH ...
Pretty heavy scabbing in parts around the 8-9 day mark. Then, a shot from today (I think it's been 3-4 weeks since I was tattooed, can't quite remember).
It's still a little shiny and new, also gets dry, but I don't think I lost anything... Not the best photo but you get the idea I hope.

New one from Koji Ichimaru whilst he was at NY adorned

@Rob I it was great meeting you and thanks for sharing your collection of tattoos with me. You have some outstanding work! Don't forget to try to make it up to the Montreal convention this year.
I also want to mention that all the LSTers I've met in real life have been some of the nicest and most down to earth people I've ever met.
Also here is the tattoo Chad Koeplinger made on me. Some of you may recognize the design from Valerie Vargas's snake flash set. I went in thinking Chad would only want to use the flash as a general reference and make his own design but he was super excited to do one of her flash designs so we stayed true to the original design. I am extremely happy to have this as the first piece of flash in my tattoo collection.

I love this- all of it. But especially 3 and 6.

Reasons I love getting tattooed as a "bigger" person:
1) More space! Man, I can fit SO MANY MORE awesome big tattoos on my thighs than skinnier girls!
2) A reminder that I gain nothing by feeling as though I am "at odds with" my body; tattoos reconnect me to this imperfect skin I live in and close the mind/body gap a bit.
3) I often think about how some fat activist feminist critics comment that women, in particular, feel guilty for being fat because we "take up more space" in a society where women are expected to take up as little space as possible. I am constantly trying, in my life, to feel more at easy taking up space, being present, and not hiding - tattoos and their incredible presence obviously helps a lot with that.
4) Tattoos are like an awesome treat/adornment for my body - a reminder that it deserves to be treated kindly.
5) As others have said, tattoos have totally changed how I feel about parts of my body I am most insecure about; cellulite seems pretty insignificant when there's a huge colourful dragon over it.
6) Basically, we all deserve to feel like we have agency over our bodies. Tattoos remind me of this. Some extra fat is like, only a small part of what my body is - it's a whole lot more than that, both physically and aesthetically, and it's mine to do what I please with.

He didn't twist your post, he bolded something that you wrote. Maybe you should instead think a little bit about what you write before you post it.

There is a pretty huge difference between engaging in off-colour humour in general and making uninvited sexual comments specifically about one's client, while you are quite literally controlling their movement (or lack thereof).

Are you blaming her for his rude comment?

Eli at Smith St just did this one on me

I just like getting tattooed.

This is mine from Fergus Simms. Legit one of the best people to get a tattoo from.

I think websites like this are literally written by robots. They probably have some computer program that finds popular search terms and constructs paragraphs about them along with some random images. Kind of sad but also hilarious.

Eli at Smith St just did this one on me

Eli at Smith St just did this one on me

Eli at Smith St just did this one on me

Eli at Smith St just did this one on me

Eli at Smith St just did this one on me

Eli at Smith St just did this one on me

Eli at Smith St just did this one on me