polliwog

@GlaryMilberg -- Incredible!

@suburbanxcore Love those!  @Dan's anchor is perfect, too.

My original post wasn't meant as a personal jab.  If you hang around here for a little while, it seems to me that a user's body of posts answers all of these questions without a need to ask them explicitly--that is, I have a sense of how any given poster feels about these issues simply from having followed their contributions for a while.  (But maybe I'm wrong.)  So the survey format from a relative newcomer is a bit of a head-scratcher--like, why not tell us how you feel first?  That's all.

Seems weird for someone who isn't a moderator to ask us to take a survey.

On 10/18/2016 at 8:25 PM, Tornado7 said:

My latest - my grandma was a belly dancer. This is my Sailor Jerry-ish pinup version.

Rob Johnson @ All Star Tattoo

 

No idea what happened to Tornado6. It's still me ?

OMG.  This is the coolest memorial tattoo ever.

This type of tattoo has nothing in it that makes me feel the way I do when I'm looking at a really great tattoo. But it can be done well or poorly.

@omeletta I love that! I especially love the way he did the water and smoke...

I got tattooed by Chad on an "easy" spot  (outer thigh) and didn't have bruising even though I'm a big wuss and bruise easily. If you really want to get tattooed by him, you should!

1 hour ago, peaceridge said:

Better - let the cat lick it off!

Exfoliation.

It might discourage the trend of users signing up to ask one question and then disappearing. True, this is activity, but does it create a sense of community here?  Maybe a small fee might encourage people to browse a bit before signing up? (Plus, hosting this site isn't free.) My first post was a stupid question about tattoo healing, for the record. I stayed because of the community (uh, sorry guys). 

On 9/21/2016 at 6:25 AM, marley mission said:

if it were me - i'd keep an eye on this guy:

http://instagram.com/julianbast

also this shop

http://instagram.com/absolutearttattoo

you can check the interview section too to listen to Mike Rennie and Brian Bruno from Absolute talk tattoos

Also, maybe once you're feeling more confident from looking online, don't hesitate to look at portfolios in a shop! The pictures are so much better even if you've seen some of the same images on Instagram, plus you can get a sense of whether your prospective tattooer will be kind and helpful for your first tattoo.

@Padji Not sure how long Josh Arment is there for, but you should get tattooed by him!  The tattoo he put on my leg a year ago gets so many  comments from other tattooers.

Maybe a one-time joining fee would be helpful.

@a_beukeveld I very much want to get tattooed by him again.  You close-to-Montreal people are lucky.  It was pretty cool to have so many people come over and check in on what he was doing--there's something especially, I don't know, affirming about getting tattooed by someone who's so clearly respected by his peers.  You know?

On 08/11/2016 at 7:10 AM, a_beukeveld said:

Planning on getting my back done by Dave Cummings in a year. Im going to discuss it with him while he tattoos my arm at the convention. Im not sure what I want yet. Im thinking either Benten, some sort of giesha imagery, or just a dragon. Ill probably go with the latter. I always lived dragon back pieces, and I LOVE the one he did on Halter.

I missed/forgot his name because I was getting tattooed at the time (worst time to be introduced to people), but I met a man whose entire body was done by Dave, including a dragon on each leg.  Getting a dragon from him is absolutely a great idea. 

On 06/14/2016 at 9:06 AM, Gingerninja said:

I've been with my guy for 26 years - over half of my life. I was always crystal clear about my desire to be tattooed. My husband doesn't have tattoo's nor will he ever. But let me just say this...my tattoo's are proving to be better than Viagra. Huzzah!

Hey, fellow woman with an untattooed partner!  It's cool that it's working out for you guys. 

I tease my BF pretty often about what an ideal backpiece back he has (broad-shouldered, perfect skin).  If ever a back were made for a violent tengu slaughter, or a battle royale...

23 hours ago, mtlsam said:

It is difficult to express in words the amount of laughter this comment generated on my part!

I totally ripped part of this off from someone else on here who responded similarly when asked how long to use lotion on a new tattoo. All credit goes to that long-ago clever person.

I didn't use -derm on this and I should have. Live and learn.

Hope my jokes didn't come across as mean spirited, by the way--they were certainly meant in a spirit of silliness.  I'm in the middle of a difficult heal myself.

1 hour ago, polliwog said:

I really want someone to get a panther backpiece with a hot pink background now.  Hot pink smoke.

Chad Koeplinger needs to make this on somebody.

@mtlsam It needs to be butter from grass-fed cows.  I recommend Kerrygold but my friends have had great success with butter produced by cows spoken to exclusively in Finno-Ugric languages.

Okay I probably should have stopped after the first one

@marley mission  HUAT

Have you looked at Erik Rieth's panthers?  They might be up your alley. 

You'll need to repeat this process for the rest of your life so I hope you like dogs.

Put butter on it and get a dog to lick it off. 

I really want someone to get a panther backpiece with a hot pink background now.  Hot pink smoke.