TaeTae

I love nico's work. His prints are lovely too .

Yeh bro. His latest one today.

I'm going to big up my artist. Up with the best traditional Japanese artists in the UK. A down to earth humble guy and knows literally everything about Japanese tattooing. I think he deserves a bit more recognition.

Nico at softmachine tattoo

A few examples of his work.

t-3 tattoos shizuoka

Tattoo Studio Shinjuku

Syodai horikazu

Honey tattoo Horimitsu

Horisana

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Red bunny tattoo

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Senju Horimatsu

Hi and welcome. There is a sub forum for Laser removal. You might be able to find answers to your question there. :)

Tattoo Removal or Coverup | General Tattoo Forum | Last Sparrow Tattoo

Horitomi

Hocus pocus tattoo studio

Next level tattoo

The rest are from unknown artists

I tried the reverse image search for the images I already posted without credited artists, I got no return results. Sorry for that.

This took me a while to compile, I have included the artists or studios name where possible, some were not.

This will have to be in 3 parts.

Agony and ecstasy tattoo

Akio tattoo

AkiRyu Irezumi

Art studio Hiziri

Chamber 36 tattoo studio

Edo light second generation of TATOO studio

Gooddays tattoo

Horihisa

Horimasa

Horinami

Horisyaraku

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After reading posts here I thought the thigh was not going to be that tough, but man, there are some sensitive areas through the centre of the thigh. Colouring that turtle was rough.

@Tae Tae I don't know if you have heard of TinEye Reverse Image Search but it is a great reverse-image search that allows you to input an image and see where it appears on the web, which can be helpful when looking for sources. I mean any of us could do it, but just thought you might find it helpful :)

I have not heard of that, thanks, I will check it out. I stopped searching the web because it seems to be a bit of an issue not sourcing the images artist, which can be difficult when going trough random pages. I started looking on facebook so at least I know who the artist was.

Well you seem to be getting many great pictures, but if you would want to more I asked my wife what those beads are called in Japanese, and received the answer of juzu. So just image searching juzu irezumi on good brought up some good/bad results. the kanji for it is "数珠刺青."

Yep, they are Juzu beads. Thank you for the Kanji, that may bring up some interesting results.

Thanks guys, hope these references can be of help, I sure find them interesting.

Any of you guys use a scrub or exfoliate?

Outer thigh finished. A bit bloody.

Outer thigh finished. A bit bloody.

I've got my next appointment on my back project set for Jan 1st.

Helluva way to start 2014, if I do say so myself.

Start as you mean to go on. :cool:

Again, not a tattoo but a suit design including rosary beads. Slightly off topic but one of the most amazingly detailed designs I have come across.

By Frankie B Yoshiaki

Look forward to those pics @ironchef.

I'll be in the chair in around 12 hours time, adding colour to my thigh piece. Then back to saving up my pennies again.

Finishing sleeves with masks and Juzu beads

By Bunshin Horitoshi

By Houryu

Came across this by Bunshin Horitoshi

Hi, welcome. Do you have tattoos at all? What kind of art are you into?

Artist credits would be nice on these.

Will name the artist if I have it. Trawling the internet for random images doesn't always include the artists name as some of them were not obtained from their original source including Japanese only pages.

Not a fan of the highlighted ones in that second to last one.

Mixing images that indicate shape and dimension with flat images always looks weird and doesn't work. The dragon head should have shadow and a light source if the beads do.

Yeh some of them aren't all that well done, it's more about the content. Some interesting adaptations for sure :)

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Not a tattoo but a suit design

by Luis Albacete Tattooer

Just popped up on my facebook

@TaeTae !! Wow! Just.... Wow!

Thanks InkedMumma.

You can watch the whole thing here. It's a great documentary.

Signatures of the Soul - Tattooing Today - Television | NZ On Screen

Great, thanks!

Nice video I came across.

A young Horioshi iii at around 4 mins 50 in.

Thanks for sharing. Plenty of people getting tattooed in UAE also. Henna art is already very popular, won't be log before tattooing becomes even more popular, even in middle east countries.