JoshRoss

Aaron Coleman at Immaculate Tattoo in Mesa, AZ
Today March 19th 2014
Black horse with flames rearing on my left upper sleeve

Not really.

My first real post and another reaper for the page:
Got this today from Kapten Hanna at Idle Hand in San Francisco.

Took this from her IG.

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

@Aussie Tom I 100% percent agree, every time someone asks me where to get their first tattoo from I tell them to go to Fergus not only because you'll get a great tattoo but because it will be the most relaxed tattoo experience you'll ever have.
also here's my latest from the man himself just on the arse end of healing.

Got this namakubi from Koji Ichimaru today at State of Grace. That's one off the bucket list!
Stole this from his Instagram.

Eli at Smith St just did this one on me

Perseverance lectures are up!!!
Junii!


Jill Bonny! I mean Horiyuki! I mean Jill Mandelbaum I mean Jill Halpin!... ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qT1KpJ2O1mU
Chris Brand! Horishiki!


And there are more too but I'll try posting them later if someone else doesn't get to it first.
A little bummed I can't watch these till I get home. They may not be safe for work viewing if you work with uptight folks.

Another display option if you have the same ikea lamp:

Got this namakubi from Koji Ichimaru today at State of Grace. That's one off the bucket list!
Stole this from his Instagram.

Seems many posts end with "Just sayin"
So thought I would make a thread
What are you just sayin?
I am sayin Tattoos don't really need a big complex story or meaning, if you can relate to it sweet.
Just sayin

I'm a little self conscious about posting this here bc I am super naked and super swollen - but to be fair, she DID buy me dinner before taking these pics...I'm nothing if not consistent ;). I will post better pics after the healing is done. Taken from Junii's instagram. Blue peony is on the front of thigh next to the karajishi, everything else is down the leg. Next session is at the end of April to finish connecting the waterfall and adding color to the kingyo. I was expecting only to do my thigh, adding some more rocks and peonies, and had come specifically dressed so that I would not have to reveal my lazily hairy legs (TMI? Sorry folks.) but ended up, as usual, prancing around the back of the shop naked from the waist down. Oy vey. I'll get it right one of these days ;). http://instagram.com/p/lfLoCUBbQM/ Edit: BAH, how do I get the picture inline????

Got this namakubi from Koji Ichimaru today at State of Grace. That's one off the bucket list!
Stole this from his Instagram.

Got this namakubi from Koji Ichimaru today at State of Grace. That's one off the bucket list!
Stole this from his Instagram.

Got this namakubi from Koji Ichimaru today at State of Grace. That's one off the bucket list!
Stole this from his Instagram.

Got this namakubi from Koji Ichimaru today at State of Grace. That's one off the bucket list!
Stole this from his Instagram.

Thanks for the lecture write up @irezumi! Chris Brand's lecture, woah! Your words ring absolutely true and I don't need to repeat you. I can't wait to re-watch that when they post the video.
You are also indeed correct with regards to Junii. She was very nervous and as you said at times struggled, but the emotion that came through was definitely felt by the audience. She absolutely deserved the standing ovation she received. I have much respect for this stand out Lady.
Speaking of another nervous speaker, I spoke with Jill after her lecture. We had a good laugh that she was so incredibly nervous, she absolutely could not bring herself to look up from her notes when speaking. At all! She had single minded focus looking down at her 8 1/2" x11" sheets. "There was a crowd in the lecture hall, what?" Ha ha. But her lecture was a good one as well. And an interesting one that worked well as a follow up to Chris Brand's 108 heroes of Los Angeles. Hers was about a Client who's bodysuit looked traditionally Japanese, but upon closer inspection actually held historical Mexican stories and legends. His back piece was a translation of the Mexican flag telling the story of the founding of what would be Mexico City, but rather than depicting an eagle it held a falcon which is a common motif in Japanese tattooing where an eagle was not. Then she translated two Aztec gods as dragons for each sleeve. Quetzalcoatl, a winged serpent, was depicted as a winged dragon and the other was depicted as a floppy eared dog-like dragon (can't remember the god's name) but she used these not to dis-similarly to the pairing of Fujin and Raijin. The whole of it balanced out not too unlike the idea in some Asian cultures for the 4 directions.
What's best of all is all of the lecture subjects are also in the catalogue and soon to be online for everyone, I believe.
Oh, and the 50 bodysuits on stage were amazing. No picture I've seen online do them the justice deserved. When will you ever see that again I mean? Jill had initially asked me to participate in it but modesty got the best if me and I declined. In hindsight had I asked about the format I could have totally rocked a fundoshi. Strength in numbers ;-)
On a last note, one of the best experiences I had at this show was engaging in a conversation with a gentleman who was looking at 3 of Shige's clients back pieces. He had no tattoos and was dumbfounded by Shige's work. He asked me how such a thing could be done. He was so amazed by the quality that when I mentioned Shige works by machine and not by traditional hand tools, he thought Shige input the design into a computer and a machine tattooed the image onto the Client. With all these threads on here about negative experiences from people without tattoos, this is a fantastic show for people with no tattoos to experience and learn about a culture and educate themselves and a great way for people with tattoos to engage them in a friendly dialogue.

Birthday gift to myself. Tattoo by Matt Howse at Seventh Son SF CA. Photo pulled from his instagram. Stoked.

Got this namakubi from Koji Ichimaru today at State of Grace. That's one off the bucket list!
Stole this from his Instagram.

Got this namakubi from Koji Ichimaru today at State of Grace. That's one off the bucket list!
Stole this from his Instagram.

Got this namakubi from Koji Ichimaru today at State of Grace. That's one off the bucket list!
Stole this from his Instagram.

Got this namakubi from Koji Ichimaru today at State of Grace. That's one off the bucket list!
Stole this from his Instagram.

Got this namakubi from Koji Ichimaru today at State of Grace. That's one off the bucket list!
Stole this from his Instagram.

Got this namakubi from Koji Ichimaru today at State of Grace. That's one off the bucket list!
Stole this from his Instagram.

Got this namakubi from Koji Ichimaru today at State of Grace. That's one off the bucket list!
Stole this from his Instagram.