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Stomach tattoos look like great motivation to keep in shape.

Chris Rigoni, apprentice tattooer at Holdfast Tattoo in Australia, since 2012
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@hogg Oliver Macintosh is too good , this is one of the toughest tattoos ever

Alex Snelgrove tattoos at the Okey Doke Tattoo Shop in Toronto and has been tattooing with electric machines for only a couple of years.
Here's a link to her instagram: Instagram
And some photos lifted from it:


And this is a stick n' poke portrait she did:

From Tony Caporusso in Ann Arbor.

Was at the shop yesterday to get a Leopard head. Here's what Dano, the artist, came up with. Needless to say I was stoked, even tough it wasn't what I originally had in mind. However its over 9000 times better than what I had in mind and I was very open to suggestions. Which I think he appreciated, you could tell he had a lot of fun doing it and during the smoking breaks, he was constantly checking it out thinking about it. He said while tattooing he's in another dimension. Soo... bold will hold, here's the finished tattoo right after getting stabbed:

I've been on a long road trip across America, and on the way, I've gotten my first couple tattoos. The compass rose is from Cassady Bell at Sideshow Odditorium in Portland, OR, the banjo is Ryan McDonald in Nashville TN.
My friends definitely give me some shit for having a banjo on my arm, but I love it. Banjos are rad. :cool:

Someone else posted work by Anderson Luna. Here are a few more. My wife is not the jealous type, but I don't think she would like it if I got a tattoo of a woman. Never the less, Anderson's work is very impressive.

Got my walk in at Frith Street yesterday. Happened to get Oliver, he was an absolute gentleman, was a really nice experience overall. If any of you guys know the shop, Dante, Jordan and everyone else were hanging out joking, was so chilled. And I came out with a perfect tat :)

I got this gorilla & rose situation from Chad Koeplinger last Friday at the Montreal Art Tattoo convention.
Believe it or not this was done in an hour and a half of tattooing! He actually broke a mag shading needle partway through. I've never heard of this happening before, but seemed routine for to him.
Chad's a super nice guy, and made this a fun experience.
He'll finish it up early next year, when he comes back to town.
I'm super stoked!

I posted this in my intro thread, but I wanna partake in the fun over here!

by Beau Brady

Friday the 13th tattooing at Kings Avenue!!! Sorta...
Short 4 hour session today with Mike Rubendall at Kings Ave in Long Island. It's been freezing cold in NYC and I braved the train ride out to Long Island to continue work on my back piece. Added more color to the dragon. Here's the report. Enjoy!
Alpha Omega original hanging in Rubendall's room. Details and colors are AMAZING!!!

Straddling the chair and about to throwdown:

And the results from today's work:

Really digging the vivid colors:

Slowly coming together:

And of course I couldn't go home without grabbing these. I have a copy of the Fingerwave Book which these prints were made for. Saw the original hanging in the shop. LOVE the waves and happy that I own some Rubendall waves on my backside, hahaha

Been 2 sessions since my last update on my back piece. Saturday was my last for 2013 and going to start back up in January. All work being done by Rodrigo Melo at Northstar Tattoo NYC.



Mike

This is what I've had done so far. Four sessions; the rose and yet more black went in last Friday. By Grez at Kings Avenue.

Latest session. Two more to go!

About 4 more hours on my back today with Max. I'm going to try to make another trip down to Richmond before the end of the year. Sorry if it's huge but I'm on my phone right now.

Here is my Backpiece from @Stewart Robson started in London at FST November 2011. Did sessions in New York at Saved, SOG 2012, FST again in March and July 2013 and complete this past weekend at SOG. So between 2 continents, 3 cities and 60 isn hours this part of the journey is over. The piece is in the process of extending down the thighs and that will be completed at the end of November. Then we begin the front, have the subject picked out and stewart will be taking traces of me today.

Yesterday my wife had her 4th session on her backpiece, and the background brought it to life and we are so stoked I just had to share it with you all :-)

The piece is made by Bonel from Corazon Santo in The Netherlands, which also did both of my sleeves and chest pieces :)

Tanners dragon and koi full back piece by Ben Lucas.
Professional Tattooing & Piercing | Chico, Ca | Eye Of Jade Tattoo

I don't have many tattoos yet but I love the ones I do have. New one done last month at Frith Street by Stewart Robson... (I hope it works)

Done today by Paul Slifer at Red, Hot and Blue Tattoo in Edinburgh,

Phil Holt (and this was this guys first tattoo):

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Also Phil Holt and this guy is actually the brother of the guy in the last photo:

All stolen from Dana Helmuth's IG.

Here it is, my naked self on a cold winters night...finished and healed pics of my back by Dean Sacred.

That's fantastic. I would be standing in front of a mirror looking over my shoulder constantly.