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Gloomy Inks

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  1. How many of you folks that think the parents would be so rough on their children have children of your own? They may still dislike tattoos, may be upset, disappointed, etc., but they aren't going to stop loving them. Your perspective changes a lot when they are your kids.

    That`s true. Prespective would change. But even with that, people flail in odd directions. A new born might turn the hard gangster to jelly, or make someone who`s very relaxed into an uptight, maybe even callous soul.

    No accounting for how people will be.

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  2. This is a pretty good thread. Lot of thought here.

    I guess the wipe would irritate more, and of course the factors of what kind of machines you might be running, the skill level of the artist (and by that I don`t mean how she/he can draw. I mean the art of applying a colored wound) and where your mind is too.

    Maybe that`s really it. Where is your head at?

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  3. That`s true, but its oft the client. Bad after care. I remember reading a Zeke Owens column about Sailor Jerry and aftercar. The Old Man was of a mind that he gave good tattoos. But once the guy got out the doir he "bath in salt water ir gasoline".

    Cant make people try! But that pony was brand new, and I just hope the poor, palsey ridden artist had health insurance

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  4. Two assembled nickel plated Dietel machines. Putting them on here to purchase a coil winder. Made the myself and selling them both for $275. $150 ea, so for a bargain get both.

    One is a liner, BSA coils, Ringmaster springs, aged brass binding posts, and Sterling silver contact screw. Hits like an SOB.

    The other is a shader, blackened steel binding posts, Sterling contact screw, Ringmaster coils and will purr for you.

    I assembled these myself, made quite sure the were on the money.

    If interested in one or both, or just want to see a few pics email me: professorwagnernyc@yahoo.com

    Thanks for reading.

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  5. I'm with SStu. I figure most of the people out there are just like they were in say the 50s, just full of more BS. The level of artistic talent has sky rocketed of course, and people find there way to the people who are good. And then there are bums. It seems to me like there is almost a strata of person for the strata of artist. The Paul Rogers "pyramid" for both clients and artists.

    Lettering? I despise lettering that isn't pithy. Now if it's fun, that's a whole different colored horse. Once I put Hebrew script ("Thou shall not...," Ringing in my ears) on a Cuban woman who was Catholic and couldn't remember what the script meant. She had to get her friend to look it up on her phone to tell me.

    And then right at the end of the tattoo I got a big rip in my jeans.

    You can't expect people to have high taste.

    I dunno either, what about DeVita? You look at and go, "Holy crap that's good!"

    And it's missing part of the lining.

  6. Back when I was first interested in doing tattoos I poked with a needle and india ink. But it wasn't quick enough. Silly me, I had already got a few and I needed a machine.

    In my case, the wanna be rock star, and the soon to be wannabe tattoo guy (read: cheap and dipshit) built a machine. Upgraded prison meat grinder and a fuckin' rotary. I did a few more than a few, before finding the weirdest shop to start off in. At least by my mind.

    Granted, I was no where near the above shirt in tallent/skill in a super septic environment, but I did change guitar strings and BIC pen tubes. My non BBP knowin' ass.

    Makes me wish I had pictures from back then, this thread does.

  7. 1. Painting. I really damn enjoy it!

    2. People and their motivations for doing things.

    3. How to spin plates. Not in a literal sense, but to focus on ten different things, and draw on people, and babble like I do... its a good skill to have.

    4. Discression. Oh yeah, things the clients tell me stay with. DO THEY! And its the better part of valor.

    5. Food. I can go for 18 hours without eating. Should I? Noooooooooo.

    and last...

    Stop and smell the roses. Or at least draw them.

  8. Maybe we were all out getting tattooed that day.

    Oh, I see, getting tattooed and not coming to me. For shame!

    I'm joking, but thanks guys, it means a lot to me that you liked the intro. I don't consider anything I do all that great, but I figure others do. I got a sleeve and some big black work this week to do, so that should be fun. I do like black work, even though you sorta go into yourself when you do it.

    However, while I was outta town this week I found out a few things:

    1. Not the first person in the family with tattoos. My uncle Ole got ink from Coleman in Norfolk (my 90 y/o Grandmother said he called him, in his Norse, "Dat Bastard Col-man!") and Wagner on the Bowery. Never met the old cat, as his idea of breakfast was a pack of Camels and coffee! And my Uncle Frank in TN got work in Phenix City (sp?), AL, and alls I can figure it must have been done by Stoney. He was in that tank killer brigade, in Patton's 3rd Army.

    2. My Mom told me I hated pre school too. See, just a mean kid!

    3. People say damned nice things when I'm not around. Which is much better that being told I'm a hack.

    4. Made some calls, found a CNC shop that will take my frame order and turn it out for me. None of that BS casting or prefab. I used to build guns (the shooting kind!) so I have a bias for 0% flaws, and I hate finish sanding. So I'm thinking that machines will be up for sale, barring my lame illness, in December. Hand wound coils, with your cap of choosin'. Or no cap, getting real old time with silver contacts. And for the brave, with a condenser as used in automotive ignitions. I know it works, as I found a big thing on Walter Cleveland here. Figured might not be a bad idea. Sort of looks like a propane tank on the upright.

    No rubber band "spring" though. Maybe later.

    So I was thinking a Waters #2 liner, J frame shader, and Dietzel color packer. Unless anyone has better ideas. Please let me know, and you all take care, you hear?

  9. I sold my BMW (don't laugh, I got it on the cheap) before I started my old shop. Miss those days with the wind in my hair and bugs in my teeth. Thanks for the link, you might think I'm joshing with you, but a ride through NSW sounds awesome. Those inspection guys are like that here too. They do inspection in my state, Florida, unless they are after you for something else, then they just use it as pretext for a search.

    How is the tattoo scene there? Funny, much as know about it here and Europe, I don't know much about it down there. Seems like a google search will be the first thing I do when I get up.

  10. OK. You got me now. You ride? What does it take to ride as a tourist there? I've always been slightly scared of Australia, what with the snakes, spiders, those worms that bite the soles of you feet, the dingos... and those kangaroos. I'm scared of 'em I mean, you think, "Oh how cute!"

    Then they pummel you, take your money and shove it in their pockets and VOOOOOM! Gone.

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