velvetlover36

What does everyone else do? What is expected?

I've had to ask for minor changes here and there, and have no qualms about doing it...remember, it's going to be on your body forever so make sure it's exactly what you want.

Now if you're talking about completely changing the design from what was originally agreed upon, then that's a different story.

Getting this on my leg on Thursday, minus the script...adding color to the helmet, goggles, light bolt, and bursts in the eyes. It's out of the Zeis flash book...design was drawn by Ralph Johnstone.

For me, ditches.

I work at the corporate office of the company I am employed by. Both of my arms are covered--minus my shoulders--and I've recently started on my legs. For the most part it's a pretty laid-back environment, given that you do what you're getting paid to do and follow the employee handbook...with that said, aside from casual Fridays, I wear long-sleeve button downs and dress pants everyday. I will on occasion role my sleeves up a bit during the end of the day, but for the most part I keep my tattoos covered...not because I have to, I just like to look professional. Some people I work with are stuck in time warp and have a negative view on tattoos...others are pretty liberal and don't give a shit, I just prefer to keep a low profile whenever possible.

I've had two different artists do my tattoos, with one of them--Jeremy Swed--doing the majority...the other artist is Kenny Rice, who works at the same shop as Jeremy. I've come close to having other artists do work on me, but when it came down to it, I just felt more comfortable going with what I knew. I mean the other artists I considered were great/skilled tattooers, but ultimately what lead to me to sticking with Jeremy and Kenny was that the other artists didn't really take the time to understand what I wanted, it was more of a "come in when you want and I'll draw something up and do the tattoo"...plus, with me being a regular, I get somewhat of a discount on the price.

Rewatched these last night:

Trailer:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvqYl4H6yc8‎

Couldn't find a trailer for this one, but the entire movie is on YouTube...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z96E2tuaKh4‎

I was on instagram yesterday and ran across this kid. The first thing I thought was with that much coverage, he must be a musician or tattoo artist, but from what I can tell, he's just a model:

scottxsparks (Scott Sparks YR) 's Instagram photos | Webstagram - the best Instagram viewer

So expect this to be a thing.

It looks like they've substituted the more traditional JO Crystals for JO Dog Tags...they must be at the more informal JO cave.

I can't recall any shop I've been in where the apprentice was actually learning the art, like actually sitting next to the tattooer while he's working and asking questions. Most of them were responsible for setting up the ink/machines/supplies, then getting the customer to sign the paperwork and ringing them up once the tattoo was done, greeting people as they walked in, asking what they wanted, then conveying that to the artist. Maybe they're learning the craft after hours or whenever the tattooer is off, but most of the time what they're doing is nowhere near what a traditional/true apprenticeship should entail.

I mean, what's the point in an apprenticeship when you can go to a tattoo school and become a master tattooer in only two weeks?!

Anyone see this new show Tattoo Titans with Ami James? It's on CMT. I saw something about it the other day.

The end is nigh.

I've never had any extra scrutiny when traveling--locally or abroad--but I have noticed that the majority of cities I've been to in Europe, people would stare really hard at my tattoos, but wouldn't approach me and ask about them like people in the States do. I think the only places in Europe where people actually asked me about my tattoos were Amsterdam, Berlin, and Copenhagen.

My girlfriend gets really pissed when people come up to me and compliment/ask me about them...I guess that's the only thing that has changed since getting my tattoos.

Tattoos After Dark is a joke of a show, none of the tattooers are worth a shit--especially that idiot Friday Jones...and that moron of a piercer isn't doing the show any favors either.

Regarding Tattoo Nightmares, I don't know if anyone who watched the show noticed, but in every episode the three artists are always wearing the same clothing: Tommy wears the same v-neck, Jasmine wears the same blue top and jeans, and Gus always wears the same unbuttoned plaid shirt. I know they can't film an entire season in one day, so it's very curious why they always have the same clothes on. Also, when they're tattooing and talking to the person about their shitty tattoo, the artist is making the motions like they're tattooing, yet you don't hear the machine and you don't see any progress being made to the cover-up, just the artist running the machine over the area and looking like they're interested in the person's story.

If TM hasn't been cancelled yet, it needs to be.

Since someone brought up "Bad Ink" (the show with the two guys in Vegas), this could be interesting:

I watch the show occasionally, if nothing else, to laugh at some bad tattoos (the "before" ones, although the "after" often don't look much better). One thing that was odd to me was how a coverup seemed to always be done in one session. I've had some coverup work, and some of it required more than one to see how things looked with the overlap once it healed, etc (not to mention one episode where they made it look like a guy got a whole backpiece in one sitting!).

The editing on that show isn't the greatest...I was watching it the other night and in one scene Ruckus had a stubbly moustache, then in the next scene there was nothing there...or they'll show the start of the cover-up, then you'll see Dirk tattooing, they'll show a shot of the area being worked on, still with the stencil completely visible, and the next scene he says he's done.

The majority of the cover-ups that're done on this show are not good at all...I think I've seen maybe one or two that were good. He did one a few weeks ago where the cover-up was of two pandas on this lady's stomach, and the panda's were jacked as shit. What's also funny about that show is at the beginning they're on the strip looking for potential clients, but after that, everything they do is on Fremont St., even though they make it seem like they're strictly on the strip.

It's kind of hard for me to watch Best Ink, mainly because of Sabina Kelley and Pete Wentz...those two have to be the most worthless humans beings on TV.

This lady deserves recognition...for being a complete idiot.

Torz Reynolds Slices Off Tattoo Of Ex-Boyfriend's Name, Mails Skin To Him (GRAPHIC PHOTO)

I aint heard anybody talk about the book nook in over a decade. Rad.

They've stopped buying VHSes...they still sell them, but their stock isn't what it used to be. I could easily find a good five-seven movies worth buying every I went there. When I found out they would no longer be buying VHSes, I went there and bled them dry.

That was one of the few places in Atlanta I could rely on for having a great VHS selection.

I'm really looking forward to the Lost Love flash book. I already have the Milton H Zeis: Tattooing As You Like It book and I think I'm more excited for Lost Love than I was the Zeis book.

Also, if anyone knows what movie is played in the video, please share...I've tried looking it up and came up with nothing.

Not a picture, but I didn't see a .gif thread in here.

Bought a bottle of this last weekend...going to open it up after work and make a burnt offering to the VHS gods.

My all-time favorite album of '013: Thee Oh Sees - Floating Coffin

The rest are in no particular order:

Queens : ...Like Clockwork

The Black Angels : Indigo Meadow

Perfect Hair Forever : VOID

Night Beats : Sonic Bloom

Catholic Spray : Earth Slime

Far-Out Fangtooth : Borrowed Time

White Fence : Cyclops Reap

Hunx And His Punx : Street Punk

Running : Vaguely Ethnic

It's not really a black and white issue. All I know is I feel pretty ripped off when someone copies my work.

Just out of curiosity--and I'm not being confrontational with this question or trying to dismiss your feelings--how exactly do you feel ripped off? I could see if someone was passing off a design/selling it as one of their own, but if someone gets that image tattooed on them, I don't really see it as the creator of said image being ripped off. I do understand that the tattoo artist is charging the person to tattoo that image on them, but they're charging the person for the work being done on them, not for the image itself. Now if a tattoo artist had someone else's design up on a wall w/o consent and was trying to pass it off as their own, then yeah, I could see where the feeling of being ripped off comes into play...but if an average Joe walks into a shop wanting to get an image tattooed on them, I don't really see it as ripping the artist off.

Now if the image is copyrighted and the tattoo artist still tattoos the image, then I completely understand where feeling ripped off comes into play...but if there is no copyright attached to a piece of work, there's really no way to enforce it.

Don't know if this has been posted yet, but this is probably my favorite version of RoA. I know it doesn't have that "wow factor" that more modern versions of this piece has, but I tend to gravitate more towards the old-school images.

William Grimshaw:

If you love movies that make absolutely no fucking sense at all, watch this movie. I was lucky enough to find it in a used-VHS bin a few years ago at Book Nook in Atlanta...it was in pretty good condition given the condition of the other movies in the bin. It is one of my most treasured VHS finds.

Trailer:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqSe8y6Oz14

Welcome to LST! Do you have any photos of your tattoos?

Yeah...I just uploaded some on my profile...is five the most you can upload?

@velvetlover81...a melange of tattoo pictures, single malts, vinyl/VHS finds, and plain randomness.

Hello.

My name is Joshua. I'm not a tattoo artist, I just have a lot of tattoos and love the craft. I actually found out about this site through an interview that was done with one of the tattoo artists who's done most of my work--Jeremy Swed from Inksmith and Rogers. Once I started looking through the forum, I figured it would be a great thing to join, as there seemed to be a lot of like-minded individuals on here.

Aside from tattoos, music, traveling, Tim and Eric, VHS collecting(B-movies and such...nothing legit), and velvet paintings are some of my hobbies. I look forward to posting here and getting to know everyone.

Hosanna.