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Here are my lady arms! My right arm in the left pic was still in-progress. Not too masculine for my taste.... but I guess it all comes down to personal taste. Get what you like! I also don't know what a deco-ish googah is...?!

@Zillah that's awful! I hope your tattoo experiences are much more comfortable and enjoyable from now on!

Ya i have talked to the artist i am gonna see through email and gave examples of the general 'types' of work i am interested in with some pretty broad strokes, thx for the help i will post some terms here i am curious what they mean after i get a list together, my inner nerd likes to do lots of research on subjects before i jump in :)

HA! Beer just came out my nose.

Maybe that's supposed to be a saggy breasted luchador wrestler?

Guess who's opening a tattoo shop: Bieber

how many is too many ? If each one has meaning to the person and they are well executed why not.
* in retrospect ya gonna go with troll......this seems like a strange place for a tattoo gender specific minimalist to show up.....yes i just made that term up :)

Where are you from i am sure some people on here could point you in the right direction ?

note to Miley - increase security - exponentially.

well my latest, a rose with my daughters name was pretty impulsive. was going to get some sneakers...never made it to the shoestore...

Don't engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man, it's not sporting!

Haha well what terms do you want to know? Mostly just sounds like art terms, which I know can be really confusing if you are not a visual person. Also no shame in going to your tattooer and being like "look, I have no idea what any of this means, can you explain it to me please?"

Ya that is a good point just with the few artists i have contacted sometimes the wait list is longer and some times its shorter people say a lot of things on the internet :)

Call the shop. They are the most reliable source for answering this question.
As a side note I think we as clients do artists a disservice by publicly quoting the length of a wait list. I wouldn't want a potential client to not contact an artist because they heard a rumor that their wait list is X months/years long. A new client might get lucky if they call right after a few flaky people back out of big scheduled projects. Or certain ideas might be bumped to the top of the waiting list.

It's not Breaking Bad ;)
Meaning; it's not serialised. There isn't a story. It's in four parts because each part focuses on a different aspect of being part of FST (or being part of tattooing as a whole)
Part One is the close knit family aspect.
Part Two is the global 'community' and FST's position in it.
Part Three is the people, roads and attitudes that led us to be where we are (wherever that is) and
Part Four is focuses on what it is to dedicate your life to something.
Each part was designed to stand on it's own. Each one has a slightly different feel. Already the people who've seen the rough cuts of them all have a favourite.
Thanks to everyone for the interest. Special thanks to those who bought or rented it. I really appreciate it. The response has been way more positive than I thought.
I feel I should say: it's probably not what you expect. It's not a moving gallery of tattoos and it's not an advertisement for tattooing or for FST.

Hi there, I saw your query and figured I would join the forum in order to assist you. Apologies, I have yet to introduce myself as per your forum rules.
I believe that first photograph you have posted is a custom job of the dragon on the left, in this IMAGE.
It can be found in this BOOK.

Excellent thread idea. This area is my forte. I'll put it out there that if anyone has any questions about exercise and nutrition, I'll be glad to help out.
I've been a student of Wendler's 531 for about 3 years, but now I prescribe to the Juggernaut System because of its higher volume and inclusion of sprinting. I don't know how many people are as serious about lifting as I am, so I imagine that that flew over a lot of people's heads. Let's say I lift for strength with a side dose of hypertrophy based on percentages of a 1 rep max. I am a strength sports enthusiast.

Here's a Kore Flatmo tiger and snake back piece picture....

Goddamn, Filip Leu.. those maple leaves! On a similar note to Perez's post, I really love Sid's tattoos. Would really like to get something from him at some point -- bigger the better!

This post is awesome!!!!!!
I feel like it's 1987 again.......when this was the general consensus of 85% of the population!
Ahhhhh.....the good old days....how I miss them!
It's good to know there are still people out there that haven't been swayed into thinking tattoos are acceptable by the media!
Thank you for the post! ;)

Methinks someone is trying to pick a fight!

I believe I read on instagram that she'll be showing that tattoo at the Perseverance exhibition. I can only imagine that it's one of those tattoos where the picture does it absolutely no justice, but yeah, those pinks and blues with the smooth black and grey...incredible.

For a full sleeve dragon tattoo, I would go see Bill Canales.
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@Graeme that Stan Corona tattoo though.... THOSE PINKS. WOW.

Out of those three I would go with Bill.He does a lot of Japanese work compared to the other two.
Alessio & Denny@ Avalon II Tattoo San Diego are real good with dragons.
Japanese Style Tattoos at Onizuka Tattoo | Little Tokyo, Los Angeles CA some good Asian artists at this shop.
Home - Small Paul Tattoo has a lot of experience doing dragons.
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If you're willing to go to LA to get tattooed, I'd suggest checking out Tattooland. Chris Brand, Stan Corona, and Mike Suarez could all give you a great tattoo.
I'm not sure all these images will work, but let's try this:
Chris Brand:

Stan Corona (kind of wanted to find a picture of a dragon he's done, but this backpiece is just too good to not share):

Mike Suarez:

Personally, I wouldn't worry about things like waiting lists. You might have to wait, you might not, but it's far more important to get the tattoo you really want.