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This is the only elephant tattoo that sticks in my mind, and what a tattoo it is by Dean Sacred.

@hogg @CultExciter thanks mates im stoked on this one, William has done a nice job for sure.

Have posted these in the latest lowdown but this is a better spot for them. William Yoneyama Dragon on me, Kano Hogai referenced.

Just got this Kano Hogai inspired dragon from William Yoneyama at the New Plymouth convention.

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Those pics need to be rotated, can't work it out on this phone,

I personally like were Jondix has taken it. His work has this elegance about it that I really like, I hope to get something from him one day.

Thanks bro the artist is Dean Sacred who owns Sacred Tattoo here in Auckland,New Zealand. If you do Instagram his user name is 'greyxghost'

Awesome man! Who is doing the work?

@Brock Varty Thank you I am really happy how it is turning out,still a long way to go but!! If you are on Instagram and want to check out some of Dean's work his user name is 'greyxghost'

Thankyou @everyone. @Iwar my next session is early december I think we should get all the background done and then into color.

3rd session on my back,6 hours of background.

Amen.

@SStu Not me buddy but I know who you are thinking of, big Chad K tibetan skull on ribs!! When I think tibetan skull this always pops into my thoughts, I think this could be the holy grail of all tibetan skulls. Shiges' bodysuit by Filip Leu,legends!!

Great minds think alike. I was going to post these up too but you bet me to it!! They are awesome alright.He has a great Japanese style, It is really bold and uncomplicated which I really like.

Luke Atkinson of Checker Demon Tattoo just posted these incredible cobras:

I personally like the cohesive body suit but I have always wanted to be tattooed by many so have done so. I told a work mate 8 years ago that I was only doing half sleeves and that was it. Now I have two spots left on my body for size able tattoos. I have planned the rest of my pink skin and am eyeing up a couple artists I would like to finish my body of work. I think when I am done I will start some laser on my left sleeve, I guess im just a sucker for pain.

Bad ass man I really like Jondix work you have a great piece. There are a lot of people doing the stippled work but none have the elegance Jondix does.

Some new one from the last two weeks...

Two by Duncan X

and one by Jondix

Got some monster appointments coming up within the next 2 months... 4 with Hooper and the beginning of about 20 sessions with Rubendall.

I could post Horitomo's work all day, I need to get tattooed by this master!! Another stunning dragon and back piece.

No, no...my point was that Grime's set the bar high, but in my mind, William's topped it. Strictly my opinion and taking nothing at all away from Grime's cobra, which is one of my very favorite tattoos and totally in his unique style.

I know what you meant bro I just went off on a tangent about that guy calling William out because it annoyed me he tagged grime and noble on that cobra piece. I guess not everybody is as educated as us guys but they should just shut up and keep there comments to themselves.

I don't know man Nobles cobra is damn slick but William has done a great job making that his own. I think when he put it up on IG some douche tagged Todd in it and said looks like your snake. Im pretty sure Todd isn't the first person to have a torso cobra and the flow and styles are very different. Maybe everybody that gets a torso cobra from now will be ripping off Grime and Noble because they did it first right?!?

William Yoneyama knows how to lay down a snake or two.

This is a creepy one from the Grime on my leg, snake lady with double titays and gimpy arms...sweeet!!

@hogg its pieces like this that make me wish I had more room for one off small tatts than the large format Japanese I generally collect. Great cat AGAIN !!!

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@kylegrey which green and pleasant land do you speak of, home or the pastures of the UK?

He has taken down the picture off Instagram and sent me a message saying sorry and that he had no choice because his client wanted that exact dragon. Since when do we hold guns to the head of the artists tattooing us, this guy knows exactly what he is doing. @ian Check out the 1st page of the 'dragons' thread it is one of Dean Sacreds' dragons wrapping around a sword, variation of Fudo Myoo.

@steve1461686340 Thank you emptying the cache worked. cheers!!

@steve1461686340 When i hit the 'go advanced' it doesn't bring the paper clip and all the other options up at all. I tried on my phone and it does bring them up, Not sure what is happening here.

This guy has been all over Shiges' work and is obviously quite proud of doing it, Now he has had a go at my dragon. I fully understand if your work is out there on the web then it is fair game for these uncreative fools to pick up and tattoo on another unwittingly fool but you don't then post it up on social media for everyone too see. This guy is a total fanboy, posted pics with Shige at the Melbourne convention and does exact copies of personal paintings Shige puts in his book for his customers.

@Lochlan Having some trouble attaching images to this thread. I usually go to the advanced posting options and use the attach file But the advanced option is not available anymore that I can see, what is the best way to post these Jpg's? Thanks

@WGDRMZwylie Thank you I am stoked at how this is turning out too, it's only going to get better with the colour scheme and shading Dean is so good at. The snake is long alright, wouldn't want to stumble across that one in the wild, man killer for sure.