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Joao Bosco

By coincidence, I have just moved cities to Canberra and realised that I am now living around the corner - literally 2 streets away - from the site where I started collecting my very first proper tattoos in 1996. So I've always travelled to get tattoos.
Back in '96 I travelled from Sydney to Canberra (280km) to get tattooed by a dear friend who was apprenticing with a really great artist called Ex de Medici who's now pretty much stopped tattooing and I think is working on her amazing paintings.
For the last few years I've been travelling from Aus to Switzerland to get tattooed by Filip Leu & Sabine Gaffron, an incredible experience. Filip is starting my backpiece this year and even though it's super stressful getting all this money together to do it, once I am there and we start working it all feels worth it. The advantage also is that he tattoos faster than lightning, and has a very unique approach to large scale work. I've given him a few key elements I'd like and the coverage and I don't think he'll plan & draw the design until our first outlining session! And that's usually with visiting tattooers watching, asking him questions and hanging off his every word. Don't ask me how he does it but it really is watching genius in action.
That said though, the first time I took a regular train and then a little 2 car mountain electric "train" up to the tiny mountain village where the Leu Family studio now is, I was laughing all the way up at where I was travelling to to get a damn tattoo!

I just got this from Aaron Hodges at Idle Hand SF:

Aaron's a really great guy, and I was stoked to get something from him. Two days ago, I realized that a torch would fit really well in that little spot, so I hit him up yesterday and he said he'd have time today. A great experience, and I'm really happy with it.

Not sure if this should be posted in snakes, snakes, snakes - or skulls, skulls, skulls.
Oh well, I can remedy that . . .
William Yoneyama

Not a tattoo but a cool tattoo souvenir. I scored these shoes on eBay 6 months ago, they were designed by Grime for Vans and part of the proceeds went to Shriner’s Hospital Burn Center for Children. I brought them up to SF with me last week to have Grime personalize them for me :D
Stoked on them!!!

So damn good man that is perfect composition and I always say this but you can't beat his water, those finger waves are rad!!

So damn good man that is perfect composition and I always say this but you can't beat his water, those finger waves are rad!!

Some progress on my Marius Meyer back

4th session with Filip :cool:

This is the sleeve I started with Nathan Kostechko a couple weeks ago

I take your point too. On second thought I should have been more sincere towards @thecatatafish about his tattoo, although I am sure he knows what Gen is about otherwise he wouldn't have made the comment about some people on here not digging him.
Im going to end this now because its not what im about and I respect this forum and the majority of the people that contribute.

I take your point too. On second thought I should have been more sincere towards @thecatatafish about his tattoo, although I am sure he knows what Gen is about otherwise he wouldn't have made the comment about some people on here not digging him.
Im going to end this now because its not what im about and I respect this forum and the majority of the people that contribute.

I take your point too. On second thought I should have been more sincere towards @thecatatafish about his tattoo, although I am sure he knows what Gen is about otherwise he wouldn't have made the comment about some people on here not digging him.
Im going to end this now because its not what im about and I respect this forum and the majority of the people that contribute.

I take your point too. On second thought I should have been more sincere towards @thecatatafish about his tattoo, although I am sure he knows what Gen is about otherwise he wouldn't have made the comment about some people on here not digging him.
Im going to end this now because its not what im about and I respect this forum and the majority of the people that contribute.

I take your point too. On second thought I should have been more sincere towards @thecatatafish about his tattoo, although I am sure he knows what Gen is about otherwise he wouldn't have made the comment about some people on here not digging him.
Im going to end this now because its not what im about and I respect this forum and the majority of the people that contribute.

I take your point too. On second thought I should have been more sincere towards @thecatatafish about his tattoo, although I am sure he knows what Gen is about otherwise he wouldn't have made the comment about some people on here not digging him.
Im going to end this now because its not what im about and I respect this forum and the majority of the people that contribute.

I take your point too. On second thought I should have been more sincere towards @thecatatafish about his tattoo, although I am sure he knows what Gen is about otherwise he wouldn't have made the comment about some people on here not digging him.
Im going to end this now because its not what im about and I respect this forum and the majority of the people that contribute.

My wife and I got tattooed by Matt Arriola yesterday. The tiger was three sittings, but only took about three and a half hours.

I take your point too. On second thought I should have been more sincere towards @thecatatafish about his tattoo, although I am sure he knows what Gen is about otherwise he wouldn't have made the comment about some people on here not digging him.
Im going to end this now because its not what im about and I respect this forum and the majority of the people that contribute.

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

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

posted this in the latest tattoo thread but it looks like it belongs here as well
Chad Koeplinger, 6-7 hours in so far two sessions to go.

7th session. 7 hours of snake scales

7th session. 7 hours of snake scales

7th session. 7 hours of snake scales