Julio Avila

Woah dude. Relaaaaaax. Let it do it's thing.

When you think about it, tattoos are a fucking stupid thing!!!!!

Hey let's poke a million holes in your skin and push some pigment into said holes!!!!!

Of course your skin is pissed off!!!!! Baby it for a while and all will be well.

I wish you lots and lots of luck

Yeah Milwaukee got it last night too. Major snow drifts. I actually walked to work today. Glad I brought a shovel with me haha. My appts car is stuck in his garage so he canceled. I stayed long enough to draw some. Left to grab a bottle of whiskey and taking a pizza home.

The tattoo is 6 days old. Give it some time to heal.

You said "boner" and "gag"

*sorry I'm a tattooer. We have the sense o humor of a fifth grader

hahaha wow you guys got some time on your hands!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you everyone for sharing. im having laughter for breakfast right about now.

scott, what, no pictures?!!!!!!

Wow, Bryan. That was fucking amazing!!!

Thank you, sir!!!

Cuz we love to hate.

You know that ain't even true. I give plenty of love

Haha. You're nuts G!

Can you bring the smart drinks?

Fool whatchu mean "we"?!!!

Does white jerkoff forehead tribal tat come with it?

Barbie doll.....video please

I'm a firm believer, if you are doing large tattoos, on taking breaks. After an hour and a half I'll stand up just for a minute or two. Use the bathroom, get some gum, change your coworkers shitty music. Anything to get off your chair and shake your hands out a bit.

Your boyfriend needs that much lotion?!!! I didn't even know Costco sold it in supersize. That would be one busy ass weekend!!

Yeah, Valerie, I never get asked about my tattoos. My wifey, on the other hand, all day long.

Ugh fuck you horitomo!!!

I'm quitting to go work at subway as a sandwich artist

I don't give a shit whether or not any person is tattooed. Doesn't make me trust/like them any more or less. HOWEVER, if I see a person covered with some bullshit tattoos, that might make me feel less of them.

Ow!!!!! Mine eyes!!!!!

You are right, there is no harm. You have some sort of agreement with somebody in a shop to teach you how to tattoo. You should respect/trust their opinion regarding equipment. Getting their opinion and then asking others just doesn't sound right.

I hope it all works out for you. And you wouldn't want to learn from the folks some of us "older" people have learned from. It sucked! I believe there is a topic regarding apprenticeship stories

Dzang, how you really feel?! Haha

People that have been tattooing for a long while know how hard of a craft tattooing is. I remember how crazy my 1+ years of college was. There was no way I could do both at the same time. I would definately be failing at one if not be a D+ student at both. D+ tattooer is not what I'm trying to be. Maybe you are different though. Maybe you CAN excel at both, together.

Also, if you are serving an apprenticeship at a shop, you should be having machine recommendation conversations with your mentor. He or she should have enough experience to point you in the right direction instead of you asking strangers online.

Another thing, if you really wanna sign up for the big race, do you really wanna be wearing pro wings? There are plenty of good machine builders out there. (hint*one partly RUNS THIS FORUM!!!!), but again, your mentor should be advising you. My machines are an investment to my trade not a chore in my craft.

I have a cousin or two with vitiligo. I can see how it could be an embarrassing issue with some people. Especially since it affects alot of people hands and face. If I had this condition, getting my hands tattooed wouldn't be a big deal. But my face?!!! I think I'd deal with the spots.

Haha.

Was thinking the same thing, mario

Daaaaang!!!

Actually I think you did him a favor. Do you really want a death photo of a baby tattooed on you? There are other ways to commemorated the death of a family member.

I've always been skeptical about trying to match up skin tones. One, colors are different from the bottle to healed tattoo. Second, tattoos and their colors change with age/time. In the long run, I dont think the tattooed skin tone will match the regular akin tone.