Julio Avila

loch, what you know about some multi colored boogers?! haha

i should start using a respirator or a cheap mask at least.

ok one more....

bossman and girlfriend got married....

years later a fellow tattooer sent me a link to their local newspaper. this couple lived in that city as well. well they got married and then divorced. bossman decided that she had did him so wrong that he should find somebody to kill her. he asked around, i guess, and found somebody for the job. they agreed that bossman would pay the hitman a pound of meth to kill this woman. they shook hands blah blah blah. turns out the hitman was an undercover cop. off to jail AGAIN for him.

he is out of jail now though. opened up a tattoo shop in the mall and sells SULLEN and AFFLICTION t shirts as well as doing shitty tattoos.

ive always thought the best way to do a tattoo show was to do it "Taxi Cab Confessions" style

set up some hidden cameras in a busy ass street shop and let the hilarity ensue.

i dont give a fuck why a person gets tattooed. and if all i had to do were memorial tattoos all day long where the client cries throught out the tattoo while explaining to me how they miss their dog, id fucking kill myself.

and im not really a hugger unless you got really big boobs. so they aint necessary after i do spiritual paw print tattoo.

i DO watch the shows. wish theyd do miami ink again. i'd look over garvers shoulder all day long while hes drawing/tattooing.

mario.... yup! to this day i still mix my own powders. well about 98% of them the rest i just get from bill

yeah that was a really cool shop.

scott, i agree. i just wish some people would realize that before they sit in the chair or make an appt.

also, i like doing and designing tribal as well. but most people want the most generic tribal ever. i try to lean them towards some leo stuff but they just dont get it. most people get tribal because they just cant commit to any kind of imagery.

aaaaand i just outlined 31 baseball logos on this dudes arm. do i think its a dumb idea? yeah. but i can do it, so i did.

i made an appt to get a rose and my moms signature in a banner by scott. he showed me the drawing and goes.... "i think its too big. what do you think"

i say..."whatever you think is best" he goes..."ok" now im the dude with the biggest rose tattoo on his neck ever haha

sat down in the chair and he reaches over to a literal pile of machines. there had to be at least a dozen all up on top of eachother. he spread them out a bit and grabbed the two or three he needed. i think i owned two liners and a shader at that point in my career haha. it was such a cool ass experience.

and for future reference, if you let scott do what he wants, you end up with a huge neck/face rose or a grim reaper riding a rooster pointing up at your "good times" haha

one last thing... got to meet Hector Fong there. cool dude for sure!!! havent spoken to him in a while. i hope hes doing well. and i remember scott yellin at him then callin him "a chinese mexican or whatever the fuck you are"

went to the closing party/auction. it was awesome but shitty timing. it was in february when i had nooooooo money. i just got back from a trip home. wanted to bid on a rassier painting, but my roommate wanted to as well. i let her buy it. she got it super fucking cheap!!!! i hate her guts now.

oh i remember noah also scraping shit off the floor with a razor because eddie said he fucked up haha

You might not be far off...

Haha

I know everyones looking for mistakes, but I wanna know what sea foam green homie used on you! That shit is IN THERE

Agreed Lizzie. I just want to concentrate on the tattoo and having as much fun as possible doing it. Not whether or not my client safety is at risk

my machines stay in my back pack. all other crap i put in my luggage. and i never get hasselled either.

sometimes they make me take my gun case out of my bag and open it. but once they see whats inside they dont care.

haha yeah i no longer think of the animal variety either haha.

hey mario, fred stonehouse has a "bear" story haha

Yes.

I forget none of you are from Wisconsin. People don't know about other people here

Aarón Sanchez is ALL tatted up.

so i live in wisconsin. there is absolutely no shortage of obese people here. this topic is NOT a bash on them.

i was tattooing a gay bear the other day. had him sit in a chair to outline his half sleeve. i need him to lay down to outline the inside of his arm. he layed down, no problem. i did need him to sit up for a second to readjust something. he got off the massage table and sat in the middle. we heard a very loud SNAP!!!!! he sat down and i told him to stand up. i turned the thing over and one of the wooden support bars snapped in two! he was mortified!!!!!!! sooooo embarrassed. i was just relieved that he wasnt hurt. hes a cool guy getting some cool tattoos. i was able to finish the outline with him sitting down.

so i have to get a replacement table. but now im super scared to get another like the original one because i dont want it to break while a big person is on it. ive been looking around online and found one made with metal legs. welded aircraft aluminum.

anybody have any tips on a massage table that i can fold up?

ive been freaking out over this the last day and a half. i just dont want anyone to get hurt. im sure i tattoo an obese person 3 or 4 times a month. by obese i guess i mean over 300 pounds

i havent updated my site in over two years. my webguy owes me an update but im too lazy to send him new photos.

most of my new stuff just gets uploaded onto my facebook page.

thanks for the kind words, lochlan.

i look forward to meeting you in person some day soon

I once did 17 lines around this dudes arm. Different colors. I will never do not a single line/stripe around any one ever again. Stupid sweat sock arms

ok heres another about the same dude....

there was a convention in dallas a long time ago. he went down along with a few other dudes from the shop. i did not go. the bossman made a shitload of money i guess. he decided to treat all the dudes to hookers. apparentely they were all "really fucking hot"

sooooo they come back from the show. bossman humps his girlfriend. he also was humpin this other hang around broad too. threw one in her. guess what? that hooker had the clap and gave it to bossman who in turn gave it to the other two not so lovely ladies in his life.

that musta been one awkward drive to the free clinic.

girlfriend stayed with bossman. actually they eventually got married. or so ive heard.

ok if you are in milwaukee.....

honeypiecafe.com this place is THE SHIT!!!!!!!! im there like 3 times a week. its actually across the street from the shop. if you are on a diet, stay away. once every four months they do this thing called SECRET SUPPER CLUB. they make a 5 course meal and pair a beer or wine with each course. they are small portions but by the time dessert rolls around you are STUFFED!!!!!!!!!!

cometcafe.com same owners as honeypie. the meatloaf is way better than your mamas

kopps its a jumbo burger and frozen custard joint. burgers are awesome! frozen custard is a midwest thing. its like ice cream but with eggs. its much creamier and richer than ice cream. that shits all over milwaukee. and they will deliver within the continental US. you just gotta order a shitload.

nite owl its closed during the winter. the burgers are THE BEST BURGERS I HAVE EVER HAD. i love burgers. all of them! this shit is the king!!!!!!!!!!!

ok thats enough.

im also gonna add tiny ass upside down lettering on the wrist......in white

its true Dari. i do a shiiiit ton of it!!!!!!!!

tattooers in milwaukee seem to hate lettering. ill do it all day long.

yeah ive done that shit!!!!!! tell them to email or text it to me on my iphone and then trace thier kanji off my phone. lame

i make sure i piss and shit BEFORE every tattoo.

i didnt think scott had a crazy heavy hand. i figure it sucks for everybody on their chest/stomach/a bit of ye ol riblets

nothing related to my son. he has yet to prove himself. he could turn out to be the next hitler.

ya never know...

Lochlan, i fucking wish!!!!!!!!!!! i know if i went out for the convention and worked, id be busy the entire weekend. buuuuuut it wouldnt offset the money id spend going out there (booth, lodging, eating yadda yadda yadda). so i will not be going out this year again. which sucks. i loooove that show!!!!!!!!!!! the parties after are always great. good people doing the convention and behind the convention. Taki's a good friend and a good gent.

gotta stay here and work. just bought this house aaaaaaaaaand got another lil bean on the way. yup you heard it first!

Loch, sorry dude I ain't postin pics of my tats. I love em too much. But next time I'm in SF I'll holler at you