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I just have to ask why? But I have a theory, that chick wouldn't look to bad with out all the blue make up and stuff.

Im also half way through it right now.

[edit] Okay, thats it they all must die... Although I'm not a wrestling fan, they dragged Rowdy Roddy Piper into this, and that is just wrong. I love they alive.

I've mentioned this here before, but a few years back, Bill Salmon told me to get as tattooed as I wanna get now. He told me that it hurts more and takes longer to heal when you're older. I don't doubt him on either point--and he would know!

With this in mind, it kind of gives a new thought to these young kids that are racing to see who can fill up space fastest. Not implying that they are right, they are just making it easier on them selfs in the long run.

Buy some Chewlies gum!!!!!

If only something like that would work.....

i met a girl last year at The state of Grace show, she's a tattooist and shop owner in Bakersfield.

She has no tattoos but at the time of our meeting she had a scheduled appointment with Shige to get a full back piece.

To add to this, most traditional Japanese suits (or traditional Japanese tattoos) start out as a back piece. Its not so common now, but before what you got as your back piece defined what you could get on the rest of your body.

Yeah for a country that is so crazy about tobacco is funny how they dont import chewing tobacco. I hear that some american baseball players that come here suck on the wrong side of a cigarette cause of that fact.

I've liked Shinges apprentice Tomo's back piece. Worked with what the guy had, and transformed it.

[edit] Wow, so I cant speak english right now.

Chewing tabbaco isn't sold here, plus that's one vice for another. Wish all of lives problems could be solved with the answer of "paint flash" but I'm no artist, I'm a bartender by trade. I draw all the time though but on little 3"x2" notes, helps some of the time.

And for running, really wish I could start but with at least 13 hours of work 6 days a week with an hour commute (total) I just think about sleep when I get home.

To start off I must say that I don't enjoy smoking but I don't dislike it either, it's always just been something to do to pass the time. So, I've smoking for the past 5 years and from day one was at a pack a day. Within those five years Ive taken a few breaks, longest one was 3 months, but I would always get bored and start again. Never really got cravings for cigarettes, just bored. But recently if I don't smoke for a day I get exhausted, as in falling a sleep while standing.

So has anyone on here that smoked before and quit have any tips about the fatige that comes with it. I know they are a stimulent, and that's why I'm getting tired, but this is to much. I figure it's better to stop sooner then later, cause at some point these things are going to do a number on my body.

It's also like Tim Hendricks says in his interview, how much of the craft is leanred by getting tattooed your self, checking out how other artists work and maybe snagging a few tricks from them. I really doubt I would get tattooed by someone that has none them-self. It would be like buying meat from a vegan butcher, how do you trust them. They can be in the studio like a 9-5, once they leave it's not part of there life. For the rest, tattoos are with them until the day they die.

But I have always wanted to see a tattoo artist who has a full body suit minus sleeves. Only arm tattoo they have is like a few lines from a unfinished outline. And of corse they would need to work in an walk in style only shop. That way you could fuck around with everyone getting their first tattoo, likehow painfull it is and stuff. Just to mess with them a little bit.

They do have a bit of the artists portfolio, near the top of each of the artists profile. Just checked it, says view work. It's above age.

I'd like to know why there are at least 3 pictures of the dude being taken at the same time. Was there a line behind them with everyone in the ER getting there cameras ready?

Oh and as far as a story, he is accident prone and this sorta thing happens to him monthly bases. After a few years he got that tattoo, still holds true... so far.

Was wondering if you do sleep on your back would it be kosher to just wear a tshirt to sleep in. That way if it sticks at all, you just need to jump in the shower with the tshirt on? Or has that not been a problem for anyone that has had there back done?

Well if you change the theme from FB friends to thumbnails of some other list of friends, okay..... maybe

Went to tattoo dex's website in hope it would have it there, sadly it doesn't have a picture of the tattoo, but it does have the video. seems completely fake, but oh well what ever floats your boat.

Slightly off topic but the people with neck/hands done and no other visible tattoos never tip good (I work food service-not tattooing.) They're dumb asses in more ways than one it turns out.

Yeah, we have one guy that sometimes comes here from Hawaii, he has front/back of his neck, both hands and knuckles done and from what I know only has 3 smallish tattoos on his arms.... he is one of the biggest assholes that I've met.

I would like to get my hands done at some point, if my life style permits it. My neck I'm not looking do much into it, it's just to much in your face for me. But having my hands done would only come after the rest, hell I don't even wanna touch my arms until I have my legs/chest/back finished. Just something that I want to go though, only get tattoos that show after I get my body done. Not In any real rush for everyday people to know I have tattoos. If you know me then I don't care, cause I know you, but some stranger, mind your own buisness.

What's funny is living in japan and seeing the majority of normal folks that have tatooes on their hands or neck have maybe at the most 2 other tattoos on there body.

Today I was looking at pictures on the internet and came up on Freddy Corbin, my wife was sitting next to me I thought why not find out what she thought about his tattoos. Her first reaction was "wow" then one of the first things she notices is the kanji on his right chest. She couldn't figure out what it was saying but figured he wanted kami sama, but the characters are wrong... Would love to prove her wrong and have his tattoo reading something else but maybe he did just make the mistake of the wrong kanji.

I bet it does.

Think your still missing it, used to kinda be like a badge of honor being able to say "I do tattoos," and people would stare at you thinking WTF you put pictures in other peoples skin. All the while only having a handfull of other tattoers in any given city big or small. I wish I could have been born in that earlier time, cause there is no going back only foward. In this point of the game the pie is getting smaller and smaller even if your a fantastic tattooer it's only the tattoo enthusiast that will seek you out from afar.

But then again I'm neither old enough to know about that those golden days or a tattooer, so I could be wrong, this is just what I see.

Times change though, now you must travel to the very most remote areas of the world to be as a rare of a breed that you once were....

Upper thigh/lower ass

yeah, that's a sharp spot if your not ready for it... but I'm assuming you are only talking about the back of the leg when you say upper thigh, where cheek meets leg.

Okay, now this thread is inspired by dcostello. He says that if someone will make a place for him to post his drunken pictures (and I guess rantings) he will post... So here you go. To start it off, I wasn't drunk, but it was a slow day at work so I sketched up this picture with the intent of making a nice old lady.. started writing the scripted and wrote a K (kill) instead of a H (help) so I said fuck it lets go with that...

How about this place is for all of us non-artists to share some of our time when we are bored/drunk and doodling.

[edit] also I know the h in how is capitalized when it shouldn't be. mistake when outlining.

I've seen Inception 3 times, and what I like about is that you are able to just take it for face value if you wish to ask no further questions, or get very detailed and into all the twists and turns trying to wrap it around your brain.

For those of you that are trying to answer the dream/not a dream think about this. The start of the movie if it was all a dream would have already been 3 layers deep making the final go to layer 4. Or Cobb never saw the picture of Robert as a child, so how did he know to put a windmill toy in the safe?

who the fuck is catstacks......?

[edit] ohhh its spelt kat stacks with a K and not a c, and a space, makes perfect sense now... hmmm not really. somebody fill me in on the loop.

Well, growing up no one had tattoos but one uncle that I saw his old gang tattoos once when I was like 7. But I though that they were awesome, and seeing musicians.... just something that grew on me, so to speak.

Have you thought about having some laser sessions? Make it light enough that you'll be able to cover it up with more options then a large tribal piece. If you like tribal, then it will allow for different patterns.