Jake

Shunho, Tattoo Soul:


Horiyamato:

Horiyuki:

Horimatsu:



Horiyasu:






I have found a new appreciation for large scale Japanese work. I never thought I would want any of this style work done, but I have recently brewed a strong desire for a Japanese sleeve or back piece.

I just had lunch withy 73 year old dad, he's from Berkeley...I told him what hunter said, his response was, "that guy must be from Nebraska, or he's just a pussy".
My dad is pretty awesome.

Reminds me of this piece by Tilt

edit: here is the full body shot...crazy

Along with moderator approved photo verification of being tattooed. YES. or at least a card verifying their deposit to get their first tattoo. shit or get off the pot yo!

I got another appt with Chad K on July 9th...gonna do some more work on my side.

Dude, you will have so many hands in places you never thought you had if you bring that mother fucker on a plane.

Seems like it's a lot of things. Validation, attention, but mostly lack of understanding. There will always be a never ending amount of folks that will get a few tattoos and have them be all they ever get; they won't be "in it" because they have a different relationship with tattoos. And they don't want to be covered and they don't get all wild-eyed and nerdy when someone mentions other tattooers or a rare book or whatever gives the average LSTer a halfie.
So when people show off a little under the cover of asking "what to do," all you can do is either ignore it or give em a quick and succinct answer. "Looks good pal, keep it up," or "Best to go talk to whoever tattooed you, since they'll have a much bigger reference library than your google search," or just ignore it completely. Not worth gettin all worked up over <--..constantly trying to practice what I preach.
(Also, when I started getting tattooed at 18, I'm sure I made all kinds of obnoxious rookie missteps -- like, getting the tattoos in the places I did -- so you can't be too frustrated. Hard though when it's every day with the same nonsense, so I share the frustration.)

I try to stay away from bashing the tattoo tv shows, but i think they play a big part in it. People decide that the tattoos need to mean something so they ask the artist to jam fifty different elements into a three inch tattoo. The artist says yeah i can do it if that is what you want, but doesn't jump up and down about how new and original the design is or most likely gives a suggestion to simplify the thing. Everyone of their friends and family has told them what a great idea it is, and now the person that they have came to get tattooed by is telling them that it isn't. They get all butt hurt about it, and go looking for some other people to reassure them that it is as great of an idea as they think it is.

Having read through several of these threads, I'm noticing a trend of people having been given advice or ideas by their tattoo artists and then coming here and asking our opinion. So here's my opinion- if you trust some random stranger on the internet over the guy/girl you're paying to mark you permanently, I think you should reevaluate your relationship with your tattooer and maybe tattoos in general. I understand forums are a pretty recent thing, but I'm close to positive people didn't go around asking every Tom, Dick, and Harry on street what their opinions were on their tattoos. I don't know if it's a validation thing, attention seeking, or what, but hell, if you're doing this based on anyone's opinion other than your own, I think you're in this for the wrong reasons.

I'll apologize in advance...
Tim is tattooing us :D

fuck yeah for positive discussions and appreciate responses! more of this on here!!!

looks like a tattoo

fuck yeah for positive discussions and appreciate responses! more of this on here!!!

Horitoshi:

I apologize if these have been posted before.

fuck yeah for positive discussions and appreciate responses! more of this on here!!!

In my opinion there are no books that can teach these things with regard to tattooing.
Most of what I learned is from some of the concepts from Art History (capitals intended) but throwing yourself into art history school won't help.
For me the keys to learning anything in tattooing are getting tattooed by, or working with people who can do what you can't, or don't understand.
Studying (not just looking at) tattoos and tattoo photos helps too.
Many concepts that apply to music help with visual composition too, such as flow, dynamics, contrast, rhythm etc.
Also alchemy: solve et coagula. Take apart what exists, understand it, then assemble it once more. In Japanese there is a similar concept: "Shu Ha Ri"
Its a long-ass road.
If your'e in Austin, see how Steve Byrne or Tony Hundahl lay out a tattoo. It can be a masterclass in composition for clarity and readability.

A buddy and I are headed to Costa Mesa to get tattooed on Friday :D

@bongsau I don't know you, but with all that you're good in my book!

This will be heavily discussed upon your arrival.

Being the nerd I am I popped into the code on the site and did some quick browsing through the vBulletin manual, and found the following. Date/Time settings are standardized using the "date" css-class, which is pulled from local server time then modified by the user's registered time zone (or default timezone which would be PDT "Pacific Daylight Time" for LST). You can modify this by going to "Settings > General Settings > Date & Time Options > *Set Timezone*".
Source: https://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/options_dateandtime
Summed up:
When you joined if you didn't select your timezone it would be put to PDT. If you changed it, it would be your local timezone.
To change:
Settings > General Settings > Date & Time Options > *Set Timezone*

Oh, I think he's still around.. mark my words.

This must be placed on your desk in case of @Bubbleberry infiltration

Being a big forum guy I have a suggestion that I have seen work wonders in the past, and I see it starting to get implemented here as well. As with a lot of times, newcomers sometimes skip the search or fail to find the answer to a common question or topic. To keep ideas flowing in a continuous thread stickies and "master posts" are created. Duplicate threads ended up spreading information all over the place and sometimes causes irritation to long-time members as the same questions/topics get re-posted a million times.
I know that the edit button disappears within minuets of creating a post, which makes the idea of a "master post" kinda impossible, but maybe this can be changed.
Example of a master post:

Along with moderator approved photo verification of being tattooed. YES. or at least a card verifying their deposit to get their first tattoo. shit or get off the pot yo!