Jake

This is my back. Can't believe its all done.

saw this on their facebook. pretty rad:

saw this on their facebook. pretty rad:

saw this on their facebook. pretty rad:

i took a short trip back in March to Chicago. my objective was to just take a trip by myself and do some sight seeing. well on my last full day there the mood struck and i went down to Taylor Street tattoo and decided i wanted to get something cool. i was looking at the walls full of flash and they were so amazing! the man and artist running the shop that day was Rickybird. i said i wanted to get something awesome maybe a panther or a swallow or anything that catches my eye really. he went and grabbed a huge black binder and flipped straight to a page with a photocopy of an acetate drawing. it was a panther done by Rollo and underneath he had written "the best panther i've ever drawn". immediately i knew that, that was the one i was going to get but just for the sake of it i wanted to compare it to some of the other flash on the walls and honestly nothing could compare. so i left chicago with an amazing tattoo and a very full belly! i promise i will return again because i had a fantastic trip.
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Dietzel is one of my favorite tattoo artist and i have both of the books that John Reiter has put out. i love all the flash and i love his story. i've had it in my mind for a while that i wanted to get an anchor and possibly a ship. so of course i went back to my books to look for something and found and awesome piece of flash that i gave to Adrian from Speakeasy and made it his own. it turned out amazing and i love it alot!

Walk in at Gold Rush with Lindsey Carmichael. Real happy with this one!!!!

This thread needs more black.

Treat LST like you were a citizen in North Korea. Don't ask questions.

what the hell just happened?

George Campise. Warhorse Tattoo. Berkeley.

@Tim Hendricks gold rush tattoo
TITS!

A place to post pictures of yours or ones that you drool over.
There are few things better than a well thought out and executed full back piece. So much potential as it's the largest solid flat plane on your body.
I'll start with this one that Thomas Hooper just posted on his blog as in progress. So awesome! For those who aren't familiar with Hooper he works at the great shop New York Adorned

Now THIS is a cover-up. Apologies if it's already been posted- I didn't peruse the whole thread

Amen Tim Hendricks

Now THIS is a cover-up. Apologies if it's already been posted- I didn't peruse the whole thread

Amen Tim Hendricks

Now THIS is a cover-up. Apologies if it's already been posted- I didn't peruse the whole thread

Amen Tim Hendricks

Now THIS is a cover-up. Apologies if it's already been posted- I didn't peruse the whole thread

Amen Tim Hendricks

Got this last Friday - By Bugsy from Melbourne, Aus

I got this last night. I swore I was not getting any more tattoos before I finished the ROA back piece, but dammit! this was just too good to pass up on. It sprang from an idea I had about funny stuff you could get tattooed.
It was the most fun time I've ever had getting tattooed. There were lot's of funny, raunchy stories told while this was done.
Artwork and tattoo were done by Paul Pearson at Tried & True Tattoo in Smyrna Tn.

MEAT CURTAINS!!!
On my thigh.

I have the consultation for my back September 1st with GRIME :D
Fuckin' pumped!!!

Great post the TAM Blog:
Jojo Ackermann: Fear of a Flash Planet

BANNED.

Rusty Skuse , unknown middle lady tattooed by Horihide Kazou Oguri , Mitsuaki Ohwada .

if you cannot make out the tattoo from 10+ feet away with only the black completed, you don't have a tattoo. you have a pile of shit.
if you do not use a black outline on 99% of a tattoo, you don't have a tattoo. you have a pile of shit.

You want honesty? That's nothing I'd want on my hand.