Michaelshane

Wow...I want to get tattooed by him.

my friends have no tattoos.They don't get it,so I don't show them mine.

Hi,
I called myself rustyrider here because my horses name is Rusty, and I couldn't think of anything else. Haha
I'm 56, I got my first tattoo at 31 - I think.
I have a few tattoos here and there.
I decided to join because my friends don't understand my love for tattoo art, and I want to be able to 'talk' to more people who share the same love.

I hate the black one.

@LizBee
kick ass tattoo, kick ass post, thanks for a reminder why i show up here to hang at LST !
also wanted to add I think we are getting so accustomed to seeing these fresh tattoos framed on a smart phone, tattoos are so much more powerful when you see them on the persons with smiling faces. It puts tattoo in context with the wearers personality and creates bigger impact. Cheers and thank you for sharing :)

Wow...I want to get tattooed by him.

(Pardon my overly enthusiastic post but I've just recently started getting tattooed, and I've never been tattooed at a convention - this is all pretty new to me so I'm gushing a bit!)
Not great pics, and no good clear ones of the tat yet, but am SO STOKED (and still a bit wonky) from my epic day yesterday with Darcy Nutt at the Richmond VA Tattoo Arts Convention. We emailed about ideas beforehand, but she decided not to draw anything up, wanting to meet me first and collaborate on something after we spoke in person. She had no other appointments, so my simple Japanese koi idea turned into my own freshwater angel fish from pics off my phone, and my beloved peonies.
She freehanded it onto my arm, and including that part of it and one potty break, it was 6 hours in the chair. That is why I look a bit cross-eyed strung out by the last pic! I ate an omelet at 9 am and hubby tried to get me to eat along the way, but I could not do it - endorphins from pain suppress the appetite, I guess. I tried to stay hydrated, though, and found my happy place. It is all about breathing. I knew I'd be leaving with something wonderful that I'd enjoy forever, and it would be worth it.
She won Tattoo of the Day (I guess I won too, but I didn't do anything but sit there), and that was pretty sweet! She finished at 9:25, the contest was at 9:30, and the pic was taken at about 10, at which point I didn't know my own name, lol. That is definitely a long session, I don't care who you are, but I had an opportunity that was not to be passed up, and Darcy is a genius.
When I went up to the judges, they looked at each other, shaking their heads and grinning as they all exclaimed, "Fuckin' Darcy..." cuz they KNEW this tattoo was going to win, lol. Anybody who has the chance to get some work done by this sweet, wonderful, brilliant lady you should definitely do it. She made this design up on the fly, without ever having done this type of fish before. I'll post pics when I get the ones done by the photographer at the show, or the ones she'll post on her IG, showing the fish better towards the back of my arm.



From Darcy's IG:
https://www.instagram.com/p/-ZQEJVMdTl/

Wow...I want to get tattooed by him.

That's bruising.

DD would be a destroyer.

Fresh one....

In a couple of years, he can get that covered up with "PANTHER".

Fresh one....

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To all of my brothers and sisters that are serving, or have served. To all of those left to keep the home on their own. Most of all to those who lost someone who gave it all - Thank You for our Freedoms!

Been working on this piece now am about 9hrs in with a local artist Jason Leeser. I came up with a few ideas of what I wanted and he did the rest. Can't wait to start color next week!

December appointment with Marie Sena.Getting a mermaid.

You could get Sylvester the Cat on the other side of your ribs, posed like a climbing panther. Then get Tweety colored. Win/win.

Not tattoos but......

Hi,
I'm Jim Buchanan. I've loved tattoos since I was a child, but never got one -until this year at age 53. Now I'm planning a second one at the beginning of December, and have some plans for others after that. Better late than never!

December appointment with Marie Sena.Getting a mermaid.

Thanks for the link! You definitely get less repetition and more customers per episode than on Tattoo Nightmares. It is a bit hard for me to understand them at times, but I'm going deaf slowly anyway.

I think its beautiful.