marley mission

fun spur of the moment tattoo from Jesse Calderon, 2nd year apprentice at Modern Times Tattoo in Spotswood, NJ. Young, talented, determined and super cool tattooer. Was also the first time that I was getting tattooed until 3am. Cross that off the bucket list ;)

Fire Ant Attack

6 minutes ago, suburbanxcore said:

@marley mission Honestly, Todd's pretty far down in DE (right across the DE/MD border). I got tattooed by him when I used to go to the shore at OCMD, and it was about three hours from Philly. It's about 5 to Boston. So yeah, farther, but you're also a little farther north, correct? Couldn't hurt looking into.

yup - it'd be about 3 hours for me give or take 

@polliwog thanks for the heads up - would love to meet up - I want to get to Redemption and Torchbearer - might be an ideal double shot  :) maybe in the fall gotta see where money and schedule are - pretty sure i'm done till fall - but you never know - i'm just not a fan of healing in the summer

@polliwog Todd is on my short list - I need to see if he still works out of Right Coast in Delaware (closer to me). Seems like he is up in Mass mostly? But I dig his work and imagine it's just a matter of time before I get tattooed by him

@The Tig ah you're making me wanna ride

nice bike you got there 

I have some old Kleins (Quantum and Rascal)

finally clipped in last year 

fun fun

got get out of my lazy funk

thanks for the motivation

@Isotope pain game! i dig it

who done it?

dont mess with it - its a cool tattoo

and it looks great

i think what you are looking at is some scarring

i have spots like that in various tattoos

meh

its a tattoo

doesnt need to be perfect

never will be perfect

enjoy it - get more tatts

@irtattoos a book? headphones?

nah

@pidjones congrats

wife and i hit 20 years in july

my wife has not tattoos either

i would love for her to get one - even if just to have some understanding of the whole thing

but anyway its cool - she doesnt necessarily encourage me to get more tattoos

but she understands now that its a part of who i am

@Synesthesia i like that one

On 6/11/2016 at 9:13 PM, blueblur1997 said:

I've thought about getting that tattoo on my calf. I am considering some additions to the tattoo as well. I'm thinking maybe deer antlers on top and maybe a fish at the bottom since he liked fishing as well. What do you guys think? Do you have other ideas?  

find the right tattooer first - the wrong tattooer will let you put 10lbs of shit into a 5lb bag

then you'll find yourself searching coverup threads

a good tattooer can save you from yourself

establish that

then discuss what you are looking for 

then let them design a good looking tattoo

@Graeme yeah dude

@Dan all a part of getting tattooed - doesnt take away from the awesomeness

@Dan how that heal finish up

@Dan i'm diggin all that

pb, pizza, corn, espresso

@Rob I main difference - cant throw your tatts up on craigslist if you get bored with them :)

@Synesthesia offering some nice choices

definetly like Pat Haney's work

True Hand seems like a pretty solid shop

and if you are going to Philly

consider Olde City Tattoo

lots of talent there as well

anyway @blueblur1997

nothing wrong with staying local local

just that sometimes there is

again - do that research - ask questions

good luck

@Boiled Dove its an interesting thing - the perception aspects

somedays i see myself as heavily tattooed as well

somedays i just see the empty spaces

:)

@nikkz ok so i might be in the minority but i love your tattoo

i get it that you could focus on its many issues

but i think its totally interesting - though a bit hard to read

i mean -  i'm not sure what I'm looking at but whatever

i dig it

so my advice is leave it

love it

get another tattoo

maybe one a bit stronger in composition and execution though :)

i love the mash up of styles on a body

nothing against those who go for the full back piece or bodysuits

but for me - i just love the mix of styles and content

after you get enough tattoos on ya - it really doesnt matter what you get imo

that said - it helps if you're getting tattooed by solid tattooers

5 minutes ago, blueblur1997 said:

I know there are three shops just in my town. Moonlite Tattoo, Rondo Tattoo and All In Ink Tattoo. I know Moonlite comes as the most recommended and is the oldest. 

do your research carefully

6 minutes ago, blueblur1997 said:

Lewistown, PA

got some good tattoo options for you coming east (philly jersey, NYC, maryland, dc) - not so sure anybody really local to you - though some others might have some ideas

ron where you living?