Tattoos

[2000dB]

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damn that fuckyeahtattoos blog is awful.

eek!

[aoi]

Straight up copying a tattoo is a big faux pas. Don't do it. Get inspiration, tell your artist about what you want, let him make sketches etc. Do not bring a pic of another dude and say "copy this".

EDIT: Checked out fuckyeahtattoos. If you're just copying some famous artist or a freakin band logo or whatever, of course you can copy it.

[aak]

looking to get this jeff zuck piece, although i'm undecided whether i should go for it on the forearm, outer forearm or elsewhere. any placement ideas?

[mike lowrey]

am I the only who thinks this is not a very good portrait?

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damn that fuckyeahtattoos blog is awful.

eek!

so your last piece wasn't an emo catch phrase or something nintendo themed?

[sensible shoes]

looking to get this jeff zuck piece, although i'm undecided whether i should go for it on the forearm, outer forearm or elsewhere. any placement ideas?

thats a great looking piece. the kind of thing you want to be seen by you and others. outer arm/back of arm

[aak]

thats a great looking piece. the kind of thing you want to be seen by you and others. outer arm/back of arm

my thoughts exactly. steve byrne is heading over to perth in january and i'm hoping to grab a couple sessions with him. i think it'll go on the forearm

[sycamore no more]

If anybody is traveling to San Francisco and wants tattoos let me know, I'm the shop assistant at Skull & Sword and could help you out with getting an appointment.

also if any of you happen to be in the bay area the weekend of the 22nd, 23rd, 24th you should check out the San Jose Tattoo Convention (it's the biggest convention in North America) because my boss Grime is releasing his book Iron Will that consist of his work in the last 10 years.

[superhero]

i think this is awesome

[superhero]

are there any good tattooists in sydney, aus? or are artists in tokyo alot better?

[Scaught]

holy shit grime is your boss? you must have the best job.

[lowrider]

9hrs w/ 3 breaks totaling 45mins. i'll never do another single session like this again.

stuff in red is being saved for the second session:

[artificialsky]

siq tribal brah

[illumin8em]

9hrs w/ 3 breaks totaling 45mins. i'll never do another single session like this again.

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i think that people often underestimate how long black work can take. when i was 15yrs old i spent 16hrs in three sittings on a haida sun on my back, and though it was a big shocking tattoo at the time no one believed that it took so long. 13 years later they still don't

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[madapaka]

If anybody is traveling to San Francisco and wants tattoos let me know, I'm the shop assistant at Skull & Sword and could help you out with getting an appointment.

also if any of you happen to be in the bay area the weekend of the 22nd, 23rd, 24th you should check out the San Jose Tattoo Convention (it's the biggest convention in North America) because my boss Grime is releasing his book Iron Will that consist of his work in the last 10 years.

you going to be at the convention? i'm planning on going at least one of the days. let's have a mini sufu meet. haha

[renski]

i met grime a few years back at the SD convention with the awr guys and he was a cool guy. didnt know he owned skull and sword wouldn't mind getting work from him. also saw mike giant in sf a few weeks ago on Valencia, I wanted to ask him about tattoos but didn't want to bug du' while he was waiting for lunch.

[GoatJuggernaut]

If anybody is traveling to San Francisco and wants tattoos let me know, I'm the shop assistant at Skull & Sword and could help you out with getting an appointment.

also if any of you happen to be in the bay area the weekend of the 22nd, 23rd, 24th you should check out the San Jose Tattoo Convention (it's the biggest convention in North America) because my boss Grime is releasing his book Iron Will that consist of his work in the last 10 years.

You replaced Clay? I got a tattoo from Grime in January, top notch dude. I'm stoked on the new book too, how much is it going for? If I've got enough left over from getting work done at the SF convention I'm going to pick it up. His first book was legit, this one should be amazing.

[sycamore no more]

@madapaka i'll be there all 3 days, come say hi @ the skull & sword booth.

@goatjuggernaut yeah, i'm the new shop hand. i'm not so sure about the price yet, we get the books next week and they'll be available via shop website and grime's website. what did you get from grime?

[GoatJuggernaut]

Bad iphone pic:

[Lendo]

My good friend who's Native American got this yesterday (Columbus Day)

Going to get something from the same guy tomorrow, will post pics soon.

[ajchen]

Lendo - that tattoo is hilarious. You should post pictures of your other work too (as well as what you're getting tomorrow).

[pepper davies]

Lendo - who did that tattoo? I'm from Richmond and can't place that work. Maybe Drew at Enigma?

[ke1]

Sorry for the half naked men in advance. These are just some tattoos I like and I would get.

Really digging Roger Huerta's Victorian era (?) pattern in red, along with the latin words coming down. Not overly manly, but not dainty.

Love Eduardo Telles' octopus tattoo that's supposed to represent his grappling prowess. The realistic and straight badass look of the octopus, coupled with the idea behind it just does it for me.

[dunkin deeznuts]

werd that octopus is dope

[Lendo]

Lendo - who did that tattoo? I'm from Richmond and can't place that work. Maybe Drew at Enigma?

Ross Trimmer over @ True Tattoo. He's a friend and frequent rider w/ the cab company i work for. Just did this Lost piece on another of our drivers:

Part of what i'm told will be a much larger piece, he's actually getting it worked on before i head in there today.

[nemoulette]

Hi,

Next piece is an old school variant of the Blue Demon (below). Wondering: since white ink looks like shit, and I'm thinking that just leaving the white areas uncolored won't really pop, how about doing the blue a really dark blue and the white a really light blue? What do you think?

[2000dB]

I have white ink and it looks good. I think it depends on the size of the mask. Blue on blue would probably look weird.

[nemoulette]

I have white ink and it looks good. I think it depends on the size of the mask. Blue on blue would probably look weird.

It'll be covering the inside of my biceps. White ink might look great fresh but such a big area, comparatively speaking, probably will fade a bit too much in the future.

[noviss900]

If it's in a traditional american style I say leave the white uncolored. With proper shading in the blue it will 'pop' plenty. IMO.

[FrugalPlayer]

If it's in a traditional american style I say leave the white uncolored. With proper shading in the blue it will 'pop' plenty. IMO.

agreed. and if you're anywhere close to as white as I am, the skin on the inside of your bicep will make any color ink pop

[scientifick]

a friend of mine has a blue sky with simpsons-esque cloudes on her shoulder, some of the clouds have white in them and some dont. the difference is barely noticeable so id say youd be fine either way, white or nothing.