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    • gbougardG
      gbougard
      Raw and Unwashed
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      Katsushin:

      I went to your blog and the only thing I could say was ho-ly f..k, beautiful work. Amazing.

      I personally am more into Marquesas type of shit, but your stuff is wicked still.

      Man, I wish I had a second pair of arms and legs to start new projects!

      Sly Dunbar bigs up IH on YT
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t2OM738mKY
      Sly & Robbie A Run Tings
      Gregory Isaacs Liveth 4 I-ver

      Renault: What in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca?
      Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
      Renault: The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert.
      Ric

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      • KatsushinK
        Katsushin
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        Thanks gbougard.
        I'm up here in Humboldt county (far northern California on the coast, little over an hour south of Oregon).
        Although, I do travel and work a bit.  Usually SF, but also NY once a year and ocassionaly LA.

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        • DchillD
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          Katsushin,
          I may need to commission you to do some work for me one of these days, I'm wanting a full back piece of Ganesh…..

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          • havingmysayH
            havingmysay
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            great work katsushin. will you be at the sf convention at all? even i fits just hanging out? i'm hoping to finally make it up there this year.

            i'll be in brooklyn in a couple of weeks, hoping to run by smith st and get some more work done by berk krak or steve boltz

            http://scottmagrath.com/

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            • gbougardG
              gbougard
              Raw and Unwashed
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              @Katsushin:

              Thanks gbougard.
              I'm up here in Humboldt county (far northern California on the coast, little over an hour south of Oregon).
              Although, I do travel and work a bit.  Usually SF, but also NY once a year and ocassionaly LA.

              Until I move to Cali, I guess I wont have the privilege of being tattooed by you! When i was on the East Coast this Summer and last Summer or in Chicago two years ago, I did not see any Pacific island designs. Is there any on the West Coast? Given its proximity to the Pacific, I seem to remember there is a Samoan community in CA. Has there been a Maori/Samoa/Pacific influence in the tattoo scene in Cali?

              Sly Dunbar bigs up IH on YT
              http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t2OM738mKY
              Sly & Robbie A Run Tings
              Gregory Isaacs Liveth 4 I-ver

              Renault: What in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca?
              Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
              Renault: The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert.
              Ric

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              • KatsushinK
                Katsushin
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                @gbougard:

                @Katsushin:

                Thanks gbougard.
                I'm up here in Humboldt county (far northern California on the coast, little over an hour south of Oregon).
                Although, I do travel and work a bit.  Usually SF, but also NY once a year and ocassionaly LA.

                Until I move to Cali, I guess I wont have the privilege of being tattooed by you! When i was on the East Coast this Summer and last Summer or in Chicago two years ago, I did not see any Pacific island designs. Is there any on the West Coast? Given its proximity to the Pacific, I seem to remember there is a Samoan community in CA. Has there been a Maori/Samoa/Pacific influence in the tattoo scene in Cali?

                There are some Tongan tattooers in the San Jose area…
                Beyond that there are usually Samoan and Hawaiian tattooeres that visit conventions on the west coast.
                @havingmysay:

                great work katsushin. will you be at the sf convention at all? even i fits just hanging out? i'm hoping to finally make it up there this year.

                i'll be in brooklyn in a couple of weeks, hoping to run by smith st and get some more work done by berk krak or steve boltz

                Probaly doing a new SF convention in March.
                And Bert and Steve are bothe great tattooers.  We all sat in at Tattoo City in SF a couple of years ago around the same time.

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                • KatsushinK
                  Katsushin
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                  @Dchill:

                  Katsushin,
                  I may need to commission you to do some work for me one of these days, I'm wanting a full back piece of Ganesh…..

                  Always a good one.  I've got a large Ganesh piece myself.
                  Here's one I did a few years ago…

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                  • SeulS
                    Seul
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                    That is simply amazing - good work!..

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                    • DchillD
                      Dchill
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                      Very cool, how long did that piece take?

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                      • DougNgD
                        DougNg
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                        Katsushin,

                        If you find yourself in Yreka in the middle of Oct, I'll be there for Jody's family reunion…good opportunity to get the hell away from them and get the half sleeve I've been wanting...=)

                        I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                        • gbougardG
                          gbougard
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                          My latest tattoo, I'm doing the whole lower right leg with this awesome Marquesas Islands design. Here is the calf, the shin is not yet finished: I did the sides of the bone, left about 2 inches on the shin bone itself and will do this area (it's going to hurt bad bad bad) September 27.

                          Sly Dunbar bigs up IH on YT
                          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t2OM738mKY
                          Sly & Robbie A Run Tings
                          Gregory Isaacs Liveth 4 I-ver

                          Renault: What in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca?
                          Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
                          Renault: The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert.
                          Ric

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                          • STANS
                            STAN
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                            when to the 1st tattoo exhibition in my hometown. ( 09th Oct)

                            Me I just got this.

                            EVERYDAY DENIM

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                            • GilesG
                              Giles
                              IHUK Crew
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                              Great photos Stan….G

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                              • BeatleB
                                Beatle
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                                I have 3..working my way up to a full sleeve ..one day..

                                oldest, 10 years ago

                                We can do anything

                                http://bybeatle.com

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                                • STANS
                                  STAN
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                                  wow, Beatle, you rock.  If you ever come to Borneo,  you should have one,  headhunter style.

                                  EVERYDAY DENIM

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                                  • BeatleB
                                    Beatle
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                                    I will pm you right before I get there…looks like an amazing experience...

                                    We can do anything

                                    http://bybeatle.com

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                                    • gbougardG
                                      gbougard
                                      Raw and Unwashed
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                                      @Beatle:

                                      I have 3..working my way up to a full sleeve ..one day..

                                      hi Beatle

                                      nice tattoos, the dragons on your back are dope.
                                      what does the tattoo in sanskrit say?
                                      Thank you

                                      Sly Dunbar bigs up IH on YT
                                      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t2OM738mKY
                                      Sly & Robbie A Run Tings
                                      Gregory Isaacs Liveth 4 I-ver

                                      Renault: What in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca?
                                      Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
                                      Renault: The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert.
                                      Ric

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                                      • riffblaster generalR
                                        riffblaster general
                                        Raw and Unwashed
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                                        slowly finishing a sleeve by thomas hooper.  getting tattooed in my 30's hurts alot worse than it did in my 20's.

                                        www.hooperselectric.com

                                        PUT DOWN THAT STARBUCKS, PICK UP THAT GNARBUCKS!!

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                                        • BeatleB
                                          Beatle
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                                          gbougard - om mani padme hum, sanskrit

                                          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Om_mani_padme_hum

                                          We can do anything

                                          http://bybeatle.com

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                                          • gbougardG
                                            gbougard
                                            Raw and Unwashed
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                                            @riffblaster:

                                            slowly finishing a sleeve by thomas hooper.  getting tattooed in my 30's hurts alot worse than it did in my 20's.

                                            www.hooperselectric.com

                                            wait til you are in your late 40's! Then you feel no pain. No just kidding…
                                            Hooper has some wicked designs, very personal style. I hope you will share pix when your sleeve is finished.

                                            Sly Dunbar bigs up IH on YT
                                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8t2OM738mKY
                                            Sly & Robbie A Run Tings
                                            Gregory Isaacs Liveth 4 I-ver

                                            Renault: What in heaven’s name brought you to Casablanca?
                                            Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters.
                                            Renault: The waters? What waters? We’re in the desert.
                                            Ric

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