Tattoos

[Greek]

Katsushin  you do some beautiful work

how long have you been tattooing?

[Katsushin]

Thanks man.
I've been at it for about 12 years now…
truenaturetattoo.blogspot.com

[gbougard]

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!

[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.

[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…..

[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

[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?

[Katsushin]

@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.

[Katsushin]

@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…

[Seul]

That is simply amazing - good work!..

[Dchill]

Very cool, how long did that piece take?

[DougNg]

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...=)

[gbougard]

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.

[STAN]

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

Me I just got this.

[Giles]

Great photos Stan….G

[Beatle]

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

oldest, 10 years ago

[STAN]

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

[Beatle]

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

[gbougard]

@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

[riffblaster general]

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