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

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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
            Dchill
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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
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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
                            Raw and Unwashed
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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
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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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