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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
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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
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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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                                    • BeatleB
                                      Beatle
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                                      getting tattoos on the arm puts me right to sleep..so relaxing..but that one place right underneath the shoulderblades …felt like this

                                      We can do anything

                                      http://bybeatle.com

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                                      • riffblaster generalR
                                        riffblaster general
                                        Raw and Unwashed
                                        Joined:

                                        @gbougard:

                                        @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.

                                        i will for sure!

                                        PUT DOWN THAT STARBUCKS, PICK UP THAT GNARBUCKS!!

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                                        • C
                                          cparsons
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                                          Currently I have 2 tattoos, one of my Yia Yia (greek for grandma) name in greek on my upper right arm.  The other is a ship, though I am turning it into a sleeve starting december 3rd. Post pictures of finished product.

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                                          • Max PowerM
                                            Max Power
                                            Raw and Unwashed
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                                            I've been thinking about getting the four bars logo from Black Flag over my ellbow for a while now. Still undecided, as it would be my first tattoo…

                                            @elclintor:

                                            > I don't care what people say.. The Max Power way is the right way…

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