Tattoos

[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

[Beatle]

gbougard - om mani padme hum, sanskrit

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

[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.

[Beatle]

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

[riffblaster general]

@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!

[cparsons]

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.

[Max Power]

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…

[gbougard]

@Max:

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…

I say go for it, but dont make it too big. Why?You're likely going to get addicted to this shit and will want more stuff on your skin, and you gotta make sure that the following tattoos will be in harmony with that first one if that first one is BIG and kinda dictates how the rest will look and feel. If it is smaller, less real estate is taken, less influence on the rest, etc…

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i have more on the legs and neck

[Tripleterror]

Surely that middle one should read 'Lambretta' 'cause they are the best scooters aren't they 
TT

[Beatle]

That Pirat pin up is pretty cool…

[Guest]

@Tripleterror:

Surely that middle one should read 'Lambretta' 'cause they are the best scooters aren't they 
TT

now u know thats not true!

[Guest]

@Beatle:

That Pirat pin up is pretty cool…

thats a sailor jerry

[Beatle]

thanks for info….was that done by the LA ink girl ?

[Guest]

@Beatle:

thanks for info….was that done by the LA ink girl ?

no she did the mad duck and the skull and cross bones
Beats u should check out Angelique Houtkamp in Amsterdam she is way rad with pinup stuff

[Guest]

look up a book called TATTOO MYSTIQUE  by Angelique Houtkamp

[Beatle]

will do, thanks…but if I ever get more work done - it will be Japanese full sleeve..hehe

[Guest]

im sure she can do that too, she is very talented 
when i get over there lets get some work done!

[riffblaster general]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/23/tattoo-artists-new-york?INTCMP=SRCH

My good friend Thomas Hooper in the guardian.  I have quite a few tattoos from him, as well as his paintings hanging in my home.