Tattoos

riffblaster general

@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…

@Tripleterror:

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

now u know thats not true!

@Beatle:

That Pirat pin up is pretty cool…

thats a sailor jerry

Beatle

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

@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

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

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.

Chris

Interesting article, but I have to admit, my first thought upon reading it was, "How did Mario Barth find enough blank space on Tommy Lee to do 5 hours worth of work?"

Max Power

I'm planning on getting my first tattoo soon, will check out some stores this weekend. Anything special I should care for/regard? I'm a complete noob on tats, but Hamburg offers a lot of shops, so I'm quite confused…

riffblaster general

just make sure you know what you want. katsushin would be a good person to ask.

cool Max! good luck on your first tattoo

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