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    • EdHE
      EdH
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      Thanks @Nkwkfld !

      Take the dive...

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      • henry_davidH
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        Jesus H @EdH  😎 That's a super sick sleeve. I rly like the collective vision of you and your artist with this one.

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        • EdHE
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          thanks @henry_david, I appreciate it! The artist is absolutely nailing his brief. Was able to see him drawing the Hydra next to the elbow "live" to fill that gap we created after Poseidon and Aphrodite got shrunk down and put in place, and it was fun to collaborate more closely on the design on that one in particular. A few gaps to fill, but almost there.

          Wife thought it was a bit of a shock to have me come home with a full sleeve; "I suppose it's the difference between being a 'person with tattoos' and a 'tattooed person'".

          Must go apply some more Hustle Butter…

          Take the dive...

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          • henry_davidH
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            @EdH:

            Wife thought it was a bit of a shock to have me come home with a full sleeve; "I suppose it's the difference between being a 'person with tattoos' and a 'tattooed person'".

            Yes!! Gunning to be more of a tattooed person/heavily tattooed person personally. I think a back piece is sorta the thing to bridge the gap. When's the next session, @EdH?

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            • EdHE
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              @henry_david:

              When's the next session, @EdH?

              He's going to try to fit me in at the end of April. It's a 'hold these evenings free, and I'll call/text you with a 1 hour warning if it looks like I'll be able to fit you in" kind of deal! Busy guy!

              @henry_david:

              Gunning to be more of a tattooed person/heavily tattooed person personally.

              I've got the bug too. There's a shitty old tribal done waaay too small (was my first tat and it matched my modest ambitions - and budget - at the time) on one of my pecs which is begging for a cover up. I'm also looking at some of Alex Grey's work (the artist that does Tool's album art - https://www.alexgrey.com/) and thinking of finding someone who does good geometric pattern work…

              Take the dive...

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              • henry_davidH
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                You ever heard of Brody Polinsky? He's … epic. https://www.instagram.com/brody_polinsky/?hl=en

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                • EdHE
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                  Interesting, but totally not what I had in mind! Alex Grey's/Tool's art is more transcendental, psychedelic, anatomical, and repeating, etc, and much less runic(?). I'm really digging this for some reason, for example: https://www.alexgrey.com/art/transcendental/the-great-turn

                  Take the dive...

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                  • henry_davidH
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                    Oh daaaammmmmnnnn. Yeah not at all the same  😃

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                    • LewisStonehouseL
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                      @Oaktavia thank you! yeah man did them back to back. Love yours!

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                      • endoE
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                        guess my faith  🙂

                        si tacuisses

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                        • henry_davidH
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                          lolol

                          Okay so those tattoos are SICK @endo. When did you have those done?

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                          • endoE
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                            First one I got about two years ago in Jerusalem. The motives are ancient coptic. Tattoos play a significant role in the history of the coptic church. It was done by Wassim Razzouk, who's family is doing these tattoos for more than 700 years. All motives are at least 500 years old. I'm not a copt, but my christian (lutheran) faith plays an important role in my life. Now, that I'm an old fart, I thought it's a good (and stylish) way to embody (?) it.

                            si tacuisses

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                            • henry_davidH
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                              Well, I think they're beautiful man. I really like simple, clean designs like that. Really good work on picking an artist with such an amazing history/background, too.

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                              • endoE
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                                @henry_david thank you, man!

                                https://razzouktattoo.com/

                                si tacuisses

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                                • steelworkerS
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                                  @endo:

                                  guess my faith  🙂

                                  @endo  Byzantine Catholic

                                  Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                  Well, I have others.

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                                  • endoE
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                                    @steelworker it's all about being decent and loving people, isn't it?

                                    si tacuisses

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                                    • steelworkerS
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                                      they're beautiful tattoos @endo , some look like 17th century gravestones in New England.

                                      Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                      Well, I have others.

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                                      • Bums_FanB
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                                        I am with @henry_david and @steelworker …really nice work @endo !!!  As a fellow old guy getting tattoo'd later in life, I dig it!

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                                        • Bums_FanB
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                                          Haven't posted my own here.  Figured since these were finished up recently might as well post now.  Kari Barbi worked on my upper left arm over twenty years ago.  Didn't really plan to do the forearms back then, but of course that changed  😃

                                          https://www.instagram.com/p/CbiOpGPl_2J/

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                                          • steelworkerS
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                                            😎 whoa @Bums_Fan beautiful work! 😎

                                            Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
                                            Well, I have others.

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