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    Iron Heart Fall/Winter 2025 Live Reveal - Thursday 12th of June at 1700BST

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    • endoE
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      @Jestocost:

      a song that helped get me through it

      no idea, what is it @Jestocost ?

      si tacuisses

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      • GilesG
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        "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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        • JestocostJ
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          Just took the wrapping off of this… something of a personal statement on why I'm changing careers soon. Text says "RATS GET FAT / WHILE BRAVE MEN DIE".

          @Endo "On GP" by Death Grips. Fair warning if you search it up, their music is kind of abrasive. Very much a 'love it or hate it' kinda thing.

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          • OaktaviaO
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            First of two blackout sleeve sessions. I wore my right arm sleeve for a decade and now have decided to move on to a second layer. I plan to finish the top half in a month or so and proceed to layer more white ink on top if I can find someone to do it. Absolutely brutal pain wise and my arm is on fire  😃

            He used a 39 mag needle which resembles a sharp paint brush 1/2 inch wide. Wore my XHSbb for the big.day.

            IG: electricindigowizard

            "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

            WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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            • JestocostJ
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              God damn, skipper. That’s hardcore. What are you planning on drawing over all that?

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              • EdHE
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                Ooooof. That has got to sting! Looks like a solid job though.

                Take the dive...

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                • MattM
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                  • vaquero357V
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                    …that's a serious coverup! Black out indeed! :o 😉

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                    • scarfmaceS
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                      @Jestocost:

                      Most recent piece, done back in Hawaii. A memento of a darker time in my life, and a song that helped get me through it. 100 fake internet points to anyone who guesses it.

                      @Brock that's a beautiful piece. They did a phenomenal job on the shading, especially with the clouds. Mad respect for being able to get that done in one shot.

                      My guess:

                      Something for the Pain - Bon Jovi

                      "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

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                      • GilesG
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                        Death Grips - On GP

                        "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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                        • scarfmaceS
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                          Death Grips - On GP

                          wow, never heard of Death Grips before… the last 40min of spotify have been quite the ride

                          "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

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                          • EdHE
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                            How well did the blackout take @Oaktavia ? Nice and solid?

                            Take the dive...

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                            • JoberwockyJ
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                              Joining the club with my first tattoo got during a fundraising flash event at my local shop, love a good pun and clean linework

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                              • EdHE
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                                @Joberwocky Love it. But you started near in the ditch of the elbow… you're a braver man than me - I'm totally avoiding that area on my next sleeve.

                                You should be good because you've gone just under the fold of the elbow, but watch out for the skin folding around that area causing a scab - one of my lines went ever so slightly blobby right in the fold of the elbow.

                                Get a sheet of Dermalize over that and neat lines like that should be healed in under a week.

                                Now that you've had one... any ideas for what's next? 😉

                                Take the dive...

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                                • JoberwockyJ
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                                  @EdH artist got about halfway in before we got it it being my first tattoo during conversation, she laughed and said had her first been in the elbow ditch, she wouldn't have gotten another 🤣
                                  She only wrapped it in seran at first and didn't put the dermalize or other sheet stuff it because she suspected all the movement in that location would pop it off.  I've been pretty diligent about trying to keep my arm straight when possible and hitting it with ooent and keeping it clean.  Seems to be healing up pretty well so far.
                                  I'm sure another is on the horizon, shop's books don't open back up before the end of the year, I'm thinking something with a bit of color, though maybe one arm color, the other B&W

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                                  • EdHE
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                                    @Joberwocky a man after my own heart - my existing sleeve is B&W linework (though I may colour it in down the line…) but the right arm is going to be full of popping colour. Unfortunately my guy's books are such that I have to wait until January to get started too, and couldn't get a full day with him until June! Still, that's a good sign, I'd stick with that shop if I were you.

                                    Glad your healing is going well, I look forward to seeing the end result. (And your next one... and the next... ;))

                                    Take the dive...

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                                    • OaktaviaO
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                                      I'm about to go in for a 5-6 hour session for my upper arm to completely black it out. I had my lower arm done a few months ago and it was brutally painful. The artist uses a 39 mag which means 39 needles that amount to half an inch in width. I'm so nervous and terrified lmao but we did my elbow ditch last time which was the worst part. I'm not looking forward to the shoulder and near armpit or the elbow. Wish me luck pls…

                                      Also I got two blast overs yesterday. Halloween themed.

                                      IG: electricindigowizard

                                      "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                      WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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                                      • MizmazzleM
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                                        Diggin this thread!! I love to travel and have got almost all my work done in the other countries i've traveled to. Since Covid, obviously that has been curtailed. Now that things are basically opened back up in most places, we've got a trip to Italy planned next summer! Been in talks with a few shops in Rome already. Found some incredible artists there!! Can't wait to get some work done! It's been about 4 years since I've gone under the gun!!!

                                        In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                                        • MizmazzleM
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                                          @Oaktavia BRO!!! That pit of the elbow…phew....making me sweat just thinking about it haha...39 mag!! Yee Gatz!! No pain no gain!! When I had my left arm sleeve done the pit of the arm was the hardest for me. Even the inside of the forearm was brutal...

                                          I had my ribs done on my last travels to India. I almost grabbed that tattooer by the throat and screamed, "I hate you, you fucking whore!!!"

                                          Other than that, I love getting worked on hahaha

                                          In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                                          • OaktaviaO
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                                            "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                            WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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