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Visited some friends in Cleveland last weekend and got a few new ones from my buds.

Rose blastover by Brian Anthony at Lakewood Electric:

Vintage R. Crumb-inspired flash by Miles Baker at Lakewood Electric:

Will the red W only be used on seasonal releases going forward, or will it also be applied to future runs of continuous production shirts as well?

Really hoping not because I don't think I could ever wear a shirt with that detail.

Snuck this little rosebud behind my ear the other day.

Done by Jason Ochoa at Greenpoint Tattoo Company:

Finally fixed a 15-year-old mistake over the weekend.

Blastover by Chad Koeplinger at Adventure Tattoo:

Been on a cartoon kick lately.

Hawaiian Donald Duck by Trevor Taylor done last night at Smith Street:

Popeye by Moon done a couple weeks ago at Greenpoint Tattoo:

@AdamJ said in Samples - New Products We Are Working On:

Indigo wabash bibs

WE NEED BLACK BIBS!!! SBG, duck, whatever. Just black.

Got this fun tribal snake filler from Kyle Oxford at Tattoo Peace in Vancouver, WA last week.

Salivating over those OD UHF. Need these ASAP!

@EdH I was dreading this spot for a while, and had been putting it off for years expecting it to be awful. But it actually ended up being one of the easiest tattoos in recent memory.

Haven't been babying it too much during the healing process. Got it Friday evening and went straight to the bar. Probably walked around a good 4-5 miles on Saturday, and a few more on Sunday. Was feeling a little tender last night, but it feels fine today. I'm using Tegaderm on it, so not too concerned about the heal really.

Got my knee ditch blasted by Joe Chatt over the weekend.

@JerkStore Adding yellow to brown is only going to make it a slightly lighter brown. It will never be yellow.

Got this fun little blastover from my good buddy Miles at Lakewood Electric when I was passing through Cleveland on Sunday.

Continuing to add to the second layer. Got this one from Josh Davis on a trip to Tampa to see Misfits & Megadeth last weekend.

@EdH said in Tattoos:

Damn, that looks brutal to get done. What’s the culture/tradition/significance/meaning? I’m completely unfamiliar.

I'm going to try to explain based on my knowledge without bastardizing it, but this is how it was explained to me (not being from that culture).

The patterns themselves are Indian Kolam or Kolangal designs. The specific patterns or designs themselves don't hold specific cultural significance, and it is totally acceptable to have them as someone who is not part of that culture. But there is power in the lines, and the designs themselves are said to be symbolic of good luck and prosperity, and are meant to ward off evil spirits.

The ritual of receiving them I believe is more significant than the tattoos themselves. As I understand it, they should only be tattooed by a woman (one who can give life) and should come from someone within the culture who has had the art form passed down to them (Swasthik learned to tattoo this style from her grandmother in India). And it should be considered an honor to have them applied in this way.

So in some ways, it's not totally unlike a Con Safos tattoo in that there is significance in how it is passed on and the symbolism behind it moreso than in the tattoo itself.

@Oaktavia Thanks, dude! Had been wanting to do this for a while, and I'm glad I waited for Swasthik to come around so I could get it done properly by a woman from the culture.

Got my fingers blessed by Swasthik Iyengar on Sunday. Pretty brutal experience but worth it.

Got this little dagger from Carlos Chavarriaga yesterday at Greenpoint Tattoo.

Been wanting a Yosemite Sam tattoo forever so I finally got this sick one from Fergus at Smith Street the other day.

@Matt Unfortunately I actually do work a very corporate job with high client visibility at the executive level. But I'm in advertising so I can get away with it.

Not sure how I just came across this thread, but I've been collecting for close to 20 years now. The upside to being almost completely covered is that over the last several months I've been able to justify becoming completely unemployable.

Hands by Chad Koeplinger
Neck skull by Julian Bast
Neck panther by Greg Christian
Throat by Carlo Pavia