If you want it bad enough you’ll figure out a way to make it work. You should post some of your artwork.

I work a full time job on top of being an apprentice. I’m exhausted but it’s a small price to pay for my dream.

The only money I make is if someone is kind enough to tip me. I didn’t even pick up a machine for eight months though. Even then I tattooed fake skin for a while. Fake skin doesn’t tip either. It’s a slow process. What you earn is knowledge and experience. I got lucky that I didn’t have to pay to learn.

Quick fifteen minute sketches.

I love the skull. I do however think the girl looks too monochromatic. I think she’d look great with some color to her. Maybe some red in her lips. Over all the design is cool but the coloring choices made could have been better.

Ancient Chinese secret!!!

I can see what you’re saying about the rear wings. I can address that when he books a second sitting. I’m going to be doing a bunch of work on him. I traced the lines of the plane so if the shapes work in the photo I can make them work in the tattoo. I think it just needs some tweaking with the shading.

I’m not an aircraft engineer but the kid that wanted the plane tattooed on him brought me a photo. Blame any design flaws on the Russians. It is a Polikarpov I-16.

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Here is one in progress.

The bubbles were added to the cupcake.

All seeing eye above the bat I finished on her a while back.

New York Yankees/ Sick Of It All logo.

Mo (Horishige) gets into his work!

It was too loud around us for me to hear the popping sound. I could feel it though. Here is what my girlfriend got.

Plus we got our portraits done!

The pain is totally different. Hard to describe. I think I prefer it to tattoos applied with a machine. If it wasn’t so costly i would get a lot more. The whole thing took about 4 hours. Only the last hour was bad. My girlfriend is getting hers today. I’ll post pictures.

Nice clean tattoos. I like the animals as humans theme as well.

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Looks pretty damned nice.

Thanks. That means a lot to me because I see you as one of the more harsh critics in this forum. I’ve still got a long way to go though. Just trying to show my progress.

Colored in.

You could pretty much cover that with anything because it’s so faint. Any decent artist should be able to help you out. Ask to see photos of cover ups they have done in the past.

Two kinds of wings here in Buffalo. Drums and flats. He wanted a drum.

Buffalo is like six and a half hours from NYC. If you feel like making the trip I’ll tattoo you.

I think that was the point. Get everyone excited about a new Gogue tattoo and it turns out to be “I met Jeff Gogue and all I got was this sticker.”

Was there a two year wait for the sticker?

Really though, I was all ready to be hating you. I want Gogue to tattoo me in the worst way. He’s as close to my tattooist idol as you can get.

I see Permanent Mark in the photo. I’d love to hear some of his stories.

Wardy- I totally dig pale girls too. My girl is the color of skim milk. So white she’s almost blue.