your right, if I want Paul Booth I would go talk to him, chances are it might not be $400 an hour if I get him real fired up on an idea.

and names dont matter, I wont get a tattoo because of an artists name and some of the artists I have created threads about, like Les Collier, they are up and coming and I would surely go to them becaase it is…[Read more]

I hope all of you out ink me!

I really enjoy good ink whether its mine or yours, the strides this artform is making are amazing.
I can never wait to see whats next

if you never experienced the now defunct website inkednation you may not understand how some of us collectors feel.

inkednation had millions of members, there may be 10,000 people online all at once,

all the major artists posted on there every week, joshua caarlton, myke chambers, paul acker, josh woods, sean herman, jess yen, you name…[Read more]

Im with buttwheat on this one, I dont ask hourly rate, I have seen it sometimes in the artists website.
I go visiit them, talk about my idea, if they are interested I show them some references, then I ask about availability and finally I ask straight out about how much you think I need?

They give me a number, I plop down a huge deposit (for thise…[Read more]

and thats cool, if you like you ink, I have no problem with that, no one can tellyou what to wear……..but I would ask you to think first, look how good the art form is now, look at how awesome the stuffs thats available is………..I would ask, whynot go get some?

‘speaking from my personal experiences here, I mainly stopped posting because the majority of this forum is full of thin skinned people who don’t like to hear the honest truth about their shitty tattoos. I still hang around with the hopes of a rare sighting of some decent work, but most of the time it’s people either blowing smoke up each others…[Read more]

I feel your pain, I cannot stop……………..I have so many ideas but I am running out of ink, plan wisely

yeah an hour, it isnt alot of work…….stomach is painful, many collectors say the most paidful along with the sternum…….but surely you cna handle one hour?

it is a price we have to pay to get what we want, I would gladly pay the price, it is a cool area for a tatoo

Standard Issue, thank you, that was so eloquently spoken and with so much less verbage than my own comments.

I have to hold my true thoughts back when I see work like this, trying to take into account the wearers feelings, as it is obvious they kinda like it!
But I really dont understand why someone looks at a nice car, an awesome motorcycle and…[Read more]

Nice, I like the triumph, always been a fan of their naked bikes. OI appreciaqte your input on the Kawi, i will ride one first chance I get…………Im a little concerned too my normal passenger (my 10 year old son) may not like the riding position……………….he enjoys the bandi and the boulevard, the Nija is alot more sportbike…[Read more]

thats cool, mission accomplished

your artist of choice should draw you one

I did a tatoo diary the other day, thought I had 220 hours, turns out its more like 230, Ive got 10-15 more hours booked in two sessions right now, dont know what I have spent, I get treated VERY well, but this is $35000 plus US worth of ink (most artists 150 a hour here, some as much as 250 on me) and would cost most people…[Read more]

welcome nuts, I started late myself, got alot of hours now, glad to see you jumping in a posting straight away, cool

and I would say this to all new members………….go to the barnes and noble (fancy book store of choice) , pull out the best tattoo magazines, tattoo Energy, Tattoo Life, International Tattoo, Skin Deep, Skin Shots, etc

look at the work inside…………

does your tattoo work look like this…………….

no………why not?

anyone can…[Read more]

coverups work fine………..if your tattoo is raised in the skin at all or rasies at times (some do) the coverup wil lnot change that…………..we have several cover up gurus in atlanta I am sure you have some close to home…………I sure prefer a coverup to sitting for laser sessions……….it is amazing what coverup specilists can do today

I would go for the ink and as I have done remeber to let the wwife spend some money shopping when you put on another $1000 tattoo…………….the piercings I would keep conservative. You must consider your career as your wife and familys lives depend on it………if you can hide it, go fo r it!

Enjoy,………………. Im not going to stop

sorry it has happened to you…………..
here in atlanta 2-3 years is normal for an artists to hang out, alot of artists whom are my friends and would agree with my saying this are kinda picky about who they work with and they get the itch to move……things might be going great where they are, but after 2 years they get the itch and move, I…[Read more]

several of us have come close to being banned lately, kisses havent been flowing……………..