@poxphobia 130824 wrote:

I’m currently looking into New york artists myself, as I’ll be going there for a few days in September. As far as I’ve been able to gather so far, Tattoo Culture, Saved Tattoo, Last Rites, and Tribulation Tattoo are my first choices. Tattoo Culture says 150-200$ an hour. Doesn’t sound overpriced to me at all?
However, I’m…

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@poxphobia 130828 wrote:

It’s a lot easier for a mechanic to evaluate the cost of his work.

The reason many think like this, is because they are artists. It’s pretty much impossible to know how long and how complicated a tattoo is gonna be before the stencil is on your skin, and sometimes things change, so you don’t even know the price until it’s…

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@ezrider 130816 wrote:

Yes it does, I had a friend that owned his own shop he had a lot of overhead and between that and keeping dependable artists working there he was losing his ass. He closed it down and went to work at another shop a couple of towns over (bigger city) and is doing much better money wise.

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How could I have left out the mighty jeff esminger? Sorry jeff!

I live in California so o don’t get any reaction. Everyone is tattooed out here.

@gobeavers 130695 wrote:

That’s awesome his tattoos are amazing. Just wondering though, why wouldn’t you want it at the convention?

because of the massive people that come up to him wanting to talk, pics, etc. he is such a cool dude he will never turn anyone down. he told me right before he was going to start tattooing at the convention that he…[Read more]

nate beavers is from austin.

the work isnt great, but everyone starts somewhere. jeff gogue posted some work of his after 2 full years of tattooing and they were pretty bad. and he said those were his best stuff at the time. if you love tattooing and you are dedicated and you are a great artist, keep moving forward.

lots of great artists in texas. closest to you would be nate beavers. then theres nick baxter, rember, liz cook

always happy to help sir! i cant wait to see what he comes up with!!

That is a cool piece from a great artist!

sweeeeeeet!

dont want to brag, but i did make dmitry samohin famous on this site, heeee hawwwww!

i always loved his work. he needs more recognition for sure.

@peterpoose 130529 wrote:

Ok I think its around 141 hours since 2011 🙂

damn it took me almost 4 years to get to 140hrs… you are a freak. A FREAK!!!!

I’m planning to get both my actual pits tattooed. I have tattoos on both arms that get really close to the pits and it hurt.

Yes 123467

Congrats! Cant wait to see this one done. Josh is one of the very best!

My favorite tattoo is the one on my body

yeah most likely a scab. keep it as dry as possible and dont pick at it.