mrchen;99749 wrote:
I dont understand people who are not sailors or marines getting nautical stars, and unfortunately most nautical star tattooes are produced in trailer parks and peoples kitchens, this has ruined peoples taste for them, the nautical star is a fine tattoo in my opinion, if you got yours at the trailer and it looks like it, I…[Read more]

D3FiANC3;99737 wrote:
You seem hell bent on determining what people “deserve” and what ink they should like and dislike. Do you truly believe that you are that important? You’re not. This is a thread about opinions and you have trolled your way in for the sole purpose of starting an idiotic argument. I simply stated that I am not a fan of…[Read more]

D3FiANC3;99727 wrote:
What an asinine comment. Flash are simplistic, mass-produced designs often requiring little talent on the part of the artist. If someone likes a flash design, that’s fine for them, but they’re not my thing. Putting that aside for a second, you don’t get to decide who does and doesn’t “deserve” anything. Take your…[Read more]

D3FiANC3;99682 wrote:
I just don’t see the visual appeal in script or Nautical stars. Nautical stars also show no originality; they’re flash.

If you don’t appreciate flash then you don’t deserve tattoos.

Does it have to be an animal? If you want evil you should look at Horiyoshi III’s 100 demons book.

Briscogun;98286 wrote:
I know I’ve read in the past that specific colors on koi are supposed to mean different things. I think black for male/father, orange for female/mother, blue/white for son… something like that.

You should be able to pull up some referrences online to that, or check with your artist. Better safe than sorry.

The…[Read more]

buttwheat;97720 wrote:
Make sure you seek out a better artist then this beckham fellow did.

I think his artist was the shop owner of London Ink. Says alot about those shows huh.

You haven’t really said what you like. I’m guessing angels, clouds, crosses, negative spacing, script etc?

So you want David Beckham’s tattoo?

bluey;96265 wrote:
Don’t second class tattoos. You are better off waiting. This tipping thing is strange to me. We don’t tip in Oz. A nice bottle of something at the end of a really big tattoo is a appreciated but not expected. At least you will get them finished some time.

I always tip and other people I know with tattoos from credible…[Read more]

-David-;94890 wrote:
I believe the same goes for the 3/4 sleeve. Read a book on the irizumi (spelling?) quite a while back and think that style of bodysuit chestpiece is called is called a “river”

Yeah Munewari or river is that middle section of the chest 🙂 oh and Irezumi 😀

Woke up to a random message from Steve Byrne yesterday saying he will be back in Australia in January and wanted to know if I wanted to get tattooed again. Naturally I said yes but you guys will have to wait til then to find out what it is 😉

Apart from that no specific plans of tattoos just a bucketlist of artists starting with Smith street next…[Read more]

Last Angel;94767 wrote:
Actually Bruce.lee is on to something. I’m not sure if you have gotten your tattoo yet, but Japanese Tattoos are very meaningful, so everything done is usually on purpose. When tattoos where outlawed in Japan, criminals of a mafia status where commonly seen with full body suits. the triangle under the arm was a sign of…[Read more]

yodaddynukka;92242 wrote:
love your traditional pieces!!!!

Adler;92282 wrote:
Me too. I remember seeing this on the other forum, different username?

Thanks guys. Yup that would be me on the other site 😉

Chad is arriving in Australia next week for a fortnight of tattooing and I have just got some tax money back so hopefully I can work…[Read more]

Thanks Amok. Nope an Aussie living in Victoria!! I can definitely point you in the right direction if you can tell me what state and what styles your into.

and a poor photo of my Koeplinger piece –

WardyInk;91535 wrote:
well for starters your activity says it all which is why you don’t know me. Never even heard of you on this forum. And we will see i have loads planned but waiting till after my holiday in August to get them which i have already said in a previous thread so go be a dick somewhere else buddy. You haven’t even uploaded any of…[Read more]

WardyInk;91342 wrote:
i understand what you’re saying. I can’t not get a tattoo i love now because i might regret it in 30 years time i don’t live life like that. No one should live like that. It’s hard to explain because none of you know me but i have a fuck it attitude where i really don’t care about anything, i don’t take anything…[Read more]

Slappy13;88053 wrote:
I actually just found the pictures online from that book and the book “108 Heroes”. I’d like to buy it but never found it in person. I do own a couple of other books “Bushido: Legacies of the Japanese Tattoo” and “Studying Horiyoshi III” which I used to get ideas for my leg piece. If you’re thinking about getting a large…[Read more]

That’s going to be awesome. Do you have a copy of the book? Worth the buy?

buttwheat;87309 wrote:
Cough cough bullshit cough cough. Dude your forearm is the dead giveaway.

Yeah just take that to your tattooist and say “hey man could you tat up this tribal wolf right under my corvette emblem” Then botta bing you got yourself a new tattoo.

It doesn’t really have to be a true tattoo artist either. He may be lucky…[Read more]