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Shit dimi, that's inspired. Wow.

Whats it like there Dimi?
Similar prices to other places in london?

Dale, your tattoos are brilliant. Props for choosing a theme and sticking with it. Ace.

I want an appointment with guy le tattooer
and the dude that did the portrait I posted on the other page

Ooooh. Very, very nice dimi3. I am well impressed.
How long did that take ? Looks a bit finicky, with the colours & shading an all...

Also, what's the deal with that place AKA? Are they using that front room as a tattoo studio then for a few weeks ? I couldnt quite work out from the thing on there the other week what the story with the house was, if it was just gonna be an art space or what. It looked like they were setting up some tattooing space in the room but it wasnt clear if it was just for that night or...

And I got myself an appointment with that lad Liam Sparkes in February.

^Props

You wont regret that

^^^ Guy Le Tattooer is the shit!

Definitely want work by him. Maybe even a full sleeve..
Rafael Delalande is also on my bucketlist

Did you get something done by him before ?

^ I've got two by him so far - working on a sleeve.
Lovely bloke and a class artist

Cool dakin, you got any pics?

This book is nearly 20 years old now. I'd be curious to see what's inside...

Sorry for the repost

No worries, thanks for that ! And the documentary, I'll watch it later on when the manager is out.

Absolutely fucking awesome riff on the S&M BMX Logo:



Alexis Camburn from Holy Cow.

Apologies for the very poor photos...
They look a lot better since healing up

I'm not sure what are the other places. I had an appointment in London Tattoo once, they charged £70 per hour or something like that, I cancelled it anyway. All my other tattoos done by a good friend. So yeah, it's expensive than that, but it's well worth it.

Thanks. About 2 hours. AKA has some residents and guests, like Bastien, also they sell artworks and stuff.

Can you just go in and book?

I'd email them first.

It's so awkward when an artist designs something for you that you really don't like...

Not really, they know it's permanent and they gotta get it bang on.
I'm sure they'd rather be told it's not right and get it bang on so you're happy and come back for more.
LadyLiz had her most recent one(its only tiny) redrawn several times before she was happy.

Yeah - if I'm not happy with it. Goes back to the drawing board. You're often reliant on the artist getting what you want.
The more work you have done with someone, the easier this relationship becomes. I think that is important as well.

Dakin they are siiickkk

^ Cheers bro.
Waiting till after summer now.
Thinking to begin work on a big boy piece.


Piece based on Albrecht Durer's crucifixion wood cuttings.
Again by Liam, either on my back or my ribs. Need to decide...

Yeah I've said I'm not keen on what he's come up with, being as diplomatic as possible because he works in he shop my gf is apprenticing in. I just wanted some super simple script but he came up with something really elaborate which looked cool but not at all what I want!

@ dakin : is your real name dakin ? I'll mention to Liam that he's getting good kudos on here when I'm in the chair with him. Where is the lamp located on your body?
There's an exhibition on at the moment at the Wellcome Collection near Euston station, called "Death". I was at it on Saturday. You might like to check it for inspiration.
http://www.wellcomecollection.org/wh...W7HtAodemcAmA#

@ tenderloin: Is that piece finished ? It looks like you could fill in more - but I like the outline / black line way it is now.

I'm Joss man. Dakin be the surname. What is it your getting? Both the heart and the lamp are on my left forearm.
Sweet! Definitely going to check that out. Thanks dude

Nah that's it done.
I got the idea from tattoos of saints he'd done on himself in the same style - it was three or four years ago when he was working out of his bedroom off brick lane.
I prefer line tattoos as I like the way the skin is used.

It's by far and away my favourite tattoo and he is likewise my favourite artist

He's also a sick drummer!

@ dakin : my family crest is a snake wrapped around a sword, so I have asked him to do something along those lines, obviously bringing his own style to it. I quite like the look of that thumb cobra he did, so maybe similar to that but on a larger scale. My right arm already has some other stuff on it so the space is a little crowded, I hope he can work with it. Putting in a sword might be too difficult so it's probably just going to be a long bladed knife.



- What's your real name Tenderloin ? Are you also booked in with more from Liam ?

Not trying to be a heraldry pedant (which, sadly, I can be...) but do you mean the actual crest, as in your family coat of arms has a helmet on top and a crest on top of that and the crest is a snake wrapped round a sword? Cause that would be pretty rad in itself. Or are you using crest to mean coat of arms?

*quick bit of googling* - ooh, are you a Moriarty, then? Cause if so, then you do mean the actual crest. Cor!

mxm. not finished, but great.

varg vikernes would be proud

@eingang- that is fucking awesome. i've got a session with maxime in february, my first tattoo!

dogsballs, so jelly of your Escher tats... amazing.

Shit this is yours?
I've been swooning over it all day.
In the future I want a medieval castle full back piece by him..

no, not my back

It's unbelievable!
Can't wait to get work done by him..

^^One door is open

I'm just not a fan of back pieces.

The top of a mans arse is one of the most stomach turning things I can think of (mixture of embarassment/ugliness) - this is probably why

Kevin, my names Joe btw

ta. been lucky to have had some amazing artists to work on me.

also, soo many good pieces done over his lifetime.

Another tattoo appointment booked with Iris Lys for 7th Feb. Going to get my left calf done, can't wait.

What are you getting?

a slightly adapted version of the snake in this

i have another appointment with the lovely sarah b. bolen at the end of march.
will do my right outer upper leg...

@henry
The staff of Asclepius?

No. Nor do I want it to look too much like that.

@ Eingang - she has an amazing portfolio, would really like to take a trip over there at some point.

So this guy



who did this:



has now finished this one:



That's his name on her face. They'd been together a week, apparently. Story here and here and a raft of other places around the web...

Awful stuff.

she seems to like it



NSFW?