thanks doods
yea it is.lol

ken has his own shop now check it out
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tatto...43432752370231

tell em ken w/ the fuu dog reffered you so i get extra time :fullofwin:

lol

Nice I was just in Kens chair last week. I really don't want him to get too popular and get booked up crazy lol. His new shop is like 10min from me, so convenient could be trouble lol. Jesse has been thinking of selling Blackwater and go work at Ken's shop a few days a week.

Emailed James Acrow yesterday, crossed fingers to get a response
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If you dont mind me asking, how long did your foo dogs take and how much did it cost? Does he charge by hour or piece?

Oh nice. what did you get this time bro
haha ya man! his work is like jesse and those guys with out the 3-4 months waiit.lol
Does that mean the other guy will be gone??

probably 4-5 hours and 150$ per hr..

Ken actually charges $160 now + tax. He charges by the hour.

Just did another couple hours on the Hannya/snake on my ribs. One more session to finish it up then starting on chest and stomach to tie it all together. Then we start it all over on the my right side.

I love how clean his work is. Will post a updated pic of my rib piece once its healed.

So sorry to sound like a newb but is it common for artists to use the pre-printed out stencil transfer type thing you see on the TV shows etc or does that type of thing vary?
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stenciling is the most common method of transferring a basic blueprint of the design on to your skin. The stencil can be made using a stencil machine or hand made. Some artist likes to freehand their stuff in that case marker so pens will be use to draw out the design on your skin.

Now there are the really crazy guys like horiyoshi 3 that can tattoo right on the skin without any preparation but people that can pull it off and is willing to pull it off for you is very rare

I had a touring artist from Japan working at Monkey King who literally just went to town on my arm with a Sharpie. I told her what I was looking for, and off she went. That was basically my stencil.

^pics of results?

Noob here; need a recommendation on a good stencil artist. Wanting to get a somewhat detailed (bigger) black outline of Canada done.

Any good artist can do that ... Can i ask why you want that??
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x2. I'd love to see. My back piece artist moved from STC to Monkey King. Nice place.

That's sort of what I figured but wanted to make sure. Because it's different and I've never seen anything similar to what I want. Closest was something I seen in a video but it was of a different country, looked pretty sweet in my opinion. And obviously the whole, you know, proud to be canadian, serving my country, etc. When I saw it I knew I wanted it, something clicked.

May as well post this one my younger sister got last week. She went to the chick at Steveston tattoo and still has a couple hours left to complete it.



http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7816/zczy.jpg

Thanx for your service !.. And good luck , post pics when ur done.
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Bad ass !!!!.. Love it
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don't go and call your tattoo artist "stencil artist" though. thats kind of like asking Picasso if he can trace :)

Your sister has big arms! Suitable to have a huge badass tattoo to go it it :fuckyea:

shes skinny as well thats the best part. Shes has a lot of tattoos but this half sleeve tripped me out. Sent me a pic one day of the first sitting and my jaw hit the ground.

Is she a weightlifter or a martial artist or something? I bet she could kick anyone's ass that comes to this site :lawl:

played ice hockey for 12 years and fast pitch. Shes tough as fuck, she can thank me for that one lol

Had an 8 hours sess today.

what artist did you get your work done from and what was the hourly rate?

that face looks sick on the dragon