Tattoos, anyone?

[Paige Moor]

The only picture I have of my three. I'll have to take some shots of my others.

Wow, that looks great!

[McMurdo]

Heres one of mine


This one took 5 and a half hours, it was done at a bike run in Toledo Ohio, the next day I had to ride the bike to Whitby Ontario in Tornado strength rain, with good weather that ride takes 5 hours in that rain it was not a fun ride at all.

[Paige Moor]

I've always really enjoyed those, McMurdo. I'm especially interested in the story behind them.

Are those your boxers or are you wearing your kilt?

[McMurdo]

Are those your boxers or are you wearing your kilt?

I don't wear boxers, I knew I should have cropped that out

[Woodsheal]

So, why have I had that odd white whale avatar the last month or so? 'Cause it's the latest tattoo I've been scheduled to get, lo these many weeks! The artist is the area's best, and booked well ahead at most times.

Anyways, the image is from the famous set of illustrations that Rockwell Kent did for a 1930 edition of Moby-Dick, my all time favorite novel. Here it is, three hours out of the studio (sorry about the flash):

[Tattoo Bradley]

Brian that's GREAT! I'm glad to see you finally got it. It looks FANTASTIC.

[JRB]

Wow! Too cool!!! Who did that for you? I want to go to him (or her) to get my next tattoo.

[Woodsheal]

Wow! Too cool!!! Who did that for you? I want to go to him (or her) to get my next tattoo.

His name is Chip Beam, in Vestal, NY, and here's his website:
http://www.artifextattoo.com/chip.htm

[JRB]

His name is Chip Beam, in Vestal, NY, and here's his website:
http://www.artifextattoo.com/chip.htm

Of course...my brother-in-law got most of his ink done by Chip. I should have known you were talking about him. I'll definitely be making an appointment with him as soon as I have some extra cash.

[Southern Breeze]

I just found this thread, here's my first one.