tattoos

[bbortko]

Something you just have to wait for them to come to you, sorta like a good dump.

 

[shock6906]

I just recently got these done. What do you think guys?

 

[Oscarum monstruoso]

I just recently got these done. What do you think guys?

That is quite an impressive piece, interesting statement. How long did you sit for that?

 

[Antithesis123]

That is quite an impressive piece, interesting statement. How long did you sit for that?

n I C E!

TO each their own.

 

[Ieatyourfish]

i like the pirtate ship/ wooden ship idea any sketches anybody

 

[drkrvnchld]

that ship was drawn on my leg, mostly with the tattoo machine. He drew a basic shape of an old ship with marker, then went to town. A customer who picked something off the wall was scared for me and kept asking me, "what if he F's it up?" I told them "with an attitude like that, you probably don't get laid much".

 

[aclockworkorange]

great thread.... anyone know what the style with the bright colored flowers and koi is called ive been doodling around with that for a female family friend who is looking for a fun bright piece on her foot

^ its called Horioshi... theres 3 different generations of Horioshi... 1 being the oldest and 3 being the newest... you can check it out on google to find out more...

Oh, and if you really want to go all the way, get it using the traditional tebori method... thats what i really want to do in the future...

It's Horiyoshi, with a Y, and it's not called "horiyoshi" style... Horiyoshi III is simply a third generation, well known, traditional Japanese tattoo artist. That "style" is usually just called "Japanese" style tattooing in America.
Many artists experiment with combining different styles together, such as japanese tattooing with more "new-school" techniques of layout and coloring, like the girl who posted pictures of her flowers and stuff. That is not traditional japanese tattooing...

This is true traditional japanese stuff...

Here are a couple of mine, I have more traditional american stuff and some traditional american/japanese sleeves.

 

[luvmyjag]

half done

 

[bbortko]

aclockworkorange - nice chest plate.

Traditional styles are the way I'm going, koi and black water starting mid-bicep and stopping on collar bone, deadmans hand(not traditionally colored) and next Saturday getting a gypsy head that's half traditional half sugar skull.

 

[buddha1200]

It's Horiyoshi, with a Y, and it's not called "horiyoshi" style... Horiyoshi III is simply a third generation, well known, traditional Japanese tattoo artist. That "style" is usually just called "Japanese" style tattooing in America.
Many artists experiment with combining different styles together, such as japanese tattooing with more "new-school" techniques of layout and coloring, like the girl who posted pictures of her flowers and stuff. That is not traditional japanese tattooing...

This is true traditional japanese stuff...

Here are a couple of mine, I have more traditional american stuff and some traditional american/japanese sleeves.

traditional japanes style tattoing is called Horimono or irezumi.
the tradtional hand tattoing(with out machine )is called tebori

The japanese style is not called horiyoshi,the name horiyoshi come from the the term horis which means master yoshi is his family name so combined it is horiyoshi, so horiyoshi lll is just the third generation taught by the horis(master) of the yoshi family.
the original term for the style is ukiyo-e(edo period 1603-1868)