In this thread you recommend a tattoo artist

[TrixX]

can i ask a question without getting stomped???

are you people referring george to ryan at sinister because he is your friend??? he has a long way to go IMO. super great guy, but hes new to this. there is MUCH better out there.

[Pussy*Kat]

^ I think he did a great job on a girfriend of mines tattoo. Very clean lines, great design. Ill try and find a picture

[Ashley*Dawn]

wow... I didn't know there would be this kind of out break over recommending a tattoo artist. I have 2 tattoos that are done by Ryan Halter at the dutchman. If you're wanting a bigger peice I'd goto him. I also got a tattoo done by Jake(not sure of his last name sorry) at phat city and he did a great job too.

[TrixX]

Originally Posted by Pussy*Kat

^ I think he did a great job on a girfriend of mines tattoo. Very clean lines, great design. Ill try and find a picture

his art is amazing. no doubt the guys got talent, but george is talking about john the dutchman and adam skye here, ryan is not even close to their league. i've seen his work. i like some stuff. but i haven't been blown away by anything he's done.

i was acutally just curious if someone on here has had a tattoo by him or if its just his friends.

p.s. LOVE you........

[tiedye]

These threads always make me cringe a little wondering how many people recommend someone for reasons other than their art (or even more scary is when they just don't have the capacity to distinguish good from bad inkwork).

[PwInCeSs]

Originally Posted by Ashley*Dawn

wow... I didn't know there would be this kind of out break over recommending a tattoo artist. I have 2 tattoos that are done by Ryan Halter at the dutchman. If you're wanting a bigger peice I'd goto him. I also got a tattoo done by Jake(not sure of his last name sorry) at phat city and he did a great job too.

Yea ive seen Ryans work from friends, including you of course, and he has some amazing pieces, i would have probally gone to him if i didnt discover Carlos.

Thats the other thing with Carlos, he does portraits and is a great artist especially when wanting things to look more life like. Worth checking out if thats thr route you want to go with your tattoo, if not, could still be worth it but i couldn't say for sure.

[Pussy*Kat]

Originally Posted by TrixX

his art is amazing. no doubt the guys got talent, but george is talking about john the dutchman and adam skye here, ryan is not even close to their league. i've seen his work. i like some stuff. but i haven't been blown away by anything he's done.

i was acutally just curious if someone on here has had a tattoo by him or if its just his friends.

p.s. LOVE you........

Total valid point hahah


P.S Love you too! :love:

[Rayeine]

Adam Sky is innnsane!...He tattooed a friend of mine..
He also has a lot of really talented people that work at Lotusland...
Steve Moore Steve Moore

eeyyyyeeah

[Krusha]

yeah these top notch cats are hard to get approved, and the thing is, im not settling for 2nd best here, I'd rather walk around with no tat, and i don't want a bare back :(

oh and just a side comment i think it's absolutely awesome that people are arguing in this thread, seriously , im not being sarcastic here, keep it up!

ragga hooker - thanks for trying to suggest an artist, i know your heart was in the right place!

kat woman - um, thanks for trying to regulate the thread! know your shitkickers were in the right place!


everyone else, I am looking for high quality artists, it seems that some of the artists mentioned were mid quality but thats not gonna cut it as this tattoo is a symbol of rebirth for me and i'm not cheaping out on it

[SWIFTBEATS]

Originally Posted by TrixX

can i ask a question without getting stomped???

are you people referring george to ryan at sinister because he is your friend??? he has a long way to go IMO. super great guy, but hes new to this. there is MUCH better out there.

ya what the fuck?

[impure]

Originally Posted by Krusha

it seems that some of the artists mentioned were mid quality

what are you basing this statement on?

are you discrediting someone's opinion of an artist based solely on someone elses opinion?
srsly.

[impure]

Originally Posted by PwInCeSs

I dont think ive ever seen a thread on fnk where every post complied to the thread, never ever. Actually come to think of it Kat, hun your post didnt either =p o now im nit picking just seems silly every thread gets derailed.

i see what'chu did there.

[Krusha]

Originally Posted by impure

what are you basing this statement on?

are you discrediting someone's opinion of an artist based solely on someone elses opinion?
srsly.

this has nothing to do with opinion and everything to do with detail ... like how perfect a circle someone can tattoo .. I looked at a celtic pattern tattoo on the liquid amber site and cringed at the uneven circle that was on some dudes forearm

some of justine's art on their was dope though

but this piece is to take up a couple thousand dollars and 2/3rds of my back so im not going to settle man, thats all im saying

[impure]

Originally Posted by Krusha

this has nothing to do with opinion and everything to do with detail ... like how perfect a circle someone can tattoo .. I looked at a celtic pattern tattoo on the liquid amber site and cringed at the uneven circle that was on some dudes forearm

some of justine's art on their was dope though

but this piece is to take up a couple thousand dollars and 2/3rds of my back so im not going to settle man, thats all im saying

how many artists were recommended in this thread?

[Krusha]

Originally Posted by impure

how many artists were recommended in this thread?

what is this a fucking test?

go count yourself ... please stick to being constructive or lake of fire fucker

[impure]

well i was just curious how you managed to check out all those artists so fast and then still have time to lecture us for posting artists you thought were only mediocre.

i thought it was a legit question.

[Krusha]

Originally Posted by impure

well i was just curious how you managed to check out all those artists so fast and then still have time to lecture us for posting artists you thought were only mediocre.

i thought it was a legit question.

It totally would be a legit question if it applied honey...

but since I checked out most of these artists with the help of google and idle time at work, I was able to surmise the results for the most part as MID QUALITY, as stated in my above post.

Nowhere did I call anyone mediocre, I stated MID QUALITY which means AVERAGE... perhaps the capitalization of these words will penetrate your thick skull into that tiny stegosaurus brain of yours.

Yes I mentioned I cringed at an uneven circle, but think about it ... if you had an uneven circle tattooed on your forearm for the rest of your life how the fuck would you feel? Exactly.

Nowhere did I engage in lecturing anyone, I even thanked people for arguing in this thread! I'm a fucking philanthropist!

For future reference please don't try to engage in a battle of words with me or you'll be left sodomized and delirious like an anal probed alien experiment.

You can say hi to Mark for me!

(MARKI'MJUSTKIDDINGILOVEYOUKTHXBYE!) ;)

[tiedye]

George, my man. Check out this dude's website. Trevor Mackay

He's one of the owners at the shop I recommended. He's anything but mid-quality. When I worked there, he was booked for a year in advance and the full-body piece he was doing was unbelievable.

I've worked in the industry at a couple of shops now and I've seen people leave with mediocre work at best thinking they've got something to rival Starry Night on their body. Bad ink hurts the industry regardless of who did it. This guy can free-hand and improvise without err and when he uses colour, he does so in a way that ensures time won't cause the colours to fade into each other and become blurry.

There's a piece on his site with Jormungandr. I think you'll appreciate it. Check it out.

[tiedye]

Also at the same shop: Terry Mercer

He does more old-school style inkwork. I believe he specializes in portraits. He was also booked beyond belief... well, any man that can recreate Escher on skin should be.

edit: Looking at his gallery though, they really could have picked better work of his for examples.

[mikey]

Originally Posted by Ashley*Dawn

. I have 2 tattoos that are done by Ryan Halter at the dutchman. If you're wanting a bigger peice I'd goto him. .

Ryans sick !! he did my left leg. very impressed.

george: Good luck with landing a moore tat. lol,
and by good refrence i mean fucking good. Dunno if your buddy will cut it. I had to pull strings for mine.....

[mikey]

Anybody from the new studio at dutchman, is top fucking shelf in my books.

go in check out the portfolio's, if it's black&white cha want rob hop is best in the city.

[MissBehavior]

Originally Posted by e_BoY

Fun House (Cambie 14th) - Mark, Art, Jeremy are all good

Yes, yes, yes.

Examples of work by Art:
http://a82.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/...b6e3b92ff1.jpg

Example of work by Mark:
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/phot...68058_1189.jpg

And I don't know anyone that's had work done by Jeremy, but here's the link to a feature that was done on him for the Sailor Jerry site:
Sailor Jerry: Feature

[impure]

Originally Posted by Krusha

but since I checked out most of these artists with the help of google and idle time at work, I was able to surmise the results for the most part as MID QUALITY, as stated in my above post.

Nowhere did I call anyone mediocre, I stated MID QUALITY which means AVERAGE... perhaps the capitalization of these words will penetrate your thick skull into that tiny stegosaurus brain of yours.

me·di·o·cre
adj. Moderate to inferior in quality;not very good or great; ordinary. See Synonyms at average.

pretty much the same as mid quality.

i totaly understand that you want to be sure that your tattoo is exactly as you want it, but you probalby could have said this without saying that some others, who took the time to post to help you, that the artists they like are mid-quality. obviously they don't think that, so i guess it's a difference of opinion.

how is the hunt going anyway?
have you found any you like?

[Krusha]

lol @ synonyms reference, thats rich!

but the hunt is going fairly well thank you

peeped some of rob hope's stuff and was impressed ... im still trying to decide if i want a B&W bird or a not, but I'm thinking that the dutchman is going to be my location


thanks again everyone!

[Ragga_Wh0re]

Originally Posted by Pussy*Kat

In regards to Samanthas post:

A) My post was explaining my bad karma which is what she wanted, she asked.
B) Ryan at Sinister is amazing but if you can get into anyone at the Dutchman I would go there IMO.

Reggea Skank, im not going to waste my time responding to your low life joke of a comeback :)

my low life come back thats true?

like a said twinks, go get oranged up and get your fake ass nails fixed and maybe work on your fake ass personality.

fake.
fake.
fake.