Quote from: cyrus buelton on September 11, 2010, 08:27:11 PM

Not sure what your little popcorn icon means here, but whatever.

I've read the complete series of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by English historian Edward Gibbon.

If you can't read well or have no interest, read the abridged one book version.

Roman History is very intriguing topic to me and I want my sleeve to reflect several aspects of this great empire.

It will encompass architecture, military, and everything in between.

Not sure why you throw a  icon at what I want.

Seems pretty dickhead comment to make about someones choice of inking, but whatever.

I am working with one one of the best tattoo artists in the world on this. Billy Hill is a great inker and artist.

He already has published a book (available on Amazon) of his sketches and is about to release a book on how to run a tattoo shop in terms that a commoner can interpret; maybe something you need.

I am giving him several photos, concepts, and visions and he will decision the sleeve for me.

That is how you work with a famous artist. His work has been featured on the front of Tattoo magazine and even approached to do a reality inking show based in Vegas, but turned it down to develop his business here.

Work on arm will be done as money allows it as he is not cheap to get inked by, but has taken an interest in my wife and I as we are not normal customers and have intellectual conversations with him.

It was funny, got our little dobe (not so little really) paw print done last week and I walked in from work concealed with my Kahr (he has no marking on his door about disallowing firearms) and I let him know I was armed and he goes "it's cool, I got more guns in my shop then you have on you and I got a .357 on my ankle, so when you take your dress shirt off, just set your piece under it so others don't get freaked out if they come in"



We proceeded to talk guns and politics the entire session with my wife and I. It was great.

www.iambillyhill.com is the man.

He has an ex-professional futbol (soccer player) from Australia that flies in 2 times a year just to get inked by him.

You will never find a cooler guy and better artist than Billy.

If anyone is ever at the Library of Congress, I'll throw you his book number so you you can view it and the page my wife's tattoo's are on. They came up with a great concept, but I can't talk about it on here since it is political.

We bought his book and have him writing us a personal note on the front page and he autographed her sketch.

Great guy all around. He is up in Akron right now for a convention and will probably take First through Third trophies for sleeves.

His inking guns (or whatever you call them) are custom. He has number 3 of 36 on his main tool and he has a prototype that is 1 of 3 which the maker wants back, but he won't give it back because it was a gift.

Billy Hill rocks.

If anyone is in the area and wants ink...........PM me and I will hook you up with a discount. Just don't pick "flash art" he make the beast with two backsing hates that. He is an artist and loves several photos/drawings to turn into a reality.

Roman theme?
Jud is getting a bathhouse and vomitorium diarama on his arms.

Big no no calling it a gun...

They are "machines."

 

Quote from: Monsterlover on September 12, 2010, 03:51:26 AM
Big no no calling it a gun...

They are "machines."

But Judd's wife's ex-bil went to school with a guy whose cousin was married to a guy who knew a guy who grew up next to a guy who went to school with the son of the guy who made the first one, and he called it a gun, so it is a gun.  And he's gonna send Judd the original drawings of the first one, signed of course, and Judd is gonna have professional copies made and sell them on Ebay and all the proceeds are gonna go to a fund to help Dobies with bad ear jobs.

Oh, and Cyrus, are your tattoos squiggly or do you stop jerking that guy off long enough for him to do your ink?

enough to share

Quote from: cyrus buelton on September 11, 2010, 08:27:11 PM

Not sure why you throw a  icon at what I want.

Seems pretty dickhead comment to make about someones choice of inking, but whatever.

Hey Einestein, The popcorn eating icon means I'm waiting to see some progress.

I didn't read the diatribe, but am sure it was good. 

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Quote from: Dan on September 12, 2010, 04:29:22 AM
But Judd's wife's ex-bil went to school with a guy whose cousin was married to a guy who knew a guy who grew up next to a guy who went to school with the son of the guy who made the first one, and he called it a gun, so it is a gun.  And he's gonna send Judd the original drawings of the first one, signed of course, and Judd is gonna have professional copies made and sell them on Ebay and all the proceeds are gonna go to a fund to help Dobies with bad ear jobs.

Nice cheap shot with the Dobe comment. I won't fall for that baiting again.

You should be enjoying a nice weeks vacation like I did for "baiting" 2 weeks ago.

2.7   "Baiting"      Some people find it fun to push and poke at members while believing they technically are within the guidelines in how it's done.  Then when the subject does something in return that violates a guideline, a 'report to moderator' is done.   This is childish and such 'baiting' will be cause for a permanent ban.   It is at the discretion of the administrators whether someone is being a jerk and baiting.

However, it is at the discrection and they like you more than me, so carry on.

Quote from: Rameses on September 12, 2010, 05:08:06 AM
Oh, and Cyrus, are your tattoos squiggly or do you stop jerking that guy off long enough for him to do your ink?

Nah, just trying to get the guy some business.

He carries a .357 on his ankle......I prefer not to catch one of those in my chest.


I just find it fascinating a world famous tattoo artist is based in Columbus, Ohio in a strip mall.

He turns down a reality show on a major network.

His story is interesting. I just wanted to share it.

Head for the hills. Justin is quoting board rules. 

Quote from: kopfjäger on September 12, 2010, 08:37:57 AM
Head for the hills. Justin is quoting board rules. 

He's being a little selective on what he's quoting.  There's one other paragraph in the guidelines that I think is a little more pertinent to responses he gets from the mods compared to what he sees a favorable treatment to others.

"Repeated violations or serious one-time violations or a pattern of conduct that requires disproportionate amount of moderator time will result in the member's access to the board being terminated.  Basically, don't make youself a pain in the butt to deal with."