Jennx:

DUDE!!!! if you don't mind the commute my buddy just opened up another shop in corvallis, he's had his other shop on the coast for 8 years. super reputable did most of my work. if you might be into it let me know!

Hey where is the new corvallis shop at? My mom lives there and I get down to corvallis every few months. I'd like to check it out next time im down there.

Lol. They have a pretty good tattoo scene.

Had my second ear scalpeling experence yesterday.

Dont really know yet. Due to how I'm going, at least 3/4"

wow so angry!

toa3t:

Ah, Corvallis... Oregon's second-best college town for the last 140 years.

Funny how many people have no idea where it is and have never been there (myself included). That might change for a good artist, though.

I always saw the freeway signs, and all I could think about was Corban Dallas from 5th element.

Nope. Streched the normal way the 1st go around, but then had to take everything out for the army. Now I scalpeled up a 6-8 to 00, then to 5/8 which will sink down to 3/4. They basically make a 5-6mm cut in the lobe to "make room" for the jewlery. Way more radical and extreem, but saves all that money that I dont have for jewlery....

I had 00s for about a year that I stretched with tapers and what not. Whole process only took me maybe four months, which is too fast, really. Anyway, I took them out about a year ago and they pretty much went back to normal. They're obviously a little larger than I'd like them to look but I can wear normal earrings and people usually don't notice a size difference.

In case anyone was wondering I didn't end up getting the ink. I bought a Playstation3 instead. Next paycheck maybe. It'll be either Duck Hunt or a big pile of dripping stencil skulls. Or a bleeding heart. Or a boombox. Or The Wave dunno whatever.

Atlas Tattoo on Mississippi. I've gone to Jerry a couple times but his wait times are long, Scott and Lou are pretty rad also.

Atlas. Make an appointment, throw down a deposit and tell them to call you when someone cancels. Sometime you get lucky and get in there sooner, best thing is you don't end up with a tattoo that could be better.

I have roosters tattooed where most people have songbirds on their chest below the collarbones, and a big skull/butterfly(the wings are spiderweb) tattooed in the middle of my chest. Getting tattooed on my sternum was the worst tattoo pain I have ever had.

I'm digging the work of Dan and Lewis at Atlas. How long of a wait time is long in the tattoo business? I'm leaving in a month, and while I don't think it'll take more than an hour or two to get it done, I don't really want to get it done right before I leave. Don't think college dorms and a welcome week of parties are the cleanest place to heal...

I guess these are questions I could ask them, but I'm just trying to go in is knowledgeable as possible.

Oddball puts out some sick pieces. Never the less I still havnt found a shop I like as much as my shop in Eugene

ArielD:

I've had all my tattoos done in Eugene, except for one I got here in portland, its real tiny though. I got it at deluxe on 79th and powell. I want to get my sleeve finished soon and get a back piece started and I can't decide if I want calf tattoos or not. I'd be covered. Right now all of my tattoos are on my arms.

What one?

And for the record 3/4ths HURT when going around Alpenrose at 40mph......

oh, and:

http://www.sffixed.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=3424&page=10#Item_35

i dont got an sffixed acount

Nice Jenn--thanks for posting a pic. Here's my most recent. Haven't been able to get a great shot yet but it's a St. Christopher on the right shin (see Tom Waits--Frank's Wild Years).