I emailed him a while back and he hasn't responded either. I really want him to do my piece as well but when I'm just going to start looking for new artists.

This is amazing. I'm looking to get a similar style as well.

Try contacting Steve Moore, he is also really good and only does huge pieces

Damnit :okay:

Any recommendations for other realistic local artists?

Fuck me, this hurt today. DNA strands and all the background colours are all new. Still and forever I'm sure will be a work in progress.
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amazing work dude !!!

that looks nice man, you need to take a better pic. i think you mention it before but i'm too lazy to look through the thread =p who's the artist?

My arm is bradley gobiel from atomic zombie in edmonton, and my chest is pat berube here at port side. I got lucky because I wanted work done here so badly, and pat and bradley are good friends from edmonton, with very similar styles, so picking an artist here was easy. May 31st I'm heading to whistler for a drawing appt. with justin ormiston. Fucking stoked!

^ dope im planning on doing a whistler trip up there to hopefully get some work done by Lacey

Just looked through Justin Ormiston's portfolio, he does some awesome work! Just sent him an email request for my sleeve :woot2:

some guy got a tatty of a tiger with no eyes filled in it from Trigger Happy. Is it Jay's style to not ink the eyes?

:inoutugh:

Is he Asian? Maybe he is superstitious, your not suppose to dot the eye on creatures you tattoo on your body as the animal will come alive and if your not strong enough to carry the essence of the animal horrible things may happen to you.

All bullshit if u ask me my dragon has it eyes dotted and I'm perfectly fine.

Never heard that one before. And I don't think I've ever seen a Japanese tattoo without eyes either :suspicious:

Its's an Old Chinese superstition, some mural and painting have no dot in the eyes too for this reason. I just saw a gangster in Tst the other day with a horrible dragon tatttoo with no eyes.

from what I am hearin is that you are suppose to get the eyes filled in when you kill someone... which is fckin retarded, ppl makin shiet up to make them seem gangster

from Jay's portfolio, he doesnt fill in all the eyes in his tattys. I dunno what this guy has been sayin to his customers.

^ isn't that for the teardrop tattoo?

the eyes could make or break a tattoo as well.. maybe he is avoiding it? I just check out his portfolio, he does have one koi with the eyes filled in

If u COLOUR in the eyes, the animal is brought to life etc etc, many japanese artist have no problem inking in the eyes, but rather not include colours lol

whoever said that shit about gettin eyes filled in when you kill someone is a fucking idiot. jay never said anything like that to me, he even asked me if i wanted the eyes filled in.

but i also have heard that story about dotting the eyes will give the animal a soul/life or whatever. it's all up to perception i guess. i also read somewhere that chinese says 5 koi's is eternal goodluck and japanese says 7 koi's is eternal goodluck...

^superstition is only valid to those that believe in it, to everybody else its all bullshit

I love laceys work as well. I have showed her work to a few of my friends that asked me where to get some work done. What you thinking of getting?

i already have some of the outline done from her from when she was at sacred heart, ive just been busy and broke and stuck with the outline for 2 years ahaha, but im hoping to get 6 hours of work in july. i just have to call her but she is in maui till the 17 so ima call her on the 21 :eek5x:

going in this thursday for about 3-4 hours to start my left leg sleeve !!!... will post pics when im home and after i'm all washed up.

^ nice body nice ass. so so tattoo...

serve me right for going drinking after getting tattoo... now i have super heavy scabbing :okay:, have to touch it up AGAIN this is going to be my fourth go at the same tattoo......:rukidding: