Tattooing at The Last Laugh

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Estevan Oriol's L.A Woman Book is now available at The Last Laugh.

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129 E 6th Street
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Swamp Thing, Dead Lady

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These gorgeous tattoos come from the Flickrstream of Sfllaw and is licensed by Creative Commons.

Looks like Swamp Thing on the left and maybe a dead zombie gypsy on the right? Anyway, enjoy!

Bloodworks, Book Release

Thanks Adrian for the honor of being part of your book!

Matthew, Brake, Horishow, CGM, orly, Swype, SmellyMel

Meeshy and Inma from London/Spain

Take 4! For real, I kept on messin up, lol

Beetlejuice

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This tattoo comes from the Flickrstream of BlindInsect and is licensed by Creative Commons.

This tattoo was inked by artist Keeth Cherrington from Atomic Zombie Tattoo out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Beetlejuice is the title character from another amazing Tim Burton film; it wouldn't be Halloween without showing him some respect. My most favorite quote from the movie goes like this: Adam, a recently deceased man, has just asked Beetlejuice about his qualifications as far as getting rid of the living people who have moved into his house. Ya see, Beetlejuice is a "bioexorcist" who works to scare off the living so the ghosts don't have to put up with them. And Beetlejuice says:

Ah. Well... I attended Juilliard... I'm a graduate of the Harvard business school. I travel quite extensively. I lived through the Black Plague and had a pretty good time during that. I've seen the EXORCIST ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SEVEN TIMES, AND IT KEEPS GETTING FUNNIER EVERY SINGLE TIME I SEE IT... NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO A DEAD GUY... NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK? You think I'm qualified?

Spider Fairy

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This ooky fairy comes from the Flickrstream of Opacity and is licensed under Creative Commons.

Just another dark goddess type to mark the season! I'm kinda thinkin' this might be based an original painting so if someone knows anything about it be sure to speak up.

Hoot The Road Jack

Tattooist submission from Gina Casaleggio of Fat Cat tattoo ,Sutter Creek. Ca.

Fedor Emilianenkhoot

Reader submission from Justin, by another Justin...Weatherholtz of Kings Avenue Tattoo, NYC.

Call of D-Hooty: Modern Warfare (sorry)

This fantastic 'snow owl' tattooist submission comes from TheJorell, who works at Planet Ink Tattoos in Hiram, GA.

The Hoot That You Own

Uncle Allan

Sad Zombie Lady

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This sad zombie lady comes from the Flickrstream of tattoo artist Trev Poulson who works out of Loyalty Tattoos of Clearfield, Utah and is licensed by Creative Commons. If Trev's work looks familiar that's because his work has been featured here before in the form of the gorgeous Headless Lady.

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

HERES AN AIRBRUSH ON CANVAS I DID A WHILE AGO BUT IS JUST RIGHT FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR....

Lady Luck

Nice reader submission from Erin, done by Tiffany at Planet Ink Studios in Ottawa,Ontario Canada.

Hoot Me With Your Best Shot

Class tattooist submission from Malia Reynolds, who works at Memorial Tattoo in Atlanta, GA.

I am the goddamn Batman

Another reader submission, from Zombiefart (?!), at Inkside Tattoos in El Paso TX.

I'm crazy for it!

Ryan sent in the above Batman tattoos, done by Tilo in Clannad Tattoo Studios in Heidenheim Germany.

Wuthering Hoots

A quick reader round-up... Nee sent in this ace owl above, done by Phil Blast of A New Dimension Tattoo in Lake Worth, FL. Owl was done at the Jacksonville (FL) Tattoo Convention in September 2009.

This barn owl comes from Quartny.

From 'lilpip'.

And finally, the above owl comes from Andrew.

I always seem to be behind in posting reader and tattooist submissions (I get so many now!). However, if yours hasn't been posted, it will be at some point, honest! I've had a few superb tattooist submissions in the past month, and these should all be appearing in the near future. Thanks for your patience!!!

Jack Skellington Ink

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This killer Jack Skellington tattoo comes from the Flickrstream of Vgsgeek and is licensed by Creative Commons.

For those of you who don't know, and I pity you, Jack Skellington is the big man about Halloween town in the film The Nightmare Before Christmas by that master of weirdness, Tim Burton. In it, Jack discovers Christmas town and wants to bring his own scary flair to the joyful holiday. He has good intentions but ends up scaring the holy hell out of people before being shot down and landing in a graveyard. I know he's probably a metaphor for something really deep but I just like him for his adorable creepiness.

http://www.armyofsnipers.com/

MIXEDMEDIA PAINTER OUT OF HAWAII, WEST COAST ROCK HOPPER. JUST DOING WHAT HE DOES BEST. I STARTED A CREW OF HEADS THAT ROCK ART AND PROMOTE CREATIVITY & EXPERIMENTATION THROUGH ALOT OF DIFFERENT MEDIUMS.PFOM KILLS! ALOHA BITCHES!

Whats going on at the shop...

Sefa "jojo" Samatua got his holloween mask ready. This guy also does the illest shoes, vans or chucks, paints custom designs on them.

Much respect and love to Pinky Yun. He is going back to Hong Kong. Retiring after 60 years of tattooing. Hope to see you soon, take care Pink...

The Fool and His Skeleton

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The tattoo comes from the Flickrstream of Ste3ve and is licensed under Creative Commons. It was inked by Martin Roberson of Lucky Stars Tattoos, San Jose, California.

The card image comes from Wikimedia Commons and is a recolored version of the classic Rider Waite Smith Tarot card, the original images of which are now public domain.

The idea is an original concept of the owner that includes the normally fleshed Fool as a skeleton in honor of The Day of the Dead festival. The Fool is one of the trump cards that make up the Major Arcana of the Tarot deck. I think this is a fascinating reinterpretation of the Tarot and while The Day of the Dead, and Tarot, aren't strictly pagan I couldn't resist sharing this tattoo!

AIRBRUSH ON CANVAS

A TATTOO INSIPRED RENDITION...

OUR GUEST FROM THE EAST....

OUR HOMIE YONE FROM YOKOHAMA JAPAN CAME THRU THE CITY OF LOST ANGELS FOR SOME SKID ROW LUV......

Oops! Did I Do That?

I learned a hard lesson this morning: never moderate comments when teetering on the edge of sleep. Overnight there was a comment made about the Ahura Mazda tattoo featured here in April. I guess I got a little punchy and accidentally rejected it even though I read it and wanted to publish it. And, since I moderate through the Blogger Dashboard and not email, it's apparently gone forever. So, if the commenter could post their comment again I'd be much obliged. Thanks a heap; I look forward to discussing the tattoo with you!

Killer Cat

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This supercool tattoo comes from the Flickrstream of Tlindenbaum and is licensed under Creative Commons.

Bat in Flight

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Here's a nice bat from the Flickrstream of Earley Curley and is licensed under Creative Commons.

If you look closely you can just make out what appears to be two nipples, so, I don't know how accurate this is but it's neat all the same!

If Zombies Attack I'm Tripping You!

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Here's some wicked zombie ink from the Flickrstream of ChiBart; it's licensed under Creative Commons.

Hoot For Teacher

Today's owl comes from Cassi.

Existing Together

This is actually my tattoo. It is the ever popular Coexist image. This image, at face value stands for all religions coming together on this big ole blue-green marble. For me it's a little deeper though. To me it stands for many people from VERY different backgrounds. I got it when I first realized how much my husband (then just my roommate) really meant to me. He has two children from previous relationships and it just came to me: No matter how much these other two women may irk me or hurt me, we all have to get along for the sake of these kids. And if I'm not willing to do that then I need to let him go.

Needless to say I've worked on accepting and dealing with these women (at times they try their hardest to negatively effect my life) and I married my hubby this year. :) It hasn't been easy all the time but when I look at my arm I'm reminded to strive for cohesion.

Halloween Kitty

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This cute scaredy cat comes from the Flickrstream of Neverfeltbetter and is licensed under Creative Commons.

Just one of many spooky themed tattoos to come!

By the way, I'm still hot on the pursuit for contributors so if you're interested let me know.

Eye know you got a bad tattoo

This gem was sent to me by a reader. Thanks! I love the "painterly" style.




If anyone knows what's going on here, please let me know!





And this one... yeesh! It has everything! Spraypaint, tears, a rose, eyes... I wonder what the sad story behind it is.