Big news - I just completed my munewari tattoo on Sunday night! After 7 years, wow.  Of course, I still have a few things planned; but this is a big milestone for me.  Pics soon.

Hiya Folks,
Been a busy month for me, but here's the down and dirty:
The tattoo is progressing nicely. We spent one session filling in some leaves orange on my forearm and my tricep.  Wow, a little bit of color on my arm changes everything!

We also worked on the koi on my torso some more, filling it in with more black and gray. Next time, we'll put some color in there.

I stopped by the NYC Tattoo convention a few weeks ago, and actually had a better time than I expected.  I got to chat with Mike McCabe about his "Tattoos of Indochina" book. He signed my copy afterwards.  Nice dude!

Signed, you can have my copy for $1,000,000 USD

Oh, and here's a related article that came up today on the Needles and Sins blog about an effort in Thailand to crack down on religious tattoo tourism. Interesting stuff.
Speaking of Needles and Sins, while at the convention I finally got a chance to meet Marisa Kakoulas. She's the primary contributor / blog queen round those parts of the web. It was nice to harass her in person instead of just on Twitter for a change. (follower her here and while you're at it, follow me too here.)
Shinji was hanging around the convention despite the lack of an offical New York Adorned presence, and he was nice enough to introduce me to Bill and Junii of Diamond Club Tattoo Studio in San Fran. Good people!

That's Junii on the right, sporting a Horitoshi suit! Pic is not mine, pulled from flickr

I spent most of the convention sitting at the bar, people watching.  Pretty damn entertain stuff.  Till next time!