[mrchen]

the american version of the very old artform tattoo has changed alot, it still has street shops serving young partiers, bikers and tourists, but there is another side collectors, waiting as much as a year for a artist known throughout the tattoo world and seen on TV and in magazines and spending some large dollars to wear much larger and higher quality pieces than those of the past. as most who have older tattoos know, the machines and inks of today lend themselves to much higher quality work. now dont get me wrong, got my start in a street shop in my hometown of baltimore, love the old traditional work, but dazzled by the new

really not sure why ivas is here, but he surely has some interesting comments