Aivanne wrote:yes he resides in Japan but comes to the states quite often.yodaddynukka wrote:i LOVE shige, but isnt he in japan? i know he does conventions a lot in the US.
i LOVE his work. i dont love HIM, persay...
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Aivanne wrote:yes he resides in Japan but comes to the states quite often.yodaddynukka wrote:i LOVE shige, but isnt he in japan? i know he does conventions a lot in the US.
Wow,i just checked out this Jess (Hori-Yen) you just mentioned and the work is unreal.By Tebori also!!!!!!!!!! Like your chest /arm work also.hgiles wrote:Jess (Hori-Yen) is very good with a Neo-Japanese thing going.
Dana Helmuth is also very good and has a more traditional leaning.
Kore Flatmo, awesome, but v. expensive -- worth it, I guess, if you've got the money.
Kurt Wiscombe Neo-stylist in Canada, tends to like darker themes.
Chris Trevino, great as well traditional.
NY ADORNED, KING'S AVENUE, BROOKLYN ADORNED -- all great NYC shops with many of the same artists at each.
If I had all the money inthe world, I'd go to Shige, though. I don't so I go to Dana, since he is within a 4 hour drive of me. Nice guy, fast worker, good rates, but I didn't notice that he smelled like pancakes!
I've been meaning to book Dana again, but I can't seem to get the cash together damnit!
you should be a fucking teacher.jsm1289 wrote:great writeup but i want to ask a question regarding your list. All these artists, although representing the japanese tattooing, seem to appraoch it with different styles. What makes one of them better than the other in your eyes? personally shige is at the top of the list without including Horiyoshi III, followed by flatmo and filip leu, but that is irrelevant. I'm just very curious as to what categories you use to define the best japanese artist? And where do people, (other than Helmuth) who do the traditional style, like henning jorgenson for example, fit on your list?
Aivanne wrote:filip leu was my neighbor. never got any work from him.weird.
jsm1289 wrote:great writeup but i want to ask a question regarding your list. All these artists, although representing the japanese tattooing, seem to appraoch it with different styles. What makes one of them better than the other in your eyes? personally shige is at the top of the list without including Horiyoshi III, followed by flatmo and filip leu, but that is irrelevant. I'm just very curious as to what categories you use to define the best japanese artist? And where do people, (other than Helmuth) who do the traditional style, like henning jorgenson for example, fit on your list?
the guy that invented cheese?jsm1289 wrote:i'm sensing a little hostility there. I apologize if my tone expressed something different than what i was trying to get at. I wasn't criticizing him at all, i just was curious and asked the questions i was curious about. I am just trying to absorb as much tattoo information as possible, and who better to learn from than people who know vastly more about every aspect of tattooing.
I want to meet that man.spideytat wrote:the guy that invented cheese?jsm1289 wrote:i'm sensing a little hostility there. I apologize if my tone expressed something different than what i was trying to get at. I wasn't criticizing him at all, i just was curious and asked the questions i was curious about. I am just trying to absorb as much tattoo information as possible, and who better to learn from than people who know vastly more about every aspect of tattooing.