suggestions?

save the "mew mew mew tattoos are gay" for someone who cares.

Are you talking traditional as in tapping or traditional as in color scheme.

You go to RI and get an appointment at Renaissance, if you care about your work.

mew mew mew?

Atomik Ink/ Andrew Purgatory. You won't be sorry.

Ha, if you want 'traditional', you're not going to find it in new england. Once a year Ben te hau comes around and does a couple expose, it will run you a couple grand though.

also, he uses a pig femur chizzel, so be prepared for pain my brotha.

This is the only way to do it if you want a 'traditional' in the Maori, Poly, Eater, Nordic, or asain sense.

but if by 'traditional' you mean you want some stupid celtic tribal transfers onto your leg with a stencil and have some dude trace it with a machine, than just go to any local shop and pay 60 bucks. Where you get one of those doesn't really matter, as they will all end up looking the same.

Looks like we got a reader.

most tattoo places will have someone do decent tradionanals, but I wouldnt go anywhere in mass, unless its in the boondocks. Its too expensive, take a drive to NH!
My favorite places are : TATTOOMB in Nashua (www.tattoomb.com)
and TATOO FEVER in Pelham, NH. Both places will do a great job and give you a fair price/.
Anything around the Boston or Northshore area will charge you at least $100 more.

thanks...
and by traditional i meant sailor stuff, not traditonal as in pricking my skin by hand. fuckouttahere with that stuff.

any thoughts on broad street?

I'm a big fan of Skin Graff tattoo in Worcester. They've always done really good work there. I'll agree with Renaissance, they are also good there. I used to never trust any shops in MA at all until I went there.

Larry and Chris over at broad street are pretty good.

Avoid black daimond, I've seen awful linework come out of that place.

I also recomend looking into Sacred addition. It's about 2 miles from broad st.

'traditional' tattooing = the new tribals.

pakeha.

blue said:

ahaha it's so true. I hate that style of tattoos, majorly weak.

blue said:

It's true, unfortunately.

an orginal idea in traditional artwork is alright. anyone who considers a "xSTAY TRUEx" nautical star chestpiece original is a faggot.

anonymous said:


As someone who got a nautical star quite a few years before they came free with army hats and black nail polish, I heartily endorse this statement. I'd take a belt sander to mine if offered the right combination of pain killers and alcohol.

DestroyYouAlot said:

this man knows, also try art freek

blue said:

Ha amazing


RichHorror said:

i had some work done at Renaissance. it was a bit more expensive than other places, but i definitely paid for the work i got. the guy Bob Lindell did mine and they came out incredible.

DestroyYouAlot said:

don't you hate that?

Yeti said:

my bestfriend got a dark fairy done there on her back .. its pretty sweet...

Broad Street tattoos in Bridgewater does good traditional stuff. Check it out.

Yeti said:

Bob's got good shit. Kevin's my guy, and Andrew's amazing - you will not find better crazy demon masks and japanese-style samurais killing monsters with geishas and blood and guts and fish and shit anywhere in the northeast.

anonymous said:

FUCKING YES.

i've seen a shitload of amazing work in all styles come out of cobra customs in plymouth, ma, as well as stinky monkey in kingston, ma, just a few miles down the street.

and almost any shop in the new bedford area keep up with some very strict health codes, as well as produce some good work.

mew mew mew tattoos are gay

Go see Nick up at Dragons Lair in Salem NH. He's the drummer for Hatchet. His stuff is really good and he does alot of Traditional work.
http://www.scarymonsterguy.com

Kevord said:

good stuff. his stuff reminds me of grez's work, who used to be at redemption.

menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:

you beat me to it

i just wanted to say mew mew mew

my friend got a traditional tattoo in denmark, and i mean traditional as in not done with a tattoo gun, but with the chisel and ink.

dreadkill said:

I'm gonna beat that and get tattooed with a hammer at the north pole.

that would definitely beat a chisel in denmark. i'm going to the south pole and having a penguin tattoo me with his beak, or if i'm lucky, his penis. it'll be frozen like an icicle.

pino bros ink,cambridge st cambridge

Creepy Creations in Londonderry NH is awesome and reasonably priced

intricateprocess said:
yeah, the guys there are really talented artists. if you want traditional, you would like brian or ken. ben is also a sick artist, but does more realistic/horror style

http://www.pinobrosink.com