Nice tattoos you guys got here.

I've recently went back to Malaysia for a 3 week holiday got some ink done and am quite happy with the results.

Did a Koi Fish, Lotus flower on the back of my arm and a chrysanthemum next to my inner elbow.

Thank you. The pain was worth it and the quality of tattoo artists from Malaysia amazes me.

I would not recommend anyone doing a tattoo over their elbow or the inner elbow though. I felt like dying for a while when the artist was coloring and shading those areas....Sakit Giler...



This post has been edited by TuhunTavakas: Jun 24 2013, 12:30 PM

Hi mate, yup, the most recent photo i posted is straight after getting it inked. Gladly though, the tattoo has not faded as much as i thought it would. I went to an artist in Kota Kinabalu. His name is Ronny (From Passion of Ink)and has a shop in some shopping complex.

Alternatively, i have an old friend from primary school who is now based in KL. His name is Carlos Benny Majakil and does some really fantastic work. He used to have a shop in Sunway Pyramid but has closed down due to him travelling around the world tattooing people.Would recommend him if you are in West Malaysia.

Yeah i heard about the convention. Unfortunately i do not live in Malaysia and have no chance of going.

Yup Ronny Taptoe is the one who did my recent tattoo. Maybe im a bit more biased towards artists who do Oriental styled tattoos lol!

Oh if you are looking at artists, another very good artist who does a lot of realism and dark type of tattoos is Tacoe Joe from Black Ink Industry. Also grew up with him but have lost contact since about 10 years ago. He's also pretty good with the old school western styled tattoos....

You might enjoy his portfolio. https://www.facebook.com/taco.joe/photos_albums

Eddie is very very good. Im unsure about his Japanese styled tattoos but he's done some tribal stuff for my brother in law and looks flawless. If you are after Japanese tattoo. have a look at Carlos Benny for Jap styled tattoos. You can have a look at his work. He's learnt with the best (Horiyoshi 3 i think)...

http://instagram.com/carlosbenny

https://www.facebook.com/carlosbennytattoo/photos_albums

If you can come down to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, there are 2 shops that i can highly recommend. Passion of Ink and BLACK INK Industry which i swear by their quality.

https://www.facebook.com/jim.losaria/photos <--- Jim of Black Ink

https://www.facebook.com/rontaptoe/photos_albums <--- Ronny of Passion of Ink (I did my sleeve at Ronny's)

Will surely be back for more once i get back to Malaysia. I live in Australia and can assure you the inkwork in Malaysia is comparable or sometimes even better than what i have seen around here.