Hey man!!! I need you to send me another email so I can save your addy! I lost the last email by accident !!!

Hey right on bro. Yea...definately some crazy stuff!! I freaked out too. Then it just went away. I sent a longer email to 'ya. I know....Just what you wanted, right? HA-ha

Now for your second issue, OMFG dude what the hell are you saying lmao??? I've never seen ink spider out into someones skin. Are you sure you weren't tripping or something ? If you stay within the first two layers of skin the needles and ink should never reach the depths needed to hit a vein and if you hit fatty tissue it would have just blurred badly (called a blow out). That whole scenario just sounds real freaky to me ! If I saw that I'd probably stop and either clear my head or try again in a couple weeks once they healed. Talk her into another tattoo and see if it happens again. Oh, and I don't feel comfortable posting my home address here, drop me an email at kenpocrazy68@yahoo.com

Ok man, firstly I have never heard of a machine bogging down by squeezing the grip but I have had my machines bog down if I squeeze the grip and the back of my hand presses up against the machine. Are you sure you aren't pressing against the machine? Another issue is by causing a slight bend in the tube you are changing the tension created by the rubber band slightly and that will cause the machine to run different. Machines are sensative to the slightest adjustments, I even have one that will bog a little when I turn it sideways to get to hard to reach areas. Oh and make sure the needle bar isn't touching the side of the tube cause that will cause more stress too!

One more crazy thing....I was doing a tat on my girl on her pantyline. A couple of times I saw black ink spider out under her skin, then a few minutes later it disappeared. It's like it followed the path of small veins, all crooked and shit. And it was a good inch and a half out from the line. I was all freaked out. Then it all just disappeared. I'm sure I didn't go too deep. Have you ever seen anything like this?

Yo dude. Got a crazy question for you. I got some different combo disposables....and when I go to use them the weirdest thing happens. My machine bogs down, the tighter I squeeze the grip. So I looked really close at everything and I notice that the armature wasn't smacking into the coil like it's supposed to. Then I completely let go of the grip and it starts clacking again. Man...I know this is weird. Does vibration play some sort of role in the operation of the gun? Am I bending the tube when I squeeze it too hard? I checked my power and everything is good there. Can I send you a few of these disposables for you to try? They look like the ones from lhltattoo, but the tube and grip is one solid piece. They are 3RL's. If so....I would need to know where to send them. Adios Amigo...

Good to hear from 'ya! Also, it's good to hear that you're busy. It's always nice to put bread on the table, eh? Yea, that Richey dude really does do some clean work. I'm thinking that I should try to start using bigger needle groupings for lines! Maybe it would make all the difference in the world. There's times when I wish I could dedicate all of my time to becoming a better tattoo artist. I don't get to do it nearly as often as I would like. Guess it will be a slow journey! Hope your holiday went well....ours was great! Now we just have to finish all of our Christmas shopping. Yay! ( Ugggghhhhh!! ) Take care man.

Hey man!!! I've been good, just really really busy! I can't say for sure but the line was probably done with a 7 or 9rl and power lined. No doubt about it, that guy does some clean work!!! Never had the chance to meet him, he doesn't ever come around anymore. So what have you been up too?

Here's a quick link to that magnolia pic. Hope it works. Tattoo Forum - Great Tattoo Discussion! - joshrichey's Album: the work i do - Picture

Hey Bojie....how's it been going? Hope that all is well. I was on here the other day and I was checking out a member's pics. Josh Richey "the work I do". Anyway, I came across the 'magnolia' pic and noticed the outline that goes around the outside is freakin' flawlessly perfect. How did he get such a tight and pronounced line? There's no variation in width and it looks like it's on the surface with no depth. What do you think?