Got Ink? **DU WARNING**

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Originally Posted by spix14

Quick question for those of you with a few tats-when I got my Cheshire Cat on my shoulderblade, it itched like CRAZY while it was healing. It was bad. I know a bit of itchiness is normal with healing, but none of my other tattoos itched like this. Does it have to do with the gauge of needle they use? I know he used a pretty big filler needle to do almost all of it. I'm just curious, because the healing was worse than getting the tattoo, and I always thought that was weird.

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My nautical stars are about 4 months old, and yes, they do still itch like crazy from time to time.
You might have been over worked, like I was. I got mine done by a friend that is an apprentice at a local shop here, and he used a 15 round mag needle. Made my skin into chop meat. That's also why they are faded and a tad off on the lines.

IT'S DONE!!!!!

I'm really happy with the results. It wraps all the way around my ankle...

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...yOhh/Tat42.jpg

More detailed pics to come when it heals...

Nice it looks AWESOME!

holy crap that is really nice!!!!!

Thanks!!!

It's crusting now, so when it heals, I will post more visible pics.

I LOVE my artist. He is amazing.

I even brought the snake I wanted in to him to see it... :D

Heather!!! :O

That is frikkin sweet!

:gj:

Wow Heather that is awesome ! !

That's SWEEEEEET!

I was actualy contemplating on getting a BP portrait done...But I don't know where.

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Originally Posted by pslsnakes

That's SWEEEEEET!

I was actualy contemplating on getting a BP portrait done...But I don't know where.

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Only do the ankle if you have a HIGH tolerance for pain.... IT HURTS!

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

Only do the ankle if you have a HIGH tolerance for pain.... IT HURTS!

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I have one on the high part of my chest... that was a nice feeling :rolleye2:

That's really cool Heather.

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

I have one on the high part of my chest... that was a nice feeling :rolleye2:

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Oh man, I got the fronts of my shoulders down to the middle of my chest done. It seemed like he'd hit a spot that I thought was as bad as it could get, then he'd move a little and it was worse. Fun stuff.

Finally took some pics of a few of mine.....

Bottom left forearm (cover up)
http://www.ballisticpythons.com/tats/1.jpg

Left wrist (cover up)
http://www.ballisticpythons.com/tats/2.jpg

Left Calf
http://www.ballisticpythons.com/tats/3.jpg

Neck, I Love You - Wife and I got matching ones on our honeymoon
http://www.ballisticpythons.com/tats/4.jpg

Back right calf
http://www.ballisticpythons.com/tats/5.jpg

Top left forearm (my daughters name and footprints)
http://www.ballisticpythons.com/tats/6.jpg

Top right forearm
http://www.ballisticpythons.com/tats/7.jpg

Bottom right forearm
http://www.ballisticpythons.com/tats/8.jpg

HEATHER! That is freaking awesome! Who and where is your artist? :D

Nifty tatts Enve - thanks for sharing!

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Originally Posted by cassandra

HEATHER! That is freaking awesome! Who and where is your artist? :D

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Out in Anahiem, His name is Carlos, and he works at the Outer Limits Tattoo Parlor, corner of Beach and Ball. :P

He really kicks tail feathers!! :cool:

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Originally Posted by Enve

Neck, I Love You - Wife and I got matching ones on our honeymoon
http://www.ballisticpythons.com/tats/4.jpg

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That actually just says "Love"

That is my next tat, over my heart...

I plan on writing it myself though.

Nice ink!

VERY COOL! rock on BPS!!!! go Heather hehe:banana::banana:

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

Only do the ankle if you have a HIGH tolerance for pain.... IT HURTS!

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I know it does, trust me. I tattooed my own foot, and had the other tattooed. :O

Thats pain X2:P

my feet didn't hurt at all. not even a tiny bit... my elbow however, that was another story!

i would soooo love to get a tat with someone... the same... my daughter and i were going to when she turned 18... but alas, she changed her mind. :(

perhaps my hubby will want to do one with me someday... we'll see.

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Originally Posted by Markus Heinsohn

I have one on the high part of my chest... that was a nice feeling :rolleye2:

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I have one on my left pec over my heart. It hits my sternum, collar bone, arm pit, and about 1 cm from my nipple. Very painful and it was my first.

This is my first tat, on the outside of my left thigh (sorry for the blurriness, camera phone):

(I'm trying to post a pic, but I'm getting so frustrated with my computer I might just chuck it out the window!!!!)

I know it doesn't look like much, and the lines are uneven and all, but this little tat means more to me than anything. I got it while I was in Prague, CZ. I had been living in country for a month, studying the language, and a group of us decided to get pierced/tattooed together to commemorate our time there. I have my dragon, and I wouldn't trade him, or those experiences for anything in the world.

I have, however, been thinking of ways to incorporate him into a larger piece... my best friend Jenn (who travelled and studied with me in Eastern Europe---she got pierced in Prague---and who has travelled and studied in Mexico with me) and I have decided to get compass roses together, because we're always travelling together. So, I've decided to make him the center of the rose... I'll post a new pic when he's done... I think it's going to look sweet!

Oh, and here's my second one (again, taken with a cell phone, in a bar, lol):

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2...pple02/tat.jpg

This one was ALSO gotten with my best buddy Jenn, lol. It means Free/Independent. It's my reminder that no one can ever keep me down, that life is flexible and ever changing, and I am free to make my own choices.

I think I like black ink... I've pretty well decided that all future tats, including the upcoming compass rose in March, are going to be done in black and black shading...

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

my feet didn't hurt at all. not even a tiny bit... my elbow however, that was another story!

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I wish mine were like that. The one I did on myself, is a tribal thing that stretches across my whole foot. It was the first one I've ever done, and I severly messed it up. Going to get it redone by a friend one of these days. My other foot was done by one of my favorite local shops. I just not too long ago.

I want to get my upper chest done. I was floating on an idea of either a portrait of a Bald Eagle on a branch, with his wings open, that extends across my whole chest to the area by my shoulders/armpits in all black and grey. I was also thinging about a Japanese piece there too. Dragons, Koi, Masks, all that type of stuff. Im afraid of the collar bone area though. :oops:

When I was getting some stuff done a few weeks back, I told my artist to do a little blood lining (no ink, makes a blood line, goes away in about 30 mins.) on the inside of my elbow, and on my elbow. Let me tell you this, IT HURT! :tears:

Don't want to hog the thread, but I was asked by someone to post the photo of the snake I used and the tat next to it.

Here we go!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...h/P1030936.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...h/P1030935.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/LadyOhh/Tat.jpg

:yes: Niiiiiiiiice!!!!!

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c2.../dragontat.jpg

Finally got this damn picture up! ARG! at Photobucket!

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Originally Posted by adizziedoll

Diaper rash cream is okay as long as its the jelly like stuff.... the key is to keep a thin layer of jelly like stuff (vasoline) on it so it doesnt dry out. ALthough, Im sure you're g/f knows all this stuff already :)

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Def. use vitamin E ointment or they make this stuff called tattoo goo thats pretty good stuff too. i have 4 tats and always used vitamin E ointment and used tattoo goo once. Both are great! but honestly my brother in law used vasoline and it ruined his tattoo not sure why but he had to get it covered up. none the less thats cool lookin tat ya got!:rockon:

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Originally Posted by ML85

Def. use vitamin E ointment or they make this stuff called tattoo goo thats pretty good stuff too. i have 4 tats and always used vitamin E ointment and used tattoo goo once. Both are great! but honestly my brother in law used vasoline and it ruined his tattoo not sure why but he had to get it covered up. none the less thats cool lookin tat ya got!:rockon:

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The tattoo could have been ruined by one of two things, more like two things in the same cause.

He used a petroleum based product on an open wound. Tattoo "ink" isn't ink at all. It's a pigment (usually titanium, plastic, and even silicone in some) suspended in a water/glycerin base. By using vasoline, or any petroleum based prodcuct, that's going to pull the color out. Oil and water don't mix.

It also could be that he had it overly exposed to sun. water, dirt, etc. before it was fuly healed. Because really, a tattoo is nothing but an open wound.

I have a lot of tattoos, and the first 3 I got, I used Vitamin A&D ointment, and all of those 3 had to be redone/touched up.

I stopped using it, and all mine look as bright and fresh as the day I got them.

Here's what I do...

• Get tattoo, leave bandage on for 30 minutes.

• Clean with Soft Soap, or Dial Soap, non scented to get the blood, plasma, and excess ink off my skin.

• Put LubraDerm lotion on the tattoo after I washed it.

• Wash 5 times a day with the soap mentioned above, and lotion 5 times a day. (this might be different for others. I work out side, and sweat most of the day, come into contact with grease, dirt, and oil, so I wash and moisturize more often.)

This method has worked A LOT better than others that I used a petroleum based product on. And heal time is cut down to a 3rd, with minor flaking and pealing and NO scabbing. When I used A&D, It they would take almost THREE WEEKS to heal, and would always scab on me.

Sorry for posting this long thing, but I'm OCD about this kind of stuff...Being I'm involved in tattooing, and always try help people out.

Oh, and about using Tattoo Goo, Ink Fixx, and Tattoo Potion...All that stuff is, is overly priced lotion/ointment.

Don't waste your money on that crap, use LOTION. LOL

A&D Ointment is all one needs.

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Originally Posted by TheMissingLink

A&D Ointment is all one needs.

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Thats all i've ever used :gj:

Well, originally I wanted a tattoo of a life like snake around my thigh, but decided to go for something else on my back :) Still thinking about the snake though - I've wanted it for years.. but am quite happy with the dragon.

http://www.soshanna.com/tat2.jpg

http://www.soshanna.com/tat3.jpg

http://www.soshanna.com/tat4.jpg
and final - shot by Robert Alvarado, friend of mine

http://a723.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...1c2d00ab8a.jpg

Kinda hard to take a pic of your own back :)

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Originally Posted by soshanna

Well, originally I wanted a tattoo of a life like snake around my thigh, but decided to go for something else on my back :) Still thinking about the snake though - I've wanted it for years.. but am quite happy with the dragon.

http://www.soshanna.com/tat2.jpg

http://www.soshanna.com/tat3.jpg

http://www.soshanna.com/tat4.jpg
and final - shot by Robert Alvarado, friend of mine

http://a723.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...1c2d00ab8a.jpg

Kinda hard to take a pic of your own back :)

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Wow amazing work..

Holy crap that's hot! :gj:

I dont have any pics of mine but i have 2

i have my first name nathaniel going down my left arm which means gift from god or gods gift and my last name lemieux going down my right arm which means the best haha pretty egotistical but oh well

My second one is my brothers dog tags and a helmet and assult rifle and his birthdate and death date. he died in the line of duty in iraq. That is my fav tat but at the sametime the worst to look at.

soshanna that is totally HOT!!!!!

^^^^^^Agreed!!!!! :D

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

Don't want to hog the thread, but I was asked by someone to post the photo of the snake I used and the tat next to it.

Here we go!

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...h/P1030936.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...h/P1030935.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b291/LadyOhh/Tat.jpg

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I love it.

I posted this in another thread that didn't really make it, but here's my leg and my back.

http://www.schoolofdan.com/images/tattoo/backtattoo.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...attoo_side.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...attoo_rear.jpg

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/c...ttoo_front.jpg

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Originally Posted by nathaniel

I dont have any pics of mine but i have 2

i have my first name nathaniel going down my left arm which means gift from god or gods gift and my last name lemieux going down my right arm which means the best haha pretty egotistical but oh well

My second one is my brothers dog tags and a helmet and assult rifle and his birthdate and death date. he died in the line of duty in iraq. That is my fav tat but at the sametime the worst to look at.

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:tears::tears:
Condolences on your loss! My prayers to you and your family. His sacrifice is NOT in vain!!! :salute::salute:

Heather,

How'd you get him to stay coiled up like that long enough for the pic??? (I'm assuming you took a pic of him curled around your ankle for reference.) :rolleyes:

Hey, Jimi!!!


How'd your boa turn out?! WHERE'S THE PICS!!!!!!!!!:colbert: C'mon....SHARE!


RuLyn

hubby's getting more work done on this sleeve on saturday... but here's what he had done a couple of weeks ago.

a baby dragon! this one represents our son. ;)

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images...ragon-josh.jpg

When its all healed the pain will be long forgotten and be back in the chair for your 2nd tat. I have only had one that truly hurt and that was on my ribs. I have 8 now and can't wait to get #9. It's an expensive addiction, but so worth it.

The snake looks great! Congrats!!!

Awesome Aleesh! I just love watching yours and your hubby's tattoos evolve. Yours are the Best type of tattoos around.. symbolizing meaningful things, family, and beliefs. It is not like someone just getting a picture out of the flash book because their acquaintence likes it. It comes frm the heart!

yup sure does. we are mirroring the colours from the lilies on my sleeve for the dragons on his arm. so our son is orange (the one pictured above) my youngest is purple and the eldest is pinks and deep burgundy. my hubby is totally man enough to carry off pink on his arm... so he's going to do it!!! :)

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Originally Posted by soshanna

Well, originally I wanted a tattoo of a life like snake around my thigh, but decided to go for something else on my back :) Still thinking about the snake though - I've wanted it for years.. but am quite happy with the dragon.

http://www.soshanna.com/tat2.jpg

http://www.soshanna.com/tat3.jpg

http://www.soshanna.com/tat4.jpg
and final - shot by Robert Alvarado, friend of mine

http://a723.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...1c2d00ab8a.jpg

Kinda hard to take a pic of your own back :)

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WOW.. that is a high-caliber tattoo for sure! I don't think that you need me to tell you that :) Awesome shading, sharp points, and lining.. Wow. Definately a top-notch artist there!

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Originally Posted by ML85

Def. use vitamin E ointment or they make this stuff called tattoo goo thats pretty good stuff too. i have 4 tats and always used vitamin E ointment and used tattoo goo once. Both are great! but honestly my brother in law used vasoline and it ruined his tattoo not sure why but he had to get it covered up. none the less thats cool lookin tat ya got!:rockon:

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That is definately sound advice. A/D ointment is an easily-obtainable ointment for most people to use. Tattoo Goo works well also from my husband's experience. Neosporin is not a good choice.

Got some new work done to my sleeve. Still healing and stuffs, so I'll try to get some updated pic after it heals. Going back in a few weeks for some shadings and color. YEAP COLOR. :O


http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...attoos/036.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2.../DSC_0002a.jpg

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...s/DSC_0030.jpg

Rock on b.

:gj:

uhmm...but what is a Mike?

:weirdface

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Originally Posted by MeMe

Rock on b.

:gj:

uhmm...but what is a Mike?

:weirdface

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Umm...its the name of the snake sillys :giggle:

Duhs! :rofl:

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Originally Posted by daaangconcepts

Umm...its the name of the snake sillys :giggle:

Duhs! :rofl:

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ahahhaaa...perfect.

;)

I had a truck named Jeff. I loved it so much I had "Jeff" tat'd on my wrist.

:giggle: