Got Ink? **DU WARNING**

K, I felt like posting this pic in here cause you can see my tattoo, even if it's overshadowed by sheila lol


http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/6...eila017sd5.jpg

its the heart and paw one again :D

my girlfriend got one on her finger as a memorial for her grandson who died... but the black ink spread beneath the surface of her skin and now her finger looks severely bruised all the time.

makes me not want one on my hand

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

my girlfriend got one on her finger as a memorial for her grandson who died... but the black ink spread beneath the surface of her skin and now her finger looks severely bruised all the time.

makes me not want one on my hand

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dont tell me that! I can dream it'll stay this way forever :P :D

how long was it before the ink spread? i figure i've got at least a few years

the same day it was tattooed!

it was done almost a year ago and it's still just as black :(

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

the same day it was tattooed!

it was done almost a year ago and it's still just as black :(

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well i'm off to a good start since its been four days with it now :P finger/hand/toe tattoos dont really hold up well i've heard, but i still love mine :D

i'll share some of my favourites.... i apologize in advance for the terrible quality, i used a webcam. these are pretty old photos as well, and my blacks have all been touched up in the last 6 months or so and are very bold still, just look faded here.




F-holes (one on each side)
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...Picture009.jpg






girl breaking a guy's face. :) on my right side. the bottom 1/6th or so of this one, right below my rib cage, was probably the most painful i've dealt with. for me it was even worse than my foot.
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...Picture002.jpg




some reverse lettering on my chest (so it's readable in a mirror for me. kind of my morning reminder of a very lifechanging day of my life.)
http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...Picture006.jpg



maybe i'll post some others later. left full sleeve is almost finished, my right one i'm trying to figure out how to incorporate what's already there with the rest of a full sleeve. also kind of at a wall trying to decide if i'm going to introduce colour or keep with the grey and black.

Heres a pastel ball python on my arm. cant wait to get another. :) https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...telballarm.JPG

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http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...Picture006.jpg

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Do you mind sharing what happend on this day? And, are these scars from self injuring?

It's kind of a personal thing I don't really like to speak about... and those scars are from a blade wielded by somone other than myself. Sorry for being vague :P

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It's kind of a personal thing I don't really like to speak about... and those scars are from a blade wielded by somone other than myself. Sorry for being vague :P

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Just as long as you're not running around trying to find a guy who killed your wife and tattoing important facts on your body readable in a mirror :P

(ever see memnto?)

Thats more then fine, although a blade wielded by somone other than myself is alot more interesting then self injury I can tell ya that.

Well even if I dont know the meaning I think it's really awesome...my chinese letters (pictures some where on this thread) say "Forever in my heart Grandfather" he passed away tragically in 2002 from suicide. Everyones question is "Why chinese...was he chinese?" uh no, that spelled out in english would of taken up half my body lol.

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Just as long as you're not running around trying to find a guy who killed your wife and tattoing important facts on your body readable in a mirror :P

(ever see memnto?)

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I freakin love that movie!!!!!!!

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Just as long as you're not running around trying to find a guy who killed your wife and tattoing important facts on your body readable in a mirror :P

(ever see memnto?)

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lol, don't worry. john g. didn't murder my wife. :P

oh i love that movie as well... i lovvvvvved it!!!

I hope this isn't terribly off topic, but has anybody had any experience with henna or indigo temp tattoos? Especially indigo in my case, lol.

I'm not big on the idea of trying to actually tattoo my right hand/wrist as I have a lot of pain problems in that area as is but I'd love to cover up some of the scarring and basically balance out my right hand which is beringed and bewatched. I'm especially interested in painting with indigo on myself and I've heard that if you go over it enough times it can be perminant eventually even though the initial dyes only last like.. 5 days.

Here's the stuff I'm looking at. It would be cool to do my feet that way too.. :D

http://www.mehandi.com/shop/ancientbluekit/

I've had both done. As for the henna, the best stuff is somebody who makes their own mix. The lemon juice mix on the henna to keep it moist longer will help keep the stain. Stay away from the so called "black" henna as well, it's not really henna and will scar etc.

I'm asian, so my skin takes ink/henna very well. The more you wash/exofoilate a henna/ink design, the faster it will wear away. Also, different areas of the body take henna better, especially the palms of the hands and the soles of the feat. It's also better not to peel off the henna, but to let it wear off. Also, you can glitter it when it's still wet and it'll look really neat.

This is a piece I had done last year. This is about a week after it was originally done and I was camping at the time.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y21...nk/Myhenna.jpg

Btw, espeically if it's early in the summer, if you get a sunburn or tan around your design, you will have the design in reverse on your skin for a while.

The artist who does my henna told me she had done a dragon on her son's back...and he sunburned. He had a gorgeous white dragon on his back for the rest of the summer after the henna faded.

Henna is also really good for your skin if you have eczema.

Thats an awesome henna Spider!!!! I got a crappy one on my back when we were on vacation...I'll have to dig up my picture of it.

Here are my tats. The first one is of my car, which I drew and had it done by an amatuer who only charged me 20 bucks for needles and ink. The second one on my other arm is the German Imperial Eagle perched atop a VW symbol. Yes, I love Volkswagens as well as reptiles :). Both were done by the same person. I did not get the right ointment and the tattoo faded and looked bad. I got the bug redone by a professional shop and it looks 150% better. It took about 3 hours and didn't cost a dime because I had done some computer work for the owner and that is how I was repaid. It would have come out to about 300 bucks. Still gotta save up some money to get the other one redone.

Enjoy!

Before:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...DSC05766-1.jpg

After:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...g/Tattoo/1.jpg

Other arm:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...o/DSC06607.jpg

I to want a VW tattoo.....I never thought I would meet someone who loved them enough to ink them into there body lol. Do you still have yours? What year?

i love the before and after... very very nice! how long have the flames been on your arm? did it summer well?

The flames were added when I had it redone. I just lotioned it every day and it was fine. It usually stays covered up under my sleeves so it doesn't get much exposure to the sun.


And yes, I still do have my bug, she's a 1965 and I got her back in '99. Gone thru slight changes in those years, but still pretty much looks the same as the day I got her. This is from a car show a few months ago...

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...g/DSC05289.jpg

oh god she's so cute!!!! I swear to you I know every VW in our city. There so awesome, good for you for still having her. I also see a little pink girl behind her....drools.

My friend here used to live in Florida and went to all the VW shows there. Btw, that "pink" bug behind mine is actually Salmon coloured, but it gets mistaken for a pink a lot. ;) Now lets see some more ink!! :D

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...DSC05399-1.jpg

OMG she's so cute...

I love the henna spider!! Indigo is different from black henna, yes? It's the indigo that slays me the most, but I have a slight blue bias. ;)

I'd love to get some henna stuff done one of these days, although I've just been inspired to get my second perminent tattoo so we'll see! I'm still in the process of designing it, but it'll probably be a wrist design (owie!) Not right on the bone though, a bit further from the hand. I love designing my own tats, although my first one could use some touching up as it is but one thing at a time!

I love this thread, so many lovely tats!

Here's the tat I designed for myself, I hope to get on my wrist this year. Although at the size I'm thinking it'll be hard to tell the oroboros is a blue beauty, but hey... I'll know. ;)

http://pics.livejournal.com/medusasowl/pic/000d9gs0

Neat Sheree! What do the symbols in the center mean?

Thank you! That's the sacred "Aum" or "Om", the divine in all things as a sound or vibration. :aww:

I felt inspired while studying up on Hinduism (such a gorgeous religion) and making the connection between Om and String Theory (also called "M" Theory), which is the idea that everything at it's most basic level is made up of vibrating strings which will hopefully unify the theories of Relativity and Quantum Physics. I think it's a beautiful theory, which suggests that the universe is like a great elaborate symphony. It seems Hinduism was on to this long before the scientific community was! It's spirituality and science together, which is a beautiful concept that means a lot to me. I'm very excited about getting it inked where I can always see it. :)

Here is my wolf on my right bicep area
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...7Image0009.jpg
my viking woman on my left bicep area
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...7Image0010.jpg
my viking guy on my left forearm
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...7Image0008.jpg
Jodi's on her lower back
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...7Image0004.jpg
Jodi's ankle to cover up a small cross
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...7Image0005.jpg
her other ankle has a band around it with thorns and roses. Pretty cool.

David

That partially rainbow tribal...! :eek: :sweeet:

well, it's been almost a year since i got Her finished - and She faded over the summer, which we wanted... but i'm still not thrilled with Her. i'm not sure how to make Her better though... any suggestions?

for those who don't know... She's on my right lower arm. the three pics are showing Her cause Her wings don't show up in the front on pic.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...sstatoct06.jpg

well... after almost a year of allowing my tattoo to fade and 'become' whatever it was to become (as seen above in my previous post)... i went in today to get more work done on Her.

we added white... just white and nigel (tattoo artist) was so pleased with how well She took the white...

i was finding that She was just blending into the darkness with her wings... She didn't really stand out... well She stands out now!

so... here's a pic of my tat. hopefully we are finally done :)

http://www.timelessspirit.com/images...ewithwhite.jpg

definitely better w/the white highlighting added!

i agree. i'm soooo pleased with the white :) now She stands out instead of fading into Her wings!

SUPER NICE!!!! :sunny:

Awesome tat Goddess! I can't believe I never posted mine; here they are.
First is my fire elemental cougar, on my right ankle. OUCH, this one hurt. Got it in 2001 from my sweetie Marky, after we moved into our first apartment. :) (sat right on our couch to get it!) I designed it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ive/cattat.jpg

And this one has a story. On my left arm.. Mark did this one on me before we got together really. I was NOT trying to just get a tattoo merely to hook up with him, but we met because my ex wanted me to learn tattooing from Mark, and I was interested until I found out how different it is from painting and drawing.. I never did become a tattoo artist, but I sure am now in love with one! :D
I designed it as my take on the Capricorn symbol; with an eye for wisdom, tears for remembering the past pains and trials, but the eye being opened wide to look forward to the future.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ive/etetat.jpg
I eventually want all four elements, one on each of my limbs; still thinking up ideas for Water and Air. I definately want Earth to be horse-related; it is, after all, "my" element.. :) Unless I get a flying horse for Air.. but then what will I use for Earth.. see why I haven't made progress? :)

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Here are my tats. The first one is of my car, which I drew and had it done by an amatuer who only charged me 20 bucks for needles and ink. The second one on my other arm is the German Imperial Eagle perched atop a VW symbol. Yes, I love Volkswagens as well as reptiles :). Both were done by the same person. I did not get the right ointment and the tattoo faded and looked bad. I got the bug redone by a professional shop and it looks 150% better. It took about 3 hours and didn't cost a dime because I had done some computer work for the owner and that is how I was repaid. It would have come out to about 300 bucks. Still gotta save up some money to get the other one redone.

Enjoy!

Before:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...DSC05766-1.jpg

After:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...g/Tattoo/1.jpg

Other arm:
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...o/DSC06607.jpg

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WOW; that is an awesome touchup; I would go so far as to call it a re-make! I see a lot of people that Mark needs to do touchups on.. it is a shame that there are so many bad/inept artists out there, and many people don't even know the signs of a bad tattoo, and they think it looks good.. but that, and the German symbol, those are quality pieces of work!

Aleesha; that white did wonders for your Goddess there. It is amazing what white ink can do.. even though Mark actually has an allergy to white, and his skin forces it out! (it could have just been that type.. don't know, but I did some details on his frog tat and it bled right out.) I need to post his tattoos..

ya i'm BEYOND pleased with the white. i was unhappy with how dark my tat was... and adding this white just brought Her to life. :D i'm pleased... very pleased.

Here's mine. It hurt really bad, and I hate even getting a shot at the doctors so, I still can't figure out how I managed to sit for the two seperate two hour inkings. I love my frog though. I also have a butterfly (small) on my back right shoulder. I plan to get one more so I will represent all four points....Earth (the flower design) Air (butterfly) Water (frog) and now I need Fire. https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...0/frogtatt.jpg

hey all.....

I want to get a small snake tat. I've never gotten a tat before soooo should I have someone draw up one for me and then ask a tat artist to put it on me, or should I go to a tat artist and have he/she draw up one for me?

If you go to a tattoist,bring plenty of reference pics. head shots and anything you can get you hands on. :peace:

Heres a Pastel Jungle Ball Python thats on my arm. :) http://i110.photobucket.com/albums/n...g?t=1165799222

i find it's best to find what you want and then allow the artist to add their own "flare" to it... making it very unique!

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look at thier portfolios when you get there as some may be better at doing snakes and animals then others, when i got my forearm tatted i went there with what i wanted and let him do the layout and positioning of it. and left the shadeing to him also. the color i was dead set on. i got a rosay wrapped around a prayer. if you have some thing that your dead set on let them know so they can make it flow and look good, cause some time our good ideas just don't look good. plus it helps being a brother in law of a tat artist.i'll get a pic up here soon.

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

i find it's best to find what you want and then allow the artist to add their own "flare" to it... making it very unique!

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So far I am up to six.

One on each of my forearms, one on each shoulder, one on the top of my forearm, and the last is on the back of my arm.

David

got six also. getting 7 and 8 this week, i got my sons initals(sp?) when he was born and i havent gottin my 2 girls yet and thier 3 and 4, so im getting them this week.

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So far I am up to six.

One on each of my forearms, one on each shoulder, one on the top of my forearm, and the last is on the back of my arm.

David

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Man, I love this thread... you guys all have such gorgeous work done! :love:

I can't wait to get my second tattoo, we're just waiting till all this holiday broke-ness is over. I'm actually quite glad since I ended up redesigning it a bit. Hopefully I'll be able to get my Medusa's Owl tat retouched a bit too.

that looks so awesome....if i was going to get a tatoo it would definitely be a BP

I just got my second tat, and I couldn't be more pleased! If anybody in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area is looking to get a tattoo, I could not recommend www.divinitytattoo.com more! In fact, before we move, I plan to have them redo my Medusa's Owl tat for me and possibly get a third design too. Karen is so impressed with them, that my needle-phobic woman is actually considering getting one herself now! That's how awesome Divinity is.

We decided that the little detailed pattern on the Oroborus snake wouldn't stand the test of time so went with something a bit more solid, but it's still a blue beauty to me. ;) Pics don't do it justice.

http://pics.livejournal.com/medusasowl/pic/000k8wby

http://pics.livejournal.com/medusasowl/pic/000k7er0