just got ink done

yeah, i was in school too. i remember it exactly... i was in biology and my teacher was telling our class we suck at doing homework, haha. but the principal came on the speakers and was like "teachers, please turn your tv's to channel 7." so yeah then we saw it and i didnt understand either... i was just like wait, a plane crashed? big deal!

hard to believe that was 3 years ago

seems like just yesterday. we had another teacher come into our room. it wasnt explained to me until 2 hours later, by my history teacher

Awh, Blink, you're not so bad yourself. ;)
Angela, here's a pic of my foot pre-touchup:
http://home.ripway.com/2003-11/38177/beetle.JPG
I have the same on both feet, after the touchup they're much more symmetrical, I cleaned up some ink I lost while healing and made the shell darker. It's now a royal rather than a turquoise blue. They're Egyptian scarab beetles, a symbol of protection and rebirth.

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blink, thats a really great idea. when i saw the towers go down (on t.v) i was in health class and i thought it was a movie. i didnt get what was happening until every class dropped the assignment and had us watch the tv. really sad day. id lik to get my hands on bin laden for just 5 min...

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Sadly, I saw it in person :(
I actually went to Stuyvesant High School.
Which is really close to the Twin Towers.

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Originally Posted by UberAlice

Awh, Blink, you're not so bad yourself. ;)
Angela, here's a pic of my foot pre-touchup:
ttp://home.ripway.com/2003-11/38177/beetle.JPG
I have the same on both feet, after the touchup they're much more symmetrical, I cleaned up some ink I lost while healing and made the shell darker. It's now a royal rather than a turquoise blue. They're Egyptian scarab beetles, a symbol of protection and rebirth.

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Those beetles look awesome. :shock:
Even pre-touchup they look really good.
Females with tattoos turn me on :P

Also, you forgot to put the h at the beginning of the link :P

well, its peeling. i have to go back and get it recolored, half the back just faded away to skin. im having a really bad day

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I've tried to describe it to non-inked people and the best I can come up with is that it feels like a drag and a burn.

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That's a pretty good analogy. That's what it kind of felt for me as well, but more like a cat dragging it's nail across my back slowly back and forth in the same place (lots of fill on mine)....I only have one and it's on my left shoulder blade. I would love to get another but haven't decided what/where yet as, like most here, it is a very personal experience for me and it needs to mean something...so, I'll get another when I figure out what I want/need.

I'm the same way. I keep coming up with these ideas that on someone else would look phenomenal (i.e. the molotov cocktail with a heart in the bottle and the banner reading "flameproof", designed as a chest tattoo) but just wouldn't work for me and my lifestyle. I've been aching for a Skinny Puppy-inspired piece for years, but I'm forcing myself to wait for it a few more years until I'm no longer allowed to dress like a rivethead and see if I still desperately want it so much then. ;)

Rex, what kind of aftercare were you using on it? That's often the reason most tats don't heal up well. It's not uncommon to lose some ink while healing; most artists anticipate that you'll be coming in afterward for a touchup and often include that in the price.

bagbalm, andrial suggested it to me

Skinny Puppy! Haven't heard anyone mention them for years...now that I think about it, what happened to those people I used to hang out w/that listened to them and bands such as them?? Guess a lot changes when you have a child....thanks for bringing back some really great memories!! :wink:

I think I sat in on that chat...how much were you using? When I got my first pieces done I drowned them in ointment, and lost a lot of ink too.I didn't learn until later it's best to only apply enough to barely feel a little greasiness when you touch the skin. With something like your arm that has a lot of rubbing contact, I'd keep it wrapped up with a breathable bandage after the touchup until it starts to scab and "toughen up".
Good luck.

No problem, Sophie. ;) I'm a HUGE SP fan, they're what got me into industrial music in the first place. I'm not the rabid fan (no pun intended) I used to be, but they still mean a lot to me. I'm not a fan of band logo tattoos, but I love some of the artwork on the inside of the Vivisect and Too Dark Park albums. I'm still thinking about adapting one of the pieces into a tattoo with the script "Be mine Sister Salvation" (from KMFDM's "Juke Joint Jezebel") but the really prime locations are either already tattooed or I'll need to hold off on for a few years.
Argh! So many tattoos....so little skin.....