Tattoos

First off, I'm wondering if anyone on here has any tats. Post pics of them here! I also wanted to post a picture of my first tattoo that I want to get, which I drew myself. I'm still editing it as I'm not completely happy with it yet. I would like advice and input from people who already have tattoos and have more experience with this subject than I do.


This is the basic outline, which I traced digitally from a paper drawing I had.
http://i1381.photobucket.com/albums/...psterxuprc.png

This version is me playing around with the color and editing the picture in general to make it easier for me to color it in.
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I love tattoos, just not on me.:)

To see member's tattoos just click on some snake introduction threads and you will see many pictures of tats as people hold their snakes.

Some cool ones too!

You have a nice design there, it comes alive with those bold colors.

Don't rush into a tattoo!
Your design looks very neat, and its cool that you drew it, you can make it exactly how you want and not someone else's idea of it.
Right now I have two, hoping to start on sleeves in the next few years but damn I wish I planned better :taz: I used a large section of my arm for my first tattoo which I still love, but wish I had placed smarter so Plan, plan, plan

I will have to add that tattoos are just as addicting as snakes. As soon as I was done the first I wanted another, but again, don't rush into a tattoo. It is permanent and I have a friend who got a tattoo because it was what everyone else was doing and now within 12 months of getting it he hates it and tries to cover it.

I suggest working on your design and tweaking it and if in 6 months to a year you still like it then go for it! As long as you have the right reasons for getting it then there isn't a problem.
Problems arise when people decide "hey it would be cool to have a tattoo" and immediately go and get a tattoo

Best formula for getting a tattoo - get the finished design, and post it somewhere that you'll see it every day. Wait a year. If you still love it and want it, get it! I have one, but I have no photos of it, and I have two others that I plan on getting - when I can justify the expense.

I'm definitely not rushing anything. I've been tweaking this design for about five years, and I'm going to work with the tattoo artist I eventually pick out before I actually get the ink. That's half the reason I'm getting input now, rather than later.

I have two, want more, the next one im not sure which is going to come first but all my tattoos were drawn by me (my first ever is on my left arm, the assassins creed symbol, and the second is the triforce on my collar bone)

But im gonna have one on my foot and then one on my right arm.
The foot is a drawn/painted by me orca and the one on my arm will be a dementor with a stag radiating light blue aura around it inside the dementor. Yes its harry potter, but its significant to me as well as just being something im into. All my tats so far planned have a significant meaning to me somehow yes even the video game ones.

I also need to get my memorial tat for my late son done but isk how or what i want done for him.

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I have 7, the one thing is that your sketch will not look exactly like that once done, if you have a good tattoo artist he will explain to you that your vision while great on paper will likely not work o you, your skin is a very different canvas and placement and skin quality can greatly affect your design, so he will rework your work based on what he knows will work best and make you happy, not just on that day but for the next YEARS to come.

Now if the artist is not that great he will likely tattoo anything you want him to anywhere you want to.

Choosing the right artist is VERY important and establishing a good relationship and having an understanding of what works, what doesn't is a must.

Agree with most of above. I have 7 also. Of course...want more. Started with random not thought out, impulsive tats. Now...better artists and better tattoos. I do wish I had thought of placement better like Zombie suggested on a few. But oh well, they are mine and I love them all. Here is my newest one that was well thought out and I found a great artist that is the best at black and grey realistic which is what I wanted. I love your design!

http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/file...7/img_3524.jpg

I just got my first tattoo last month. It's the blink 182 smiley with the same pink/turquoise but instead of paint brush strokes like the logo, I had the pink/turquoise fill the smiley in with a watercolor effect.

Next tattoo I have planned is a retic with the head on my right shoulder blade, snaking down my side and wrapped around my upper thigh. Still trying to find someone who can pull off what I want. I don't have the money for that for a few years until I become a nurse. Realistic conformation, color, and style.

I have three! A bar staff with the quote "where words fail music speaks" on my right the right side of my lower back, a violin with wings and the song lyrics "someday I too will fly and find you again" as a memorial for my Aunt (who played violin) on my upper back, and Harry Potter's glasses and scar on my left wrist.

Your design is gorgeous! Have you taken your design to a tattoo artist? They might be able to help you figure out a color or shading pattern!

A few years ago I had a blood clot in my left leg resulting in chronic pain. After about a year and a half of drawing on my leg with a sharpie I finally got the words "Be Strong" tattooed on my bad leg. I'm planning to get a tat next month to memorialize my grandparents. I've got samples of both of their handwritings and I'm going to get their initials above and below a black and white blue jays logo

I just got Yingarna, my Bredli carpet python, on my lower arm yesterday, husband gets his in a couple weeks. I have issues every summer with my wedding band, and so we were thinking of ring tattoos. The staff at Liberty Tattoo (Libertyville and Antioch, IL) discussed the issues with tats on hands with us, and I decided to go with a snake armband instead. Sydney did the base artwork, Eric Lynn did the tattoo.

I didn't want a traditional Orobouros, so Sydney has Ying crossing back over her tail.

Here's the just-finished pictures and some reference shots of real-Ying:

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Originally Posted by PhoenixGate

First off, I'm wondering if anyone on here has any tats. Post pics of them here!

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I've thought you'll like this

https://tattoozza.com/wp-content/upl...10/phoneix.jpg

I personal I have 27 tattoos (yea im a tat junkie) but its very hard to take selfies of them as I am at work and covered in toner but would be more than happy to post some of my best when i get home

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Just got my 4th one 3 days ago :) they are addicting lol


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I have a cross on my back with a note that reads "Greater love has no one than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13"

Christian or not I truly believe the world would be a better place if we all thought this way.

I don't have one yet but planning on getting one - long story short for a while I took after my late grandfather who was a sailor during WWII and did that for a while. My tattoo idea which I have yet to finalise and get is basically an anchor to remember my grandfather as well as fitting what I have done and a snake as the rope because I am passionate about reptiles.

Right forearm text - Hviler Til Opstandelsens Morgen (Roughly translates to Rests til the Resurrection morning) It's the inscription on my 3xGreat grandparents headstone. They immigrated to North America from Norway through Denmark in the early 1800's.

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Right forearm text - Hviler Til Opstandelsens Morgen (Roughly translates to Rests til the Resurrection morning) It's the inscription on my 3xGreat grandparents headstone. They immigrated to North America from Norway through Denmark in the early 1800's.

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Cool BR8080, same here, both of my grandparents came over from Norway (to Brooklyn NY) but later in early 1900's, got a bunch of Norse stuff... Yggdrasil, Mjolnir, dragon, ravens, helm of awe, old traditional stuff + this more modernized horned piece.

Edit: and I also have a Fatboy ;)

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../5/8/tatts.jpg

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Originally Posted by vikingr

Cool BR8080, same here, both of my grandparents came over from Norway (to Brooklyn NY) but later in early 1900's, got a bunch of Norse stuff... Yggdrasil, Mjolnir, dragon, ravens, helm of awe, old traditional stuff + this more modernized horned piece.

Edit: and I also have a Fatboy ;)

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil.../5/8/tatts.jpg

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Nice. I've got an artist in Chicago working on a sleeve for me with Norse symbols and the like. In addition to family pictures and stories handed down, I've done a lot of ancestry.com stuff and found some interesting things. Skoal!!!

I just want a delicate snake draped on my forearm with the head resting on my hand where the thumb joins. But that might be too big or expensive. Maybe smaller and just above my wrist? I need ideas. I'm 53 and look like a fat, curly gray-haired Nana. Lol and I teach HS English. So nothing extreme. SUGGESTIONS / ADVICE WANTED. :rolleyes::grouphug: :wuv:

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Going to end up as a full sleeve. Getting two or three hours at a time done https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...957d7e99d5.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d1ceb901bf.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...92d624542f.jpg


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Wow. That's beautiful work with the dimensional shading and lighting. What's the inspiration? Your own snakes? Thanks! You're going to be a work of art.

Some of them were created off of tat picks I found and some are of animals I currently own.

Really nice.

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https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...d709c5e7c7.jpg

A little more work done on the sleeve.


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The hours of work that must be going into this! Do you have one artist doing the work or do you have different people?

Just one artist. So far I am happy with him, if that changes it will be someone else. He is giving me a decent hourly rate and is doing work I like so why change.