Tattoos!?!?
<div class="IPBDescription">have you got any??!</div> hey all, wow ive stepped out of the custom forum section and i have found myself here.
Over the past 3 years of my life i have been wanting and waiting to get a tattoo. Ive been searching the net etc for guides and site on tattooing and how i shud prepare my self for a radical and responsable change to my life and boby (cuz once its on, it aint comming off) So i am asking u people of the forums, do you have a tattoo? if so how many have you had? did it hurt? can u give me any advice?? and how much did it cost??!?!
Plus if u do have one, post a pic. Ive done a custom drawing of a tattoo i would like i will post a pic 2moz!
thanks
Over the past 3 years of my life i have been wanting and waiting to get a tattoo. Ive been searching the net etc for guides and site on tattooing and how i shud prepare my self for a radical and responsable change to my life and boby (cuz once its on, it aint comming off) So i am asking u people of the forums, do you have a tattoo? if so how many have you had? did it hurt? can u give me any advice?? and how much did it cost??!?!
Plus if u do have one, post a pic. Ive done a custom drawing of a tattoo i would like i will post a pic 2moz!
thanks
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Just the thought, that in 20 years you regret it.
when you get old, it will de-shape, hanging loosely around your flabby old body <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I think they are a bit tacky these days.
But its all personal taste.
Just the thought, that in 20 years you regret it.
when you get old, it will de-shape, hanging loosely around your flabby old body <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I think they are a bit tacky these days.
But its all personal taste. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
in 20 years time i will be 37, and not fat <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
good im glad to hear ur C&C
how old are u btw?
Just the thought, that in 20 years you regret it.
when you get old, it will de-shape, hanging loosely around your flabby old body <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I think they are a bit tacky these days.
But its all personal taste. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
in 20 years time i will be 37, and not fat <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
good im glad to hear ur C&C <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
ok, 50 years.
that any better? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
course I would like to design it myself, rather than go for the actual one used in the game, for a little originality.
I just love 'that style' of old skool european 'architechture' (from churchs etc...) and the inverted rood implies darkness without being specifically blasphemous.
perhaps for my 22nd, when ive built my arm up some more (would hate for it to distort later).
yeah im 17 atm, and my 18th is in november! im 6ft 3` but i still havent finished going outwards, bulking if you know what i mean. I just want to wait until the right time to get one. I would love to blag my way in to the tattoo parlour and get one right now, but i dont want to ruin it!
cud u post a pic of the tattoo you mean?
Penny Arcade Fan Boi <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> (j/k)
I wanted to have a tattoo, and i found the perfect one (it looked kick-****). It was one of "The Undetaker"s tattoos (i know.... wrestling. Leave me alone <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->). But i lost the picture.
Thinking about it though, i'm pretty fat as i am, so chances are i'm gonna lose weight over time, and this thing was detailed (and quite large) so it'd look crap.
If anyone ever saw it, it was like a black and white person with a big cape, leaning his chin on a huge sword. Looked pretty damn good.
Also this one has some red in it, id rather it be just blackwork.
<img src='http://server5.uploadit.org/files/Melatonin-rood.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
The pain feels kind of good after 1 or 2 hours of it
<img src='http://206.169.220.41/theBORG/2of12/files/tat2.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
That said.
This is around my right thigh:
<img src='http://blademaiden.net/photos/stat1.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://blademaiden.net/photos/stat2.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://blademaiden.net/photos/stat3.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
I also have a smaller tattoo on my right shoulderblade of a Chinese character, but I don't have any good pictures and I plan on having it covered by a purple butterfly later anyway. All my tattoos have very personal meanings for me, so I don't find them tacky at all.. tacky is walking into a parlor and getting inked just because it's cool, or you think it makes you more of an adult, or whatever.
2of12: That it does. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo--> My snake took about 7 1/2 or 8 hours, which I did in two sessions. It's a very unique sensation...
and it was like... omg.. what was that.
i have a japanese symbol meaning Faith. cos no matter what life throws at you.. if you dont have faith. you have nothing.
and a cross with 'Eternal Faith'
E = erica
F = fred the 2 good friends of mind who died recently. my backpiece is going on soon
<img src='http://www.btinternet.com/~stephbow/tat.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
<img src='http://www.btinternet.com/~stephbow/tat2.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
the 2nd one had just been done hence the film..
<img src='http://www.medievalbeads.com/site-images/fleur-des-lis.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
Prolly get the Royal Marines crest on my other arm if I pass the training when i sign up (see avatar)
just an idea though. maybe when I have a spare $2,000 or whatever it would cost =P
My advice to you if you're thinking about getting a tattoo:
1) shop around. Find the best tattoo place within a radius you're willing to drive to (I got mine done in one of the best shops in Connecticut, and drove my friend 3 hours to have hers done at the same place). Ask people you know with tattoos where they got them and how it went.
2) decide on a design and SIT ON IT. If you haven't changed your mind or the design 6 months later, it's probably a keeper. I sat on both of my designs for about 2 years.
3) Keep the future in mind in terms of placement. If you're planning on getting some kind of 9-5 suit-wearing business job, you might not want to get a pair of dragons tattooed above your eyebrows. If you're a woman, the butterfly you get on your breast turns into a pterodactyl by the time you're 50, and the mermaid you get on your stomach turns into a whale if you get pregnant (just examples).
Anyway, here's my 2nd tattoo-to-be.
(I think it'd be a good as a tattoo too, but then agian, I'm a nerd.)
'cheap tatoos are not good.'
'good tatoos are not cheap'
that is all
My first ones are going to be relatively simple, i have the money already, i know where i'm getting them done, and all i need do is book an appointment.
It's kinda lame, but it's something i want, i'm getting my initials on the insides of my wrists, one on each wrist (i have no middle name). At present i'm only getting the outlines done, but i'm yet to decide if i want the insides filled black, or with my family's tartan, which is a blue / black colour.
The initials will be in a gothic style font, both capitals. I have the exact font in mind, all i need do is find an example, and the tattoo artist said he'll do the rest. I've already drawn them on my wrists to see how they look, and i am happy with it entirely. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
My tattooist and I did the design in pen ink once or twice (on my actual thigh), revising some lines, before we actually started needling. I've seen too many people get tattoos that were poorly done, smeared, or just badly drawn on... You also want to learn how to take care of it ahead of time.
I think for a well-reputed tattooist in a good parlor, the average price is something like $100/hour? I'm not sure... it seems to jump around a lot. It also depends on your relationship with the tattooist; mine realized that I was very serious about the subject and we got along fabulously, so he dropped his initial asking price when it came time to cough up the money. A word of advice; Don't Haggle.
I actually plan on a tattoo to cover my back, though I've yet to decide on the subject matter (as if I'd even be able to afford it!)... we'll see if I ever get to such a thing <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<img src='http://www.portent.net/pic_week/tn_wolftat.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
Imperial Aquila
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Prolly get the Royal Marines crest on my other arm if I pass the training when i sign up (see avatar) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
sweet m8, guess what, im joing the royal marines in 2 years! thats y im waiting to get mine, cuz of the fitness aspects my arms will start to bulk out. i will post a pic of my drawing 2moz
ok thanks, soz i didnt know i shudda posted, but i didnt think i would find another thread on tattoos <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> lol
That's it right there! If you don't like an idea after 2 years, you're going to really regret it in 30. It's sorta like engagement before marriage.
not fair =\
On a lighter note, my build makes tattoos look very silly, so I doubt I'll get one.