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Title: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Tracy on August 29, 2006, 02:04 PM
I've been debating about getting a tattoo for a long time.  I know what I want -- the main thing that has been holding me back is finding just the right design that I want to live with for the rest of my life.  It would be something very meaningful to me -- my husband and I would get matching Celtic crosses with our children's and each other's names or initials entwined in it.  Placement is another issue.  I want it somewhere subtle, but I don't necessarily want to hide it either.   Then I see some of these heavily inked and genetically enhanced women/girls and I have to laugh when I imagine what they are going to look like when they get old. :o

So -- who has a tattoo?  Do you still like it?  Do you regret it?  How do you feel about tattoos on women?
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Mikey D on August 29, 2006, 02:21 PM
I have three - my family shield on my left leg, a tribal Aquarias symbol on my upper right arm and the newest one is my son's name (Aidan) on my left arm.  The last one was designed by my wife and was her gift to me for Father's Day this year.  It's tough to describe, as it's more than just his name.  His birth date is incorporated into it as is a lion (he's a Leo). 

I want to get my right calf sleeved, but am still thinking with what.  Star Wars would be the obvious choice, but I'm still undecided.  I do know that my next kid's name is going down the right bicep, which isn't going to be for at least a couple of more years.  I'm just saving the spot.


 How do you feel about tattoos on women?

I love tats on females.  I think they're incredibly sexy.

My former dip**** co-op student once made a comment that tats on chicks are called "tramp stamps".  I told a few of the girls at work that have tats what he said and they wanted to castrate him.  You should have seen him try to back his way out that one.  ******* *******.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on August 29, 2006, 03:03 PM
I don't have the balls to get a tattoo, but if I ever did, it'd be something small (half-dollar-sized), simple, and basic on one of my shoulders.  Something like the Radiohead bear (my avatar), or a scorpion (I'm a Scorpio), something boring like that.  I used to entertain the thought of a getting a Star Wars tat, like the Rebel or Imperial insignias, but those are so played-out now.

I'll never get one, but it's fun to think about what I would get if I did.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Rob on August 29, 2006, 03:44 PM
I've only got one, but my girlfriend has a handful... I know a lot of people hate it but I like it when girls have them, particularly on arms and collarbones and that kind of thing and I think they look better on women when they're color tattoos ... but only if it's done right.  There's a fine line between art and WT.  I like them on women a lot, but if it's a single tattoo it should fit the space.... wrist, back of the neck... something like that.  IMO.  I personally don't like the way it looks to have one haphazardly thrown on the back or bicep or something like that.

I'd love to get both of my arms completely covered but it won't happen any time soon (probably never)... lack of money for that kind of thing.  I'm also lacking an idea of something that big that I'd be happy with for the rest of my life...

My advice to anyone (and you sound like you're ahead of the game on this) is just make sure that you don't go into a shop and pick a butterfly or something off of the wall...  if you know any artists have them draw something up for you, or come up with an idea of something that's personal or important or means something to you and have someone design it.  Also, ask around for who's good - lots of tattoo artists are very good, and most of them are just tracing stencils for the most part, but the right artist can make a regular tattoo something special.  Just my two cents.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: stormie on August 29, 2006, 03:58 PM
You've been watching too much Inked or Miami Ink  ;)

There's a guy that works in my building that has a dark line about pencil-thick tattooed up the side of his neck. Why? The first time I saw it I assumed it was the result of a freak pen accident, but then I saw it again and realized what it was. I respect people's artistic expression, and I wouldn't judge someone negatively if they had one, but to me, tattoos look like dirt on the skin. I'm sure up real close they may look nice, but from even a normal talking distance, they just look all smudgy and undefined. And this goes equally for men or women. I suppose I'd be more inclined to dislike tattoos on women just because it messes with the natural beauty of the opposite sex.  ;)

However, I did see one tattoo that I did like. A former coworker had a tattooed ring finger band instead of a traditional wedding band. I thought that was cool, significant and didn't detract from her appearance. And I actually would have liked to do that when I got married, but my wife was just a little too attached to the idea of a princess-cut diamond.

I'm dreading the day one of my daughters comes home with a tattoo on the very skin her mom and dad have been relentlessly slathering sunscreen on to keep it healthy and clear.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: name on August 29, 2006, 04:18 PM
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My former dip**** co-op student once made a comment that tats on chicks are called "tramp stamps".  I told a few of the girls at work that have tats what he said and they wanted to castrate him.  You should have seen him try to back his way out that one.  ******* *******.

Tramp stamp refers to a very specific type of tat.  That scrolly, wingding seen just above the thong line.

See HERE (http://www.collegehumor.com) and type Tramp Stamp into the search field for prime examples.


If it were me, I'd go for the finger mustache (http://www.needled.com/archives/2005/09/finger_mustache.php)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Mikey D on August 29, 2006, 04:33 PM

Tramp stamp refers to a very specific type of tat.  That scrolly, wingding seen just above the thong line.


Regardless, one shouldn't go around running one's mouth like that.  Since I hated the ******bag, I had no problem planting the seeds of destruction so to speak.  Passive aggressiveness at it's finest.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: JoshEEE on August 29, 2006, 04:54 PM
There are several tattoos I can envision myself getting, but I can't picture a one of them still looking cool when I'm 80 and wrinkled.  I see them as passing whimsy, like the neon clothing I once owned, the baseball hat I wore every day in high school or the silly plastic friendship bracelet I will admit to having worn in 6th grade.  I'd worry that it would be fun in the moment, but 10 or 20 years later, I feel a little silly for ever having done it.  I'm not about to tattoo the Imperial Cog on my arm, because even though I'll probably always love Star Wars....I don't need it inked into my skin with a needle to remind me.

I've dated a few girls with excessive tattooing and it didn't bother me much.  I figured it was a choice they made. I don't begrudge all the younglings with their butterflies on the ankle or intricate design right above the old coin slot, but I do feel bad for their future.  All I can think about is how there's not going to be one grandmother at the nursing home without some Chinese character, Native American phrase or Ivy wrapped around her arm. When their nurse or the orderlies have to change her diapers, they'll be the last ones to see the wrinkly Celtic design right over her sagging ass. I know there's not a lot of dignity in needing constant care, but I'd like to think the grandma without the "Axl Rose forever" tattoo across her boobs gets some automatic respect points later in life.

Those grandpas you see today with their War Tattoos don't look so terrible, but I think the Grandpa with both arms inked all the way up might not look so "extreme" 50 years from now.  People will probably just assume he had a hard life or something.


I've talked with some inked people about this and they all say that everyone gets old and will look equally silly.  The thing is, when you're 80, you probably won't be running around with green hair, short skirts, piercings, tank tops and all the stuff you got away with when you were 20, but you'll still be stuck with the ink.


The whole thing comes down to a personal preference.  If tattoos don't bother you to look at, you're probably safe to get one.  A great barometer (but not safe for work) site to visit is SuicideGirls.com.  My friend is a member there and is in love with all the girls at that place.  To me, when I visited it, all I saw is some women that would have otherwise been absolutely great looking if they hadn't destroyed their bodies with ink and metal. To me, they look like girls that have been used and abused.  To him, it's like...paradise.


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My former dip**** co-op student once made a comment that tats on chicks are called "tramp stamps".

That's pretty hilarious and I'm going to have to remember that one.   ;D
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: MetalJedi on August 29, 2006, 05:07 PM
I was waiting for the conservative outlook on tattoos.  ::)

Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: BillCable on August 29, 2006, 07:06 PM
I generally don't like them on women.  You gotta be a special girl to pull it off if the tat is conspicuous.  And by special, I mean gorgeous enough that the tat become complimentary rather than distracting.  Most women just end up looking trashy.  A small, discrete one can be nice if done well.  But really, it's pretty rare that one works for me.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Dressel Rebel on August 29, 2006, 07:53 PM
On myself I doubt I'll ever get a tattoo.  I'm pretty plain, short hair, no jewelry or cologne or anything.  If I do ever get a tattoo, it'll only be a single one, like this type that wraps around an arm:

(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:hDW8b23nOpVsKM:http://www.alpinebutterfly.org/Halloween2002/P0002369.jpg)


On girls, these types I usually find to be downright sexy:

(http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:PZX3crjksKHBoM:http://img.buzznet.com/assets/users9/italianstallion/tattoosbodyart/large-msg-1132021937-2.jpg)

I do not like multiple tattoos that cover large amounts of surface area.  That's when a potentially good thing heads horribly south.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: JoshEEE on August 29, 2006, 08:21 PM
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I was waiting for the conservative outlook on tattoos.

If by conservative, you mean "person who doesn't think it's particularly attractive when someone looks like they've doodled all over their skin like it's a high school Trapper Keeper cover" then yeah, I guess I'm conservative.

Otherwise, I don't think I've ever used that word to define myself.  ;D

I'll agree with what BillCable said.  It takes a certain kind of girl to pull it off and not look trashy.  Generally, those types of girls can pull anything off, so it's more them looking good than it is the tattoo looking good.

I'll say this for tattoos.  They give people a perfect excuse to point and stare at parts of your body that they wouldn't have without one.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Jediknight760071 on August 29, 2006, 10:59 PM
I like old people (curse me), so the old Mariner and War tatoos appeal to me, but since I can't go back to 1940 and slap one on, I really can't see myself getting any. I also have known a few people with tatoos from Nazi concentration camps, albeit they are just skribbled numbers, but from a young age, I've always seen tatoos in a bad light. If you can explain to me what the meaning behind your tatoo is, I'm very interested in hearing about it, but I don't find them sexy or thought provoking, so I guess I don't love 'em or hate 'em, just a little turned off by them.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Smartypants1635 on August 29, 2006, 11:09 PM
I want to get one when I turn 18, my parents would never approve, and would stop paying tuition if I got one. My solution, get one of the new Blacklight tattoos, that way, it only shows up under black light, and I don't have to worry about it when I'm old. ::) ;D
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Jediknight760071 on August 29, 2006, 11:41 PM
I want to get one when I turn 18, my parents would never approve, and would stop paying tuition if I got one. My solution, get one of the new Blacklight tattoos, that way, it only shows up under black light, and I don't have to worry about it when I'm old. ::) ;D

So um...What's the point if no one can see it? I'd like to hear this one.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Smartypants1635 on August 30, 2006, 12:09 AM
I knew that would be brought up, I could carry around a black light keychain or something.  I think it's just a pretty neat idea, that way, you'll never know it's there when your like 60-70-80 years old.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Rob on August 30, 2006, 12:13 AM
You can see the blacklight ones just a little bit.  I had a friend who had black-light crucifixion scars tattooed on his wrists (yeah he's a little bit insane)... they looked like scars in the light, but glowed under black light.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Jediknight760071 on August 30, 2006, 12:19 AM
I didn't ask how you're going to see it...I asked about the significance of having a disappearing tattoo. I'd like to know why you're longing for one in the first place so I can decide whether or not I can take you seriously on this. If you want a tattoo so you can be badass, you probably want people to see it. If you just want a tattoo of, for example, a dead relative's initials, I can see why it would be advantageous to get a black-lit tattoo. I don't recall how old you are, but I'm assuming you've got some time to think it over, so I'd just advise you to be careful about this decision; it could matter more than you think.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on August 30, 2006, 12:29 AM
You want a black-light tattoo so you'll look like a ******* badass during the "Wacky Bowling" session on Saturday night, but you can go to church with Mom and Dad on Sunday morning and nobody'll be the wiser.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Jediknight760071 on August 30, 2006, 12:53 AM
You want a black-light tattoo so you'll look like a ******* badass during the "Wacky Bowling" session on Saturday night, but you can go to church with Mom and Dad on Sunday morning and nobody'll be the wiser.
What if you suck at bowling and you fall asleep during mass? That doesn't help you at all. :P
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Famine on August 30, 2006, 01:55 AM
Tracy, is there a parlor near you guys? Maybe I'll get my Tat when I come down.

Kevin
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: JoshEEE on August 30, 2006, 02:00 AM
You know...the blacklight tattoo does sound kind of interesting.   I don't know why anyone would want one.  It seems like a tattoo for people who realize all the bad things about tattoos but still want to get one anyway.

Kind of like non-alcoholic beer.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: tonphanan on August 30, 2006, 02:13 AM
For years I said I would never get a tattoo, but I did about 2 months ago. I got a Bantha Skull on my right shoulder. I'll be able to get it touched up in about 2 weeks, it came really good. I am thinking of getting my kids names on my other arm.

Tats on women are hot but not a fan of tons of Tats on a person.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Jediknight760071 on August 30, 2006, 02:40 AM
I'd like to see a picture of that bantha skull...it sounds interesting.  :)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Tracy on August 30, 2006, 07:46 AM
I don't like a lot of tattoos either.  I do like a well-placed tattoo that has significance to the bearer.  That's why I would get a tattoo that reflects my family and my faith.  A man that goes to my parent's church has the footprint impressions that were taken of children when they were born tattooed on his shoulder blade.  He has their names and birth dates under each pair.  It looks really neat and subtle. 

Kevin -- there are a few places to get tattoos around here -- I'll ask around :)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: I Am Sith on August 30, 2006, 09:08 AM
Love them!  But be warned, they become addictive.

Most of my tatoos have significant meaning to me and others were just for fun.  I don't regret any of them and it also helps remind me of the past.

I got my first tat (half dollar sized Chinese symbol) because it had significant meaning to my family.  It's a way for me to show reverence to my great grandfather who immigrated from China to the US, but was forced to change his name upon entering the country.  The crossing swords underneath it enhance the symbol and are meant to represnt my rank of black belt in Tae Kwon Do.  Under the swords is a tribal arm band with a connecting tribal mosaic going down the interior area where the tricep and bicep meet.

On the other arm is a tat of the Yin and Yang in blue and green over the Sun in yellow, red and orange on my deltoid.  This was the last tat I got, the one that hurt the most, but it was the one that I got with my wife.  She was my girlfriend at the time and had been thinking about getting one for quite some time (her sister has a few).  So we went together and she got a sunburst tat on her lower back.

Now that I have two children, I want to get their names placed over my heart.  My wife has actually put the kibosh on that one though.  She thinks I have enough.  Looks like the SOX tat I had planned to commemorate the 2005 World Champs is out of the question too... ;D

My recommendation to you if you are still considering one, make sure it has meaning to you and you will never regret it.  I love telling people about mine.  In terms of placement, what  I've told my neices in the past is that if you ever are considering having children, don't put one in your lower abdominal area.  If you want to be able to see it on a regular basis, don't put it on your back (my wife always complains about how she can never see hers because of where it is).  But I do have to say that the lower back is my favorite spot for tats on women, as well as on the ankle.

Good luck and report back once you've decided!
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: mousedroid on August 30, 2006, 10:09 AM
I have a small (1" high x 3/4" wide) tattoo of an ankh on my left shoulder.  I don't regret getting it, but I do wish two things - 1) that I'd gotten it slightly larger and b) that I'd gone to a more talented artist. 

The design is blue and is supposed to make the ankh look like it's metal, but it always just looked kind of mottled instead.  Plus the black outline of the design has faded somewhat so while it's still recognizable, it's not at all as nice as I'd like.  I've though about trying to have it covered, but I don't know how easy that is to do and I'd hate for it to end up looking even worse.

As for women with tattoos, I'm OK with it.  I'm not a fan of the boob tat, or the navel tat though because those are the two I see aging the least gracefully.  I'm also not a fan of a girl with large and/or multiple tats.  I have a friend who has several (maybe 6?) small tats in discrete locations and they don't look bad, but a large design on a fore arm, back or shoulder is not for me.

I have another friend who did one of the dumbest things I could possibly imagine.  She had a huge crush on a baseball player, so after one game she had him sign her shoulder and the next day she got the signature tattooed onto her shoulder.  ::)  Needless to say, the following season the guy was traded to another team and the season after that he retired.  I'm not sure how she feels about that tattoo any more, but she's happily married now, so I guess it wasn't too much of an issue.

If you do decide to go through with it, tamidala, make sure you find a really good artist and a design you're completely happy with.

ETA: I like the idea of a blacklight tattoo.  If I were to get one, I'd combine it with with a traditional tattoo though.  For example, get a tattoo of Luke holding a lightsaber hilt, and then get the blade of the saber tattooed in blacklight ink.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Darth_Anton on August 30, 2006, 10:15 AM
I'm not a big fan at all. First, since they're pretty permanent, I try to image how one will look when they're 70 with the tattoo. Second, I'm more of a why mess with nature? type of person.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: name on August 30, 2006, 12:12 PM
(http://www.montevideo.com.uy/queesdelavida/img/personajes/contenido_tatoo.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Dressel Rebel on August 30, 2006, 12:32 PM
I'm not a big fan at all. First, since they're pretty permanent, I try to image how one will look when they're 70 with the tattoo. Second, I'm more of a why mess with nature? type of person.

I hope what I'm worried about at 70 is the way my tattoo looks.  I'll sign up for that right now.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Morgbug on August 30, 2006, 12:41 PM
Personally I'm not a fan.  Now don't take it the wrong way, I'm just not into them myself.  For a couple of reasons really:

1. I can't think of anything I think I want on my body for all eternity like that.  There's just nothing that I consistently think will be forever that important.  Perhaps that's a tad cynical, but I've seen far too many things go wrong in people's lives that aren't within their control.  I like the notion that Mikey has with his son's name and the ones that Tracy mentioned, those sound significant.

2. It screws up with my blood donations.  I'm O-neg, so they call all the time and hey, why not, it's not like I'm using it.  If I get a tatoo, it's a year before I can donate again.  A tatoo isn't worth it to me.

3.  Honestly, it's great to turn 18 and get one, but don't for a second think that you'll be loving the same thing at 42 that you did at 18.  Oh sure, there's a chance you will, but at least an equally good chance that you won't.  And you're stuck with it.

4. You ain't going to look at 50 like you do at 18.  What, maybe 1% of people stay fit to that age?  That little barb-wire tat on your gun/pipe/bicep may look great while you're just out of school and working out 3 hours a day, five days a week but I got news for you bub, it won't look so hot when you weigh in at 350 pounds that ain't muscle.  It's going to look stupid.  Worse when it's on women - they look awesome when they're 5'8" and 125, not so good 20 years down the road and 50 pounds later :-\

5. If the decision is because it makes you unique, it probably doesn't.  Know anybody with a Tasmanian Devil tatoo on their ass?  I know about 50 different people that do.  There's lots of cool tatoos out there on the boards to pick from, many well done, colorful and attractive.  But if it's me and 4763 of my closest friends with the same tatoo, I don't see the point.  

6.  How many of you can accurately read Chinese?  How do you know that every Chinese person in the world isn't laughing their ass off at you behind your back?  Oh sure, the artist said it means peace but it really says whore.  Nuh-uh, I don't trust them that much.   ;)

The truth of the matter is it's your business and your decision.  Like anything else in life, if it's not negatively affecting someone else it's none of their bloody business, so do what makes you happy.  But please, please for the sake of everyone else don't cheap out and get a crappy, half-assed, half-finished tatoo.  Find out who the good artist is and pay for it to be done properly and well. Make it personal and meaningful to yourself.  
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: JoshEEE on August 30, 2006, 01:29 PM
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How many of you can accurately read Chinese?  How do you know that every Chinese person in the world isn't laughing their ass off at you behind your back?  Oh sure, the artist said it means peace but it really says whore.  Nuh-uh, I don't trust them that much.

I was joking with my friends that I should get a tattoo that says "Pork Fried Rice" in Chinese because it'll be hilarious when I actually run into someone that reads Chinese and I insist to them over and over that it says "Strong Will Forever".

It would be an expensive, painful and silly way to set up a joke, but I don't think I'd ever get tired of playing that game whenever someone who reads Chinese laughed at my tattoo.

Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Tracy on August 30, 2006, 01:56 PM
Personally I'm not a fan.  Now don't take it the wrong way, I'm just not into them myself.  For a couple of reasons really:

1. I can't think of anything I think I want on my body for all eternity like that.  There's just nothing that I consistently think will be forever that important.  Perhaps that's a tad cynical, but I've seen far too many things go wrong in people's lives that aren't within their control.  I like the notion that Mikey has with his son's name and the ones that Tracy mentioned, those sound significant.


That would be the reason for getting one -- to mark the significance of my family and faith.  I would most likely put that tattoo on my ankle where it can be seen -- its not something I want to hide away.  I am having more difficulty deciding about the other tattoo.  Other than the birth of my children, the most profound experience of my life was being with Shannon when she died.  I would like to pay homage to that in some way also.  I don't know whether to include her somehow in the cross with my family or have her name on a small tattoo somewhere else.  Part of me thinks it was such an overwhelming experience and I should tuck it away somewhere just for me.  Another part says I should proudly carry her name for all to see so I can tell her story.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: I Am Sith on August 30, 2006, 02:06 PM
How many of you can accurately read Chinese?  How do you know that every Chinese person in the world isn't laughing their ass off at you behind your back?
 

I joke about that with my nephew all the time.  He has a tat that supposedly says 'Gifted' and I always tell him it says 'Conceited'.

I was lucky, I had family documents that had the actual symbol for our name on them, so I knew that it was accurate.  But I agree with you 100% and wouldn't trust what's on the wall.

If the decision is because it makes you unique, it probably doesn't.

I was fortunate enough to be able to draw all my own tats, so I'm 100% positive that I was the first to have these.  Now whether or not someone came by the shop I got mine done at and saw the pictures the artists had taken of the final product and wanted the same thing, I can't control.  But I agree that if you're taking a design from a studio, odds are there has been at least one other person that has done it before you.

Make it personal and meaningful to yourself.  

I couldn't have said it better myself.  Very well put.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: JoshEEE on August 30, 2006, 02:17 PM
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But I agree that if you're taking a design from a studio, odds are there has been at least one other person that has done it before you.

Whether you're drawing it yourself, or pulling it out of Microsoft Clip Art, a tattoo is not unique.  You may have drawn the most awesome design, but chances are 100% that someone has a slightly varied interpretation of the exact same design in the exact same place somewhere in the world.

I was thinking I could get a tattoo of an ice cream sundae being held by Darth Maul while he's sitting on a VW Bug.  Of course, I'm sure someone out there has the same damn thing.....probably with a cherry on top.  ;D 
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: BillCable on August 30, 2006, 02:26 PM
Here's one nobody else has (based on my art):

(http://www.creaturecantina.com/cable/misc/arm_1.jpg)

(http://www.creaturecantina.com/cable/misc/arm_2.jpg)

I was flattered.  I don't like my art enough to get it tattooed on my own body.  But somebody else liked it enough to steal it.   ;D
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: name on August 30, 2006, 02:35 PM
my daughter had a hole in her heart surgically repaired when she was six months old.

They patched the hole with a surgical grade of GoreTex.

I wanted to tattoo the Goretex logo on her shoulder, but my wife wouldn't hear of it.

(http://www.gore-tex.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/eFabrics/images/goretex_fabric_horiz_a.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Morgbug on August 30, 2006, 02:38 PM
 :D
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Mikey D on August 30, 2006, 02:55 PM
It sounds like you're on the right track, Tracy.  Like others have said, going into a tattoo parlor and picking something off the wall or out of a book really isn't the way to go (although using them for ideas and then letting the artist do something unique is ok, I think).  Getting one isn't an easy decision to make and getting the right one is even tougher.

All of mine mean something to me and that's what makes them special. 
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: ruiner on August 30, 2006, 03:15 PM

It would be an expensive, painful and silly way to set up a joke, but I don't think I'd ever get tired of playing that game whenever someone who reads Chinese laughed at my tattoo.



That would be fun, but how often would you get the chance to do it?

Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: jadesfire on August 30, 2006, 03:16 PM
I see enough of them on people to realize that they don't really phase me one way or the other.  I'll ask people to see some that interest me and roll my eyes at others who seem hell bent to show them off.  My son has two, uglier than hell, but he loves 'em. 

I am way to big of a chicken to do it.  I've had fake ones applied for fun when I have been at a Harley rally (looks cool on certain shirts that have the back cut out) but that's it.  I'm already old and wrinkled so I probably could get one and it'll look the similiar down the road. ;)


Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: I Am Sith on August 30, 2006, 04:22 PM

You may have drawn the most awesome design, but chances are 100% that someone has a slightly varied interpretation of the exact same design in the exact same place somewhere in the world.
 

I disagree with you, and I'll bet that you'll probably disagree with me. ;)  If it's a slightly varied interpretation then it's not the same.  Both are unique to the bearer because they are what the bearer has assigned their own meaning to.

In my last post, I wasn't trying to imply that my tattoos make me unique.  I was simply stating that my tattoos are my own in both origin and meaning.  If someone has copied them, oh well, I can't control that.  I was also agreeing with Morgbug's point that if you are doing this simply because you THINK that having a tattoo is going to make you unique, and you pick one off the wall, chances are it won't be.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Dr. Zoltar on August 30, 2006, 04:28 PM
I don't have one and don't think I'll ever get one for many of the reasons already listed (I don't like anything enough to have it permanently on me, blood donations, etc.).  If people want one, that's great.  But my advice is:

1)  Put it some place that it CAN be covered in public.  For some job interviews you don't want it showing.  Conversely, if it is showing some place obvious (face, hand, etc.) and you apply for a conservative or public facing job, you make not get hired or you make be asked to keep it covered.
2)  Get it touched up every few years.  Nothing looks worse than a tatoo that is all faded.
3)  Don't put it some place where the skin might sag (i.e. breast).  Trust me.  I saw a woman the other week with a butterfly tatooed on her upper breast and it didn't look good.
4)  For those of you who are religiously inclined, some religions will not allow you to be buried in a certain cemetary if you have tatoos (Jewish).  So make sure you don't plan to convert anytime soon.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on August 30, 2006, 05:17 PM
For those of you who are religiously inclined, some religions will not allow you to be buried in a certain cemetary if you have tatoos (Jewish).  So make sure you don't plan to convert anytime soon.

Nah--you just have to make friends with the gravedigger.

(http://www.hbo.com/larrydavid/img/episodeguide/slideshow/ep26/ep26_larry_passing_money.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: john todd on August 30, 2006, 06:13 PM
1)  Put it some place that it CAN be covered in public.  For some job interviews you don't want it showing. 

also, if you must have something written on your neck.  please have it be done in a legible font.  i hate having to squint and stare to try to figure out what someone's neck tattoo says.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: JoshEEE on August 30, 2006, 07:07 PM
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I disagree with you, and I'll bet that you'll probably disagree with me.   If it's a slightly varied interpretation then it's not the same.  Both are unique to the bearer because they are what the bearer has assigned their own meaning to.

I do understand different interpretations.  I guess my example is more in general. Bill Cable's Jawa (which he posted above) is certainly a lot different than say, Ralph McQuarrie's jawa.   My point was that somewhere out there, there's going to be someone else with a Jawa on their arm.


Yes, one Jawa may look a little different, but having a Jawa on your arm is not a unique thing.  Go to C4 and you're going to see 4 or 5. 

Is there someone out there with your symbol, and your kids names on there that means the exact same thing?  No.   But someone's close I'm sure.

No such thing as a unique tattoo, except that guy on Prison Break.  And that's fake. ;D


Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on August 30, 2006, 09:59 PM
I do understand different interpretations.  I guess my example is more in general. Bill Cable's Jawa (which he posted above) is certainly a lot different than say, Ralph McQuarrie's jawa.   My point was that somewhere out there, there's going to be someone else with a Jawa on their arm.

Yes, one Jawa may look a little different, but having a Jawa on your arm is not a unique thing.  Go to C4 and you're going to see 4 or 5.

Hell, there's even a guy at 'Scum (Depmode) who has a tattoo very similar to the one Bill posted, of a Jawa blasting Artoo.

I think a totally unique tattoo is probably a pretty rare thing nowadays.  Except for the "UPC barcode on back of neck" one.  Nobody has one of those.   ;)

And, uh, this guy:

(http://mywebpage.netscape.com/radmilamilinkov/May2004/lizard_man.jpg)

Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: BillCable on August 30, 2006, 10:27 PM
He looks like your avatar.   ;D

So what does he do for a living, I wonder.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: MaxWedge on August 31, 2006, 02:52 AM
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So what does he do for a living, I wonder.

High School Guidance Counselor?
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Angry Ewok on August 31, 2006, 11:22 AM
(http://theartofbradsmith.com/Portfolio/BIGAutumnTigerTat.jpg)

I designed this for someone... it's on her upper right thigh, I believe.

I'm afraid if I get one tattoo, I'll end up with a dozen... Until I decide on something I'm positive I'll enjoy my entire life, I'll just keep designing stuff for other people.

Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Famine on August 31, 2006, 12:53 PM
Rob, tell us about yours.

Kevin
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: ruiner on August 31, 2006, 12:57 PM

I think a totally unique tattoo is probably a pretty rare thing nowadays. Except for the "UPC barcode on back of neck" one. Nobody has one of those. ;)


I feel bad for the first guy who did the UPC thing - imagine how he feels these days...

Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Rob on August 31, 2006, 02:54 PM
Rob, tell us about yours.

Kevin

It's Chinese characters - they translate out to 'no forbidden poisons.'  More or less they say drug free.  If I had it all to do again I probably wouldn't do Chinese characters - but it's still something I stand by and believe in and all that jazz.

Of Marin's three, her coolest one is of St. Lucy's hand - just the hand and eyes, take from this image:

(http://keptar.demasz.hu/arthp/art/c/cossa/st_lucy.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Tracy on August 31, 2006, 03:04 PM
Of Marin's three, her coolest one is of St. Lucy's hand - just the hand and eyes, take from this image:

(http://keptar.demasz.hu/arthp/art/c/cossa/st_lucy.jpg)

Did Marin (cool name ;)) get that one because she thought it was a cool image, or does it have some significance to her?
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Rob on August 31, 2006, 03:21 PM
One version of the story goes that Lucy's eyes were put out by Diocletian - and in some of those versions this followed her being 'subjected to a common list of legendary tortures -- burning, boiling oil, teeth drawn, breasts sheared, etc.'   It's not a Christian thing for her, but a strong female figure thing for her.  It's also a gorgeous image.  There's also this (it might be where the idea for this tattoo came from since we'd just studied Dante in Rome prior to her getting it) from Wikipedia:

"Dante also mentions Lucia in Inferno Canto II as the messenger "of all cruelty the foe" sent to Beatrice from "The blessed Dame" (Divine Mercy), to rouse Beatrice to send Virgil to Dante's aid. She has instructed Virgil to guide Dante through Hell and Purgatory. Lucia is only referenced indirectly in Virgil's discourse within the narrative and doesn't appear; the reasons for her appearing in this intermediary role are still somewhat unclear to scholars, although doubtless Dante had some allegorical end in mind, perhaps the enlightening Grace that proceeds from Divine Mercy.

In Mark Musa's translation of Dante's Purgatorio, a note is made stating that Lucy was admired by an undesirable suitor for her beautiful eyes. To stay chaste she plucked out her own eyes, a great sacrifice for which God gave her a pair of even more beautiful eyes."
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: tonphanan on September 20, 2006, 10:26 PM
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c214/Tonphanan/SUNP0002.jpg)

My Bantha skull
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: I Am Sith on January 5, 2007, 10:39 PM
Tamidala, what did you ever decide to do about the tattoo?!
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Angry Ewok on January 5, 2007, 11:48 PM
My Bantha skull

Link isn't working for me.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: tonphanan on January 7, 2007, 10:05 PM
I pulled My Tattoo off my photobucket site a while back I'll try to get it posted back on here soon.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Madcow on January 8, 2007, 11:23 AM
I love tattoos and always have. I remember seeing them when I was a kid and asking my mom if I could get one so i've always had a facination.

As of right now I have:

1. Chinese symbol for "Fate" which we took out of a chinese dictionary so i'm 98% sure it's legit. If it wasn't i'd be totally cool with it. I have that kind of humor...

2. My band's logo. We were together for 10 years and it's some of the best memories I have...

3. A shattered "?" which describes me perfectly...

I have plans for my next few and an eventual full sleeve. I'd really like a Chewbacca tattoo but i'm skeptical of an artist to get it right. Addiction is an understatement when it comes to tattoos...
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Darth Slothus on January 8, 2007, 12:03 PM
I'm not into Tatoos in the least. Nowadays it seems unusual for folks to not have one. That isn't the reason I don't have one though (to be different)-I just feel that it would really suck when you no longer want it--but guess what- it's there still. Have spoken to too many folks that wish they never got tatooed and regret it later-I am not in a hurry to become them. I find the designs cool mostly- though they're placement or overuse on a body is a real 'unattractor' for me anymay. 

Won't go as far as to say I hate tattoos since I think some of the creativity in the designs are good I just feel their placement on the body as unattractive (certainly don't feel it enhances anyone's look-quite the opposite IMO) and I don't love them either to put one on my body anywhere ever.

DS
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Morgbug on January 8, 2007, 12:19 PM
Having been on the beach in Hawaii recently I can verify that there are far, far too many people with tatoos that might have had nice bodies at one time, but no longer do.   :P
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Darth Slothus on January 8, 2007, 12:33 PM
Heh Heh, Brent I could use the O neg excuse too since it's my blood as well but I don't give blood; mines' poisonous  :P.

J
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Darth Slothus on January 8, 2007, 12:50 PM
It just seems too many things can change in life for making a tattoo needed. Things like Faiths, Marriages-relationships, desires, likes/dislikes, even personalities are subject to change. Would really hate to have a tattoo of a child's name than have the child killed in an accident and have a painful reminder on my body about it. Spoke with several old folks from my bowling leagues and retirement homes and noted that most of them were embarrased when confronted about stories of there tattoos-- they're tones were ones of regret mostly. Referring mostly to the tattoos as mistakes--and some of their stories actually sound legit and sentimental, but it was almost as if they scorned their earlier selves for making 'the mistake'. There was exceptions though as some were proud of their tattoo so to each his own.

I would never personally feel somebody was less of a person just because they made that decision unless you count me being immediately unattracted to the opposite sex on sight. That's a physical attraction only type-thing though. Just thoughs.

J   
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on January 8, 2007, 01:19 PM
Would really hate to have a tattoo of a child's name than have the child killed in an accident and have a painful reminder on my body about it.

Yes, after a child has died, they will likely never cross your mind again, unless in the form of a painful reminder such as a tattoo or a charm bracelet or the like.

(http://images.dvdtalk.com/images/smilies/lol.gif)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Darth Slothus on January 8, 2007, 01:26 PM
Yes, after a child has died, they will likely never cross your mind again, unless in the form of a painful reminder such as a tattoo or a charm bracelet or the like.


Your words Matt, I never said that. The tattoo would help little. At least your easily amused.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Mikey D on January 8, 2007, 01:39 PM
Huh, I guess I should have thought about that before getting my son's name tatooed on my arm.  You know, just in case the most horrific event to happen to a parent ever occurred.  I sure wouldn't want that painful reminder.  ::)

Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on January 8, 2007, 01:41 PM
Your words Matt, I never said that. The tattoo would help little.

Exactly.  Having a tattoo of your dead child's name won't really affect you all that much, because you're likely going to be thinking about them all the time, anyway.

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At least your easily amused.

My what is easily amused?

But seriously, when you're posting, it doesn't take much. . .
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Tracy on January 8, 2007, 02:02 PM
Would really hate to have a tattoo of a child's name than have the child killed in an accident and have a painful reminder on my body about it. 

Having your child's name on your body would be a painful reminder of the fact that they were killed in an accident as opposed to a wonderful reminder of the child you had before they died?  ???  If you proudly carried your child's name on your body, why would that have to change if, God forbid, they were to die?  They would still be your child and you would still be their parent.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Darth Slothus on January 8, 2007, 02:07 PM
You pasted the laughing smiley, so you appeared amused to me.


Do you have anything to say about the topic at hand or did you just come in here to troll on what I said, honestly?

ON TOPIC: As I said earlier I guess I don't love them but I don't hate them either..I dislike tattoos.
               Looking at the topic..it appeared to me the thread asked for input on how personally
               folks felt about tattoos; I didn't see where it invited ridicule or arguing on what someone  
               POV or was.

DS      
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Darth Slothus on January 8, 2007, 02:14 PM
They would still be your child and you would still be their parent.

Yes a simple, obvious fact that I won't deny.
My opinion is that, yes, you could think of them alot and what happened--probably not all the time. Consider though years down the road the tattoo not helping your sorrow any ...EVERY time you look in the mirror or someone asking about the tattoo-well, that's how I feel about it-just my opinion that I have a right to share like everyone else here.

Did you get your Tattoo yet? Good luck with it.

J   
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: ruiner on January 8, 2007, 02:51 PM
Personally, I don't see the point of tatooing your child's face/name on your body (deceased or living).

My kids are (and will always be) very important to me - I don't need ink to remind me (or anyone else) for that matter.

Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Darth Slothus on January 8, 2007, 03:11 PM
That's an interesting point...hmmmm

Can I use a reverse spin off of it?
You know, tattoos may BE a good idea for folks when they get older and can't remember things anymore to help remind them of significant others,events,things important to them ect. On second thought, no.
When/if I get to that point I want to be taken out and shot.


A fine point nonetheless.

DS
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on January 8, 2007, 03:23 PM
You pasted the laughing smiley, so you appeared amused to me.

I was amused, and said so.  But if my "My what is easily amused?" comment was directed at your misuse of "your" and "you're."  Little pet peeve of mine.

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Do you have anything to say about the topic at hand or did you just come in here to troll on what I said, honestly?

Sure, and I have said one or two things about the topic at hand, actually. 

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ON TOPIC: As I said earlier I guess I don't love them but I don't hate them either..I dislike tattoos.
               Looking at the topic..it appeared to me the thread asked for input on how personally
               folks felt about tattoos; I didn't see where it invited ridicule or arguing on what someone   
               POV or was.

My opinion is that, yes, you could think of them alot and what happened--probably not all the time. Consider though years down the road the tattoo not helping your sorrow any ...EVERY time you look in the mirror or someone asking about the tattoo-well, that's how I feel about it-just my opinion that I have a right to share like everyone else here.

Kinda like how others have the right to share that their opinion of your opinion is that it is ridiculous, yeah?

---

But to be more on-topic:  I was watching the game last night, and noticed fellow Okie Jeremy Shockey's tats (upper right arm sleeve and lower left arm sleeve), which really set off my need-for-things-to-be-symmetrical OCD meter.  I don't know how he can stand himself.

You can have all the tattoos in the world, but for the love of Pete, please make them symmetrical, people.

You know, tattoos may BE a good idea for folks when they get older and can't remember things anymore to help remind them of significant others,events,things important to them ect.

Polaroids are just as good for remembering key events in your life, I always say.

(http://www.users.interport.net/f/a/fatysnax/www.negativewaves.com/images/memento.jpg)

(remembers Sammy Jankis)



Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Darth Slothus on January 8, 2007, 03:28 PM
Perhaps I should have added today, Matt

I don't know this Sammie guy
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Darth Slothus on January 8, 2007, 03:37 PM
You pasted the laughing smiley, so you appeared amused to me.

I was amused, and said so.  But if my "My what is easily amused?" comment was directed at your misuse of "your" and "you're."  Little pet peeve of mine.

Are you asking me something here or stating something? You can't start a sentence with but.It makes alot more sense as a statement if you remove the 'but if my'
Don't correct me unless you are ready for your own correction. >:(
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: JesseVader08 on January 8, 2007, 03:40 PM
Where's my popcorn?  This is better than a midnight showing at the theatre.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on January 8, 2007, 03:45 PM
Don't correct me unless you are ready for your own correction. >:(

You can correct me all you like, and you'll find plenty, guaranteed--I fully admit I take some liberties with the English language and grammar to fit my style.

But (  :P ) that still doesn't change the fact that you don't know the difference between "your" and "you're."
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Tracy on January 8, 2007, 03:48 PM
Where's my popcorn?  This is better than a midnight showing at the theatre.

Here ya go Jesse:

(http://nyx.at/bikeboard/Board/images/smilies/popcorn.gif)


(courtesy of Matt)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Darth Slothus on January 8, 2007, 03:49 PM
I know the difference it was a typed error, get it?
Matt, can you try to be less of a prick?
Seriously, I don't want to mention your errors- I just wanted to let you know you're no expert either.

EDIT: I had to put Matt's name in so all would know whom I was speaking to.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: JesseVader08 on January 8, 2007, 03:59 PM
OK, done my popcorn.  Thanks Tracy.  ;D

This is boring.  Can we talk tattoos again?

I've always thought of having one done, but could never come up with the right image.  I want it to be one that I won't regret looking at years down the road.  Someday, I suppose.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on January 8, 2007, 04:01 PM
Matt, can you try to be less of a prick?

I can't really think of a good comeback here, so I'll just say that as far as you're concerned, my prickishness knows no bounds.

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Seriously, I don't want to mention your errors- I just wanted to let you know you're no expert either.

On the contrary (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=1298.msg220448#msg220448), my good Sir.

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EDIT: I had to put Matt's name in so all would know whom I was speaking to.

Yeah, I saw "you're" edit.

Matt Birchall
Reigning English Genius and Expert of 80% of all things grammatical

(Not starting a sentence with "but" just happens to fall in the 20% range.)

Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Darth Slothus on January 8, 2007, 04:12 PM
OK, done my popcorn.  Thanks Tracy.  ;D

This is boring.  Can we talk tattoos again?

I've always thought of having one done, but could never come up with the right image.  I want it to be one that I won't regret looking at years down the road.  Someday, I suppose.


How much have you thought about it Jesse? What type of genre/idealogy/themes?

-J
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: ruiner on January 8, 2007, 04:59 PM

Polaroids are just as good for remembering key events in your life, I always say.

(http://www.users.interport.net/f/a/fatysnax/www.negativewaves.com/images/memento.jpg)

(remembers Sammy Jankis)



Cool flick (and nice reference), although I find it's one of those movies that can only be viewed once...maybe trice.

Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Rob on January 28, 2007, 01:07 AM
Example of tattoo hotness:
 
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/nextseason/Misc/tattoo_0002.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Morgbug on January 28, 2007, 01:36 AM
Not for me, sorry.  That's just a random collection of paintings she's going to regret 01-20 years down the road.  My arrogant opinion of course.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Deanpaul on January 28, 2007, 02:49 PM
Not for me, sorry.  That's just a random collection of paintings she's going to regret 01-20 years down the road.  My arrogant opinion of course.

I concur.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Morgbug on January 28, 2007, 03:26 PM
With my opinion or that I'm arrogant?
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: BillCable on January 28, 2007, 05:46 PM
Maybe both?   ;D

That girl doesn't do anything for me, either.  There's just this big, ugly splotch detracting from all the good stuff.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Rob on January 28, 2007, 09:50 PM
Suit yourselves.

With the exception of the tribal thing on her bicep, I think the rest of those look pretty damn good.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: BillCable on January 28, 2007, 10:21 PM
It's not the quality... it's the size and placement.  Plus, I wouldn't enjoy visions of a girl's heart bursting out of her chest while I'm nibbling.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Rob on January 29, 2007, 12:23 AM
It's not the quality... it's the size and placement.  [/i]

Exactly.

The other end of this is if someone gets some little discreet tattoo on their hip or ankle... which does nothing for me.

Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Darth Slothus on January 29, 2007, 08:21 AM
 :)

Suggestion:

WORKAROUND Solution: turn the lights out (it all the feels/tastes the same) and enjoy ;)
..Uh oh, if those things glow in the dark then forget it...do tatoos (any kind) glow in the dark?



--I generally agree with bug though, I don't see the hotness in it- and I agree with the arrogance too :-X



DS
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Rob on January 29, 2007, 09:51 AM
..Uh oh, if those things glow in the dark then forget it...do tatoos (any kind) glow in the dark?

I don't know about glow-in-the-dark, but I know a guy who got crucifixion scars tattooed on his wrists, in black-light ink.

He's got some issues, but that's neither here nor there.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Sprry75 on January 29, 2007, 02:46 PM
Before the year is out, I'm going to get this on my left calf:

(http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/3f9/823/3f9823cc-5de0-4416-b10f-da4cae9bceaf)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Darth Slothus on January 29, 2007, 03:36 PM
interesting...explain what it means..does it glow in the dark?

DS
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Sprry75 on January 29, 2007, 04:58 PM
It's an Alex Grey design, frequently called "Holy Gift," although I don't know if that's the actual title or not.  Objectively, it was supposedly designed as a visual representation for the Divine Mind.  The multi-faceted "sawblade" design is thematically similar to Jeweled Net of Indra, the myriad faceted crystal where each facet contains the essence of the whole, where each facet is one mind, one soul, one of us, for we are all one.

Far out, huh?

It has some other meanings, related and unrelated, that I have ascribed to it, but they're just kind of for me right now.

I don't know about glow-in-the-dark, either, although that might be pretty badass.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Angry Ewok on January 29, 2007, 10:03 PM
They've got some pretty badass inks these days, you could get a layer of blacklight ink on top of the regular ink... pick up a blacklight and some LSD, and you're straight.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: tonphanan on January 30, 2007, 07:07 PM
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c214/Tonphanan/003.jpg)

need to get back for a touch up but here is my Bantha skull. Posted this once before but dropped the link so here's a new pic.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on June 20, 2007, 11:51 AM
However, I did see one tattoo that I did like. A former coworker had a tattooed ring finger band instead of a traditional wedding band. I thought that was cool, significant and didn't detract from her appearance. And I actually would have liked to do that when I got married, but my wife was just a little too attached to the idea of a princess-cut diamond.

I've said before that I'm too much of a ***** to get a tattoo, and while that's still true, if I ever did get one, it'd probably be a wedding band tattoo.  I just hate wearing jewelry and I think wedding rings are a waste of money.  And I'd probably lose a real ring, too, which would be even more of a waste.

But I'd have to find a chick who'd be cool with it.  I don't think most of 'em are.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: evenflow on June 20, 2007, 12:17 PM
I have always thought about getting one, but never did. At this point i dont think i probably ever will. My one friend is covered and just keeps getting more.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: DarkKnight2k4 on June 20, 2007, 12:43 PM
I love good one's.

But when they are poorly made... they suck.

I have some ideas for a few that I hope to do this year. One is portrait of my son, the other two, hard to explain... but you may see yet...
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Mikey D on June 20, 2007, 01:27 PM
I've been getting the itch lately to get a few more.  I've got some ideas on what I want, just need to go see the artist who did my last one to get things in motion. 
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Force Guy on June 20, 2007, 11:45 PM
I've said before that I'm too much of a ***** to get a tattoo, and while that's still true, if I ever did get one, it'd probably be a wedding band tattoo.  I just hate wearing jewelry and I think wedding rings are a waste of money.  And I'd probably lose a real ring, too, which would be even more of a waste.

But I'd have to find a chick who'd be cool with it.  I don't think most of 'em are.

Good idea in theory, but with divorce rates being as high as they are....

I dated a girl who had a wedding band tat & got divorced 3 yrs. later.  She had it touched up & "morphed" into a new design.  Looked horrible.  Not that you need to worry, since you stated you're too much of a ***** to get one.  But if you did.....
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on June 21, 2007, 12:08 AM
Good idea in theory, but with divorce rates being as high as they are....

Right, but I wouldn't marry any old cooze.  It'd have to be somebody I was absolutely sure about, or I wouldn't get married in the first place.

Probably why I'll never get married.   ;)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Sprry75 on June 21, 2007, 12:22 AM
No reason to marry old coozes...they give it away for free.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on June 21, 2007, 12:24 AM
No reason to marry old coozes...they give it away for free.

That's a good point.

No disrespect intended toward any old coozes out there who might be reading.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Deanpaul on June 21, 2007, 01:02 AM
One is portrait of my son, the other two, hard to explain... but you may see yet...

Breasts?   ???
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: DarkKnight2k4 on June 21, 2007, 09:13 AM
Nah... lol...

One is a Dragon and Tiger on top and bottom of a rock symbol... similar to a ying yang... but cooler...

To me it represents me and my wife... There is alot of shading and detail... so I am being picky...

The other ... I had a commsion done of me and my wife done as Jedi... I am now doing one of us as Sith...

The one I like better will be the one I might do...
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: evenflow on June 21, 2007, 10:14 AM
My girlfriend and i once thought about getting a ying yang type thing as the sun and the moon, each of us getting half. We never went through with it though.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Madcow on June 21, 2007, 11:29 AM
My wife and I have matching tattoos of the Japanese symbol for "Fate"...
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Deanpaul on June 21, 2007, 07:28 PM
Nah... lol...

One is a Dragon and Tiger on top and bottom of a rock symbol... similar to a ying yang... but cooler...

To me it represents me and my wife... There is alot of shading and detail... so I am being picky...

The other ... I had a commsion done of me and my wife done as Jedi... I am now doing one of us as Sith...

The one I like better will be the one I might do...

That's too bad.  Getting breasts in a trompe l'oeil style would rock.  It'd be like those women that paint themselves to look like they're wearing clothing.  Only you're a dude, and yours would look like you have breasts and aren't wearing any clothing.

I'd rethink the dragon and tiger humping a rock tattoo in favor of something more unique.  The Jedi commission could stay as a charm on a tatoo pendant necklace, to help draw attention to your tattoo breasts.  That could be nice.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: DarkKnight2k4 on June 22, 2007, 08:52 AM
I think the dragon is unique how it is... I'll post a pic when I can.

No breasts for me dude... can't go there...
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Famine on July 8, 2007, 07:52 PM
(http://kevvo.250free.com/tattoo.JPG)

Just had this done yesterday and today. I love it.

Kevin
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: JesseVader08 on July 8, 2007, 09:48 PM
OK, my Latin is a little rough.  What does it say?  Oh, and where did you get it done (which body part)?
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Deanpaul on July 8, 2007, 10:10 PM
(http://kevvo.250free.com/tattoo.JPG)

Just had this done yesterday and today. I love it.

Kevin

Nice!  Which word is Latin for "sandwhich"?
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Famine on July 8, 2007, 10:19 PM
"Meus"  :P

Kevin
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Rob on July 9, 2007, 01:38 AM
I typed it into a Latin Translator I found using googlis, and this was the result:

"this summoned my name dining table my heart bench as yet"

So... um.... congrats?   ???
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on July 9, 2007, 01:50 AM
Just had this done yesterday and today. I love it.

Kevin

You are not your ******' tattoo.

(http://www.ceng.metu.edu.tr/~e1295070/durden18.jpg)

Needs more color.  Seems incomplete.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Famine on July 9, 2007, 02:33 AM
I typed it into a Latin Translator I found using googlis, and this was the result:

"this summoned my name dining table my heart bench as yet"

So... um.... congrats?   ???

I googled a few sites and thats the translations I got for "He called my name and my heart stood still" a lyric from a Johnny Cash song. Either way, thats what it means to me. How many people out there have some backward Chinese symbol that doesn't mean what they think it does? It's all about for meaning, and to me, thats what it is.

Matt,

I'm going to eventually get some green shading into there, I think. I'm waiting to see how it fades and blends. How funny you should bring up Fight Club because I think my next piece is going to be "Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing!"
(http://homepage.mac.com/sharlenemusic/.Pictures/fightclub.jpg)

Kevin
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on July 9, 2007, 02:50 AM
How funny you should bring up Fight Club because I think my next piece is going to be "Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing!"

How weird, 'cause my next tat is of Robert Paulson. . .  You know, he of "Bob has bitch knockers" fame!

(http://www.hot.ee/rihosims/22.jpg)

Project Mayhem forever.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Tracy on July 9, 2007, 12:26 PM
I typed it into a Latin Translator I found using googlis, and this was the result:

"this summoned my name dining table my heart bench as yet"

So... um.... congrats?   ???

If you type "He called my name and my heart stood still" into a Latin Translator you get "Is accersitus meus nomen quod meus pectus pectoris scamnum etiam" which is what Kevvo was going for.  Its when you translate from Latin to English that you get "this summoned my name dining table my heart bench as yet" ???

BTW Kev -- I like it. ;)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Deanpaul on July 9, 2007, 01:14 PM
How many people out there have some backward Chinese symbol that doesn't mean what they think it does?

That only happens in flashbacks to characters on Lost.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on July 9, 2007, 02:03 PM
Quote
"this summoned my name dining table my heart bench as yet"

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/AllYourBaseAnimated.gif)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Madcow on July 9, 2007, 03:09 PM
Quote
"this summoned my name dining table my heart bench as yet"

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/AllYourBaseAnimated.gif)

That's was the most painful minute of my life and it's really sad that i'll never get that minute back...  :'(
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Jeff on July 9, 2007, 10:43 PM
For Great Justice!

I haven't thought about ALL YOUR BASE in quite a while...

"He called my name and my heart stood still" a lyric from a Johnny Cash song.

Not just a Johnny Cash song, but a classic.

If you like the Cash version do yourself a favor and track down a copy of "Run On for a Long Time", the 1943 version by Bill Landford and the Landfordaires (that's where Moby took his samples for his version of the song called "Run On").  It's different, but just as good.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Famine on July 9, 2007, 11:26 PM
The Cash song is just what struck the chord in me, like "I know exactly what you mean, brother!" and a lot of that song, I feel anyway, reflected my past year of my life, so getting this done was a neat way to sum it up.

Kevin
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: name on August 2, 2007, 03:09 PM
(http://0.content.collegehumor.com/d1/ch6/e/f/collegehumor.84b185fe07e79fd4f1d4f62f1efc8a61.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on August 2, 2007, 03:29 PM
I'm mostly cool with tats, piercings, and other body modification, but spacers never fail to freak me the **** out.

That is the one thing in "body art" that I just cannot get past.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: I Am Sith on August 9, 2007, 08:46 PM
Was finally able to take some pictures of my tats and download them since my computer is finally out of storage.  The sun/yin-yang is blurry but you get the idea.

(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/iamsith22/DSCN1796.jpg)
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/iamsith22/DSCN1797.jpg)
(http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e391/iamsith22/DSCN1798.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on March 3, 2008, 04:54 PM
This is easily the most-disturbing thing I've seen on the internet since 2 Girls 1 Cup:

See world's first eyeball tattoo (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/article853274.ece)

That is some freaky-deaky ****, right there, man.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Jesse James on March 3, 2008, 09:34 PM
Ah!   :'(  I think that needed more warning to it...

You got duped into going to 2g1c too?  My friend said I had to go and wouldn't explain why, which of course forced me to go.  I wanted to burn my computer.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: DSJ™ on March 3, 2008, 10:25 PM
That was cool tho 2g1c beats that.   :-X
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Angry Ewok on March 3, 2008, 10:38 PM
I heard that 2c1g is like "the aristocrats" in action... scares me.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Force Guy on March 3, 2008, 11:02 PM
That is some freaky-deaky ****, right there, man.

You know, as it stands right now, I think it's hot when a women is covered with tattoos and has big ass spacers in her ear lobes along with piercings all over (lips, nose, belly button, eyebrows, vagina, etc.).  Very attractive.  But I can't say how turned on I am at the prospect of seeing a woman with an eyeball tat.  That is just so damn sexy.  Well, next to lip plates.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Mursi_woman.jpg/200px-Mursi_woman.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Sprry75 on March 21, 2008, 03:55 PM
Before the year is out, I'm going to get this on my left calf:

(http://images.tribe.net/tribe/upload/photo/3f9/823/3f9823cc-5de0-4416-b10f-da4cae9bceaf)

Well, it took longer than a year, but I did it the other day.

Don't tell my dad, though.  He gave me the silent treatment for a week when I got my ears pierced in high school.  He'll disown me for this.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: I Am Sith on March 22, 2008, 02:27 PM
Don't tell my dad, though.  He gave me the silent treatment for a week when I got my ears pierced in high school.  He'll disown me for this.

It's going to be a little hard to hide that at the summer barbeque...

Looks cool though, congratulations!
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Chris M on September 30, 2008, 10:47 AM
I finally have gotten my first tat.  I've been waiting forever to do it.  This is an eagle and crossed runways that was on my beret when I was in the Air Force.  I wanted something from my service days and finally picked this here.

(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2004-4/701369/tat.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Darth_Zirock on October 3, 2008, 03:09 AM
I like tattoos, but can't get them because of a skin condition. Kinda wish I'd got one in my 20's now, because the skin condition didn't develop until my 30's. A very good friend of mine is a tattooist in Utah. He was a professionally trained artist first, and people always said his art would make awesome tattoos. So, already in his 40's, he goes out and apprentices! Now, he's inking full-time, and really making a name for himself in Utah. Goes by the name of Johnny C'thulhu, if any Utah members want to look him up.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Sprry75 on October 3, 2008, 09:31 AM
When I was shopping around for tattoo artists, I was amazed at the level of talent Utah has.  I don't know why; maybe it's a counter cultural reaction to the prevailing social and religious conservatism we've got here, but there are lots of kick ass artists in town.

Does your buddy work out of a particular shop, or does he bounce around?  If he's at a shop, what's it called?
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: name on October 3, 2008, 10:38 AM
Took my five year old daughter to a tatoo parlor on Wednesday to get her ears pierced.  She wanted to have it done, had been talking about it for weeks, but finally worked up her nerve.  Given the choice of going to a sixteen year-old at the mall with a gun that may or may not be cleaned properly, or a licensed professional with a sterile  needle we went with the tatoo shop.

before
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/name7574/CIMG0404.jpg)


one ear done
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/name7574/CIMG0411.jpg)


after
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/name7574/CIMG0415.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: knashdx on October 3, 2008, 12:03 PM
Took my five year old daughter to a tatoo parlor on Wednesday to get her ears pierced.  She wanted to have it done, had been talking about it for weeks, but finally worked up her nerve.  Given the choice of going to a sixteen year-old at the mall with a gun that may or may not be cleaned properly, or a licensed professional with a sterile  needle we went with the tatoo shop.

before
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/name7574/CIMG0404.jpg)


one ear done
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/name7574/CIMG0411.jpg)


after
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v463/name7574/CIMG0415.jpg)

If I had a chose back when I got my ear pierced when I was younger I would have gone with the tattoo shop instead. The gun jammed when they pierced my ear and I had the ******* thing hanging from my ear while the idiot working there had to try and get the backing off of it and onto my ear. I hated it.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Sprry75 on October 3, 2008, 12:53 PM
You should have just gotten her a full sleeve while you were at it.  It's cheaper when their arms are small.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: name on October 3, 2008, 02:33 PM

If I had a chose back when I got my ear pierced when I was younger I would have gone with the tattoo shop instead. The gun jammed when they pierced my ear and I had the ******* thing hanging from my ear while the idiot working there had to try and get the backing off of it and onto my ear. I hated it.

That's exactly why we went this route.  I had just read/heard too many stories about gun malfunctions, weird scarring, infections, etc.  Just earlier this week we watched in Walmart as two women were piercing one little girls ears..both hovering over her to fire at the same time....it was horrifying to watch...there's no way they could be sure the piercings were going to be even that way, and sure enough on of the guns got stuck and was dangling just like you described.

That - plus the fact that the needle actually removes a little core of tissue as opposed to the gun poking a hole like a pencil through paper, so it heals cleaner and faster.  We've barely had anything to clean out from behind SK's earrings this week.  No problems at all.

Tatoo parlor = professional, clean needle, inspected by health dept, licensed by state, adult who does it all day long and stakes their living on it.  Mall/Walmart = iffy gun, malfunctions, sixteen year old, maybe a good pierce, maybe crooked.....bleh.

No brainer for me.

7 year old son went with us too, and I asked him while we were there if he wanted to get a full on darth maul face tattoo.  His eyes got huge and he shook his head...gave the tattooist a big laugh.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Sprry75 on October 3, 2008, 03:29 PM
My kid already has all of his tattoos picked out.  Indiana Jones on his chest; Obi Wan Kenobi on his right shin, and Jango Fett on his left shin.  He's four, and says he will wait until he's eight to get them.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Sprry75 on October 3, 2008, 03:30 PM
And yes, his mother does hate me.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: knashdx on October 3, 2008, 04:43 PM

If I had a chose back when I got my ear pierced when I was younger I would have gone with the tattoo shop instead. The gun jammed when they pierced my ear and I had the ******* thing hanging from my ear while the idiot working there had to try and get the backing off of it and onto my ear. I hated it.

That's exactly why we went this route.  I had just read/heard too many stories about gun malfunctions, weird scarring, infections, etc.  Just earlier this week we watched in Walmart as two women were piercing one little girls ears..both hovering over her to fire at the same time....it was horrifying to watch...there's no way they could be sure the piercings were going to be even that way, and sure enough on of the guns got stuck and was dangling just like you described.

That - plus the fact that the needle actually removes a little core of tissue as opposed to the gun poking a hole like a pencil through paper, so it heals cleaner and faster.  We've barely had anything to clean out from behind SK's earrings this week.  No problems at all.

Tatoo parlor = professional, clean needle, inspected by health dept, licensed by state, adult who does it all day long and stakes their living on it.  Mall/Walmart = iffy gun, malfunctions, sixteen year old, maybe a good pierce, maybe crooked.....bleh.

No brainer for me.

7 year old son went with us too, and I asked him while we were there if he wanted to get a full on darth maul face tattoo.  His eyes got huge and he shook his head...gave the tattooist a big laugh.


My wife got her tounge pierced there and I got my body piercing done at one too. Difinately a much better experience than the gun. My wife (Adriene) and I have talked and if any of our kids want their ears pierced we will take them to the tattoo shop and pay more than for some idiot at the store to do it for all the reasons you listed.


I told my wife that I want to get another tattoo. I have 3 already and have to go through all the pictures that I have and figure out what I want to do next.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Tracy on October 3, 2008, 07:45 PM
Tatoo parlor = professional, clean needle, inspected by health dept, licensed by state, adult who does it all day long and stakes their living on it.  Mall/Walmart = iffy gun, malfunctions, sixteen year old, maybe a good pierce, maybe crooked.....bleh.

No brainer for me.


When I got my ears pierced at age 11, my mother took me to the pediatrician to have it done.  I was so embarrassed -- all of my other friends got theirs done in a store.  Now that I'm a parent two things about that episode stand out to me -- I totally agree with my mom's choice, and I can't believe a pediatrician would pierce a child's ears. ???

Name -- great call on the tattoo parlor -- I would have never thought of that.  You should have got a shot of SK in the chair with the ink needle looling like she was getting a tat.   ;)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Theo Zissou on October 4, 2008, 11:53 PM
I''ve had my mandalorian symbol tattoo for like 3 years now. i've been trying to think of something to tat around it. some kind of design or something. just trying to gather ideas now since i might do something around thanksgiving.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: solrac on October 6, 2008, 02:43 AM
it took me about six years to find a good mando symbol to have tatted on my arm. looking through books and pictures and having people draw it for me just didn't do it for me. it being there for the rest of my life made me wait for just the right one. about eight or nine years ago Roseart made a star wars temporary tattoo set and there it was. back then there was nothing that big and or that accurate to take a picture of.the next day i went to get prices for it all around town. San Diego being a Navy/Marine town we have lots of shops but they all at about $80 to $100 for a very simple tat that was just to much. that afternoon a drove to a friends house that knew a tattoo artist and he did it for $40.00 . its about 2 1/2" tall, i think it looks great and i told Lefty " tattoo artist" my story and he said that most people regret getting tats but since i took so long and had to do what i did to get just what i wanted it would feel like i had it forever and will never regret it.so far its been good and would feel naked without it. i hope i don't get to be 80 but if i do there will be other thing to worry about. "depends", no hair, deaf, and senile. at least if someone sees me with it they will think i was cool back in my days...   
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: BillCable on October 6, 2008, 07:45 AM
at least if someone sees me with it they will think i was a huge Star Wars geek back in my days...   

Fixed that for ya.   ;)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: jjks on October 7, 2008, 01:57 AM
I've been on a tattoo tear the last few months. Spent 10 hours the last two weekends working on my sleeve. Another 15-20 hours and it should be finished  ;D
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: solrac on October 8, 2008, 01:15 AM
at least if someone sees me with it they will think i was a huge Star Wars geek back in my days...   

Fixed that for ya.   ;)

 sorry guy, I'm not gay so stop winking at me...
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: BillCable on October 8, 2008, 08:23 AM
sorry guy, I'm not gay so stop winking at me...

(http://forum.blu-ray.com/images/smilies/imported/naughty.gif)

(http://forum.blu-ray.com/images/smilies/imported/kiss.gif)

 (http://forum.blu-ray.com/images/smilies/imported/inlove.gif)

(http://forum.blu-ray.com/images/smilies/imported/drool.gif)

 (http://forum.blu-ray.com/images/smilies/imported/melodrama.gif)

(http://forum.blu-ray.com/images/smilies/imported/flirt.gif)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on December 10, 2008, 11:00 PM
Anyone here have one of these?

(http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/2471/pussyti2.png)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Rob on December 10, 2008, 11:07 PM
Where'd you get that picture?

I really, really need to lock down my photobucket account.   :-[
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on December 10, 2008, 11:13 PM
Where'd you get that picture?

Same place I got this one:

(http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/3604/crazytattoosml1.jpg)

Quote
I really, really need to lock down my photobucket account.   :-[

Yes, you really, really do. 
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Ryan on December 10, 2008, 11:24 PM
Why would you be embarassed by that Rob? That **** is hot.

Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on December 16, 2008, 06:20 PM
(http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4581/failownedmyspaceyourminzu0.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Jesse James on December 16, 2008, 06:27 PM
I can't stop laughing.  Seriously that is the best thing I've seen all month.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: BillCable on December 16, 2008, 10:16 PM
Somebody sent me this today (http://www.creaturecantina.com/)

(http://www.creaturecantina.com/news_images/2008/1217/ricky-p-tat.JPG)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Morgbug on December 16, 2008, 10:29 PM
(http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4581/failownedmyspaceyourminzu0.jpg)

How do you know he doesn't work in a coal mine and is making a political statement?

Yeah, not bloody likely.  The hooked on phonics generation suffers another casualty.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Tracy on December 16, 2008, 10:55 PM
There are a few (http://www.theforceintheflesh.com/topten/index.php) here that I haven't seen before.  Some of them are NSFW. 
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Sprry75 on December 16, 2008, 11:12 PM
Scarification...man, that stuff is just...ouch.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on December 16, 2008, 11:14 PM
There are a few (http://www.theforceintheflesh.com/topten/index.php) here that I haven't seen before.  Some of them are NSFW. 

#2's not too Shabby. . .
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Sprry75 on December 16, 2008, 11:24 PM
Funny...I thought #2 was Shabby.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Jesse James on December 16, 2008, 11:38 PM
Very, very much so.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on December 16, 2008, 11:49 PM
No, this is shabby:

(http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8003/tat3ml8.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: john todd on January 28, 2009, 05:55 PM
i think i finally found a tattoo that i could get on board with.

(http://o.aolcdn.com/gelupp/images/5b424036623330386365351232590721_s3.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: knashdx on January 29, 2009, 12:57 PM
Pictures of my tattoos...

(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n302/knashdx/Tattoos/DSC00899.jpg)

My inner child - Different things that I have enjoyed growing up.

Child - He is from a Metallica T-shirt that I had (Metallica being my favorite bad)
DX on T-Shirt - DX was my favorite wrestling gimic of all time.
25 on Shoe - #25 is the number Mark McGwire wore when he played baseball
34 on shoe - #34 is the number Nolan Ryan wore when he played baseball for the Rangers & Astros


(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n302/knashdx/Tattoos/DSC00898.jpg)

(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n302/knashdx/Tattoos/DSC00907.jpg)

Black Sun logo - I just like the picture right after getting it with the blood dripping down from it.



My wife's tattoo

(http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n302/knashdx/Tattoos/adrienetattoo.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on June 24, 2009, 12:21 PM
Anyone else been following the tale of Kimberley Vlaminck, the 18-year-old Belgian girl who said she went into the tattoo parlor, asked for three stars to be tattooed on her face, fell asleep in the chair, and woke up with an entire galaxy instead?

(http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/5561/kimberleyvlaminck18picc.jpg)

Yeah, 'cause she lied about the whole "asked for three/fell asleep in the chair" part (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/us_world/2009/06/23/2009-06-23_teen_kimberly_vlaminck_with_56_star_tattoos_on_her_face_admits_she_wanted_them_t.html).

Good stuff.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: ruiner on June 24, 2009, 12:29 PM
She's gonna look awesome when she's 85.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: DSJ™ on June 24, 2009, 12:31 PM
So will the guy that tattooed her.

(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/06/17/article-1193384-055E4FE3000005DC-456_306x481.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on June 24, 2009, 12:33 PM
She's gonna look awesome when she's 85.

She looks awesome now.

Between her and Mike Tyson, this is the best year for face tattoos ever.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Matt on August 1, 2009, 11:53 AM
(http://i27.tinypic.com/2z7pcsn.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: ruiner on August 3, 2009, 05:54 PM
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/342353637_2163fb7102_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Chris M on August 31, 2009, 09:48 AM
My newest tat.

A tribute to my grandfather, whom I miss.  He was a WWII veteran from Europe and fought in the M10 and later M36 Tank Destroyer.  He was part of the "relief" column from Patton's army into Bastogne in the winter of '44.  His tank ran out of gas and his crew moved forward like infantry.  He earned a Combat Infantry Badge which I thought odd until I found out about the him running out of gas. 

I was fortunate a few years ago to be deployed to Germany and got to travel the same roads and through the same cities he had fought through 60 years before.

This is his unit patch. And this hurt like a bitch getting done Saturday.

(http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs149.snc1/5528_264325095477_560420477_8501560_7956255_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: JesseVader08 on August 31, 2009, 05:45 PM
Damn cool story Chris.  To me, tats are supposed to have that sort of meaning behind them, not just some random pic from a display in a shop.  I guess that's why I still don't have one, I just haven't figured out what I want yet that would have the kind of "value" to me.
Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Tracy on August 31, 2009, 06:21 PM
Damn cool story Chris.  To me, tats are supposed to have that sort of meaning behind them, not just some random pic from a display in a shop.  I guess that's why I still don't have one, I just haven't figured out what I want yet that would have the kind of "value" to me.

That's how I feel too Jesse - and why I still haven't settled on one yet.  I want one that is personal and includes my family.  I also want one that incorporates the design of the emblem from the necklace that Shannon gave me just before she died.  Both of those will be just for me.

My husband is considering getting tats on his upper back/shoulder blade of the children's footprint impressions that were taken in the hospital just after they were born. 

Title: Re: Tattoos -- Love 'Em or Hate 'Em?
Post by: Chris M on September 1, 2009, 12:40 PM
Thanks ya'll.  It took me a while to decide on my first tat.   I ended up getting and eagle with crossed runways in it's claws.  That's what was on my beret when I was in the military.  I thought hard about doing a grim reaper firing a machine gun but then thought better of it as I would have to explain that to my child one day.

The one for my grandfather took a good while as well.  I couldn't decide on the exact patch I was going to do as there are several variations and I had to ask another history buff for some guidance.  I ended up going with the patch that my grandfather is wearing in a picture I have of him from the war.

Tracy, I'm considering one more tat and it is like what your husband is debating...my daughter's footprints that I have on my scrubs.  I may get them done over my heart.