Tattoo Tales!

[3113]

I haven't got any but I have often thought about getting one...a tattoo that is. I'd like to see your tattoos and hear your tales of them. How many have you got? Would you show them to us? Why did you get them--or get that one? Or that one? What do they mean to you--if anything? Do they symbolize something important to you or mark a significant time or thing in your life?

And is there any further tale about getting them? Where? How? When? By a particularly strange artist in a particularly strange tattoo parlor?

Post a picture and tell us a tale!

 

[rgraham666]

No tattoos for me. I have enough identifying marks.

 

[3113]

No tattoos for me. I have enough identifying marks.

AH-HA! We know where you're going to be taken at the next Lit-Together! Right to the Tattoo parlor (I'm sure fellow AH members will get you drunk first). Now let's see...what should we have tattooed on Rob and where....

 

[rgraham666]

AH-HA! We know where you're going to be taken at the next Lit-Together! Right to the Tattoo parlor (I'm sure fellow AH members will get you drunk first). Now let's see...what should we have tattooed on Rob and where....

Note to my fellow Litsters. Should you try such a thing, make sure your wills are up to date. http://bestsmileys.com/dead/7.gif

 

[Stella_Omega]

Note to my fellow Litsters. Should you try such a thing, make sure your wills are up to date. http://bestsmileys.com/dead/7.gif

I had such a nice one picked out for you!

"Hot Monkey Sex"

 

[Dar~]

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z172/CapulusEstMei/Perfectiontaurus.jpg
The Kanji is the symbol for perfection (the egotist in me) overlaying it is the Taurus. Meaning that the description for Taurus is a perfect description for me. I got it done at a place called H and H here is Clovis

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z172/CapulusEstMei/Lambda.jpg
The Lambda is my newest. If you want to know its symbology, look into it. It is not complete, I hope to have it finished soon. I also got it at H and H.

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z172/CapulusEstMei/Clover.jpg
I got this because I am Scots/Irish and because I like the flow of the lines. it was poorly done and it needs re doing. Don't ever get tattooed at Clovis Ink.

 

[Dar~]

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z172/CapulusEstMei/tattooandcameratakeone.jpg
The little tiny Heart on fire was my first. I remember feeling so brave. I LMAO now. It is just a doodle I made. It was done at a place called Tattoo York's in Great Falls Montana. The one in the center is my PRIDE tattoo. I designed it and iit was done in Lubbock at a place called Fluid. I love it. I figure eventually my whole back will be tattooed.


http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z172/CapulusEstMei/Jsname.jpg
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z172/CapulusEstMei/TheRest.jpg
This is one tattoo. It is my daughter's first and middle name wrapped around my ankle. On the back of my ankle is her birthday and on the front (which you can faintly see) is my second tattoo. A little guy I draw all over. I count him twice because he was done with a prison gun and then I had him done over with color. He is rainbow also. Originally he was done by a guy I knew who had just gotten out. When I had him redone and added the band, I went to Larry Allen in Anchorage AK. They've been open for 50 years. A girl named Debra did it and I still love it.

I have 7 tattoos the way I count it, and I intend to have more.

 

[Stella_Omega]

Dar, of all of them, I like the Anklet best

I have three- a pair of dragons, one on each hip, and a leaping jack-rabbit on my left tit, pictures to follow... And then I have a long list of ones that I'd like to get!

 

[drksideofthemoon]

No tattoos here either, and no desire to aquire one either.

 

[tickledkitty]

If I ever get one, it will be this. I'd like to have it centered on my lower back, right above my ass.

http://www.bullseyetattoos.com/productimages/_thumbs/wow0839p.jpg

It's an ambigram that says angel. If you look at it upside down, it says devil.

 

[jomar]

Way to go Dar! I don't have any, but have always thought if you're gonna get a tattoo, get some fucking TATTOOS! Though I do understand that's not for everybody and I really don't have any room to speak, not having any. But if you have enough, what fun it would be to give a lover/SO a tattoo tour.

Go get more Stella then show us. I like the Angel-Devil anagram TK.

I saw a beautiful young woman with an awesome, but unfinished, sleeve in a Hallmark store. I gave her two thumbs up. I saw a story about an artist who got tattoos down to the back of her hand and fingers - a deliberate choice to keep her in art and out of a 9-5 corporate job. Then there was the Japanese school teacher whose whole body was covered, but you saw none of it when he wore his "work" clothes.

 

[MagicaPractica]

I thought I'd like to get one to incorporate the two scars on my breast but they've faded to almost nothing so maybe, maybe not.

 

[_Lynn_]

Hidden in a butterflies wings is a mask---

~~the mask represents the dark side of my life, the struggles I have gone through and continue to deal with, the roles I played.
~~the butterfly represents the future, bright and cheery, she is blue. She also represents freedom.
~~there are two letters in her wings~~how ironic they are ""M" "L"~~representing My Life.

When I look I see the dark days on one side, the freedom, or my future, on the other side. Any given day I can fall back into the dark of the past, but if I look at her, she reminds me that I have made it through those days and no longer wear those masks. I have chosen the freedom of no masks, no roles.

It's hard to explain, but I hope this made sense. I have the only one since I designed it.
((I have a rough pic on the comp but I don't know how to add it here))
I also have a yellow rose with thorns, leaves and stems.

 

[cloudy]

I have four: a celtic triangle high up on my left arm, some old-school flowers on my right shoulder blade, and two sort of tribal designs on my back - on is just a design, the other is a butterfly.

 

[Guest]

The top one is the OM symbol. The bottom is my dragonfly.

I have always had an afinity to both.

I had them both done by the same person at the same time. I had always wanted one but was nervous because I didn't have any other markings. However, when I broke my leg and ended up with my nasty scar on my leg I decided oh what the hell who cares and got them done.

 

[matriarch]

AH-HA! We know where you're going to be taken at the next Lit-Together! Right to the Tattoo parlor (I'm sure fellow AH members will get you drunk first). Now let's see...what should we have tattooed on Rob and where....

No tattoo artist who wants to keep their licence would EVER tattoo someone who's drunk.

I know, 'cos the wife told me so (she has 3 tats by the way) after I said that's the only way anyone wanting to stick needles in me would get close enough.

Which is a shame, 'cos I'd love to have a couple of tatts...celtic design around my upper arm, and one around my wrist, way low down, like a bracelet. Apparently that one would hurt like fuck...not enough flesh, too much bone.

*sigh*.

 

[kendo1]

I have four: a celtic triangle high up on my left arm, some old-school flowers on my right shoulder blade, and two sort of tribal designs on my back - on is just a design, the other is a butterfly.

Swoon. Let's see!

 

[Stella_Omega]

No tattoo artist who wants to keep their licence would EVER tattoo someone who's drunk.

I know, 'cos the wife told me so (she has 3 tats by the way) after I said that's the only way anyone wanting to stick needles in me would get close enough.

Which is a shame, 'cos I'd love to have a couple of tatts...celtic design around my upper arm, and one around my wrist, way low down, like a bracelet. Apparently that one would hurt like fuck...not enough flesh, too much bone.

*sigh*.

Aside from the "informed" part of consent -- Alcohol (and NSAIDS) will thin your blood and make it flow faster.
I want a bracelet on my wrist, too-- I have the same problem about getting it!

 

[cloudy]

Swoon. Let's see!

I had some pics, but I had to reformat my PC a couple of days ago, and even though I backed up everything on disk months ago, I don't know where the damn disks are.

I'll see what I can do about getting some pics.

 

[S-Des]

I have a dragon (the serpent kind) wrapped around a guitar. I was in my late 20s and had no interest in a tat when I moved in with my girlfriend (an artist). She had several cool tats and wanted to take me to a tatoo convention downstate. It was mostly bikers and hippies (she'd qualify for the latter), which made for a very cool crowd and a fun afternoon. We found a guy named Doc Finn who was a very well-respected artist not too far from where we lived. After watching him give someone else a tatoo (and spending the day looking at amazing art on many of the conventioneers), she suggested I get one and I nervously agreed. We went through the book and I picked out the design I liked, except that it had a Les Paul for the guitar and I firmly said no. Doc put it on my arm, washed out the guitar, and hand drew a Fender Strat. Once he had it the way he liked, he gave me a few seconds of the needles with no ink to be sure I wasn't going to freak out before he could finish. It was no big deal, so I told him to continue. About 20 minutes in, it started getting a bit painful. At 40 minutes, it really started to hurt. He went around the back of my arm and hit my tricept and I had to bite my lip. I looked up, to see the booth surrounded by very large, heavily inked bikers watching intently (like I said, the guy was very popular and didn't do that much work anymore). Trying to appear far more stoic than I felt, I grinned and pretended it didn't hurt like a bitch. He finished somewhere around an hour and a half, and I swore I'd never do another one.

On the bright side, it's a great tatoo that still looks good after 15 years. It's about due for a touch up, but this time no audience!

 

[kendo1]

I had some pics, but I had to reformat my PC a couple of days ago, and even though I backed up everything on disk months ago, I don't know where the damn disks are.

I'll see what I can do about getting some pics.

I'll be around later to help.

 

[slyc_willie]

I have a dragon (the serpent kind) wrapped around a guitar. I was in my late 20s and had no interest in a tat when I moved in with my girlfriend (an artist). She had several cool tats and wanted to take me to a tatoo convention downstate. It was mostly bikers and hippies (she'd qualify for the latter), which made for a very cool crowd and a fun afternoon. We found a guy named Doc Finn who was a very well-respected artist not too far from where we lived. After watching him give someone else a tatoo (and spending the day looking at amazing art on many of the conventioneers), she suggested I get one and I nervously agreed. We went through the book and I picked out the design I liked, except that it had a Les Paul for the guitar and I firmly said no. Doc put it on my arm, washed out the guitar, and hand drew a Fender Strat. Once he had it the way he liked, he gave me a few seconds of the needles with no ink to be sure I wasn't going to freak out before he could finish. It was no big deal, so I told him to continue. About 20 minutes in, it started getting a bit painful. At 40 minutes, it really started to hurt. He went around the back of my arm and hit my tricept and I had to bite my lip. I looked up, to see the booth surrounded by very large, heavily inked bikers watching intently (like I said, the guy was very popular and didn't do that much work anymore). Trying to appear far more stoic than I felt, I grinned and pretended it didn't hurt like a bitch. He finished somewhere around an hour and a half, and I swore I'd never do another one.

On the bright side, it's a great tatoo that still looks good after 15 years. It's about due for a touch up, but this time no audience!

It all depends on where you get them as far as how much it will hurt. Anywhere close to bone beneath the skin is going to be more painful, as well as 'sensitive' areas.

The only one to date that I have is one a drew myself, on my right shoulder: an aquamarine chrome Libra symbol superimposed over black tribal. The tattoo took about two hours to complete and wasn't all that painful. The reason I chose that symbol, obviously, is because it is my birth sign, and I happen to believe in balance and justice. Although, half the time, people who see it think the tattoo is the Omega symbol

I have more in the works, all drawn by myself (the designs are far more personal and unique to me that way), but my tattoist, one of the best in Texas, is booked through the middle of next month. By te time the Florida Lit-together comes around, I'll have more to show

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I have always wanted one, but I have never been able to think up a design that not only fits my personality, but would fit my body type too.

Yes, I would have to design it myself. I used to be an artist

 

[S-Des]

It all depends on where you get them as far as how much it will hurt. Anywhere close to bone beneath the skin is going to be more painful, as well as 'sensitive' areas.

The only one to date that I have is one a drew myself, on my right shoulder: an aquamarine chrome Libra symbol superimposed over black tribal. The tattoo took about two hours to complete and wasn't all that painful. The reason I chose that symbol, obviously, is because it is my birth sign, and I happen to believe in balance and justice. Although, half the time, people who see it think the tattoo is the Omega symbol

I have more in the works, all drawn by myself (the designs are far more personal and unique to me that way), but my tattoist, one of the best in Texas, is booked through the middle of next month. By te time the Florida Lit-together comes around, I'll have more to show

It largely depends on your pain tolerance as well. Some things I do very well (I've been walking around on torn cartilage in both knees and a debilitating back problem for a decade), some (like needles or splinters) reduce me to a whimpering fool. I've debated getting a second one on my chest, but it would have to be a portrait of my daughter. Problem is, you have to be absolutely sure about who you pick to do it and it'll be fairly expensive. I'll have to see when I have the cash.

Looking forward to seeing the new ones. I really like the current one. The best one I've seen was on this terrifyingly huge biker at the convention. He was bald with a goatee, and had about a foot tall magic kingdom (in bright baby blue), along with Mickey, Goofy, & Donald Duck. It was incredible work, but more than that, I can't imagine something looking more out of place.

 

[3113]

I think we need more pictures here! S-Des, Stella, Cloudy, get those digital cameras out! These stories are great but now you've got us wanting to see this stunning artwork.