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My first tattoo! =] Everyone, show 'em off!

I have two, as of yesterday with Jeni =)

1. My first one, kinda old; off-center back tat on my right hip. It's in need of some major touching up. I wasn't too happy with the place I got it done.... Great place for piercings but apparently not tattoos. Anyway, LMS is my mom, DMR is my aunt. Both survivors. My mom caught it in the very early stages and my aunt's was pretty advanced due to skipping her mammograms. My mom had a round of radiation and is now on meds to keep it at bay. My aunt, unfortunately, had to have a double mastectomy, two rounds of radiation, a good portion of her lymph nodes removed and is now on crazy expensive medication to keep it in remission. Now 5 years cancer free and the happiest person I know =)
2. This one was borderline spur of the moment, to tag along and cheer up my girl Jeni. I'm going to modify it at some point to say "Never Fear Love" along my hairline.
 

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BloodyBaroness said:
Cool! I was thinking about making a threat like this myself! This thread has some really nice work in it.

I adore tattoos! I've got -counts- 7-ish.

My arm:
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Then we added to it. The banner says "C'est La Vie"
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My back, in process. About 4 hours in so far. It will be full color soon :)
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The one up high on my neck is the Black Furies tribe symbol from Werewolf the Apocalypse, the all female wolf tribe. Below is the the Thundercats insignia. Thundercats HOOOOO!
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The one is a goofy cat called a "Meowclops," it's on my shoulder.
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I don't pictures of the other. It's going to get covered up soon so don't worry about seeing it. XD
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I never played Werewolf the Apocalypse, but I loved the idea and used much of it in my writing. I still have several of the books. And I have a tattoo of a wolf out of one of the books. No good pics of it, though.
 
Suzy - I love the thought behind all of them. It's wonderful. And the paws don't look bad in that picture? Maybe it's because the picture is bad. ;) jk

Tracie - I LOOOOVE your mushroom. ;) And can I tell you, when I read "my girl Jeni" I teared up? LOL... I'm such a silly ninny right now.
 
JeniDB said:
Suzy - I love the thought behind all of them. It's wonderful. And the paws don't look bad in that picture? Maybe it's because the picture is bad. ;) jk

Tracie - I LOOOOVE your mushroom. ;) And can I tell you, when I read "my girl Jeni" I teared up? LOL... I'm such a silly ninny right now.
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LOL - The picture is definitely bad. The color has faded tremendously, and in one spot, the artist screwed up. It's not too noticeable, but I'll point it out. It's the bottom left paw print in the picture, and it's the top toe. You can see the little line that extends from the toe. That's not supposed to be there.

I'm planning on eventually making a trip to North Carolina so I can get a tattoo done by this girl who I am online friends with. Her name is Ashley Love, and here is a sample of her work.

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I don't know if she has a website (I couldn't find one) but I know she's on Myspace and Livejournal.
 
Suzy said:
LOL - The picture is definitely bad. The color has faded tremendously, and in one spot, the artist screwed up. It's not too noticeable, but I'll point it out. It's the bottom left paw print in the picture, and it's the top toe. You can see the little line that extends from the toe. That's not supposed to be there.

I'm planning on eventually making a trip to North Carolina so I can get a tattoo done by this girl who I am online friends with. Her name is Ashley Love, and here is a sample of her work.

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I don't know if she has a website (I couldn't find one) but I know she's on Myspace and Livejournal.
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WOW! I looove her style. Very nice! :D I have to think that any tattoo done by that woman would be amazing!
 
Here are mine:

My dragon, on my right shoulder blade:
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And my paw print, on the inside of my right wrist:
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Sorry the pics are so huge :(
 
I have mixed feelings about them... for one I think that a single tattoo is a beautiful thing if it is done with taste and not too big( too many tattoos IMHO are not a pretty thing).
I can't shake the feeling though that there are better ways to express oneself rather than write/draw all over yourself.

Don't get me wrong- I respect people who do, honestly, I don't think negatively on them...

I for one thing that self expression is better made through words and writing, drawing, or just putting things of certain appeal to you in your home... the body naturally expresses who and what we are in the most primal and accurate way possible as far as I am concerned, I don't think mine needs help. :)

Beautiful art though, I can't argue there.
 
mortava said:
Moths:
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I've been researching local tattoo artists and I know I've run across yours in someones portfolio. I can't remember where, what's the name of your artist? The moths are amazing!

Yeah, this thread has reminded me. I do want a tattoo, I just wish they weren't so expensive.
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I wish I wasn't such a needle phobe. :/ If I wasn't terrified of needles, I'd totally get this as a tattoo.

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Had way too much fun designing that.
 
JeniDB said:
Tracie - I LOOOOVE your mushroom. ;) And can I tell you, when I read "my girl Jeni" I teared up? LOL... I'm such a silly ninny right now.
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lol I'm not sure what else you expected me to call you.... love of my life? BFFFFFF? Amazing, perhaps?
 
I don't have any. But if I were to get one it would be one of my kids names in a circle in my dads handwritting. He died when I was 16. He had the most beautiful handwritting. I have a passage written out by him that I've been told can be scanned(even though it's on "onion" paper and the artist should be able to pick out the letters to tattoo my kids names.

I am so scared of needles and pain, I"ll probably never get one though..lol
 
this is just one of my leg pieces .. have a few more but i cant find any decent pics .. will post them if i can find them lol
 

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My first (still unfinished after a year and a half :nope:) tattoo!

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I really liked what the Claddagh ring stands for, the basic design, and that it represented my Irish heritage (I'm a whopping 3/8ths or 37.5% Irish and proud of it! :)) but I wanted something different, something that no one else has so I tweaked some things...
The heart is for love, the hands for friendship and the crown for loyalty.
Cairdeas Gra Dilseacht is Friendship Love Loyalty in Gaelic (and I know I'm missing an accent mark somewhere in the tattoo itself and in my writing here... good thing an accent is easily added :))
Four hours of work so far, three for the outline and under shading and one for coloring the heart, and two more hours to finish.
The crown still needs to be finished and colored and the hands need to be colored as well, but I am financially unable at the moment and I don't particularly enjoy inflicting pain that is totally optional, upon myself. :p

A few more pictures of my (lack of :p) progress..

Right after I got it...
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And a few days later...
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Steph is a weirdo...
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Tsiriane said:
Here is my first tattoo... the 2nd time lol

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I LOVE this tattoo...it's simple, interesting and (of course) snakey!!

I need to design one for myself someday...I used to draw on myself with a sharpie when I was younger. Ha, I'll dig up some pictures and post them. Some of them looked quite real!
 
How do you guys design your tattoos? I don't really get how you're supposed to do that if you can't draw or something...
 
With my tattoos I found some design/art I liked then talked to tattoo artist and he sketched up the final art work.

Just start making a pile of things you like and most artists can use that a base to work something up for you. The more reference art the better in most cases.
 
Alright, so I could just search google for pictures and designs I like, take it to a tattoo place, and they could draw me up something custom?
 
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