I'm going to get a tattoo
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- chossy0
You don't get sick of your tattoo, you hardly notice it after a while, it becomes very much a part of your outward appearance, like your nose and your hands, as the wearer you barely perceive it. Allot like a wife.
- doktornomore0
Keep in mind that the quality of the work and depth of penetration will determine the work's longevity - six plus years now for my oldest stuff and no blow outs, fades detected. All ten needle work and I took extra precautions post completion (I'm diabetic so I heal a lot slower); keep clean with mild simple products and do not be afraid to use a cream like Neo/Poly-sporin for the first few days to prevent infection.
After that just be smart - your money, your skin.
One last thought - you are going for a typically highly visible location - make sure it is something love ones' can tolerate and enjoy.
Good luck!
- woodyBatts0
I have a lot of tattoos, first I would ask your tattooer, because different inks and tattooing styles heal differently.
I am being tattooed with the tebori style which uses sumi ink which heals totally differently than other inks, and some inks such as white will heal for a very long time and need more afftercare.
What I find works for me is after I remove my bandage I wash my tattoo with cetaphil or other very mild soap, then I keep neosporin on it. I apply it very liberally for the first few days then I switch to Aveeno. Everyday I moisturize with aveeno and the times that my arms are exposed to the sun ( t-shirt or whatever ) I use sunscreen that I got from my dermatologist ( just takes a referral from your GP and it's as cheap as regular sunscreen )
My left sleeve is 6 years old and looks brand new. Take care of it and it'll take care of you. Enjoy your ink!
- inteliboy0
Don't you get sick of your tattoos, just like a desktop wallpaper that's been staring at you for months or some old clothes that are a decade out of fashion? It's always puzzled me, unless you're in the Yakuza or Russian mob.
- Peter0
Lots of rave about ink butter for aftercare:
http://inkbutter.comGot a few of those ↑ myself. Because I will have this ↓ made later this year.
- autoflavour0
my favorite tattoo is always the next one
- Llyod0
get a tattoo of a butt on your butt.
- bjladams0
a decade later:
i rarely consider my tattoos.
nothing to do with design, meaning, experience... and all that.when i got them, i remember thinking how it would be part of my personal manifesto / statement of my world view / a visual piece of the definition me. ha!
i dont regret them - i like them. i just don't consider them any more than i do the shape of my knee-cap or the placement of my freckles.
i remember telling someone that "every time i see it, it'll make me remember (insert personal philosophy)" ... i see them all the time, but this thread has probably made me think of that for the first time this year.
i also had a picture of myself on my business card. i'm still a bit shifty about that when they surface.
- DaveO0
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Agree. You regret shit you aint done
- lukus_W20
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Not so long ago, I would have agreed with you mikotondria. But I figure, if chosen carefully - a tattoo can be something that's worthwhile.For me, the idea of not-blemishing my life - or making mistakes / or, hell .. even choosing a particular trajectory was a big deal. I was wanting perfection / and staying dangerously static as a result.
I'm starting to realise that this is it. No second chances .. no repeats. We have to choose and move with our choices.
For me, getting a tattoo will be part of this process - and a way of commemorating the way I'm feeling right now. Life affects us, damages us, improves us and leaves it's mark on our personalities. I like the idea of visible marks too - I think scars and tattoos are interesting ways of marking the passage of time.
- Well saidgoldieboy
- AH yes, I like scars.
I'd have a scarification before ink. I just don't like the black/green color they all go.mikotondria3
- mikotondria30
I would say 'don't do it'. Like people say, it'll probably fricken hurt, and you'll have a degrading greenish drawing on your arm forever. People will see it and think '...', oh, actually they won't think anything because everyone's got a tattoo of this, that and the other. Go naked as the good Lawd intended.
- alicetheblue0
I had a tattoo of a star a log time ago.
Now it's a galaxy ;)
- DaveO0
- there we go!DaveO
- really nice .. I've been thinking I don't want a colour tattoo - but the rendering looks great.lukus_W2
- that's tight!jacklalane
- that came out greatGM278
- Think long and hard about color – I've got loads of color on me so it's okay, but it's sort of one or the otherDaveO
- Ed Hardy?Maaku
- how come this style is frowned upon on t-shirts (Ed Hardy), but everyone gushes over it when it's on skin? Posers all of you.CanHasQBN
- Isn't it kinda like wearing these instead of getting it done legit?
http://i.imgur.com/i…dorkKn1ght
- jacklalane0
I am supposed to get tattooed tomorrow and the artist hasn't sent me the drawing yet. I had a consultation 8 weeks ago. I feel it is a bit unprofessional when he promised it to me at the beginning of this week. Now what??!!
- call him/her?lukus_W2
- Wouldn't be the first time. Its probably a combo of being super busy and flakey (its why they have shop managers) you could always swing by a bit early or just see it tomorrow.GM278
- could always swing by early or see it tomorrow.GM278
- Mine are always drawn on the dayDaveO
- Most tattoo artists are worthless.Llyod
- DaveO0
- FUCK.
– DaveO1/2
facebook changed something about their photos this week :(albums - FAIL
DaveO - http://picpaste.com/…lukus_W2
- FUCK.
- DaveO0
To the guys above, I have a couple of pieces by those Smith Streeters.
First one was an eagle by Boltz, massive on my left arm, top. That was good – 3.2 hours in the chair and looks BADASS. My anniversary in the USA kinda.
Then last week I got this:
https://fbcdn_sphotos_a-a.akamai…...
By Eli Quinters
- DaveO0
Just got my forearm tattooed the other day, gonna get some more work done before the end of the year.
Went here:
http://smithstreettattoo.com/- I've heard great things about that shop. Been meaning to ride over and check them out. Who did your piece?GM278
- nice .. what did you have done? do you have any photos?lukus_W2
- Steve Boltz does some great stuff
jacklalane - I think I'm going to get work done there!!bulletfactory
- chossy0
Brace yourself, it will hurt. No matter what anyone says it fucking hurts for the first ten minutes or so, then after that it's plain sailing.
Ignore all that shite about having drawn it yourself etc. if you like something get it done awwww yeah boyeeeee :D
When it's done you will be totally stoked!!!! yesssssss. I'm getting another tattoo in the next week or so (whenever the fucking tattooist gets her thumb out her ass!!!!) so I'm excited for you playa!!!
- nadanada0
emu oil. seriously, heals tattoos in days and keeps them super-vibrant. a lot of the super-chemical-laden hand creams / lotions tend to dull the color... plus you're basically shoveling bad shit into an open wound.
actually working on my own little skincare line and i have tattoos - so obviously i business expensed my last ink to test... it's killer.