The Official Tattoo Thread

[Mr. Fuzz]

Ew, this totally freaks me out. Something about the depth makes my stomach sick.

[Mr. Fuzz]

So I am currently preparing for an administrative hearing in a case in which my client (the County health department) shut down a "do it yourself" tattoo parlor called "Rent A Gun." For $40, the place would let you use their equipment for an hour. One of the fliers for the business had the tag line "instead of the old 'Mom' tattoo, bring in Mom to tattoo you!"

Shoe in!

[RedHotSgtPeppers]

So, I got two tattoos yesterday... Gonna get a third done on Saturday.

Here is #1: The three Eagle Palms from Boy Scouts




And here is the second one: Minimalist Metroid.

[miscorrections]

Now I'm jonesing. I don't care if I'm broke as a slug - I'm going to buy myself a tat for Christmas. I crave my 1/4-1/2 sleeve.

[FEELS]

I'm thinking of getting my first tattoo this week. "Let Love In" on my inner bicep. As a homage to the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album(same font as the cover), and face it, that's one good phrase.

Plus, this song over everything.

[bug on your lip]

chicks with sleeve ink has got to be one the hottest things ever

[Mr. Fuzz]

I'm thinking of getting my first tattoo this week. "Let Love In" on my inner bicep. As a homage to the Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album(same font as the cover), and face it, that's one good phrase.

Plus, this song over everything.

This is pretty rad. It reminds me of Courtney Love's new tattoo of "Let it Bleed" on her arm.

[Pea]

Guess I never posted my Stone tattoo I got last year. Hey and the picture is Coachella themed. Bonus.

[unit300021]

OK that is awesome stone tat. Once I reach my weight loss goals my reward to myself is going to be my first tattoo. Cant decide between a half sleeve of a Japanese style tiger or a portrait of my grandpa from WWII, him with a cig in mouth and rifle in hand.

[FEELS]

This is pretty rad. It reminds me of Courtney Love's new tattoo of "Let it Bleed" on her arm.

Thanks man! I'm such a bitch when it comes to the permanence issue.. but it's nothing big so fuck it.

[FEELS]

OK that is awesome stone tat. Once I reach my weight loss goals my reward to myself is going to be my first tattoo. Cant decide between a half sleeve of a Japanese style tiger or a portrait of my grandpa from WWII, him with a cig in mouth and rifle in hand.

I'd definitely go with the grandpa portrait. Sounds pretty awesome

[Neighborhood Creep]

Represent your grandpa. It's original, unlike half the 4 foot tall, douchebag Asians at cheesy techno clubs with dragon, koi, or tiger sleeves.

[Mr. Fuzz]

Come on - dragons, tigers and koi make for awesome tattoos.

[unit300021]

Represent your grandpa. It's original, unlike half the 4 foot tall, douchebag Asians at cheesy techno clubs with dragon, koi, or tiger sleeves.

Yeah I probably will go with my grandpa. How do you guy think this image will look on skin though? IMAG0171.jpg

It's a bit blurry on here but the actual picture itself is much more clear and better looking.

Also I've always loved tigers and I like the Japanese style tattoo's so I figured why not. Like I said it's my weight loss goal and I'm still a few months out so my mind could easily change from now til then. I just started looking at artist/shops so we shall see.

[algunz]

http://abcnews.go.com/International/...ry?id=18179968

I would totally vote for him.

[miscorrections]

Yeah I probably will go with my grandpa. How do you guy think this image will look on skin though? Attachment 8752

It's a bit blurry on here but the actual picture itself is much more clear and better looking.

Also I've always loved tigers and I like the Japanese style tattoo's so I figured why not. Like I said it's my weight loss goal and I'm still a few months out so my mind could easily change from now til then. I just started looking at artist/shops so we shall see.

Portrait tattoos are a gamble, but if you do your research and really take the time to check out shops, artists, and portfolios - and then have consults with a few artists to get a sense of time, pricing, and how they would sketch out the portrait - portraits can turn out alright. You cannot cut corners with effort, time, or location with this. It is a long process to find an artist that will do a great job that you also jibe with personality-wise.

Don't be one of those people who walks in, looks at the Japanese style flash, and just picks some random-ass tiger. Anyone who gets flash shouldn't be getting a tattoo in the first place.

[unit300021]

I know while I haven't been to many shops yet I have been doing research and looking at portfolio's online. I'm using that as a decision for what shops I want to actually go into. My only worry about that picture of my grandpa is that it's a full body thing and about 95% of the portraits I've seen are just the face and I wouldn't want that.

As far as the tiger goes I wouldn't get any style from a wall. I'm committed to having it free hand drawn on me so it's an original and it flows on me better. But like I said the Japanese Tiger is just what I want right now. Whenever it's time to get one I might have my mind changed on the tiger or the style.

Also I'm in Orange County. Does anyone have any recommendations for artists/shops for me to check out? I'm willing to drive to LA or San Diego but don't want to travel much farther then that. I would though for the right artist.

[marooko]

Flaming dice. Can't wait.

Grandpa's pic is bad ass.

Miss C, you get that partial sleeve?

[miscorrections]

No, unfortunately. I'm am broke as hell approximately 100% of the time, which makes getting tats a little difficult.

[Neighborhood Creep]

Come on - dragons, tigers and koi make for awesome tattoos.

They look ok, but they're popular with a group of people I wouldn't want to associate with

[Neighborhood Creep]

A guy I know just got this lol

[nathanfairchild]

is that mariah carey?

[Neighborhood Creep]

is that mariah carey?

Yes

[JustSteve]

I know while I haven't been to many shops yet I have been doing research and looking at portfolio's online. I'm using that as a decision for what shops I want to actually go into. My only worry about that picture of my grandpa is that it's a full body thing and about 95% of the portraits I've seen are just the face and I wouldn't want that.

As far as the tiger goes I wouldn't get any style from a wall. I'm committed to having it free hand drawn on me so it's an original and it flows on me better. But like I said the Japanese Tiger is just what I want right now. Whenever it's time to get one I might have my mind changed on the tiger or the style.

Also I'm in Orange County. Does anyone have any recommendations for artists/shops for me to check out? I'm willing to drive to LA or San Diego but don't want to travel much farther then that. I would though for the right artist.

Goldrush Tattoo in Costa Mesa has some great talent.

[unit300021]

Just from their online portfolio alone, I think I found a shop. I still need to go in but damn you aren't kidding some great stuff there.

[RedHotSgtPeppers]

I forgot to post that I got this like a month ago. It's the Cape Feather from Super Mario World:

[JustSteve]

Just from their online portfolio alone, I think I found a shop. I still need to go in but damn you aren't kidding some great stuff there.

Just don't have your sights set on Hendricks, he's a big, famous name and not around much, with a wait list that is months upon months. Lindsay Carmichael is a great artist according to my sis who knows a bunch of them.

[Egull]

Here is one of my tattoos that I got last year. A little robot/record player my friend drew for me. This picture is kind of shitty, I can try to take a better one later that shows the details.
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[Egull]

Here is my other one
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[Starraven]

My first tattoo! (high five)

It's over my heart. My bf has the same symbol on his wrist.

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