Do you have a tattoo?

Do you have a tattoo?

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Mopey

2,396 posts

156 months

Monday 1st May 2017
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johnxjsc1985 said:
I am never sure what to make of having a Tattoo. I cant believe how complex and artistic some of them are and they look very painful to apply. Each to their own.
I was given the whole "ooooo it's so painful" it really was not that bad. Though perhaps for those sleeve pieces where it is hour after hour you would hit a point where you can't continue.

HTP99

22,638 posts

141 months

Monday 1st May 2017
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Mopey said:
johnxjsc1985 said:
I am never sure what to make of having a Tattoo. I cant believe how complex and artistic some of them are and they look very painful to apply. Each to their own.
I was given the whole "ooooo it's so painful" it really was not that bad. Though perhaps for those sleeve pieces where it is hour after hour you would hit a point where you can't continue.
A lot of it depends on the person and their pain threshold and also the location of the tattoo.

My recent tattoo which was done on my upper left arm, took 5 hours to do, apart from an initial "ooh I felt that", when it was started, I can honestly say it didn't hurt, it was uncomfortable at points but it most certainly wasn't painful.

After doing all of the black, which took 4 hours, the guy doing it asked if I wanted to leave the red and make an appointment to have it done at a later date to give me a rest, I just told him that as long as he was happy to continue then just crack on with it now.

He did say at the end that I was one of the best clients he had, had as I didn't fidget, didn't moan, didn't ask for breaks etc, I just let him get on with it.

CoolHands

18,769 posts

196 months

Monday 1st May 2017
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clarkmagpie said:
Why on earth should that matter?

No place for rude/insensitive comments.
Especially when involving children.
Do you know their circumstances?
What on earth has it got to do with you??
It's on a discussion site that's what it's got to do with me.

I think that kind of imagery is very frightful for young children, and I would hope they don't have them.

f1nn

2,693 posts

193 months

Monday 1st May 2017
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I don't have any tattoos, and if I'm honest I'm unsure how I feel about them.

I totally appreciate the skill that **some** tattoo artists have, but I see so very many very poor, very samey tats on people that the **individual** aspect starts to wear a bit thin.

I suppose what I can't quite get my head around is that most people with ink will tell you they are personal and have meaning to them etc, but most appear to be a variation on a common theme, look at the last couple of examples, skulls and samurai...just seems a bit of an odd thing to have permantly displayed in a very visible place.

Still, all personal preference of course and it wouldn't do for us all to be the same.

PapaJohns

1,064 posts

154 months

Tuesday 2nd May 2017
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Iv got a st tattoo on my left arm that I had done when I was 15( now 35)no thought went into it,it was a rebelious thing, walked in the shop waited 6hrs or so for a 1/2hour tat.

I could do with a cover up, wife suggested a sleeve. I'm thinking Motorsport inspired but Iv not seen One to my taste ,And for some random reason I keep thinking an Afro Samurai sleeve would look good

The search continues

Usget

5,426 posts

212 months

Tuesday 2nd May 2017
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CoolHands said:
clarkmagpie said:
Why on earth should that matter?

No place for rude/insensitive comments.
Especially when involving children.
Do you know their circumstances?
What on earth has it got to do with you??
It's on a discussion site that's what it's got to do with me.

I think that kind of imagery is very frightful for young children, and I would hope they don't have them.
Or..... just throwing it out there.... their kids (who may or may not exist, I have no idea) might grow up understanding that some people have colourful pictures on their arms and some don't, and cast not a single asparagus on their character in either sense. But what a terrible world that would be because then we'd have nothing to go on the Internet and be rude to random strangers about.

HTP99

22,638 posts

141 months

Tuesday 2nd May 2017
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Usget said:
CoolHands said:
clarkmagpie said:
Why on earth should that matter?

No place for rude/insensitive comments.
Especially when involving children.
Do you know their circumstances?
What on earth has it got to do with you??
It's on a discussion site that's what it's got to do with me.

I think that kind of imagery is very frightful for young children, and I would hope they don't have them.
Or..... just throwing it out there.... their kids (who may or may not exist, I have no idea) might grow up understanding that some people have colourful pictures on their arms and some don't, and cast not a single asparagus on their character in either sense. But what a terrible world that would be because then we'd have nothing to go on the Internet and be rude to random strangers about.
Watch out for that asparagus!

uk66fastback

16,596 posts

272 months

Tuesday 2nd May 2017
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f1nn said:
I don't have any tattoos, and if I'm honest I'm unsure how I feel about them.

I totally appreciate the skill that **some** tattoo artists have, but I see so very many very poor, very samey tats on people that the **individual** aspect starts to wear a bit thin.

I suppose what I can't quite get my head around is that most people with ink will tell you they are personal and have meaning to them etc, but most appear to be a variation on a common theme, look at the last couple of examples, skulls and samurai...just seems a bit of an odd thing to have permantly displayed in a very visible place.

Still, all personal preference of course and it wouldn't do for us all to be the same.
+1 here - don't forget the clock faces with the roman numerals ...

The Moose

22,882 posts

210 months

Tuesday 2nd May 2017
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uk66fastback said:
f1nn said:
I don't have any tattoos, and if I'm honest I'm unsure how I feel about them.

I totally appreciate the skill that **some** tattoo artists have, but I see so very many very poor, very samey tats on people that the **individual** aspect starts to wear a bit thin.

I suppose what I can't quite get my head around is that most people with ink will tell you they are personal and have meaning to them etc, but most appear to be a variation on a common theme, look at the last couple of examples, skulls and samurai...just seems a bit of an odd thing to have permantly displayed in a very visible place.

Still, all personal preference of course and it wouldn't do for us all to be the same.
+1 here - don't forget the clock faces with the roman numerals ...
Likewise. I don't get it either. I can appreciate the great talent that must have gone into the last recent tattoos howevever I can't get my head around why you'd want that on your body forever more. I also don't in any way find it attractive on a bird.

Lucky we are all different I guess!

sc0tt

18,057 posts

202 months

Tuesday 2nd May 2017
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The Moose said:
Likewise. I don't get it either. I can appreciate the great talent that must have gone into the last recent tattoos howevever I can't get my head around why you'd want that on your body forever more. I also don't in any way find it attractive on a bird.

Lucky we are all different I guess!
I have 2 birds on my arms wobble

Usget

5,426 posts

212 months

Tuesday 2nd May 2017
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HTP99 said:
Watch out for that asparagus!
Malapropism intended wink

weeboot

1,063 posts

100 months

Monday 15th May 2017
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So

26,433 posts

223 months

Monday 15th May 2017
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weeboot said:

Davel

8,982 posts

259 months

Monday 15th May 2017
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You're point being..........

smile

weeboot

1,063 posts

100 months

Monday 15th May 2017
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Davel said:
You're point being..........

smile
To whom is that addressed?

Adam B

27,339 posts

255 months

Monday 15th May 2017
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what inspired that choice weeboot? (sorry - have no idea if that is a well known character)

alorotom

11,965 posts

188 months

Monday 15th May 2017
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Adam B said:
what inspired that choice weeboot? (sorry - have no idea if that is a well known character)
The cat looks quite Tim Burton-ish but I could be very very wrong lol

weeboot

1,063 posts

100 months

Monday 15th May 2017
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It does look Burton-ish, you're right, but it was a design done by an apprentice. I liked it and we mutually benefited, she got to do another of her 25 free tattoos and I got a nice bit of art.
It just so happens that she used her pet Siamese as inspiration for the body shape and, without knowing, I'd already named it Oscar, after my childhood Siamese.

Davel

8,982 posts

259 months

Monday 15th May 2017
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weeboot said:
To whom is that addressed?
Not you - So

I'm asking why he has put our tattoos alongside each other ?

Simple question - wasn't getting shirty

weeboot

1,063 posts

100 months

Monday 15th May 2017
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No worries, sorry if that came across as pissy.