Do you have a tattoo?

[Mr Roper]

Mr Roper said:

5 hours done.

6 1/2 hours today. That's all the shading done.
Next is all the colour.

On the home stretch.

[Turn7]

Liking that.....

[NordicCrankShaft]

tw_uk said:

Finished the upper arm now after another 8/9 hours (c.20 in total) very happy with the result.

Decision time as to whether the design continues down my forearm now!

Who did this?

I'm in need of some work done to finish an existing piece and also start a new one except my regular guy has disappeared from the face of the earth

[mybrainhurts]

Why don't you lot have this stuff printed on clothing?

Then you could wear something different every day.

[Robertj21a]

How long would it take to have that amount of tattooing removed ?

[lucido grigio]

Even simple line tattoos need a few sessions to laser off.

It would take forever to remove the huge amount of ink on that arm.

Agony x1000

[Robertj21a]

lucido grigio said:

Even simple line tattoos need a few sessions to laser off.

It would take forever to remove the huge amount of ink on that arm.

Agony x1000

Looks like some of the young ladies are going to have some expensive, and painful, times in a few years then !

[Mr Roper]

Turn7 said:

Liking that.....

Ta, It's coming along nicely.

[sc0tt]

Robertj21a said:

Looks like some of the young ladies are going to have some expensive, and painful, times in a few years then !

Well only if they want them removed. No worries if they don't.

[Robertj21a]

sc0tt said:

Well only if they want them removed. No worries if they don't.

Quite - but who really believes that the ladies will want to keep a 'fashion' accessory long after the sell by date. It's only a current fad, many are going to regret scarring their bodies.

[pincher]

Always wondered - what's the fascination with fish in the tattoo world? Is it symbolic?p

Edit - thought I shouldn't be a lazy arse and google it myself Quite interesting actually - https://tatring.com/tattoo-ideas-meanings/Japanese...

Edited by pincher on Tuesday 29th August 16:00

[sc0tt]

Robertj21a said:

Quite - but who really believes that the ladies will want to keep a 'fashion' accessory long after the sell by date. It's only a current fad, many are going to regret scarring their bodies.

I'm guessing you don't have a tattoo?

[Mr Roper]

pincher said:

Always wondered - what's the fascination with fish in the tattoo world? Is it symbolic?p

Edit - thought I shouldn't be a lazy arse and google it myself Quite interesting actually - https://tatring.com/tattoo-ideas-meanings/Japanese...

Edited by pincher on Tuesday 29th August 16:00

[Usget]

Robertj21a said:

Quite - but who really believes that the ladies will want to keep a 'fashion' accessory long after the sell by date. It's only a current fad, many are going to regret scarring their bodies.

I wonder why nobody has raised this point before?! Next you'll be telling me cyclists don't pay road tacks.

[S11Steve]

Robertj21a said:

Quite - but who really believes that the ladies will want to keep a 'fashion' accessory long after the sell by date. It's only a current fad, many are going to regret scarring their bodies.

There is a big market for cover-ups, but obviously not everything can be reworked.

However, some people do put a lot of thought into their design, and know that it is not a decision to be taken lightly. I'm booked in for my first next month, something I've been thinking about for 20 years now. The design I have settled on is something very personal to me, and quite symbolic - not only in the artistry, but the meaning. It's not going to be visible under work attire, despite the size, and I am doing this for myself, not to please or displease anybody else. It's not exactly a spur of the moment drunken scrawl whilst on a lads holiday to Magaluf.

I know it's there forever, but the meaning has been with me for the past 40 odd years of my life, and I don't see it changing in the next 40.

And the usual response to "what will you be like when you are old and in a nursing home with a big tattoo?" - "I'll be in the cool corner with the other old inked guys"

[uk66fastback]

S11Steve said:

The design I have settled on is something very personal to me, and quite symbolic - not only in the artistry, but the meaning.

Can you share what that is then, as I don't understand what people mean when they say this about tattoos ...

[tw_uk]

NordicCrankShaft said:

tw_uk said:

Finished the upper arm now after another 8/9 hours (c.20 in total) very happy with the result.

Decision time as to whether the design continues down my forearm now!

Who did this?

I'm in need of some work done to finish an existing piece and also start a new one except my regular guy has disappeared from the face of the earth

J (Jorge) Becerra. Hugely talented and fascinating guy. He tours the world but his studio is in Ipswich, Suffolk.

I'm currently in the process of getting a little more done. It has properly healed now and pleased to report looks even better than before, couldn't recommend him highly enough.

[Ruskie]

There are some pretentious tts on this thread. Thanks for popping by and letting us know you don't like tattoos.

[Johnny]

Always

[lucido grigio]

You don't have to have a tattoo on this thread.

But it helps.