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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #70 on: June 28, 2010, 06:09:29 PM »
Be happy to oblige...:)
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #73 on: June 30, 2010, 06:58:00 PM »
There is still some healing to finish, but it looks good enough to share. Right arm, finished for now:

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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #74 on: June 30, 2010, 07:04:40 PM »
I assume that's some kind of LOTR thing?

I was gonna get a tattoo, but my arms are too skinny and of course there's the whole, against my culture, thing.
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #75 on: June 30, 2010, 07:10:59 PM »
Nope, nothing Lord of the Rings in it at all, other than the presence of a ring. The symbolism is very personal to me and incredibly meaningful.
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #76 on: June 30, 2010, 07:20:32 PM »
Nope, nothing Lord of the Rings in it at all, other than the presence of a ring. The symbolism is very personal to me and incredibly meaningful.

Yea, it was the ring that the two eyes (I assume they'e eyes) just reminded me of it. But it's a very cool looking tattoo.
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #77 on: June 30, 2010, 09:06:17 PM »
Ok, here are mine so far:



(looks huge, but only ~4" across)


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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #78 on: June 30, 2010, 09:23:54 PM »
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #79 on: July 01, 2010, 01:37:12 PM »
YOU'RE WHITE?!?!??!

Extremely.

However, you can continue picturing me as a tall, smooth black man if it so pleases you.
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #80 on: July 01, 2010, 01:38:29 PM »
I'd rprefer to see the unedited copy of that pool pic.  I missed it the first time you unknowingly posted it.

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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #81 on: July 01, 2010, 01:47:28 PM »
Yea, it was the ring that the two eyes (I assume they'e eyes) just reminded me of it. But it's a very cool looking tattoo.

Yes, they are eyes. Thanks. :) 9 hours totalto complete it from the initial tattoo seven years ago to the shading I had completed last week.
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #82 on: July 01, 2010, 02:00:30 PM »
YOU'RE WHITE?!?!??!

Extremely.

However, you can continue picturing me as a tall, smooth black man if it so pleases you.

No amount of pictures of yourself would ever make me think otherwise.

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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #83 on: July 01, 2010, 02:02:21 PM »
Unless you turned out to be this guy


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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #84 on: July 01, 2010, 04:47:53 PM »
YOU'RE WHITE?!?!??!

Extremely.

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lol, you're not white.
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #85 on: July 02, 2010, 03:29:45 AM »
There is still some healing to finish, but it looks good enough to share. Right arm, finished for now:



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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #86 on: July 31, 2010, 12:16:29 PM »
Got the jitters...I have a 4:00 appointment at a place in the East Village...  I've been toying with the idea for a while, and actually going for it was sort of a last-minute/belated birthday thing...

I'll post pics later.
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #87 on: July 31, 2010, 01:29:21 PM »
What are you getting?

Offer still stands for designing future work...

And pre-tattoo jitters are awesome; they make the process that much more awesome. (I love getting tattooed, in case you couldn't tell.)
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #88 on: July 31, 2010, 06:37:08 PM »
Oh, hyperplex... if I didn't already have a Husband who's good at design stuff I'd so ask you to fix me up!
Husband is good enough, though. He knows what I want, but pushes it so it looks better than I imagine it could be.


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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #89 on: July 31, 2010, 07:35:14 PM »
I'd still love to do something for you. There's no law that says the same guy has to design every piece you have. It's all good, though; I don't want to step on his turf. ;)
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #90 on: July 31, 2010, 08:59:38 PM »
If I got a tattoo it'd probably be John Bonham's trinity logo on my right shoulder/bicep.

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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #91 on: July 31, 2010, 09:27:20 PM »
What are you getting?

Offer still stands for designing future work...

And pre-tattoo jitters are awesome; they make the process that much more awesome. (I love getting tattooed, in case you couldn't tell.)

A coral snake, wrapped around my right upper arm, below the King Crimson (Tibetan sun/moon) tattoo.

Part of it is practically in my armpit, which hurt like a mother (especially the shading).  2.5 hours in the chair, all said and done.  I could have lasted maybe five more minutes.  Made my previous tattoos seem like childs play...

It looks awesome, and the artist even took pics for his portfolio.

There's a spot on my left calf that I'm reserving for one of yours, I think.  Just have to come up with an idea of what I want.  There's another one I have nearly planned, where I may seek your assistance for part of it, as well.
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #92 on: July 31, 2010, 09:40:58 PM »
YOU'RE WHITE?!?!??!

Extremely.

However, you can continue picturing me as a tall, smooth black man if it so pleases you.
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #93 on: August 01, 2010, 12:00:10 AM »
Sweeeeet. Looking forward to it.
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #94 on: August 01, 2010, 04:07:42 AM »
Hey guys, out of interest, how do you decide on what you want as a tattoo? I've been considering it for some time, but keep being indecisive but obviously need to be absolutely sure of it.


of course there's the whole, against my culture, thing.

So get it somewhere that you can hide it?

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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #95 on: August 01, 2010, 08:31:55 AM »
I'd still love to do something for you. There's no law that says the same guy has to design every piece you have. It's all good, though; I don't want to step on his turf. ;)
hehe. I don't really think he'd mind, though :P And I adore your work (what I've seen).


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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #96 on: August 01, 2010, 09:56:37 AM »
Offer still stands for designing future work...

My wife might be interested in enlisting your services for her next one.
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #97 on: August 01, 2010, 10:10:28 AM »
Tattoos can be quite badass, but are far too permanent for my tastes.  You guys have some awesome looking ones though. :tup

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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #98 on: August 01, 2010, 12:11:07 PM »
Just hit me up if/when you guys want stuff. I'll see what I can do.
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #99 on: August 01, 2010, 12:25:00 PM »
Don't remember who had what, but whoever had that King Crimson one is badass  :metal
I know Mike Portnoy has one, but I forgot if anyone on here as a Frank Zappa mustache tattoo, 'cause those are awesome

And like I said before, I'm strongly leaning towards getting John Bonham's trinity symbol on my shoulder/bicep

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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #100 on: August 01, 2010, 12:44:41 PM »
Don't remember who had what, but whoever had that King Crimson one is badass  :metal

That would be me, and thank you!
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #101 on: August 01, 2010, 12:51:25 PM »
Personally, I want my tattoos to be unique to me, rather than related to something else. I've designed all of mine and that makes them more perosnal to me.

I tend to create my designs and then put them some place where I'll see it for several hours every day for about 6 months (like my desk at work). If I still love it and want it after that time, I'm usually pretty sure it'll be good in my skin.
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #102 on: August 01, 2010, 01:20:59 PM »
Personally, I want my tattoos to be unique to me, rather than related to something else. I've designed all of mine and that makes them more perosnal to me.

I tend to create my designs and then put them some place where I'll see it for several hours every day for about 6 months (like my desk at work). If I still love it and want it after that time, I'm usually pretty sure it'll be good in my skin.
That's quite a good idea actually.

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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #103 on: August 01, 2010, 02:13:23 PM »
I sort of co-opted the KC tattoo...more than a statement of love for the band, it's about the aesthetic that the band's music from that era represents:  Something fragile and delicate, within something corrosiver and acidic.  Beyond the aesthetic, to me it is also more broadly about my own duality, embracing both the primal and the intellectual, and having them be in harmony rather than opposition.

Generally, I will see an image that somehow resonates with me.  Gradually, the image will evolve in my mind, and I put a finer point on what it means to me.  Given enough time, I will have an image that means enough to me that I will want to make it a part of me.  Unfortunately, I lack the motor skills the even draw a straight line when aided by a ruler, to say nothing of drawing a tattoo, so I have to rely on others for help with the image itself.
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Re: The officially offical tattoo thread!
« Reply #104 on: August 01, 2010, 02:16:32 PM »
I have a four leaf clover on my right back/hip and a kanji symbol for prosperity on the back of my neck. Both solid black.