Hi everyone,

Well, I’m new on here. I’m here for a specific reason, but to start with I thought I’d post a hello and brief “tattoo background”. 🙂

I’m 40 in April, when I married my wife Lorna (15 years ago) I had Chinese lettering of her name on one arm. When our daughter Katie was born I had the same style lettering on the other arm. Then when our son Toby was born I did it all over again. So, both arms have this style of tattoo. They run from the shoulder, at the back of the arm, down to halfway between the elbow and wrist. They are great and I am proud of them and love it when people ask what they mean. When I get the chance I will post a photo if this is the sort of thing done on this site (I imagine it is :)).

I have always said that I will only get tattoos that have a meaning to me, and although I have been very tempted I have resisted the urge to get all manner of further tattoos on my arms, chest, back etc. That’s just how I am, I don’t want to dilute the meaning of the tattoos that I already have.

However, on the 2nd of January my brother died. He was 49 years old. It was sudden and totally unexpected. It’s a tragedy for our whole family and we are still not really at terms with it. This is the main reason that I have registered on this site. I want to get a tattoo in his memory, but although I have a good idea of the basic plan for it, I really feel that I need help and advice, I’d certainly appreciate it anyway. I imagine that there are many people on here that have done a similar thing?

Anyway, that’s enough from me for now. I’m going to get a photo taken of my current tattoos, and revisit probably tomorrow with the plans that I have for my new one, to see what people’s thoughts are.

I’ll have a browse of the site now, see how things work, and what’s going on.

Thanks and take care all.

Duncan
🙂