Marcus M6;35552 wrote:
Obviously I dont just go out and say im going to get a tattoo of whatever i see first because its fun. I put thought into my tattoos, but i also get tattoos that look good to me. Ohh and if you think art and creativity are meant to be serious your sadly mistaken.

Marcus – KnightHawk was using something known as…[Read more]

Seriously, I envy you if these are your worst problems in life. Get over it. Families are always full of shit. You’ve just come in on the scene – who are you to tell them how they should have lived their lives? If you weren’t happy with it, you shouldn’t have married in. My blood family is full of similar sort of crap. Power issues, hidden…[Read more]

CathA;35586 wrote:
However, I listened to the friend of my friend screaming like a piglet whilst getting her done (me, my friend, and this girl had ours done at the same time)… only to say afterwards “that wasn’t painful at all”. ROFL!

Oh, and “arse” is a much cooler word then “ass”… and my spell check says “colour”, therefore colour must…[Read more]

Thanks for the advice! Got my email off to my artist last night. Included some of your ideas, but have decided to go for a bit of an art nouveau theme at the top of my back and then bring that down into vines and flowers, and also thought it might be an idea to have some random objects entwined in the vines to break it up a bit, found some nice…[Read more]

KnightHawk –

I replied on the basis he was being sarcastic – do you really think a supposedly grown man would seriously brag about the pain of some 1990’s navel sun tattoo, to a bunch of people who have some major detail over virtually bare bone?? I’m beginning to wonder if he’s for real now that I’ve read your healthy rant! That would be simply…[Read more]

Oi – England is where it’s at 😉 And I concede that I am a wimp. But I’m beginning my backpiece soon. And I’d like to see you handle childbirth! (what it all boils down to, usually!)

KnightHawk;35557 wrote:
Once again, because you’re an adult, and you love your wife. Quite whining already, you sound like you’re twelve.

Love. Peace. Metallica.

Hear hear! This is such an annoying post. “poor me and my miserable life”. What a joke lol. It’s called having some fucking respect. Just like I have respect around my own…[Read more]

I agree with KnightHawk entirely.

Your point of view is fairly naive. Firstly, while tattoos are a great conversation starter with many, this is not the case with all. A lot of people dislike tattoos, and will not be tempted by a salesperson covered in them.

There are a wide range of social stereotypes associated with tattoos. Drugs, bikers,…[Read more]

Well it’s 4am so I haven’t taken the time to read all the replies to this, so I’m sorry if the conversation has moved on or if I’m repeating or contradicting anything that’s already been said! But to directly answer your question: I don’t think your wife and in-laws are ashamed of you or your tattoos. I hide my tattoos around one set of my…[Read more]

Yeah it was the wedding procession of Peleus and Thetis. I wouldn’t get anything like the whole procession on as my arms are quite skinny (although the above two photos makes them look so fat!), it would just have to be the front part, and then my thoughts were to have the centre detail section of the frieze below underneath it and the thin…[Read more]

bigbud;35399 wrote:
keep breathin its like havin a baby (well a man baby anyways):D

Oooh you’re on very thin ice bigbud 😉

An autoclave is the high pressured steriliser used by tattoo artists (and hospitals) to eliminate blood borne pathogens.

As for your next comment – I’ve known people to go to a poor standard artist with a simple design (and I mean a REAL simple design, such as hearts, stars etc) saying the same as you, and end up with a poor quality job. Wobbly…[Read more]

I’m not a personal fan of Kanji or Tribal myself, by any means. But then I am sure there are plenty of people out there who are not a fan of my tattoos. Personally, I think that it wouldn’t harm us to maintain a mutual respect over these things. One thing that I hate, someone else will love. As long as the person walks out of the studio happy with…[Read more]

I know, I’ve been pretty much AWOL for a short while as I’ve been madly working for an exam which is now thankfully out the way!

Thanks so much! You’ve made me feel a bit more confident about it now. I just have this image of some self proclaimed expert coming up to me on the street and telling me my tattoo is wonky! But I’ll never regret it, I…[Read more]

Izarrasink;34690 wrote:
Azure , i couldnt have said it better myself, i just dont have time to type all those words lol.:D

You know me – any excuse to let off steam!! 😉

I think the back is probably the best canvas the body has to offer, so I’m loving the fact you included a pic of the naked pre-ink version!! :p
Great being able to watch the progress, far more interesting than simply a picture of the finished product! The bottom part is so far my favourite of the piece, you’re gonna have to start wearing…[Read more]

I love them. Beautiful tributes. I saw your thread about wanting to add to them but I haven’t replied because I can’t think of anything I would want to add – perhaps that’s my lack of imagination coming through lol, but I think anything else would take the focus off what are presumably two very important pieces for you. But I hope you find…[Read more]

n1k0l1;34629 wrote:
I have the word Hate on my right wrist, love on my left. I love both of them and im glad I got them – even though I was 17 at the time – im now 24 and havnt regretted a day – and never will. If it means something to you – than theres no reason to not get it.

I’m not going to explain my beliefs in this thread but only GOD can…[Read more]

Carmael;34578 wrote:
Another arguement I got was, ‘What’s that going to look like when you are 70?’ and my response was, ‘Well if anyone is looking at my arse when I’m 70 they should either be ashamed of themselves or ask for a raise.’

Lmao, that’s always my response too. People are always so fixated on what tattoos will look like on old…[Read more]

Great tattoo – and thank you, very persuasive argument and you’ve convinced me not to go through with it – shall have a rethink on the placement! 🙂