arnividar;75663 wrote:
i agree with archie actually. Either lots of colors, or none at all for my two cents worth.

+ 1

benedryl….

A friend told me that when he got his, the pain was definitely there but the vibrations from the needle was worse on the windpipe.

Hope that helps any.

I have tattoos on my hands, feet, legs, arms, chest and back. I work one job with senior citizens and another job with children. I cover up the vulgar tattoos for the children and the seniors love looking at my tattoos.

Like said above, you’re being judged all the time with or without tattoos. There’s just a stigma with tatts that many…[Read more]

start with a concept of sorts……go from there. if not, I’m just going to suggest a big plum tree with a dragon coming around it with a dead bunny on the side and some ants eating it with some mice playing in clover fields. or some random shit like that. hahaha.

seriously, come up with at the very least a concept or a main theme.

Hey there. Welcome to the forum.

Watty;74675 wrote:
I personally ask people why they decided to get that and how long they have have the tatt for mainly just to pick their brains on their idea of a tatt, and to tell them it’s a good tatt. But that’s why I stare

I kind of ask the same.

Another question I generally ask is who did it since I’m in Hawaii and the tattoo artist…[Read more]

If you did something in a tritych or diptych, you wouldn’t need something as generic as a clock for time.

on second thought, this is for a tattoo………that might be too much.

some of my tatts scab up twice.

you should take a pic of it so we can get a clearer idea as to what you’re talking about.

Most schools here in Hawaii don’t look very highly at tattoos on teachers. Even in the college level which i used to teach at.

I covered up for the most part but one day i just said fuck it and went with my tattoos showing. The admin sort of was shocked but didn’t really make so much as a peep about my ink.

Now that I’ve quit that gig and have…[Read more]

Gsouder;73624 wrote:
What island are you on?

Oahu.

If I were on the Big Island, it’d be more fun for riding.

Butterfly……..and arrow? nyahahahahahaha!!!!

Really……..take a DVD player or something with you to keep your eyes, ears and brains occupied. makes the pain a little less.

Either that or just grit your teeth and schlog through it.

Pain…..can be pleasurable too, you know. hehehehehehe

itsofficial;73669 wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I just thought I remembered reading that the chest was a painful spot, or maybe it was just the sternum… Ha that makes me feel a lot better.

Head has to be one of the worst. You can’t move a muscle to do anything while getting your head tattooed and the needle is hitting all bone. Anything…[Read more]

yodaddynukka;72956 wrote:
haha good point. i would love to ride in hawaii just for the views!

You should come for the riding.

You might get annoyed with all the tribal tattoos here in Hawaii but there’s a big tatt community that you’d enjoy meeting as well as a riding community.

hahaha…..

no matter what you do, over the years, it’ll fade. Some of those tatts you’ve seen that are grey are probably older than dirt. It also depends on the quality of the work that was done and the ink choices that artist made.

As far as your part goes, just don’t get lazy on the care of your tatts. They should stay as vibrant as they…[Read more]

You could always make that info a sort of morgue tag, tied around your ankle, wrist, or whatever.

Its never been the pain that was a bother for me about getting inked. It was always the itching that follows.

Hey, nice to meet you, I’m from Honolulu, Hawaii.

Hope to see what you’ve got inked and what you’ve inked.

ArniVidar;73575 wrote:
What if you’re staring because it’s just so awful? Do you still strike up a conversation?

I sometimes do. I want to know who did the work and what the hell the person was thinking when they got the tatt. I mean, you gotta say, “yes, that’s what I want” before getting inked. At least most times you do.

WHAT?! No centipedes? For shame!!!