Tattoo photo thread -- just got home from the tattoo parlor

[LostinVA]

I was originally going to get a heart with "flvegan" in the middle, but I'm scared of LeftyMom.

[DarkTirade]

1. Teh awesome.

I give it :thumbsup::thumbsup:

:P

[LostinVA]

4. Thanks

It took forever to do.

[DarkTirade]

13. I can imagine... that's a lot of ink there

lotta filling in between the lines.

I can't wait until I can afford to get mine. I've had four planned that I've wanted for YEARS. (five actually, but around the age of 23 or 24 I finally started to grow enough chest hair that it might screw up the one I was planning to get there. :P )

[LostinVA]

19. I might get a little shading added later

Haruka gave me a gift certificate there for Christmas. I've been wanting a 2nd one, since I got my armband three years ago. There's just always more important things to spend the money on, though.

[DarkTirade]

23. Yeah, money's my issue too.

I'd always told myself I'd wait five years after I thought of a tattoo to make sure I still wanted it.

I wanted my first three since 2000. I just haven't had the money. :(

[LeftyMom]

2. Good choice.

:thumbsup:

[LostinVA]

5. That's what I thought

:scared:

You vegans are freakishly strong.

[LeftyMom]

26. You're telling me.

Did I ever tell you about the time that I thought that (thanks to the miracle of leverage) I thought I'd actually pinned flvegan down?

:rofl:

He just smiles, flicks his wrists a little- and lifts me up a good four inches.

Show off. x(

Physics can bite my ass.

[LostinVA]

27. You should take aikido

Haruka and I are taking it together. Our sensei smirks whenever we throw each other.

[LeftyMom]

34. I'd need a rental crane to throw flvegan

He weighs almost twice what I do, and most of the extra is muscle.

[LostinVA]

36. You'd still have fun trying

We did pins last class. Haruka wasn't my partner, though. We try not to work together in class.

[unpossibles]

83. not if you understand leverage

the trick to throwing a bigger person is to get under their center of gravity and lift (with your legs/hips) to unbalance them. Takes very little strength, but the trick is distracting them first so they are not able to defend well.

I've done Judo, but prefer Shuai Chao, which is essentially applied Tai Chi, and is very practical to use and easy to learn, but hard to find a teacher for sometimes, although some mixed martial arts and gung fu studios teach it.

Seriously - it's a lot of fun!

[Debi]

43. You two have the craziest sex life!

:P

[LostinVA]

50. You should see what we got with LeftyMom and Guest's wedding present

:evilgrin:

[seemunkee]

3. Nice job

Love the dragons

[LostinVA]

6. Thanks -- I was born in the year of the dragon

[Shakespeare]

10. So was I!

That's why I have the dragon character inside the lotus flower.

[bicentennial_baby]

12. Me too...freaky...

:o

[LostinVA]

14. That's why we're so simpatico

I think we were born in different years of the dragon, though.

[Shakespeare]

18. No, I think we were.

1964?

[LostinVA]

20. Yay -- that's the best year ever

[Shakespeare]

25. IT IS.

No wonder we're so awesome.

[LostinVA]

29. We are awesome

Want to hear something funny?

Haruka was flipping through semi-porn mags while I got my tattoo.

[Shakespeare]

31. Well, that's a fun way to pass the time while waiting on one's wife to get a tattoo.

What's so funny about that? :shrug:

:rofl: :rofl:

[LostinVA]

32. My favorite part was when she walked up to me & the tattoo artist, holding up the magazine, and said

"Hey, wasn't this guy in my cousin's porn movie?"

[Shakespeare]

33. ROFL!!!

Oh, god, that's GREAT!!

How is Porno Jim, btw?

[LostinVA]

35. Yeah -- there's nothing better than a good porn conversation while getting a tattoo

He's doing good. We were disappointed we missed his Brooklyn show.

[ghostsofgiants]

37. Your cousin is Porno Jim?

My porn crush has worked with him, haha.

[LostinVA]

38. Actually -- he's Haruka's cousin

Whose your porn crush? Is it someone in Jim's movie, "Hooking Up?"

[ghostsofgiants]

67. Haha, cool.

Yeah, it's Simone Valentino, haha.

[cboy4]

64. ....

:spray:

fuckin hilarious.

And nice tat!!!

[KitchenWitch]

66. Me too!

:D

[LostinVA]

74. Really?!

[KitchenWitch]

77. Fo shizzle!

:D

[KitchenWitch]

65. So was I!!

:D

[sakabatou]

7. Awesome...

:yourock:

[LostinVA]

15. Hehehhe

[AlCzervik]

8. thats excellent.

really nicely done.

[LostinVA]

17. They do a good job there

Haruka's gone there for all of her ink, and she has a lot of ink.

[Shakespeare]

9. I love it!!!

How long did it take?

[LostinVA]

11. The actual tattooing part took about two and a half hours

His assistant called out sick, so he had to stop a couple times to talk to customers. The part near my spine hurt like hell. Probably three times as worse as my armband.

[Zornhau]

16. Very cool!

I love the symmetry!

[LostinVA]

21. I had a tough time deciding if I wanted the point facing up or down

I went with the more traditional upwards.

[ghostsofgiants]

22. I wish I had pictures of mine.

Got it done today, turned out pretty dope, but my friend couldn't find her digital camera and my brother has mine. x(

[LostinVA]

24. Cool!

You've gotta post a pic when you take some. What did you get?

[ghostsofgiants]

28. The "ghost girls" from this painting on my upper right arm...

http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/2007/galleries.php?g=1&p_id=57

I guess somewhere between a quarter and half sleeve.

[LostinVA]

30. Oh I bet that looks awesome

[Cabcere]

39. I like it!

:thumbsup: Very cool. :)

[LostinVA]

44. Thanks

[Fleshdancer]

40. Beautiful!

how long did it take? I can see why Haruka like this place, they did a fantastic job. I'm surprised that your skin doesn't look irritated. Did they put some sort of topical inflammation cream on it before hand or something? If this were me, my upper back would red and swollen.

[LostinVA]

45. It took about 2.5 hours

It's not even red today, really. The only thing they put on it was a bit of vaseline before bandaging it up. I had to keep the bandage on for two hours.

I actually told the guy about Haruka educating you on piercings. He was happy, and we found out that at mall piercing places, they don't even have to watch a safety video or anything. They just get a quick lesson and start piercing.

[flvegan]

41. I like it!

Even if it was your second choice.

:rofl:

[LostinVA]

47. You just like that it's a topless photo of me

I'll post that nude photo of Haruka, if you declare you'll vote for McCain.

The last thing the artist did for the night was a hood piercing on some girl. I just thought you might like that.

[flvegan]

61. You send

me a nude pic of Haruka, I'll declare a vote for anyone you want.

And yeah, you look pretty damn good topless yourself. I have so much more to "think" about now...

[Debi]

42. Wow!

How long did that take?

[LostinVA]

48. About 2.5 hours

It's Haruka's turn to get tattooed next. Her's will be bigger. She's such a size queen.

[KittyWampus]

46. how much does a tattoo cost (or is that not a thing to ask?) How did you decide on pattern?

it looks kind of Celtic.

[LostinVA]

54. It cost $240 with the "friend" discount thrown in

The $240 doesn't include tip.

I've been wanting something Celtic for awhile, and I looked around. So this was not only Celtic, but it has dragons, and I was born in the year of the Dragon.

[Shakespeare]

57. That's a really good price!

That's a big, intricate piece. My lotus flower was $200.

[Fire Walk With Me]

49. Wow, nice ink!

I'm a dragon year baby as well.

[LostinVA]

51. Shakespeare is too

We were both born in 1964.

[SallyMander]

52. That's really neat

Love it!

Did you get "tattoo goo"? That stuff is really soothing, and smells amazing!

[LostinVA]

55. I have never heard of Tattoo Goo -- but Haruka knows what it is

I'm using A&D ointment, and then lubriderm. Apparently, he sells Tattoo Goo, though.

[SallyMander]

58. May be worth picking some up

I found it especially helped with itchiness. :)

[lost-in-nj]

53. here's mine!!!

thinking about another one on my left ankle...


lost the anklet walking home from a bar
drunk one night.....

oh well...................

story for another time

and

that is beautiful.......

lost

[LostinVA]

56. That's pretty

And if you decide to get another one, the place I went to is great.

[lost-in-nj]

59. I went to Shotsies on 23 her in my town

a girl did it

she was awesome....

the card she gave me says

"to ask for the girl"


LOL


its really beautiful, LIV....

can't decide on a butterfly or a gargoyle....

lost

[Tektonik]

60. hot tat

:thumbsup:

[LostinVA]

75. Thanks!

[Seashell Eyes]

62. Nice work!

:thumbsup: I'd get one if they weren't so permanent.

[LostinVA]

70. OMG -- they are?!

Hehehehehehehe -- I know what you mean. I was kinda freaked out about that part when I got my armband a few years ago.

[snailly]

63. Wow That really is a beautiful job

[Connonym]

68. Very nice!

[LostinVA]

69. Thanks -- the bad new is

I think it may be starting to itch a little.

:scared:

[xchrom]

71. wow -- that's very cool - and i love the placement. nt

[AirmensMom]

72. Wow!

That's awesome! :bounce: :thumbsup:

My kids keep wanting me to get one, but I'm not brave enough ... yet. :P

[LostinVA]

73. I do have to admit that, compared to my armband, THIS HURT LIKE HELL

My armband was a walk in the park.... some of the fill in the center by my spine made my hair stand on end the pain was so bad.

But, then I had the "After Getting Tattoo Major High" and was okay.

[AirmensMom]

76. One of my girls said the same thing.

She had one done across her back, a little higher than yours. Ouch! I'm glad you got the "After Getting Tattoo Major High" ... that's something she neglected to tell me about.

[redqueen]

78. Very nice!

LOVE the dragons... love love love. :)

I can't wait to get mine!

:bounce:

[LostinVA]

81. Thanks, sweetums

[FunkyLeprechaun]

79. I'd Show you my tattoos

But they'd get the thread locked!

That's a very cool tattoo though!

[buzzard]

80. My daughters, she emailed me from Equador to say she got a little tattoo. LOL

[uppityperson]

85. Now that is interesting.

tree and roots? Is it finished or in progress? Interesting.

[buzzard]

86. It is finished she didn't want any colour, and yes it is tree and roots.n/t

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

82. Jesus. How Close Do You Live To Me? They're Right Down The Road From Me!

Great tat by the way. :)

[unpossibles]

84. I like it!

very cool design.