My new tat, and some others

angie_85 · 02-16-09, 09:23 AM

I'm all excited about my new tat and just have to show it off. It hurts like a B***h but oh so very worth every second of pain. Just got it done last night. And a few others I have. I love tattoos and seeing other people's so post your own

Beautiful!!!

Have loved Aerosmith since I was like 5, so had to incorporate into a tat.

Hope this one is appropriate....this is my girl Mel's tattoo.

And another of hers.

My boyfriend did all of these for us.

Kmef07 · 02-16-09, 09:53 AM

Wow nice tats... They look great ur bf does great work. i have always wanted one but i get bored of things easily and don't wanna regret something that is painful as hell to take off.

Wolfus_305 · 02-17-09, 06:29 AM

Wow, they're really nice!
How long have you had them?
Kenny

**Aaron_S** · 02-17-09, 07:52 AM

This is just slightly over a year old now.

siz · 02-17-09, 08:43 AM

Angie, nice, birght tattoo! The flowers really pop.

Aaron that is so sweet! I like the colours, they've all been blended really nicely, and they're nice and bold. Awesome! How long did that take? I'm assuming you took a couple sitting haha? I have a rib piece and it hurt. It's smaller than yours though.

I'll have to post some of mine too..I only have 4 right now..I LOVE tattoos

**Aaron_S** · 02-17-09, 09:31 AM

Thanks siz. The colour has healed really well. I missed the tattoo convention last year so I couldn't go show it off in some colour contest.

Umm in total I think I was in the seat for 7 - 8 hours over two sessions. I haven't spent less than 3.5 hours in a session yet between the two tattoos I have.

angie_85 · 02-17-09, 09:40 AM

Thanks for all the great comments. AaronS, that is a sweet tat for sure, and I love the saying. I haven't had the nerve to do a rib piece yet, may have to get some numbing cream first because I hear that's almost the worst place to get one, besides the foot. You should post a pic of the other one. I have 9 in total, a cross on my ankle that I did myself, a tribal heart that a friend of mine did, that same friend's name, the 2 pics I posted, a tiger, my boyfriend's name and my kids' handprint and footprint. Got the tiger when I was 16 and all the other within the past 8 months. That's the glory of having guns and ink at my disposal

I get a tat for every special ocasion, and if he doesn't want to do it, I do. Though I'm not nearly as good...ok I'm done rambling. Please do post some Siz.

siz · 02-17-09, 10:48 AM

I have a tat on both my ribs and foot, and I gotta say..ribs take the cake, and then some. Numbing cream wouldn't do while you were actually getting inked, you couldn't get the colour through the cream without a huge mess I would imagine. I'll take some updated pictures and will post them this evening

I can't seem to find the ones on my computer..

angie_85 · 02-17-09, 11:27 AM

Hmmm...I guess some people are just different. My friend got one on her foot and screamed the whole time, then again she is a drama queen and a half. My boyfriend has about 30 tats now, only 2 smaller ones on his ribs and one on his foot. He says the foot was the worst. There is cream and spray you can get to numb the area being done. The stuff we have is garbage but it was not made specifically for tattoos so I guess that's why. There is cream you can get for the outline and stuff, then there is spray for the rest. I guess you put it on after the outline and it soaks into the broken skin. I believe both are 4% Lidocaine, 2% Tetracaine, and 12%Benzocaine. Not sure if they'll do the trick but we'll see. We have Emla cream which oesn't work worth a S**t, and stud 500 or something which works for about 20 mins at a time but comes off a little with every time the tat needs to be wiped.

**Aaron_S** · 02-17-09, 01:31 PM

I just think if you can't handle the pain then just don't get a tattoo in that area.

Wolfus_305 · 02-17-09, 07:44 PM

Wow, Aaron! Nice one! I love the colours! Did you come up with the design yourself or did you see it somewhere and decide "i think i'll get a tattoo of that!"? I have a t-shirt that says "death before dishonor" and it has a sword and flowers and skulls...that's why I ask.
I love looking at tats but I'm not sure I could go through with getting one. I change my mind way too often, even about hair colour and style and am a needle-phobic. For right now I will stick to dying my hair and getting critisized by my family. Maybe one day I'll find something that I like enough to get a tattoo of it.
I really like the look of the picture I attached.
Kenny

angie_85 · 02-17-09, 08:32 PM

Aaron S you're very right, if you can't handle the pain, don't get one there. I'm just scared that it'll hurt so much I won't want it finished...lol. That picture is pretty cool looking Wolfus 305. It's something I would consider getting for sure. I know that some of mine were last minute decisions and I may regret tham later on, but I'll just have to deal with them if I ever get to that point.

Wolfus_305 · 02-17-09, 09:01 PM

Thank you, Angie! =]
Speaking of pain: when I was little my mum took me to get my ears pierced because I had begged and begged for months to get it done. I was sitting in the chair and the first one hurt so much I was ready to leave with just one ear pierced. My mum put me back in the chair and wouldn't let me leave 'till the other one was done.
I would probably want to leave before it was finished but I wouldn't want half a tattoo so I would force myself to stay 'till it was finished.
I don't think I've ever regretted anything that I've done. After a while modifications (tats, piercings...) become part of you that you don't even notice them any more.
I saw a friend today who I hadn't seen in a few weeks and the first thing they said was "oh my gosh! you have blue hair!" and I thought to myself "I looked in the mirror this morning but didn't notice the fluorescent blue, guess I'm just used to it".
Kenny

siz · 02-18-09, 08:16 AM

I was with a girl who was going to get tattooed once, and the artist started on her arm, made one line, and the girl decided it was too painful and told him to stop! Now she has a .. black line .. on her arm, lol.
But yeah, I guess everyone is different and you can't really tell beforehand if you'll have the pain tolerance. Personally, I think it's all part of the process!

**Aaron_S** · 02-18-09, 08:57 AM

Both of my tattoos are custom. The one on my ribs was thought up by me and then drawn by the tattoo artist. I didn't get the idea from those "old school" shirt designs that I now see everywhere.