Getting a Tattoo

[MrBug708]

I've had the urge to get one for a while now. I've come to terms that it's pretty permanent, I just don't know what I really want. What are some tattoo's that the FOFC has? Or has thought of getting?

[rkmsuf]

I'll never get the facination with tattoos.

Seems rather dumb to me.

Anywho, get like a Mike Tyson thing. Go big.

[cuervo72]

Get a tattoo of a watch.

[Flasch186]

wrist watch

[timmynausea]

"Mama Tried"

[Raiders Army]

Get a "Solecismic" tatoo. Maybe you can get in on the beta (whenever that happens).

[rkmsuf]

Can you get a tattoo of a tattoo?

[MizzouRah]

I have a USMC Bulldog on one arm and a Grim Reaper looking creature on the other arm, I've been wanting to get a blue note (Blues) for awhile now and have my Dad get something... just haven't went and done it yet.

Most places have tons of books to look through or most of them hanging on the walls to look at. Something ought to interest you.

[Raiders Army]

Can you get a tattoo of a tattoo?
Leave Herve Villechaize out of this!

[jeff061]

Don't be like my sister and draw a little design up and have it tatooed on your wrist . Only to have everyone ask you why you have a swastika on your wrist.

Woops.

[duckman]

Bug, you should find something that matches your personality whatever that may be. Also, pay the extra money on getting an original. Have the artist draw it up or have some who is good at drawing create the template and keep it once you are finished, so no one else will have it. It'll make it more enjoyable for you knowing that someone else will show up with the same exact tattoo.

I have six tattoos:

The Grim Reaper on my right arm.
A cross with my son's name on left arm.
A lion ripping through my skin on my left pec. (the only mistake one. the artist did a poor job with the coloring).
A skeleton ripping through my skin on my right pec.
A gothic looking tribal with a skull in the center on my upper back.
A tribal that looks like a skull on my lower back.

[Kodos]

Don't be like my sister and draw a little design up and have it tatooed on your wrist . Only to have everyone ask you why you have a swastika on your wrist.

Woops.

:D

[Kodos]

I have a strategically placed "Exit only" symbol.

[rkmsuf]

I have a strategically placed "Exit only" symbol.


lol

[AgustusM]

IMO

Tattoo=Permanent Reminder of a Temporary Feeling

Keep in mind I am relatively old and curmedgeonly, have never had a tattoo, still think earrings are something girls wear and listen to a lot of rap, however only at stop signs and red lights.

[rkmsuf]

I'm facinated by the Grim Reaper representing duckman's personality.

[jeff061]

I also know a guy, a System Administrator, who got a gigantic bold 0 on one wrist and a 1 on the other. Yes, binary.

[MikeVic]

I've thought about one too, but the whole permanent thing is always on my mind. Kind of like what AgustusM just said above me.

That, and finding a symbol that is unique, but I still like... was impossible. Only thing I could think of was a cross, but everyone has that.

[CamEdwards]

my advice: if you don't already know what you want... don't do it. I have one tattoo (two red socks), and have often thought about another, but I'm not going to get something I might regret in a year or two.

[Farrah Whitworth-Rahn]

I have six tattoos:

The Grim Reaper on my right arm.
A cross with my son's name on left arm.
A lion ripping through my skin on my left pec. (the only mistake one. the artist did a poor job with the coloring).
A skeleton ripping through my skin on my right pec.
A gothic looking tribal with a skull in the center on my upper back.
A tribal that looks like a skull on my lower back.Any of them jailhouse tattoo's? That'd be hot.

[duckman]

Any of them jailhouse tatoo's? That'd be hot.
Hell no!

[Drake]

Cam is right. If you don't know what you want, don't get one.

That said, I have a skull and cross bones on my left bicep. I like pirates.

[RPI-Fan]

"No Fat Chicks" (and an accompanying 'road sign' of this nature)

[Icy]

I have one in my penis, it says COLA when relaxed...






.... and CONSTANTINOPLA when excited :D


Sorry probably a bad joke in English, makes way more sense in Spanish (cola=dick).

[Farrah Whitworth-Rahn]

Hell no!Hmm. Too bad. I had a nice picture in my head.

Anyway, I think I'm going to get one at the Extreme Vegas Tour 2006, when I turn 30 next year. It's between a tattoo or a peircing. Haven't decided which one. Maybe both.

[duckman]

I'm facinated by the Grim Reaper representing duckman's personality.
It symbolizes my fear of death/unknown. My dad used to say that Death is always lurking on your right shoulder, so I thought it made sense to to put it on my arm (not my shoulder because that would be faggotty).

[sovereignstar]

I've thought about one too, but the whole permanent thing is always on my mind. Kind of like what AgustusM just said above me.


Everything in the past is permanent. Getting tattoos isn't even on my radar of things I regret, nor will it ever be.

[rkmsuf]

It symbolizes my fear of death/unknown. My dad used to say that Death is always lurking on your right shoulder, so I thought it made sense to to put it on my arm (not my shoulder because that would be faggotty).


Ah. I'm not that deep. I'm afraid of clowns.

[duckman]

Ah. I'm not that deep. I'm afraid of clowns.
I don't fear clowns, but I have hatred for them. :p

[dervack]

I have a strategically placed "Exit only" symbol.
More strategically placed then the tatoo on your stomach that says Enter in Back???


:D

Edit: The preceeding was merely the same joke I make to everyone who says they have a Do Not Enter or Exit Only tatoo on their backside. I mean no ill will towards Kodos, or anyone else I make that joke to. Well, maybe a few people, but not Kodos.

[Fidatelo]

I've got a chinese symbol on my right shoulder. According to the chinese dictionary at the tattoo shop it means "energetic", but in reality it stands for "peer pressure".

[Toddzilla]

IMO

Tattoo=Permanent Reminder of a Temporary Feeling

Keep in mind I am relatively old and curmedgeonly, have never had a tattoo, still think earrings are something girls wear and listen to a lot of rap, however only at stop signs and red lights.

I have a tattoo of my daughters eyes and her name on my right bicep as a tribute - she was 19 months old and passed away this past April. Rest assured the feeling is most certainly not temporary.

[Kodos]

More strategically placed then the tatoo on your stomach that says Enter in Back???


:D

Edit: The preceeding was merely the same joke I make to everyone who says they have a Do Not Enter or Exit Only tatoo on their backside. I mean no ill will towards Kodos, or anyone else I make that joke to. Well, maybe a few people, but not Kodos.

Adds dervack to enemies list.



;)

And here I thought my joke was somewhat original... :(

[Kodos]

That Darwin fish would be a good choice if I were to ever consider a tattoo. But it would violate my strict nothing pierces or defaces my body rule.

[MacroGuru]

I have the Red and Yellow M&M on my left arm, they symbolize my wife and daughter...I am still working on 2 other tat designs.

One is of the Family Crest entwined within a celtic knot....the other, I am thinking of 2 Blue M & M's for my 2 sons.

[Raven Hawk]

That Darwin fish would be a good choice if I were to ever consider a tattoo. But it would violate my strict nothing pierces or defaces my body rule.
Then how do you explain that night in Bangkok? http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

2 tattoos here - a frat symbol on my ankle and the japanese symbol for "Honor" on my chest. Eventually, I'll add a couple more (Strength and Wisdom) but I don't deem that I have earned those yet.

[Karlifornia]

I have a sun that I designed with my initials (KAB) filling out the the middle in between my shoulderblades.

I'm going to get another one eventually..either the state of California that says "L.A.M.F." inside of it, or a darwin fish

[terpkristin]

I have two and a design in mind for the third. I'm working with my brother to get the design for the third finished.

I expect I'll have a few more before too long, but no real plans per se.

The only things I'll say about tattoos are as follows:
1. Make sure you really want it. Now that you have the idea, wait a month and see if you still like the idea. These things ARE expensive to get removed (and painful from what I hear), so make sure it's what you really want to do
2. Don't get a flash design (something you see on the wall of the tattoo studio). Design your own, or ask your artist to help you design something original. Flash is lame.
3. Select your artist carefully. Any reputable artist will have a photo album or six of tats they've done. Look how they turned out, how the edging was done (is it even, is it a "straight" line, things like that), etc.
4. Look into the shop. Ask to see the autoclave. Any GOOD, SERIOUS artist should be happy to show you these things, AND answer any questions you may have (yes, it DOES hurt, but it's really not too bad).
5. After getting it, your artist should have instructions for you for care of it. They usually include keeping the bandage on for a few hours and how to keep it moist and how to clean it. Personally, on a fresh tat, I use Johnson & Johnson's baby soap and J & J baby lotion to be "extra gentle" to the healing skin and keep it moist without overdoing it.
6. DON'T DRINK OR TAKE PAIN MEDICATIONS PRIOR TO GETTING YOUR TAT (OR JUST AFTER GETTING IT). Pain meds like Advil, aspirin, and other anti-inflammatories thin your blood and make the healing go slowly and increase likeliehood for uneven inking (I know this from personal experience, as when I got my 2nd tat, I forgot that I was on an anti-inflammatory for my ankle and it made the coloring uneven because of the extra bleeding and such. Going in intoxicated on alcohol is just a bad idea, and your artist should NOT let you get tattoo'd if you are, but some just don't care.

Finally, check out hxxp://www.bmezine.com/ (some parts of it NSFW) for FAQ's and guides on tat artists and to see various artist portfolios.

Good luck with your decision process and let us see the results!!! :) ;)

/tk

[bhlloy]

What everyone else said above... only get it if you know exactly what you want and it means something to you.

I have a celtic dragon across my back and I'm really glad I went and did it (it was something I wanted to do since I was 16) , but I know too many people who have got it on a whim and have really regretted it since.

It's definitely addictive, I'd love to get another but my fiancee isn't exactly receptive to the idea.

[terpkristin]

Oh yeah, wanted to share this, too (none of these are me): http://www.bmezine.com/news/pubring/20040720.html (SFW)

/tk

[Draft Dodger]

my wife and I have matching ones - a celtic band that ties together. on the ties are colored beads - birthstone colors for me, her and the 2 kids. mines on my arm, hers on the ankle.

I really like the idea and have no regrets, but the execution was a bit off. in retrospect, the band is really too thick for her ankle. and it's a bit crooked. both factors are only really noticeble to us or if someone really studies it, but, we know. you know? if I had to do it again, I would really double check the design work to make sure it was 100% what I wanted.

[oliegirl]

Hmm. Too bad. I had a nice picture in my head.

Anyway, I think I'm going to get one at the Extreme Vegas Tour 2006, when I turn 30 next year. It's between a tattoo or a peircing. Haven't decided which one. Maybe both.


I have two tattoos that I love and don't regret at all, and I got a my belly button pierced for my 30th birthday...but it was VERY painful and after about 6 months was still getting infected alot so I took it out. I'll probably get it done again someday - it really didn't hurt to have it done, but after 24-48 hours - OUCH!

Extreme Vegas Tour 2006? Details please!

[Bad-example]

I have a heart with an ornate black sword through it.

I like the idea of getting a tattoo/piercing combination. For instance, a face with a strategically placed barbell for eyes.

[thealmighty]

I got one a month ago. Scorpion- green mostly with my 3 daughters initials on the spines (just first initial).

Oh, and I went with my daughter on her 18th birthday...she got one too (actually we went for her and I got mine as I wanted a scorpion for years). My middle daughter got one too.

[Schmidty]

Tatoos are tacky and ugly. I have seen way too many hot girls ruin their looks with some nasty tatoo that makes them look trashy.

Just my opinon and I hope I haven't pissed off too many people. :)

[terpkristin]

Tatoos are tacky and ugly. I have seen way too many hot girls ruin their looks with some nasty tatoo that makes them look trashy.

Just my opinon and I hope I haven't pissed off too many people. :)Each their own. That said, if you thought less of me because I have two tattoos with plans on getting more (and we'll not start on the piercings...), then I'd have some issue with you.

/tk

[Schmidty]

Each their own. That said, if you thought less of me because I have two tattoos with plans on getting more (and we'll not start on the piercings...), then I'd have some issue with you.

/tk

Of course I wouldn't think less of somebody as a person; I'm not that shallow. It might make me less attracted to a person, but that's about it.

My wife wants a tattoo on her ankle and I'm trying to talk her out of it, but if she ends up getting it, I'm not going to divorce her. :)

[JeeberD]

I detest needles, so no ink in my skin...

[sovereignstar]

http://the-dkbl.com/modded_schmidty.jpg

[Joe]

get a penis tattooed on your forehead

[terpkristin]

Sov,
Is that you?

/tk

[sovereignstar]

nope.. that's 'Modded' Schmidty.

[MrBug708]

get a penis tattooed on your forehead

I'd get a likeness of my own, but my forehead isn't big enough

[MizzouRah]

Here's sov: :D

http://www.peoplepainters.com/images/images/webpics2001/belly%20and%20nipple%20tattoos.jpg

[sovereignstar]

wow

[terpkristin]

SOOOOOOOOOOOO SEXY! :D

/tk

[Schmidty]

http://the-dkbl.com/modded_schmidty.jpg

That is the worst thing I have ever seen. :eek:

[Farrah Whitworth-Rahn]

I have two tattoos that I love and don't regret at all, and I got a my belly button pierced for my 30th birthday...but it was VERY painful and after about 6 months was still getting infected alot so I took it out. I'll probably get it done again someday - it really didn't hurt to have it done, but after 24-48 hours - OUCH!

Extreme Vegas Tour 2006? Details please!I was thinking belly button peircing or lower belly tattoo because after the c-Section, my lower ab muscles are still numb. You could stick a needle in my lower gut and I probably wouldn't feel a thing.

And the Extreme Vegas Tour 2006 is three days in September of '06 dedicated to the celebration of thirty years of The She-Rahn. Three days of debauchery - inlcuding sky diving, bungee (sp?) jumping, race car driving, pole dancing school - and that's only during the day. ;)

[rkmsuf]

get a tatoo of your face on your face

[Ragone]

I believe a Usc Pwned my team tattoo will suffice

[Julio Riddols]

I have a hole in my spine, which is permanent.. (Im missing most of two of my vertebrae about a half-foot below my neck.. basically where my heart would be) So I plan to get a tattoo of a Giger-esque spine with a hole in it in the same spot, in which there will be some detail of what lies inside.. haven't yet settled on whether that should be something surreal, or maybe a representation of what would be inside, like the back side of my heart or something.. I figure this to be my only good idea for a tattoo based on the fact that most of the ones I have thought of in the past have been pretty juvenile and "of the moment" in retrospect. All I need to find is a quality artist.. Money isn't much of an issue if I know the ink will be done right.

[Ragone]

I have a hole in my spine, which is permanent.. (Im missing most of two of my vertebrae about a half-foot below my neck.. basically where my heart would be) So I plan to get a tattoo of a Giger-esque spine with a hole in it in the same spot, in which there will be some detail of what lies inside.. haven't yet settled on whether that should be something surreal, or maybe a representation of what would be inside, like the back side of my heart or something.. I figure this to be my only good idea for a tattoo based on the fact that most of the ones I have thought of in the past have been pretty juvenile and "of the moment" in retrospect. All I need to find is a quality artist.. Money isn't much of an issue if I know the ink will be done right.


uhh.. wouldn't infection be an issue around said hole?

[AgustusM]

I have a tattoo of my daughters eyes and her name on my right bicep as a tribute - she was 19 months old and passed away this past April. Rest assured the feeling is most certainly not temporary.

absolutely - something like that I can understand and don't at all fall under that quote - but I believe that tats like that are the very small majority.

as a father of four, may I say I feel deeply for you and can't imagine how I could ever deal with something like that - my heart goes out to you - god bless you man.

[pennywisesb]

uhh.. wouldn't infection be an issue around said hole?

I don't think he means a hole in the skin, just that he's missing a couple of vertebrae, thus leaving a gap in his spine (which I'm still trying to figure out how that could be, but thats a whole 'nother thread)

[Julio Riddols]

I guess you could say I am (partially ) spineless. the parts of the bone that stick out in the back and make those bumps when you bend over.. well, I am missing a great deal of two of them I believe.. may just be one.. This was discovered in an X-ray at a chiropractor when I was probably 13 or 14 years old. I dont think there is any actual exposure of the spinal cord or anything drastically bad like that, but for whatever reason, I just dont have fully developed vertebrae in that area.

I've played football most of my life and passed physicals without any problems.. I wonder if maybe I should get it looked at sometime soon to see if maybe it could be a degenerative condition.. That could suck. :)

[Cringer]

I agree with Cam when it comes to tattoos. If you don't know what you want, don't run out and get one.

I got two at age 19, one on each upper arm. I always wanted more but didn't get my third one until I was 26, which is the one that goes from my hand onto my forearm (on the wrist I guess). I want atleast one more, to go on the rest of my forearm or on my other forearm/wrist, but have not come up with anything worth it yet.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I've got a chinese symbol on my right shoulder. According to the chinese dictionary at the tattoo shop it means "energetic", but in reality it stands for "peer pressure".
I thought about getting one that means "respect," but always feared walking proudly thru Chinatown with "Champion Penis Sucker" on my arm.

I have my initials on my arm in my own writing. People always think it's a jailhouse tattoo that I had shaded in. It did come in relly handy at a party once when someone tried to claim my CD was really his. He claimed he wrote JT on the CD, but just walked away when I asked why he "would write it in this writing" and rolled up my sleeve.

[DeToxRox]

I am getting one in a couple of months.

I am toning back up to make it look right.

It'll be on my left peck and it'll say "Heart Means Everything" in cursive. The "Everything" under the nip.

It's from the With Honor CD with the same name. It's just the way I feel about life.

[Fidatelo]

I thought about getting one that means "respect," but always feared walking proudly thru Chinatown with "Champion Penis Sucker" on my arm.Believe me, that thought occurred to me the next day. I spent an hour scouring the internet to make sure that the symbol I got actually meant "energetic". The 'best' part was when I found one that looked similar that means "fornication", I almost pooped my pants. Thankfully I found the exact match and it indeed means "energetic", and apparently "prosperous" as well.

But seriously, all it says to my friends is "peer pressure". I still can't believe what a sheep I am sometimes.

[oliegirl]

I was thinking belly button peircing or lower belly tattoo because after the c-Section, my lower ab muscles are still numb. You could stick a needle in my lower gut and I probably wouldn't feel a thing.

And the Extreme Vegas Tour 2006 is three days in September of '06 dedicated to the celebration of thirty years of The She-Rahn. Three days of debauchery - inlcuding sky diving, bungee (sp?) jumping, race car driving, pole dancing school - and that's only during the day. ;)


What kind of design are you going to get?

How does Arlie feel about tattoos? Radii hates them, but loves me enough to accept mine :) But he still cringes when I mention that I want another one!

[Cringer]

I am getting one in a couple of months.

I am toning back up to make it look right.

It'll be on my left peck and it'll say "Please Twist Hard" in cursive. The "Hard" under the nip.

It's from the With Honor CD with the same name. It's just the way I feel about life.

:cool:

[DeToxRox]

:cool:

You don't need the tattoo for that ;)