tattoos

well.. it just struck me, with the art of tattooing becoming so popular and the median age of people on this group being somewhere around 29ish.. (I'm 37 when I got my first tattoo it was considered risque (sp?) now a good hunk of my back is devoted to it (with more to come) .. SO! I was wondering if fellow cellarites (if I may consider myself among you) have tattoos, why one has one and if you'd be willing to share a picture/ story/ explanation along with it? ( as I mentioned.. it's my back and such, so I have to wait for the wife to be to get back from her folks to get a picture of it). just curios.. as to another thread... how's about pets? how many people here have one or more?

I have three tattoos. In fact, I had my latest one done just last Thursday! I don't have photographic evidence of it as yet, but I will soon. So far it's remained covered up because I don't want hubby to see it till Christmas day. It's my gift to him. A dolphin with his name underneath it.

These are my other two. Not the greatest pics, but they'll do. One is Taz. He's on my right ankle. That was my first tattoo and I've had it for almost 10yrs now I guess. He signifies the little devil in me. The other is a bird of paradise with my sons names under it. The bird signifies the beauty and freedom of my children.

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cowhead wrote:

well.. it just struck me, with the art of tattooing becoming so popular and the median age of people on this group being somewhere around 29ish.. (I'm 37 when I got my first tattoo it was considered risque (sp?) now a good hunk of my back is devoted to it (with more to come) .. SO! I was wondering if fellow cellarites (if I may consider myself among you) have tattoos, why one has one and if you'd be willing to share a picture/ story/ explanation along with it? ( as I mentioned.. it's my back and such, so I have to wait for the wife to be to get back from her folks to get a picture of it). just curios.. as to another thread... how's about pets? how many people here have one or more?

Wife? When did you get married? Congratulations!

No tattoos here, but I've got 2 & 3/4 cats and a lot of fish in my aquarium.

I have two tattoos, two cats, and a dog (although soon I will have 3 cats and no dog, he is going to a good home). I will see if I can have my SO take pictures when I get home later.

I am going to get Hedwig's tattoo from Hedwig and the Angry Inch.


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You know Ibram, a tattoo is something that becomes an integral part of you. Even forms part of your identity to a lesser or greater extent.

For that reason, it should be a decision made entirely and soley by you. That's what I feel anyway.

Ibram I have NO tats , One rule a guy I knew in the Marines told me ,
"NEVER get you girlfriends ( or significant Other ) name Tattoed on you , shit happens , things change , the people in your life change .
Just a word of advice .

That's a good point too Zippy. I know I thought long and hard about getting hubby's name inked on, but then figured there's always laser therapy if it doesn't work out. ;)

Or you could get his name covered up with a design , I have seen this done well and I have seen it done VERRRRRRRRRY badly !!!
From what I have seen Lazer leaves a scar , it can be minimilized , but it is still a scar .

Yeah, I've seen them covered with a new design. I've actually seen a guy who had a name just completely blotted out.

Hopefully, and with a bit of good luck and better management, I'll not have to worry about any of the above mentioned options though. ;)

zippyt wrote:

"NEVER get you girlfriends ( or significant Other ) name Tattoed on you , shit happens , things change , the people in your life change .

You don't need a tattoo or a laser to receive a scar.

Profound

Here are my tattoos. :blush: The dragon is on my lower back, and the iguana is on my belly (obviously). I love them very much and wouldn't change anything about them. I want more!!!

Also, now you know where I got my cellar handle (is that what you would call it?). I also had a pet iguana for 7 years. He passed away. I miss him very much.

Nice Iggy , but we need to see the Whole pacakge to judge properly ;)

I will have to think that one over Zippy. Give me time... I'm new to this post-a-photo-of-yourself-on-the-internet thing!

Whear some shades and post as anonamuse ( Spellin !!)

:lol2: But see, the tattoos give it away now. I am a marked woman!

marked woman!

They meerly Enhance your Beauty !!!

For various personal and professional reasons, I never got a tattoo.
I think zippyt and I talked to the same guy.
BUT, I must say that some facial tattoos are quite, well... you decide.

It was very hard to get a good picture of mine, as it's at exactly the right point on my lower back to avoid detection (got it in in the days when jeans came right up to your waist!)

Here are two photos - the paler one is about right for size and proportions, but the flash made the colours really faded. The darker one is about the right colour, but I twisted about too much, so it's longer and thinner than it is when I'm at rest.

Strawberries have been a personal symbol of mine since I was a child. One of my pet names was Berrily and although no-one calls me that now I still feel anything berry-related is special to me.

The guy with the skull facial tat shouldn't have had all those zits tattooed on with the other stuff. Detracts from the illusion. I mean, from the illusion that his head is a skull, not that he's a flippin' idiot. That comes through very clearly.

well i got a picture of a few of them before my camera battery died. so, with a little patience....we are charging.

actually i only have a photo of one, not a digital pic, so this is a good excuse to make a library of my ink now!

I think skin head dude has something tattoed on his eyelids , wounder what it is ??

zippyt wrote:

I think skin head dude has something tattoed on his eyelids , wounder what it is ??

(winks left eye=oral)
(winks right eye=anal)

:D :weird: :biglaugha :lol2: :rotflol:

OK, question: one of my tattoos has colors going from red to purple, through the rainbow, and i have heard that means you are gay or bi, which i am neither. is that true, and if so do i need to have my 'colors' changed?

if you Have to ask ;)

I've never heard that Q Baby. Maybe it's something different over there?

If I were in your position I don't think I'd worry about getting the colours changed just because someone says that those colours signify something to them. It's what they signify to you that matters.

I don't think skull dude is really tattooed. I think it's just temporary art.

The second one makes me feel ill. I wouldn't like to run into that guy on a bad day.

don't change colors based on others opinions...good, cuz that crap Stingzzz!

tbh, I've long been a fan of the Edinburgh tattoo..... ah, the skirl of the pipes.....

here's one of them, the rainbow 'thingy' (i say that because i have no idea what it means, IF it even means anything-the tat peeps said it didn't...by the way, i don't completely trust tat peeps when it comes to things like that):

Why would you allow someone you don't trust to do a tattoo for you?

i say that because i have no idea what it means, IF it even means anything-the tat peeps said it didn't...by the way, i don't completely trust tat peeps when it comes to things like that):

Then why the HELL did you have it tattoed on you ?????
Being a rainbow colored design it could be a sign for " likes it rough up the poop shoot with a half ripe comquat !!!!!" or some such

Being a rainbow could mean you're one of Mia Farrow's kids.

Aliantha wrote:

Why would you allow someone you don't trust to do a tattoo for you?

this tat is the reason i don't trust them now.

hey, the thread said to tell the story so i am!
plus i'm a goober.

goober means snot over here

'booger' means snot ball over here.

(p.s. i am still trying to get the size of the pics that i post right.)

So why did you get that particular tattoo then? Did you just walk in and choose that design or did you think about it for a while?

i'd looked at it a few times on their display boards, asked what it meant, was told 'nothing' and still thought it looked cool. only after did i question it.

Cool.

I was given some good advice when I was thinking about getting my first tattoo. I was told to take the design and put it on my bathroom mirror (or somewhere else it'd be seen every day multiple times) and if at the end of a month I didn't want to change it in any way, then maybe in another month I'd be ready to get it on my skin.

It has proven to be very sage advice for me.

i'll post some other tats tomorrow. =)

post yours!

I did. They're at the start of this thread. I don't have a pic of my latest one as yet.

Aliantha wrote:

I don't think skull dude is really tattooed. I think it's just temporary art.

If it's off bmezine, it's more than likely real.

I just know that someday, if not already, that boy is going to be my tax dollars at work. At least I hope he's a boy.

Welcome, Q. Interesting work, but I still don't get the whole why you got it when you didn't know what it was aspect ... particularly a piece that big. It's not something that will be easy to do a coverup for.

Well, whether it's real or not, I still think it's horrible.

I think you're more than likely right about your tax dollars Wolf. I can't see any reasonable employer taking that guy on.

Q baby wrote:

here's one of them, the rainbow 'thingy' (i say that because i have no idea what it means, IF it even means anything-the tat peeps said it didn't...by the way, i don't completely trust tat peeps when it comes to things like that):

It pays to be a Trekky geek, sometimes. That's Klingon for " likes it rough up the poop shoot with a half ripe comquat !!!!!"

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wolf wrote:

If it's off bmezine, it's more than likely real.

I just know that someday, if not already, that boy is going to be my tax dollars at work. At least I hope he's a boy.

You have a gun - use it.

Aliantha wrote:

I was given some good advice when I was thinking about getting my first tattoo. I was told to take the design and put it on my bathroom mirror (or somewhere else it'd be seen every day multiple times) and if at the end of a month I didn't want to change it in any way, then maybe in another month I'd be ready to get it on my skin.

No, no, no.....the right way is stumble into the tattoo parlor blind drunk and have your drinking buddies pick something out. When you wake up in the ally, it'll be like a surprize gift... like Christmas. :lol2:

is that the story behind that tattoo?

here's another of mine. story being i've always liked tigers:

Bruce - is that a bare behind?

Q Baby - don't take this the wrong way, but any chance you could use the caps key? Forgive me if you're on an e e cummings trip, but it's sending my punctuation sensor loopy... Nice tattoos btw - don't worry about what the rainbow one means, you got it because it looked good to you, therefore that is its official meaning now.

Sundae Girl wrote:

Bruce - is that a bare behind?

Yuo mean a Bear Butt?? LOL

Q baby wrote:

is that the story behind that tattoo?

No. I just decided to do it.

Sundae Girl wrote:

Bruce - is that a bare behind?

No, that's my upper arm.

yesman065 wrote:

Yuo mean a Bear Butt?

No, this is my bear butt. :p

anywhoo... I will get my pis posted soon... there have been some disruptions in day to day living of late.. and no.. Case.. not officially.. geez! I would've said something

Spexxvet wrote:

It pays to be a Trekky geek, sometimes. That's Klingon for " likes it rough up the poop shoot with a half ripe comquat !!!!!"

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i'll have to remember that.

here's another tat. kind of a trend with the girls in my family, we all like mermaids. she has been covered a little from the original, those are purple seashells, not nipples.

cowhead wrote:

Case.. not officially.. geez! I would've said something

Whew!

xoxoxoBruce wrote:

No, no, no.....the right way is stumble into the tattoo parlor blind drunk and have your drinking buddies pick something out. When you wake up in the ally, it'll be like a surprize gift... like Christmas. :lol2:

A friend of mine got married like that....

Have any of you got a tat that you now regret?
For example:
A kid I worked with about twenty years ago (Holy shit, just seeing it in print makes me feel old) decided it would be cool to get a "Night of the Hunter" set of tats. Ya know the ones - "LOVE" on the right knuckles and "HATE" on the left. When he quit the job, he couldn't find a job because of them.
Or:
A young woman was brought in one afternoon.
Suicide by overdose.
On her pubic area was tattooed "Slippery When Wet".
That was an... Interesting note on the report.

Or the friends wife with USDA PRIME on her ass , apperently she and some friends had snuck into a slauter house when under the influnce , and well I guess you can say she got it in the end !!!

wolf wrote:

...but I still don't get the whole why you got it when you didn't know what it was aspect ...

some things i do, i still don't get either.

I love to see tattoos on other people, but I would never consider it for myself. The idea of permanently altering myself through a single in-time decision is offputting:P

Dana, your appearance changes every day. Aging, scars and even changing wardrobe.
A tattoo that is sometimes covered is just another part of your wardrobe.;)

changes I don't mind. Voluntarily making a permanent change isn't something I'd want to do. *smiles* It probably comes from having such bad eczema when i was younger. Spent too long wishing for clear skin to start drawing on it :P

DanaC wrote:

I love to see tattoos on other people, but I would never consider it for myself.

Because I'm too much of a whimp . . .

And, too indecisive . . .

I go for the temporary tattoos . . . (shoot, my pics are on the other hard drive)

I didn't decide to start getting tattoos till I was quite old by many standards. I think I said I'd had my first one ten years ago, but I've been thinking about that, and it hasn't been that long. More like about 7 I think. That would have made me about 27 when I got my first. The second one was a year or so later, and it's taken me 5yrs to feel strongly enough about getting the next one. I'd say I'll get more in the future. I think like most people, once you get your first, you'll always want more. Some people don't though, and that's cool. I can't say I'm in a hurry to face up to the pain again too soon though. ;)

I started getting tattoos a long time ago. I got a few all in a period of a few years, and haven't got a new one in a few years. I am 31 now, not that i feel like i'm too old to get one, just been getting on with living life and none of the ones i've seen have really jumped out at me to make me want a new one. i really like dragons also so i got this one. it was originally solid black in the tat shop, i had the guy add some color.

bump

Well, fuck. I knew I shoulda looked first. Thanks :D

That's ok. I've got nothing better to do right now. Husband is working, 1 son is getting cake and the other is playing halo3

Stumbles across this the other day...Greatest Tattoo EVAH!!!

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