Tattoos

[similar.squirrel]

I have a square near my elbow. Black lines, 1cm to a side. A friend of a friend did it. Didn't really hurt, but it's a tiny tattoo.
Neat, though.

 

[Mr Shrike]

You should get this:

OT: I think that getting any kind of tattoo is stupid. I mean, you're gonna have this thing for the rest of your life and at some point you're going to look back and think "Why the fuck did I get this!?"

 

[Caligulove]

Whatever you're thinking about, though, you should try it out with henna or something similar

I have wanted to get a tattoo for a long time, but have never really been able to find a design that I thought I would not only like, but be confident that I would not regret it much later on in my life. And its been a hard decision- that or I need to go through something in my life that I really think would be worth immortalizing on myself to remember that, or something that I feel says a lot about me.

My girlfriend has a tattoo on the right side of her ribs- showing a tree with 5 pink orchids on branches that represents her family, and the 5 women who have had or died from breast cancer.

I also met a WWII veteran a few years ago that had a continuous tattoo of roughly 12 small red squares around his right calf, that represented the times that, he said, he cheated death while in the war.

 

[Boneasse]

I've been thinking about getting a tattoo for a long time now (going on two years). Thing is, I wanted to lose weight first, since a retraction of the skin, if I get it made before I'm slim again, might damage the outcome.

What I've thought about: A tattoo between my shoulderblades with a Yin-Yang symbol made out of fire and water (to show that I am in harmony with myself). Circling those I'd like to have a black smiling dragon and a white smiling tiger biting each other in their tails, forming a circle around the Yin-Yang, since the tiger and dragon have been eternal rivals according to chinese folk-lore. It doesn't make much sense when I write it down like this. Much easier to explain in person. I've got a draft of it somewhere, and it looks awesome.

 

[Eternalsun]

I made a decision a while ago.
If I ever get a tattoo, it has to be something I will regret for the rest of my life. No cool designs. No deep meanings.

Just cocks everywhere.

Im with this guy.

 

[JanatUrlich]

My tattoos:

Spoiler

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Awkward angle is awkward!

Sorry for the lack of effort haha. But yeah, I love tattoos and piercings. Definitely go for it if you're sure you want one.

 

[Distorted Stu]

Yano, only recently have i been contemplating getting a sonic ring tattoed somewhere...

 

[theSovietConnection]

I think I'd get a couple of lines from the Dylan Thomas poem "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night".

 

[Broady Brio]

I do think about it. But I lack the necessary balls and funds to get one.

 

[Jaranja]

Yeah, I'm not a fa-

My tattoos:

Spoiler

[http://tinypic.com?ref=2rn7e3a]

[http://tinypic.com?ref=10pmziw]

Awkward angle is awkward!

Sorry for the lack of effort haha. But yeah, I love tattoos and piercings. Definitely go for it if you're sure you want one.

I seem to have lost my train of thought.

Oh yeah. I don't like Tattoos.

 

[Thunderhorse31]

Did you make this exact topic like a few weeks/months ago? Or was someone else wanting Bioshock chains on their wrists?

Anyway, if you get a tattoo, make sure it's as epic as this one.

<spoiler=Not mine, mind you>

 

[Jedamethis]

I don't have one, I may get one someday, not sure yet.

What I will say is that you should decide what you want, instead of deciding "I want a tattoo". Pick an image first, then consider getting it as a tattoo. Just wanting one will likely leave you regretting it afterwards.

Pretty much what he said.
I may get one someday in the future...

Noo! Don't mark your gorgeous body!

Well, my meters are all buggered now >.<

 

[Sef Salem]

First:

I intend to get a couple of tattoos in my life-time. First thing though is to get the Sign of the Hammer on my right shoulder. Manowar is my religion. |m/

Power Metal represent. \m/.

Also: I have some tattoos. A friend recently asked the same question on his LJ, so I'll repost my comment there as I'm a lazy arse.

Okiedoke. The short version: All my tattoos mean something particular which I don't want to forget, or believe will help me generally, or as a mark of loyalty which I decided to make permanent. I would recommend that to anyone over just getting one for the hell of it.

The long version:

1) My first tattoo was a stylised Star of Earendil, an important symbol from Tolkien's tales to the Numenoreans and later Dunedain (see: Aragorn) which is the mark of the house that followed Earendil (Elrond's banner which hides Arwen at the Coronation in RotK). I took this in an SPQR kind of way to stamp on the values I choose to aspire to, alongside the fact I wear the ring of Barahir on my left index finger. It's a pretty good looking tattoo of a star with a sword at the long point, so I'm not going to stop being happy with it any time soon.

2) My second tattoo was a huge project which took two years to fully complete. My other main ring, a 13th C Knight's Templar copy, is also very important to me. I had it placed on my other arm as a band, which was then filled with all sorts of occult symbols, alchemical markings, angelic sigils and suchlike, to act like magical kevlar. Your mileage may vary as to whether you care to believe in such things, but think along the lines of Constantine's tattoos and you'll be somewhat there. Seeing as I work as a professional exorcist, this block of tattoos has saved me a fair bit of trouble on more than a few occasions.

3) I have had my personal sigil burned into my neck, again for magical reasons.

4) I have had the four stoic virtues tattooed in a band around tattoo #1, in greek, to remind me of my favourite philosophy and the fact that it has carried me through some interesting times. I use these four words as a mantra during meditation.

5) I have a small rosebud tattooed on my ring finger, this was done just after my handfasting to my wife, who also has the same image but reversed. The rose is important in Gnosticism, mystic Christianity and Thelema, and a small growing thing is significant in Druidry, so it fits both of our belief systems.


There will probably be more, certainly ones regarding my kid(s) but not in the Wayne born 21-3-98 kind of way. Possibly a small copy of Habbakuk 1:5 in hebrew somewhere for Nathanael.

 

[thenumberthirteen]

I was going to get the Black Mesa logo on my shoulder at Escapism 2010, but we didn't have time.

50 years from now that game will still be a classic.

 

[thedeathscythe]

I have a ton, my whole left arm is covered in a sleeve (my right arm will be worked on soon) and my hands are covered as well. They're all gaming related, and I haven't regretted them one bit. Make them have meaning to you in someway and you won't regret it. Too many times I see tribal stuff or something stupid/generic and the person is just like "yeah, I was thinking of getting a ______ to cover this up." Cover it up? Why did you get it in the first place? And are you gonna cover it up with something you actually like?

 

[Arachon]

Something around the lines like this would be great. But I would really think it through for 6-9 months if I wanted a tattoo since its kind of permanent. I do already have an Eyebrow Piercing though.

A tattoo is quite a bit more serious than an eyebrow piercing though. And a lot more expensive.

Also, have you been to Defqon? I tried getting tickets this year, but they ran out. Went to Nightmare instead.