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Why get a tattoo ?
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30-05-2012 11:48pm#1
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I've never posted on this forum before but I'm interested in getting a discussion going on about what a tattoo means to you? that could be about a particular Image with symbolic meaning or Just why do you like Tattoos ?
My first tattoo is Saurons face, from Lord of the Rings. I love the books (and later the movies) and the image has always seemed so powerful to me. I thought about getting that image tattooed on myself from the time I was 16 until I was 23, so 7 years in total.
My second tattoo was only finished Monday - it's two goldfinches, with a background of oak leaves & branches. It was chosen by my grandmother, who I'm very close to, and who I wanted to let know how much I love her.
I wouldn't say I just like tattoos - I like good tattoos. Done properly, they're an amazing form of art. Done badly, they're just tacky or cheap looking, but you can say the same of any product.
I love how they can tell the story of a person - where they were in life, where they want to go, what they love, what scares them, and so on. They're an awesome way to express yourself... and above all else, they can make a hell of a good ice-breaker
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I think, as Jimmy Bottlehead said, when they're done right they're a form of art.
As for why I got my tattoo (I only have the one but there will be more
) I've wanted one for as long as I can remember. I chose a typewriter with the words 'look at the stars' on the paper because I write and I feel like it's a huge part of who I am, I wouldn't be me if I didn't write. Also I just think typewriters are really beautiful objects. 'Look at the stars' is because my favourite Oscar Wilde quote is 'We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars.' It's to give me hope in writing and in life in general and to remind me to be optimistic and go for what I want and need. I think text tattoos are nice but I didn't want just text on it's own so I put the two ideas together.
Not everyone's tattoos have personal meaning, some just get them for purely aesthetic beauty. I'd love to that but I'd be so afraid of regretting it or coming to dislike it. I know that can happen with all tattoos but I think it's less likely if it has personal meaning. Maybe I'll be brave enough later in life.0 -
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I thought about my first tattoo for about 2 years before I got it. My gradudation was a really big deal for me and I wanted something special to go with it, so I put alot of thought into the exact design I wanted. But I still remember the first time I tried to explain it to the tattooist and thinking 'fcccuuuk he's not going to know what I'm on about!' when I actually tried to describe it out loud!
However, the artist was amazing; he closed the shop and spent 2 hours just drawing up the tattoo and getting it perfect, before he even came near me with a needle. I don't know how I didn't drive him nuts, he'd draw an outline and I'm hmm and haa about it and then he'd go 'okay, you don't like it, lets try it this way' and the tried a million alternatives til we got exactly what I wanted. The finished product was identical to the image I had in my head. That, is how I measure a good tattooist. Someone with the patience to listen to what you want and the ability to nail it afterwards. I'll never forget that experience, I remember travelling back on the train high as a kite from adrenalin afterwards! 
My next one was something I had in mind for a while. When I was younger, I used to pick bluebells for my Auntie for this 'May Altar' she put on the window sill every year - I think it's an old skool country thing But anyway, I have memories of walking down the road picking flowers for her and being so proud of myself when they were put on the window! My Aunty means the world to me, so it seemed the best way to have a part of her with my forever. Now, the tattoo itself is a little different to what I had in mind, the placement didn't really work for the design I had in mind so I had to change it up, but I'll still always love it because of what it stands for
For me, tattoos are like blueprints of your life; memories that you cherish enough to illustrate for the world (or even just yourself) to see. In the future, I may get some simply for the art - I've seen some amazing pieces lately, but even then...they'll be reminders of that period in my life.0 -
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DamoElDiablo wrote: »Say, that's a nice avatar...
Thats my next Tattoo!!!!Just looking for the right artist.
Really have to get a Pinhead.Been using Hellrazer as a user name for nearly every FPS for almost 15 years now.Jesus I feel old.0 -
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Thats my next Tattoo!!!!Just looking for the right artist.
Really have to get a Pinhead.Been using Hellrazer as a user name for nearly every FPS for almost 15 years now.Jesus I feel old.
I've been using DamoElDiablo almost as long. Around 13/14 years.
Probably because of your fear of needles that you love Pinhead so much though! Watching it is your therapy :pac: 0 -
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DamoElDiablo wrote: »I've been using DamoElDiablo almost as long. Around 13/14 years.
Probably because of your fear of needles that you love Pinhead so much though! Watching it is your therapy :pac:
Na--stabbing myself with needles is my therapy.Never forgot the first time I tried to tattoo myself.Just say youre supposed to leave the needle hanging out by 1mm or so.........I left it sticking out by about ehh 1cm<<<< see kids this is whay an apprenticeship is a definate requirement!!!!1 cm is a lot deeper than 1MM.
It was on my shin and i think I hit the bone to be completely honest and that hurt like fook!!!!!0 -
Its different for everyone...
I'm fairly well covered at this stage and i usually get 3-4 medium to large pieces done each year depending on cash flow
Most are old/new school pieces some based in music some not.
I have a stormtrooper because I love starwars
I have a pearl because my grandmothers name is pearl but the other twenty odd have no significant meaning and were done because i actually love the process.
The build up to a booking, the taught process, the design, the anticipation and the actual pain of a long sitting and struggling through it to get to that final piece of art are all the things that keep drawing me back.
Fookin love it I do 0 -
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