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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2011 2:55:03 GMT -5
This is so true. My last tattoo was a piece I had done on the upper left part of my chest...yes it took 3 and 1/2 hours to complete, and yeah, it started out uncomfortable as f*** (especially when he had to sit at an angle where his arm was kind of resting on the bridge of my nose), but it was sooooo worth it. I loved it. Well yeah. Why become a professional fighter? Why bother falling in love? You accept that pain is involved and when it's all said and done, hopefully you have something you can be proud of. you're left with a lifetime of awesome art on your skin. I mean, ideally, but we've all seen people get wrecked by morons, haven't we? It's sad, but it's kind of funny too. How could you honestly not know? Art is subjective, but part of that is that YOU, YOUR VERY SELF, can gauge artistic ability. You can make a determination as to whther or not you trust some guy to draw a whatever on you and people consistently make the wrong choice. Personally, I pretty much hate tattoos. I see them as needless. I can, however, appreciate the art of the craft. That ain't a piece of paper, that's a living, squirming piece of a living thing that you're trying to place a very specific image on and you aren't using a number 2. If you're legitimate, you deserve your credit. I will admit a guilty admiration of sleeves though. Dunno, it can "look cool," I guess you'd say. |
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Post by Alex Shelley on Jul 1, 2011 3:06:08 GMT -5
Yeah, you have to be careful with artists. I'm EXTREMELY picky with tattoo artists. I really only trust one tattoo shop back in my hometown, and thus far I've only used one of their guys and let me tell you, this guy is amazing.
I know firsthand what happens when you pick a bad artist. At 18, I had a great artist all picked out in the town I'd just moved to. But the day of my appt, his gun had broken, so he sent me to his friend who he swore up and down that this guy was good, so I went to him, and disaster struck. This guy did not know what he was doing. I then went to a tattoo convention and attempted to get that fixed up, as well as a small addition to my other tattoo, and that guy f***ed it all up more.
Then I went the hell back to my hometown, back to the tattoo shop I'd got my first piece done at, and had the guy fix everything as well as give me my third tattoo (and he fixed the other guys' f***ups for FREE), and now I'm never going to another shop ever again unless it's somebody who's extremely highly regarded.
Be careful with artists. I was lucky that my piece was simple enough to get fixed. Oh, and never go to somebody who calls themself a "tattooist" or a "tattooer". That's usually a pretty bad sign, but I'm sure there's exceptions.
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Post by radioheadache on Jul 1, 2011 3:17:01 GMT -5
Personally I think a lot of the music I liked 10 years ago is lame, movies, books etc.
10 years from now I'd think a tattoo was lame. Or I'd get sick of it. There's really nothing you can do with a tattoo that you can't do with a t-shirt, and when you get sick of that you can toss it out.
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Post by mcclanahan on Jul 1, 2011 3:29:38 GMT -5
tattoos do hurtbut more than the location it depends on the person, I have one from my shoulder tomy elbow and I didn't feel it at all, however a friend of mine got one in the same location and cried...they do however itch like hell afterward...but don't scratch them just slap them
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Post by HMARK Center on Jul 1, 2011 9:13:21 GMT -5
To make money.
Due to strong emotional commitment and the hope of a lifetime of companionship and friendship.
Tattoos would do neither for me. Doesn't mean everybody else should dislike them, but it's my take on 'em.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2011 9:31:26 GMT -5
Tattoos don't hurt nearly as bad as you think they will.
I've been getting tattooed for over a decade now and when I really think about it I think more people are afraid of the permanence than they are of the pain itself so it messes with their head.
But seriously - its not as bad as all that. I've gotten tattoos in various parts of my body and at its worst it wasn't unbearable or anything.
The first tattoo I got was in 2001 and I gotta say - it still looks pretty good, but I take really good care of my skin, keep it out of sunlight, lots of sunblock, so its held up well over the past ten years.
Some people will say "Oh it will look like s*** when you're older" or "You'll regret it when you're older."
NEVER listen to those people because those people, most often and most notably, don't have tattoos (or good ones at least).
Take care of your skin and your tattoo will look fine when you're older.
Treat your skin like crap (no sunscreen, let it get sunburned, etc) then yeah - it won't look so great.
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Post by YellowJacketY2J on Jul 1, 2011 17:08:19 GMT -5
For those asking about if your tattoo will look good when you're older, it all depends on what you get. I know people who get tattoos of their child's name and birthdate in a heart (or what have you). That, of course, will look good when you're much older.
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Post by Jimichiro Likes Erick Rowan on Jul 2, 2011 7:21:37 GMT -5
I wouldn't compare the pain I felt geting my tattoos to bee stings, I think bee stings hurt more.  I'd compare the process to getting dental work, but on your skin. I remember I was nervous about the pain formy first tattoo, but it wasn't all that bad (except the parts where they went to my inner arm, and that was only for a couple minutes. My 2nd tattoo? Not trying to sound like a tough guy or anything, but there were parts of it where I almost fell asleep. |
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Post by DrewVonAwesome on Jul 2, 2011 7:28:38 GMT -5
Just relax and remember, soon you too shall be a...  |
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I'd compare the process to getting dental work, but on your skin.
