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Do tattoos make you cooler? More confident? A sign of bravery, creativity, baddassery, uniqueness?
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Re: Tattoos [Re: trees] 1
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Trees, you don't have any tattoos, you don't know what fuck you're talking about, gtfo my life, shut up bitch
I'm going to get that written across my belly as my first tattoo
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Creativity and uniqueness are the only ones I agree with. Unless you're one of those losers that picks designs off the display walls in tattoo shops.
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ok "creativity" and "uniqueness" are going to be my second and third then. Should I get a crazy font or just stick with Comic Sans?
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I'd go with some inaccurate Chinese characters
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Re: Tattoos [Re: trees]
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Depends on the tattoo
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Technically the bravest people are people who get tattoos of really dumb or ugly things, or names of their lovers. That's a very bold move and takes lots of bravery to do.
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I dont have any tattoos or piercings but i would love to make the scar i have that i shot 4acodmt into a 4.
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Crystal G said: Technically the bravest people are people who get tattoos of really dumb or ugly things, or names of their lovers. That's a very bold move and takes lots of bravery to do.
Bravery is relative to how much risk one believes they are taking. That something is done out of stupidity does not mean it was a brave choice if the person in question thought it was a good idea at the time.
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That something is done out of stupidity does not mean it was a brave choice if the person in question thought it was a good idea at the time.
I don't know exactly what this means, but I plan on getting it tattoo'd on myself.
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Crystal G said: Technically the bravest people are people who get tattoos of really dumb or ugly things, or names of their lovers. That's a very bold move and takes lots of bravery to do.
Wouldn't it just take a dumb person to put dumb tattoos on them? I don't think it takes any amount of bravery to get any tattoo unless you have some kind of phobia of needles.
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Re: Tattoos [Re: trees]
#23749624 - 10/18/16 05:38 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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I say none of the above. I think the described traits are far deeper than a tattoo.
They're just ink.
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I think yes. A man without tattoos is but a hairless ape.
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badchad said: I say none of the above. I think the described traits are far deeper than a tattoo.
They're just ink.
So? Would you tell an artist he's not creative because "it's just paint"?
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No. i was an idiot and got a tattoo when i was 18. now i want to get it removed
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Re: Tattoos [Re: Adolin]
#23749770 - 10/18/16 06:28 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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literally just came back from a tattoo. I got Elliot Smith's album art. Kinda like this. But I made it a bit unique and added somethings
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So? Would you tell an artist he's not creative because "it's just paint"?
No. An artist is an artist regardless of the media they choose.
But it would take more than a tattoo for me to consider someone "creative."
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Where did you put it?
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Starstepper said: Where did you put it?
Runs down my inner forearm
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Crystal G said: Technically the bravest stupidest people are people who get tattoos of really dumb or ugly things, or names of their lovers. That's a very bold retarded move and takes lots of bravery alcohol to do.
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I earned all of my tattoos
It's all nature and geometric dot work stuff
Things that moved me
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Re: Tattoos [Re: trees] 1
#23754246 - 10/20/16 08:26 AM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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no they dont do any of those things.
personally tattoos are more about knowing you have them then actually brandishing them.
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They don't do any of those things, but I think people should get them if that's the way they picture themselves in their head. People owe it to themselves to make their appearances line up with their personality, and tattoos can be a part of that. I only have a little bit of ink on me but I want to get more.
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Re: Tattoos [Re: Adolin]
#23754352 - 10/20/16 09:45 AM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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I think if a person wants to ink themselves, then so be it, just think about what you're going to get before you get it so you don't make a poor choice, and make sure the artist knows what they're doing.
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Gresh said: No. i was an idiot and got a tattoo when i was 18. now i want to get it removed
Personally the only reason I would want any tattoo removed, because if you ever get in trouble and they photograph your tats, then you have another identifying mark on your body that big bro can see.
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Re: Tattoos [Re: Lucis]
#23754403 - 10/20/16 10:08 AM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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Here's my opinion which I didn't add yet:
Tattoos actually DO increase confidence and makes people feel cooler, especially when the tattoos are visible in plain sight to people in public. Ive noticed this with a lot of females and some more reserved / meek type men. I'm 99% sure they feel cooler and more confident with their tattoos than they did without them.
I don't have any tattoos at all, but Ive thought about getting my entire body tattooed with a theme that is personal to me, though I'll have it done in a way that makes it invisible to people in public, because I think knowing that other people see your tattoos does change your conscience.
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Re: Tattoos [Re: trees] 1
#23754658 - 10/20/16 11:56 AM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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No. i was an idiot and got a tattoo when i was 18. now i want to get it removed
dafuq was it
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Re: Tattoos [Re: trees]
#23754694 - 10/20/16 12:06 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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trees said: Here's my opinion which I didn't add yet:
Tattoos actually DO increase confidence and makes people feel cooler, especially when the tattoos are visible in plain sight to people in public. Ive noticed this with a lot of females and some more reserved / meek type men. I'm 99% sure they feel cooler and more confident with their tattoos than they did without them.
I don't have any tattoos at all, but Ive thought about getting my entire body tattooed with a theme that is personal to me, though I'll have it done in a way that makes it invisible to people in public, because I think knowing that other people see your tattoos does change your conscience.
You'd have to be pretty insecure to gain any type of confidence from having tattoos though. I feel like people think I'm cooler for them for whatever reason, but I don't think that though.
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I don't even really think about mine, but get self-consious when people ask about them and end up muttering about something unrelated. It was money spent that I didn't piss away.
I'm much more concerned with how vascular and swole I look these days.
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Did gaining some size change the look of them at all? I lost like 20 pounds of muscle a while back that I'm working on getting back slowly, and mine actually look a bit better after shrinking lol.
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hex_enduction said: They don't do any of those things, but I think people should get them if that's the way they picture themselves in their head. People owe it to themselves to make their appearances line up with their personality, and tattoos can be a part of that. I only have a little bit of ink on me but I want to get more.
Well said Hex. My tats are a rite of passage for me; if you know how to read them right, they're basically a roadmap of the trials, tribulations, and lessons that life has taught me, starting with my first @ 15:
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probably something like this
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Re: Tattoos [Re: trees] 1
#23755136 - 10/20/16 02:50 PM (7 years, 3 months ago) |
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They could do any of the things you listed, but they do not necessarily have to. I think, for the most part, tattoos only have as much of an effect as was intended by getting them in the first place, but sometimes the experience of getting one is much different than what one expected.
My two tattoos relate to experiences i've had. However, the imagery itself is not a direct translation of the experiences, but rather something that I saw in my imagination, spontaneously or in a dream, at the time of the experience. Lovely way to remind yourself of things you wish to remember.
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That's pretty much exactly what tattoos signify for me, a visual manifestation of my life and the factors that made me what I am. It's also just an incredibly primal practice, using your body as a canvas. Kinda makes me feel like I carry a living link to a culture much deeper than modern western life.
I probably sound pretentious as fuck talking like this, and tattoos are certainly not the only way to connect oneself to that primacy, but that's just what it is to me.
I like your ink, btw. I definitely want to keep mine all black too. Much more aesthetically pleasing than "traditional" tattoos and the like in my eyes.
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Eminence said: Did gaining some size change the look of them at all? I lost like 20 pounds of muscle a while back that I'm working on getting back slowly, and mine actually look a bit better after shrinking lol.
I gained 45lbs this year (fit, not fat) and my tattoos haven't warped at all.
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Chakra Shock said: Lovely way to remind yourself of things you wish to remember.
This. A million times over, this.
I have a huge one on my back that's semi finished, but it's gonna stay like that, as I see no point spending money on something I need a combination of mirrors to see. My tats are for me, and not for anyone else (with the one I got for my wife being an exception). That's why all my text is written in reverse; so it reads the right way for me when I'm looking in a mirror.
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hex_enduction said: It's also just an incredibly primal practice, using your body as a canvas.
It really is man. Scarring oneself has been a practice mankind has used for rite of passage since time immemorial. That's all my tats are - just elaborate scars, to go along with all the other scars I've given myself or life has bestowed upon me. I love them with all my heart.
Marking my body is one of the greatest and most fulfilling things I can do in this world.
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I don't know if your tattoo map is complete yet jsb. I don't see a blue steak anywhere. Any room to sneak in a nice little filet or something?
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Re: Tattoos [Re: chammy]
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I gained 45lbs this year (fit, not fat) and my tattoos haven't warped at all.
Good job man, dat's a lotta gainz. Good to know though, I'm planning on getting more soon and I don't want them to look funky if I end up putting on more weight than what I was at prior to losing it.
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It really is man. Scarring oneself has been a practice mankind has used for rite of passage since time immemorial. That's all my tats are - just elaborate scars, to go along with all the other scars I've given myself or life has bestowed upon me. I love them with all my heart.
Marking my body is one of the greatest and most fulfilling things I can do in this world.
Have you thought about getting any brands? I was so close to getting a brand a while back but Idk how I'd feel about it right now if I had gone through with it.
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Eminence said: Have you thought about getting any brands?
Already got a few, all done myself. Scarification is my favourite, not only for how surreal it is watching someone peel your skin off, but the end result is so bold:

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do they numb you for that or you just take the insane pain?
IMO to me that is a sign of bravery, being cool with having your skin fucking peeled off.
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It's actually not that painful - I've had tats that hurt more. The armpit is the fucking worst - I had to hold my breath and clench my teeth through every minute of it.
The scarification was like some wild acid trip - a 3 storey shop with psychedelic art dripping off the walls, Psytrance blasting through the stereo, and pretty much every bloke in there had their whole faces tattooed. As I will one day, something a little like this:

That takes real courage IMO. I can hide all my tats if I need to, I can fit in with the 'normal' people, but when you take that step you step straight into being a social outcast for the rest of your days here...
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I've also thought here and there about whether I would get any face tats as well. I wouldn't get anything in the middle of my face tattooed though because I still want to look like me I guess, I'd only go as far as my jawline or temple. I shave my head slick bald though so I got a whole lot of room back there to fill up lol.
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I like the idea of this, but id even keep everything past the knees and elbows clean. It's like its your secret art piece, lol
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For some reason the beginning of the thread reminded me of this quote....."Smart may have the brains, but stupid has the balls."
I dig that too honestly. The whole under the clothes tattoos where it's hidden. I would honestly need it going into the profession I want to go into. People are too judgey these days about tattoos in certain workplaces. Luckily I dress kind of frumpy so I don't need to be too careful about where I put them.
But honestly tattoos don't really make me think of much when I see them on people regarding their 'coolness' or 'creativity'. I'm always very curious to see what they have and think it's pretty interesting. It's also a good ice break in social situations and I think you can tell alot about people's personalities by what they get, even if you don't talk to them. In a way, what people get on their skin is a branding of some sort, and most of the meaning is strictly for themselves.
I have this thought process that your skin is like the pages in a book and your tattoos are your words. But I do enjoy reading some good books. So I guess that is how I go about it.....
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Already got a few, all done myself. Scarification is my favourite, not only for how surreal it is watching someone peel your skin off, but the end result is so bold:


bro what the actual fuck!
thats really hard core man, jesus christ!
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Re: Tattoos [Re: trees]
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People back in the 70's and early 80's who had tatoos were usually badasses...now that they're so popular they come across to me as lame, especially considering how expensive they are. I'm actually kinda proud that i'm one of the few who has never gotten one. One thing i would consider would be one of those branding deals, which forms the image from the raised scar tissue
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You're talking about the scar going keloid (raised). Not everybody's skin naturally does this, so it has to be agitated throughout the healing process to ensure it - it's not a given.
My couple of brands are actually sunk into my skin, rather than raised, and the only reason my scarification went keloid at all was because I scrubbed the scab of every night for two weeks with sugar and peroxide..
..it was actually far more painful doing that than getting it done in the first place.
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That is so hipster to think that they were bad asses back then vs now.
What are all the people supporting saggy barb wire across their biceps from the 80s and 90s considered in this?
Don't want tattoos don't get them, if you are getting them for any reason beyond your personal desire you will probably regret it down the road.
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Damn man. Are you a masochist by any chance? 
That scarification definitely looks sick as fuck especially over the ink you already had there, but idk if I could handle that much pain (particularly the peroxide scrubbing)
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I once ripped most of my forearm off from snow burn skiing would guess about 2/3s as big as jsb area and keeping it clean with warm water, soap around the edges, and peroxide was hellish. After a few days it wasn't as bad but those first couple times had me shaking.
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Ah, I definitely got tendencies. It's an acquired taste though; it's taken me many years to learn how to really enjoy it.
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I think people with visible tattoos tend to give them selves away.. For example when I see someone with a neck or face tattoo I figure that person is most likely down for some shit.. They're like stripes on a tiger, or the red mark on black widows alerting u to their poisonous nature.. Tis why I'm not too fond of getting tattoos on my arms or anywhere where they'd be too visible, cuz I feel like I'd give myself away and I'd prefer to keep peeps guessing..
When u get tats it's like u let people know of ur predation, u become a predator, as well as a target or prey for other predators.. Tats are indeed like badges, something U have to earn I guess, otherwise ure just fooling urself and other people..
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Tats aren't like badges unless you're in a tribe or the navy. You can get them for whatever reason you want. You're right though, some people do treat you differently. My piercings put more people off than my tattoos though, I remember when I had my face pierced in multiple places, and 2 inch tunnels in my ears, and I was trying to help this old lady pick up her groceries she dropped in a parking lot she scurried over to them and told me to get away cuz she thought I was trying to steal them
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If they werent badges when u got them then they will be eventually..
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badges?...badges?...WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING BADGES
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I have a stick and poke I did about 8 years ago. Holly shit I'm getting old. It's actually "unfinished" I got to a point where I wasn't sure what I wanted to do next. I thought I would think about it for a couple days, and now 8 years later I still haven't touched it. I don't think I'll ever pay someone to tattoo me, or get a tattoo in a very visible location, but I would definitely give myself another stick and poke if the inspiration hit me.
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bro what the actual fuck!
thats really hard core man, jesus christ!
Holly shit dude! That looks really cool over top the tattoos. Is it raised? Like could a blind person read it like braille?
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A bunch of people have already seen this but this is my sleeve design I'm starting on the 29th
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Nice, u got some amino acids, cell division diagrams n shit,l. If I saw that on someone I'd assume they're a biologist.
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Neuroscience. But I dedicated a good 7 years of my life to science and research so I wanted to that to be on my canvas.
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Dude, I am so excited for you and that tat for some reason! Haha It's gonna look awesome. I've always wanted a biology related tattoo but still not sure honestly.
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Yeah, that sleeve is fuckin sick. I wanna get a big highly detailed piece like that on me somewhere but I don't really have any ideas. Most of my tattoo ideas are pretty basic designs.
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That's without a doubt one of the sickest tats I've seen Malcom.
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Do you have any other ink Malquan? I'm assuming that's not going to be your first piece, but respect either way, that would definitely be a bold starting point.
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First piece. Honestly individual tattoos look retarded to me. Bold move for sure but it definitely fits my personality
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Sick! Did you draw that? I wish I had the skills to design something like that.
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Fair enough. See, I kinda think sleeves look retarded a lot of the time when it gets to the point where you can't distinguish what the individual elements are, but I do appreciate continuity/connectedness in people's tattoos. I got a buddy who's got both his arms covered with random traditional shit that all ends up blending together into this lame collage of daggers, eagles, all seeing eyes and shit like that and it's just tacky in my opinion. Diff'rent strokes.
Individual tattoos definitely look tacky on some people (read: white girls) but it depends more on the person than the image IMO.
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Thanks man. It's gone through like 4 drafts and I think this one is perfect. It'll be a lot of black/gray with some color pops on the molecules.
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I'd throw a little UV ink in there if I were getting that.
A while back I was going to get a Dragon Ball Z tattoo of Broly on my forearm, with the Ki balls filled in with UV ink
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Nah no UV kinda cheesy IMO.
I've been showing a bunch of people and haven't gotten one bad response yet. I think its a great design.
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If you don't mind my prying, how much you planning on droppin on that? I'd guess at the very least a stack, probably more like a couple.
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2 stacks with tip. Its an early christmas present to myself. I got a pretty good paying job now though so I can afford it.
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Word man. Definitely money well spent.
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I'm excited as fuck. My artist said she's been in the business for 15 years and this is going to be her favorite project.
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I've always imagined doing something like this for a full body suit
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Dude, I can get on that cheesy wagon with the UV.

Did you decide not to get the tat though?
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Yeah, didn't get it. The idea just faded away after thinking so long about a certain design then I just came up with something else I would still get something DBZ related if I thought of a good idea, it was a huge part of my childhood lol.
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I think UV is kind of cheesy as well. But I used to have a roommate who did tattoos. Never got one from him myself, bit undecisive with that kind of stuff. But some of his cooler UV tattoo projects were a dragon engraved chest plate tattoo and a Chesire cat tattoo where the eyes were visible but the face came up under blacklight.
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That sounds pretty cool. UV has lots of potential to be cheesy, agreed. If I got any these days, it would be in subtle details only.
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personally tattoos are more about knowing you have them then actually brandishing them.
This. I got my tattoos for myself.
I got both of mine when I was a teenager, 16 & 18 years old to be specific. I plan to get more, just haven't had any good enough ideas yet.
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Right on. I want to get some Studio Ghibli, Sailormoon, and Gundam inspired ones and actually found a place that sort of specializes in anime down around where you are at I think. But then I moved further north so now it'll be a bit before I gather the money and invest the time to travel down there for a tattoo. To be honest, I haven't thought much about what more to get for myself. DBZ would be awesome too. That show was a big part of my childhood too.
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Gundam would make for some cool art, though I didn't watch it that much. But are you talking about Heroes and Ghosts or River City Tattoo?
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I just had to look it up bc I only had the artist that I followed, BunnyMachine. She's the one that I meant to say specializes. I'm tired. Haha But found out she is at Classic Tattoo. I think that is in your neck of the woods.
When I was living in Japan as a kid they would have these mech toys that you could get out of like... those quarter machine things. But in Japan they were actually decent toys and were like $1. I grew up building some of the robots too.
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you want the works of a bigot permanently inked on your arm?
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Finally started my sleeve yesterday



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It looks better than I thought it would, congratulations
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Thanks homies. I'll post pictures once she starts the shading/coloring. I have about 3 more sessions left
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U might regret those analogs later on in life, but that's just me..
The vortex and the dna strands were nice additions tho 
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What do you mean? Nothing on that sleeve is drug related whatsoever
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They ain't gotta be dawg, they're like dreads nowadays, everyones got em
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Everyone likes food too, so what
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Haha seriously. Honestly i don't think I'll see too many people rocking a sleeve like mine. Most of the molecules are just carbon skeletons and phosphate backbones that make up the DNA helix.
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I've never seen a design like your sleeve, occasionally a molecule or something but the overall design is pretty unique. It looks good, and I find 99% of tattoos tacky
Planning on getting matching tattoos with my sister, but we haven't decided on a design yet
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Nice tattoo Malcolm. Lots of space to expand the design as well if you ever wanted, but it's complete on it's own as well. When you first posted the design, I was trouble imagining how it would fit around your arm, but looks like it came out pretty good. Definitely post when it's all completely finished.
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Yeah i'll keep posting pictures as the shading and color gets updated. I think the way its laid out is perfect. A lot of the open space will be filled with a galaxy fading sort of effect that will blend it all together.
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Tattoo update. Finally got some shading done
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2nd round of shading
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Really dope, Its a unique piece for sure
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Already got a few, all done myself. Scarification is my favourite, not only for how surreal it is watching someone peel your skin off, but the end result is so bold:


HOLY SHIT jokeshopbeard. Mad props. What did they skin you with? An x-acto blade?
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That shit is crazy. No way I could sit through that
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Are you tattooing the sleeve yourself?
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No. I'm not a tattoo artist. A lot of the different pieces were drawn by me but my artist is doing the actual tattooing
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Whut? I didn't notice you had a sleeve on each arm going on. Anyways, my honest critique is i feel like the design was solid and whoever is doing the tattooing could use a lot more practice. I like everything about the design except for the 'galaxy stiple spray'- as I would call it. It totally destroys the clean line feel of the tattoo.
Well, now that I'm looking at it again the atomic symbol is straight fucked.
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Haha its still raised and swollen. She's going back over it 3 weeks. Also, I specifically asked for a galaxy striped type shading. It was really the only way to blend everything together and the top of my shoulder/arm is a galaxy as well so it only made sense
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Already got a few, all done myself. Scarification is my favourite, not only for how surreal it is watching someone peel your skin off, but the end result is so bold:


HOLY SHIT jokeshopbeard. Mad props. What did they skin you with? An x-acto blade?
Yeah just a scalpel and some of those medical pincer/plier type things. Took the skin off in thin slivers. He went through about 8-10 blades in the 3-4 hours it took to do that if I remember right. I was surprised at how quick the blade dulled just cutting through a thin layer of skin and subcutaneous fat...
Fucking wicked experience though, I absolutely loved it.
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That's fucking crazy.
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Loving the way your tat is coming along by the way Malc, I think the design is the fucking bollocks and really looking forward to seeing it progress. Very happy for you too cause I know just how great it is seeing your vision slowly come to life - it's one of lifes sweetest pleasures for me, seeing it slowly healing into a work of art.
How much are you paying on the hour out of interest? Or have you got a day rate set up with your artist? They're real good IMO.
BTW - as a veteran, let me tell you there will always be bits of your tat with which you find fault. Sucks at first, but years down the line it becomes part of the beauty of it all.
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Thanks man. I pay $120 an hour and I'm about 11 in probably have another 10 to go if I want color. I'm still at the stage to get things fixed/cleaned up if need be but I love how its coming together so far.
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Bear in mind colour will fade a lot quicker than black and grey and will thus need more frequent touching up as you age, or will just look worse a lot quicker with time (they're all gonna look shit when we're 60 anyway).
Wish I could find a good artist for that more reasonable money. My last artist I worked with for 8-9 years used to charge me £350 for a full 7 hour day (so £50/hour) but she was half way up the country and is now retired.
Any good artist round London these days wants £150 ($190) an hour. With the size of my next piece in mind (basically half my torso), there's no way I can afford that for now. Very sad TBH, just another of lifes most wonderful treats that have been stripped away from me.
Enjoy every minute of it please man. I hope you find that sweet place where the endorphins flow as you relax into it and you can drift off into a magical dreamland as they work. I find a blindfold/baseball cap over the eyes and earplugs and your fav music makes it like a psychedelic trip...
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Shoulder finished today
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How many hours has that been so far? Just wondering for future reference. Really dope af btw
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Malcolm_Xtasy
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Re: Tattoos [Re: trees]
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15 hours and counting. Probably gonna be around 25-30 when its done. Trying to decide between color or keeping it grayscale. Opinions.
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I like mostly grayscale, but when it comes to colors to compliment it, I always thought certain shades of red, orange, and yellow work well.
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Sick as fuck Malquan. I would leave it in black, but I don't care for colors on tattoos.
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Just finished up the arm few days ago
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i have no tattoos and dont feel the need the get any
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Oh blessed one how we worship your purity of soul and skin
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I need to get more ink soon....
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Bill_Oreilly
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Now bow down to thy master thou child of Bill Oreilly for bill is the one true God
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Quote:
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goldcaphunter said: Oh blessed one how we worship your purity of soul and skin
Now bow down to thy master thou child of Bill Oreilly for bill is the one true God
The god of sweaty puffy nipples, Bill has man titties, they resemble sausage.
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May the gods of Bill bless you in all your lifetimes my humble brother
In bill we trust
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i cant descide on what tattoo to get. theres too much amazing art thou.
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zZZz
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Get a Pikachu tattoo
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Eminence



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Just come up with your own idea and the tattoo artists can draw somethin up for ya.
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how about, all long term shroomery members get one of these somewhere on their body
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Yeah I think it should have just as much to do with the artist as the art you're deciding on. It would probably be a good idea if the artist was strong in the type of tattoo or style you're looking for. I've always thought how much more awesome a tattoo would be if you knew the artist personally, instead of just a complete stranger.
They are essentially throwing hieroglyphics up on yo' temple walls. Tattoos are superficial in a sense, being only skin deep but in reality the depth is all up to you.
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The temple walls are made of flesh, might as well decorate your temple the way you see fit.
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Are you really a trans-male? (Your profile says so) If so, you've got a great body, I really thought you were a man. You've even got a pretty.... sexy body I'd say.
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Malcolm_Xtasy
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Hahahaha nah I'm a dude. I changed it for the lulz. But thanks, crystal
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Bahaha
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That's some nice work Malcolm, what did that cost, how many sittings?
Eventually when I save up enough money I want to get scarification, branded, and more tats.
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Re: Tattoos [Re: Lucis]
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At this point I've paid about 1500 for 15 hours. Probably another 10 or so to go. I'm 4 sessions in right now.
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get this lol
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Holy fuck that hardly seems real. Must have cost an arm and a solid gold leg. Doubt it will hold up over time either.
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it's done by jesse rix. He doesn't say what his hourly rate is, but it looks pretty serious.
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Wy word, that shading I couldn't do that on paper
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Those are phenomenal
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goldcaphunter said: Oh blessed one how we worship your purity of soul and skin
The temple walls are made of flesh, might as well decorate your temple the way you see fit.
"Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the LORD." leviticus 19:28
These punching ones are cool tho


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wonder why those all appear to be left hands.
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mt cleverest
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that tattoo is somehow funny, badass and spiritualy significant all at the same time. basically the perfect tattoo.
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Fennario said:
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goldcaphunter said: Oh blessed one how we worship your purity of soul and skin
The temple walls are made of flesh, might as well decorate your temple the way you see fit.
"Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the LORD." leviticus 19:28
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wonder why those all appear to be left hands.
Its cause the character in the tattoo is male and they dont want to see that character grabbing their dicks when they fap away. That would make the tattoo way to hilarious
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Fennario said:
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goldcaphunter said: Oh blessed one how we worship your purity of soul and skin
The temple walls are made of flesh, might as well decorate your temple the way you see fit.
"Do not cut your bodies for the dead, and do not mark your skin with tattoos. I am the LORD." leviticus 19:28
Sure, sure. Leviticus also tells us not to hold a workers wages overnight, mix different fabrics together in one piece of clothing, trim your beard or work on Sundays either. I think tattoos could get a pass as well.
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zZZz
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It think it all Basically falls on the category of vanity and false idols and stuff..
I've always wondered tho, wut about tatts that give praise to the father?..
But then again what good are such tatts if u don't walk the walk..
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Re: Tattoos [Re: zZZz]
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Away with you
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zZZz
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get behind me satan!
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Re: Tattoos [Re: zZZz]
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Lol.
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