The Show Off Your Tattoo Thread

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I'm considering getting a tattoo and would like to know what people think of my design and give me some advice. Obviously you may or may not like my design but wanted to know where abouts on my body you think this would look OK, what size I should get, how much it will cost, how long it will take, how accurate can a tattoo artist be i.e. in terms of straight lines.

Anyone know of any good places in the South West/Gloucestershire area?

I was thinking of getting quite a small version on this on the underside of my wrist.

(background colour is an attempted skin tone )

The tattoo should be made a decent size. The icons on the top right side of the image need to be big enough so in a few years they dont merge into a mess. You wanna keep all the line work neat so it will look better in the future. It's a good design but you might wanna talk to your artist to see what he thinks needs fixing to make sure it will make a good tattoo. Will look fine to me with some fixing but i am not a tattoo artist lol

 

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Dear Tattoo experts!



I've really been thinking for about 2 years to get this tattoo, not sure whats really holding me back.

Do tattoos stop you getting jobs etc? like the one i want to get its on the inside of my arm (see picture), so you cant really see it if the arms facing inwards which it will do most of the time.

Also, do the colours go away over a period of time? how long would that be?

Big question!

The place on my arm where i would get it(Picture) would it be effected a lot by how much muscle i have there at the moment, im planning on getting more muscle on my arms and if i got it before would the tattoo stretch after i have gained muscle in my arms?

thx in advance.

Tattoos may stop you getting jobs, cover them up at interviews.

Good tattoo artists use high quality ink, these do not fade much over time. Keep the tattoo out of direct sunlight when it is healing, do not pick the scab, pat to dry dont rub. Use bepanthen for a couple of weeks after you get the tattoo and generally take care of it This will ensure the colour and style of the tattoo stays preserved.

If you gain muscles after you get the tattoo this will distort the tattoo. Get the muscle then the tattoo.

 

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Finally booked my tattoo with DrewXIII of Painted Lady, he's doing some guest spots in Cardiff which makes it more convenient than going up to Birmingham!
Love his style, just a little bit dark but hopefully he won't mind brightening mine up a bit

Very cool. Post pics when you get it sorted

 

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Ankles actually make me HOT! The dishcarge is staining my pants.

On topic, check out one some of my badass ink.

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Looks good, you took this at 2 in the morning? xD

 

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I had it done at 2 in the morning after coming in from quite a big night out.

What tattoo place is open at 2am? Were you drunk also? Most tattoo places dont allow drunk people to get tattoos lol

 

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I'm guessing someone he knows has a tattoo gun or something.

Pretty good looking tattoo for a drunken one anyway lol

 

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Sash, where did u get your tattoo done?

Ace tattoo studio in Edinburgh. A guy called Billy Brown owns the shop. Hes really good
I will be looking to get another one once my friend who designed the first one finishes the guitar design.

 

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Here is my latest one. Had it a week and a bit now, healing nicely. Was taken straight after I got it done.

Thats a cool tattoo.
Edit apologies for the double post no copy paste facility on mobile.

 

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Thought I'd ask in here instead of starting a new thread.

I have Mum & Dad tattooed in Old School font on wrists and considering I'm looking to be covered, I'm thinking of ways to expand on them. Maybe something to do with their jobs? For example my mum has been a Chef for most of her life and before that she was an accountant. Maybe something to do with money or food? My Dad's a bus driver in central London haha, so not too sure what to do for that, but I'd really appreciate any ideas or plans that spring to your geeky, intelligent minds.

Just get a dragon and call it a metaphor.

 

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Ooh, at last, a Chinese tattoo I can understand. That is 'xiongdi' which means "brothers" doesn't it?

I wanna speak Catonese =[

 

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Why? Are you hoping for discount meals at your local chippy?

Chinese people run chippies? I thought that was the Italian stereotype?

I just thought it would be fun

 

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Very cool tattoos mate, how long did it take to get all them done?

 

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I don't care what you found or where you found them. This thread is "Show Off Your Tattoo". They're not yours so to be blunt, they're not really welcome in here.

Someone has probably just googled for tattoos and saw this thread and just decided to start advertising.

 

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It's on my inside left wrist, took him 40 mins to do and cost me £70.

Cost me 70 plus a 10tip to get my one done lol looks good though.

 

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quick question for you with tats, if you needed yours touching up because either the colour came out or because it looked like the artists missed a bit did you ever have to pay or was it free?

How long have you had it? It depends on the circumstances on how it got into that state described.

1. You messed up while it was healing - picking at scabs etc.
2. The ink quality was poor.
3. The tattoo wasnt done properly
4. The tattoo has warped over the years due to your skin changing.

I would contact your tattoo artist and speak to them about it personally. My tattoo artist said that no good tattoo should need recolouring. I had actually asked him about this and he had shown me a tattoo he got years and years ago and the colour was still as black as he had originally got it done.

 

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It's only 5 weeks old and had Bep treatment several times a day for the first week, then twice a day for the next 2 weeks.

Because of the size he used a line needle to fill and it looks like he missed a few bits. a few bits look "cloudy" up close.

It was looked after very well, kept it out of the sun, dry and clean. Hardly scabbed at all which was surprising and where it did isn't where I am having issues!

I would go in and let your tattoo artist see it in that case. Just ask nicely if he can top it up, I am sure the artist wouldnt want you to go around and say that it was him who did the tattoo if he knew it didnt look as good as it could be.

 

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Spent 8 hours in Llanelli yesterday at Studio Seven Tattoo, had a brief consultation in the car with Drew who was great and picked me up from Cardiff station to take me to the studio!

Was just expecting the line work, possibly some shading but it turns out he likes to do it all in one go and I can handle the pain more than I thought. He worked on me for about 6 hours in total, absolutely beautiful work and I'm waiting for some photos from him as right now it's healing nicely but very very shiny!

Sweet deal dude. How much did it turn out to be? Not that that really matters thats good service!
I hope you tipped well?

 

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Very nice tattoos int and [Cas]!

 

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Healing up nicely already, I'm on my 3rd day of bepanthen and I'll keep this up until it's smoothed out. It's already stopped trying to scab over and the reds haven't shown any sign of red rage which is great

Awesomeness. I am still waiting on my mate getting my guitar designs to me.

 

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How does body building effect tattoos or say, loosing/ gaining a lot of weight??

If your skin stretches due to more muscle this will distort tattoos. I recommend getting a tattoo after you get to your final muscle size.