I love it. It’s well-executed, but artistically speaking, there’s a real sweetness and softness to it for such a morbid topic. Makes me think of Misha Gordin’s photos (viewable at New Page 1 ), and I just love this. Best yet, Peter.

Your best bet is to find a style of tattooing you like (classic, Asian, portrait, black and gray, etc.). Then go find an artist who’s good at that style. After that, ask the artist to draw something. You will likely pay a deposit, and a short time later, you will have a tattoo.

@buttwheat 127366 wrote:

BTW it is pretty damn sexy

Thanks, BW. That’s really touching to hear as a pediatric nurse who doesn’t often get to feel sexy. 🙂 So far people have nice things to say about the tattoo. I spoke with Ryan today and he’s going to color it in at 1:00 CST on the 27th. He says it should be about four hours. Then he added…[Read more]

When I saw him peeking out from the top of my pants today, I swear to God, I had the exact same thought!

Funny off-topic story: I was birding with my mother and we were watching a woodpecker, well, pecking pretty fiercely at a tree. My mom says, “My God, if he keeps going that, he’s going to break his pecker!” I tell her, “Yeah, and he could…[Read more]

Simple antibacterial soap with no fragrances. If this irritates it too much, unscented feminine wash is a good substitute with an antibacterial property.

@argedion 127258 wrote:

The semetry is right on. What a fantastic tattoo. I know you will be the proud mama of this thing for years to come. I really like it (its tits and ass 🙂 )

It’s really healing well as a wound and as a tattoo. It was a little angry after a 12 hour shift where I was lifting 120 lbs. a couple times by myself. It was a…[Read more]

@newdragon 127238 wrote:

You must be running out of space. That sort of pain tolerance almost qualifies you to go through child birth.

Twice due to pain I’ve thought to myself, “I can’t take any more of this.” Once relating to cancer pain, the second relating to tattooing over the pelvic girdle. 😉 Anyone who thinks wimps get tattoos is full of it.

@newdragon 127238 wrote:

You must be running out of space. That sort of pain tolerance almost qualifies you to go through child birth.

Twice due to pain I’ve thought to myself, “I can’t take any more of this.” Once relating to cancer pain, the second relating to tattooing over the pelvic girdle. 😉 Anyone who thinks wimps get tattoos is full of it.

@Wardy 127246 wrote:

even for £80,000,000?

No. Dude, your company will drain you in legal fees to be dicks. Never sell out, because those motherfuckers are out for themselves, not you. And that’s the worst reason to get a tattoo.

I see London; I see France.

Still, that’s a really cool tattoo!

Thank you all for being so supportive on a tattoo that’s the most important tattoo I’ve ever gotten. Ryan McDonald started tattooing in 2009, and he’s come a long way in a short time. Short of Black 13, I can’t imagine letting any other shop touch such a sensitive area as my OC scar in my state. I was expecting something more vine-like in…[Read more]

That’s awesome, Peter! I’m working on a lower abdominal piece/turned partial genital tattoo; updated the thread. I’d also like to come up with another left side piece inspired by Rilke’s work. I’m also looking to get a Maneki Neko that is the same color as my cat somewhere on my right, and I’d like my cherry blossom reworked on my right though.…[Read more]

@buttwheat 127225 wrote:

It looks tits

Tits good or bad?

@Call_me_Lola 127227 wrote:

WOW! Looking good. Scar is gone already.

Can’t wait to see it after he gets his crayons out.

I’m excited, too! Thank you!

Same kid at Alley Cat, Ryan, who did my rose started this today. Shading and outline is done, and now I heal up for the color. It’s much bigger than anything I’ve done before… Honest feelings: I’m thrilled with the flora and shading. The bird is acceptable, but he asserts once it’s colored and retouched I’ll be a happy camper.

@Sam-I-Am 127148 wrote:

That remind me of “Sissy” in Betty Smith’s “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” (Harper & Brother 1943). She had 10 “blue baby” deaths before they could afford a doctor. The 11th was “blue” too, but lived with only oxygen to pull him through.

Sadly, I only bought and read the book because it was in a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

When I was a…[Read more]

@Sam-I-Am 127140 wrote:

Only you could pull that off!

I was thinking it would be nothing but Chapter 9 of Alcott’s Little Women.

You know, in memory of my dead grandma. She was only 4′ 8″ in shoes.

@buttwheat 127080 wrote:

totally get a phoenix or a koi
why use your email address?

Mine’s gonna have nothing but mountains of text on the wings/fins.

Mother of fuck. OP makes some of our less literate members look like James Joyce.

I don’t like any of those tattoos that much. Still haven’t made it upstate to get my DJ tatt just. 🙁

No. I once had a company I work for let me be victimized in some of the worst possible ways. After being punished by the company for turning in an abuser (there were marks, statements, and cameras rolling) and being intimidated to quit, there’s not a motherfucking company that I could ever feel that degree of fealty to.

Welcome! You won’t mind buttwheat after awhile. He’s like arsenic; you just have to build up a tolerance.

(Love you, BW. <3 )