@Sam-I-Am 127145 wrote:

My ass, or lower back, belong to my union.

(Actually that is a generic union label. Can’t take any chances)

branded like a bitch 😉

@Sam-I-Am 127151 wrote:

Welcome to the forum!
A picture would help.
I’ve had reactions to certain ink brands, and one time I used a numbing agent I almost went to the nearest hospital. My leg was swollen for nearly two weeks.
The Ink seemed to get real thick in my skin and only after months of “tea tree” oil and other ointments, it is now pretty…

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@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.

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@Sam-I-Am 127152 wrote:

Are you afraid of garlic?
How about wooden stakes?

That could be the problem!! My brother did refer to me as Dracula just this afternoon. The sun has finally come out up here and it looks like summer may be starting, but I’m hiding indoors due to fresh ink.

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@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.

@clay1680 127121 wrote:

Looks good but that foot in the third pic looks a bit infected or just nasty…i would get that checked that out my dude….

@Sam-I-Am 127138 wrote:

Thanks for your concern. It doesn’t really look that bad in person. A better camera would help too.

Diabetic?
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@Sam-I-Am 127044 wrote:

I hope they were all different women.
I knew a guy that married and divorced the same women twice.

lol sounds like my mum and dad to be honest 🙂

Yep different women 🙂

@Sam-I-Am 126990 wrote:

I think it’s better, but it’s not my style.
If you like it, go for it.

What he said.

So I got this tattoo before I deployed to Afghanistan

And I would like to add a THANK YOU for your service.

@Sam-I-Am 126896 wrote:

I like it!

haha me too i was very pleased with it when it was done.. just wondering if it’s reckless to keep it now that i know there is a possibility it could be dangerous..

@Sam-I-Am 126889 wrote:

Welcome to the forum!

I’d like to see a picture of your tattoo. Where is it on you?

Keep us posted. Pictures too.

Noooo idea how to upload my own image.. sorry, my forum knowledge is very basic. I FAQ’d how to do it and it said something about clicking Manage Attachments below where i type the post.. but can’t find that…[Read more]

@Sam-I-Am 126822 wrote:

I can see a background enhancing your tattoo and having it appear more finished.

$60.00 is not much of a deposit, but BEFORE you even talk to an artist? That’s weird. I always thought talk was cheap!

Thats exactly what I’m going for, it definitely feels like its not finished. And yeah, its not the price that was a big deal…[Read more]

@Sam-I-Am 126802 wrote:

Picture works fine now.

I think a good tattoo artist could do a lot with that tattoo. Give them your rough idea and see what they come up with.
Keep us posted.

This^^^^^^^^^^

@Sam-I-Am 126729 wrote:

I would try to find some kind of symbolism to honor your grandfather.

The lighthouse and boat are my symbols. The verse reference is going to be in the same script as my ankle, though not at the central piece. I want the boat and lighthouse as the main part.
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@Sam-I-Am 126161 wrote:

I missed this piece last year. How is it holding up?

Looks good.

It holding up quite well actually. Thanks!

@Sam-I-Am 126690 wrote:

Let’s not start the “male shaving arm pit” conversation again.

On a serious note though, do you trim your arm pits?

@Sam-I-Am 126489 wrote:

I was thinking Jerry Mouse, from Tom & Jerry.

What was the dog’s name from that show? I can’t remember.

@Sam-I-Am 126633 wrote:

The skin was from my left thigh. The nerve was from my left leg. (as my right foot was being tattooed I thought about my LEFT foot with no feeling on the top)

I’ve always said there’s no graft like an autograft. 😉

@Sam-I-Am 126422 wrote:

I’d be happy to be there and hold your hand.

You mind change your mind around the sixth hour of continual squalling. I have a recurring nightmare about a tattoo artist doing this really awful tattoo on my forearm and it’s very hot outside and everyone HAS to see it.

@Sam-I-Am 126630 wrote:

What really hurt was the skin grafting!
PT for months. I was one of the first successful nerve grafts in our area.

That’s really cool! Was it from a human donor or from a pig?

@Sam-I-Am 126619 wrote:

Take my advice. Don’t mess around with Arni. He’ll have the secretary disavow all knowledge of your actions. (as in gone without a trace)

I’m not messing with him, he just needs to lighten up. It’s a damn tattoo forum (there are many others that are better) it’s nothing serious.