Those creams would have to penetrate really deep into the skin, and more than likely cause some damage along the way.. I can’t imagine anything that’s strong enough to dissolve ink, could be healthy applied on your skin :S

Well it’s definitely going to warp.. there will be new bumps and bends in the road 🙂

There’s a fine discussion on exercise and tattoos in this thread.

To quote Matthew:

sherav wrote:
Muscle exercise that stretches or twists the tattooed area should be left alone for at least 7 days so not to tear the skin.

It is advisable to avoid any…[Read more]

Well his album is just awesome. I think I might just book a flight over there just to get a tat by him. 🙂

Asenath83;44043 wrote:
This one by any chance?
http://www.pbase.com/bonfas/image/51187368

Well it’s a cool piece regardless. 🙂

Well, personally I’m fond of duality in general. My next tattoo will probably be a griffin, not only combining my love of fantasy and cartoons, but also it is a beast made from two different beasts. It’s a dual personality, both good and bad, both hard and soft. So from my line of view, to combine a red man and a white man would simply be done by…[Read more]

tuktuk;44010 wrote:
id also have to wait till my arms get bigger as i wouldnt fit much on at the moment 😀

Well, just remember that they’ll go small again 😀

If I saw an old western Cowboy / Indian standoff, I’d attribute it to negative things only. Also, a conflict in a tattoo has meaning for me. Are you in conflict with your self? Is your white heritage battling your red one?

Butterfly_Kisses;43935 wrote:
looks neat , i thought it was going to be a lot bigger with all the talk about worrying etc

Yeah, I was expecting 3-5″ at the least 😀

Well Sam, you came here for critique and started off by saying you don’t like it, so I will hope my words do not hurt too badly.

First, it is very poorly drawn from the get-go. I would look at this tattoo and know that this is one artist I would not want putting ink on my skin. Your friend or not, he’s a very poor artist.

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Thanks for all the replies.

Well I see that overall, the general consensus is more or less what I had imagined. ‘Behind’ the knees, in the armpit and other such ‘thinner’ skin will hurt more. I guess it follows about the same principles as sunburn.. the skin that more easily sunburns will be the skin that will see more pain from tats.

Keltin;43391 wrote:
Ugh,ok so I recently turned 17 and for the past 4 months ive been DYING to get a tattoo,nothing special maybe a little tribal or something artistic on my shoulder,but my mom is 100% against tattoos.I know I should be able to say fuck that but its hard for me somehow 😛

Please don’t take the following as any negativity…[Read more]

Thank you both for your replies. 🙂

And yes Biker, I will definitely be into Fantasy for a long while yet, and even if I should stop being as much into it, I think of my tattoos as markers that signify a point and place in my life, so I will never ‘grow out’ of any of them.

Well, I can edit my second post (the one where I asked if I couldn’t) but I can’t edit my first one.. strange :S

Thank you very much. I like it (and I guess that’s all that really matters) and I do wear it with pride. It’s very much.. me 😀

On a sidenote though.. can’t I edit my own post? I can’t see a button for that.

Wow.. I’ve been on deviantart now for the past 2 hours. Didn’t know that site existed 😀 Thanks for the link. I’ll be sure to post a pic of the tattoo whenever I get the $4.000 needed to get it drawing and tattooed on me :S

Would you mind me printing this out and giving it to my tattooist as a base for my concept? I’ve always known I wanted the bird to look… fierce/menacing/regal… but never had anything visual to actually follow the thought. Yours has the attitude I’m looking for 🙂

There’s ink? Where? 😉

Wow.. I’ve been looking for a phoenix for 3 years and there are very few I’ve seen that I haven’t hated. Yours (although not what I’m looking for still) is awesome. What’s in “the rest of the phoenix” ? Going for the full body, down your side/back ?