Only get a tat done by a professional tattoo artist, even if you only want a 1mm dot done.

Besides actual artistic ability you need to be sure they use proper sterilization techniques. There are several articles on the internet on what to look for. Just google “first tattoo advice” or something similar should bring plenty up.

Thinking you are…[Read more]

I like the idea.

One thing I thought of was to have some famous astronomers names in the gravestones, like Galileo and Copernicus.

Only thing is the gravestones would have to be way to big for the names to be legible. Oh well, there is always a backpiece…

Also depending on how much you wanted to stay with the astronomy theme, you could…[Read more]

Sherav;40804 wrote:
How does me or anybody else sucking a cock improve your argument??

I don’t know why, but I lol’d at this.

Back to your serious thread now.

What is the stuff called that you were using?

If it is made for tattoos, it shouldn’t hurt it, but who knows these days.

My roommate got a tat several years ago from an actual shop and they told him to use neosporin(sp?). It looks like crap now, over half of the ink is gone it real light and in some spots blotchy. I make sure to tell…[Read more]

Completely normal to get nervous before a new tat. I have 5, enjoy the feeling of being inked, and still get nervous before hand for some reason, lol.

+1 on posting pics when you are done.

I have a facebook, but never get on it.

My myspace is http://www.myspace.com/mikey346

I really like this piece. Looks great, even with the 3 leaf clover. Makes it more unique.

I like hearing the ideas roll around on here and then seeing it come to completion.

Cool, I like it.

A few poker chips shouldn’t be too hard to add on the spot.

I like the idea, I would go for it.

It is nowhere near as bad as you would expect. Especially on your arm.

Now if you was getting one on your ribs that would be a different story. In general the closer to bone the skin is the higher the pain. Ribs, elbows, shins, etc are all more pain.

A good artist should be able to work with you and draw up whatever you like.

Ask around and see which artists around you like the best. Ask any friends and family with ink, hell ask anybody that you see with a nice tat who done it and who would they recommend.

Most shops these days either have a website or a myspace that they have examples of…[Read more]

Very cool man, very cool.

I am a huge supporter of the second amendment too.

Given those options I would probably just leave it as is.

There is already a lot of black in that area, the tat wouldn’t look as good imo.

But in the end it is your ink, and you are the one that has to like it.

This thread rocks!! 😀

Some pretty cool links, still going through them all.

Welcome to the forum!

I like that chest/stomach piece, it is SCHWEET!

Nice collection man!

Welcome to the board!

What kind of hondas?

I have a 2007 Honda VTX1300C. Cool bike, great sound with the Bub Jugg Hugger exhaust I put on.

I would say to get it lasered too.

Gonna be expensive, but it would frustrate me forever until I had it fixed.

Cool tat though…

Wow! and Ouch!

Very cool man, very cool.

Personally I don’t think you are going to get very masculine with a swallow tattoo…

But go to http://www.deviantart.com and search swallow tattoo there, you never know.

Any particular reason you are looking for a swallow tat?

KnightHawk;40444 wrote:
It’s really, really, really, really, really, really stupid of me, but I can’t trust a tattoo artist who appears to have less ink than me. I want the mother fucker to have AT LEAST as much visible ink as I do.

My artist moved out of state for a couple years before he came back, and in the down time, I went looking for a…[Read more]