Tattoo's...classy or trashy?

gigglybug · Post: # 90664Post **gigglybug** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:43 pm

Wow I love it!!!!

I love tattoos, but since having one done when young, and regreting it, I keep putting it off.

My OH is has loads, and they look great, but people do jump to conclusions.

Anyway, I hope your OH is happy with it, it's fab!!!!

old tree man · Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:54 pm

thats fantastic, lovely and delicate, well done
all the best
Russ

possum · Post: # 90689Post **possum** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:04 pm

Sky wrote:Bet that was a painful tattoo, feet are supposed to be the most painful area to have done.

It looks very pretty.

Actually I have to say that is one of the better ones, if I ever did get one done it would be similar sort of place and also winding. I have an advantage though, as long as it is my left foot (which it would be as I would like to cover some scars) then it shouldn't hurt cos I haven't got many nerves left in it

Wombat · Post: # 90699Post **Wombat** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:23 am

Hmmm, tattoos......

My father had 3, including heart with the name Olga in it (my mother's name was Beryl....). He did get it tattooed over.

Neither of us have any. I don't like tats on women (sorry) and would not like Mrs Wombat to get one. However, when we went on the "walk against warming" I got a kids temporary tattoo on my upper arm, of the Eastern Water Dragon, the symbol of sustainable Penrith. It turns out Mrs Wombat has a bit of a "thing" for tattoos on blokes! Neither of us knew that. Suffice to say that I have been going through a few temporary tattoos lately.

Nev

Wotta Wally · Thu Mar 20, 2008 12:05 pm

Oooh Tim, like OH tattoo - must've been painful.

Personally, I love tattoos altho' bit disappointed that it has become such a fashion trend that people are having them done without careful thought. So many of my friends who had them done when they were young regret them now they are older. I have wanted one for nearly 20 years and I must admit it was the thought of the pain that really put me off. In addition, I was a bit concerned about the tattoos I have seen on elderly people and didn't want that for me either. In addition, I realised that my views would probably change as I got older - either on whether to have one done or importantly, the design.

However, for various reasons, I decided that I was going to simply have it done. Took ages to choose a design, found a good artist who was well recommended and had it done. Yes, it hurt - like the tip of a knife pulled across your skin - but it wasn't half as bad as I thought it would be. I also had it at the base of my back so it really is quite personal to me.

Here is it only a couple of hours after it was done

By the way, talking of piercing, someone sent me this photo:

That took some doing!

the.fee.fairy · Thu Mar 20, 2008 1:12 pm

Nah, that's a play piercing, I have real ones...as in, i had a 10 piece spinal corset. I could have laced mine like that.

Play piercings are when just the needle is taken through, they don't take the jewellery through too, and they are very much temporary!! I don't understand it...to get m corset has taken 6 years and has hurt like hell sometimes so i dn't get why people do it temporarily, but each to their own!

mrsflibble · Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:13 pm

thats temporary?!

The Riff-Raff Element · Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:15 pm

mrsflibble wrote: thats temporary?!

Yeah, well, one good tug....

mrsflibble · Thu Mar 20, 2008 3:59 pm

Annpan · Post: # 90802Post **Annpan** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:31 pm

*shudders*

Each to their own I guess but I will just keep my body intact thanks... no pictures, no holes, no ribbons lacing up my back... I have neither the inclanation or the guts.

I did work with a guy who had a stunning tatoo over his whole back of a dragon with a basket-ball... it was real work of art and it took months to complete.
I have also known someone with a tacky betty boo tattoo that was a bit wrinkled. And I knew a guy who had tally marks on the inside of his wrist to mark the 7 devastating things that happened in his life... but the guy got it wrong and did 8 instead... DOH!!

mrsflibble · Thu Mar 20, 2008 4:54 pm

i suppose the tattooee could class th last mark as referring to the tattoo then?

Wombat · Post: # 90856Post **Wombat** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:56 pm

Annpan wrote:*shudders*

And I knew a guy who had tally marks on the inside of his wrist to mark the 7 devastating things that happened in his life... but the guy got it wrong and did 8 instead... DOH!!

ooooh! Boogy, boogy! There's a bad omen if ever I heard one! It would keep you looking around corners for months, waiting for the next one!

Nev

snapdragon · Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:26 pm

I must be the only biker with no decoration

I did promise myself a feather (for achievement) tattoo when I passed my bike test after many years of wanting to do it, but I haven't seen a design of one that I really want forever.

T&F - thats a very pretty one,

will look super when sandal weather arrives

the.fee.fairy · Mon Mar 24, 2008 2:35 am

I did see a lovely tattoo a while ago that i keep thinking about. It was an ear of wheat. I fancy it laying across one side of my back...

old tree man · Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:32 am

Thought you would like a laugh.

you see even some tipsy bikers love the enviroment