***Official Ink Thread***

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#1  Edited By jakob187
Tattoos, people!!!  We need more of them in these forums!!!

Post up both what you have and what you would like to get, as well as any in-progress and/or future tattoos.

Right now, I'm personally working on a half-sleeve for my left arm that will incorporate a portrait of Giles Corey.  Somehow (probably as bands above and below the portrait), I'll have the words Peine forte et dure on the top and "More Weight" - 1692 on the bottom.

As of right now, I have the following:

kanji that i won't translate
kanji that i won't translate
other kanji that i won't translate
other kanji that i won't translate
homerow movement keys on my left hand
homerow movement keys on my left hand
I also have my first tattoo, a drawing that a friend of mine made for me when we were 14, that I promised to get on my 18th birthday.  It's a crystal ball engulfed in flames.  I plan on working it into a half-sleeve at some point, but it needs touching up.

All of my tattoos hold meaning of some sort.  The standard tradition of getting a tattoo usually goes as follows:

-- Left side of the body means a promise to yourself
-- Right side of the body means a promise to another
-- Split onto both sides or down the center means a balance of your equilibrium

I'm thinking I'll work my half sleeve for my right arm into being a memorial piece for the people I've known and lost that have inspired me.

I'm not usually one for silly tattoos, although sometimes I want to get one.

So what about you guys?
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#2  Edited By semicolon1twlev2

It looks like you just taped on that ASDW one...

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#3  Edited By jakob187
dreDREb13 said:
"It looks like you just taped on that ASDW one..."
That was right after I got it.  It's A&D ointment.  lol
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#4  Edited By Gunner

Im getting one in a couple of months.

Its going to look like this

The man in the suit with a gas mask on. Its going to be on my right arm and its going to be expensive as hell because of the size.

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#5  Edited By the_9th_wonder

I'm thinking of getting a tattoo for the coming holidays. Could any ink-enthusiasts recommend some good photobooks? Thanks.

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#6  Edited By the_9th_wonder
Gunner said:
"Im getting one in a couple of months.

Its going to look like this

The man in the suit with a gas mask on. Its going to be on my right arm and its going to be expensive as hell because of the size.

"
Expensive it maybe, but it'll look so badass.
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#7  Edited By Gunner
the_9th_wonder said:
"Gunner said:
"Im getting one in a couple of months.

Its going to look like this

The man in the suit with a gas mask on. Its going to be on my right arm and its going to be expensive as hell because of the size.

"
Expensive it maybe, but it'll look so badass."
I could make is smaller, it would be cheaper but thats not the point.
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#8  Edited By kush

I plan to get a few tats at some point, but I don't have the funds to pay for them at the moment...well, at least I'd rather spend those funds on the games coming out this fall! :P

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#9  Edited By RandomHero666

I have this, on my right hand, looks like left but its an inverted snap.
i plan on gettin moar XD.

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#10  Edited By jakob187

Hmm...Rise Against and HIM...  Not necessarily my own personal tastes, but that's not the point of the thread.  Still cool stuff indeed.

I wish I had as much ink as my cousin.  He gets a ton of free tats because he did an apprenticeship at a place here called Art & Sol.  Dood named Grasshopper does most of his work.  So far, here's got:

Two freehanded half sleeves (one by Brian Pittman of the reaper overlooking a graveyard, and the other by Grasshopper of a samurai committing sepoku at the bed of a river, and the blood flies up in the back to form cranes and the sun)
A heart with a string of notes and "This Love Endures Forever" on his forearm
A portrait of Rasputin on his forearm (and about to have one of Aleister Crowley above that)
A pyramid with the third eye above it and tentacles coming out below it on his forearm
Bubba Hotep and Brisco County Jr. on one calf
A family crest that says "Blutsbruder" (means blood brother in German, I believe...for him and his closest cousin, Jared...who is also my cousin, lol)
A skeleton ripping through flesh on his other calf with the family crest
Brock Samson from the inside of the Venture Bros. season 1 DVD set (the super awesome one with the black shirt and the knife in his mouth that looks hand painted)

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#11  Edited By Jayge_

Those are some pretty sweet ideas. I wouldn't really get a tattoo personally (nobody in my family has since the early 1940's...) but I always like seeing them. Interesting how people modify themselves and express themselves.

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#12  Edited By Gunner
RandomHero666 said:
"I have this, on my right hand, looks like left but its an inverted snap.
i plan on gettin moar XD.
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I dont think i would ever get anything on my hands, maybe on the forearm when i get older and have found out what i want to do in life but not any time soon.
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#13  Edited By RandomHero666
Gunner said:
"RandomHero666 said:
"I have this, on my right hand, looks like left but its an inverted snap.
i plan on gettin moar XD.
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I dont think i would ever get anything on my hands, maybe on the forearm when i get older and have found out what i want to do in life but not any time soon."
iv been told it looks like a ring.