The Tattoo Megathread vs. Tramp Stamp

[Maya]

^ agreed! I have a Pisces symbol tat on my right leg and a tribal tat on my lower back and I still fucking love them. I want another dragon tat at my upper back but I'm still choosing/finalizing it. I want it to be wicked looking so it has to look strong and scary.

 

[His Name Is Frank]

I just want to skip the middleman and get a tattoo that says REGRET.

 

[Maya]

Oh Frankie ♡ where would you want it tattooed? Lolll!!!

 

[His Name Is Frank]

On my nipples. No one ever gets a tattoo nipple. I want to be a renegade.

 

[Eveleivibe]

related reading:

Wicked Tatoo Designs

alasdair

Thank you, Alasdair.
Will look at this.

Evey xxxx

 

[leigh12]

Tattooists/ers.......

i dont know where this thread would belong even after searching to find a home for it...

but yeh, as the title says.....

just wondering if we have any tattooists in our bluelight community....

iv just started scratching about 3 months ago myself.. id be surprised if im the only one here
whos into it..

 

[Bob Loblaw]

~~~> SOi

 

[Scurvy*]

I tattoo, but I'm more into piercings. I've been doing it off & on for ~10 years now, and I've been in the "industry" longer then that.

it definitely takes commitment, that's for sure. & progression, a lot of artists are afraid of change. & in this biz, like the music industry, you just kinda gotta accept it, or get ran over.

 

[leigh12]

My selfies.......all freehand.. got 3 handmade beast machines , tho working with shit ink. as i said, iv only been doing this since approx feburary

cowboys from hell pantera logo

hard kandy and lsd trip inspired abstract peice ill forever be working on

mdma molecule amongst the abstract peice.

an image i found on net and added bits n peices to make it more original

TOOL band logo, bit not straight i know....

 

[leigh12]

I tattoo, but I'm more into piercings. I've been doing it off & on for ~10 years now, and I've been in the "industry" longer then that.

it definitely takes commitment, that's for sure. & progression, a lot of artists are afraid of change. & in this biz, like the music industry, you just kinda gotta accept it, or get ran over.

too right.... fukn expensive hobby im realising. iv got everything (good machines, power supply, endless needles, , sterilizer, stencil printer on the way from u.s.a as we speak. still freehanding it, good practice but ) now i just need a good ink set, im still using watered down 5ml samples i got when i first started buying my supplies. prob be around 3 grand investment once i get my inks. gonna be worth it tho. keeps my nose clean too so to speak

 

[donkeyPUNCH]

My selfies.......all freehand.. got 3 handmade beast machines , tho working with shit ink. as i said, iv only been doing this since approx feburary

cowboys from hell pantera logo

hard kandy and lsd trip inspired abstract peice ill forever be working on

mdma molecule amongst the abstract peice.

an image i found on net and added bits n peices to make it more original

TOOL band logo, bit not straight i know....

this is going to come off a little rude. sorry about that.

dude, what are you doing to yourself?! get some fucking grapefruits, or pig parts, or SOMETHING. holy shit man. that is on you forever, granted most of that can be covered up in the future by a good experienced tattooer. but still. I mean your lines aren't straight, the depth is up and down all over the place. your shading is pretty bad. I'm just saying. you should get some practice on things that aren't you before going straight at it. just to get the feel of the machine and shit.

now, all that said. I am not a tattooer myself, but I have been getting tattooed for quite some time. by an extremely talented artist who's been doing it for over a decade. I have learned a few things from him.

please take my advice. get some more practice.

 

[leigh12]

i hear ya bro. iv practiced plenty on pig skin etc before... but stil dont feel same as skin... and i dont mind havn a "throwaway thigh or two" i commited to that before i started scratchn myself. its all gonna end up one big ink mash up in the end so to speak. the only one that shows in public is the tool one. wich im gonna straighten up once my thermal printer gets here, wich is 2 weeks late. grr... im no artist in anyway whatsoever. the "ROY" knuckle one isnt inked. just unloaded gun gettn feel to see how hard/easy knuckles are to do... my practice is what u see here. its only gonna get better... i have a grapfruit tree in my backyard wich im gonna start practicing blending colour n shading on. before i do any peices that are going to show when i go out. but yeh, no offence taken, as i dont really give a shit what others think, i know which parts arent right etc. considering i have ZERO feeling in my right arm from nearly severing it off last easter , and the fact dont do stencils/pre outlines yet... it all could of came out worse i guess.

-Leeroy1~SBCADK

 

[InfiniteScience]

I love tattoos. I don't have any because I lack the funds, but I eventually want my body to be decorated with bows, bats, hearts, and I want a few pin-up girls. Who knows, I might change my mind! I'm also constantly playing around with the idea of getting my nipples tattooed over with big hearts, but I've not made a decision about that yet. I guess I have a while. It sounds like they hurt like a bitch, but it's not like it's bone, so maybe not.
Some cool artists I found recently (through the amazing power of the internet) are Peter Aurisch, Ien Levin, Madame Chan, and Ondrash. They're not my style, but their works are well done and nice to look at. You can probably find more of their stuff on Google and Tumblr, too.

 

[Maya]

I am addicted to tattoos! I just got two new ones last night on my hips. One is a tribal design and the other one is Greek symbol for strength. I currently have 8 tatoos in total and I have to start saving up for the shoulder tattoos. My aim is to get them before the end of this year.

 

[Maya]

I think the design is great but I am not really into tattoo lettering, as I believe that the tattoo itself should express the symbol enough which all of my tattoos are.

 

[Chatative]

Yeah I hear you... the reason for the lettering is really it identifies the particular song but the logo itself is enough to have meaning for sure. It's just I want to represent that song in some identifiable way. It's something I'll have to think on, will have plenty of time for that!

I think it's the only band tattoo I would ever get... I'm trying to think of some way that I can incorporate my general love of & connection to music into the design.Or perhaps that would be another tattoo... it's hard trying to think of a way to visually express that without it being specific.

I'm literally reading every website I can find about getting tattoos & aftercare etc. at the moment... the more I read, the more I want to do it.

I came across this video on YouTube, some very impressive work on it... not the sort of thing I'd go for but still. The design at 0:57 is just mind blowing:

Best 3D Tattoos

*EDIT* - I went to look at the Tattoo Studio & it seemed good. Fairly small but they had lots of their artwork up & catalogues full of more. I wasn't able to look where they do the tattooing because people were in but perhaps when I come back I might get to. They also had a trophy cabinet with 10-15+ different awards both national & international.

I was surprised to find 4-5 people in the waiting room even during the afternoon midweek. I talked to the girl behind the desk & she said the artists are too busy to do sketches but she kindly offered to do one for me! :D

On the way home I had a peek through the windows of another 2 tattoo studios but didn't go in. I knew of one of them & it's meant to be not bad but nothing amazing. The other looked the part but I checked for reviews of it when I got home & they were terrible... proof that looks aren't everything.

 

[Kenickie]

NSFW:

Laurel it said. Laurel, in a curlicue script of blue ink within a small red heart. Let no one say I had special taste when it came to engravings. - Tough Guys Don't Dance, Norman Mailer.

 

[Jerry Atrick]

Hey folks,

I'm not really the sort of person who would go for loads of tattoos but I always thought if I could find the right tattoo, something that had meaning to me, that I would go for a 'discreet' tattoo.

That was around 4 years ago & I have just come up with this basis for a design having got back into Metallica a bit:

I'm not necessarily a metal head (closet perhaps) or a die-hard Metallica fan but they are probably one of my two favourite bands - sort of head & shoulders above my other favourites. The meaning behind it all is the fact it was one of the few bands/albums I discovered all by myself as an angst ridden teenager & Nothing Else Matters has really spoken to me on so many levels on many occasions since then. The lyrics I chose pretty much sums up my philosophy on life. It's also great that I came up with the basic design by myself... I reckon it's probably unique!

There are lots of reasons I want the tattoo but I think my main reasons are the right reasons. I've done some research & found a good tattoo studio that is well known for doing custom designs. My plan is to drop in & see what their thoughts are & hopefully get one of their artists to come up with a design with my template. After that, I'll sit on the design for 2-3 months to make sure it's what I really want.

As for size & placement, on shoulder blade/back... not sure what side yet & probably as big as can neatly fit on that space which won't be that big!

So, what do you guys think? I am taking the right approach, or should I wait longer?

I notice you spell favorite with a 'u'...Are you not American? I know the Black album came out a while ago but that looks an awful lot like the Tea Party right wing nutjob symbol.

 

[Chatative]

I notice you spell favorite with a 'u'...Are you not American? I know the Black album came out a while ago but that looks an awful lot like the Tea Party right wing nutjob symbol.

I live in Scotland. I changed my location to EADD a few days ago otherwise it might have been more obvious.

Very interesting. The Gadsden flag... I never bothered to research where Metallica got the symbol. I had with the ninja-star logo but it never would have occurred to me that a snake could have so much meaning behind it! They also have a song titled "Don't Tread On Me" on the Black Album. I most likely would have found out before I went ahead with the tattoo, assuming I choose to, because I'm reading up a lot more on the band & various song meanings.

I guess that's a rookie error, not looking for hidden symbolism. It's like getting some foreign lettering tattooed on you just to find it has a different meaning.

It doesn't bother me though.

I should be getting the design back in a day or two.

 

[Eveleivibe]

Photos of my sleeve. I've put them as NSFW as some people may have slow connections. I'll do it individually but I'm out right now n using iPhone. Would love to see you comments: both good n bad haha nothing wrong in a bit of contrictive criticism. It's not fiinished yet so that's why some roses n leaves are not coloured in.

NSFW:

Evey