Thinking of getting a tattoo... talk me into or out of it!!!!!

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  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    redrock wrote:
    I used preparation H on mine and it worked wonders....

    Hmm... talk HLF out of having a tattoo... Mark.. you should know better than having a tattoo, being so common, blah blah blah....

    WHY talk you out of it? Get one, two, loads!!! I love tats. I only have two but working on a third one. :) Go, go, go! And post a pic after. But do choose your tattoo artist carefully.

    Redrock! Nice to see you (so to speak) - haven't seen you in here for a while. You've missed all my Emo threads. Well done.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    Jennytree wrote:
    Get a tattoo... just fuckin do it!

    Yer old enough now, not 15 anymore, and if you don't get it now, it'll just stay in your mind till you do get it done. saying that, once you get the first, you'll start thinking of the second.

    Regarding the design, if you like it then go for it. I'm in the middle of finishing off two tattoos (same design on each arm) and they have no particular meaning, but I love the design and thought about it for months.

    When I started them, about half way through the first one, I was thinking "what the fuck am I doing, I'm wrecking my arms, and if I ever need to get another job I'll be screwed!" but I just can't live like that, wondering IF I get fired, and IF I'll need to wear a long sleeved shirt in an interview I MIGHT need to go to!

    My first tattoo has "Given to Fly" written underneath a swirly star thingy, and I love it even if nobody else does.

    I will suggest you talk to your potential tattoo artist lots, make sure your completely comfortable with the design before you start. Even draw it on yerself a few times, different places and sizes and the like!


    Is this why I didn't get the job @ Microsoft?
    Sleeveless t-shirts with colored up-sleeved up arms.
    F'off corporate a'holes.
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    chadwick wrote:
    Is this why I didn't get the job @ Microsoft?
    Sleeveless t-shirts with colored up-sleeved up arms.
    F'off corporate a'holes.

    :D

    You should've gone to EA.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Irish Al
    Irish Al Posts: 6,236
    Get one :D
    I need a coffee!
  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    :D

    You should've gone to EA.

    I am kidding, i never applied at Microsoft.
    What is EA anyways?
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Jennytree
    Jennytree Posts: 5,340
    redrock wrote:
    Jenny.. you wrapped it in cling film for 2-3 days? I was always told not to cover it once the initial 'covering' was taken off after the tattooing. Leave it in the open air but put stuff on it.

    Well I believe it open to the air too, but depends on what yer doing. I was painting my room, and obviously couldn't get paint on it! I left it uncovered when I slept, and after a shower and the like.

    And I'm very lucky at the moment that my corporate employers don't mond my pink hair, baggy trousers, piercings and tattoos!
    This is me:
    http://www.facebook.com/jennytree

    SMELL YER MA!
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    chadwick wrote:
    I am kidding, i never applied at Microsoft.
    What is EA anyways?

    Yeah I thought that just as I wrote it..

    EA Games. My mate works there (he's manager of a bunch of spotty games testers) and loads of them have tattoos.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Jennytree wrote:
    Well I believe it open to the air too, but depends on what yer doing. I was painting my room, and obviously couldn't get paint on it! I left it uncovered when I slept, and after a shower and the like.

    And I'm very lucky at the moment that my corporate employers don't mond my pink hair, baggy trousers, piercings and tattoos!

    You sound hot.

    I once fancied the pants off a girl with pink hair.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Nice to see you too HLF! Missed all your emo threads.. damn.. need to catch up! Been quite busy lately....

    Ah Jenny.. they don't care how you look.. they are just in awe in front of your incredible efficiency and intelligence! :)

    Keith's new tat was nice and sharp. Seemed to be healing really well too. Might try his artist next time.
  • Jennytree
    Jennytree Posts: 5,340
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    You sound hot.

    I once fancied the pants off a girl with pink hair.

    pink hair rocks... although at the mo its mostly purple, with pink streaks at the front, and turquoise at the back! My work people and bosses don't even pass any remarks any more... tis great :D


    I was actually gonna get the tattoo that duggro has, only across my wrist with the pentagon part in purple and in the middle. I might still do it some day :)
    This is me:
    http://www.facebook.com/jennytree

    SMELL YER MA!
  • Jennytree
    Jennytree Posts: 5,340
    redrock wrote:

    Keith's new tat was nice and sharp. Seemed to be healing really well too. Might try his artist next time.

    where did he get his done? I've heard of a few good shops in the London area (but not London Ink, they seem like a pack of c*nts there:p)...

    what did he get a tattoo of?
    This is me:
    http://www.facebook.com/jennytree

    SMELL YER MA!
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Jennytree wrote:
    pink hair rocks... although at the mo its mostly purple, with pink streaks at the front, and turquoise at the back! My work people and bosses don't even pass any remarks any more... tis great :D


    I was actually gonna get the tattoo that duggro has, only across my wrist with the pentagon part in purple and in the middle. I might still do it some day :)

    Sounds cool :D

    Only careful, it might end up as common as that Celtic knotwork that the chavs round my gaff keep getting.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Jennytree wrote:
    where did he get his done? I've heard of a few good shops in the London area (but not London Ink, they seem like a pack of c*nts there:p)...

    what did he get a tattoo of?

    The Hunter S. Thompson Gonzo artwork.

    http://www.typotheque.com/imgs/static/gonzo_cover.jpg

    Can't remember where he got it done but I think it's somewhere in Camden. I saw it a couple of times.. sort of new then healing. The outline was sharp and the black colour was lovely, dark and even. Seemed to be healing really well too (though Keith had a bit of a tendency to pick!).
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    redrock wrote:
    The Hunter S. Thompson Gonzo artwork.

    http://www.typotheque.com/imgs/static/gonzo_cover.jpg

    Can't remember where he got it done but I think it's somewhere in Camden. I saw it a couple of times.. sort of new then healing. The outline was sharp and the black colour was lovely, dark and even. Seemed to be healing really well too (though Keith had a bit of a tendency to pick!).

    That is pretty awesome.

    My friend with tattoos is getting a quote from his artist as we speak. But I am getting a bit scared. I can't have blurry lines. I NEED those black lines to be so crisp... crisper than Gary Lineker's advertising campaigns.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • redrock
    redrock Posts: 18,341
    Where's the tattoo artist?
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    redrock wrote:
    Where's the tattoo artist?

    I THINK he's in Hounslow.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    I'd like to know a good tatooist too!
    need to redo my Pegasus (it's 15 years old!), and I want to do another one (though I wanted the 10c Bird..but after the latest stunt from the birdie, I might rethink that! ;))

    and Mark, go for it! but yeah, somewhere you can cover if your line of work is stuck up, and think carefully WHAT you put on, you're getting it for life ..I guess I don't need to tell you that though..
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Pegasus wrote:
    I'd like to know a good tatooist too!
    need to redo my Pegasus (it's 15 years old!), and I want to do another one (though I wanted the 10c Bird..but after the latest stunt from the birdie, I might rethink that! ;))

    and Mark, go for it! but yeah, somewhere you can cover if your line of work is stuck up, and think carefully WHAT you put on, you're getting it for life ..I guess I don't need to tell you that though..

    I was thinking of getting a ship's anchor with a snake coiled around it. :D
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    I was thinking of getting a ship's anchor with a snake coiled around it. :D
    maybe I DO need to tell you that!



    ;)
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Pegasus wrote:
    maybe I DO need to tell you that!



    ;)

    Or maybe one of those Chinese dragons which all the chavs are going for. They are so hot right now.

    I've checked with Duggro... getting the same one as his. :)
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison

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