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[Ches]

My turn..





and of course the back piece, but Ive got pics of that around here already..

[greybeard]

I think you have an attractive belly, Ches.

But then, I'm just a horny old goat! ha ha !

Edited by greybeard, 04 April 2009 - 02:40 PM.

[Ches]

haha thanks!

[twisted_ophelia]

Love the toe tag. My creepy Libra twin is totally hot.

[City Girl]

My man's custom tattoo by award-winning Daemon Rowanchilde of Urban Primitive.

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[wheelinPEACE]

Ches....was the toe tag after the paralysis? I have a puzzle piece on my leg and want to finish the pic but didnt know how well tatting a paralyzed leg would turn out. I figured the pain would cause spasms. and i dont think spasms while gettin a tat is gonna lead to a good outcome.

[jaquie_farmer]

wheelinPEACE, on Apr 5 2009, 10:22 PM, said:

Ches....was the toe tag after the paralysis? I have a puzzle piece on my leg and want to finish the pic but didnt know how well tatting a paralyzed leg would turn out. I figured the pain would cause spasms. and i dont think spasms while gettin a tat is gonna lead to a good outcome.

my wrist spazzzed when i got mine. if you have a good tattooer you'll be fine.

[twisted_ophelia]

wheelinPEACE, on Apr 5 2009, 10:22 PM, said:

Ches....was the toe tag after the paralysis? I have a puzzle piece on my leg and want to finish the pic but didnt know how well tatting a paralyzed leg would turn out. I figured the pain would cause spasms. and i dont think spasms while gettin a tat is gonna lead to a good outcome.

Well, coming from someone who owns a tattoo shop (me), I can tell you right now that any good tattooer will NOT continue if you are seriously spazzing out (unless they are a good friend of yours and thinks its funny to see your limbs whack out crazily!). The best thing to do is to try to find a tattooer who has worked with people with spinal cord injury before--below the level of injury--and be very very very open and honest with him/her about any potential issues. If possible, see if he/she can 'test' you out with no ink first and see how your body reacts. If your foot or whatever you are trying to tattoo is spazzing out, no matter how "good" the tattooer is, it will not make for a good outcome. Any decent tattooer is used to people jumping, startling, etc., and can compensate but spasms are an entirely different thing. And of course, you should be watching out for autonomic dysreflexia and the tattooer should be aware of this as well. People with injuries below T6 can also get AD reactions, btw, only milder. If you have any questions, I can always pass on the emails of the tattooers at my shop and maybe they can answer some questions for you if they have a minute. PM me if interested.

Edited by twisted_ophelia, 06 April 2009 - 04:49 AM.

[jaquie_farmer]

I didn't know my tattooer personally and my wrist was seriously spazzing because it's below my level of injury. He held down my arm and kept going. The outcome was great btw. Maybe I was just a lucky one.

[twisted_ophelia]

jaquie_farmer, on Apr 6 2009, 09:17 AM, said:

I didn't know my tattooer personally and my wrist was seriously spazzing because it's below my level of injury. He held down my arm and kept going. The outcome was great btw. Maybe I was just a lucky one.

Your tattoo is also tiny and takes very little time, which is probably why he kept going. It's basically a couple of lines. Not knocking your tattoo, just stating a fact. When you're trying to do a larger piece on someone, the tattooer is not going to want to just hold it down, especially if that person (the client) takes their tattoos seriously and sees them as art. That last thing they'll want is a shitty tattoo. Most reputable artists would rather die than have someone walking around with a shitty tattoo that was done by them.

[jaquie_farmer]

then i guess it depends on what shes wanting to get. if shes wanting something like ches's toe tag i think she'll be fine w/ some spazzing. of course if she's wanting something crazy intricate then maybe not. but i think that as long as the tattooer is willing to take his time then she should be able to get what she wants spaz or not. when my wrist was spazzing he simple held it down harder or took a break.

anywho i think you should just go talk to someone where you were thinking about going. see what they think.

[Ches]

wheelinPEACE, on Apr 5 2009, 09:22 PM, said:

Ches....was the toe tag after the paralysis? I have a puzzle piece on my leg and want to finish the pic but didnt know how well tatting a paralyzed leg would turn out. I figured the pain would cause spasms. and i dont think spasms while gettin a tat is gonna lead to a good outcome.

Yeah I got it shortly after my accident. I took a hydrocodine to relax me some. Funny thing about my spasms, before the needle could even touch my foot it would jump.It spazzed while getting the ink too, but not as much. It was kinda weird... I feel ya though on the hesitation to go back, I still need a touch up on the tag, its been over a year.. Im dreading it!

[Ches]

Still dont know if I'll make it to La Jolla!! Maybe Ill just go to Toronto!

[twisted_ophelia]

Ches, on Apr 6 2009, 11:57 AM, said:

Still dont know if I'll make it to La Jolla!! Maybe Ill just go to Toronto!

DO IT! Toronto sucks compared to La Jolla, I'm sure. BTW, the La Jolla date is September 17, if I recall. (How do we manage to hijack almost every thread? )

[LeahC]

These pics were taken before my accident xx

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[Yasko]

LeahC, on Apr 6 2009, 10:52 AM, said:

These pics were taken before my accident xx

[Apparelyzed]

This thread has been moderated.

If members have an issue with one another, please use the PM system and sort yourselves out, rather than corrupting a thread, otherwise I'll proceed with account suspensions.

Regards

Simon.

[Alextv]

I am planing to get my first tattoo this summer, so I'll put the photo here latter on to show you guys how the dragon on my arm looks like.

Ahh!!!! Leah, pretty nice tattoos

[LeahC]

Thanks the lips are MY lips lol I kissed on paper about 20 times til I got one I liked, wish the webcam was a better camera though xx

[cubanito_016]

LeahC, on Apr 6 2009, 09:52 AM, said:

These pics were taken before my accident xx

sexy

[oreo]

acidtwix, on Mar 14 2009, 04:16 PM, said:

OMFG!!

you're body is the temple of god, and it's a sin to deface it..

you guys are all going down..

it's also a sin to tell people that their going to hell only god can judge you

[greybeard]

Jeez. Here we go again!

[Apparelyzed]

Please try to keep this thread on topic regarding tattoo designs.

Any religous posts will be split into a different thread.

Regards

Simon

[jaquie_farmer]

jj - jaquies journey
7/12/08 - date of my accident.

my mom got one too. we're going back to get the heart outlined in black.

[JustJayde]

I have a few - They are all extremely personal and meaningful to me. All but the 1st one are self designed/drawn.

This is my first one - it is like 14 yrs old or so

This is my second one - 10 or so years old

This is my third one - about 6 yrs old

This is my newest - got it a few months before landing in the hospital/chair

[wheeliebear75]

I love fairies.

[greybeard]

Most young adult human bodies are things of great beauty and need little adornment.

Call me old fashioned but, pretty as (some) tattoos may be, I cannot view them other than as a form of self mutilation, and have to ask "WHY?".

I am even more perplexed by body piercings, most of which are about as attractive as a cleft lip or a cauliflower ear!

Will one of the grown-ups please explain?

[Meadowlarkmark]

No tats for me...I want to be a spy some day. Make mine shaken not stirred.

No tats for me...I want to be a spy some day. Make mine shaken not stirred.

[twisted_ophelia]

greybeard, on Aug 5 2009, 03:39 AM, said:

Most young adult human bodies are things of great beauty and need little adornment.

Call me old fashioned but, pretty as (some) tattoos may be, I cannot view them other than as a form of self mutilation, and have to ask "WHY?".

I am even more perplexed by body piercings, most of which are about as attractive as a cleft lip or a cauliflower ear!

Will one of the grown-ups please explain?

This reminds me of something that happened a few days ago. There is this really nutty older guy who works out at my gym. He is actually quite a well-known "psychic", has articles and such in one of the major local papers here. Anyway, he works out every evening. Somehow I ended up in a discussion with this man. I have no idea why. He then proceeded to tell me, quite vehemently, that I have desecrated my body with tattoos, that I NEED to have them removed, and then I NEED to move to Hollywood and get into showbusiness because this is what he "sees" me doing. Umm.... okay then. I refrained from telling him that I co-own a tattoo shop.

As for reasons people get tattoos, well, there's a myriad of them. Some people find them deeply personal and use them to commemorate certain events or people or meaningful things in their lives in a very permanent way. Others who are heavily tattooed (and by heavily tattooed, I mean full sleeves, back piece, neck, etc., all on the same body, lol) see it truly as art (and good tattoos can honestly be a very high level of art and require true skill), whereas others who are heavily tattooed may see it as a way to differentiate themselves from society and the norm. Some people do it just to be "cool"--and sadly, this is a good chunk of people. The amount of people who want the standard shitty tattoos is staggering! And these are the people that, later in life, most often regret getting them. For some, tattoos are addictive and a badge of honor, knowing you sat through something painful and this makes it meaningful. And there are still who maybe just like the way tattoos look and want that for themselves. Bottom line? Everyone has their reasons and everyone's body is their own to do with it what they will. Same applies to piercings. The thing with piercings is that they can be taken out and then they're gone. There will probably be a small scar where the piercing was but it's not permanent like tattoos (and even the permanence of tattoos these days isn't THAT permanent, they can be removed).

Anyway, maybe that sheds some enlightenment. This is pretty much based on what people in my shop, customers and tattooers alike, have said. The question is kind of one of those unanswerable yet always debated ones--why do people get tattoos.....

[Laiusky]

Here is a pic of my tiny tattoo! I have had it for about 6 years now, and I don't think I am going to get any others. I like having just a small one!

I have to admit though, that if I were to get it right now, I probably would not. I agree with the whole "the human body is beautiful for itself and it needs no adornment". Lucky for me, my tattoo is in a place where I can hide it easily.