Hey guys! I've decided I want a tattoo. I'm getting it in about a month. It's going to cost a bundle, but I really want it. I'm probably going to get it on my right shoulder, or my right shoulderblade. Check it out!
I call it: "Tredecim Hora"
It's not to scale, It's actually about 4 1/2" by 4 1/2" right now, but I'm probably going to bring it down to 2 1/4" by 2 1/4" when I actually get it. Now, all I have to do is print it on tracing paper when the time comes. It's going to hurt like hell getting this thing coloured in... I heard line tattoos don't hurt at all, but filled tattoos are really painful.
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 Jan 23 2005, 8:13 am
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Heh, thanks. Most people think tattoos are stupid, but I love them. I think they are awesome. I'm going to regret getting this later in life, but you know, what have I done that I haven't regretted?
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Looks cool.
Personally, I'm not a fan of tatoos. But hey, to each his own. | |
I've seen some BAD tattoos, where the ink didn't stay crisp, and the colours faded in weeks. I don't want mine to end up like that, so I'm getting mine done by the best place I can find around my home town. I've heard there's a really good artist at this one tattoo shop nearby --he did my sister's tattoo.
I'm not going to get anything huge, or a lot of tattoos, this one is good enough that I should be satisfied. --I'm not one of those guys that's going to go and get an air force tattoo either. I'll get some ribbons and a good job reference, that's enough for me. | |
JordanUl wrote:
Ever eat a really go sandwich? I mean, a really good one. You don't regret that. They're usually fattening, thus you gain weight. :) So, you'd prolly regret it later. | |
Hell Ramen wrote:
JordanUl wrote: Or filled with an enzyme which creates a rare blood disease inside your system causing you to spontaneously combust. | |
Ter13 wrote:
I heard line tattoos don't hurt at all, but filled tattoos are really painful. That is close to true. Line tattos kinda feel like you are being scratched with a safety pin. It doesn't hurt too much, but don't let anyone fool you, it still hurts. And then that area around where you get the tattoo will be tender for a couple days. Getting it on your shoulder blade will be aggrivating as hell if you sleep on your back, so you may wanna get it on your shoulder. Plus you can show it off more there =D | |
I don't like tatoos.
First of all, its a waste of money, you are having an image drawen into your skin, which is pretty perminate. There are a few ways to get rid of them, and the ones I've seen are either expensive, painful, or both. And its expensive. Like one fried too lemon juice and a razor to get his tatoo out. Another friend got laser surgery, and it was painful and expensive. When you get older, like a old man, if you plan to live that long, it looks sagy and stupid. not to mention, alot of work places now are actully frowning upon tatoos and if you dont have it in the right place, where its totally concealed, you could actully loose a job for it. not to mention the other risks involved, you can get all sorts of dieases and all sorts of other crap. My stupid step dad went to go get a tatoo, and they tought it was this really clean, high maitence place, and it looked like that, but later after getting the tatoo, he wasnt feeling so hot and it turned out he had hepitatse C. and the doctors were very sure it was from the tatoo. it seems like a waste of money, time and energy to me. And, it makes me angry, when someone says "It didnt hurt at all!" because thats impossible. you either A. Are sedated, B. Wasted and couldnt remeber C. Have nerve damagae in your skin. which is actully the reason behind my friends tatoo. Half of his body has nerve ending damage and he dsoent feel pain. We used to sit and watch hin stick stuff like nails and needles through his wrist, wihtout even flinching or sheding a tear. Anyways, like I said, sassy. | |
Shades, if someone says "Well it didn't hurt at all", and your retort "Then you were sedated", well, so what?
Painkillers were invented for a good reason, to make stupid things not feel so bad! (like giving birth.) | |
Nifty. You have spades, the highest-ranked suit in a deck of cards; and thirteen hours, representing the thirteen ranks of the suit, which in turn represent all kinds of other stuff; and sun rays, representing illumination or something; and a spiraling vortex, representing vertigo and nausea. Splendid!
I can't say I recommend getting a tattoo, because I don't, but if you do go through with it, you might want to make the spiral a different color than the arms/spades. | |
Shades wrote:
There are a few ways to get rid of them, and the ones I've seen are either expensive, painful, or both. And its expensive. Green coloured tattoos do not come out, and can never come out. | |
If someone says something didn't hurt, it doesn't mean they are lying. Sometimes when intense pain hits the body, a person goes into shock, or the nerves deaden because of chemicals in the body --for instance adrenaline and testosterone are known to allow people to take gunshots and not feel them until they stop moving. Feeling pain, and getting hurt are two TOTALLY different things. One can feel pain/discomfort, and not be hurt by it. Some people have higher thresholds of pain. Tattoos as a matter of fact, should NOT hurt a person. It should be uncomfortable, and should sting, but essentially all that is happening, is, is someone is scraping skin away from you. It won't feel great, but it should not hurt. Now, as for your dad getting Hepatitis C, I doubt. Espeically if he got sick while they were tattooing him. Hepatitis C doesn't take effect that fast. Of course, you could have typed it so poorly that I misunderstood what you said, but I doubt it. Do you even know what hepatitis C is? It's a PERMANENT, and pretty much FATAL disease. I don't doubt you could get hepatitis from a tattooing needle, but it would have to be extremely rare. You only usually hear of it happening from bad transfusions. Also, if you don't ask them if they changed the needle, you DESERVE to get the disease. Even if they say yes, and you didn't see them put a new head on the gun, you are legally entitled to tell them to put another CLEAN one on it in front of you. If you don't know this, you didn't do enough research. And drunk and stoned people can not get tattoos. If a tattoo parlor let a drunk guy come in and get a tattoo, they can lose their license. The inherent dangers only come from lack of research and general stupidity. Of course, there is the danger of not liking the tattoo later if life, but you have to a be a total moron to try to razor blade and lemon juice out the tattoo. No offense, but if you are friends with that guy, it doesn't speak well for you. I've never heard anything dumber than that. With all the money you save from not getting tattoos, you could have at least bought a course in english. Honestly, your spelling and grammar was totally reprehensible. There is no excuse for it to be that bad. I'm not nit-picking. That was REALLY bad. | |
Yes, the ones with the old ink are the worst to get rid of. However, mine is going to be black. It is almost as hard to get rid of, but is least it won't fade over time. Tattoos with black ink that is recent, DO NOT fade over time.
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Yeah, i go sleeveless a lot, so that might be the best bet. Plus, my current girlfriend wants to go with me to get it --she actually worked on the design a little with me. I'm going to change the arms of the clock to human arms, and maybe mess around a bit with the shape itself. I like the outside of it, but I'm still working on the inside of it a bit. I have a month to decide, so it's no biggie at this moment.
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I decided the clock arms weren't exactly how I liked. I went back to the original sketch I made of it, and made the spiral stop at a point near the center, and made the clock arms into roughly human arms.
Tredecim Hora (revisited) I really like this one. I think this is going to be the permanent design. I honestly can't find any part of this I don't like now. I'll wait and see. If I find any flaws over the next month, I'll keep changing it, and eventually, I'll have something that I'll be proud to wear for some time. | |
Anyways, I wish ya luck ... ya got balls man!