Topic: Der Tattoo Thread. (Read 802028 times)

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #3100 on:** 26 Apr 2010, 00:47 »

I'd probably do it without the back ground, simply because if you want to put the background in later you can and it won't be difficult to add it, whereas if you put it in right away you're not really going to be able to take it out. I don't have anything with white ink but I know that white tends to fade easily and you might need to get it redone in the future, just to fix up any patchy spots. Other than that I say go for it.

If you're getting the background I would suggest a thin black border around the whole thing just to keep it together.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3101 on:** 26 Apr 2010, 01:56 »

Or the artist should be able to just "fade out" the background, i.e; like the edges of Darwin's jacket as above

tania · « **Reply #3102 on:** 26 Apr 2010, 06:04 »

i started stretching my ears when i was about 14 or so. at my biggest, my ears were at about 10mm, just a little over 00g. i've gone through numerous bouts of shrinking them and stretching them again because i was always worried that i wouldn't be able to find a job once i finished school. currently, my ears are at 4g because i can't actually get them any smaller than that no matter what, i'm stuck with them now. however, two things of importance have happened this year -

1) i decided i probably want to work in the nonprofit/social services sector more than i want to work in big government, probably, and
2) at the two not for profit shelters that i volunteer at, all of the staff pretty much just look like however the fuck they want.

that said, i have sort of relaxed a bit about whether or not my appearance is going to affect my employability because i'm aiming increasingly more and more for a job in the one area where no one seems to really give a shit at all what anyone looks like anyway and decided that i kind of want to stretch my ears again because i really, really loved them when they were big. should i do it, guys.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #3103 on:** 26 Apr 2010, 06:41 »

I'm going to say yes.

A big thing holding me back from going through with the piercings and tattoos I want to get is the employability thing. Currently I work in a call centre where it really doesn't matter how I look so I know that's not a problem but I'm looking for retail work at the moment where, chances are, I'm going to have to look "presentable".

If I can get the whole "owning my own business" thing off the ground it won't matter so much but yeah, I really want to get more stuff done but at the moment I'm worried how looking fucking rad will affect my life. Also my dad will probably stop talking to me as well, which is an issue given that I really like how our relationship has improved the last few years.

Ptommydski · « **Reply #3104 on:** 26 Apr 2010, 06:59 »

Quote from: tania on 26 Apr 2010, 06:04

should i do it, guys.

No, ta.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #3105 on:** 26 Apr 2010, 07:33 »

If you're going into that sector, then I see no reason why not since you seemed to like it so much!

Then look through all these stores and stare at all the gorgeous things that could be going in your ears.

Body Artforms

HeartonSleeveJewelry.com

Oracle Body Jewelry

Diablo Organics

Evolve Body Jewelry Company

Omerica Organic

Gemmwah · « **Reply #3106 on:** 26 Apr 2010, 07:37 »

hand made, wooden and £24 for the pair. they're absolutely gorgeous, such a great colour, and excuse the fact that my ear looks super red, it's because i keep tugging on the twist because it's long and pretty and feels really nice

they're both 1/2".

sean · « **Reply #3107 on:** 26 Apr 2010, 07:41 »

tania do it do it do it do it

gemm o/ those are so rad.

Gemmwah · « **Reply #3108 on:** 26 Apr 2010, 10:25 »

\o thanks sean, i fell in love with them as soon as i saw them.

Lines · « **Reply #3109 on:** 26 Apr 2010, 16:35 »

<3 them!!

Jace · « **Reply #3110 on:** 26 Apr 2010, 20:11 »

Quote from: Jace on 25 Apr 2010, 21:15

Getting my septum pierced tomorrow.

Goofy look because I AM SO HAPPY WITH IT

Gemmwah · « **Reply #3111 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 02:00 »

jace that looks way cool

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #3112 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 02:12 »

I agree, you are goofy looking.

elizaknowswhatshesfor · « **Reply #3113 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 07:36 »

White ink is only for highlights, it doesn't sit in the skin well enough to cover any large spaces so the white apy would most likelly be left skin coloured.

Rizzo · « **Reply #3114 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 08:01 »

Do it as negative space and have the whitespy in skin tone. That way you don't have to fuck about with white ink which typically doesn't work very well.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #3115 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 08:20 »

Gemm and Jace, fantastic jewelry and Septum!

Was there a post which got deleted or something? I seem to have missed the question concerning white ink and I'm not curious.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #3116 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 08:22 »

It was Gene and his SpyVSSpy tattoo idea.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #3117 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 14:07 »

So does anybody think a robot shooting a rocket out of its head would make for a sweet tattoo?

Jace · « **Reply #3118 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 14:22 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 27 Apr 2010, 14:07

So does anybody think a robot

Yes...

Quote from: imapiratearg on 27 Apr 2010, 14:07

So does anybody think a robot shooting a rocket

YES...

Quote from: imapiratearg on 27 Apr 2010, 14:07

So does anybody think a robot shooting a rocket out of its head

FUCK YES!

sean · « **Reply #3119 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 14:56 »

jace i am so stoked to beat you with a chair

ackblom12 · « **Reply #3120 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 15:10 »

How about a Robot Pope Shooting a Rocket out of his Pope Hat at a Tyrannosaurus Rex?

imapiratearg · « **Reply #3121 on:** 27 Apr 2010, 21:52 »

Mmm, not feeling the Pope idea but I dig t-rexes. I was thinking of making it into a sleeve, and the robot would be walking through a city and shit, and the smoke trail from the rocket would curl around my arm going up and have planets and moons and stars around the ship and stuff.

I don't know. I'm just thinking about starting a sleeve.

jodizzle · « **Reply #3122 on:** 28 Apr 2010, 04:17 »

I have started emailing tattooists with my Alice design in an attempt to find someone who will do it well.

It makes em angry when tattoo studios don't have webpages so I can't see their galleries dammit!

Oh this awesome Russian tattooist has moved to Toowoomba and he is really quite good, but he seems to only do black and whiter, and my design is very much colour. Boo.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3123 on:** 28 Apr 2010, 04:20 »

Wait there are tattoists who only do one type of thing?

I can understand that there are people out there who get quite good at something and so the demand is so high for them to do that thing that it is all they do but otherwise how do you get away with only doing one specific type of tattooing without going out of business?

jodizzle · « **Reply #3124 on:** 28 Apr 2010, 04:36 »

Well I mean, he might do colour, but his entire (rather large) gallery is in greyscale, with maybe 4 tattoos having a hint of colour. He may do it, but it's obviously not something he likes to show off. I need someone who wants to show off their colour work!

Thomas Edison · « **Reply #3125 on:** 28 Apr 2010, 05:56 »

Quote from: imapiratearg on 27 Apr 2010, 21:52

I was thinking of making it into a sleeve, and the robot would be walking through a city and shit, and the smoke trail from the rocket would curl around my arm going up and have planets and moons and stars around the ship and stuff

Marry me.

imapiratearg · « **Reply #3126 on:** 28 Apr 2010, 09:24 »

RE: Tattoo artists doing one type of thing

My best friend wants to get his tattooing apprenticeship so he can go and give people old-school style sailor-type tattoos. He loves that shit. It's pretty much started to dominate his art style. I really don't see a problem with sticking with one style of tattoo, because if it's what you really love and you're good at it, then more power to you and if you're any good at doing your own style, then it's probably a pretty safe assumption that you're pretty good at doing up generic stencil junk.

Let's not be too hasty, TE. I think we need to go on a few dates first and then take it from there.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #3127 on:** 28 Apr 2010, 10:28 »

Yeah, I can think of a few artist who definitely stick 90% to one specific art style. I mean, it's pretty unusual to only have one artist in a shop so it's not like having a specialist will do much harm to most places and they can still pick up flash clients no problem.

Rizzo · « **Reply #3128 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 02:29 »

Yeah, pretty much every well known artist here specialises in one style. Most are good at other styles but will tell you to see someone else if you have something that doesn't suit their style. Works well. Course, we have plenty of shitty cowboy scratchers too...

My stupid ear has blow out again. FML.

Gemmwah · « **Reply #3129 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 03:27 »

my right ear has ripped and i don't know whyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

(((((

Barmymoo · « **Reply #3130 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 04:19 »

Ouuuuuuch.

SpyvSpy, why not make the white spy red? Then you could do without the background and solve the white ink issue!

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3131 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 06:51 »

Because he is white. It's kind of intrinsic to the whole thing.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #3132 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 07:00 »

Oh, I guess it is a thing I haven't heard of.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #3133 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 08:01 »

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy_vs._Spy

It is a fun, neat and looney toons like thing!

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #3134 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 10:06 »

And it teaches us all a valuable lesson about violence

Why do I keep thinking of the Iron Man ark reactor when I see Rizzo's ear thing?

Eris · « **Reply #3135 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 16:15 »

I am so sick of soaking my lip every morning and evening, guys. I knew I would get to this point, and was wondering how long it would take; it seems that nearly 3 weeks of going through the soaking process is my limit. I am still gonna keep soaking it, but I am pretty sure it's going to be an ordeal every time.

Lines · « **Reply #3136 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 19:16 »

Soaking sucks only for the fact that it's boring and you have to do it so many times for a nice amount of time. But...it's a good thing.

Gemmwah · « **Reply #3137 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 19:19 »

Hannah are you not at the point where it doesn't really need the soaking twice a day any more? i start to taper off my soaking on a new piercing after about a week and a half and then just do it whenever the crusties really need washing off. i find the swelling goes down faster if you stop soaking it because it starts to sort itself out and the skin gets a lot less dry and irritated.

tania · « **Reply #3138 on:** 29 Apr 2010, 20:15 »

oh god after spending the last hour on onetribe.nu i think i definitely have to get my ears back to 10mm or bigger again if only for the hope that one day i might be able to stick all these lovely things in there -

must... destroy credit card before i make hundreds of irresponsible decisions in rapid succession

Emaline · « **Reply #3139 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 11:45 »

Man, I have the same problem. I'm been lusting over so much on there. My original spending limit was $30 there, just quickly came up to $40. Now I'm pushing for $70. I had a window open of about 10 different pairs I wanted there, and just closed them today. But! Tonight we are going to a super fancy piercing place to pick up donations, and maybe I'll get a nice pair there! If not, I am going out of town on Sunday, so maybe something then.

Lines · « **Reply #3140 on:** 30 Apr 2010, 12:36 »

Those all make me want to stretch my ears. So. Bad. Also buy more pretty things, but alas, I am broke. One day...

Rizzo · « **Reply #3141 on:** 01 May 2010, 05:29 »

My lovely shiny stretchy things arrived yesterday. Will post pix once I've convinced my ears it's a good idea.

jodizzle · « **Reply #3142 on:** 05 May 2010, 04:19 »

So guys, I have finally chosen my artist to do my Alice tattoo. Not only is she awesome but she is adorable!

http://www.sacredskin.com.au/Sacred%20Skin%20-%20ARTISTS%20-%20WILLA-MAE%20HOLNESS.html

Her tattoos of the Mark Ryden piece, The Scream and the spine are what really did it for me. Because I usually don't know what the original image people were trying to tattoo looks like I don't know how well they did it. But I am familiar with that Ryden image and The Scream and I am pretty stoked. She is in Brisbane too, so not far away! I am waiting to hear back about a quote and hopefully she will be able t fit me in soon! We have a few weeks off trianing coming up so I want to get in then because I won't be able to skate with my fresh tattoo!

Lines · « **Reply #3143 on:** 05 May 2010, 05:39 »

I love the one of the two sparrows with the bombs. So cute!

vegkitkat · « **Reply #3144 on:** 05 May 2010, 17:34 »

Got a new tattoo today. My wrist is currently hurting from all the needles that stabbed it.

Slick · « **Reply #3145 on:** 05 May 2010, 21:09 »

VKK <3 Carbon?

Emaline · « **Reply #3146 on:** 05 May 2010, 21:59 »

When I first scrolled down, I saw a heart and what I assumed said "pizza" and I thought " 'I love pizza'? I mean, pizza is great and all, but..."

Ballard · « **Reply #3147 on:** 05 May 2010, 22:08 »

VKK <3 Carbon + Don't forget to be awesome.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #3148 on:** 06 May 2010, 06:05 »

My girlfriend told me she thought I'd look good with stretched lobes but I am skeptical, I do not think they would suit me at all. What do you think QC Forum? Try to answer based on whether they would actually suit me, not just "OMG STRETCHED LOBES ARE SO GREAT".

Also, how much maintenance are they? I'm not the best at healing and I'm just pretty lazy in general.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #3149 on:** 06 May 2010, 06:33 »

If your face was a little thinner I would say go for it, as it stands your face is a little too round for stretches as they will just make your face more round. Small ones would be ok but anything you can put your forefinger through is too big.

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