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Der Tattoo Thread.
Zingoleb:
i have a sneaking suspicion that most people here haven't stretched their ears that far and you'll probably have to ask some sort of body mod forum.
how far are you considering stretching your ears, by the way? (personally, i'm only going to go up to a 00 at most, but only because i've found the broadest range of plugs come between a 2 and 00)
Jace:
I unfortunately cannot help you steve, outside of BAF I don't know any places unless you get lucky with a local shop for jewelry.
I also want to add that I do have a couple tattoos that were "hey I want you to put this exact thing on me." The first two done by the guy I go to out here in Buffalo were super simple, one was printed off the computer and the other was a box. The third was another printed off, but I talked with him about why I wanted that exact thing and he was super down with the meaning behind it. The fourth (done immediately after the third) was a rough idea I sketched out, that he just drew on me with markers then tattooed.
The fifth tattoo he did was my d20, and he drew it up in about a week, it was also how we discovered that we both liked playing Magic: The Gathering. We played a game before and 2 games after the tattoo. It was another one that was just an idea that he executed excellently. The sixth was the knight sleeve. The seventh was my corgi tattoo. I find giving him a lot more leeway with the art results in phenomenal pieces and I'm excited to save up and get another one done.
nekowafer:
Yeah the only place I know that you can get good jewelry like that is the shop where I get my piercings done.
My lobes are at an inch as well, but I don't think I'll be stretching any further, so I haven't looked at anything else.
Have you tried looking for local shops that order from Gorilla Glass? My piercer just got me a great custom retainer for my bridge and it was only $20. Not quite the same thing, obviously, but I know that they have good prices.
Also: my two tattoos have been paw prints so I basically walked in with a picture and asked her to put it on my skin. But there's not a whole lot of creativity to add to simple, black paw prints.
lepetitfromage:
I've designed most of my tattoos but I like to think of them more as collaborations than "I'll draw this, you just stick it on me". My artist is fantastic- I usually bring him a sketch and ask his opinion on it. We'll chat about the piece, decide what I've done that will work/not work and he'll play around with it before we decide on a final drawing. I've always loved doing collaborative pieces in general, so it's nice to get another (albeit small) taste of that. Plus, constructive criticism is a good thing. I'd love to learn to tattoo one day so I try to go into sponge mode whenever I'm around him.
Steve, I don't really know much about what constitutes expensive in Plug World but after some Google Fu I found these. The shop has phenomenal reviews and shipping charges are decent too.
ackblom12:
--- Quote from: Unicorn on 20 May 2013, 00:20 ---i have a sneaking suspicion that most people here haven't stretched their ears that far and you'll probably have to ask some sort of body mod forum.
how far are you considering stretching your ears, by the way? (personally, i'm only going to go up to a 00 at most, but only because i've found the broadest range of plugs come between a 2 and 00)
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Yeah, I figured it was worth a shot before I went to 'the other' internets. Tis a frightening place.
As far as goal sizes go, 32mm (1 1/4") has been a goal for a while, but 38mm (1 1/2") is probably more likely what I'll end up at. I've toyed with the idea of going to 51mm (2") and I'm not ruling it out, though I'd probably get scalpeled to that from 38mm rather than stretching. It's a pretty slow (and expensive at this size) process though, so I gots plenty of thinkin' time. The type of jewelry I prefer has always been chunky, and I love the weight. Also I have a bit of a massive hard on for large jewelry with carvings/laser cuttings such as the dino bones linked earlier. Also large stone is just gorgeous.
I've definitely considered going to Pangea to see if they can do an order, but Pangea is expensive due to their location. They are set up in the downtown of a college town and their prices show it. Also lapetit, thanks for the attempt, but it's still a bit pricier than I can pretend to afford though, which is why I've been hoping to find eyelets.
Just as a comparison between the styles of jewelry. I'm using Glasswear Studios because they are the cheapest glass folks who make good quality jewelry (that I'm aware of). Eyelets and Plugs have a pretty big difference in prices, and it looks like Plugs are going to be a no go, since it's pretty pointless to spend that much on jewelry for a size I'm going to stay at for 1, maybe 3 months at the most.
Thinking I might get ahold of Nick at Dorje and see if he might be able to find me some proper sized eyelets.
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