Topic: Der Tattoo Thread. (Read 788589 times)

ackblom12 · « **Reply #4400 on:** 17 Sep 2012, 05:01 »

If you have a local shop, I can't imagine them not selling you some for $1 or something, assuming they charge for them at all. The only way I'd ever get them online is through BodyArtForms and that's because they just love giving you free shit with your orders.

Lines · « **Reply #4401 on:** 17 Sep 2012, 05:05 »

Yeah, I'm tempted to just order something from there so I can get some for free. And most of the places I've been to for whatever reason only have the black ones. Yes, they are super cheap, but they make my ears weepy so I can't use them.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #4402 on:** 17 Sep 2012, 05:15 »

Yeah, my ears aren't real fond of the black nitrile rings either. It's either clear silicone or double flare for me.

Lines · « **Reply #4403 on:** 17 Sep 2012, 05:19 »

I typically wear double flare, but the only reason I dropped a size was because I took my olive plugs out and for the life of me could not get them back in (darn pointy flares instead of rounded ones!) and the only other 4g plugs I had were single flare glass ones. I lost the clear rings a while ago, so I was using the black, weepyness ensued and I've been wearing 6ish-g (more like 5g I think) blue tigers eye plugs. Which are pretty, but I'm bored.

Maybe I should just order more stone plugs. This thread is such an enabler without even trying to be...

Lines · « **Reply #4404 on:** 17 Sep 2012, 05:44 »

And oh hey, some of the Diablo Organics are 30% off, woot! Gonna get another pair of amazonite plugs. I liked my 10g ones, now I can have a matching pair if I ever get my ears pierced again (which I'd like to do when I work more than 12hrs a week...).

nekowafer · « **Reply #4405 on:** 17 Sep 2012, 05:47 »

I wish I could wear wood plugs. No matter how much I oil the plugs and my lobes, they dry out and make my whole ear ache. I can do buffalo horn though and that reminds me I need some in 1"... yep my spending money is definitely all this forum's fault.

Jace · « **Reply #4406 on:** 17 Sep 2012, 22:16 »

I've just resigned to clear silicone eyelets out of laziness of not wanting to put my metal or wood ones in and out for sleeping. Also it sometimes freaks people out when they see perfectly round holes in my ears.

Still wanna get some earskins up in this.

Also getting a tattoo in 9 days.

nekowafer · « **Reply #4407 on:** 18 Sep 2012, 04:24 »

I love my clear earskins. The only issue I have with them is that they fold too easily... if I'm laying down or wearing headphones or any number of other things, they are likely to just pop out of my ears.

Jace · « **Reply #4408 on:** 18 Sep 2012, 08:51 »

Got this in a text from my tattoo artist today:

mon visage quand:

Carl-E · « **Reply #4409 on:** 19 Sep 2012, 02:51 »

A puppy in a ... football?

Jace · « **Reply #4410 on:** 19 Sep 2012, 02:54 »

its a corgi in a life vest. Like here:

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #4411 on:** 20 Sep 2012, 16:14 »

Ah, yes it is.

I thought grenade. My brain needs help.

nekowafer · « **Reply #4412 on:** 20 Sep 2012, 16:22 »

I recognized what it was immediately. Somehow that seems more crazy?

Lines · « **Reply #4413 on:** 20 Sep 2012, 20:27 »

I knew what it was because it's Jace.

Omega Entity · « **Reply #4414 on:** 20 Sep 2012, 21:22 »

Pretty much knew off the bat too. But then, I used to watch ungodly amounts of Animal Planet back in the day, and that's probably where I've seen doggies in life vests, lol.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #4415 on:** 23 Sep 2012, 23:05 »

And another jewelry video, this one on organic "used to be alive" materials such as Bone, Horn, amber and Fossil:

Lines · « **Reply #4416 on:** 24 Sep 2012, 05:30 »

I love that one of the examples he has for bone looks like a penis.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #4417 on:** 24 Sep 2012, 07:01 »

He tried so hard not to laugh.

nekowafer · « **Reply #4418 on:** 24 Sep 2012, 17:38 »

I can't see the video, or open it in Youtube.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #4419 on:** 24 Sep 2012, 21:05 »

Should be working now, for some reason it wasn't liking the share url.

Jace · « **Reply #4420 on:** 26 Sep 2012, 18:54 »

Quote from: Jace on 18 Sep 2012, 08:51

Carl-E · « **Reply #4421 on:** 26 Sep 2012, 22:43 »

Jace, that looks great! Much better than the sketch, really... the colors are amazing, and the message is even better!

Lines · « **Reply #4422 on:** 27 Sep 2012, 05:04 »

Quote from: Jace on 26 Sep 2012, 18:54

Quote from: Jace on 18 Sep 2012, 08:51

Jace · « **Reply #4423 on:** 27 Sep 2012, 13:07 »

Quote from: Carl-E on 26 Sep 2012, 22:43

Jace, that looks great! Much better than the sketch, really... the colors are amazing, and the message is even better!

I'm loving it so much! not loving how it kept bleeding last night and dripping into my pantleg but what can ya do?

EDIT: weird, don't know how that bracket ran away.

Papersatan · « **Reply #4424 on:** 27 Sep 2012, 14:36 »

As your open skin oozes its blood onto your leg, so too does your open bracket ooze its formatting.

nekowafer · « **Reply #4425 on:** 01 Oct 2012, 06:03 »

I want a new piercing while I'm waiting to hear about getting my tongue split. Anyone ever had a bridge piercing? I'm wondering if it's possible to get something mostly invisible for my first piece of jewelry, so I can wear it at work.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #4426 on:** 01 Oct 2012, 06:06 »

Never got around to getting mine, but it's really unlikely they'l be able to do anything to make it less visible. Quartz retainers aren't really used anymore, and they're gonna be sticking in a pretty long barbell for the initial piercing. It's also going to be right between your eyes, so even if it was something like the flesh colored lobe jewelry, there's not going to be any way someone looking at you isn't going to notice it.

nekowafer · « **Reply #4427 on:** 01 Oct 2012, 06:20 »

Yeah, that's what I figured. Sucks, though. It's one of only two piercings I want on my face at this point, and the other is a labret which I've already had and removed. It kind of fucked up my gums. I might get it again though, I really miss it.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #4428 on:** 01 Oct 2012, 11:26 »

'Never forget': With tattoos, new generation proudly bears elders' Auschwitz scars

I actually find this to be rather fitting and wonderful sentiment, though I can understand the idea that many folks would be made very uncomfortable by it.

Carl-E · « **Reply #4429 on:** 02 Oct 2012, 08:13 »

People should be made uncomfortable by it. I think it's the point.

It's also a beautiful and moving gesture.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #4430 on:** 02 Oct 2012, 08:44 »

If done with permission I guess it's okay. It creeps me out a little, but okay.

Without permission, like David Blaine getting Primo Levi's number on his arm ... feels wrong somehow.

Carl-E · « **Reply #4431 on:** 02 Oct 2012, 08:54 »

Well, the article was about getting a relative's number put on, not a stranger's. That would be creepy.

Lines · « **Reply #4432 on:** 02 Oct 2012, 08:56 »

I think if it's passed down among family members or friends, it's a beautiful sentiment. But when random people just take someone's number, it seems downright disrespectful, especially if they know nothing about what that person went through.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #4433 on:** 02 Oct 2012, 09:39 »

I find it very interesting that people are taking ownership of a number which was intended to remove their individual personhood. I think it's an interesting way to remember, especially as the article points out we are moving into a point where it is entirely history - soon there will be no living survivors.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #4434 on:** 02 Oct 2012, 13:27 »

A point in time which, for some reason, scares the hell out of me.

But that was beside the point of this thread. My apologies. Please return to your scheduled needle work now.

whom · « **Reply #4435 on:** 02 Oct 2012, 23:16 »

I've never gotten a tattoo and I figured I never would but now I'm considering getting an Egyptian eye on my shoulder. There's a giant Egyptian face painted on a wall outside the window of my therapist's office and all you can see through the window is the eye, and looking at it always calms me down so I thought it'd be nice to have it always with me. I'm really nervous about getting a tattoo though because it's permanent and I'm afraid I'd get sick of it. What to do what to do...I sketched it out on my shoulder and it looks cool but still I don't know. There's no real point to this post I just felt like sharing my dilemma.

idontunderstand · « **Reply #4436 on:** 03 Oct 2012, 02:45 »

What's an Egyptian eye?

ackblom12 · « **Reply #4437 on:** 03 Oct 2012, 02:54 »

I'm assuming you're referring to the Eye of Horus?

whom · « **Reply #4438 on:** 03 Oct 2012, 08:43 »

Yeah sorry, I didn't know the actual name of it. Something pretty simple like this:
http://bellirosa.com/store/images/329.jpg

ackblom12 · « **Reply #4439 on:** 07 Oct 2012, 16:09 »

Man, when scarifications are done well and heal proper, they can look fucking amazing.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #4440 on:** 07 Oct 2012, 19:10 »

Is that tattooed around it, though? I've never seen a scarification piece that healed like that.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #4441 on:** 07 Oct 2012, 19:24 »

Yeah, once it healed they did the red outline. In the 2nd picture the outline is fresh actually.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #4442 on:** 07 Oct 2012, 19:52 »

It's gorgeous. I never thought to combine the two in such a way. I have had a desire to have a scarification chest piece for some time now.

Carl-E · « **Reply #4443 on:** 07 Oct 2012, 22:32 »

OHGODTHATLOOKSSOFUCKINGPAINFUL!!

Zingoleb · « **Reply #4444 on:** 07 Oct 2012, 22:57 »

From what I've gathered, scarification hurts less than getting a tattoo (which, in turn, is less painful than a piercing (depending on the piercing's placement - my lip was maybe a 7, and my ear cartilage was around a 9). I've no personal experience with it yet, though, but I guess I'm getting used to getting stabbed in various places, so the pain probably won't be so bad.

ackblom12 · « **Reply #4445 on:** 07 Oct 2012, 23:01 »

Ehhhhh, it's all ridiculously relative to the individual and placement of work. Comparing them is kind of pointless for the most part really. I've found my piercings, dermal punch and suspension included, not really painful at all, whereas my Geek Life Tattoo ranged from easy peasy to ridiculously painful depending on where he was working at the time.

Edit: And another beautiful example, though not fully healed.

Carl-E · « **Reply #4446 on:** 07 Oct 2012, 23:49 »

I guess it's just the exposed raw flesh that's getting to me.

I was going to ask why that person's skin looked so bluish, until I followed the link and saw that the scarification was being done over "blackwork".

ackblom12 · « **Reply #4447 on:** 11 Oct 2012, 16:32 »

So an update on the Skin Rings mentioned a few pages back. Apparently the piercer who was messing about with them on himself is finally happy enough with the design and healing rate to have used a small number of volunteer clients. Here is the article

ackblom12 · « **Reply #4448 on:** 11 Oct 2012, 16:56 »

Also, totally unrelated to the previous, an photo interview with Miss Crash, a side show performer who does suspensions, cheek skewering and the like. NSFW.

Not the greatest interview I've ever read, but it's certainly not bad.

Carl-E · « **Reply #4449 on:** 11 Oct 2012, 18:43 »

Took me a minute to realize how that skin ring worked. Clever idea, but It's kind of a weird look - makes me think of grommets that haven't been punched through completely. It would be neat to have other decorative things that screw on...

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