Tattoo sleeves (the fake ones)

[antihero]

Care to posts yours?


And no, real or fake all tats are horrible.

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[Ramor]

get that boxxy shit out of my /bg/

[Kadrian]

I agree with the Henna idea. Or a permanent marker, although Henna is much classier. I just got my first big tat done Monday night. Lettering down my spine that says, "I am Hope." There is a story behind it and it does have extreme sentimental meaning to me. I don't want any of my tattoo's to show, I want them all to be covered. It seems more special to me that way. Only I know they are there and only I can see them.

I am not for sure, but a sleeve might not be that bad since it is on the arm. I just know mine was 2hrs of intense pain and when there wasn't pain, I was extremely uncomfortable. The best of luck to you though!

[Ramor]

The only real way to do a tat is to do it like the Yakuza, get a full on body tat that you can't see any of if you're wearing a suit.

That's real class.

[Howard Roark]

I don't want to blow off all tattoos, or body art, and actually the only tattoo I had ever considered getting would also be along my spine, as well as on my pelvis at the back

I was at a Tool concert and maynard of course had his shirt off, and probably pants too -- anyway up on the screen I could see what I thought was an anatomical diagram of the spine and pelvis -- for some reason this struck me as intensely primal, a symbol of strength (duh it's a backbone) and I thought to myself "that's my tattoo"

I was disappointed of course that someone else had 'my tattoo' but given the nature of tattoos and how personal I believe they should be (wannabe tattoo's are the worst form of intentional retardation) I left it at that and my brief stint at wanting a tattoo ended

until:

I saw a close up picture of maynard's tattoo, it was in fact a scorpion, along said anatomy, and very appropriate for him, given his usual stage movements and as well as other more personal reasons I'd imagine -- but the best part wa, my 'own tattoo' was now freed up, but as it turns out, the detail required and the time to put an anatomical diagram's calibre of quality would bring me to about 13 hours of solid tattooing, and apparently I'd be lucky to get that at $100 per hour

so obviously that waits until I can justify 1300 for a tattoo when there's other things i'd rather use that for

[Shalyn]

I don't have a tattoo yet but I was really wanting to get one last year when I finished school. Unfortunately, the tattoo artist was a complete knob with my sketch and I dumped him before I let him touch me. It isn't a tattoo for anyone but myself, to remind me to never sit back and take crap from people, but I couldn't see myself needing an entire sleeve for it.

If every symbol in the tattoo is meaningful and you need it on your sleeve, I'm guessing that you should try those sleeves (or just one on the arm you want) just to get used to not seeing a flesh colour. Unless it has the design of what you want, there will be no getting used to it until you get it.

[jmc]

I thought the site was called VampFags for a second.

I read the same thing. heh

[ertyu]

I don't want to blow off all tattoos, or body art, and actually the only tattoo I had ever considered getting would also be along my spine, as well as on my pelvis at the back

I was at a Tool concert and maynard of course had his shirt off, and probably pants too -- anyway up on the screen I could see what I thought was an anatomical diagram of the spine and pelvis -- for some reason this struck me as intensely primal, a symbol of strength (duh it's a backbone) and I thought to myself "that's my tattoo"

I was disappointed of course that someone else had 'my tattoo' but given the nature of tattoos and how personal I believe they should be (wannabe tattoo's are the worst form of intentional retardation) I left it at that and my brief stint at wanting a tattoo ended

until:

I saw a close up picture of maynard's tattoo, it was in fact a scorpion, along said anatomy, and very appropriate for him, given his usual stage movements and as well as other more personal reasons I'd imagine -- but the best part wa, my 'own tattoo' was now freed up, but as it turns out, the detail required and the time to put an anatomical diagram's calibre of quality would bring me to about 13 hours of solid tattooing, and apparently I'd be lucky to get that at $100 per hour

so obviously that waits until I can justify 1300 for a tattoo when there's other things i'd rather use that for

That sounds really fucking stupid.

So did the "cool zelda tattoo"

Tattoos are just really fucking stupid and trashy. They lost the coolness in the 70s, move along now everyone.

[isladar]

I've gotten tattoo'd to mark intrinsic moments in my life; everything on me was hand-drawn and of my own design. What I'm working on now is designing something that will integrate one of them into something else. I don't regret the tattoo, but I'm ready for it to have new significance.

And for those for / against tattoos and body modification in general: as with anyones taste and style, there is some utterly uninspired bullshit out there, and a lot of people seem content to scream as loudly as possible that they have absolutely nothing of value to show for themselves.

[Kajii]

-sXe
http://b4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/0...77027324_m.jpg

might as well be a bullseye

[archibaldcrane]

My sister has a ton of tattoos. I generally hate tattoos. But for some reason I think she pulls them off, and I don't really know why. She was in the army for 5 years, is big into weightlifting and was always a tomboy...but still, that shouldn't excuse it. I dunno, hers just don't bother me, and I'm a very judgmental sibling.

http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...ff392166dd.jpg
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...d43398dba6.jpg
Sailor shit for my uncle who was a Navy lifer.
http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...9617c2a7e7.jpg
Initials of a friend of hers she served with, who died in Iraq.
http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...75b02f369a.jpg
I don't get it. I should hate them, but I don't.

[Dimmauk]

She look like a man.


Just kidding. But she does play for the other team doesn't she?

[archibaldcrane]

She look like a man.


Just kidding. But she does play for the other team doesn't she?

http://c4.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/i...a7237bd9eb.jpg
Her fiancee would like a word with you.

but yeah yeah she did hook up with a few girls back in high school

[Klaatu]

Any good books on psychology of tattoos?

[whm_mahler]

never realized there was so much hate for tattoo's... i have 3 done so far.. all of them are celtic designs... for me its all about the meaning behind a persons tattoo's.. i think its dumb when someone gets one just cause they saw a cool picture but to each their own.. my heritage is a big thing with me so thats why i got them and plan to get more.. all my friends want tattoos but can't decide what to get and i make sure to never let them impulse get one cause i know they'll regret it..

[archibaldcrane]

never realized there was so much hate for tattoo's... i have 3 done so far.. all of them are celtic designs... for me its all about the meaning behind a persons tattoo's...

The reason there is so much hate for them, is because everyone that has one has some lame-shit story about "the meaning behind their tattoos".

It's like, look - for every person with an actually interesting story when they describe "the meaning", there are 99, or 999 people with lame-ass predictable stupid stories about "their heritage" or whateverthefuck.

It's like - if someone is a great poet, you want to read their poetry. But most people are shitty shitty poets.

Hearing about the meaning behind someone's tattoo is like reading their shitty shitty poetry, and the interesting meanings are so completely fucking rare that you just end up assuming that all people with tattoos are attention-whoring retards that think they're special and unique because of "the meaning" they express.

[zoobernut]

Really the meaning behind a tattoo is for the person with the tattoo not for everyone else. I agree sometimes I get tired of hearing those stories about "yeah my tattoo is awesome and the most special tattoo in the world and all other tattoo's suck because of X"

Some people just hate tattoos though and more power to them. Everyone has different tastes about how people look and what they do with their body. I personally don't mind good looking well done tattoo's and find shitty ugly bad fashion clothes just as bad as bad tattoo's. Yeah I know the clothes are not permanent but the shitty choices in what you wear are perpetuating.

[Tokitoki]

My problem is I can never come up with a design I believe I wont rethink at some point in my life. Ive been thinking about getting one for years, but can never come up with something that I can really place any significance behind.

[zoobernut]

My personal preference is for tattoo's to be an art form meaning each one should be uniquely drawn for the individual and custom. I really dislike "clipart" tattoo's. So many people walk into a tattoo shop and pick out a design on the wall and that bugs me.

[Jefe]

Heh, I'm developing a website for this tattoo artist and wants to make me an original for free. Diablos (w/e), here I come ;o