Tattoos and piercings

[natecoop]

alright, i guess i'll add to this tattoo thing... here is a link that has my tattoos (and my wife's orchid tattoo).  ENJOY!  


http://photobucket.com/albums/y252/natecoop/tattoos/

[hulap0pr]

I think I'm too much of a kitty cat to get a tattoo at this point in my life, but have any of you messed around with henna? It's a temporary tattooing ink that can be found relatively easily.

[RVertigo]

That red dragon is SWEET!

[Phaedrus]

I think I'm too much of a kitty cat to get a tattoo at this point in my life, but have any of you messed around with henna? It's a temporary tattooing ink that can be found relatively easily.

Haha  :lol:  I don't think the tat really hurt as bad as I thought it would have. I mean yeah it hurt a bit but it wasn't anything that was intolerable. Like they say, it's kinda like a bee sting but just lasts longer. After 3 hours into mine, I had it phased out and it was more of an annoyance than a pain. I bet a lot of it has to do with the artist, gun, and technique too. For example, the outline of mine wasn't nearly as bad as the shading/coloring in because the needle head was a little different. Kinda lie a different "brush stroke", I guess.

Good idea: Get a henna tattoo of hat you would like the real tattoo to be of. Let it last on your skin as long as it can, and if you still like it by the time the henna one goes away, then go get it as a real one. Hmm.

[hulap0pr]

Good idea: Get a henna tattoo of hat you would like the real tattoo to be of. Let it last on your skin as long as it can, and if you still like it by the time the henna one goes away, then go get it as a real one. Hmm.

That's a great idea. I'm being a kitty cat not because of the pain, but because I'm afraid, two weeks after, I'd look at the tat and say, "wtf was I thinking. A dog?"

What I really want is a black sillouette of my greyhound running. Something like this (minus the words and such...)

[Daniely]

alright, i guess i'll add to this tattoo thing... here is a link that has my tattoos (and my wife's orchid tattoo).  ENJOY!  


http://photobucket.com/albums/y252/natecoop/tattoos/

Phil 4:13 is one of my favorite passages. Very nice.

[Phaedrus]

hulap0pr - Depending your the artist you go to, he might talk you into modifying that a little bit. Some artists have a vision of how it could loo really cool and it is up to you to either trust them or not! I put some trust into the one I went to and let him add some stuff to the idea that I had and I am soooo glad I did! He made it look 100x cooler. He added some shadings, colors, a border, etc. That way it isn't just an ink blob on your skin, it would have real artistic merit to it. Not only that, but they can make it easy to "add on" if you ever wanted others near it. Ever notice how come people have "a sea of tats" that just kinda flows, even if the tats really aren't related? That means they got a good tattoo artist! And when you do go, don't skimp..go to the most experienced and most reputable, not some sham artist with dirty needles and ink he bought on eBay.  :mrgreen:

[indestructibleman]

What I really want is a black sillouette of my greyhound running. Something like this (minus the words and such...)

i'd be worried that you'd look like a walking bus ad.

[davipu]

I'd come stand next to you and be like, when's the next one coming?

[hulap0pr]

I'd come stand next to you and be like, when's the next one coming?

And I'd say...  :nana:

[hulap0pr]

I'd come stand next to you and be like, when's the next one coming?

Actually, before I lost about 85 pounds, you might have confused me FOR the bus...

[RVertigo]

Actually, before I lost about 85 pounds, you might have confused me FOR the bus...

Wow!  That's like 1.5 models!

[hulap0pr]

Wow!  That's like 1.5 models!

True enough, except you wouldn't want to hump 85 pounds of blubber...

[Phaedrus]

Wow!  That's like 1.5 models!

True enough, except you wouldn't want to hump 85 pounds of blubber...

Reminds me of a joke:

Q: How do you make 5lbs of fat look attractive?
A: Stick a nipple on it

Haha we better knock it off before this goes to The Farm!  :lol:

[RVertigo]

Q: How do you make 5lbs of fat look attractive?
A: Stick a nipple on it

Haha we better knock it off before this goes to The Farm!  :lol:

:lol:  :lol:  :lol: Nice...

[natecoop]

thanks for the compliments...  i'll be adding more pics once i get this piece on my left shoulder done.  can't wait!!  

RVertigo, i  had never seen one done like that before so i thought, why not?

Daniely, Phil. 4:13 is one of my favs too, obviously... heh heh.

...thanks!

[rychrger72]

I have 5 tats, and 3 piercings(each lobe 6g, & eyebrow).  First thing i'd say is be damn sure it what u want.  my personal feeling is that i cant pick something off a wall, all my tats have a meaning to me, and i always have input in the design.  If thats your feeling as well, i would highly suggest finding a full custom shop.  My 2 favorite tats of mine, are my bleeding purple rose on my left arm i got for my late uncle, and the other is a custom chrome tribal that goes from just below my knee to the middle of my foot, and all the way around.  I've got about 10 hours into my leg so far but its not done yet.  Ihave pics, let me know if ya wanna see em.  Important thing to remember is a good tattoo isn't cheap, and a cheap tattoo isn't good.  I have paid a lot for mine.

[natecoop]

rychrger72, i'd liek to see your tattoos.  can you shoot me an email with them??  natecoop2000@gmail.com

thanks man!

[Phaedrus]

Here is my tattoo (first and only so far, plan on getting another in a couple months)



It is a rendition of the cover art logo for Robert Pirsig's philosophy book "Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance". Excellent book if anyone is looking for a good read    It is also where I got my GSTwin.com screenname "Phaedrus" from, even though it was originally a greek word meaning "wolf" and the title to a Platonic dialogue. Never did read that, tho.

Anyway the pic was taken right after I took the bandage off later that night. It is still shiney from the "tattoo goo". It's been a couple years and it still looks really good! A lot can be said for the proper 'aftercare' of tattoos.

[Kerry]

[...]Robert Pirsig's philosophy book "Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance". Excellent book if anyone is looking for a good read    It is also where I got my GSTwin.com screenname "Phaedrus" from, even though it was originally a greek word meaning "wolf" and the title to a Platonic dialogue.

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I guess you haven't had the chance to read the "Introduction to the Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition"....

Starting on the first page:

[...] the book's failures [...] There are two that stand out -- a minor one and a major one.

The minor one is that Phaedrus doesn't mean "wolf" in Greek.  That was a mistake that grew out of the actual experience at the University of Chicago in 1960 that appears in Part IV.  The professor of philosophy had mentioned that Plato liked to use names for his characters that suggested the nature of their personality, and in the dialogue Phaedrus, the likeness was made to a wolf.  The professor, whose actual name I recall as either Lamm or Lamb, looked at me in such a way as to indicate he thought the title of wolf fit me.  I was an outsider who seemed more interested in attacking what was being taught than learning from it.  My hyperactive mind seized upon this as my definitive relationship to the school, and this worked its way into the book.  But the character that Plato likened to a wolf was not Phaedrus but Lycia, whose name is similar to the Greek lykos that does mean "wolf".  As readers have pointed out to me many times, Phaedrus actually means "brilliant" or "radiant".  I was lucky.  It could just as easily have meant something much worse.

Take your pick of what it means - I think it's a fine screenname!
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