Wants a tattoo

any ideas/designs?

[humpingdan]

id like to get a tatoo, something not to blatent on my upper left arm?

anyone know of any good websites for deisngs? or designs of ur own?

[Macguru]

Try Google image search. I found a few funnies with "<insert your keyword here> Tattoo".

[mivox]

I designed both of my own. It's one thing to show up at a party wearing the same outfit as someone else, but I'd hate to think of running into someone who got the same tattoo.

[limbo]

I sawe a bloke in the local news recently who had the phone number of his favourite take away tattoo'd on his forehead. But I thought it was silly that he didn't get it tattoo'd backwards. How was he supposed to read it in the mirror? Geez, attention to detail man!

[Macguru]

>>but I'd hate to think of running into someone who got the same tattoo.

I see it from here. mivox plans to design personalised USMC Tattoos for every grunt with the same concerns. :)

[mivox]

Hey, I could probably make a bit of money that way. ;)

[chrisnrae]

My advice is spend even more time finding a good tattoo artist than you do for a good design. Covering up bad tattoo work is costly and painful ;). Unfortunately, I know. Sigh.

[Essex_boy]

Read about a mafia boss who had a devil tattooed on his bum, this devil was shovelling coal in to the crack.

I thought it was really funny anyway.

[olwen]

I always wanted a little Welsh dragon (does anyone remember the dragons in Ivor the Engine - Idris the dragon in the firebox was joined by Olwen) but haven't got it yet, and am rapidly aging, but I could pair it with a spider's web.

[bill]

...just be careful of what you get if it's in a language you're not familiar with. A friend of mine in Japan was telling me about this backpacking girl he met while travelling around Asia. She had some big red characters on her neck and he asked her if she knew what they meant...she went on and on about how she had really bonded with some Japanese artist she met in Thailand and how the characters described her inner beauty and charisma.

The characters, roughly translated meant "futile existence". My friend didn't have the heart to tell her...

[netguy]

Have you considered WWII nose art?

There's a wide variety of interesting and unique artwork that was painted on the nose of many World War II and Korean war bombers. (none today, as most of the oldies are not considered 'politically correct' today).

I know a guy that used one of the nose art designs for the fuel tank of his Harley Sportster.

Steve

[Essex_boy]

Love it! thatll teach the pretentious lil moo.

[sonny]

tattoo "your name" on your butt and then become self employed. Go to bars; "I bet you $20 that I have 'your name' tattooed on my butt". Can't lose bet.
Might need to invest in some quality running shoes with your winnings, though! Ha!

[ska_demon]

tattoos hurt!

[ronin]

If you're going to have some large red Chinese characters tatooed on your neck, you'd think you might have the presence of mind to pick up a dictionary first and find out what they mean in at least one language out of Chinese or Japanese, no?

I'm thinking of having the Chinese character for "water" tatooed on my right shoulder this summer. As far as I know it's identical in Chinese and Japanese and I can write it myself in Japanese anyway, so I know what it looks like.

Why water? It's connected with some things that Lao Tse said.

[bill]

I guess she really trusted the Japanese guy advising her on the characters. And I guess he wasn't so trustworthy... ;) Sometimes people travelling abroad for the first time do some weird things.

I'd highly recommend researching anything that you write on yourself that can't be erased.

[Macguru]

>>And I guess he wasn't so trustworthy...

I could find other words to describe him. Whatever was his opinion about his victim, I consider this abusive and somehow sick. He is better to watch his Karma.

Sooner of later someone will tell her and she will be really hurt.

If it was from me, the guy would end up with a sphincter tattooed on his forehead.

[Leosghost]

The way karma works ..he already has ...just isn't visble to the naked eye ..in this life ..yet !

I used to do a lot of "bike meets" ..was forever having tatoo artists come to me for artwork ( still do via the net )as most of them unfortunately can't actually draw for sh*t...
In 99% of cases what they pass off as original they just rip off somewhere ( and copy hoping that you won't read the same mags ) or if you are lucky they recombine to make a "cut and paste" ..some of the better ones now do this with 'puters ....

If you really want "original" ..ask if they paint ..ask to see what they paint ..You'll soon see if they have talent and if they copy or have their own imagination ...

The day the search facilty on the net allows for searching for images by appearance and not by title ..lots of people are gonna be surprised about how much image theft really happens ...

[stef25]

david beckham got his daughter's name tattoed on his lower arm and apprently is misspelled ... its in some kind of hindu script and looks very nice. the artist who put it there then started nit picking saying it depends on where you are from, what dialect etc.

[Leosghost]

didn't know Beckham could read ..heard interveiwed ...him and posh ..didn't think either could read ..or write..

Bet neither of them can spell pretentious

[ronin]

Oh, come on. They probably couldn't even spell tw<snip>