Thanks SeT..Drinking sports drinks like lucozade helps as well.I find my pain threshold with tattooing is about 3 1/2 hours much more than that and it all gets a bit sore.
I would deffinately agree take some for of sports or energy drink with you like lucozade, monster or an isotonic one.. as I made the mistake of not doing that and had a nasty time half way through when i had to take a break and get a drink as i was drained of energy. My main bit of advice though is do your research... get a design you want (not from a book in a tatoo studio) and then find the best artists around by talking to people and get them to do it.. the travel is worth it massivly to make sure you dont get something you dont love.
Sorry to hijack, but does anybody here have experience in UV Tattoos? They look cool but i dont know how well the keep, react etc
I go for the more modular design with my tattoo's to be honest, my next few tattoo's are designed to be one of a kind but mold together to form my left arm's sleeve, I'm basically getting text of various different ancient languages on my arm of phrases and words that mean alot to me. The symbology behind it is the simple "We all use language, so why are we so divided?" Might have seen me mention I think all humanity is great and race means nothing blah blah, but thats my tattoo of my view Always sit down and chill with the artists and see what they can do. IMPORTANT
Expensive Un-needed many UV chemicals screw your skin up, give it five years before you even look at them
I'm thinking of getting one soon. There's a few designs I like, but there's something that Banksy has sprayed in a few places: That text there, makes me chuckle every time I see it. Want it on my back somewhere, shoulder blade perhaps. Still thinking about it though.
I can't see the image, but do you really want someone else's creation tattooed on yourself for life? What if this "Banksy" turns out to be a pedo (think of the children!)? I've got "4.5" tattoos. Three on my legs and 1.5 on my left upper arm. I say 1.5 because it started with a smallish tattoo of a grim reaper and turned into a full-blown tribal/ankh/other stuff tattoo all the way to my shoulder (shoulders hurt, btw). The tattooist who did my first grim reaper tattoo was an artist (also a bit of a racist, as became apparent during our conversations when I had a needle in my skin) - he was able to take my words of what I wanted around the original tattoo and put it into skin-art. At his first try of pen on my arm, it was "bang-on" (you UK/US people say that, right? ) what I had envisioned. My leg tattoos were done by someone else because the first tattooist lived in a city I considered unsafe (which is why he was a bit of a racist ). Awesome work, took some time but worth it. I've always considered the possibility of my life changing and me regretting my tattoos, but I've always made sure that at least they'd have some relevance to that point (getting the tattoo) in my life. So rather than regret, they'd be a memory (good or bad). There's a lot to consider before getting inked. Especially when young(ish), I'd avoid "visible areas" (lower arms, neck, face, etc) because you don't know where your life will take you. I ended up in a completely different life than I had originally imagined (at 16, when I got my first tattoo). Luckily, any employer I've had so far doesn't care about the wee bit of ink sticking out from a short-sleeved shirt). And I refuse to wear shorts - on principle and so as not to scare kids/the elderly into a misanthropy/a heart attack - so my leg tattoos aren't a problem. Think, think, hypothesise, think, hypothesise. Sometimes you end up a lawyer when you wanted to be a "I drill the bolts into the tyres for Ford"-guy. Sometimes you end up being a CCTV-staring security guard when you wanted to be a transvestite stripper. The future's way more important than any (difficult-to-hide) ink you can ever get. Companies are, in general, modernising towards tattoos/piercings/haircuts, but that's no reason to get "**** the police" tattooed on your forehead just yet!
Can't see the image either, wait one. Fixed, and surely all tattoos are someone else creation to an extent, unless you're bloody good at art. But yeah, I just like it.
On those two: I normally take some Lucozade-ish sports drink along. How much depends on how long I plan on sitting. Sugar and Electrolytes: Good. I also normally take some crisps or something along. It helps neutralise the blood pressure, and alleviates any lgiht headedness. It's also not recommended to go boozing the night before for multiple reasons: (1) Booze dehydrates, and therefore CAN make your skin a bit tougher (apparently), which does you no favours - needles blunting/bending, etc. (2) Booze thins out your blood. Same goes for Aspirin. This means that IF you start bleeding, it will be worse. though in general, bleeding properly is rather rare. (on that note - if you suffer from haemophilia or something of that ilk - it's a good call to not get a tattoo without consulting your doctor and the artist first) The inks are generally "not there yet", and are more likely to bleed, fade and cause difficulties. Also, they (mostly) need to be tattooed under UV light (so that the artist can see what he's doing), which is like tattooing in the sun... a bad idea... Sun is to be avoided just like swimming with a new tattoo, and the tattoo will be more sensitive to UV radiation than the rest of your skin for a good while.
I got my first one in 1969. Simple H. A. M. C. Society Sucks - in cursive. Later blended it in to the neck feathers of a Bald Eagle head coverup designed by Marilyn. Old Skul ink. One color. Thinking I might get one on right forearm. Something I can remember - Like my name. Not getting any younger here. john
Those jokes have been done to death -500hp Tattoo's should always be unique to you in my opinion, unique, something that defines you, OR defined you at a point in your life. Another one I'm getting is "Sic Vis Pacem Para, Belum" latin for 'if you want peace, prepare for war'... doesn't apply now I'm not forces or always looking for a scrap... but it WAS me, and I never want to forget what I came from or who I am.
To the OP - have you got a rock solid idea of the design you want? My advice is this: imagine that design has just been tattooed on your body. Now wait three months. Is that design still really the one you want? If you've been thinking about other designs during that three-month period, then your original one clearly wasn't for you after all. But if it is - then go ahead! Most tattooists will ink the tattoo then invite you back a few weeks later, at no extra charge, for a touch-up where necessary. Mine is a tribal octopus on my upper arm. I love scuba diving and have dived with plenty of 'em for real, plus the way the creature's legs swirl makes for an interesting design. I've had it 10 years now and it still looks good. It doesn't seem to look out of place or dated, not like a Celtic cross is a sure sign someone had their tat done in the 1990s. In a couple of years I may get it done over, just to sharpen the outline bit. Let us know what you decide.
This Summer, I'm planning on getting this as a tattoo: I live in Camden, so there are hundreds of places to choose from. How do I pick a good one without any knowledge or friends with knowledge?
I have UV ink in both of my arms as highlights. It was the first time my artist had worked with white UV ink (it's very think and hard too see how well it's covering) but I believe it turned out well. I had it done around six years ago and it's still noticeable to this day although I would like to have that part done over again. No adverse scarring or the like either as you can only tell it's there when a blacklight is on. I actually forget I had it done most of the time but the same goes for most of my tats. I don't know what you're going on about as unneeded. Technically all tattoos are unneeded. Mine perfectly complement my tattoos and were visible right away but showed up more after the healing process was done. :EDIT FOR PICS: These are all a couple of years old though and some work has been done since.
