Ink

~~The Unfan~~ · 08-04-2009, 02:14 PM

Green ink burns.

LoathsomePete · 08-04-2009, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Shrar

i'm getting my first tattoo next week (or whenever i can, as long as its before the end of september)

a phoenix, on my right ankle. thought i'd go for something fairly descreet and tasteful for my first

yes, i'll show you pics when its done

any advice or stories or comments?

Getting one on your ankle is going to be incredibly painful because it is just bone and skin, my advice is to eat a good sized meal before hand, drink lots of orange juice, and if you feel like you're going to pass out make sure to let the artist know.

Shrar · 08-04-2009, 02:43 PM

good plan, i'm not much a fainter but there's a first time for everything. i figured if i get my first right on the bone then any others i get after that can only get easier

Freebase Dali · 08-04-2009, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shrar

i'm getting my first tattoo next week (or whenever i can, as long as its before the end of september)

a phoenix, on my right ankle. thought i'd go for something fairly descreet and tasteful for my first

yes, i'll show you pics when its done

any advice or stories or comments?

Hydrocodone.
But NOT alcohol.

Edit:
Really, the pain isn't intolerable. Just sayin'... don't drink alcohol. You'll bleed worse.

Astronomer · 08-04-2009, 09:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shrar

i'm getting my first tattoo next week (or whenever i can, as long as its before the end of september)

a phoenix, on my right ankle. thought i'd go for something fairly descreet and tasteful for my first

yes, i'll show you pics when its done

any advice or stories or comments?

My advice: make sure it's something you really actually want on your forever!

Oh and as for the pain. Tattoos aren't that painful. I've got one on my spine near my neck and it was a totally bearable pain. Kind-of even felt nice in a strange way. I know a few people with ankle ones too and they say the same.

~~TumorAttitude~~ · 08-05-2009, 12:09 AM

I got two hennas today (underaged).
23 on the left wrist, 11 on the right.

Shrar · 08-05-2009, 03:50 AM

a friend told me it's the kind of thing that only hurts if you think it's going to. none of hers hurt until she heard someone describe getting theres like being repeatedly slashed by hot knives, then whenever she got a new one she thought of that description and the pain shot up

yes, i'm sure i want one, what i want and where. in the process of making an album of all the tats i want where. work my way up to a full back one day, but that'll take planning

Barnard17 · 08-05-2009, 05:42 AM

Well where were her first and where were her latter ones? It reputedly hurts more over skin and bone rather than an area with meat on it.

Shrar · 08-05-2009, 12:16 PM

started at the shoulder and went down full sleeve

i always think tats on the top of the arm look a little too masculine. which is fine on a guy obviously, but i dunno if i'd get away with it

Freebase Dali · 08-05-2009, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Fal

Well where were her first and where were her latter ones? It reputedly hurts more over skin and bone rather than an area with meat on it.

I can vouch for that.
Even in the seemingly least sensitive places, like the top of the forearm... It hurts far worse than even the inside of the more meatier areas.
Personally, anyway.

08-04-2009, 02:43 PM	#133 (permalink)
Shrar Groupie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 5	good plan, i'm not much a fainter but there's a first time for everything. i figured if i get my first right on the bone then any others i get after that can only get easier __________________ actually, Mum, I wouldnt use that particular can of whipped cream if I were you... oh, no reason.

08-05-2009, 03:50 AM	#137 (permalink)
Shrar Groupie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 5	a friend told me it's the kind of thing that only hurts if you think it's going to. none of hers hurt until she heard someone describe getting theres like being repeatedly slashed by hot knives, then whenever she got a new one she thought of that description and the pain shot up yes, i'm sure i want one, what i want and where. in the process of making an album of all the tats i want where. work my way up to a full back one day, but that'll take planning __________________ actually, Mum, I wouldnt use that particular can of whipped cream if I were you... oh, no reason.

08-05-2009, 05:42 AM	#138 (permalink)
Barnard17 My home? Discabled, Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 204	Well where were her first and where were her latter ones? It reputedly hurts more over skin and bone rather than an area with meat on it. __________________ Vita brevis, Occasio praeceps

08-05-2009, 12:16 PM	#139 (permalink)
Shrar Groupie Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Scotland Posts: 5	started at the shoulder and went down full sleeve i always think tats on the top of the arm look a little too masculine. which is fine on a guy obviously, but i dunno if i'd get away with it __________________ actually, Mum, I wouldnt use that particular can of whipped cream if I were you... oh, no reason.

08-04-2009, 02:14 PM	#131 (permalink)
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~~TumorAttitude~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Purgatory Posts: 749	I got two hennas today (underaged). 23 on the left wrist, 11 on the right.