Tattoos

WelshBloke · Feb 26, 2025

mikeymikec said:
My concern about getting a tattoo is it not turning out like I hoped. Sure, do one's homework and check out the artist's work beforehand, but artists are only human.

It's a slow process and (unless you are specifically going for a freehand thing) they follow a design that they transfer onto your skin.
A decent tattoo artist shouldn't be making any errors tbh.
You also get to see the design on an iPad first, then that gets printed out onto a sort of transfer thing, then that gets transferred to your skin then they start making it permanent.
There's lots of stages where you can see if you aren't going to like it or want it changed.
A tattoo like that can be pretty expensive though.

WelshBloke · Feb 26, 2025

iRONic said:
If that's really your back piece down thread you don't need any inspiration AFAIC. That piece is magnificent!

That is mine. Thank you very much! Took a lot of research just to find the tattoo artist that I wanted then I was on a waiting list for nearly six months as she is pretty popular.
I'd take credit for the design but she pretty much ran with my initial idea and reworked all of it. Took about 8 hours and was done in one session!

iRONic said:
I'm tattooed from my knuckles to my neck. Some of that work is prolly older than some members here.

📷

nakedfrog · Feb 26, 2025

WelshBloke said:
It's a slow process and (unless you are specifically going for a freehand thing) they follow a design that they transfer onto your skin.
A decent tattoo artist shouldn't be making any errors tbh.
You also get to see the design on an iPad first, then that gets printed out onto a sort of transfer thing, then that gets transferred to your skin then they start making it permanent.
There's lots of stages where you can see if you aren't going to like it or want it changed.
A tattoo like that can be pretty expensive though.

Based on the work I've seen, less than half of tattoo artists are decent.

WelshBloke said:
That is mine. Thank you very much! Took a lot of research just to find the tattoo artist that I wanted then I was on a waiting list for nearly six months as she is pretty popular.
I'd take credit for the design but she pretty much ran with my initial idea and reworked all of it. Took about 8 hours and was done in one session!

📷

Damn, you're a champ, my longest session was 3.5 hours, don't think I'd really want to go any longer. Must have been pricey too, over £800?
I will not be posting any pics of mine here

iRONic · Feb 26, 2025

No pics.

WelshBloke · Feb 26, 2025

nakedfrog said:
Damn, you're a champ, my longest session was 3.5 hours, don't think I'd really want to go any longer.

Mine was after a night shift and I actually feel asleep at one point! Woke up when she hit the boney bits though!
She scheduled lots of breaks as well.

nakedfrog said:
Must have been pricey too, over £800?

It was not cheap but I've got it forever, and as it took so long to plan and wait for it wasn't a sudden thing. Can't remember exactly but it was pretty close to £800 I think .

WelshBloke · Feb 26, 2025

I am disappointed at the lack of pictures but I still love you all!

WelshBloke · Feb 26, 2025

mikeymikec said:
My concern about getting a tattoo is it not turning out like I hoped. Sure, do one's homework and check out the artist's work beforehand, but artists are only human.

You can see the stencil here, it's the purple bit. They do the line work over that then lots of shading.

nakedfrog · Feb 26, 2025

WelshBloke said:
I am disappointed at the lack of pictures but I still love you all!

People who live in surveillance states may be wise to not share identifying marks on publicly accessible internet sites

WelshBloke · Feb 26, 2025

I was thinking about reworking something like this on my forearms. I'm pretty skinny so I don't want anything heavy.

mikeymikec · Feb 26, 2025

WelshBloke said:
You can see the stencil here, it's the purple bit. They do the line work over that then lots of shading.
View attachment 118216

I'm aware of the process, my wife has two tattoos. The other factor for me is that I've never been enthusiastic about a particular design, my indifference is much like the time when I was a kid, one day I decided that I ought to have a favourite colour because people do, don't they?

WelshBloke · Feb 26, 2025

nakedfrog said:
People who live in surveillance states may be wise to not share identifying marks on publicly accessible internet sites

That is a fair point.
It's upsetting that that has to be thought about but I do see your point.

WelshBloke · Feb 26, 2025

mikeymikec said:
I'm aware of the process, my wife has two tattoos. The other factor for me is that I've never been enthusiastic about a particular design, my indifference is much like the time when I was a kid, one day I decided that I ought to have a favourite colour because people do, don't they?

I mean I definitely wouldn't get one "just because". It's expensive, painful and lasts forever.

WelshBloke · Feb 26, 2025

mikeymikec said:
I'm aware of the process, my wife has two tattoos. The other factor for me is that I've never been enthusiastic about a particular design, my indifference is much like the time when I was a kid, one day I decided that I ought to have a favourite colour because people do, don't they?

Also "green", because it's fresh and reminds me of spring!

lxskllr · Feb 26, 2025

WelshBloke said:
I was thinking about reworking something like this on my forearms. I'm pretty skinny so I don't want anything heavy.
View attachment 118217

Not sure what I think of that for a tattoo, at least for me. What would you call the style? It isn't quite coming to me. The choices that pop immediately to mind are French, maybe something like Slovak? or PA Dutch folk art.

WelshBloke · Feb 26, 2025

lxskllr said:
Not sure what I think of that for a tattoo, at least for me.

That's what I like about tattoos! They are very personal.
That particular one is on someone's shin so it would need a lot of changes for a ~~firearm~~ forearm!

lxskllr said:
What would you call the style? It isn't quite coming to me.

It's kinda dot work and kinda a mandala. That particular tattoo artist does a lot of both those.

lxskllr said:
The choices that pop immediately to mind are French, maybe something like Slovak? or PA Dutch folk art.

I'm not sure that it's any particular traditional art style.

iRONic · Feb 26, 2025

lxskllr said:
Not sure what I think of that for a tattoo, at least for me. What would you call the style? It isn't quite coming to me. The choices that pop immediately to mind are French, maybe something like Slovak? or PA Dutch folk art.

I am on a phone but it looks like the Maori or Japanese manual tapping type of tattoo. Some of that style of work is really amazing.

WelshBloke · Feb 26, 2025

iRONic said:
I am on a phone but it looks like the Maori or Japanese manual tapping type of tattoo. Some of that style of work is really amazing.

There's a guy in my city that does some spiritual tapping tattoo style (sak mantra?)
Looks pretty cool. Process looks pretty painful though!

(Sorry about the weird crop, needed to remove the person's head!)

JulesMaximus · Mar 6, 2025

MrSquished said:
I have 8 tattoos, but none on my member

Pussy...

nakedfrog · Mar 6, 2025

JulesMaximus said:
Pussy...

That would be a weird tattoo to get on your johnson.

Muse · Mar 7, 2025

thestrangebrew1 said:
None here. I considered getting my daughter's name or at least initials somewhere, but could never decide location. That, and I could never decide on a font so I stopped contemplating it.

My boss came in for something on his day off one time in shorts and a tee shirt. We started BS'ing before he left and I noticed a really bad batman tattoo on his arm. Like bad bad. It was the classic yellow and black logo, but the yellow looked weird on his white skin, and the logo was faded (obviously he had this done a long time ago). It might've looked good years ago, but it looked stretched out etc.

Often when I see tats I fear for the person 30+ years on.

nakedfrog · Mar 7, 2025

Muse said:
Often when I see tats I fear for the person 30+ years on.

I got my first one 27 years ago, no need to fear for me.

iRONic · Mar 7, 2025

Heh heh… I'm 65 now, started getting my ink done when I was 21. My last piece was in 2017.
The only place on my body worth adding to at this point in my life would be my chest since the skin there doesn't show my age as much as the rest of this old body. Lol

WelshBloke · Mar 7, 2025

Muse said:
Often when I see tats I fear for the person 30+ years on.

I got my first when I was 50, I'm not to worried what it'll look like when I'm 80+!

Tattoos

Lifer

Lifer

No Lifer

Diamond Member

Lifer

Lifer

Lifer

No Lifer

Lifer

Lifer

Lifer

Lifer

Lifer

No Lifer

Lifer

Diamond Member

Lifer

No Lifer

No Lifer

Lifer

No Lifer

Diamond Member

Lifer