because my tattoo artist is amazing
also it was ofc really fresh at the time, it looks less crisp after healed, which is normal
i never commented on it but JESUS GODDAMNED H CHRIST it is an immaculate tattoo, your artist is seriously talented!
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i never commented on it but JESUS GODDAMNED H CHRIST it is an immaculate tattoo, your artist is seriously talented!
welp...
my cleffa was lonely, that's all
My partner and I have been watching a lot of Ink Master recently(I’ve been sick the past week so I had lots of time). And I’ve been wanting to get tattoos for a little while, I’m really worried about picking the right person. My partner is an artist and they have a design I want to use, so I have a few questions.
1. Is it weird to ask a Tattoo artist to do somebody else’s art?/ask them to do their own take on somebody else’s design?
2. Is it weird to go around to multiple artists, and look at their portfolios before actually picking somebody to do your Tattoo.
3. For my first Tattoo, should it be black and white or color? Does it matter/is there a standard?
1. Is it weird to ask a Tattoo artist to do somebody else’s art?/ask them to do their own take on somebody else’s design?
2. Is it weird to go around to multiple artists, and look at their portfolios before actually picking somebody to do your Tattoo.
3. For my first Tattoo, should it be black and white or color? Does it matter/is there a standard?
@1:
i think the only way you could be rude is if you took another tattoo artist's original design specifically for a tattoo, and then asked a different artist to put it on you with a twist. otherwise, no, no tattoo artist expects that they're only going to put their original work on people, people almost always come in with a reference of the image/art piece they want put on them by an artist! part of the process is definitely selecting the image you want put on you and the artist you trust best to put it on your skin true to form.
@2:
hell no, be as picky as you want, NEVER SETTLE FOR ANYTHING IN LIFE, least of all a permanent, painful anointment to your skin!!! and tattoos are much more painful to remove than receive so
but again, the experience of the tattoo is all based on your artist! go to someone you trust~@3:
tattoo artists will only refuse to tattoo you in certain body areas based on how many tattoos you already have, otherwise nah, there's no expected trend of what theme your first tattoo should have!! my first was just black ink on the back of my neck, but i envisioned a minimalist theme for my tattoos from the get go. that's part of why i love my clouds so much, because they're likely going to be the only huge/colored piece i ever get, and i got them uhhh maybe 8th in line after all my other tiny black text tattoos! as for the 'certain body areas' remark, i wanted to get a tattoo on the front of my neck/technically on the underside of my jaw as like my second tattoo ever and i was denied because there is some tattoo culture about not doing tattoos near the face if the person isn't already heavily tattooed
Have 2 tattoos, but only sharing one of them since I'm not that happy with the other one.
Very old picture but this is what I got about 11 years ago. In Chinese it says Angel, and to me that's very symbolic as I put it on my left shoulder. At the age of 17, I got hit by a car at 100 km/h. Broke my leg, heart stopped. Ambulance was there within 5 minutes to resuscitate me, otherwise I wouldn't have survived. I really had a guardian angel watching over me. So, 3 years later, when the last stitches were removed after the final surgery, I got this tattoo to close this chapter.
Very old picture but this is what I got about 11 years ago. In Chinese it says Angel, and to me that's very symbolic as I put it on my left shoulder. At the age of 17, I got hit by a car at 100 km/h. Broke my leg, heart stopped. Ambulance was there within 5 minutes to resuscitate me, otherwise I wouldn't have survived. I really had a guardian angel watching over me. So, 3 years later, when the last stitches were removed after the final surgery, I got this tattoo to close this chapter.
Spirited Away is my favorite movie of all time to and I absolutely love this tattoo :)
Thank you so much!@1:
i think the only way you could be rude is if you took another tattoo artist's original design specifically for a tattoo, and then asked a different artist to put it on you with a twist. otherwise, no, no tattoo artist expects that they're only going to put their original work on people, people almost always come in with a reference of the image/art piece they want put on them by an artist! part of the process is definitely selecting the image you want put on you and the artist you trust best to put it on your skin true to form.
@2:
hell no, be as picky as you want, NEVER SETTLE FOR ANYTHING IN LIFE, least of all a permanent, painful anointment to your skin!!! and tattoos are much more painful to remove than receive so
@3:
tattoo artists will only refuse to tattoo you in certain body areas based on how many tattoos you already have, otherwise nah, there's no expected trend of what theme your first tattoo should have!! my first was just black ink on the back of my neck, but i envisioned a minimalist theme for my tattoos from the get go. that's part of why i love my clouds so much, because they're likely going to be the only huge/colored piece i ever get, and i got them uhhh maybe 8th in line after all my other tiny black text tattoos! as for the 'certain body areas' remark, i wanted to get a tattoo on the front of my neck/technically on the underside of my jaw as like my second tattoo ever and i was denied because there is some tattoo culture about not doing tattoos near the face if the person isn't already heavily tattooed
This is a good thread about tattoo. Thanks.hello smogon!!
i've been meaning to create this thread for a while, as the subject matter has continued to grow near and dear to my heart over time!
TATTOOS
this article does a great job at saying most of what I would want to say on the topic as an intro, but I'll include the first thing you need to know here:
"Tattoos are permanent markings on the skin made by way of ink and needles.
Once the ink is deposited into the second layer of skin known as the dermis,
the wound scabs over and the skin heals to expose a design under the new layer."
there's no denying it: getting a tattoo is painful!! inked art on our bodies can look so incredible, but it is totally valid being unable to achieve a vision if the pain is too much. a friend of mine had a huge virgin Mary piece that was only outlined on her stomach for several years, because tattooing over the abdomen is miserable. but, she finished eventually!!! and if she never did, who cares!
tattoos are for you, regardless of what anyone else says. so let's review tattoo etiquette on and off this thread:
tattoos are amazingly fun expressions of self, so PLEASE absorb the fun ways you should use this thread after adhering to the rules!!:
- DO NOT TOUCH ANOTHER PERSON'S TATTOO WITHOUT THAT PERSON'S CONSENT.
I don't know what it is about people having tattoos on their skin, but sometimes people interpret this as an open invitation to grab your tattooed body part and examine it. This is never, ever okay. Unless you say so! Despite you using your body as a canvas and art piece, and you going out and existing in this world, this does not mean your body has any less autonomy, nor does it mean that you are public property available for scrutiny any more than a non-tattooed person. This has happened to me a few times, and it's jarring every single time. Usually old women, but that's my experience! (I think narrow minded-people in general are the most "impressed" by such radical acts as tattooing, which causes them to lose all common sense when they lunge at you to look at your ink)
- DO NOT PRY INTO WHY SOMEONE GOT THEIR TATTOO.
This should be self-explanatory. Same way you wouldn't ask someone why their face looks the way it does, if someone doesn't offer the background of their tattoo on their own, don't go snooping! Lots of people could be embarrassed at a bad tattoo, or they've chosen to get an image on them to express a feeling they'd rather not express vocally. Maybe the tattoo is still new so they're sick and tired of explaining why they got it, having answered the same question several times already. All of that to say again, people get tattoos for themselves, not you!—please respect the information people choose to share with you about themselves.
- DO NOT ASK TO SEE SOMEONE'S TATTOO(S).
This rule is more for IRL, but applies here too. Regardless of your best intentions, it's inherently rude to stop someone and ask that they take the time to show you more of their body for no better reason than you wanting to see it. I think people's brains don't interpret tattooed skin the same way, only in that it doesn't register as skin on some basic biological level, so for whatever reason the fact that it is still attached to your body doesn't phase people when they stop to make demands about you showing them your body, or allowing them to touch your body. All of this sounds crazy to do if it didn't involve tattoos, right? So, it's just as uncomfortable when tattoos are involved! Respect people's bodies!
I could talk about tattoos forever... probably why I made this thread... .... hmmm... !!
- SHARE PHOTOS OF YOUR TATTOO/TATTOO IDEAS!
This could be a tattoo you just got at the shop, an image that inspires your tattoo idea, or it could be the first tattoo you ever got years ago. Please share!! Tattoos have existed for ages throughout several cultures, and it's incredible to see the different styles of tattoo out there based on country or region. I want to get tattooed in another country but haven't yet. ( **The only rule I'll add here likely already exists for smogon dot com, which is no explicit content! use [spoiler tags and your best judgement when posting potentially suggestive images as they may or may not be deleted at mod discretion.**) Also, feel free to blur or otherwise cover any part of your image that you don't want displayed to preserve your privacy when showing off your ink. That's all we want to see in this thread: tattoos and tattoo inspirations! ((please also share images of existing tattoos available to you that you like, even if you don't intend to get the tattoo yourself! you might inspire someone else~))
- PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS!
I grew up hearing that tattoos hurt the worst over certain parts of the body, and have found my own experiences to differ in some cases. Some assessments are spot on (the abdomen is the hell-dimension for tattoos!!!) but everyone's experience is ultimately unique. And it's not just about pain! Please ask questions about preparing for a tattoo, aftercare, experiences with tattoos healing, etc. Anything you might want to ask about tattoos or getting them—do it! I will do my best to answer questions from my personal experiences (I have uhhh 8 tattoo visits?? so far hehe) but I encourage anyone to share their own anecdotal advice, or any vetted sources of information they want to provide to help answer a query. A popular misconception for instance, is that melanated skin (highly pigmented/containing more melanin/darker) cannot take colored ink. Fortunately for eyeballs everywhere, this is beautifully false.
- TALK ABOUT TATTOOS!
I mean, this is the thread to do it in, right? Please also feel free to discuss what constitutes a bad tattoo, as it is a painful and expensive process to get something removed (literally lasers). Typically a tattoo is only bad if the person whose body it resides on decides that it's bad, but there are certain things you can be mindful to AVOID in your tattoo venture. I'd have to google the timeline for this, but (hopefully) all tattoo shops nowadays have an explicit line on the tattoo agreement that you initial, wherein you UNDERSTAND THAT THE SPELLING OF YOUR TATTOO IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY!!! Imagine if your "based" tattoo comes out a bit too "bassed." Crazier things have happened! Any reputable tattoo shop will put a stencil of your intended tattoo on your skin, this has always been purple in my experience. Trust the stencil—this is harder than the tattoo in most cases. The tattooing is just the act of tracing the stencil after it's been applied to your skin. Whatever the stencil looks like is what your tattoo will look like! Don't be afraid to ask them to reposition the stencil—I have done this twice, and was both times happy I did! They just rub it off with a few swipes of alcohol and try again.
Got myself another tattoo on the 10th while I was away from Smogon. It's been an idea I've had for almost 10 years, but never really nailed down the details. My grandmother passed away some 10 years ago now and every birthday she used to give me a christmas star flower (Poinsettia) and I've always wanted to have that as part of a design. It used to be a different destroyed helmet involved, something from the Fallout universe, but Halo has also been a very influential series to me and Halo: Reach is probably my favorite and most played of them all. So I went with what you see in the final cutscene after the last level of the game:
Got introduced to an artist that has this hyper-realistic style to his tattoos. He was really excited about the design when I showed him and managed to get a reservation that was less than 2 weeks later. Took roughly 5 hours but it was well worth the wait and pain. This pic was right after it was done:
And this is today after it has healed up.
And this is today after it has healed up.
I have too many tattoos to show all of them (around half my body is inked - chest, arms, a few on my back, legs, ribs, sides, etc), so I'll show you a couple of my Pokemon tattoos! Darkrai and Celebi are both on my left arm (I also have Mega Sableye and Haunter inked on the same arm too)
They need a little touch-up just because of time passed and whatnot, but otherwise, I still dig how they look!
They need a little touch-up just because of time passed and whatnot, but otherwise, I still dig how they look!
Got myself another tattoo on the 10th while I was away from Smogon. It's been an idea I've had for almost 10 years, but never really nailed down the details. My grandmother passed away some 10 years ago now and every birthday she used to give me a christmas star flower (Poinsettia) and I've always wanted to have that as part of a design. It used to be a different destroyed helmet involved, something from the Fallout universe, but Halo has also been a very influential series to me and Halo: Reach is probably my favorite and most played of them all. So I went with what you see in the final cutscene after the last level of the game:
Got introduced to an artist that has this hyper-realistic style to his tattoos. He was really excited about the design when I showed him and managed to get a reservation that was less than 2 weeks later. Took roughly 5 hours but it was well worth the wait and pain. This pic was right after it was done:
And this is today after it has healed up.
this is fucking sick, thank you for sharing!!!
Halo energy sword, Snorlax cheek w/ Pecha, shiny mega char Y, japanese style gyarados, magnemite from different dimension, "hawks" and i now have a wizard i'll have to make a pic of at some point.
Only magnemite and gyarados meant something to me other than "is tattoo- much fun!"
Only magnemite and gyarados meant something to me other than "is tattoo- much fun!"
