Hogrider

Ask her what her mother thinks of Matthew 7:1-2 - 1 "Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and the measure you give will be the measure you get.

If only these people would spend as much time LEARNING about their religion as they do TALKING about their religion.

If this had been my first tattoo then my entire tattoos collection would consist of one line because for some reason he started on my love handle and when he hit that with the tattoo machine I didn't think I'd last 5 minutes. I somehow kept breathing and made it through the session, but that was brutal.

Next Monday I have session 5 on my back. I love how it's turning out but I'm a little less enthusiastic about each sitting. We've been doing 4 - 6 hours each so it can be grueling. I probably have 3 sessions left then I can start on my other sleeve!

To be fair, I did admit it was a small minded thing to think! :-)

Well, another trick is to take off your glasses before you look in the mirror. It's the easiest way to stay looking young!

I like, "Don't ever ask a man if he's from Texas. If he is, you'll know. If he's not, there is no point in insulting him."

Thanks. I usually like to over-think things and do my best to ruin every new experience for myself by worrying about things that will never come to pass. :-)

The best thing you can do is what I did - wait until you are old to get your tattoos and that way you'll probably be dead before they begin to fade! That's my plan and I'm sticking too it. I also don't have to wait to see what they look like when I get old. I can just look in the mirror! :)

I agree. Let me demonstrate my small mindedness - If you are going to look like that, you have better be able to back it up, otherwise it comes across as substituting 'the look' for 'the talent.' As they say in Texas, she's all hat and no cattle.

I'd like to get some opinions on something I've seen on the internet (just in case everything I read on the internet isn't true!). I'm thinking about having the Oni in my back piece done in red, but in researching red reactions I saw an article that talked about the cumulative effect of red ink, meaning that some individuals could be OK with a certain amount of red ink, but if they had too much, it could cause issues. I've had a fair amount of red ink on me for the last year (maybe 5 square inches) and to be honest, the red has healed as fast or faster than other colors - it has less peeling and so far no itching at all (not that I usually have more than very minor itching with any color). Anyway, I did talk with my artist, whom I have a good relationship with, and he said that he felt this wouldn't be a problem, that with newer ink there were far less issues than in the past. I'm just an anal-retentive worry-wart and wanted to throw this question out to see if anyone had an opinion on this or an experience with large amounts of red ink. Thanks!

When I'm healing I have one bar of soap set aside for the tattoo and nothing else gets cleaned with that. If I was rich I'd hire someone else to wash the unmentionable parts when I'm healing a tattoo! :-)

My handlheld mirror gets a lot of work. :-) I'm working on a back piece, trust me, you'll look at it plenty!

And don't forget he runs a highly successful, although unidentified, forum!

Thanks for giving me the motivation to find the ignore feature on this forum!

I can live with that.

How about tattooedless?

Too bad you didn't learn anything about etiquette in all that time. Wrong again. We like Delicious. You ... not so much. P.S. You're friends are wrong, those tattoos are not good.

You would probably get more response without the attitude. That's an honest opinion. And no I don't like them. Too generic.

Translated "because all my friends have one. I don't want to be the only one who isn't a douche bag."

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. Get the book and work your way though it. My wife teaches drawing and used it to teach me. I couldn't draw a stick figure before this, now I just suck! :-)

Some things just never get old! :-)

Nikki is definitely on my list of people to get a tattoo from. Her lady heads ARE killer.

I have never said "tattoo me" but I did say I wanted a Japanese sleeve and chest panel, do what you want. I love it. Same artist, we kicked around some ideas for my back and settled on a Tibetan Skull. The day of the appt he said he wasn't feeling it, how about an Oni, so I went with it and it is turning out great too. I did a lot of research before I talked to him, had some friends he had worked on and looked at all of his work that I could find on line, so I had 100% comfort level before we started.

I can only speak for myself, but the shading on my back, so far, was way less painful than the outline.