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Sorry, the black and grey realism guy I use is apparently a prima donna so....

https://www.instagram.com/p/BFWh_a2FGP6/. Went down to Denver yesterday to say hey to Chad... Of course I'm going to get tattooed.
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Good review, but all I really got out of it is I want a schnauzer now.
 
But seriously, good job in keeping your arm covered and protecting that investment!

I think the photos in @otisc's review also illustrates another important thing...importance of protecting your tattoos from sun exposure, especially while it's still peelin' and healin'. that sun hits hard and fast !

Only until you get to 50, then 70 is old.
Old is the new young!

Sorry you are going through all this with your Dad. Unfortunately, many people let their own prejudices, likes and dislikes get in the way of meaningful discussions and relationships.
What I love about what you write is that you are obviously happy and confident with who you are. Lots of people never get to that point. Never lose that. People who are true friends and who love you won't impose their own beliefs on you - they may not agree with you but they accept that you have the same right to your beliefs as they.
As a (as of today) 61 year old, and president of a small college, I get lots of my staff, faculty and students wanting to know if my tattoo is real or not. They want to see it to be convinced. The reaction has been overwhelmingly positive. I was at an event last evening out in the community and I had several people asking, again, if I really did it or if it was fake. Too funny. My wife just rolls her eyes and smiles.
 

I live in Northern Michigan! 
I am 40 and ready for the next chapter!! Lol

I don't blame you for wanting to cover it up. ;-)
I covered up a very small flower (ugly and badly tattooed) on my foot in roughly the same place. Had to go dark to cover it up, but I love it. You can still see the old tattoo, but I don't mind. I'm happy with it.

 

About two days before I was scheduled to go in to get my first tattoo, I was listening to National Public Radio. They have a segment called Health In A Heartbeat. That day's subject was the high incidence of medical issues associated with DIY stick and poke tattoos - infection, Hep C, HIV, allergic reactions..... The final recommendation was to always go to a professional tattooist that operates a clean shop with sterile equipment. When the most liberal broadcasting venue in the country recommends against something that is the epitome of personal choice, I listen.

You're not punk rock unless you have Hep C.

I noticed this weekend at the convention that people with tiny tattoos on their wrist or a small black tattoo outline on their ankle consider themselves tattoo experts. I know they are excited, and they feel part of a club, but dude. You are not an expert because you have an infinity symbol on your wrist or your kid's name written on your ankle. They know EVERYTHING because they have a five-minute $50 tattoo of their sorority name on their wrist or inside of their fingers.  It was hilarious and also very weird. I like that they refer to people without tiny tattoos on their wrists as plainskins. Um, no. Just no.
Also, as an aside, I hate the term "plainskins." I don't judge anyone for not having tattoos. They aren't plainskins. They are just people who don't have tattoos.

I lost my black lab to a stroke a couple of months ago. I finally felt up to adopting a new rescue. Meet Brontë. She's a St. Bernard/possible Blue Tuck Coon Hound mix. She's going to be a big girl!

She's adorable!!! Puppeh's!!! @oboogie

I lost my black lab to a stroke a couple of months ago. I finally felt up to adopting a new rescue. Meet Brontë. She's a St. Bernard/possible Blue Tuck Coon Hound mix. She's going to be a big girl!

Yeah. Doctor time, @Faust. GOOOOOOO.
Pretty sure you've never seen gangrene if you think that's what it looks like. ;-)

When I commanded an Army Artillery Battery back in 1983/84 it was a missile unit and we had some female soldiers, NCOs and officers. One day during an inspection I began to chew out a young female soldier because she was wearing blue star earrings - not allowed in uniform. After I got done, she reached up and tugged on her ear lobes. Yup. Tattoos.
 
Although my experience in tattoos is limited, I've had a lot of experience working with people who are facing tragedies and the emotions that go with it. Making a decision to get a tattoo like this - given the timing and emotion - is not something I'd recommend, either. Wait. Heal. Consider. Maybe you'll come to the same decision later...and maybe not.
 

It isn't her first. She has one other one. But yes, I agree she should wait.
I can't figure out why mine didn't hurt. But yeah. It didn't. I just felt my skull vibrating.
 

i think my mentality on ear tattoos is you should 'earn' your way onto your face - like - you should be pretty covered if youre at your face / head
anyway - that just an opinion - if a person wants to start on the head / hands / whatever then go for it - dont listen to me
 

My first tattoo was behind my ear...of...(drum roll) a sailor jerry anchor! it looks like absolute crap now but I still have affection for it. For a first tattoo though, it killed. Thought my head was going to explode. 
Honestly @JBluewind I wouldn't advise getting your first on your head. It ages badly, hurts like hell and can't be hidden too easily. I would urge you to reconsider placement and even getting the tattoo as it's not a decision you want to make when you're in an emotional place - wait until you level out, lurk here more, then reconsider. Take care. 
 
 

I don't believe you ! haha

Richard Stell, this Friday at the Oklahoma Tattoo Convention.

What a beauty!!! Congratulations on your new fur baby!!

I lost my black lab to a stroke a couple of months ago. I finally felt up to adopting a new rescue. Meet Brontë. She's a St. Bernard/possible Blue Tuck Coon Hound mix. She's going to be a big girl!

You are not required to believe me. Hahaha!

I still don't believe you ! haha