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^^^ Awwww, those "don't look at me I didn't do it" eyes :)

Welcome! Wander around and read and you'll get the hang of it. There's lots of stuff to learn and get lost in.

Yeah, up to the fence. There is land beyond it that's not ours, and a herd (pack?) of deer that wander around. The chipmunks are going nuts right now chasing each other around the patio. Drives the cats nuts!

We've been blaming it on that reeeaalllly smart squirrel who spends hours practicing his gymnastic skills at the bird feeder. But no... "

Welcome! The search engine can be your friend. Here are some starting points. Tattoo Removal or Coverup | General Tattoo Forum | Last Sparrow Tattoo http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/tattoo-removal-coverup/923-tattoo-cover-up-pictures-before-after.html

Beautiful @HaydenRose! I'm trying to figure out placement - is that on the front/side of your forearm? How far does it wrap around?

Boy, I'm not that creative, but that's definitely something I'd talk to a good tattoo artist about. You got a good recommendation above - that would be good to check out. Good luck!

@misterJ - my response was to "you" generically, not to you personally. I was just giving my response to the question you posed to the masses. Sorry if it came off that I directed that entire post at you - not true! And I'm loving seeing the progress on your silly little 'ol Japanese back piece ;););)

You absolutely ARE allowed to be unimpressed. But your opinions would be given better consideration if you shared your thoughts and reasoning behind your conclusions. This isn't a forum where you drop the body and run. We'd like you to tidy up the grave, plant some grass and leave a nice floral arrangement. A better tack might be to ask why someone else is impressed by said giants. So much great stuff is hidden in the back story. I'm pretty new as well. I recognize many of the names in this thread, but I had to look up a few. I admit for some, I don't know what I'm looking at beyond the basics. Some of the styles/artists really grab me, and other "big names" don't do much for me. But I'm very interested in conversations like this where people with a lot more experience than I have share the history that I know I'll never get from just surfing the internet and scrolling through Instagram. I thought all bodysuits looked about the same. And why are all these white dudes getting Japanese suits? Then I read some of the threads that talked about the meaning, and I found myself surfing some of the recommended sites. And the stories are so unfamiliar to me, but I like that I can "read" more of the tattoo when I see which way a koi swims or if maple leaves or cherry blossoms are present. And damn I love the kitunes (thank you @Tesseracts for that awesome education with yours!)! I was never interested in anything Japanese, but when I read Horitomo's Monmon Cat's book and learned the history of cats and rats and tattoos, and I saw the depth of his work in these smaller tattoos and I'm much more "moved" and "impressed" than before. It sounds trite, but I have a much better appreciation for his work (both Monmons and not) and that has made it more desirable to me. Perhaps I wasn't "unimpressed" before but just "uninterested." Of course anyone can disagree. But it's like flaunting ignorance not to have a meaningful conversation why you feel that way. $0.02

@sophistre - amazingly worded. I'd quote the parts I found very enlightening, but I'd end up quoting your entire post. Very well said.

Don't feed the troll. This is too good a thread to derail with BS.

Wait, dry kibbles and bits? I've been using wet food all this time! ::face palm::

^^^ What he said. And Welcome!

This is just so, so wrong on so many levels. I think there are a couple puns in there, along with fodder for a sexual harassment claim. My tattoo artist would have a field day with this. ;)

@Tim Burke - nice! Those stripes in the sails - kinda unique.

Just saw this one. Pretty cool that it looks like it's a "coverup" by incorporating the previous tattoo as an integral part of the new tattoo .. as a hand tattoo. Iain Sellar.

Welcome! Spend a little time poking around here, and reading about what makes a good tattoo, so you can get a sense of where something like this could go. Here's a start - http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/general-tattoo-discussion/2396-what-makes-good-tattoo.html. What is your tattoo? I'm having trouble putting the individual pictures together in my head.

@Pleadco said it better than I could, @Mark Bee - I'm feeling for you - it is a great thing you are doing, just being there. I hope that brings you some solace over time.

Call me silly, but I always like this stage (and I'm at fruity pebble right now, too). Every time I see the mess on the floor, the colors are different, and it makes me smile when I think of what parts of the tattoo are that color and I get all excited looking forward to seeing it healed. :-)

Don't add anything that has a "bottom" if you plan to go lower than that. I think I told you about my tattoo artist's admonition that if I went with a smaller tattoo on my back, that he'd never be able to do anything "below" the ocean floor, where ever I chose that to be.

^^^ cute!

I'm sorry to hear - it sounds wonderful to have had that community at church with family.

Awesome @DevilMan - you SCREAMED through that backpiece! I love the kitsune - and a lucky design to avoid all that needle time on one cheek

Haha, no, not what I meant, but anything goes? It all came from a night a couple months ago when I was surfing LST while getting tattooed ... this is what I had written: And then the LAST time I was getting tattooed on Friday, the idea came to be again so I ended up starting the thread for real. But like I said, anything goes!

Interesting. My tattoo artist suggested that I avoid booking sessions the week before and the week of. I've read elsewhere that estrogen affects how pain is perceived, so that makes sense - estrogen peaks around day 22-ish, and the study found that days 20-24 were associated with higher pain tolerance than days 2-4. Yup - something very logical to consider!