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Okay, in that case I'm growing a pair of squid pants.

I've been thinking how would you pronounce tattis, like would you say "tattys" or say "is" how it's pronounced in english, or some other way? Cause if it's tattys that is way to much southern califorian barbie girl for anyone without bleach blonde hair and a year round tan. And even if those girls pronounce it like that, they need to be shot.

Well then what should they be called, stockings?

I would also like to say thank you, because without the admins, moderators, and great people that joined this site it would not be what it is. And to me it's a great site that seemed to be started by very talented tattooers for tattoers and the collectors. Other sites can't touch the level of professionalism that this site has. The only problem that I can say I have is the activity on the site, but knowing it's still a young forum that doesn't concern me much. With time it will grow. Once again we should be thanking you, and everybody that has joined this site!

I am jealous as well, but also wondering how do you have space left on your body? I've heard about you getting tattooed every other week or so, and you have been getting tattooed for a while... Even small ones add up after enough time.

Well, even though I belive that what ever your making is between you, your other half and the taxman. Now that tattooing is becoming mainstream you will start to get these guys comming out and opening their mouths, about all fasciits of tattooing. In most perfessions you know roughly how much they make, so it's now time for the tattoo world to be under the spotlight for it's five minutes. Just wait a few years and most of the innerworkings will be common knowlage. But it takes these douche bags to give them this info in the first place.

Sorry for having to ask this but, that looks like it has a story behind it. Mind telling us what's behind it?

That first one that you have posted is a magical one... for me it doesn't matter a quick glance or really looking at, it appears 3 dimensional. Just getting lost in each petal.

it would be really great if they go back to hitting the pencil and paper. I know that this forum wasn't made to criticize tattooers work so I'll say no more about that. What artist would choose a name of "fix"... that's just asking for trouble. I'm with everybody else go to Chicago Tattoo Co and if the rates are to high for you(sorry but don't know what you guys over there charge) save your money for a few months, cause it will be cheaper in the long run no matter how much you paying at jimmys and you have a nice tattoo that you could be proud of.

Well like I said Tokyo isn't in harm, but life has changed very fast here in Japan. Like they put a cap of 10 litters of gas at a time, food at stores is mostly sold out from people stockpiling it, rolling black outs, and in Tokyo were asked to conserve electricity, a bunch of other little stuff that is just piling up. But like I said daily earthquakes are getting annoying. I'm very used to them but not daily, or after a big one like last week. Just have to wait for people to calm down and get back to normal while they contnue to clean up.

Sorry just have to do a little venting, but it does have to do with current events. I'm tired of all these damn earthquakes, since wensday last week we have been getting them daily all coming from the same location. Luckily it's 230 miles away from Tokyo, but if it's 5.0 (or so) and higher we feel them here. So everytime I have to ask myself well is this gonna be the big one that destroys Tokyo. I know it is not likely that we have experience another big one for awhile. It's just gonna take a few weeks to take the edge off. Now for the 9.0 that happened on Friday, it totaled the Sendai/Fukushima costal area. The only good that can be said from it is that the population there is low. Other then that it's all bad news, quake, tsunami, power plant, volcano. I guess I'll stop but I could keep going, all I want is these quakes to stop but they won't.

Well okay, thank you for filling in the gray areas that the Internet wasn't. Normally I don't eat to much suger but I do normally eat a candy bar before starting getting tattooed. So I'll try getting a little bit more suger in my system before starting.

Well I don't know exactly why but how I understand it. White blood cells are seeing your body is under attack, and trys to clean up. Your lymphs fill up with some pigment and chemicals and swells up. So guessing more ink you put in your body the more you get swollen. If you give your body time to process the chemicals it doesn't effect you that much, unless you go though a long session. I'm not sure how correct this is, but it's just what I can gather from reading online.

Well although I still haven't gotten a tattoo on to many locations I'll give my two cents. Yesterday I had just above the back of my knee shaded. Like right where it just starts to bend, it's a pretty good place, but could be just an off day. Didn't sleep to well and wasn't as hydraded as I normally am. Follow up to this is getting tattooed everyweek; it's hard on your body. My lymph node in my groin swells up and makes my leg very sore for a few days and makes it feel like your starting to get sick for a few hours.

I have to apologize in advance if I take this to off topic. MsRad I understand what you are saying, but you are starting to talk about something the avg consumer doesn't care about. We, as in collecters, are willing to wait many months and pay top dollar for a chance to add some ink. And while I belive you get what you pay for, I can't belive we all started with this mind set and a list of people we want to get tattoed by. But if you did congrats. How I belive people that are getting tattooed currently, they just see ink under the skin. Not the artwork behind it. And yes they go to the most convenient places. And what's more convenient than the local hang out (ie: this place). So let's just say a group of friends (6 people all untattooed) start going here for coffee or music. And after a few weeks of walking past these tattoo machines, one of them starts to think about wanting to try it. Says to the group of friends that they wanna get tattooed. Then another one says me too, let's go together. They come back and say it doesn't hurt like they thought it would. One by one they all get tattooed, maybe start collecting tattoos, maybe it will stop at one. But they start really looking at there tattoos, seeing crooked lines, color loss, ect... it puts a bad taste in there mouth about the whole tattoo thing, cause only two choices now, laser or cover up. Now they start getting names of good artists, but with having a negitive view of tattooing from the prior work and seeing the rates well known artists charge. They stay with just one tattoo, a mistake from the past. Get enough people like this and tattooing will slow down. Now I do understand that this scenario is a lot of what it's. But it's also human nature, some of my friends back home are speaking of getting tattooed, I'll try talk them out of it at first, then I'll start teaching them what to look out for at a shop or an artist if they continue to want tattoos. None of them have gotten tattooed yet, but they waiting. I will also say I haven't been state side in 5 years, exept for a 2 vacations. But what I see from the outside looking in is, Americans get some of the most visible tattoos out of everybody. And if you lose your job and need to find new work, with visable tattoo, good luck. If you've planned a head or your job is in this sub culture then it's different, don't have to worry. Now these are just my thoughts from the top of my head, good tattoos / bad tattoos it doesn't matter if it's on your body and you like them. Cause at the end of the day, it don't matter what I think.

Wow, these are great. I will not talk down upon packrats anymore, now that I know what types of treasure they can collect.

Well to be honest I'm not to hot on the idea, I belive it's all part of the trend for tattoos becoming more mainstream. You can find pictures of tattoos done there on facebook, which the store has been opened for 2 months and has more than 3000 fans. Didn't look at all the work they've done but nothing caught my eye. Most seemed to be avrage with some being below avg. Which will all work out in the end, people won't liked getting tattooed anymore when they realize they've been getting crap tattoos. So, to sum it up. Soon because of shops like this tattoos will fall out of being mainstream and go back to being how it was, and how it should be. [edit] I don't mean to sound like everyone getting tattoo a bad thing. Just getting tattooed cause it's the "in" thing. Everyone wanting to get tattooed is great for tattooers. With this rocky econamy it's great. But that is flooding the market with people with little to no skill. But like they say what goes up, must come down. Also sorry about not posting a facebook link. On my itouch and can't copy/paste.

On the palms, and nuckle tattoo saying yeasters to tie everything together. God that'd be horrible.

All I saying is I want more of them... maybe like a full sleeve, cinnamon roll, cup cake, french bread, mexican pan, dinner roll... ohh well maybe 2012.

Like literal honeycombs? My friend got a cinnamon roll and a wooden spoon tattooed... I hope that catches on, you know baked goods.

Found a documentery on youtube, the guy that uploaded it doesn't have the first part so it starts with 2. If you have time, its a good watch. Little bit on the long side but time just flys by. Yeah, ok so turns out its the mark of cain.... found the first part.

Was living away from home, and before getting it I told her I was planning on getting one. She said all those motherly things she's suppost to say. The next year when I went back home for vacation, first time back after getting it. Maybe the second day I was home she knocks on my door after I take a shower and asks to see it. She looks at it says well that ain't to bad. It's a bmw roundel on my chest, so she didn't mind it cause size and placement. Planning to take her with me so she can see how tebori is done (and show her my legs) when she hopefully comes here later this year. I don't think she has ever walked into a tattoo studio, let alone heard skin snap from needles. My mom and I have had a pretty open mother/son relationship, growing it was a little different.

Yeah that is a great site, but way to many bare arms in that site. Anyone catch the Mike Tyson look alike with tribal around his eye yet, its way back there?

Madball has a great live show, only seen them once but had two highlights from that day, one being madball the other is gwar.

Well that is very nice to hear that you still have ink in your palms. I have wondered what I would get on my palms if I ever got to that point (lack of space on the rest of my body). But I have feared that with fading and all that the pain wouldn't be worth it. Very nice to hear other wise.