By Anonymous · May 10, 2012 · 2 comments
Since my student times I was fascinated by pin-up tattoos, but when I started looking for a design I just couldn't find what I was looking for. 12 years ago I stumbled across a picture of Mata Hari, the WWI spy and exotic dancer. I knew the picture of this sexy, nearly naked woman would be perfect to put on my body. With a roomy I went to a tattoo parlor to have a little design done on my forearm, so I could see her all the time. The tattooist looked at my drawings, he said the work would be ...
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By sontsunami06 · May 06, 2012 · 1 comments
So I'm going to start this off by saying if you want a tattoo, really want one, just get it done. Does it hurt? Yes. Does it hurt enough to keep you from doing it? No. My Grandma died the morning of my brothers 18th birthday, 10-1-10, from creutzfeldt-jakob disease. She died not knowing who we were, and angry at the world in general. Before she died, I never would have gotten a tattoo. She was one of those old southern ladies, mean as a snake, who when they said 'get a tattoo and i'll take it right back offa ya ...
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By siany_flo · April 18, 2012 · 1 comments
At the end part of last year (2011) we found out that my aunt had breast cancer, as you can probably imagine it was a massive shock and no one really knew what to do. I was talking to my mum about it and she said it would be nice to maybe to the race for life to show her our support and raise some money for cancer research at the same time, and that we could get the rest of our family to get involved too. At first I thought this was a brilliant idea and I started thinking ...
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By smutnbondage · March 23, 2012 · 1 comments
I am tattooed. Not the ″oh, I have a butterfly on my butt cheek″ tattooed, but full blown ain’t getting a corporate job, funny looks from old ladies tattooed. Guess what? I fucking love it. My neck tattoo was the turning point. Once I got a large piece done on my neck, the stares went from curious to intimidated. I've always been into odd hobbies and I've always been considered the ″weird one″ of my friends and family members. My choice in body modifications feels like a way of expressing who I am to anyone who looks at me. Once ...
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By Koi · Oct. 27, 2011 · 1 comments
As currently stands, I'm 18 and have 15 piercings and two tattoos. I've had all 15 piercings done in a Mall Piercing manner, and the worst was my nose and first cartilage piercing. The cartilage, they used too small a stud and I ended up ripping it out the back with a fork. The nose was... well, imagine a whole piercing gun up your nose. Yeah. Like that. I wish I'd gotten mine done with needles - all o' them. In essence, I was stupid, young, and had too much pocket money. Like most people on here, I've always loved ...
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By JuliaIrys · Sept. 06, 2011 · 5 comments
Let me preface this with a statement of inarguable fact: I am pale. Being pale enough to see my veins through my skin and seeming to glowing the dark, to me, has always been terrific. I decided at the ripe old age of eleven that being this heinously pale was a sign. I was literally the color of paper; I was destined to be drawn upon. Unfortunately, I was impatient. When I was 16, I started running with a crowd of fast and loose hooligans. Our lives were about drinking and hookah and Justin Timberlake bringing sexy back. Times. Were. ...
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By LoveAlways · Aug. 30, 2011 · 2 comments
This is the story of my second tattoo, my beautiful ribs. I found Senses Fail early in high school. The vocalist, Buddy Nielson, has a tattoo on his chest that reads “Follow Your Bliss.” Normally I’d think nothing of this since most of the musicians I like are relatively covered in tattoos, but he references the quote in two different songs on separate albums. Most notably (for me anyway) is “Follow Your Bliss, it reads on my chest, I knew I got it tattooed for a reason, why can’t I just hold it true?” After hearing both songs, I looked ...
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By brandon_fox_layng · Aug. 26, 2011 · 1 comments
The story of my fox tattoo, "Pathfinder". Years ago I did my apprenticeship in tattooing at an Oshawa, Ontario tattoo parlour. The artist teaching me was Greg Hodge (http://greghodgefinearts.yolasite.com/) a phenom of an artist whose idols in the tattoo industry were, Tom Renshaw and Bob Tyrell. His passion was wildlife tattoos. I watched him constantly push himself to the limit, always seeking to improve his technique and that was an inspiration to me as an artist trying to find his place in the field. I haven't found a specific genre of inking I prefer over all others, but both Greg ...
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By Lillydragon · Aug. 07, 2011 · 1 comments
Since I was 10 years old, I always knew I was going to get at least one tattoo and would often tell my mom this and receive mostly skeptical looks. By age 14 I was checking out books from the library about tattoos. I was interested by the different styles, the quality, the safest way to get one. Well 15 comes around and I become obsessed with the idea of finding the perfect piece of art to get on my back, specifically a dragon. I’m a decent enough artist, but not for this and I know if it’s going to ...
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By heathertimmons19 · July 28, 2011 · 1 comments
This is my unfortunate story about what happens when you don't listen to that nagging voice in the back of your head that tells you that something is just "off". About 3 years ago, I decided to get a tattoo. It was not my first, I already had 3 others. I had been thinking about getting a Celtic styled shamrock for a long while, and finally decided to do it. I had been to a tattoo shop in my college town a few times before, for both tattoos and piercings. I walked in and asked to make an appointment for ...
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