By Anonymous · Oct. 21, 2008 · 0 comments
I recently got my first tattoo. It currently resides on the outside of my thigh and takes up that entire canvas. The image that I finally settled on with my artist was that of a Japanese cherry blossom tree - black and gray with red blossoms. But getting there was more of a journey than lying on the table and getting the ink set. I thought of the tattoo of a tree of life 4 years ago after numerous friends of mine died. The symbolism of the roots and branches connecting was comforting to me when I was sad that ...
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By Anonymous · Oct. 21, 2008 · 0 comments
Birds of A Feather My infatuation with Body Modification began very early. Seeing as how I'm twenty-two, I would say I was about seven or eight when I first noticed that I liked how these looked on people. The idea of getting a tattoo had always intrigued me but scared my mom a little. My dad only had one tattoo and never got another one. He got his when he was a soldier in the US Army... and drunk. He got a bee with his nickname on his left shoulder. I loved it and always was curious about the process. ...
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By Anonymous · Oct. 21, 2008 · 0 comments
I just got my tat covered up, and had was basically amounts to my first tattoo. The original was 'In Ardua Petit,' my family motto, and was just plain text about the size of a couple of quarters. It took twenty minutes, and six months later it looked like crap. The place I got it done was in my hometown, and has since gone out of business (a good thing, I say the guy was a bad artist and it was my own stupid fault for going there and getting such a bad tat). So now, three years later, ...
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By Anonymous · Oct. 21, 2008 · 0 comments
I want to tell you a story of my latest tattoo and the peace it has bought me in my day to day life. My love for buddhist images and statues began as early as I can remember. As a child and still to this day I have found a strange peace and calm over come me at the sight of buddha statues, and I surrounded myself with these images and seek them out at every chance. Something about the calmness in their features and postures changed my mood instantly. Early in life I was also drawn to many forms ...
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By Anonymous · Oct. 21, 2008 · 0 comments
A couple of days ago, I took the plunge to get my second tattoo. I had been umm-ing and ahh-ing about getting another tatt done for an entire year after getting my first, so when I walked past Wildside Tattoo Studio on Adelaide St, Brisbane I decided that that was the moment to get it done. My first tattoo was a black outline of a fish hook in probably the most cliched spot ever for a girl - the hip. Gotta start somewhere, right? This time, I wanted to get something with a little more detail and definitely some colour. ...
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By Anonymous · Oct. 21, 2008 · 0 comments
I have spent the last year or so trying to plan out, and find pictures for my first tattoo. I had a number of different idea's in mind, and after sitting with a few friends whilst they got their tattoo's done at The Tatt Shop in Perth, I decided that was where I would get mine done. The Tatt Shop in Perth has walls absolutely covered with amazing imagery, and one big shelf packed with awards encompassing the reception area. It was an impressive sight. At first I decided on a design to go from hip to hip across my ...
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By Anonymous · Oct. 21, 2008 · 0 comments
I can honestly say I thought long & hard for about 2 months solid before I got my first tattoo. One of the things that made this so interesting & exciting for me is the fact that getting one was rather out of character to me! That does not mean to say I had a preconception that only a certain 'type' of person would get a tattoo, it's just with my being so 'goody goody' most of the time, this feels like it adds a little bit of an edge to me. Up until not very long ago I could ...
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By Anonymous · Oct. 21, 2008 · 0 comments
When I first saw one of Liza Corbett's pieces, I was smitten. Almost instantaneously, I decided that I wanted her print of "Girl and Mirrors" to be a part of my body permanently. The illustration is so poignant and moving; to me, it is a visual representation of my struggle with body image and self acceptance. I love how the girl is being reflected in the hanging mirrors, but she gets to make the final decision of her own appearance by holding a small mirror behind her back. It was very important to me that I did not plagiarize another ...
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By Bondage-Kit-1 · Oct. 21, 2008 · 0 comments
I've waited the two years since getting my first tattoo to finally submit the experience. I've held off on writing it for many reasons and do so now with great hesitation. One should realize that while I don't come from an extremely uptight or religious family I happen to be rather concerned at the impression that I give those who are part of it. At the time that I had gotten the tattoo done I was struggling to become the person I had always been inside without taking other's judgment to heart. As I'm sure you're suspecting already, with only ...
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By Anonymous · Oct. 21, 2008 · 0 comments
"In Nomini Patri, Et Fili, Spiritus Sancti"... to every religious person or vigilante out there, these words are instantly recognizable. I'll never forget the first time I saw the Boondock Saints. At the end of the movie, I turned to my friend and said, "DUDE. Can we do this?!" He's been calling me VJ (Vigilante Justice) since then. I'm not (noticeably) Irish or religious, but that phrase, to me, means what all of my tattoos have meant: I DO WHAT I DO. Or specifically, in this case, I am my own father, son and Holy Ghost, and no law is ...
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