By Anonymous · June 05, 2008 · 0 comments
Throughout my life, I've been fascinated by body modification. When I turned 18, I rushed to get a tattoo--three stars in my lip, which you may have read about here. The months went by, and I would get little things inked here and there. Then, I decided it was time for something quality. On my 20th birthday, I was on a popular networking site. I noticed that Chris, the guy who does my boyfriend's tattoos, had an opening. It had to be mine. After all, it was my birthday! I knew exactly what I wanted [I drew it over and ...
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By Anonymous · June 05, 2008 · 0 comments
I have only been interested in bodymods for a relatively short time, but since I have been, they have been at the forefont of my mind almost every day. My parents, however, are against it completely and have made their willingness to throw me out of the house clear if I get anything they disapprove of. As such, the number of my mods is still pretty low. I had many tattoos planned, but none I could have without moving out of my house first, and I was prepared to wait. Then, though, one of my friends said 'You know, you ...
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By Anonymous · June 05, 2008 · 0 comments
Just 4 days ago I added another piece of art to my body. I had another tattoo before this one, but it is only about the size of a Loonie and this new addition starts right below my ankle bone and works its way up my leg to my mid calf and wraps side to side from calf to shin. So you can understand why I did some research before I went ahead with this tattoo. Like you, I headed to BME to read stories and gain insight, but more on that later. The Design When I was researching a ...
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By HeavenlyDemonick-1 · May 29, 2008 · 0 comments
Ok so I just got my first tattoo a few days ago: a triquetra on the back of my neck. I know many of you are thinking I am way too young to have a tattoo but I have been wanting this one for over a year and a half and have thought through it many times. I have 17 piercings and decided I needed a body modification that wasn't a piercing. So I asked my mom about it about a year ago and of course she said no and that I needed to think about it more. I didn't ...
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By Anonymous · May 29, 2008 · 0 comments
I'd been wanting to get a new tattoo for months, but when I did a consult in my hometown, the guy never called me back, so I ended up giving up on it. I went back to Indianapolis for the summer, and my best friend was going to be coming to visit me. Since she hadn't been able to come with me for my last tattoo, although she'd really wanted to, I decided I'd get my next one while she was in town.ﾠ After looking online at various shops, I finally decided on Metamorphosis for a couple of reasons -- ...
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By Anonymous · May 29, 2008 · 0 comments
Two and a half years after I got my second tattoo a small, almost-paisley design under my left breast I was not afraid to say that my ideals had changed somewhat. Yes, I still loved my tattoo, but every time I looked at it I felt that it was somehow incomplete, and admittedly less than perfect. While a little part of me had always planned on extending it down to my thigh, I didn't feel as comfortable as I had all those years ago about letting the original artist tattoo me again. Yes, I had learned a lot ...
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By Anonymous · May 29, 2008 · 0 comments
[Part 1 | Part 2] It was time. I had been thinking about this day for the past week, debating whether or not to cancel the appointment, as the pain was still fresh in my mind, and my last tattoo session had been a month ago! It being my third session, I had not put down a deposit, so I wouldn't be out anything. Still, it's not a nice thing to do to your artist. I sighed, and started walking the mile to Adorn Body Art. I greeted Austin, who instantly demanded that I show him how far along the ...
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By Anonymous · May 29, 2008 · 0 comments
This experience is about my fourth tattoo. Which also happens to be my first visible tattoo. It had been about a year since I got my last tattoo and I was well into my addiction at this point! Unfortunately I don't have a lot of money so there's large gaps in between. I wanted a sleeve, or at last to start the process of getting a sleeve, so I went about trying to design one. The thing to remember here is that I am awful at all forms of artwork! I have a creative mind but it does not come ...
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By Anonymous · May 29, 2008 · 0 comments
Being underage can suck sometimes, especially If you're like me and into body modifications of any sort. I'm only 16, and my parents won't let me take part in any type of body modification, they won't even let me get my ears pierced. I pretty much settled with the fact that I'm not going to be able to really get a piercing done until I turn 18, because, well if I want my ears or lip or something, it's pretty hard to hide from them. Another thing I want super bad though, is a tattoo. And that I can get ...
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By Anonymous · May 29, 2008 · 0 comments
"Oh Christ! More!?!" cried my best friend, horror on her face, upon seeing the newest piece of body art to grace my skin. It was the latest addition, my 5th tattoo, and I'd neglected to tell her I was getting anything new. I've been fascinated with body art (but especially tattoos) from an early age. What others saw as "ugly" or "horrible" I thought were gorgeous forms of self-expression. This early fascination seems a common trait that separates those who crave tattoos and those who don't. My best friend (in one of her many attempts to dissuade me from getting ...
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