By Anonymous · Jan. 24, 2008 · 0 comments
Today i finally got the tattoo that my best friend & I have been planning to get together for months. I designed the tattoo about 6 months ago before taking it to Fallen Angel tattoo studio in Liverpool. I explain to the girl at reception (Julie) that it was meant to be a butterfly whose wing is half of a heart. I would get one side tattoo'ed & my friend would get the other, therefore when they are put together they make a full heart made from two butterfly's wings. Sam (the tattoo artist) drew up the final design within ...
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By Anonymous · Jan. 24, 2008 · 0 comments
Basically, the limited background information is as follows: I have a friend, Spades have a significance to her, And she wanted one tattooed. She wanted to switch it up and get something done a little more primitively because she is a spiritual person and it concurs with her beliefs. Her alternative was for a hand poked tattoo done in the friendly confines of her own "zen" home. I had a theory as to how to reduce the fading/bluing/blurring of hand-poked tattoos, and my experience tattooing her kind of became more of a how-to, because I was discovering. I understand it's ...
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By Anonymous · Jan. 24, 2008 · 0 comments
I have many tattoos all over my body, I became a collector at age 21 and have added art work by many talented artists over the years. I am in the military and have lived in many places and have collected body art from most of them. I recently moved to Athens GA and heard about a studio that is apparently the best known shop around here since practically every person who saw my body art asked me if I had it done at Midnight Iguana Tattoo inc. So I decided it was time to collect some "ATHENS INK". I ...
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By Annka · Sept. 12, 2007 · 0 comments
So there I sat, in full Viking garb, on a deer hide, in a Norwegian forest. About to be tattooed by a German tattoo artist in full Viking costume, using ancient Norse tattooing technique. Stick, thread and needles. No machine. Well, I did say I wanted my next piece to be something old school. I didn't know old school was to mean a thousand years old. It seemed like a good idea at the moment, an since I had just about 1 hour (which I spent hunting down Viking garb really) contemplating the idea after seeing the artist on a ...
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By Anonymous · Sept. 12, 2007 · 0 comments
I got my first tattoo 5 years ago, when I was 19. It's strange to think it's been so long. I'd wanted a tattoo since I was 15, and every day I thank myself that the design I wanted back then is something I ended up deciding against. The actual tattoo I ended up getting, which was the word 'Truth' in a Native American language on the inside of my left wrist, is something that I put a lot more thought into. The X Files was just coming to an end when I was 19, and it was my absolute ...
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By Anonymous · Sept. 12, 2007 · 0 comments
As most large tattoo designs start out, my full sleeve of heavy black work started out as a vivid design in my mind. Obviously there would still be areas of the design that would need further inspiration and re-working, but the general principals behind the designs creation had already been formulated in my head. So, one Saturday afternoon, when I didn't have much planned for the day I finally got on with getting the design on to paper. This process is never as easy as you think it will be. Especially if the design is a large one that wraps ...
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By Anonymous · Sept. 12, 2007 · 0 comments
As a high school lass, I was rather lost. I'll admit to it. Frankly I think most high-school girls are rather lost at one point during those four years, but I was much more open about it than all the other girls around me. This lead me to believe that I was somehow lower than them, because they didn't wear their hearts on their sleeves. I spent most of my high-school years being depressed, and struggling with what most therapists and teachers termed "self-injury". I loved the rush that I got when I took a razor and ran it down ...
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By Anonymous · Sept. 12, 2007 · 0 comments
Well, where to start... I've wanted a tattoo since I was 6 years old and my dad but on this really silly like, flaming eagle tattoo (temporary of course) and i thought it was the COOLEST thing I've ever seen, so i asked my dad if i could have one, of course since I was only six years old he said no :( probably for the better I may have Barney on the side of my face right now :). I decided i would get one when I turned 16, and waited... then on my sixteenth birthday, I asked my ...
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By Anonymous · Sept. 12, 2007 · 0 comments
Hi, My name is Jennifer, I have a story to tell you . I am 25 and I live in Kentucky, Interesting, right? Any way I am in love with the Zodiac and all it has to offer. I have a talent of telling people there star sign just by talking to them a little bit, Kind of getting to know what their about. I have managed to freak some people out by telling them what their sign is, They just look at me and their eyes get real wide. Its awesome! I have also told people about themselves, and ...
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By Anonymous · Sept. 12, 2007 · 0 comments
The tattoos on my feet took place at different times, but go so well together it looks like I got them both at the same time. The left foot was really well planned and I waited for months before I got it. I wanted a triple goddess symbol somewhere on my body. Not really so much as a stance on my religion but for me to confirm my identity with femininity and womankind. I labored over the design for some time. I wanted it to be perfect. It had to be more than just the symbol. I wanted to make ...
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