By Anonymous · Nov. 02, 2009 · 0 comments
I'd been wanting a new tattoo for ages- I have a list in my head of all the ones I potentially want, and when I get the urge to get a new one (and it corresponds with having time, motivation and cash), I scribble it down and take it to my local tattoo artist! I think that the 'artist' part is what makes a tattooist good. They shouldn't just have the skill to wield the machine; they should have creativity & the ability to bring a bit of themselves to the finished thing. Good tip - check out their freehand ...
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By Anonymous · Nov. 02, 2009 · 0 comments
One evening, when I was about six, my mum and I were sitting at the kitchen table eating strawberries and ice cream. My dad came downstairs, and having just had a bath, he had bare feet. Walking past the table to reach his own bowl, he unwittingly stepped on one of my strawberries which had been dropped on the floor. It squished between every one of his toes, and he laughed, and laughed, and we laughed with him. To this day, I don't know why it was so hilarious to him, but we still laugh about it anyway. *** I ...
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By Anonymous · Nov. 02, 2009 · 0 comments
Caesura Caesura: a pause or interruption, in music, a conversation, a poem, a building or other work of art. And what is a life but a work of art in n dimensions? The design is simple, elegant, bold, and technical. A pair of short parallel lines extending off the top of the musical staff. The staff need not be literalthe conventional apparatus of musical notation was optional, putty to be played with. Months ago, I drew on my arm with a magic marker: a set of five parallel lines snaking up my forearm, with the caesura pointing toward a spot ...
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By Anonymous · Nov. 02, 2009 · 0 comments
So. This experience is more about what surrounded getting the tattooas the tattoo itself was fairly uneventful. My first large-ish visible tattooentering the world in which people make comments on my tattoos even when I am not wearing something specifically to show them off: i.e. at work....has been fun. About a month ago I foolishly (maybe) decided that something needed drastic change and that I had some spare cash (that would be the foolish bit). I'd been going through an unfortunate break up, blah blah blah. The normal nonsense. Cutting all my hair off, rearranging furniture, and doodling were just ...
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By Anonymous · Oct. 26, 2009 · 1 comments
I kind of consider my self a novice in terms of body mods. I had my first (and only up to recently) tattoo at 18. It was a 1 square inch ladybug seen in side perspective, drawn by my very good friend Eve-Emmanuelle. Soon, it will be reworked over but hopefully this will be subject to another story. Like most girls in my part of the world my ears were pierced while still a baby. I added second holes, but they're still regular earrings size. Boring, I know ! I've had eyebrows barbells, but I had to take them off. ...
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By Anonymous · Oct. 26, 2009 · 0 comments
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By Anonymous · Oct. 19, 2009 · 0 comments
I have always been interested in the art of body modification. However, growing up in a small town (now considered a city because it is the birth place of an ex prime minister) and also a conservative family never gave me much chance to get one. I got inspired by my brother who got a tribal tattoo on his leg one year and thought to myself "heck if he can get it, I can too!" I didn't want any flash tattoos off the walls or something common that everyone would have. For me, a tattoo is something that has to ...
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By Anonymous · Oct. 19, 2009 · 0 comments
Like any teenager, when I hit the age of 14/15 I began to think, "Wouldn't it be AWESOME if I had a tattoo?" And, of course, like any teenager my friend agreed. She was an artist and quickly scribbled up some ideas for the both of us, and the next day we were off on a hunt to see where we could get these beauties done; needless to say, it didn't happen. We were not only broke, but most places wouldn't do anything until we are 18. I don't really mind looking back on it, I'd have been seriously ...
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By Anonymous · Oct. 19, 2009 · 0 comments
Ever since I can remember, tattoos and piercings have been a part of my life. My parents used to keep a Fox's biscuit tin on top of a bookcase full of plugs and metal stretchers and pliers. The tin used to scare me till I hit 13 and stretched my own ear, to 2.4mm. I guess that was my first experience with this sorta thing. Hey. I'm Jenn. I'm 17. I have fake 4mm plugs in both lobes, a right snakebite and a gorgeous new tattoo! I don't know what possessed me to finally go and do it, reallyy. Maybe ...
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By Anonymous · Oct. 11, 2009 · 0 comments
I had been planning on getting another tattoo for a while, so I spoke to my friend and said what I wanted in the design and after a while of her mucking around with designs she emailed me the perfect picture. I then got around to booking the appointment. I made sure that I booked the appointment when I had a week off work so I could give it time to heal. After looking around at sites on the internet I stumbled across Jack's Tattoo Studio in Romford and after emailing them for a quote I knew that was the ...
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