Any cool tattoo ideas???

I've wanted to get one for a long time, but could never come up with a great design that I wouldn't get sick of in about a week.

but it's MINE and YOU CAN'T HAVE IT!

;-)

long, long ago. I'd have to search the DU1 archives, and I may just be WAY TOO LAZY to undertake that sort of project.

of W in a schoolbus on your ass? ok, then.

its a classic but its great

http://www.bmezine.com

They have lots of pics you can browse through and get ideas from.

You can also get ideas from the art up on the walls and in the portfolios of the artists at tattoo parlors. It's perfectly ok to go in and browse and talk to the artists about what you think you want and look at their work and not get a tat that day.

I have 2 tattoos and am currently making the final decision on what I want for my third. I can only offer this advice. Think about it and when you've made up your mind, think about it some more. Think about what has meaning for you (and what has had meaning for you for a while so you can be fairly sure it's something that will be important to you later in life).

If you can, have an actual physical copy of the image you want (otherwise you'll have to sit down with the tattoo artist and get it drawn out and that can be a pain). And find an artist you trust to make good suggestions for improving it if it needs it. (Mike at River City in Austin made a suggestion that turned my second tattoo into something stunning.)

Anyway, I hope you figure out what you want and go for it. It's an amazing experience.

Hope this helps. Feel free to email me if you'd like to talk about the whole tattoo experience. I was fortunate to have someone to help me through it.

-B-

The site's firewalled, so I'll check it when I get home. I'm hoping to get something with a cool tie-in to my hometown.

unless you're an adult (don't know your age) and are sure you won't wnat a job in a profession where that's frowned on... and there are still a lot of such jobs...

be careful what part of your body you tatoo also...you may not always be shaped the way you are now, and probably don't want Pamela Anderson turning into Roseanne Arnold...

It's a Tibetan / Sanskrit phrase meaning the "The Jewel is in The Lotus", which means that just as the beautiful lotus flower arises from the filthy mud - so can enlightenment and compassion arise from us deeply flawed human beings.


Or, if that's not your speed, you can always do this:

An Alabama author was being interviewed at his home recently. He was wearing a T shirt and shorts and he and the reporter settled in on the back yard deck. At the conclusion of the interview, the reporter asked "Is that a tattoo on your knee?".
"Yep"
"I can't tell what it is."
"It's a banjo."
"Does that have some special significance for you?"
"Sure does. I come from Alabama with a banjo on my knee."

I want one.
;-)

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And, um, YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get one of yourself, all over your body, but taller. That would be cool.

Actually, just choose something that will look good blurry and green because that's what it will end up as.

TlalocW

There were some neat suggestions but I never had the desire to go through with it...

Good luck.

That way, you can always say that you have a cock that hangs below your knees.

...got a tattoo directly above her, um, feminine region that read, "MEMBERS ONLY."

Another person I know got a tattoo around her left ankle. It was a saying in Celtic that translated to, "If found, please deposit in nearest mailbox."

I have some great friends! :bounce:

the only one i would consider and i ain't considering is a smiley face in a place that would age well. maybe in the ankle region.

is that it's very uncool to do what everyone else is doing

and all of them are designs that are very significant to me. I also waited until I was nearly 40 to get the first one. Be very sure of what you want, where you want it, and why you want it.

If there isn't a design that really speaks to you, you aren't ready for permanent ink. Use henna or temporary tattoos until the design makes itself known to you. Don't get a tattoo just to get a tattoo.

I have 8 tats, two of them pretty big.