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| Plus if he waits, he could have more ambien fueled hallucinations and come up with a crazier awesome idea. Then he would forever regret not getting that tattoo of a slug eating King Kong as he is climbing a stack of pancakes. |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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| EvilJay wrote: | | fe wrote: | | its easy to say that when it hasn't happened to you. each of us has our shit that we deal with, our baggage, our hardships... if something "life changing" or major hasn't happened to you. well you're a lucky s.o.b. but you don't have to be a dick. they find it important, and i think that any reason to have an appreciation for life is a good reason. |
What the fuck does this have to do with getting a tattoo? I've had a ton of really bad shit happen, and I don't have tattoos to commemorate all of it. Other things(dads death) I waited years to get a piece, and that's because I have a bunch of tattoos and it seemed right. I wasn't on some hell bent mission to get my first giant tattoo as a memorial, like somehow that is gonna make anything better. If dude wants a tattoo for tattoos sake, that's cool, but if he thinks somehow its gonna be therapeutic, I believe he's delusional. Get over it isn't the worst advice in the world. |
This isn't to get over it. I've accepted what has happened. Sure it still bothers me that had I done X instead of Y on that hike when I busted my knee up he would be alive today and(most likely) not I.
Shit happens... For me, this is more about memorializing the situation and remembering that I have something to live up to from now on; not to squander my life away that is now more of a gift than ever.
| Cork wrote: | | Plus if he waits, he could have more ambien fueled hallucinations and come up with a crazier awesome idea. Then he would forever regret not getting that tattoo of a slug eating King Kong as he is climbing a stack of pancakes. |
Dear God, now I have to get two tattoos! 
I was thinking about scraping the angel of death and just going with the hourglass and skull.
Last issue I have is where to go in the Milwaukee area. I have no clue what places are good to go in this area and which ones to avoid. I've been looking at portfolios but being so new to tattoos I only trust my own judgement on quality so far. |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:09 am Post subject: |
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| Tattnoob wrote: | | Last issue I have is where to go in the Milwaukee area. I have no clue what places are good to go in this area and which ones to avoid. I've been looking at portfolios but being so new to tattoos I only trust my own judgement on quality so far. |
Dan Hazelton is awesome. |
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| Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2012 3:20 am Post subject: |
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| Ach3r0n wrote: | | Tattnoob wrote: | | Last issue I have is where to go in the Milwaukee area. I have no clue what places are good to go in this area and which ones to avoid. I've been looking at portfolios but being so new to tattoos I only trust my own judgement on quality so far. |
Dan Hazelton is awesome. |
Thanks for the suggestion. Reading his bio, I don't know if he would be interested in my idea/the style I am going for but his work is impressive. I shot him an email with the details so we will see. |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 12:30 pm Post subject: Re: Advice/ideas for first tattoo |
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| imanbabu wrote: | | Tattnoob wrote: | I'll bore you all with the details. I was in the USMC Reserves. Sparing some details I ended up landing ticket to A-stan. During pre-deployment training I blew my knee out. Someone else from the reserve unit I was going to be assigned to after my deployment that had volunteered for a trip got deployed in my place after my injury.
Long story short, he didn't make it home. Ever since then I feel I've been living my life on borrowed time at his expense.
I've had a few vivid dreams about it while I was on ambien, want to turn it into a tattoo. Basically I'm thinking about getting a black tattoo. The grim reaper/angel of death holding a severed head fixed to an hour glass with a scythe in the other hand. Maybe add some red to the sand in the hour glass to symbolize that the time I have left on this Earth isn't mine, it was someone else's gifted to me through blood.
I'm not looking for an evil "badass" looking Reaper, something somber, yet chilling. I'm thinking something this big is going to require a good size piece?
I know asking about pricing is dumb but I'm going to do it anyways. I'm on a pretty low budget but getting this tattoo has been killing me lately. About what would I be looking at here? I was thinking back, side, ribs... something along that nature.
Also any references for good artists in the Milwaukee area would be appreciated, plus any additional advice for a noob. I've never stepped foot inside a tattoo parlor but I want to get a little educated first before I waste anyone's time. |
Before you get a tattoo you need to settle on the design first. There are a lot of resources online. You should checkout SPAM as they have a very big tattoo gallery. You can even vote on the best tattoos over there. |
I am assuming that you are affiliated with that site. You should probably just come right out and say it versus coming across as mentioning it in passing. In any event, I checked out the site. A good start, but you need a lot more work on there. There are also a lot of crappy tattoos. Some good work, but a lot of junk. Not that this is a bad thing, however, as it demonstrates the difference between good and bad tattoo art. I feel bad for this guy, for example:
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| Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 3:49 pm Post subject: Re: Advice/ideas for first tattoo |
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| imanbabu wrote: |
Before you get a tattoo you need to settle on the design first. There are a lot of resources online. You should checkout SPAM as they have a very big tattoo gallery. You can even vote on the best tattoos over there. |
What a lucky break. You happen to join the forum just in time to use your first post to sell some website.
As far as deciding on a design FIRST, I would disagree with that. You may decide on a concept, but you should choose a good artist and then work with them on the design. Unless you want a piece of generic flash that everyone else has. |
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