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The Ready Room => Off Topic => Topic started by: BlaqWolf on September 12, 2004, 07:43:06 PM

Title: Tattoo
Post by: BlaqWolf on September 12, 2004, 07:43:06 PM: okay, so i'm thinkin about gettin a tattoo... i talked it over with my parents and they're like, "yeah, whatever... go ahead." so i'm good.

so i went and looked around ( i went with a friend of mine when she got hers... so i looked thru alot) and found one i really liked. i'm pretty bent on it and pretty sure i wanna go thru with it...

my only question is, where should i get something like this? i kinda want it on my arm but i'm not a tattoo expert, so i dunno if it'd be stupid or what. i heard on my shoulder, but i'm not too crazy about that...

actually, i know what i want... i guess i just wanted outside opinions. tell me what you think of it and maybe give me some other suggestions.... :D

*edit: I R SPELLAR!!!*
Title: Tattoo
Post by: Uranium - 235 on September 12, 2004, 07:45:05 PM: I think tattoos are stupid. Lots of reasons, but little motivation to explain right now.
Title: Tattoo
Post by: GrayDuck on September 12, 2004, 09:23:54 PM: If you want a tattoo – I say go for it. I got mine when I turned 18 and haven’t ever regretted it. In fact, I’d get more but I’ve decided that I’d rather keep mine looking crisp and new – so ever few years I get it touched up…..

Ok, back on topic, I would put it on your arm. Personally – I don’t much care for tattoos on guys anywhere but their arm. Maybe it’s silly but the back or legs is just more of a feminine place for a tattoo (unless you go overboard and mark up your whole body :p)

Are you going to get more color shot into it or just the black/reddish tones? Be sure to post a pic after it’s all said and done!
Title: Tattoo
Post by: Legionnaired on September 12, 2004, 09:27:32 PM: Get a LM logo and put it on your chest.

Do it! Do it!
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Post by: holy_devil on September 13, 2004, 10:05:39 AM: dunno. i could never do something like that :o i say try it as a temporary and see how it goes at first, at least. but if you really decide you like it that much, give it a night of sleep and then go for it if you still want to. about all i can say :D i don't know tatoos or anything so just some random advice i thought i could give.
Title: Tattoo
Post by: Doobie Dan on September 13, 2004, 10:18:25 AM: I have one on my back (shoulder blade), I like it as a spot because only the people you want to see it will see it. So there's a possible place. Upper calf is a pretty good place. Upper arm is good except for the perception sometimes of it being "ghetto."

If you're worried about the decision, just put a waiting period for yourself. I decided I wanted one when I was 18, waited and got it a year later, and I haven't regretted it a bit. Doesn't sound like you're worried about it though.
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Post by: Uranium - 235 on September 13, 2004, 11:32:37 AM: I just can't imagine "people you want to see it" could care at all. It's a picture. I could run up to you with that on paper and go 'SEE IT?' and you'd probably be thinking 'get away from me psycho', sticking it on your body permenantly? I see them once, think "neat". See it twice, think "meh", see it the third time and I'm sick of it.

And I find the wolf awfully cliche but there's no tattoo you can get now that isn't.
Title: Tattoo
Post by: devicenull on September 13, 2004, 12:38:08 PM: Replace the wolf with a skulk, and have fun! :p
Title: Tattoo
Post by: Geminosity on September 13, 2004, 12:57:51 PM: ick... don't people listen to the awesome wisdom that is Red versus Blue?

"I think it's very clear you should not get a tattoo, and I can sum up my point in this elegant, but very simple, bulleted list.

Number 1: Tattoos are permanent.
Number 2: You... are a goddamn idiot.

And I'd like to prove this mathematically if I may...
Take your current age. Now subract 10 years from it.
Were you smart back then? Of course you weren't!
You were a goddamn idiot!

Fact of the matter is, you're just of big an idiot today; it's just going to take you 10 more years to realise it. Now think if you'd drawn a picture on your body 10 years ago... would you be happy with it today?
Chances are; you wouldn't be."

video (http://files.machinima.com/films/media/Conventional_Media/RvB_PSA3_LoRes.mov)

:rolleyes:
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Post by: BobTheJanitor on September 13, 2004, 03:02:55 PM: Gem wins, close thread.
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Post by: Nuketheplace on September 13, 2004, 03:58:10 PM: Dam you Gemm, I was just about to post that. You post stelear.
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Post by: Geminosity on September 13, 2004, 04:04:39 PM: my posts are stellar? Wow!!! thankyou! =D
~huggles nukey and purrs~

:ph34r:
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Post by: Mr.Bill on September 13, 2004, 05:56:32 PM: yes, Gem wins.
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Post by: BlaqWolf on September 13, 2004, 08:07:09 PM: well... thank you for all of your opinions! i shall take them deep into consideration... O.o

if i get it, i'll post it for those who care. for those who dont, eh.

really, thanks guys!
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Post by: Grimm on September 13, 2004, 10:58:56 PM: Quote
And I find the wolf awfully cliche but there's no tattoo you can get now that isn't.
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(http://www.natural-selection.org/images/level5_concept_8x6.jpg)

That wouldn't be a cliché tattoo. :p
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Post by: Seth on September 14, 2004, 03:47:41 AM: ya tatty's are cool, i'd say get one, just dont put it in some place that could later become wrinkled with age because thats just fugly.

you'd end up with this bad ass tatty now, 10 15 or 20 years later gravity sets in and it doesnt look like a bear/dragon anymore and you are stuck with this disfigured hackjob on your body.

but then again it is your body and you can just wear long sleeve shirts the rest of your life also... o_O
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Post by: lolfighter on September 14, 2004, 06:46:46 AM: Y'know, that artwork looks more like it'd belong in Doom than in NS. But yeah, if anything, get a Kharaa. At least people will ask wth "that thing on your shoulder/arm/wherever is".
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Post by: SwiftSpear on September 14, 2004, 12:01:01 PM: Put it on your forhead. That way if someone asks you if you think wolves are cool you can just point at your forhead and they will realize they are idiots.
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Post by: Athena on September 14, 2004, 08:19:43 PM: I currently have two tattoos and a third under consideration. What I would say is -

first of all. this is going to be in your skin FOREVER - while laser tattoo removal does exist, it's extremely painful (moreso than the act of tattooing itself apparently) and horrendously expensive. You've got time yet - finalize what you want on your skin, then SIT ON THE DESIGN for AT LEAST one year before you even go about actually getting it done. Choose something that means something to you - just going "well, it looks cool" doesn't cut it. That's EXACTLY the kind of tattoo you're going to regret later on down the road.

As for cliche - well, what isn't? But like I said - if it means something to you, enough that you want it inked into your skin to be a part of you forever, well... I'd think by then, others making fun of it or thinking it's 'cliche' or whatever shouldn't even matter to you.
Title: Tattoo
Post by: BlaqWolf on September 14, 2004, 09:43:55 PM: Quote
As for cliche - well, what isn't? But like I said - if it means something to you, enough that you want it inked into your skin to be a part of you forever, well... I'd think by then, others making fun of it or thinking it's 'cliche' or whatever shouldn't even matter to you.
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i really love wolves... i've always been obsessed with em, and ever since i knew how to sketch i've been sketching them (i have many in my sketch book). so i was pretty sure i wanted a wolf. also, i really liked the design of that one. looked better than just a plain ol' wolf pic.

but yeah, i'll wait on it and see what i really feel. sorta had to anyway, as i'm short of money v_v
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Post by: Black Mage on September 14, 2004, 10:26:58 PM: i'm getting a bm d0nce tatoo on meh belleh! :p

bm's opinion: ... listen to tess, she seems smart with these things
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Post by: GrayDuck on September 14, 2004, 11:34:11 PM: Quote
i really love wolves... i've always been obsessed with em, and ever since i knew how to sketch i've been sketching them (i have many in my sketch book). so i was pretty sure i wanted a wolf. also, i really liked the design of that one. looked better than just a plain ol' wolf pic.

You should sketch your own tattoo - it'll be 100% original, and it'll mean more.

Just a random thought... but tattoo parlors can make a tattoo from your own drawing, some might charge a bit more but I think it'd be worth it.
Title: Tattoo
Post by: ThoraX on September 14, 2004, 11:42:13 PM: i plan on getting a tatoo some day, most likely one of my own design, but, i just dont know what for sure. but yeah, take careful consideration in the design and the placement of the tattoo. While getting a big 'I LOVE LB' tattoo on your forhead may earn ya a Reserved Slot, chances are you'll end up hating yourself for it.
Title: Tattoo
Post by: SwiftSpear on September 15, 2004, 12:35:18 AM: The one important thing about getting a tattoo, is you need to realize, once you have one, you are offically desiganted as everyone's sourse of information when it comes to tattoos, and you WILL have many people ask you for advice regarding them. At this point it is important to realize that there is no higher humor in life then causeing other people to screw themselfs over. Since I can't get you to tattoo things on your forehead, the torch has been passed to you, and it is now your soul responsiblity in life to make people put things on thier forehead in perminent ink, and get as many people as possible to join the pen fifteen club.
Title: Tattoo
Post by: lolfighter on September 16, 2004, 06:08:38 AM: Evil. But since it'll allow me to mock people I will otherwise never get to know (and who will never get within reach of punching me), I condone it. Make them tattoo their faecs!
Title: Tattoo
Post by: SwiftSpear on September 16, 2004, 03:25:21 PM: "A moustache tattoo is all the rage these days, in fact, you might go so far as to say it is the coolest thing ever... yeeessss..."