Tattoos-- Anyone regret getting a sleeve (or half)?

man up niccah

no regrets.


although, i do wear long sleeves everyday. and you know i'm from phx, so i know what you'd be dealing with too.

I have 8 tattoo's & love them all!
The place I work at is cool with them, so that's a bonus.

It depends who your clients are.

I work in a corpoate environment, so have to keep them covered.

Im getting a half sleeve when I hit my goal, would love a fyll sleeve but im relatively up there in the corp ladder and it would negatively effect my career

Anyone tells u different is wrong

No, that's wrong. My fiancé's "up there in the corp ladder" and has a full sleeve. He wears dress shirts to work so you can't even see it.

Its going to look GREAT at this age!



If it was me, I'd wait for move development on E-Ink tattoos this way you can turn them on and off and also change the design as you see fit.

then you have no concept of what getting a tattoo is all about.

oh and to answer the question, I have a half sleeve, and the other arm is getting filled soon (has tats be needs to be brought together) and I am going to do a full sleeve regardless of what my wife thinks.

I don't know about you, but I wanna party with this guy.

I don't know about you, but I wanna party with this guy.

couldnt agree more!!

I'm getting a quarter sleeve done in a few weeks. I work for a company that doesn't care. I have a large tattoo on my right shoulder.

When I was younger I went back and forth on it and I'm so glad I waited because I was stupid when I was in my early 20's. I would have gotten some flash work done or something else along those lines. Now that I'm months away from 30, I have some life experience that shows in the work I have. I can look at my right arm and say, yeah...those stars let me know how many years I've been clean or that art on my leg represents the free feeling I got when X happened or this piece on my shoulder was after a terrible breakup that I didn't think I could recover from but did and found myself stronger or this represents my love for astrology/astronomy.

I only regret 1 and that's my name. *sighs* I was 22 and all of my friends were getting their names tattooed on them and I was like why not. Can't wait to cover that up.

Working at the hospital I always got to see older peoples tattoos, most of them look like crap and you can't really tell what they are but probably because they got them 40 years ago in the military in another country and the equipment wasn't as good as it is today. I always remember one guy that was in his 70's and he had the word SWEET and the word SOUR under each nipple. It wasn't well done either looked like someone wrote it on with a pen but you could tell he had them for a very long time, what I didn't understand was why he had the word p#ssy written right under his navel, imagine 10 hospital staff around you trying not to stare because it was just such an odd thing to tattoo on yourself haha. Tattoos can be cool but if you wanna be sure you don't regret it make sure it means something to you!

had to edit almost forgot about the lady with "lick me" on her lips.......................and it wasn't the lips on her face.

I'm getting a quarter sleeve done in a few weeks. I work for a company that doesn't care. I have a large tattoo on my right shoulder.

Let me reiterate that I admire body art.

I sincerely hope that any FUTURE employers (or any future management within that same employer) continue not to care. I'm not trying to be snide, I honestly hope that. But companies change, and companies come and go, and jobs change.

I've worked in jobs where tats were admired, some where they were ignored, and some where they were prohibited. You're placing a limit on your employ-ability within certain fields.

Not trying to tell you what to do, it's your body and you get to call the shots.

I'm getting a quarter sleeve done in a few weeks. I work for a company that doesn't care. I have a large tattoo on my right shoulder.

Let me reiterate that I admire body art.

I sincerely hope that any FUTURE employers (or any future management within that same employer) continue not to care. I'm not trying to be snide, I honestly hope that. But companies change, and companies come and go, and jobs change.

I've worked in jobs where tats were admired, some where they were ignored, and some where they were prohibited. You're placing a limit on your employ-ability within certain fields.

Not trying to tell you what to do, it's your body and you get to call the shots.

That's why I don't get tattoos that are super visible. I don't have any on my face, neck, or hands. I decided that if I ever wanted to make a career change, I didn't have anything that would be held against me. I ALMOST got a tattoo on my neck when I was 23, but decided to sleep on it and never went back.
I don't plan on working anywhere that requires a uniform again so I can wear long sleeves if needed. Most offices I've worked in have always been SUPER cold in the summer and I end up wearing a sweater in July anyway.

Hopefully as the older people retire and the newer generation takes over, we won't have such silly policies that have nothing to do with how you work. I have a much better work ethic than some people here without tattoos but at some companies that would be seen as more professional and better because they have no ink? Puh-lease.

Also, when I interview, I ask right upfront about tattoo policy. That way I'm not wasting anyone's time. :-)

I've been denied one job because of my tattoos and it was some years ago.

I don't regret any of my tattoos; however, I DO regret the artist of one of them.

I'm actually in the process of having it lasered off so I can get a decent artist on it.



-Rain

I'm tattoo ignorant...want my first tat. What is normal price range for a tattoo that would take up most of the outside of your upper arm? I want to start a half-sleeve. I realize different shops/artists charge different prices, but I want to make sure I'm not getting ripped off...or I think I'm getting a great deal and it turns out the artist's work is shoddy.

Depends on location, artist skill, demand, what the art is, and if the artist is in a good mood or not.

Honestly, artists have their "set rate," but most end up charging whatever they feel they earned at the time.