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Show me your ink!

godroxmysox

What do you have? How many hours? Did you pass out, puke or cry? I want the details!

I will start

I am Ashley, age 24.

I got my first tattoo in August 2008; strength on my right wrist. I was going through a rough time with family things and it served the purpose of giving me strength whenever my head fell to my hands in defeat. I threw up in the midst of having this one done =\

My next (and most recent) was in September 2011; on my left shoulderblade-a very meaningful tribute to my father, who passed in September 2010. The rose is dripping tears representing that I will always hurt and miss him, but the words around the outside "the love of a father runs deep, i loved her first" serve as a reminder of the good times - these are lyrics from the song we danced to at my wedding in '09. I was seconds away from a nap on this one, lol - no nausea at all

So, how many do I have? 3 hours...because a 20 minute tat and a 4 hour tat are not the same =-P

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IrishChik

I uploaded the main one to my profile photo section.

There's some great ink here! I have 9. My biggest one is my entire chest. No crying, no puking, no passing out. I don't find pain in it at all. I find it pretty therapeutic actually. My profile pic shows my tattoo. I'll have to dig up the photos of the others. Most of them are all heritage related since I'm Irish. My chest tattoo is actually a giant story about surviving life.

sisierra

picture of my back tattoo:
https://www.facebook.com/AuthorSherrilynKenyon?sk=app_107727025983833&app_data={"mid":5241}

While there please vote for it!

mosessupposes

my profile pic is my back piece the trinity has my mom and her parents zodiac signs. a pagan ying yang under my shoulder blades. The woman balancing represents my step-mom. the 7 stars are for the 7 kids (me my 3 sisters and my 3 brothers) the butterfly is my niece. (i will be adding a dragonfly this summer for my soon to be born nephew) the phoenix is for new beginnings. from when my step-mom came into and when she left our lives (she passed away from pancreatic cancer)
I also have a norse dragon. Dragons are said to be the mytholigical guardians of the human race so mine is over my heart. and I have an anchor on my right foot for my cousin who passed away.
All in all i have about 35 hours of work.

munkey418

Ive got 3 now and a TON more planned, but next up is my half sleeve Peacock (pic of the hand drawing on my profile)

got tthis ^ and this v on the same night in 2010 I think

My most recent on from Jan 2011 v

Shot of my back w 2 of my 3

_Aimée_

My first was the dragonfly, then a year later I added the flowers. Had a break for 5 years then I started on my sleeve a couple of months ago. Have an appt in a couple of week to carry it on up a little more.
All done by the same guy (apart from the lotus and swirly band on my arm, it looked **** but thank god it was fixable. Serves me right for going somewhere impulsively!), the dragonfly and the sleeve were freehand and the flowers on my back were from a japanese sketch book.
I'll update in a couple of weeks with progress!

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engodwin

This is my peacock. He's a handsome fellow. I've got plans for my legs next. I love getting tattooed.

Edited to add: He's about 50 hours worth.

Ummm BEST TATTOO I've ever seen hands down - BEAUTIFUL!!!

delly09

I am new to all this. This is my first group ever. How do you upload pictures? Thanks.

Altarian

compared to most of you i'm a noob to the BM world. Only reason i don't have more ink is because of money reasons and not knowing any friends who are ink slingers. with that, here is my one and only:

puttingmyselfoutthere

I don't have any pics on this computer but there is one on my ticker.. it says "My body is a gift to me" in Mohawk with a red bow. It is on my left collar bone.

I have seven tattoos.. working on saving enought to get my 3/4 sleeve on my right arm. I go to Body Art Tattoo in Plattsburgh. I am also getting a T-Rex

foxyforce

compared to most of you i'm a noob to the BM world. Only reason i don't have more ink is because of money reasons and not knowing any friends who are ink slingers. with that, here is my one and only:

i love this!!!! it reminds me of the whole thing "give yourself enough rope and you hang with it" or whatever. the elizabeth bathory crest is also made with a dragon choking on itself

this is very cool!

kdtink

I have 5. The first, a butterfly, on my right lower back, was a graduation gift from college (I was 21). Two of my best friends picked everything but the location for that one. It took about 45 minutes. The second is a back piece (starts just below my bra strap goes down to the small of my back) that matches my sister and brother's. We used the same stencil for the identicle design; a compass pointing 3 degrees East, a nod to our military upbringing in Korea, with a snake eating it's own tail surrounding it. We all designed it together after years of living together before we split ways. That one took 2 and a half hours. My third was about 3 hours for the first sitting and 2 for the second; it's an elephant (I call him Irving) on my left rib cage. It was my first black/grey piece done by my friend, Dusty at Acme Tattoos and Piercing in Cincinnati. My fourth was also done by Dusty; a giraffe on my right rib cage (called Cordelia) was done two summers ago. She took about 3 hours total. Finally, I have a dandelion done opposite my butterfly in black and grey with the spindles blowing across my lower back to the butterfly. That one was about 2 hours of work.

fatboypup

Working on my chest 1 of 3 sessions down

ali_b83

Unfortunately these are the best pics I have. It doesn't show the top part of my full sleeve (it's a peacock/phoenix hybrid). I also have my calves done, and some on my back, as well as some misc. here and there. No idea the amount of time. The full sleeve was about 4 hours sessions, and probably about six of them (it's not quite done though).

foxyforce

Working on my chest 1 of 3 sessions down

love this. it is always great to see good work.

godroxmysox

What do you have? How many hours? Did you pass out, puke or cry? I want the details!

I will start I am Ashley, age 24.

I got my first tattoo in August 2008; strength on my right wrist. I was going through a rough time with family things and it served the purpose of giving me strength whenever my head fell to my hands in defeat. I threw up in the midst of having this one done =\

My next (and most recent) was in September 2011; on my left shoulderblade-a very meaningful tribute to my father, who passed in September 2010. The rose is dripping tears representing that I will always hurt and miss him, but the words around the outside "the love of a father runs deep, i loved her first" serve as a reminder of the good times - these are lyrics from the song we danced to at my wedding in '09. I was seconds away from a nap on this one, lol - no nausea at all

So, how many do I have? 3 hours...because a 20 minute tat and a 4 hour tat are not the same =-P

I recently got a heart with 'KSH' (the initials of my cousin that passed in a car accident a couple months ago). You can kind of see it in my profile photo, but it's small - I'll have to get pics up soon!

Tat2dDom624

scunningham2012

Once I'm at a computer that I'm able to post picutres, I will get mine up here. I have two, my first one is the CBJ (hockey) symbol. However, if anything ever happened to them I live and love Ohio so it all works out (just a star with the flag). I only regret not taken better care of it. It was my first tattoo when I turned 18 so I was young and stupid (lol). If I remember correctly that one took about 2 hours on my left shoulder.

My second tatto (that I just got done on Saturday, July 14, 2012) is my current profile picture. The heart in the birds foot with three colored circles are the birthstone colors of my mom, sister, and I. The heart represents our love for each other and our love for music (the bird). Music has played a big part in my life and has kept me out of a lot of things and making bad decisions. I honestly think if it was for band in high school I would have dropped out. My sister got the same bird on the left side of her chest but she also go a small one for her son.

It was a great time bonding with my sister in such a way. I will add pictures when I get off work!

fatboypup

yes chest tattoos hurt, unbearable no.

tristalamothe

Hi all, my name is Trista, and here is my ink!

June 2006, for my sixteenth birthday; Dad's a fireman
about three hours, lower back/tramp stamp

May 2009, for my nineteenth birthday; my Mom and Dad got matching tattoos. Last year, my Mom passed away and my Dad and I added a halo above my Mom.
about half an hour, nape of neck

May 2010, for my twentieth birthday; this is a quote from my favourite book, The Perks of Being a Wallflower
about forty five minutes, right foot

February 2011, this is a memorial tattoo for my Mom. She was diagnosed with lung cancer (never smoking a day in her life) at 45 years old in November 2010. She died in September 2011. Luckily, she was able to see this tribute because the tattoo was designed to incorporate her foot tattoo into mine. Pearl is the colour for lung cancer.
this took about three hours, and by far, the most painful of all of my tattoos, left foot

September 2011, when my Mom died, I got Elvis Presley's signature on my wrist. She was a huge fan; and when I was a little girl, she used to joke and tell me that he was my real father.
ten minutes, right wrist

February 2012, MCMXC is the roman numeral for 1990; my year of birth
twenty minutes, behind left ear

March 2012, "Whisper words of wisdom, let it be" in my Dad's writing, quoting The Beatles. and Blackbirds up the side of my wrist; also a Beatles tribute. My love for the Beatles, but a little more personal, with my Dad's writing.
forty five minutes, left wrist, left arm

krystymc

hi there! *waves* i'm krysty, 39, been getting tattoos since i was 18 but don't have nearly enough now that i see these pictures! whew, you guys are awesome!!!

here is a crow on the back of my neck
http://bloodnwine.com/tattoos/crowtattoo001.jpg

one on my thigh
http://bloodnwine.com/tattoos/babytattoonov2004002.jpg

another thigh one
http://bloodnwine.com/tattoos/kidstattoo001.jpg

wasn't sure how to include actual images in a post. sorry!

hellokathy

Wow, you guys have some amazing ink! Looking at this thread made me want to go and get tattooed, NOW!

I got my first tattoo in 2003, just the name of my favorite band on my wrist. Even though it's small and not impressive, it's still my favorite piece today. I was SO afraid of the pain and was sure that I'd cry. Maybe it was the fear that made me feel almost no pain at all. I was probably expecting it to be so bad that the actual pain wasn't bad at all. I got a lot more after that (eight in total as of right now) and of course, some of them hurt, but I can't seem to stop now.

I'll try to post pictures but bear with me, I don't think I've ever done it here. Sadly, I don't really have any good pictures of most of them.

Apocalypse_Meow

Here are a good amount of mine

I was going to post mine but I can't get them to work ARGH!

blossomboom_

My right inner calf... right after it was finished. It was swollen when the pic was taken.

My left wrist.

My left ankle. The bow in the girl's hair matches the bow on my wrist.

Right ankle and foot.

I also have a flower in the hair of the zombie girl on my right ankle, but you can't see from that angle. There's also a flower on my left foot.

Apocalypse_Meow

My right inner calf... right after it was finished. It was swollen when the pic was taken.

My left wrist.

My left ankle. The bow in the girl's hair matches the bow on my wrist.

Right ankle and foot.

I also have a flower in the hair of the zombie girl on my right ankle, but you can't see from that angle. There's also a flower on my left foot.

Your tattoos are gorgeous

Apocalypse_Meow

I am seriously having issues. What codes are you guys using to post pictures?

hellokathy

I am seriously having issues. What codes are you guys using to post pictures?

You use [ img ]LINKTOPICTURE[ /img ] minus the spaces and the letters mustn't be capitals. If you copy the code from i.e. Photobucket, they'll always write it like [ IMG ] and then you have to change it to [ img ]. Also, I don't know why but if you have the pictures in a subfolder on Photobucket, you'll often just get the "Sorry, the image doesn't exist anymore" icon. I don't know why. But then you'll have to move the picture to your main folder and it'll work. I don't know if you'll get the same issue with other picture hosting services.

Apocalypse_Meow

fatboypup

chest is done dont mind the swollen worm like stretch mark it will simmer down in a day or two

ToEKnee213

chest is done dont mind the swollen worm like stretch mark it will simmer down in a day or two

Your tattoos are phenomenal