Tattoos

Please promise you'll get a scoblism quote to go with it.

"tip top clubbing jam" in an Olde English font.

Written upside down for that extra touch of class would be good.

What you having done?

three five-pointed stars - one black (autonomy), one red (community), and one green (ecology). nowt too complicated or fancy. i like solid blocks of colour.

have lfgss tattoos already turned up? "tip top clubbing jam" would be amazing though.

there is a dude in paris with 'fixed for life' or somethign similar on his neck. saw it last year at the polo tourny.

Dogs, you mean Berlin.
He also plays on a freewheel.

is that where he's from. fairly big dude, blonde hair.

Yep. Danny he plays in Bambule

Maybe he's neutered and it's nothing to do with the bike?

ha!

he's a nice guy, but the quality of the tattoo sucks.
and it was done only a few months after he get into the fixed-thing.
and as em said, meanwhile he's playing bikepolo with freewheel

wasn't it "fixed gear" instead of "fixed for life"!?!?

Hasn't OnOneLangster got the Specialized logo tattooed on his neck?

yup

all of you are exactly right.
its just me being impatient.
but obviously i do want a proper bit of work done not some piece of shit.
the tattoo i have had in mind for the last 2 years is cool, if i still have the same kind of idea in another 2 years then i'l definitely get it.

wasn't it "fixed gear" instead of "fixed for life"!?!?
Yes.

ive just had a penny farthing tattooed on the sole of my foot

on the subject of pain, has anyone had their thighs tattooed? got a whole day booked at Jayne Doe and I'm more than slightly concerned that I'm not going to last more than three hours... worst I've had before is a two hour stint on my foot.

on the subject of pain, has anyone had their thighs tattooed? got a whole day booked at Jayne Doe and I'm more than slightly concerned that I'm not going to last more than three hours... worst I've had before is a two hour stint on my foot.

depends on who is doing them I've had mine done by someone there and they are fine.
except for the big cycle muscle parts of your thighs..
foot/ankle hurts a hell of alot more.

One or both thighs?

Done by Harriet in Eastbourne. This is on my right lower arm. She also took this photo. She also did 3 roses, all in two hours. The outlines killed!
Next session is 4hrs day before my birthday next month.

Edit: She's only been tattooing a year.

Regarding the pain of tattoos, I don't have my thighs done so can't offer anything anecdotal, but the pain will always be highest where your nerves are concentrated. It makes sense to me* if you think about it in an evolutionary manner; all animals and people would have to be tougher on the outside where threats would be more likely to attack or hurt you. If you were to imagine us as moving on up from walking around on all fours the outside areas would be your back, outer arms, legs etc. Your chest, soft belly and inner limbs would be less protected and would be where the nerve highways run.

Although I've had tattoos that I thought would hurt worse than they did and others that surprised me. My feet and shins didn't hurt near as much as my calf. My inner arms weren't pleasant, especially at the armpit and one of the worst places was the crook of my arm at the elbow. When my chest was tattooed it felt like he was drilling my nipple even though he wasn't near it.

Tattoos hurt. I like having them though so I go through with it and concentrating on things helps. As does finding an artist you can have conversations with, which is sometimes difficult. My advice is to keep your blood sugar up by eating before hand and having something to drink on hand that has a bit of sugar in it to help with the minor shock that your body will go through. Don't do it after drinking or smoking the cheeba as I've done both and they really made it much less fun.

*I'm not an evolutionary anthropologist nor a doctor so this is likely bollocks. Just my opinion and something a tattooist once told me.

Someone the previous page said not to go in with the thinking it WILL hurt mentality. That's sound advice, least for me, I did that at 18-19 and since changing it, I don't twitch (I know, embrassing!) anymore.

even better than the pain of having it done is afterwards,
something to do with endorphins, brains natural pain killers swimming around calming you down.
lovely.

^Yup. And the pride and joy in a new piece of work.

And that's usually when I start my drinking as well.

Arse and neck rate as the only ones I would really not want to go through again. Sadly I have 4 hours to go on my neck.
Everything else has been bearable. None of it has been truly painless for a whole session but once you relax into it you can process the sensation in a less shocked way.
I try to play good areas off against the stingers now. So next is to complete a leg sleeve (trouser? my leg is trousered out?!)