Just got my first tattoo!

[Saug846]

Decided to post it here because if I remember correctly, some people very much like tattoos and some don't here.
The photograph is badly lit because I had to take it myself with my SLR, meaning angling was incredibly hard. Due to this, the full range of colours isn't visible.
Here it is!

Was designed by a friend of mine from Australia so that no-one else would have it, and it is a meaningful design to me.
Any Blockheads got any questions? (As in, about the process or stuff, not "wat will u do when ur old lelelel")


For reference before someone says anything, I am genuinely pursuing a career in the Music industry, this isn't just some "i liek music it meens so much" thing. Got a Grade 8 in Guitar, A at GCSE Music, currently studying both Music and Music Technology A-Levels (Prediced B/A* respectively), and will be going onto a degree of Professional Musicianship. (As well as guitar I can also play Piano, Bass, and Ukulele (although who can't).)

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[Frankie²]

looks like something a slightly overweight 20 something year old women would wear

[Georges]

that's gigantic

[Saug846]

looks like something a slightly overweight 20 something year old women would wear

Clearly that's what I was going for

[Twerky]

Why this and not something more uh masculine

[Frankie²]

Why this and not something more uh masculine

like barbed wire

[blueblur121]

Good job expressing yourself.

[Mr Furdle]

inb4 someone comments about the quality claiming they know a lot about tattoos when they just are pulling facts from their brown town cavity.



Nice tat :)

[Saug846]

Good job expressing yourself.

Can't tell if this is sarcasm or not but thanks either way.

inb4 someone comments about the quality claiming they know a lot about tattoos when they just are pulling facts from their brown town cavity.

Nice tat :)

Thanks :)

Why this and not something more uh masculine

Because I don't understand the need people feel to express their masculinity.. I'm comfortable with myself?

[Twerky]

Because I don't understand the need people feel to express their masculinity.. I'm comfortable with myself?

Yeah no problem with that it's just that it's unusual for a guy to have these kind of tattoos.

[Slammer1337]

are you slowly becoming one of those people whose skin consists of tattoos

[Harm94]

looks like something a slightly overweight 20 something year old women would wear

and then you get old and it shrivels up

[Saug846]

Yeah no problem with that it's just that it's unusual for a guy to have these kind of tattoos.

Wanted to make something to do with my passion rather than something that simply looked cool. I hate the idea of flash tattoos from an artist's book for that reason, I can't understand people getting them at all.
The rose is a sentimental part of it and to cut a long story short, homage to the house I grew up in that I can no longer visit, sadly. As for the colouring, it does also involve the sentimental purpose, as well as fulfilling the fact that I love blue/purple colours. There's a lot more blue in IRL, the colour didn't come out too well on the photo ;s

are you slowly becoming one of those people whose skin consists of tattoos

No, I don't really want to go for that look. I have a few more ideas but I still want the majority of my body to be clear flesh. I also want to stay away from places that change a lot as you age, only going for places that provided you stay healthy, will not droop or whatever. I know that it wont look better when I'm older, but I don't mind. I'd rather be colourful than simply wrinkley

[Clone v.117]

How much did it hurt on a scale of 1-10?

I wouldn't mind getting a tattoo but so far I haven't found anything I like enough.

[Saug846]

How much did it hurt on a scale of 1-10?

I wouldn't mind getting a tattoo but so far I haven't found anything I like enough.

Most people I've spoken to said that the bicep part is about a 5, and the shoulder an 8/9.
On my scale of things, it was nowhere near that painful. To me, this hurt less than getting vaccination injections does. The outlining is mildly discomforting, and is definitely a 6/10 on the shoulder (the closer to the bone, the more it hurts), but the majority is colouring, which instead of using a single needle, it looks almost like a paintbrush made of metal. I could barely feel the colouring needle, mainly just the gun vibrating, it was actually quite relaxing. I give the colouring needle a 2/10 because it was pretty nice. The outlining needle on the bicep part was probably a 4. The afterwards is feeling a bit like sunburn.