got my first Tattoo

[fanuminski]

Here is my tattoo I got last Friday afternoon. This pic is right after removing the bandage.
So I go in there at 4pm - she shaves the area, puts on
the "decal" of the tattoo and we get all set to start.
I'm thinking "this is cool!"
Ummmmm.....nope!
JESUS H. CHRIST! This hurts! 2-4 minutes into this and I am thinking
"no way! this does NOT feel good" . " I've got 2 hours of this sh!t?"
"Am I gonna be the only
one who wimps out on their tattoo and runs out?" lol
So then I say to myself: "Trav and Zach (my sons) did it, I can do this ...."
yeah, right lol 5-10 minutes in ....I"m sweating like
I just got out of the Amazon rain forest! I'm sweating profusely
and she has to stop for about 7 minutes while I "recover".
After resuming, It got much better. After 1/2 hour, my wife shows
up and watches. No problem at all the last hour +.
Still felt like bee stings .... but I think your body gets used to it
- or numbs to it a bit.

In hindsight, I love it! I'm probably too old for getting one (50's) ,
but you know what - I love it!

A friend said to me: "Hey, at least they can ID you now ......."
I"m thinking "WTF?" - lol
I'm thinking more: "Now if I lose an arm while hanging it our my car window, at least
it can be ID'd and returned to me" lol
-M

PS> I found this gal on myspace - I loved her work! Told her I wanted to have
the letters J,T,Z sort of "hidden" into a picture. I picked a dragon (Like em!)
and she came up with this design - if you want something custom, try her out-
she is great and really reasonable

http://www.myspace.com/denyceangel666

[phipp01]

First off congrats and it looks good. Secondly you are never too old to do anything you want. Hell I'm 43 and thinking of getting full sleeves done LOL

[chessman]

Nice tat. I like it when the tat means something.

[fanuminski]

First off congrats and it looks good. Secondly you are never too old to do anything you want. Hell I'm 43 and thinking of getting full sleeves done LOL

I have to tell you that in the chair next to me was a young (24 -25ish)
man getting work done on his back. He had a "full sleeve" on
his left arm - Told me it took over 26 hrs ! lol

When I was done, the tattooist asked if I wanted some "flame'n" work
done -lol I thought she was serious, but only wanted me to think
about adding more later. Hmmm...... lol

-M

[corndog71]

That's pretty badass.:rock:

[fanuminski]

:thanks 1: for the nice comments.

Hoping that others may post pics of theirs ..
maybe we need an official Tattoo thread - lol

My wife is pumped to get hers. Of course,
she made me go first. (good thing she wasn't
there the first 15 minutes -lol)
-M

PS > mine was only supposed to be 3-4" or so,
but to keep the detail, it had to be larger.
Kind of like buying speakers - lol

[rseynaev]

Ouch!

[InfernoSTi]

Nice tat...great to have the family involved (both literally and artistically in the design). The eye is badass, my friend. Congrats!!!

[corndog71]

a couple of mine.





I'm looking at going bigger for my next one.

[django1]

small is good

[persisting1]

small is good

That's what I've been trying to convince my girlfriend :whoopie::crying:

[chessman]

Tell her that today's "starfish" is tomorrow's "tarantula"

[spl_nut]

That's what I've been trying to convince my girlfriend :whoopie::crying:

Just tell her it's not very big around, but it sure is short! Use inflection to sell it as a positive :)

No, didn't worked for me. :crying:

[tesseract]

Cool tattoo, Fanmunski. The eye is a nice touch.

small is good

This is one of my tats. Is it small enough? :tiny: In the '80's, this was called a "party dot". :animal house:

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[etcarroll]

I was never a fan of tats, but I like that it means something, that you got your boys in the design.

But who's 'J'?