show off your ink!

[angie-la]

I thought this would be a fun thread since it seems a few of our members have tattoos. I’m a total ink fan and I love seeing other people’s tattoos.. if you don’t want to share no worries! 

first thing I did when I turned 18 haha. my korean name.

second, got a lotus & butterfly to signify change and new beginnings.

third, I was going to get the entire lion but my foot is too small so the guy just did a detailed face haha. symbolizes the strength of family.

last, a friend of mine actually got his tattoooing supplies and asked if he could practice on us.. and I said yes. haha. it’s a quill but I need to get some shading and detail added.

how about you guys? 

[(dig)x(me)x(now)]

I like that they’re all black and gray. They’re also feminine and tasteful. Suit you well :]_

I don’t have any tattoos, which always surprises people. Haha. There are a couple I’ve had in the back of my mind for a while so who knows. And people always tell me they expect me to get a tattoo of the rabbit necklace I wear nearly all the time too.

[LoveChaCha]

I got this in January 2010, a month after losing my mother to Ovarian Cancer.

The Japanese character means ‘My mother.’
My mom was half Okinawan.

I did it on a whim. I set up an appointment and I went. I asked some people beforehand some good places to go, and this place is very clean, and the artist added his own touches on the coloring.

I cussed and made faces, but I calmed down more at the end. My mom went through so much pain during her illness, this should have been nothing to me.

The tattoo symbolizes my mother and her strength, her battle, and her life. Getting the tattoo helped me heal inside. It still hurts to not have my mother, and it still will for a long time. It helped me cope losing her. Of course, having Chacha has helped too. Two good things happened in January 2010 that will stick with me forever

I want more in the future, but I am very picky, and I just don’t want to put anything on my body without it having meaning.

 

Angela – I really like your tattoos! Very elegant and meaningful

 

[Kate Monster]

Sorry the picture is blurry but I never got around to having someone take a picture of my first tattoo for me and as it turns out it’s hard to photograph your own hip.  So this sounds way more new agey than I am, but I actually had a dream that I had a tattoo of a crescent moon with a rose wrapped around it, so I designed it and went and got it.  Mostly it represents my moving out for college, turning 18 and actually getting around to a little teenage-type rebellion.  Even thought it’s not really layered with much meaning beyond that, I still really like it and it makes me happy to remember my wild and crazy undergrad years.

This one a got a couple of years ago, tulips are my favorite flower, red is my favorite color and I took the pattern from the artwork on Ottomon Iznik pottery.  I study Turkish history and culture and I got it when I returned from studying in Ankara.  The picture was taken right after getting it, so the tattoo still looks a bit sore and fresh.

[Lintini]

my peter pan quote, vines from my french horn plant and my music tat

french horn vine

getting my new tat – taken on Monday. I’ll show you a better pic when it’s not so gross looking

music tat my favorite piece

[Elle]

Lintini: Great piece, I just played it last week on alto flute!!!

[Lintini]

Elle!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

here’s the new one! Quote from Robin Hood

[cainan]

let me see what I’ve got store on the laptop – I think I only have two of the five

 

Lower back, right side:

From tattoos

 

left shoulder – I have to find a larger image, you can’t see the intricate details

From tattoos

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