What's Your Next Tattoo?

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It's not necessarily as important as it could be, though, which is why I'm not sure and why I keep putting it off. Partly I want to ring myself up at the cash register, after all, which I don't think I can do with this bar code, since it's not being sold many offline places.

― Tep (ktepi), Thursday, 4 March 2004 21:33 (twenty years ago) link

yeah, my idea was just a random barcode, a bag of frozen peas or something. this was like 1989.

― kephm, Thursday, 4 March 2004 21:40 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.synthesis.net/music/images/04be5815a3851df9d3e4a8063014a7be/sidebar.php?iid=2217

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 4 March 2004 21:59 (twenty years ago) link

Parade-rainer-on-ers!

― luna (luna.c), Thursday, 4 March 2004 22:00 (twenty years ago) link

if only there were some way to hyperlink a tattoo

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Thursday, 4 March 2004 22:14 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/gallery/images/09.jpg

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 4 March 2004 22:20 (twenty years ago) link

I definitely need to get more work done on my shoulder. I've got the money for it, now all I need is to wait for my bro to get me the appointment with his superstar tattoo dude. That should take another year. Bastard f0cker.

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Thursday, 4 March 2004 22:24 (twenty years ago) link

I hope it was my Amy Carter picture that inspired you, Jeanne!

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 4 March 2004 22:27 (twenty years ago) link

Totally. See all the planning and strategy in that girl's face? That's me on the money.

― Jeanne Fury (Jeanne Fury), Thursday, 4 March 2004 22:32 (twenty years ago) link

My wife (a youthful animal activist in the late 1970's) wrote a letter to Amy C. to ask her to stop selling tuna sandwiches to reporters, because the tuna wasn't dolphin-safe. Amy promptly complied, and replied with a nice note. OH YEAH BABY!

actually, were I to get a tattoo, it would be OH YEAH BABY! not telling where, though.

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Thursday, 4 March 2004 22:37 (twenty years ago) link

kev grey is the only tattoo designer .. if i was into having a tattoo.

which im not.

― Willdabeast, Friday, 5 March 2004 00:17 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.rpi.edu/~riverj/collage/chococat.jpeg

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Friday, 5 March 2004 00:41 (twenty years ago) link

I used to know Amy Carter's pot dealer; the fact that she had one (w/Secret Service agents follwing her to the drug den) is deeply unsurprising.

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Friday, 5 March 2004 01:58 (twenty years ago) link

"Dear law enforcement officials. Here is my identifying mark"

regards,

REB

― Rik E Boy (Rik E Boy), Friday, 5 March 2004 02:07 (twenty years ago) link

i still haven't got my FAC47 tattoo yet but it's definitely happening within the next 3 months. after that possibly a flying nun logo.

― the surface noise (electricsound), Friday, 5 March 2004 02:28 (twenty years ago) link

haha tokyo rosemary,

i know "someone" with a sanrio influenced tattoo... that's all i'm sayin'!

― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 5 March 2004 02:40 (twenty years ago) link

― cinniblount (James Blount), Friday, 5 March 2004 07:20 (twenty years ago) link

Biker Jesus.

― Allyzay, Friday, 5 March 2004 07:22 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.nycsubway.org/irt/dayone/dayone.gif

(left)

― Dunderklumpen, Friday, 5 March 2004 07:30 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.beststuff.co.uk/images/cup.gif

a nice cup of tea

― winterland, Friday, 5 March 2004 09:17 (twenty years ago) link

http://jupiter.walagata.com/w/summerbabe/i-4.JPG

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Friday, 5 March 2004 16:43 (twenty years ago) link

"someone", eh?

Donna, I have a friend who thinks that cat/logo would make a good tattoo.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Friday, 5 March 2004 16:46 (twenty years ago) link

she should just go for a myriad of kitty tattoos!

Is that Chococat? I can't keep up with Sanrio!

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Friday, 5 March 2004 16:51 (twenty years ago) link

http://bitchcakes.topcities.com/images/marchingcats.jpg

I think the cat with the raised paw would be good, too. Oh, which one should be be first tattoo, ILE?? Help me out.

― tokyo rosemary (rosemary), Friday, 5 March 2004 16:51 (twenty years ago) link

just have the marching kitties in a line around your ankle or arm

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Friday, 5 March 2004 16:54 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.manhunter.net/remake/gfx/gallery/dolarhyde_dragon.jpg

― Chris 'The Velvet Bingo' V (Chris V), Friday, 5 March 2004 16:59 (twenty years ago) link

actually I would get this one, considered it many times
http://netsports.slamdunk.com/images/bask/nba/logos/por_tblazers.gif

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Friday, 5 March 2004 17:12 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.1313-studios.com/images/tat/lotus.jpg

― luna (luna.c), Friday, 5 March 2004 23:12 (twenty years ago) link

Whoa, Donna... I already know someone (in Seattle, too!) who has a tattoo of the Postcard card. I'd always wished I'd thought of that first.

― Jen (nstop), Friday, 5 March 2004 23:55 (twenty years ago) link

a nice cup of tea

-- winterland

I've got one of a cup of coffee on my left forearm. I intend to get a farberware-style percolator tattoo on my bicep one of these days.

― martin m. (mushrush), Saturday, 6 March 2004 01:42 (twenty years ago) link

dammit!

― Donna Brown (Donna Brown), Saturday, 6 March 2004 01:42 (twenty years ago) link

http://www.velosport.fi/Assets/Images/Campagnolo/campa_logo1.jpg

― David Beckhouse (David Beckhouse), Saturday, 6 March 2004 02:57 (twenty years ago) link

Biker Jesus.
-- Allyzay (wt...), March 5th, 2004.

Looks more like one of the Baldwins.

Talk about powers of persuasion. Now I wanna get a kitty tat. You girls have some remarkable taste, I must say. Rose: get the one with the raised paw. Mon Dieu, it's obscenely k-cute.

― Francis Watlington (Francis Watlington), Saturday, 6 March 2004 03:06 (twenty years ago) link

I was thinking of getting a pair of bright red lips tattoed on my arse.

― Aimless (Aimless), Saturday, 6 March 2004 04:17 (twenty years ago) link

See, I was thinking of getting a bright red arse ETC ETC

― Matt (Matt), Saturday, 6 March 2004 04:23 (twenty years ago) link

I'm gonna get a tattoo of a butt, with a tattoo of a butt, on my butt.

― butthead (nickn), Saturday, 6 March 2004 06:47 (twenty years ago) link

strongo, get that mace tattoo on your chest where the heart is.

― Sébastien Chikara (Sébastien Chikara), Saturday, 6 March 2004 07:03 (twenty years ago) link

three months pass...

A few months ago, I saw a show by this artist who had all these old posters, of like cowboys and johnny cash and stuff, and there was one that was just this bird...as i recall, it was sort of a detailed line drawing, black and white, of a cuckoo, maybe? upside-down, like it was diving. anyway, i think it would look good on my arm and now i have birthday money and want to get it done.
i have been doing google searches for so long trying to find something that looks like it, because i am fairly certain i have seen images of that bird before. i have clicked through page after page of images. pictures of pet birds. pictures of dead birds. pictures of slovakian models.
i guess this is really more of a google question than a tattoo question, isn't it? kind of, maybe. but what should i do? i've always wondered where people find their tattoo designs. i know a couple of people i could probably get to draw something like this bird for me, but i don't even really know how i'd describe it to them because i always skipped my art history lectures and therefore i have no idea what style it's in or anything. someone told me it looked vaguely german expressionist, so i did more searches and couldn't find anything. and also, the bird's inclusion among cowboys and johnny cash stuff doesn't really scream "GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM" to me. but maybe, i don't know. maybe it was some kind of secret inside artist joke.
so here is what i want to know: do you happen to possess the world's largest collection of antique bird posters? do you know someone who does? or should i just draw my own damn bird? should i even get a tattoo of a bird? it's gonna be pretty big.

― kirsten (kirsten), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 17:51 (nineteen years ago) link

Is there any way to get in contact with the gallery/artist?

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 18:06 (nineteen years ago) link

hm, that could be a possibility. a guy i know had some work up at that gallery the same night, and he might be able to get me that information. see, these are the kind of things i don't think of. this is why i come here. thank you.

― kirsten (kirsten), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 18:26 (nineteen years ago) link

Just as a reminder of what you're getting yourself into, Kirsten, when my sister was younger she got a tattoo of a moon and sun kissing on her knee. Now she wishes she could chop that knee off.

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 18:31 (nineteen years ago) link

Ew, a moon and sun kissing! Well, I figure I've wanted it for a long enough time and i want it enough that wanting it and not having it is no better than having it and not wanting it. and also, if you really, really want to, there's always something you can do to cover up a tattoo, right?

― kirsten (kirsten), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 18:34 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah I guess the moral of the story is don't get a tattoo of a sun and a moon kissing.

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 18:36 (nineteen years ago) link

I wish I could get a tattoo for just like, a month.. of a dreamcatcher.

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 18:37 (nineteen years ago) link

you could always tattoo, a tattoo of an aye-aye, over it, at a later date, if you get bored. with it!!

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 18:38 (nineteen years ago) link

a tattoo of an aye-aye is what you need, kirsten

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 18:39 (nineteen years ago) link

After years of consideration I've decided what sort of tattoo I want to get: TOTORO!!!

http://lw-fin.org/totoro.jpg

Now I just need to muster up the cash and the courage...

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 18:39 (nineteen years ago) link

Mandee, yesterday i left my logic lecture early, giving the professor the excuse that i was babysitting for the child of a couple named "chet and tammy mcmarkelson." i don't know why i even bothered to make up an excuse, let alone the people's names, because he wouldn't have cared if i'd just left. see how you have infiltrated my life?
and yes, clearly a tattoo of an aye-aye is the solution.

― kirsten (kirsten), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 18:39 (nineteen years ago) link

aw, Tuomas.

― kirsten (kirsten), Tuesday, 29 June 2004 18:40 (nineteen years ago) link

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That's a lovely tribute, LL. I also got my first ink this year. Inner upper arm; the parts closest to the inner elbow and armpit were FUCKING JESUS CHRIST THAT HURTS but I am nevertheless planning to fill in a half sleeve with two more pieces.

― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 16 August 2019 01:28 (four years ago) link

What’s the image? Spill!

I can imagine inner arm being not fun.

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 16 August 2019 12:31 (four years ago) link

That is such a great tattoo it's making me rethink about getting one

― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 16 August 2019 12:41 (four years ago) link

I recommend following artists whose work you like on Instagram! I followed mine after erstwhile ilxor Carl Agatha got a tattoo by her and since have enjoyed both her images and captions. Knowing who she (the artist) is (as a person) a little better helped me decide that this was the right thing to do and helped me feel safe and confident about the decision.

I feel different! Also the magic of having my dog with me forever seems effective. I feel like her spirit hasn’t disappeared.

― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Friday, 16 August 2019 12:57 (four years ago) link

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