Tattoo, show the ink...

[panther289]

Ok, this is for Rude Rydah
I was reading the "tatto and a job" thread and noticed a lot of different opinions. That being said, there seems to be a number of ST.Ners that are proud of the artwork they have. All the more reason to post it up. If you have the ink, drop off a pic or two.

As for me, none what so ever, though I think they speak wonders of the person wearing them. I do understand that most tattoos tell a story about a time in someones life, good, bad or indifferent.

[shah269]

Here is my little guy.
He's about  8 in long. Nose to tail.

After I got him my life changed. I lost a key person in my life who I felt was allways looking out for me and covering my back and I felt alone and very vulnerable. With out her my life was slowly falling appart and every one was stabbing me in the back. When I got this little guy, all the daggers went away.  

[atypical1]

Mine.




james

[Skrugs]

My buddy, Patch.

[Skrugs]

more

[Skrugs]

last ones

[Ant]

Crikey James, that must have taken a while to finish  
I'll admit I wouldn't one quite that large and complex on me but I can appreciate it!

Shah, that I do like.   Surprisingly understated for you as well, I was expecting a harem of nekkid women or something

[Krismark]

last ones

Is that a GSP?

If so...
I don't need one tattooed on me. Mine is currently on my lap...all 80+ lbs of him.


Very nice.  

[cultureslayer]

Not a great picture, but gives you the idea of the size and location.  Being on my side it always stretches and looks funny when I try to take a pic of it myself.  

Eventually she's going to have a leash in her mouth (I did not realize the first guy was gonna screw it up that bad, Nate was able to fix everything else but the mouth still bothers me) that'll be attached to another dog.

After the first experience (guy had done some nice tatts, just turns out he couldn't do dogs for shit) I've turned into a tattoo snob and only go to really, really good artists.  Next tatt might be in Houston.

[Baron Samedi]

last ones

Why on earth did you allow Cultureslayer to do your tattoo?

[Fourstring]

Yeah, what the hell.

My next door neighbor was a tattoo scratcher when I was in college.  Used to do his work in my room because his was a mess.  He threw a little free work my way when I was seventeen.



Still need to get a treble clef on the other shoulder and get the gay unicorn colors blended a bit.

[cultureslayer]

Why on earth did you allow Cultureslayer to do your tattoo?

Couldn't be me.  I don't have any sleeves, yet.  

[sterling]

Here are some of mine:

[Rude_Rydah]

Waiting for my wife to take some time to catalog the rest, but this is my newest and favorite tattoo.  This one is on the back of my left arm.

[Rude_Rydah]

Here they come.  I apologize for the quality of some of them, skin is difficult to take close ups of, along with the fact the I am a little hairy and in no mood to shave just for you bastards...

I'll post them by appendage.

Left leg:

Hug o War by Shel Silverstein (outside left calf)...

Heart tugging on a girl's dress (me and Alyce) from a Groovie Ghoulies CD cover (inside left calf)...

Me and my family holding hands, done in Italy while I was missing Alyce and the girls (upper left thigh, great place for tattoos because it never gets sunshine, but hard to show people)...

[Rude_Rydah]

Right leg:

Sailing ship (Navy tattoo, back of right calf)...

[Rude_Rydah]

Left arm:

Space ship (Front of left arm)

Spaceman riding comet (Haley's comet, Haley is my youngest daughter, inside left forearm)...

Space ship and meteor (Outside of left forearm)...

Spiderweb (Left elbow, will be colored like stained glass eventually)...

Alien in spaceship (Inside left bicep)

Rude Dog (my nickname, my first tattoo, my favorite even if it is getting old an lighter, left deltoid)

And the alien riding a toaster!!  I love this one!!!  (Right on the back of my right upper arm)

[Rude_Rydah]

Right arm:

Front of right forearm (Wizard and Unicorn with Denise's name, Denise is my oldest daughter)

Red fish (Inside right forearm)

Blue fish (Drawn by me, outside right forearm)

Starfish and filler (From the right elbow down)

Neptune and mermaid (One I'd like to take back, DO NOT GET TATTOO'D IN SOMEONE'S LIVING ROOM BY AN TATTOO ARTIST YOU DO NOT KNOW!!!, right tricep)

[Rude_Rydah]

There they all are, even the one I regret.  I wouldn't undo a single one of them, though.  I'd go back and do a better job of planning the placement, though.

Hopefully my girls will listen to their Dad if they want tattoo's and let me help them make good decisions, especially if it comes to "tattoo parties" and "a guy I know who tattoo's".

I count 21 separate tattoo's.  Including reworking old crappy tattoo's and multiple sittings for the same tattoo's, I'd say I've been under the needle 30 or so times.

If these images in my skin preclude me from working for a company, I am sure there are a dozen other reasons I wouldn't have been a good fit there to begin with and I'd rather screen out immediately.  And believe it or not, I do function in a customer relation role with these tattoo's, I work a little harder to these new acquaintances to get over the "shock" of how colorful I am, but I accept this and just focus on doing a good job.

Hopefully, when I'm old enough, I'll be accepted as an eccentric, then I'll REALLY be able to be the guy who lives in my head!

[fasterbusa]

Atypical1, how did you come to pick Sisyphus?