Show off your ink!

[KnottedYet]

Absolutely. When I'm old and wrinkly why on earth would I care what someone thinks about my skin...I'll be happy to still be alive so tats will be no big deal.

I will confess that part of why I want to get my bike tattoo is so that some day if/when I can no longer speak for myself someone will look at my skin and say, "Hey, this chickie must've been a biker."

[Kimmyt]

bwahaha, yeah i hear that. a bit of the 'when i am an old woman i shall wear purple' thing goin on

[solobiker]

I don't have a one but I have what I think is a funny story. I was when I was a new grad and was working at my first job as an OT in an ortho rehab setting. I went into a male resident's room to help him get up as he was only a couple days out from having a total knee replacement done ( he was in his mid 70s). He had a thin sheet on and I saw a lot of lines on his legs, kind of like a lot of "X"s. Me being new and niave I thought maybe it was from the surgery. When I helped him take the sheet off I notice it was along his whole leg. When I asked him what it was he told me it was a tatoo of a fishnet stocking. It went along his whole leg, had the seam in the back and a garter belt!! I asked him why and he said years ago a girl he was dating used to wear them. I asked if he ended up marrying her and he said no. He said he regreted it because he could not wear light colored pants as it would show through and he was an algebra teacher. Sorry this was kind of long, but I still think it is kind of funny

[Andrea]

When (if?) I get old, my phoenix will probably turn into a mash of colors. At that point, I'll just let my grandkids stare at it while they use mind-altering substances. I'll be the granny in the nursing home who always gets visits!

[bikerHen]

My tats are for me too! I want them as reminders of what I am doing with my life. They are all less than 2 years old and I'm already over 50. I'm hoping they will still look good when I really am an old fart. Which is only about 15 - 20 years away!
bikerHen, who still feels like a bikerChick most days.

[Dianyla]

Absolutely. When I'm old and wrinkly why on earth would I care what someone thinks about my skin...I'll be happy to still be alive so tats will be no big deal.

I always find it amusing how everyone always focuses on the "what's that gonna look like when you're 80" topic. Frankly, the rest of me won't look so great when I'm 80, either! Who cares about a little (or a lot of) ink?

No tats yet, but I'm in the planning stages.

[Kimmyt]

You'd be surprised how often I hear, 'what are you going to about it for your wedding?'

And that was back when I was single, even!

[Dianyla]

You'd be surprised how often I hear, 'what are you going to about it for your wedding?'

To which the proper response is: "Wear a backless dress to properly display it!"

[Andrea]

Here's my latest- three hours of linework! Going in for another three today


Anyone else have some they want to show off since this thread was active?

[crazycanuck]

It's a nice tattoo but what are the designs?

[Andrea]

It's the 7-headed dragon from the book of revelations. It will be a lot easier to decipher once the shading is finished

[Velobambina]

I always find it amusing how everyone always focuses on the "what's that gonna look like when you're 80" topic. Frankly, the rest of me won't look so great when I'm 80, either! Who cares about a little (or a lot of) ink?

No tats yet, but I'm in the planning stages.

D--You got the best outlook on life! I agree wholeheartedly.

[RoadRaven]

That’s looking pretty awesome, Andrea

Will it have much colour or will it be in dark shades?

And I’m interested in why you chose the 9 headed dragon – its been so long since I read Revelations that I had forgotten all about it!

[Andrea]

Thanks! The description is a great 7-headed red dragon sent out to eat the mother of the unborn 2nd coming of Christ (represented by the sun-looking thing near the bottom). It's so large that it knocks 1/3 of the stars out of the heavens with its tail (that part is still undrawn and will extend up my torso). I chose it because I was on the road late one night coming home from a bike race, and I heard the most passionate preacher on the radio preaching fire and brimstone. He read the passage, and I thought it sounded like a really awesome tattoo.
I'm not a follower of any specific religion, but I've always had a huge fascination with religious art and symbolism (from any & all religions) because it's always filled with so much emotion and passion. This one is symbolic of evil (the phoenix backpiece is a symbol of rebirth).
Next, I'll have to figure out what I want as a symbol for good

[RoadRaven]

ah... I see... (although why I typed 9 instead of 7 I have no idea!)
Very cool, and quite a contrast and yet complimentary to your phoenix.

Hmmm, I symbol for good - how about a "goddess" image - a woman with the three moons... or a tree with Celitc twists in the roots, and relevant-to-you animal and planetray symbols...
I'll hunt out some images and link you to them asap... the pre-Christian Celtic "earth mother" beliefs were about goodness, care, ecology, embracing each other etc etc... Not sure if thats the kind've thing you are after.

I'll hunt about when I am at work - maybe see if I can get a photo of one of my favourite pictures...