Tattoo for a Symbolic Year/Accomplishment

[Artista]

Beautiful!

[indysteel]

I love the final result. I'm sure your greatgrandmother, grandmother and mom would all be pleased to be honored like that.

[Catrin]

Beautiful, and a great way to honor the women in your family!

[zoom-zoom]

I love that so much...and pansies are my favorite flower!

[Jo-n-NY]

That is really cool. My dh got a real nice one also having the idea in his head then picking parts of pics here and there to put it together. It also came out really nice. He is waiting for me to get one. I just have not found anything that shouted out to me. I also want a chainring involved then something that has personal meaning as you did.

Yours certainly came out awesome. It is my understanding that you cannot sweat in that area for a week. Mine would be on the side of the lower calf above the ankle. With the challenge I set for myself this year I cannot be off the bike for a week, at least not yet.

[gnat23]

Perfect! Glad you got what you wanted, and now just keep sunscreen on it for LIFE! (Sometimes it helps to have one of those lil' swipe-on sticks in your purse)

-- gnat!

[Aggie_Ama]

Thanks ladies, it turned out exactly what I would draw if I were an artist. I loved the location of the tattoo because I could watch him work. You could just see the wheels turning in his brain as he thought how to do the shading to get the starburst from the darker purple and color right. The first artist I talked to when I arrived couldn't figure out how to get the starburst look, the one I worked with nailed it.

The tattoo artist said no problem to ride, hike, play as I normally do. He said he sees more issues with people covering them too much and the scab loosening up. I will probably still cover it for biking for keeping it clean reasons. He also said his experience is the arms tend to heal pretty fast compared to areas that are covered. I am really fair so sunscreen is never a question for me!