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Title: lets see those tats
Post by: CJ on November 18, 2008, 12:06:06 AM
tats, not whatever else you might've thought you read. opprobrium_9 suggested someone making up this topic, so i figured i'd take the initiative. inspired by the metal quote thread, which turned into (and was really about) a tattoo thread, it seemed fitting that we could have a tattoo picture thread. so, lets see them.

here's mine, photo taken right after i got it. just got it a little less than a week ago. looks much better now in my opinion, less blotchy/ shiny.

(http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/5284/84100436sa0.jpg)
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: nfe on November 18, 2008, 12:12:23 AM
Buggrit, appologies in advance for the size these will be...

(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/neilerskine/nellyback.jpg)

(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/neilerskine/nellylegs.jpg)

(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/neilerskine/1640855626a3675308841b7590380l.jpg)




And the daft stuff...

(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/neilerskine/nellylip.jpg)

(http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h117/neilerskine/nellytoes.jpg)
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: CJ on November 18, 2008, 12:27:46 AM
very, very nice. i like them. bet they took a while to get done.

also looks like i've got some catching up to do...
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: WezV on November 18, 2008, 07:20:33 AM
nice koi!!

just the two so far, all other plans are on hold till the wedding is done
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/tattoo/nt3.jpg)
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e31/WezV/tattoo/done.jpg)
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: sgmypod on November 18, 2008, 12:40:51 PM
Might be odd one out here but ain't got any
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: FernandoDuarte on November 18, 2008, 03:55:42 PM
Not very good one...
Thinking if I should cover it or not... Planning a few more, probably will be done only in Europe, that's the price you pay when find the tattoo artist that you always dreamed and it's 10000Km away from you :lol:
http://classicinkandmods.com/claudias-tattoo-gallery-01/
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: opprobrium_9 on November 18, 2008, 06:21:45 PM
Not very good one...
Thinking if I should cover it or not

COVER IT! COVER IT!



All dimebag darrel tattoos MUST BE COVERED!  I have started a relief fund simply entitled "Anti-Ink for Dimes."  Pay a dime, get a removal - you don't just do yourself a service, but everybody around you a service!  I would probably vomit if i ever got hold of the numbers wasted on dimebag in ink, good lord.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: _tom_ on November 18, 2008, 06:26:17 PM
:?

Whats wrong with Dime?
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: FernandoDuarte on November 18, 2008, 06:35:26 PM
:?

Whats wrong with Dime?
Must be the same problem of Roo's with Teles... some kind of guilty homo feeling unsolved :lol:
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: Jamie on November 18, 2008, 07:26:14 PM
Wez your arm looks impossibly long in that shot!

If i was you Fernando i would get it covered. Especially that razor. If i see another person wielding a razorback again i swear i will just break down and cry.  :shock:
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: CJ on November 18, 2008, 07:43:33 PM
i think the dimebag tattoo is a bit simplistic, but i like it and its a good tribute. don't cover it.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: CJ on November 18, 2008, 07:44:19 PM
Wez your arm looks impossibly long in that shot!

i was thinking the same thing, but i figured i was just crazy. how tall are you Wez?
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: mikeluke on November 18, 2008, 08:04:12 PM
Never mind the tats - the leg/arm/back waxing must have been bloody painful!!!
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: kellar on November 18, 2008, 08:10:09 PM
If the tattoo means something to you Fernando, then keep it. I find it a fitting tribute.

:?

Whats wrong with Dime?
Must be the same problem of Roo's with Teles... some kind of guilty homo feeling unsolved :lol:

I think we have had this before. He seems to have some weird thing with Dimebag. Anytime his name pops up he reacts unfavorably.  :roll:
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: WezV on November 18, 2008, 09:40:21 PM
Wez your arm looks impossibly long in that shot!

i was thinking the same thing, but i figured i was just crazy. how tall are you Wez?

just under 6' so not overly tall,  just always had very little muscle and skinny arms :oops:... one of the reasons i avoided some macho design - i  always laugh every time i see a huge tribal design sqeezed onto someone skinny. 
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: sgmypod on November 18, 2008, 09:48:50 PM
Never got the dimebag thing either..
wez the longest arms in the north *L*
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: AdamB on November 18, 2008, 10:08:36 PM
Part of my sleeve

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v206/adammato/Tattoo/DSCN0039.jpg)
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: WezV on November 18, 2008, 10:20:37 PM
i like that one a lot

sgmypod - who ever said i was northern!!!
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: Philly Q on November 18, 2008, 10:35:05 PM
Part of my sleeve

I said elsewhere that I'm not usually a tattoo fan, but that's ace!  Very "un-tattoo-like" design and colours.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: indysmith on November 18, 2008, 10:45:50 PM
Part of my sleeve

I said elsewhere that I'm not usually a tattoo fan, but that's ace!  Very "un-tattoo-like" design and colours.
+1 love it
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: CJ on November 18, 2008, 11:03:16 PM
yup, very interesting design adam. i like the colors. nice tattoo.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: FernandoDuarte on November 18, 2008, 11:38:47 PM
i think the dimebag tattoo is a bit simplistic, but i like it and its a good tribute. don't cover it.

But it's completely "twisted"... even the letters... and in some parts the ink looks "exploded"...


The left arm will have a big dragon, chest a Phoenix... thinking about right arm...

Does anybody has experience here with how tattoos manages with "getting fat/ losting weight" thing???
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: opprobrium_9 on November 19, 2008, 12:20:18 AM
If the tattoo means something to you Fernando, then keep it. I find it a fitting tribute.

:?

Whats wrong with Dime?
Must be the same problem of Roo's with Teles... some kind of guilty homo feeling unsolved :lol:

I think we have had this before. He seems to have some weird thing with Dimebag. Anytime his name pops up he reacts unfavorably.  :roll:

Yup, he is the most mediocre musician of all time (clearly a vast misrepresentation of all the other mediocre musicians out there).  However, this is heightened by the fact that people sing tributes any time his name is brought up in conversation.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: CJ on November 19, 2008, 12:41:52 AM

Yup, he is the most mediocre musician of all time (clearly a vast misrepresentation of all the other mediocre musicians out there).  However, this is heightened by the fact that people sing tributes any time his name is brought up in conversation.

i'm not mad, just deeply, deeply disappointed that you feel that way.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: AdamB on November 19, 2008, 05:46:03 AM
Cheers for the comments guys!

3 years down the line, it's still not finished. there's about 5-10 hours left i reckon, mostly at the top of my arm and a bit on my chest. My tattooist just seems to be majorly booked up all the time and saying a date 3 months down the line is hard
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: MDV on November 19, 2008, 11:23:41 AM
If the tattoo means something to you Fernando, then keep it. I find it a fitting tribute.

:?

Whats wrong with Dime?
Must be the same problem of Roo's with Teles... some kind of guilty homo feeling unsolved :lol:

I think we have had this before. He seems to have some weird thing with Dimebag. Anytime his name pops up he reacts unfavorably.  :roll:

Yup, he is the most mediocre musician of all time (clearly a vast misrepresentation of all the other mediocre musicians out there).  However, this is heightened by the fact that people sing tributes any time his name is brought up in conversation.

Dime ruled!

And yes, I said the same thing when he was alive :P
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: sgmypod on November 19, 2008, 12:16:58 PM
Sorry Wez thought you were up North
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: _tom_ on November 19, 2008, 12:45:36 PM
Adam that tattoo is awesome, I love it :)

I keep thinking about getting one but dont know if theres anything I like enough to have it on me forever, plus tattoos on fat people look stupid :lol:
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: WezV on November 19, 2008, 12:56:25 PM
Sorry Wez thought you were up North

that alright, smack bang in the middle so it all depends on your perspective
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: sgmypod on November 19, 2008, 01:21:03 PM
*L*...thought you were further north than that
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: MDV on November 19, 2008, 01:40:34 PM
*L*...thought you were further north than that

So did I, for some reason.

How odd.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: indysmith on November 19, 2008, 07:06:08 PM
tattoos on fat people look stupid :lol:
Do it properly - a full english on your belly, and a topless woman on your forearm.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: badgermark on November 19, 2008, 08:23:39 PM
If it's any help, I hate Dimebag too. Screw that hick bar-steward.

As for tattoos, I've been planning one for a while, finally settled on a design which I want to do before the school year is up. Liking yours Adam, i like the colour, dammit giving me ideas for the half sleeve i want but my girlfriend doesn't want me to get.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: nfe on November 19, 2008, 08:37:50 PM
If it's any help, I hate Dimebag too. Screw that hick bar-steward.

As for tattoos, I've been planning one for a while, finally settled on a design which I want to do before the school year is up. Liking yours Adam, i like the colour, dammit giving me ideas for the half sleeve i want but my girlfriend doesn't want me to get.

You're not actually at school though, right?
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: WezV on November 19, 2008, 08:44:00 PM
thats a slip up us people who work at schools often make
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: FernandoDuarte on November 19, 2008, 08:44:15 PM
If it's any help, I hate Dimebag too. Screw that hick bar-steward.

As for tattoos, I've been planning one for a while, finally settled on a design which I want to do before the school year is up. Liking yours Adam, i like the colour, dammit giving me ideas for the half sleeve i want but my girlfriend doesn't want me to get.

You're not actually at school though, right?

As far as I'm concerned, he is a teacher...

No need for dimebag hate here... will only bring picky jokes... can't understand how it would help the forum to be better...
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: Woogie on November 19, 2008, 08:45:02 PM
If the tattoo means something to you Fernando, then keep it. I find it a fitting tribute.

:?

Whats wrong with Dime?
Must be the same problem of Roo's with Teles... some kind of guilty homo feeling unsolved :lol:

I think we have had this before. He seems to have some weird thing with Dimebag. Anytime his name pops up he reacts unfavorably.  :roll:

Yup, he is the most mediocre musician of all time (clearly a vast misrepresentation of all the other mediocre musicians out there).  However, this is heightened by the fact that people sing tributes any time his name is brought up in conversation.

lol
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: badgermark on November 19, 2008, 09:20:57 PM
If it's any help, I hate Dimebag too. Screw that hick bar-steward.

As for tattoos, I've been planning one for a while, finally settled on a design which I want to do before the school year is up. Liking yours Adam, i like the colour, dammit giving me ideas for the half sleeve i want but my girlfriend doesn't want me to get.

You're not actually at school though, right?

As far as I'm concerned, he is a teacher...

No need for dimebag hate here... will only bring picky jokes... can't understand how it would help the forum to be better...

Yeah i teach, I threatened a few folk today, if they spoke out again i was going to hit them with a big stick. It worked for a little bit. Oh and i explained anal sex to a first year girl on friday, 12 year olds know nothing these days.

The stories i have already are amazing, might make a new thread one day.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: Will on November 19, 2008, 09:28:38 PM
Is that when it goes in someones belly button *innocent face*
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: Afghan Dave on November 20, 2008, 10:09:45 AM

....Oh and i explained anal sex to a first year girl on friday, 12 year olds know nothing these days.


Send her over in 5 years and I'll give her a practical exam... all ladies should attend a good finishing school  PDT_001
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: CJ on November 20, 2008, 06:01:30 PM
what in interesting discussion this has turned into :?
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: broken cord on November 20, 2008, 07:53:57 PM
what in interesting discussion this has turned into :?

True: From ink to stink :P
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: CJ on November 20, 2008, 09:23:42 PM
what in interesting discussion this has turned into :?

True: From ink to stink :P

haha, nice.

so anyone else on here have any tattoos? i'd think there'd be more.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: ailean on November 21, 2008, 09:34:11 PM
My tat just after I'd had it done.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: CJ on November 21, 2008, 09:39:40 PM
that one was done pretty well. nice.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: WezV on November 22, 2008, 12:59:24 PM
looks familiar!  having seen photos ofthe lizard i can say thats very well done
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: opprobrium_9 on November 22, 2008, 05:53:17 PM
what in interesting discussion this has turned into :?

True: From ink to stink :P

God.  I FVCKING LOVE this forum.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: Johnny Mac on November 22, 2008, 06:13:26 PM
So Dime was an overrated hick was he?  :? What did you think of his tats?
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: opprobrium_9 on November 22, 2008, 07:29:51 PM
So Dime was an overrated hick was he?  :? What did you think of his tats?

Yes he was.  I didn't like his tattoos much either, now that you mention it.  It would have looked better if he had full sleeves.  I don't really like that "one here, one there" approach.  I think it looks ugly.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: kellar on November 22, 2008, 07:37:05 PM
So Dime was an overrated hick was he?  :? What did you think of his tats?

Yes he was.  I didn't like his tattoos much either, now that you mention it.  It would have looked better if he had full sleeves.  I don't really like that "one here, one there" approach.  I think it looks ugly.

Surely this forum can do without such ridiculous comments. There are more than a few names (particularly in the genre of metal) that pop up on this board that I am not fond of. It certainly doesn't constitute a verbal bashing. In light of the way that Dimebag's life was ended, it makes it all the more distasteful.

Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: maverickf1jockey on November 22, 2008, 08:28:00 PM
Dimebag was shot by a crazed fan.
I think that deifying anyone, especially in the fashion as has happened posthumously to Dimebag, is somewhat distasteful.
Just because he's dead doesn't make him a no-go area for artistic criticism.

Getting back to the thread I have no tattoos but were I to get any I would be tempted to get an H.R. Giger style tattoo on my spine, where it won't be seen unless I decide to show it off (I don't understand the whole sleeves thing although my uncle has a fair few tattoos about his person).
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: badgermark on November 22, 2008, 08:32:48 PM
That Hitler dude is dead too, and no-one stops to defend him every time someone calls him a prick.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: kellar on November 22, 2008, 09:05:56 PM
There is a stark difference between what you call "artist criticism" and referring to him as an "overrated hick". Ciriticism, especially when it is constructive, is fully understandable. But tossing lame remarks and terms around like that is not what I call artistic criticism.

Dimebag's death certainly doesn't make him no-go territory for criticism. That would be a ridiculous notion. It can be carried out a bit more tactfully though, can it not?
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: Johnny Mac on November 23, 2008, 01:03:49 AM
So Dime was an overrated hick was he?  :? What did you think of his tats?

Yes he was.  I didn't like his tattoos much either, now that you mention it.  It would have looked better if he had full sleeves.  I don't really like that "one here, one there" approach.  I think it looks ugly.

Can we see your tats and hear you play guitar?
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: Johnny Mac on November 23, 2008, 01:05:16 AM
That Hitler dude is dead too, and no-one stops to defend him every time someone calls him a prick.

Some do but they're even bigger pricks
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: WezV on November 23, 2008, 02:42:09 AM
Getting back to the thread I have no tattoos but were I to get any I would be tempted to get an H.R. Giger style tattoo on my spine,

something inspired by fear factory maybe... it sucks balls as an idea because its so obvious... who knows whats good anymore.  i am drunk and have decided my mission for monday is to form the next big thing... ok it may also suck balls but at least i will know whose balls are involved... you know what , maybe i am talented after all ;)
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: FernandoDuarte on November 23, 2008, 04:30:34 AM
So Dime was an overrated hick was he?  :? What did you think of his tats?

Yes he was.  I didn't like his tattoos much either, now that you mention it.  It would have looked better if he had full sleeves.  I don't really like that "one here, one there" approach.  I think it looks ugly.

I like this better than "tattoo's flood"...  Usually I only like "sleeves" when it has a good distance between of the "things" (carps, skull, whatever) and the "fullfilling" (water, smoke, whatever) would have to be in different color... The slaves only in black and gray looks like ass to me, specially after a while after done...
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: FernandoDuarte on November 23, 2008, 04:49:34 AM
Just because he's dead doesn't make him a no-go area for artistic criticism.

I agree, I just think that could be made in a little more respectfull way...

If everybody start posting that they think X is for retards everytime they see X posted, this forum will be a hell...

Can we see your tats and hear you play guitar?
+1 As I couldn't say that in a minimal decent way, I didn't say anything at all
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: maverickf1jockey on November 24, 2008, 04:47:42 PM
Yes I agree that what was said could have been put somewhat better.

WezV, I was thinking of that as a design more for the love of H.R. Giger's artwork than anything else.

My thought was to get the idea that the bone structure was revealed and made of a chromium plated metal of some sort with some cabling visible underneath the ribs.
Not too cluttered.

Perhaps a bit too Nigel Tuffnel?

Maybe I should have it in its photographically correct shade of green.

Not sure I'd really want one that size though.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: WezV on November 24, 2008, 05:53:12 PM
lol, i really must stop with the late night posting... i never did form the next big thing today, who knows... maybe tomorrow ;)

I do love Giger stuff but am not sure of its viabilty as a tattoo.  i have seen some good ones but worry about the longevity since they require so much fine detail.   

anyway, thinking about spinal tattoos and biomechanical art after a night of drinking games and metal i used to listen to made me think of this

(http://www.returntothepit.com/pics/cdcovers/uploaded/FearFactory_Demanufacture.jpg)
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: 38thBeatle on November 24, 2008, 08:53:57 PM
There is a guy I have seen in Burgess Hill in West Sussex who has a spider web tattoo on his face. That must have been one hell of a night out!
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: opprobrium_9 on November 25, 2008, 05:55:13 AM
So Dime was an overrated hick was he?  :? What did you think of his tats?

Yes he was.  I didn't like his tattoos much either, now that you mention it.  It would have looked better if he had full sleeves.  I don't really like that "one here, one there" approach.  I think it looks ugly.

Surely this forum can do without such ridiculous comments. There are more than a few names (particularly in the genre of metal) that pop up on this board that I am not fond of. It certainly doesn't constitute a verbal bashing. In light of the way that Dimebag's life was ended, it makes it all the more distasteful.



Hey, i wasn't the one calling him a "hick," i just agreed.  I did, however, call him overrated.  As much in life, and much more so in death.  End of story.  I don't care if its distasteful, it is my opinion.  Furthermore, my statement was final, i was not intending to draw this out, but since you took the liberty, i took my own liberty.  Following that, the finality was to bring a close to letting loose my opinion and start talking more specifically ABOUT HIS TATS.  Which i did, and yet you took those three words that i wrote - "yes he was" - and drew it out into a 4 sentence rebuke.  I was moving on, i am sorry you couldn't take the cue, really, no sarcasm or hostility intended.  I had moved on, and was planning to discuss his tats.

I will express my opinions, because i will always exercise that right.  Furthermore, "overrated hick" was a conglomeration of terms.  My original statement, and i quote, was "most mediocre musician of all time."  I left it there.  I was not the only one exercising my right to opinion, but clearly, my original statement was far more subdued than "overrated hick" - though, i really can't disagree, but, like i said, i will leave that be; whether you do, is entirely up to you.  Feel free to disagree, by all means, but like you said (more or less) - dime is not exempt from artistic criticism, and that goes for anybody.  ANYBODY.  Nobody is exempt from any type of criticism whether they are dead or alive.  I don't care if it is a taboo issue that he is dead.  I did not make an overly vicious statement, you and Jonny Mac (sorry Jonny, but yeah), associated Jonny Mac's paraphrase with my words directly.  I was trying to be playful about it, thus my post on the first page.  The fact that i feel the need to write this defense is ridiculous, i am under attack for expressing myself, and not in any really malicious manner.  Reference MDV's response to my "mediocre" statement on the second page, he got the playfulness and left it in that realm, while maintaining his opinion.  Cool.  For all the flak that i get for expressing my opinions at length on this forum, and for all that criticism directed at me that i am being malicious, you all (i am only speaking to the few that are involved) sure take interpretation to other levels.  This wouldn't be such a big issue if you all could just take the playfulness and roll with it.  But no, you had to blow the whole thing out of proportion.


I shake my head in sympathy. 
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: opprobrium_9 on November 25, 2008, 06:05:03 AM
So Dime was an overrated hick was he?  :? What did you think of his tats?

Yes he was.  I didn't like his tattoos much either, now that you mention it.  It would have looked better if he had full sleeves.  I don't really like that "one here, one there" approach.  I think it looks ugly.

Can we see your tats and hear you play guitar?


Well, there is "can," and there is "could we please?" ;)  So i get bashed for not liking his tats, too?  Not liking his tats has nothing to do with his playing, the two are mutually exclusive.  Even if he didn't have tattoos, or had them more the way i think looks good, i highly doubt that would change my perception of his playing and his persona.  You asked a simple question; i answered it.  Philly Q, before me, also suggested that he didn't like the "one here, one there" approach, but i don't see you rebuking him.  He didn't say it in relation to dime, but then, he wasn't asked.  I wouldn't like that bit of "one here, one there" on anybody, end of story.  Like i said, mutually exclusive.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: kellar on November 25, 2008, 03:27:02 PM
You're under attack? Are you serious man?

Look, I could spend 30 minutes of my time responding to your tantrum, which was completely overblown and out of proportion, but I won't. I didn't even get to the end of your post. Maybe someone else will.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: opprobrium_9 on November 25, 2008, 03:39:47 PM
You're under attack? Are you serious man?

Look, I could spend 30 minutes of my time responding to your tantrum, which was completely overblown and out of proportion, but I won't. I didn't even get to the end of your post. Maybe someone else will.

It was four in the morning.  However, misconstruing/misrepresenting my statements and on those grounds rebuking me and my opinions was and is unwarranted.

EDIT: it was at 1:00, rather.
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: kellar on November 25, 2008, 03:48:29 PM
For the record, I was referring directly to the "hick" comment. I could care less if you liked his tattoos, or if you liked his music, or if you liked him as a person. It doesn't really matter one way or the other, does it?

I apologize if you weren't the one who made the original comment, I simply entered in the quote that had you agreeing with the comment.

This has gotten just a little bit silly and if you felt attacked, than I truly am sorry.


Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: FernandoDuarte on November 25, 2008, 05:34:13 PM
 :roll:


Back to topic, could people tell me some good tattoo artists in London?
Thanks
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: Johnny Mac on November 25, 2008, 08:29:05 PM
So Dime was an overrated hick was he?  :? What did you think of his tats?

Yes he was.  I didn't like his tattoos much either, now that you mention it.  It would have looked better if he had full sleeves.  I don't really like that "one here, one there" approach.  I think it looks ugly.

Can we see your tats and hear you play guitar?


Well, there is "can," and there is "could we please?" ;)  So i get bashed for not liking his tats, too?  Not liking his tats has nothing to do with his playing, the two are mutually exclusive.  Even if he didn't have tattoos, or had them more the way i think looks good, i highly doubt that would change my perception of his playing and his persona.  You asked a simple question; i answered it.  Philly Q, before me, also suggested that he didn't like the "one here, one there" approach, but i don't see you rebuking him.  He didn't say it in relation to dime, but then, he wasn't asked.  I wouldn't like that bit of "one here, one there" on anybody, end of story.  Like i said, mutually exclusive.


Shhh....
Title: Re: lets see those tats
Post by: CJ on November 25, 2008, 08:41:38 PM
so how about those Bare Knuckle Pickups?  :lol:
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Post by: Johnny Mac on November 25, 2008, 10:01:54 PM
:roll:


Back to topic, could people tell me some good tattoo artists in London?
Thanks

My mate is having his done by Lal Hardy in Muswell Hill, London N10. He is having all his arms, shoulders and back done. It's about 5 grands worth I think but it looks really good.
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Post by: Johnny Mac on November 25, 2008, 10:05:20 PM
There is a guy I have seen in Burgess Hill in West Sussex who has a spider web tattoo on his face. That must have been one hell of a night out!

There's one in every town!  :lol:
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Post by: nfe on November 27, 2008, 12:35:36 AM
:roll:


Back to topic, could people tell me some good tattoo artists in London?
Thanks

For what style?

You've Lal Hardy, the guys in Blood Brothers, Alex Binney, Lucy Pryor, Mr X, Tomas Tomas, Thomas Hooper, Ian Flower Xam, Alex Reinke, Mo Coppoletta
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Post by: FernandoDuarte on November 27, 2008, 01:03:48 AM
I'm up for realistic and modern (mainly the colors)
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Post by: Gary on November 27, 2008, 11:16:52 AM
I don't have any but one of our regular gig goers had my band's logo done on her neck. Should be quite flattering but feels slightly strange.
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Post by: FernandoDuarte on November 27, 2008, 01:19:46 PM
If she's not dating anybody at the band, I bet she has a heavy crush on someone...
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Post by: WezV on November 27, 2008, 04:39:06 PM
this site is worth a look for something different

http://yourmeatismine.com/home.html
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Post by: Johnny Mac on November 27, 2008, 05:20:04 PM
I don't have any but one of our regular gig goers had my band's logo done on her neck. Should be quite flattering but feels slightly strange.

Well it is pretty flattering. You and the band must have had a big effect on her.

Do you remember when Kelly Holmes won her two gold medals at the Athens Olympics? A fan from her home town had her entire back tattooed with her image and a big spelling mistake Kelly Homes.  :lol: Dame Kelly herself was very freaked out by it apparently.

I took a photo of a biker on the cannonball bike run two years ago, standing up on his bike with his arms out, like wings as he was going along. The graphic designer got hold of it and its now known as speed religion because of the arms. An over zealous Fin now has it tattooed on his arm.

The image looks best here http://www.cannonballbikerun.com/
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Post by: FernandoDuarte on November 27, 2008, 10:10:42 PM
this site is worth a look for something different

http://yourmeatismine.com/home.html

Pretty cool!

But not sure if I would make a tattoo like that  :o  Perhaps if it were from my son or alike...

But it's only in french... People say they have a gross tendency to ignore what you speak in english  :roll:
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Post by: prozacbear on November 30, 2008, 06:23:50 PM
Just thought I'd add myself to the pics, this one just got extended this weekend (hense the covering of nappy rash ointment)

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Post by: _tom_ on November 30, 2008, 06:41:58 PM
this site is worth a look for something different

http://yourmeatismine.com/home.html

Pretty cool!

But not sure if I would make a tattoo like that  :o  Perhaps if it were from my son or alike...

But it's only in french... People say they have a gross tendency to ignore what you speak in english  :roll:

I think they're awesome. Someone on HCAF got a load of tattoos that his daughter drew and I think they look really good.
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Post by: Philly Q on December 05, 2008, 10:12:18 PM
Did anyone see this guy's mugshots in the papers today?

If he was trying to divert attention from his rapidly-receding hairline, I guess it worked.  Sort of.  :|

(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/phillyq/holy-tatoo-batman__oPt.jpg)
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Post by: Ian Price on December 05, 2008, 11:02:06 PM
Did anyone see this guy's mugshots in the papers today?

If he was trying to divert attention from his rapidly-receding hairline, I guess it worked.  Sort of.  :|

(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/phillyq/holy-tatoo-batman__oPt.jpg)

He'll have to face up to that one day  :)
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Post by: badgermark on December 05, 2008, 11:21:16 PM
this site is worth a look for something different

http://yourmeatismine.com/home.html

Pretty cool!

But not sure if I would make a tattoo like that  :o  Perhaps if it were from my son or alike...

But it's only in french... People say they have a gross tendency to ignore what you speak in english  :roll:

I really like that style, not on myself perhaps, but it's given me a few ideas. Currently designing my tattoos now, got a few in mind and plan to get my first before school's out.
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Post by: FernandoDuarte on December 05, 2008, 11:25:26 PM
I'm planning mines too... I'm now sold to the sleeves, planning make full sleeves on both arms... But it's kinda hard to plan all things matching nicely
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Post by: WezV on December 06, 2008, 01:15:29 AM
i forgot about matching nicely, i focused on what i want now.  I have most of an arm and half a leg... maybe they will match up when i am done... maybe they wont. tis all good
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Post by: FernandoDuarte on December 06, 2008, 03:08:52 AM
i forgot about matching nicely, i focused on what i want now.  I have most of an arm and half a leg... maybe they will match up when i am done... maybe they wont. tis all good

:lol:

In the end I'll have to make that way, because won't have the money nor ideas to make two full sleeves in a shot  :D
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Post by: badgermark on December 06, 2008, 11:31:09 AM
I like the idea of half sleeves, just to the elbow. Maybe one day, gonna leave spaces around what i'm planning i think. Just can't get over that french website, some of the stuff was super cool, but at the same time i know it looks a bit silly.
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Post by: Davey on January 22, 2010, 02:58:46 PM
Did anyone see this guy's mugshots in the papers today?

If he was trying to divert attention from his rapidly-receding hairline, I guess it worked.  Sort of.  :|

(http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p216/phillyq/holy-tatoo-batman__oPt.jpg)

He'll have to face up to that one day  :)
he looks like darth mauls 'special' cousin :P


NFE, where'd you get that dragon sleeve done?
i'm looking for an artist that can do superb asiatic tattoos (i want a japanese dragon from my waist, over the side, back ribcage to the shoulder) and i want someone who can REALLY do it.
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Post by: nfe on January 22, 2010, 04:48:47 PM
The chap that does my stuff is Gary Weidenhof. Where do you live? Northern Europe or am I making that up?

THE
man in mainland Europe for Japanese work is Rob Admiraal in Amsterdam.
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Post by: Davey on January 22, 2010, 06:19:16 PM
i'm from slovenia, soooo.. not northern europe.
thanks, gonna look the man up and see how feasible that is for me hehe
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Post by: nfe on January 22, 2010, 06:52:46 PM
Ah, I thought you were in Scandanavia for some reason.

His waiting list will be enormous, so you'd have time to save for the trips!  :P
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Post by: Davey on January 22, 2010, 06:58:08 PM
i bet it will :D
and yeah.. do they give quotes over email? :P .. well, i guess i better send them one hehe.. then see how much i need to save up.. THEN make an appointment :P though i doubt it'll be anytime soon, since i'm flat broke and need to buy a car 1st
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Post by: nfe on January 22, 2010, 07:06:55 PM
I imagine he will yeah, a massive number of his clients are from overseas, moreso than Dutch folk, probably.
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Post by: psy on May 05, 2011, 03:16:08 PM
Super massive thread bump!!!!

I've finally joined the ranks of the tattooed masses a month ago.

(http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z38/psystatic/201856_10150466190365088_608255087_18003916_514419_o.jpg)

That was took straight after the colour work so the lighter colours still look a little bloody (the eyes are white really).

I may have the bug now though, I'm all ready planning the next one :)
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Post by: FernandoDuarte on May 05, 2011, 10:06:22 PM
:D
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Post by: Lew on September 30, 2011, 02:49:40 PM
My latest.Colour/shading to come.
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Post by: Afghan Dave on September 30, 2011, 05:32:42 PM
Is that supposed to be Justin Hawkins of the Darkness?

(http://www.blogcdn.com/music.aol.co.uk/media/2011/06/the-darkness233aaol-music-uk-new130611.jpg)
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Post by: HTH AMPS on October 01, 2011, 10:09:36 AM
I'm booked in for my first tat this coming Wednesday - it's gonna be a half sleeve, so it'll take a few sittings before its done (hopefully before xmas, cash allowing).
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Post by: Nephilim on October 01, 2011, 11:38:04 AM
This is the guitar i had done on my wrist :) It was straight after I had it done, so it looks a little bit blotchy
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Post by: Philly Q on October 01, 2011, 02:21:35 PM
I'm booked in for my first tat this coming Wednesday - it's gonna be a half sleeve, so it'll take a few sittings before its done (hopefully before xmas, cash allowing).

First ever?  Late starter, or am I overestimating your age?  :wink:
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Post by: HTH AMPS on October 01, 2011, 03:17:18 PM
I'm booked in for my first tat this coming Wednesday - it's gonna be a half sleeve, so it'll take a few sittings before its done (hopefully before xmas, cash allowing).

First ever?  Late starter, or am I overestimating your age?  :wink:

tred with caution here, but how old do you think I am?
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Post by: Philly Q on October 01, 2011, 03:49:18 PM
I'm booked in for my first tat this coming Wednesday - it's gonna be a half sleeve, so it'll take a few sittings before its done (hopefully before xmas, cash allowing).

First ever?  Late starter, or am I overestimating your age?  :wink:

tred with caution here, but how old do you think I am?

Errrr...... 32?
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Post by: Nephilim on October 01, 2011, 04:41:55 PM
36, lol
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Post by: FernandoDuarte on October 01, 2011, 04:56:43 PM
I'm booked in for my first tat this coming Wednesday - it's gonna be a half sleeve, so it'll take a few sittings before its done (hopefully before xmas, cash allowing).

First ever?  Late starter, or am I overestimating your age?  :wink:

tred with caution here, but how old do you think I am?

76? :P
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Post by: HTH AMPS on October 03, 2011, 01:08:08 AM
36 it is, no prizes  :lol:
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Post by: HTH AMPS on October 06, 2011, 09:42:48 PM
first sitting, another 5-6 hours more to go next month...

(http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/294588_10150411706847214_530432213_10396544_1204716032_n.jpg)
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Post by: Nephilim on October 06, 2011, 09:44:11 PM
first sitting, another 5-6 hours more to go next month...

(http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/294588_10150411706847214_530432213_10396544_1204716032_n.jpg)

That is frickin awesome. the tattoo looks 3D. The rose definitely does. That is a very well done tattoo
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Post by: HTH AMPS on October 06, 2011, 09:59:37 PM
its by John Anderton of Nemesis Tattoo in Seaham - pretty well respected guy.

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Post by: FernandoDuarte on October 06, 2011, 10:52:02 PM
WOW!! *GREAT* tattoo!!
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Post by: Philly Q on October 06, 2011, 11:17:54 PM
It's not making me want a tatt, but it's very good work!
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Post by: HTH AMPS on October 06, 2011, 11:20:45 PM
I want some thing by these guys eventually...  http://www.buenavistatattooclub.de/

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Post by: FELINEGUITARS on October 06, 2011, 11:25:14 PM
It's not making me want a tatt, but it's very good work!

Same here - Id wear it on a t-shirt though!
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Post by: HTH AMPS on October 06, 2011, 11:42:50 PM
it's not finished yet like - got at least the same to go again, it'll be a half sleeve once complete.
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Post by: Dmoney on October 07, 2011, 12:47:13 AM
thats really nice!
not my kind of thing but its done really really well it looks like.

heres a few ive got over the past... some kind of amount of time?
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/184802_127153347356926_126984320707162_185949_99328_n.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/307451_195209837217943_126984320707162_475393_2057527194_n.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/304535_195210100551250_126984320707162_475401_294844903_n.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/317766_195209930551267_126984320707162_475398_455091406_n.jpg)
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Post by: nfe on October 07, 2011, 08:23:33 PM
That Ganesha is rad.
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Post by: Dmoney on October 07, 2011, 10:12:18 PM
Cheers man.
Thats one of my faves. He's on my calf, and Narasimha is on the shin of the same leg. Never got a pick of Narasimha before he was healed. hence the hairy pic.
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Post by: FELINEGUITARS on October 07, 2011, 11:55:18 PM
its by John Anderton of Nemesis Tattoo in Seaham - pretty well respected guy.


My missus went to school in Seaham!
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Post by: HTH AMPS on October 08, 2011, 11:51:18 AM
its by John Anderton of Nemesis Tattoo in Seaham - pretty well respected guy.


My missus went to school in Seaham!

and if you've ever been, you'll understand why she moved away  :lol: