In This Thread: Show your tattoos!
 

I noticed that some people in here have tattoos... I think we should have a thread where everyone can show off their ink! Post a pic, maybe a bit about it, and plug the artist...

I'd love to get things started, but I won't be getting my first one done until this August in Kyoto... I'll post after that if this thread goes anywhere! :thumbsup:

Looking forward to seeing some submissions!

How was that helpful at all? Stop post-whoring plzkthxbai.

Whoops, forgot to say I'll add mine once I get it chopped down to a manageable size lol

what are you getting done skinny?

I know I know....mine's been posted before but here goes again...

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k3.../tattoo196.jpg

And here is the original artists' rendering:

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k3...e/IMG00065.jpg

I found a Tattoo of a Samurai online about 4 years ago. It looked pretty cool but it was pretty small and somewaht 'westernized'. I took this image in to Blackwater Tattoos (Jesse Wark) and asked him to revamp the style to make it more traditional Japanese and put some more detail in it.

Two weeks later he drew up what you see above. I liked it so much that I booked an appointment and paid him a deposit. After 6 months I went in and had it done. It took just over 5 hours and I'm very happy with the results. :thumbsup:

Going to get a custom "Oni" done on my arm. After several months, the artist I chose is Gotch from Kyoto... I really dig his style - his outlines are like sumi-e ink brush strokes. I think it will look awesome. There are some good artists in Hong Kong and Vancouver, but this guy's style really clicks with me, plus I have enough travel points to get to Japan for free so why not? :D

Thanks for posting again OD. I think it's cool to see tattoos go from sketch to a finished creation.

gonna get a little demon eh.

Gonna get a big badass demon :D

http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y26...t=PICT0005.jpg

There ya go :) my one and only tat for the moment. Not as cool as some people's, but it has a special meaning to me.

Heres one of mine, taken about a week after I got it done
It has meaning to me


http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a2...gie212/Koi.jpg

Got this 11 years ago a day before halloween:
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s...na/002-1-1.jpg

Wow, that looks great!

cool tatoos people, keep it up :D

mike I never knew you had a tattoo, very nice....
sorry for the size but here are mine:
this one I got done when I was 17 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../Picture12.jpg
this one I believe I was 18 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../Picture11.jpg
and this one I was 20. my boyf at the time knew I wanted another tattoo so he bought me a gift cert for vday, I was quite happy http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2.../Picture10.jpg

sorry for the shitty quality of pics, they were taken about 4 years ago

thats badass what does it mean

I believe it says "He who has courage will never perish in misery."

Oni ? -- right on!

Is it just me but tattoos are so...so...permanent. *shudders*
It's like being married, but while you're married, you can divorce the sucker.

^^ that's why you get something that you know you won't regret when you're old

ill post some pics of mine ina bit... plan on gettin 1 more on my shoulderblades

if your comfortable with your own body then you might as well go ahead and do what you want without regret

if i was financially set i'd have my whole back done, but thats a little too over the top at the moment lol

Yeah but what does the 2 fishes represent. Is he pisces?

Maybe he just likes fish. D-uh. They're more than just sushi, you know.

nice tat on the leg

you guys should also post the meaning of your tattoo

Thanks! My tattoo is based on 'Ronin'. Read here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronin

Basically I have been on my own without parents around since I was a teenager hence the 'masterless' meaning of Ronin. There is a deeper meaning but I like to keep that to myself.

just taken after i got it done a few years ago:

http://hondasport19.150m.com/pics/AK.jpg