Johnny Chan Fan Hui

I live in Hong Kong. But i am from singapore. I thought about tattooers. But I thought asking individuals on forum would be much faster and more original (correct me if i am wrong).

Hi. Newbie here. I am thinking of getting a tattoo on my chest. But as a person with no artistic background, I would like to gather some design here. I don't know if i am infringing anything here, moderator, please let me know if I am crossing some lines.

Anyway, I am a bit embarrassed about sharing this. But I learnt a big life lesson awhile ago and would like to get a tattoo symbol on my chest to remind myself of the lesson every morning. So here goes: All through my life, I have always been blaming everyone around me for my bad social life. I am always angry at others for provoking me and excluding me from activities. This started when I was a kid and ended when I started my career in the military. I realize that I am the reason and have been rather self centered and hostile whenever I feel like it. Joining the army has been a big life changer for me. I would have to be reminded of the lesson "hostility often stem from yourself" everyday. However, sometimes, the lesson slips my mind.

I have always seen tattoo as a mark of your life and is something significant an individual want to commemorate. However, coming from a reserved family background, I do not want my tattoo to be too big. I intend to have it on my left chest, 2-3inches above the nipple. So here's some of the requirement that I have been thinking a long time (I hope you guys like some challenge):

• Let it be simplistic. E.g. a symbol, logo, abbreviation, or anything you deem appropriate
  
• size of it should be roughly the size of a watch's face. since it is simple, not a big space is needed
  
• i want to look at it in the mirror every morning. tattoo should look good from the mirror too. (don't have to be symmetrical)
  
• use black ink only
  

I hope i am not asking for too much. Thank you in advance for your effort. Cheers!

Anyway, this is my 10th required post. I am going to request for a tattoo design. hope it turns out well! I will update you guys soon :)

Welcome!

Uh oh.

Hopefully it's a pretty big watch. There won't be a lot of detail in something that small, if you want to make anything out in a mirror.

You can keep chatting here about it. In fact, it's kinda nice because other folks have done that, and then come back to their intro thread and posted pics of what they finally got! It makes for a nice complete story.

HAHA. Or maybe i should say "not too cliche". And yea, I am intending to post a picture of it here (that is if I can find a good one) here to update everyone. :) Thanks

well, since I cannot change the title of this thread, and this thread is already used for introductory purpose, I shall heel your advise and do it in another thread when I can finally post somewhere else.

Do you mean like over the pectoral (avoiding the nipple)? If so, that was my first and it was a breeze! (And I am highly allergic to pain!)

Thru the ether from my LP2

I was thinking of roughly 11 o'clock from my left nipple. Slightly 1 -2 inches up. Is it the same place we are talking about?

Welcome to LST!

Depending on the kind of tattoo design you're thinking of, it's also worth looking at some of the longer threads that already exist on particular designs (dragons, koi etc).

Hey Rory,

I am thinking of getting a tattoo designed to symbolize a tough lessons I learnt the hard way. It could be a symbolic object, or a meaningful logo. Something simplistic and not too "boyish" (e.g. dragons, swords, etc). The most important requirement is that it should be as big as a face of a watch, and should look good in the mirror because I am going to look at it every morning to remind me of the lesson.

With that said, should I post my story over here? Or in some other section? Thank.

Hi newbie here, I have never gotten a tattoo and am thinking of getting in the meatiest part of my chest. How is it going to be?

there was a tattoo exhibition in Hong Kong, was he there?

Newbie here, does the length of the tattoo session depends on the part of the body getting the tattoo?

I like the simplicity of the first tattoo.

Hi everybody, I am a military personnel from Singapore. I have never gotten a tattoo before. However, I am looking to have one next month when I turn 25. I wanted to ask for suggestions here in this site and choose the best of all to get inked onto my chest.

But I could only post that request in the "Tattoo Designs, Books and Flash" section, if I have been here for 3 days, and have submitted at least 10 posts. I guess I might as well start here. Anyway, regarding the post I was thinking of making, can I start it in "Tattoo Designs, Books and Flash", or is there a better section to do it? Thanks.