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Thanks guys!!
The whole experience was fantastic :)
Nick was great, the shop was great, the dragon is blowing my mind every time I look at it.
One thing for certain, this thigh tattoo is *way* easier on the day after than calves or knees have been. I can just stand up and walk! ;)
No throbbing at all!
It's great because I'm planning to get out and about in Chicago today, it's my first time here and I can't wait to get out and see some of it
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Got this today from Nick Colella at Great Lakes Tattoo
I can't say enough nice things about him!!
And I'm beyond stoked on my dragon! Completely smitten with the thing! :)
(slurped from Nick's instagram)
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Thanks guys!!
The whole experience was fantastic :)
Nick was great, the shop was great, the dragon is blowing my mind every time I look at it.
One thing for certain, this thigh tattoo is *way* easier on the day after than calves or knees have been. I can just stand up and walk! ;)
No throbbing at all!
It's great because I'm planning to get out and about in Chicago today, it's my first time here and I can't wait to get out and see some of it
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2

Got this today from Nick Colella at Great Lakes Tattoo
I can't say enough nice things about him!!
And I'm beyond stoked on my dragon! Completely smitten with the thing! :)
(slurped from Nick's instagram)
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2

Got this today from Nick Colella at Great Lakes Tattoo
I can't say enough nice things about him!!
And I'm beyond stoked on my dragon! Completely smitten with the thing! :)
(slurped from Nick's instagram)
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2

Got this today from Nick Colella at Great Lakes Tattoo
I can't say enough nice things about him!!
And I'm beyond stoked on my dragon! Completely smitten with the thing! :)
(slurped from Nick's instagram)
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2

Got this today from Nick Colella at Great Lakes Tattoo
I can't say enough nice things about him!!
And I'm beyond stoked on my dragon! Completely smitten with the thing! :)
(slurped from Nick's instagram)
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2

Got this today from Nick Colella at Great Lakes Tattoo
I can't say enough nice things about him!!
And I'm beyond stoked on my dragon! Completely smitten with the thing! :)
(slurped from Nick's instagram)
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2

Got this today from Nick Colella at Great Lakes Tattoo
I can't say enough nice things about him!!
And I'm beyond stoked on my dragon! Completely smitten with the thing! :)
(slurped from Nick's instagram)
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2

Got this today from Nick Colella at Great Lakes Tattoo
I can't say enough nice things about him!!
And I'm beyond stoked on my dragon! Completely smitten with the thing! :)
(slurped from Nick's instagram)
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2

Got this today from Nick Colella at Great Lakes Tattoo
I can't say enough nice things about him!!
And I'm beyond stoked on my dragon! Completely smitten with the thing! :)
(slurped from Nick's instagram)
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2

Got this today from Nick Colella at Great Lakes Tattoo
I can't say enough nice things about him!!
And I'm beyond stoked on my dragon! Completely smitten with the thing! :)
(slurped from Nick's instagram)
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2

Got this today from Nick Colella at Great Lakes Tattoo
I can't say enough nice things about him!!
And I'm beyond stoked on my dragon! Completely smitten with the thing! :)
(slurped from Nick's instagram)
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2

Meaning is 100% a construct though... my knee tiger could represent "courage", or it could be about "my relationship with my mother", or whatever... it might be just that it's pretty frkn awesome to have a big ol' tiger on my knee... the meaning in it is what I want the meaning to be. I could get a tattoo of a hairy ballsack on my thigh and decide that it represents my love of music...

WooHoo!!
The August entries were seriously stunning - every month seems to be better than the last!!
It's like a double rainbow - what does it mean????? :p

And probably toxic.

SNNAAAAKESSS! This Saturday. Bay Area Convention. I am very excited. And I am *not* getting sick.

In an ironic twist of fate I'm 99% sure I'm going to get laid off tomorrow. I ain't canceling my appointment 'cause fuck the world.

A guy I know, right after complimenting my tattoos and saying how good they look. "I was looking at some of the old style American tattoos a few weeks ago, I don't really like those, they look like cartoons."

I have a reaper on my calf. This past summer a little dude saw it, looked up at me in awe, and went "Woah." It totally blew his little mind. That was the best.

The problem with the idea of tattoos needing to have meaning is that it usually seems like the design of the tattoo is overlooked in favour of its meaning, which more often than not leads to bad tattoos. I literally have no idea what "A Beautiful Chaos on my front shoulder with almost water color looking glass" would look like, or even what it is. Maybe there is a tattoo artist somewhere who could take that idea and do something great with it, but then again, maybe not.
I'm going to suggest that based on what you've written here about the tattoo you have that you had a profound experience last weekend. There is something about tattooing, something about willingly putting a permanent mark on your body, that had a deep effect on you in ways that you might not be able to articulate. It brought you out of your regular routine into an unfamiliar and exciting world, it made you feel strong and beautiful, it made you feel like regardless of what other things are going on in your life and around you that you have some measure of control. Or maybe other things, or maybe none of them. I'm also going to suggest that you would have had this experience regardless of what you had tattooed on you. You would have felt similar things if it was a rose, or a swallow, or a dragon. That's where the meaning of tattoos is. Obviously you still need to choose imagery that appeals to you, but if you want to convey a sense of beauty there is no shortage of tattooable imagery that works for that...you can absolutely never go wrong with birds and flowers, for example. You'll end up with a far better tattoo that way.

Why not get the Egyptian god Set The Lord of chaos tattooed in a beautiful way ? Or the golden apple of discorda , or even a beautiful Tibetan demon ? (Shit giving all my own ideas away now ! )
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If all else fails , cthulu , cthulu everywhere

ahh the old sportswear/jock hardcore font! had toooo many t-shirts with shitty bands with that style of lettering...still use my judge shirt tough!

Finally did it! Thank you @slayer9019 for finally getting our asses in gear. Great to meet you @HaydenRose @Fala and your dude Jason, @ironchef you are far too kind with that print.. truly. @dirbab hope you got back over that bridge ok, homie. That hair is looking luxurious. Sorry it's not a better picture!
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Aaaaand it's crooked. I am so good at computers.

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