Dan

nice tattoo,really nice for a first tattoo !!! @skywalker

My first ever tattoo!
Done by Pedro Soos at Frontier Tattoo, Cardiff.

that is beautiful ! very nice job,I would love to see more pics of it.

I am closing in on finishing my first-ever computer build, yaaaay. I am quite proud of it, considering all of the things I chose to tackle for my first time building one. I crimped and sleeved my own extension cables, repainted my mobo thermal armor, hand-sawed, champfered, and routed my cooling loop with acrylic tubing, and I installed waterblocks on my CPU and GPUs. Now that I've done it all from top to bottom, I don't think I'll ever be paying anyone else to build my gaming rigs for me again. :)

Still got a little distance to go yet, but I can't wait to start using it, not least because my current box is in its death throes (and I've been sitting here staring at my HTC VIVE box for two months without any ability to use it!).

@Devious6 junkie in the making 

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. Everybody knows what you mean when you call somebody a pussy. It may offend you, but that's life. You never hear a guy whining about somebody calling someone else a dick. ;-)

my knees,
Dave Gibson and Samuel Shaw

Up and around a bit now. After not moving for over 12 hours. He has eaten, drank, and peed. 

@PinkUnicorn
you know what it is for me is that i like almost all tattoos
i really do
i wouldnt be interested in getting a design like this
but its simple and readable
and i like those qualities in a tattoo

call me crazy but i dont hate designs like this

.like was said,it's too late now,
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considering how dirty and germ infested public gym/fitness centers are,
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all you can do is wait and see if it got infected or not and deal with that at the time.
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and yes, I agree with you,that was a pretty bad idea.
there is a great reason why every one says to "keep it clean".
put it down as "live and learn".

On a more helpful note:
You can take apart cars and scooters, I'm presuming you can drive. You understand how the machine needs to be used and what the various parts are for.
Tattoo machines are more like kit cars than production models. You're gonna need to know WHY something does the thing it does. The only way to learn that is to learn to tattoo well or have a good tattooer explain it to you.

Steve dig a dagger going thru an eyeball on my calf at the first Pagoda convention. He didn't have any stencils or anything like that so he just drew it on and went from there. Needless to say  I had an amazing tattoo after he was done and I couldn't be any happier with it. This was taken after it was completed and since then it has healed up nicely. Your def. in good hands. 
 

.like was said,it's too late now,
.
considering how dirty and germ infested public gym/fitness centers are,
..
all you can do is wait and see if it got infected or not and deal with that at the time.
.
and yes, I agree with you,that was a pretty bad idea.
there is a great reason why every one says to "keep it clean".
put it down as "live and learn".

Thanks, all! He is home now and still sleeping off the sedation (and snoring). After carrying him four times today, I realize that I really need to work on strength training! (58 lbs). He's sutured and bandaged and as soon as the sedative wears off must wear the "cone of shame" for 10 - 14 days. Several fairly big wounds were cleaned an left open. Also has two drains that have to come out Saturday.

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for that style I like 3/4 sleeves(both done) with connected L&R chest panels.when staying with 100% cohesive Japanese,I like that traditional Yakuza style/look.Like these

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for that style I like 3/4 sleeves(both done) with connected L&R chest panels.when staying with 100% cohesive Japanese,I like that traditional Yakuza style/look.Like these

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