AverageJer

Wife and I just realized we totally forgot to buy each other big useless diamonds for our 10th anniversary so we decided to go for walk in tattoos instead. Next Saturday is going to be fun. Now... what to get, what to get...?

Can't go wrong with a dragon on the lower leg...

I'd love to get a tattoo from Josh Wrede and the Til Dealth shop is a very cool space.

A friend just was in Thailand and got a hand poked tattoo in a temple from a monk. It's not the greatest tattoo, and I'm not sure how reputable (or hygienic) it was, but the experience seemed pretty worth it overall. Probably not what you are asking for but could be fun.

This is basically my exact approach as well- right down to the brand names- but I don't have experience with a large scale or back tattoo. I do try not to sleep on it much the first few days but I doubt there is much than can be done to avoid it with a full back piece.

Congrats @Gingerninja

Cool tattoos. A snake is a good option for sure. It also seems like there might be room for a dragon.

Very sorry to hear this. It sounds difficult but I'm glad you were able to be there for her.

I wish. Bad timing for a trip to Chicago. Maybe next year.

Yesterday I attended a very fun Sailor Jerry birthday party at Leviticus Tattoo in Minneapolis. 14 artists, 100+ flash choices, food and drink. Super fun. Anyway, I'm not saying I choose a dagger because it's this months topic but I'm also not not saying that.... Done by guest artist https://www.instagram.com/thomas_titus/

I'm not sure how much help I'm going to be because I don't want to tell you what to do. There are several threads on this site already about cultural appropriation that are pretty good so reading through them could be helpful. The shop comfort issue totally does make sense as I have always been a little nervous getting a tattoo away from the "home court." Personally, I would't wear that tattoo even though it's a cool as hell design, but, again, I'm not telling you what to do. It's a line you have to draw for yourself and live with. Good luck.

Got a good Saturday plan in the works coming up in a few weeks with an overnight babysitter and then one of my favorite events of the year at Leviticus Tattoo and then possibly checking out the Minneapolis Tattoo Convention just to see what it's like. No specific plans to get a second tattoo that day but I guess one never can know for sure what will happen.

This would be pretty cool... http://i.imgur.com/hnsJMEB.jpg

Also, go to Kelly's instragram. Her chest piece would have won. It's not perfect but it was good. In general I found her to be the most likable contestant. Although Gian was probably the best overall tattooist and plenty likable.

Awesome! And I dig the new format. Mostly I'm commenting to bump this up because I had missed it. Congrats to @havetsherre

I like the record, it looks fine. I agree with @pidjones - bodies are a difficult surface and sometimes things twist about. I got a guitar tattoo on my shin and when the artist first put the stencil on I thought it looked like there was a weird bend. Fortunately I trusted the artist and now I don't even notice what I was thinking unless I go out of my way to do so.

Got it and it worked. Thanks.

Yeah, it would't let me submit my vote until I entered one in every panel so I thought maybe it was a tournament.

I like this format a lot. Thanks for putting this together. Also, really hard to pick just one.

Today I almost put children's toothpaste on my new tattoo instead of Aquaphor. Almost. The tubes were next to each other on the counter.

Today was a pretty good day thanks to Kurt Melancon at Leviticus in Minneapolis.

A lot of state of the union discussion around here lately... For what it's worth- I like getting to know folks on the Internet around a shared interest and then discussing anything and everything with them. This, as you can imagine, lends itself to varied results depending on community norms and moderator energy. I have wondered if a daily, or probably weekly, general thread would help. It would give new posters a place to follow current conversation and jump in to ask a simple question without doing masters level research. It would also give me a place to complain about how disappointing the Timberwolves were in the season opener or tell you if my wife gets Nick Cave tickets tomorrow (fingers crossed). In other, more relevant news, the tattoo shop both emailed and called to conform my appointment for Sunday so they must be as excited to put a tattoo on me and I am to be tattooed.

Very cool. #teamdragon

This works for me because I'm getting a tattoo on Oct. 30th. I'm getting something to "fill" a sad gap between other tattoos on leg but I'm not sure it will be small enough to be called a filler by the definition above. It will be close I suppose. Either way, the timing of this is perfect and I think (in general) that having submission dates and then voting dates is a great idea.

Why is six afraid of seven? Because seven ate nine...