GrayCatLove

I was pleasantly surprised how much I like these! I am pretty sure I want bold blue colors, but I love the shapes of those. Those are amazing. Thank you.

The shop where I get tattooed at we usually watch TV, lots of cartoons like Family Guy and sitcoms like Rules of Engagement.

I posted this on another forum, got some amazing feedback, but the more, the merrier. I trust my artist and myself, but why not get more feedback?

I have been celibate for a long time, and am just approaching a point of breaking that. (It's not a religious thing. It's a work thing. I don't have time to find a mate, much less arrange copulation in these stages of my career.) I have some stretch marks on my inner thighs from puberty I've never been comfortable with, and I want them fixed. I talked to my tattoo artist, and he agreed some simple inner thigh pieces on each side would work. I have a couple questions, however.

I am trying to decide between sweet william and forget-me-nots. I really don't want the sweet williams to look to menstrual-bloody. I fear forget-me-nots may be a little pale. Is taking a little artistic liberty to go a few shades darker wrong? Are there different, more suitable flowers? I'm very pale and any color will take. I just don't want a flower that resembles a vagina, or doesn't do a good cover-up for one reason or another. If you look at my gallery pics, the cover-up of my ovarian cancer scar is amazing. This guy is talented. I just want to be dead sure these are covered up and I'm not thinking about my scars when my mind should be elsewhere.

I just wanted to say how I deeply appreciate everyone warmly welcoming me. Sometimes in fringe communities people are made to feel like outsiders, and that certainly hasn't been the case here and another tattoo forum. I really appreciate it.

you can leave your face out

And those pictures can be clicked on to the left of this post. :)

Actually I was referring to people actually putting up pictures of themselves.

Unfortunately, due to some of our careers and positions, putting up pictures of our faces is not an option.

Just got a gorgeous tiger from Ryan McDonald of Alley Cat Studios. Click my images to see the pic.

Welcome. You should be proud of your work. :)

I posted the scar since it shows a before and after with the tattoo. I had ovarian cancer and a ten lb. tumor. I was a size 2/4 at the time, and I had no clue. Let me tell you, I believe in that, "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant" stuff. I looked normal, just had awful symptoms. Four years clean.

I say, "Thank you," and smile. I always recommend my artists based on the piece they ask about.

Right now, as a professional, my tattoos are in places that can be covered by shorts and a tank top. I consider myself fashion-forward, and tattoos are a great way to cover scars and flaws that I can't correct through exercise or other body modifications, and it's a great enhancer and conversation piece.

I'm slowly branching out into more tattoos to where if I went out in casual fun clothes instead of business attire, maybe you'd spot one. ;) But overall, I like to keep it classy, highbrow, and visually interesting.

Yup, the only thing standing between me and nightly sex with a variety of super models is these damn tattoos ... and my wife. :-)

My long lost brother! Only thing holding men back from ravishing me every time I step out of the house: It's the tattoos. ;)

Thank you, dead. I have a little crappy cherry blossom on my thigh that has solid lines, but needs reworking. No sense putting it up until it's jazzed up.

CL, I figured. I'm a big fan of Tengwar and Sindarian. I also love the Runic inspired Dwarvish and the High Speech.

Thank you for the polite welcome.

Actually it impairs judgement and usually causes people to not control their behaviour. It may give anesthetic and sedative effects to some people but not everybody. You just haven't been around any real drunks maybe. Haha!

And if she is intoxicated on anything, I would bet she was acting like this long before the tattoo started.

Yes, you're correct; alcohol impairs judgment. But it does not have amphetamine-like properties. I've been around a LOT of drunks and dopers at my job. I'm a pro. ;)

Absolutely not... it's one thing to finish a line when someone says stop, but to hold them there and keep working as long as he does is unprofessional.

I didn't see him restraining her. She's not a big girl, but he was speaking to her calmly, holding her with one hand, saying, "I can't finish your tattoo unless you're still. Be still," and guiding her with his hand. Trust me, if he'd really restrained her and forced her to get a tattoo, she'd own that shop.

I will be grateful to have survived that long, and continue repairing/getting tattoos so long as I am able.

If they look ragged and are unfixable when I'm 90, I guess all those 20 year olds dying to have sex with me are just going to have to be sad and disappointed.

No alcohol. I usually eat a light protein/carbs meal like sushi a few hours before. Sometimes I like to get a massage before like I am tomorrow. I don't load up on fluid because I hate to have to use the facilities in the middle of the tattoo... Had it happen. The morning before I am meticulous with my hygiene. I make sure I am freshly showered, my breath is good, deodorant, clean clothes, etc. I always arrive 15 minutes early. I bring the shop donuts. That way I have a snack if I crash. I also bring a full sugar soda.

Afterwards, I wash it gently with Dial or feminine wash and treat with a special salve my shop makes. Once it heals, I use a gentle moisturizer to maintain it. Generally speaking, my tattoos have healed well.

I feel like such a baby reading this. A little over three hours. Then another three hour session a few weeks later.

it's perfectly normal for someone who's drunk

Alcohol has anesthetic and sedative properties. She's just a jerk.

Makes me feel less bad for the time I told my tattoo artist, "Please don't lead on my bladder."

I thought the artist in the video was very professional. This woman seems like she's high on speed or something.

This Friday, actually, by a guy named Ryan McDonald. He's done a couple of tattoos and we both adore color and heavy shading. I love Sak Yant, but being a woman, I don't have the option to get true Sak Yank and he has the same love of Asian culture. So rather than doing a cheap copy, he is doing a colored take on my side sort of above my hip, inspired by the Thai style. I think it will look pretty darn cool.

I belong to another tattoo forum, and I heard nice things about here, so I decided to join. I'm delighted to be here. I have Asian-inspired, neo-classical, and even the dreaded text tattoo. (Don't give me too much guff. It's in an imaginary language and relatively artful. It's not Three Doors Down song lyrics. Don't shoot me.) I look forward to being a member of this community.

I get my next tattoo on Friday. :) My tattoos are inspired by my love of flora, fauna, and literature. I'm a real dork. Be gentle with me.

Edit: I swear I'm literate. I swears it!