TattooedMumma

"Does it feel funny?", followed by "Can i touch it?"
Never say that unless you're prepared for a dirty response. :D

Its been forever since ive been able to get in here so thought id start with a post here. Finally after years of just not being able to... im getting my raccoon thigh piece in feb and cant wait. I got pipes done back in may , on my right outter forearm and will get either my deer skull with arrows or ship being taken down by a kraken next ( either of those, comes down to where it would best fit as to which goes next. Theyre all part of a bigger project)
So needless to say.... im pretty excited.

Here are my lady arms! My right arm in the left pic was still in-progress. Not too masculine for my taste.... but I guess it all comes down to personal taste. Get what you like! I also don't know what a deco-ish googah is...?!

Sorry for the filters, the picture isn't from my instagram. These are my sleeves!

That's an inked Aussie mumma for ya!
Speaking of Cider Mumma, been punching pints of cider for breakfast with me ol' mate today. If ya wanna try some real horrible cider, try a flagon of Westons Old Rosies.
It's flat, it has floaties, it looks like cats piss, it tastes like cats piss..but at neary 8% it's faaarkin moorish.
If this shit doesn't help with ya gettin' ya tits out, nothing will :)

I'm in California. Never really dabbled in cider much, but I am drinking Lagunitas (microbrew from CA). Two beers in, two left, but feeling rather saucy already since I haven't eaten much. I work at a restaurant. Food runner for now, but really trying to get out of this area and into Oakland or SF. Happy saturday!

I might catch up with you tonight, but probably not. Got work in the morning.

Day drunk!

cheers . Currently fuck eyed on rummy port about to have roast beef and chicken with garlic herb veg done in the BBQ

cheers . Currently fuck eyed on rummy port about to have roast beef and chicken with garlic herb veg done in the BBQ

Thanks! I'm going to be almost 40 when I go back! That seems so crazy, to be a...what..44 year old new teacher? I'm assuming it's a 4 year degree. Oof da. I read in Dear Abby years ago, a woman wanted to go back to school to be a Dr. and was upset that by the time she'd be done w/her 8 years of school , she'd be 50 (or whatever), and the reply was "Wouldn't you be 50 anyway?" I'm trying to keep that in mind, haha!

Sooooo my husband and I've been talking about it..I'm going to look into going back to school this summer and getting my teaching degree. Scary, it's been a loooooong time since I've been in school.

That sounds like a solid craft beer drunken night. Last night I drank just Stone Arrogant Bastard/Oaked among other stone beers. It was going fine until the Sake came out. Throwing up Hot Pot in your friends bathroom is not pretty. Just an FYI.

Have an appointment today at the Museum to have pics taken of my Stewart Robson back-piece. Not exactly sure how it works regarding which pieces get displayed. I am honored to have such a beautiful piece from Mr. Robson and the chance to display it.

Only minutes into the competition and there is already tough competition, Nice tattoos guys.
Im entering my chest piece, it took 12 hours and was done by Luke Kehoe in Kalispell, Mt at The Temple Decor.

Recent conversation.
Me - hi there, what can we do for you?
Customer - look at this shit tattoo *shows some wobbly writing on her wrist obviously scratched on* isn't it rubbish? Look how crap it is.
Me - we'll, it's pretty bad, yeah.
Customer - that was done by **** at ****'s tattoos. It's rubbish, I hate it.
Me - ok. Well, I can promise you we're a bit better than that, at least.
Customer - so how much would it cost to get just a little name on my other wrist?
Me - if it's just small it'd probably be our minimum charge, which is £25.
Customer - £25? Fuck off. **** at ****'s tattoos (same place she'd just been complaining about) will do it for a fiver. I'll go there.
Me - .....
You get the tattoo you deserve.

This brings to mind a question for tattooers: If an aspiring apprentice has said $15k, would they be better off
A. Following the above advice and finding someone who will apprentice them for cash. Or,
B. Using $3000 to get a bunch of tattoos from great artists and using the balance to get 'unbusy', then work on drawing and painting all day everyday?
I'm interested just because we're on the topic, not at all for myself as I have no interest in being a tattooer. I would choose option C - use all $15,000 to get awesome tattoos!
I also think it would be likely that the shops most willing to take cash for apprentices are the ones prospective apprentices should be most wary of (with exceptions I'm sure).

Gotta hand out an A+ for the beard...
Rob

Thanks @TaeTae. I couldn't remember off the top of my head, the episode was from last year or the one before even. (well that's when it was shown here anyway! haha!)
am off to do a gallery search !

@InkedMumma
Thank you.
You are referring to a Kappa, a popular image in traditional Japanese tattoo. If you search for Kappa tattoo you will find lots reference.

beautiful!
I really love how this thread took off! thanks again to all who posted pics!
I will try and find a link to the video, but there is a show we watch called river monsters. Jeremy Wade looks into legends of river monsters then traces back what would have sparked them. In one episode he travels to Japan and discovers a legend about there river monster responsible for riverside disappearances of children. There are signs around the rivers warning people to stay away from the river for fear of being dragged off by this creature. There have been people report their children missing and believe this is the beast responsible. Anyway he traces it back to the giant salamander as they would be capable of swallowing a small child whole and grow up to something like 6ft. anyway what I was getting at was- it would be awesome to see as a tattoo! with the traditional imagery of course- not the giant salamander ;) . again- I will track down the link of that episode !

beautiful!
I really love how this thread took off! thanks again to all who posted pics!
I will try and find a link to the video, but there is a show we watch called river monsters. Jeremy Wade looks into legends of river monsters then traces back what would have sparked them. In one episode he travels to Japan and discovers a legend about there river monster responsible for riverside disappearances of children. There are signs around the rivers warning people to stay away from the river for fear of being dragged off by this creature. There have been people report their children missing and believe this is the beast responsible. Anyway he traces it back to the giant salamander as they would be capable of swallowing a small child whole and grow up to something like 6ft. anyway what I was getting at was- it would be awesome to see as a tattoo! with the traditional imagery of course- not the giant salamander ;) . again- I will track down the link of that episode !

Outer thigh finished. A bit bloody.

thanks for this thread, there is some great stuff here. I have way too many moles on my back to be able to have a large piece there so my thighs are the largest swath of real estate I have for a large tattoo. I've been kicking around some ideas but nothing has really gelled into full on inspiration yet.

This exists somewhere else on here but I'm stoked on this thread! Here's my left thigh from last year from Nash Hogan, great dude. I'll be doing something bigger on the other one soon! Soonish. When I can. So.. at some point.

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I've also had a couple other things added around it on the knee and inside of the thigh but don't have a picture. Probably for the best, nobody needs to see all up in my business.