Mick Weder

Best advice.
Block her from social media, delete her number. Not to be nasty, so you can get to the point of not having her on your mind, driving you crazy 24/7. Work on that emotional strength....and one day, you'll find yourself at a time not thinking about her when you normally would. That's when you know you're progressing... then it just gets easier.
When a woman needs space, for whatever is driving it, whether we like it or not, we just gotta take a breath and give it to them.
And if all that fails?, follow @ Rad Kelham's advice. Pearler! :)

Beer. Drugs. Hookers.

Mate, I'm very far from having my eyes shut, and being provided links to media spin...does not add to my education, thanks all the same.
Although, I don't engage in conversation on topics I have no insight into. There's negative influences in every kind of infrastructure. That's all the elaboration that's required here.
Yes. We do disagree, and again...we'll just leave this at that...with respect.

QUOTE]rather than some bikie who couldn't give two fucks about the tattoo's just wants to collect his $$$
This, my friend... is a very bold statement. Some of the most honourable men I know may meet this judgemental opinion.
I wouldn't walk into an art gallery if you paid me. It would bore me to tears.
It appears very apparent that tattooing for you & I hold two completely different cultural origins.
And with that, for respect to this forum, I shall leave this at that. Enjoy your art collection champ.

New to me 2001 1200 XLH.

That's where it lays.
I got some old mates, who have been around, who are also into tattoos, but none of them can fathom the heavy suit approach like punching the armpits solid, in through the groin area solid.
It's the attitude that gets you to the stage of firstly making the decision, committing to it then finally sitting through it.
There's so much more to that statement than meets the eye as the attitude forms years beforehand. It's the attitude that separates the wishers from the doers.

Good thread.
Here's my mutant viking. This is years old, never been reworked. I remember this one well, Dino (RIP) belted the fucker in.

Good thread.
Here's my mutant viking. This is years old, never been reworked. I remember this one well, Dino (RIP) belted the fucker in.

Rib toad

Great hand tattoos!
Can't remember if I've posted mine here, so fuck it, just in case I haven't.

I still can't get a handle on what a Hipster is. Maybe the generation gap lets me down.
Are we talking motherfuckers who change their style depending what the current trend is?
In Australia we have a simple term for them types. "Wankers".

Great hand tattoos!
Can't remember if I've posted mine here, so fuck it, just in case I haven't.

Great hand tattoos!
Can't remember if I've posted mine here, so fuck it, just in case I haven't.

Great hand tattoos!
Can't remember if I've posted mine here, so fuck it, just in case I haven't.

My son is nearly 12, my daughter nearly 10.
My daughter likes looking at my tattoos but says it won't be for her. She's funny though, she sees other people with tattoos and frequently and quietly comments, "dad, you have way more tattoos than him"
My son is always planning his suit which comprises of dragons, snakes, ships and skulls.
They can never understand why people have to stare so intently when we're out when I'm rocking singlet and shorts.
It's nice to know they're developing a non judgmental attitude towards people who "appear" different.

My son is nearly 12, my daughter nearly 10.
My daughter likes looking at my tattoos but says it won't be for her. She's funny though, she sees other people with tattoos and frequently and quietly comments, "dad, you have way more tattoos than him"
My son is always planning his suit which comprises of dragons, snakes, ships and skulls.
They can never understand why people have to stare so intently when we're out when I'm rocking singlet and shorts.
It's nice to know they're developing a non judgmental attitude towards people who "appear" different.

Great advice all round already.
I have this hunch you'll be wanting to tattoo heavily.
Think big and ways that your images will contribute to suiting / sleeve out.
A big fuck off eagle in flight (yes I'm biased to this idea, but for a reason...they're cool as fuck), a dragon, which can engulf a whole limb with its body work, scale pattern and shit.
Even that cross on your delt, you could incorporate a half sleeve of a Viking theme...warriors, rune tablets, castles... You get the drift.
Anyway, just off the top of me head. Your in the right place here for inspiration.
Good luck!!
"Booze, Blues & Tattoos"

In Qld, Australia now, it's common to be refused from venues for having hand, neck and face tattoos. Especially on the Gold Coast.
The way I see it is that these venues are mainstream. Fuck mainstream. Never wanted to mix with them fuckers anyway. Give me a dingy blues club any day of the week.

Rib toad

My son is nearly 12, my daughter nearly 10.
My daughter likes looking at my tattoos but says it won't be for her. She's funny though, she sees other people with tattoos and frequently and quietly comments, "dad, you have way more tattoos than him"
My son is always planning his suit which comprises of dragons, snakes, ships and skulls.
They can never understand why people have to stare so intently when we're out when I'm rocking singlet and shorts.
It's nice to know they're developing a non judgmental attitude towards people who "appear" different.

In Qld, Australia now, it's common to be refused from venues for having hand, neck and face tattoos. Especially on the Gold Coast.
The way I see it is that these venues are mainstream. Fuck mainstream. Never wanted to mix with them fuckers anyway. Give me a dingy blues club any day of the week.

@TheAsian
You dived straight in off the cuff, without thought and recklessly without giving a fuck apart from just wanting to get tattooed...just like a lot of us did when we were 18 ;)
Tattoos are the stories of our lives, they form part of our life experiences and you've just embarked on one of your own.
It's done man. Love it.
A lot of us come from a generation of where having your hands and neck slammed are areas that were "earned" We also came from a generation that a tattooer wouldn't tattoo your hands or neck until you had earned it by having a high proportion of your body already committed.
As my original tattooer told me when I was 18, "there will come a day, at least one that for whatever reason you will wish no one can see your tattoos, and when you're in that moment, I don't want to be remembered as the person who tattooed your face, neck or hands"
I never gave that much thought when I was 18, but I learned to understand what it meant.
I waited until I was suited to hit solid hands and neck and I love them. I'm still as reckless as what I was when I was 18...AND, I hold s respectable Govt management position. I just have to work harder to show motherfuckers I know my stuff.
We're in a different generation now. We don't have the same "code" as what a lot of us here were brought up with.
My parents couldn't understand why I pierced my ear at 14 and tattooed my arm at 17. I can't understand why the youth today plug their ears or choose a hand or neck tattoo as their 1st, but it's not for me to understand. It's for you :)
Now!! Start working on your bodysuit!

@TheAsian
You dived straight in off the cuff, without thought and recklessly without giving a fuck apart from just wanting to get tattooed...just like a lot of us did when we were 18 ;)
Tattoos are the stories of our lives, they form part of our life experiences and you've just embarked on one of your own.
It's done man. Love it.
A lot of us come from a generation of where having your hands and neck slammed are areas that were "earned" We also came from a generation that a tattooer wouldn't tattoo your hands or neck until you had earned it by having a high proportion of your body already committed.
As my original tattooer told me when I was 18, "there will come a day, at least one that for whatever reason you will wish no one can see your tattoos, and when you're in that moment, I don't want to be remembered as the person who tattooed your face, neck or hands"
I never gave that much thought when I was 18, but I learned to understand what it meant.
I waited until I was suited to hit solid hands and neck and I love them. I'm still as reckless as what I was when I was 18...AND, I hold s respectable Govt management position. I just have to work harder to show motherfuckers I know my stuff.
We're in a different generation now. We don't have the same "code" as what a lot of us here were brought up with.
My parents couldn't understand why I pierced my ear at 14 and tattooed my arm at 17. I can't understand why the youth today plug their ears or choose a hand or neck tattoo as their 1st, but it's not for me to understand. It's for you :)
Now!! Start working on your bodysuit!

@TheAsian
You dived straight in off the cuff, without thought and recklessly without giving a fuck apart from just wanting to get tattooed...just like a lot of us did when we were 18 ;)
Tattoos are the stories of our lives, they form part of our life experiences and you've just embarked on one of your own.
It's done man. Love it.
A lot of us come from a generation of where having your hands and neck slammed are areas that were "earned" We also came from a generation that a tattooer wouldn't tattoo your hands or neck until you had earned it by having a high proportion of your body already committed.
As my original tattooer told me when I was 18, "there will come a day, at least one that for whatever reason you will wish no one can see your tattoos, and when you're in that moment, I don't want to be remembered as the person who tattooed your face, neck or hands"
I never gave that much thought when I was 18, but I learned to understand what it meant.
I waited until I was suited to hit solid hands and neck and I love them. I'm still as reckless as what I was when I was 18...AND, I hold s respectable Govt management position. I just have to work harder to show motherfuckers I know my stuff.
We're in a different generation now. We don't have the same "code" as what a lot of us here were brought up with.
My parents couldn't understand why I pierced my ear at 14 and tattooed my arm at 17. I can't understand why the youth today plug their ears or choose a hand or neck tattoo as their 1st, but it's not for me to understand. It's for you :)
Now!! Start working on your bodysuit!

@TheAsian
You dived straight in off the cuff, without thought and recklessly without giving a fuck apart from just wanting to get tattooed...just like a lot of us did when we were 18 ;)
Tattoos are the stories of our lives, they form part of our life experiences and you've just embarked on one of your own.
It's done man. Love it.
A lot of us come from a generation of where having your hands and neck slammed are areas that were "earned" We also came from a generation that a tattooer wouldn't tattoo your hands or neck until you had earned it by having a high proportion of your body already committed.
As my original tattooer told me when I was 18, "there will come a day, at least one that for whatever reason you will wish no one can see your tattoos, and when you're in that moment, I don't want to be remembered as the person who tattooed your face, neck or hands"
I never gave that much thought when I was 18, but I learned to understand what it meant.
I waited until I was suited to hit solid hands and neck and I love them. I'm still as reckless as what I was when I was 18...AND, I hold s respectable Govt management position. I just have to work harder to show motherfuckers I know my stuff.
We're in a different generation now. We don't have the same "code" as what a lot of us here were brought up with.
My parents couldn't understand why I pierced my ear at 14 and tattooed my arm at 17. I can't understand why the youth today plug their ears or choose a hand or neck tattoo as their 1st, but it's not for me to understand. It's for you :)
Now!! Start working on your bodysuit!