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Hello!
in Initiation
Being tattooed with lego sounds rather painful...
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The coverup was done by the same artist?!
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Stick-and-pokes have long been a friend to the bored. Now is the perfect time, right?
Shaved heads, dyed hair, billowing beards: Many are using their newly found free time to alter their appearances.
For some, those changes may be permanent. Stick-and-poke tattooing, which involves repeatedly pricking the skin, is proliferating among those at home, healthy and unhindered during quarantine.
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IMHO it looks great as is!
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49835344
QuoteFor Horimitsu, the sound of needles painting skin is a soft, rhythmic scratching, like a solitary cricket - "sha, sha, sha".
For 30 years he has tattooed by hand in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, needing nothing but ink and a needle-tipped stick.
By that hand, gods and monsters spring to life on the backs of bankers and band members. Koi carp leap over limbs.
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To my untrained eye, they already look close enough together to me, and it would seem to risk turning into a blur with the addition of more "stuff"...
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2 hours ago, Forty6and2 said:
Nah, not really. I just love anything and everything space. Always have, since as long as I can remember haha.
That's cool!
(I am an astronomer which is why I asked...)
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Nice - are you an astronomer?
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19 hours ago, scottyg said:
isn't there a guy in the south that does cover ups on tattoos from former gang members? or am I thinking of white power shit?
From a quick google, it seems "AK" may fit into that category.
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2 hours ago, sydbarrett5g said:
As a smoker I will give this even more attention, I'm going to use some moisturizer before work, drink more water and buy some antioxidants.
Antioxidants may well be bad for you - particularly if you're a smoker!
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/antioxidants-may-make-cancer-worse/
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I suppose if you don't know that the lines inside the locket are the paw print, then an initial reaction may be that they look shaky. But of course that's what you wanted. I don't know if there would be some way to emphasize that that is what those lines are...
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2 hours ago, Gingerninja said:
Yes. Welcome to being a girl.
Well, even as a boy I'd never dream of changing from the woman who has been cutting my hair for the last ~20 years (wow!) in the same salon.
Although she is about to fully retire, so I will have to find somebody else in a few months...
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Once dismissed as an “odd-looking little artifact,” the tool pushes back evidence for tattooing in the U.S. Southwest by a millennium.
The tool ismade from a bundle of prickly pear cactus spines, their tips saturated with dark pigment, inserted into a handle carved from lemonade sumac and bound with yucca fiber.Some 2,000 years ago, a tattooist in what’s now southeast Utah used this tool to hand-poke a design into someone’s skin. After the point of one of the cactus spines broke off, the tool was likely tossed into a trash heap. It remained there for centuries, in a pile of bones, corncobs, and other discarded items.
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A body modification artist has admitted three counts of grievous bodily harm, by carrying out tongue splitting and ear and nipple removal procedures.
Brendan McCarthy, also known as Dr Evil, carried out consensual procedures without using anaesthetic.
In his defence, the 50-year-old argued that consent was given but the judge ruled the procedures could not be compared to tattoos and piercings.
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You have an animated eagle - that's cool!
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1 hour ago, jnin said:
Ok, stupid question. Does anyone know if altitude can play into the healing process?
Well, FWIW, from googling...
http://www.altitudemedicine.org/altitude-and-pre-existing-conditions/
QuoteIndividuals who travel to altitude may have noticed that even the smallest cut or wound takes longer to heal the higher the altitude. Reasons for this are increasing stress hormones and lower overall oxygen delivery to the tissues. Wounds tend to get infected more easily as well. Keeping your wounds clean and covered will prevent infection. Often applying a triple antibiotic ointment regularly will keep the wound from overly drying and aid in healing. Wound healing becomes an issue only at very high altitudes, over 14,000 ft or so.
Would this Picasso look too much like a bad stick and poke?
in Tattoo Advice
Posted · Edited by PinkUnicorn
To add to my small set of astronomy/space related tattoos, I'm thinking of getting one based on something from Picasso's constellation sketches. These are out of copyright in the US at least.
But, I wonder if it would look too much like a bad stick and poke, rather than a sketch done by a great artist?!
Here's one in particular I'm considering.
What do people think?