What is your opinion on Tattoos?

[timtune]

Got one in high school after my buddy showed up with one. Me and another buddy drove down to Dee's on Younge st back in the late 70's.
The outline needles were much bigger back then and it hurt like hell. Now the needles are very fine and they use topical numbing agents.

Accidently gave myself a tiny tat on the hand in college when I poked myself cleaning a technical pen.

In the mid 80's I got drunk and tattooed the Squeeze's name on my forearm by scratching the skin with an exacto blade and rubbing india ink into it. Although I refer to it as stick and poke it really isn't.

Fast forward 30 odd years and daughter is sporting a bunch of ink. One Fathers day she says she wants me to give her a stick and poke tattoo like mine. After giving her a small snake tattoo (a squiggled line and two dots) the Squeeze decides that's the small simple tat she's always wanted. After doing her my son decides not to be left out. There's a Father's day I won't soon forget.

 

[nobbie48]

I know way more people that have spent a fortune getting tats removed than those that are happy with them.

When my my daughter was looking into it, I asked her how many of the things she thought were cool 5 years ago, she still thought were cool.

I have a minute tat from high school where I accidentally stabbed my wrist with a freshly sharpened drafting pencil. It's a dot on the inside of my right wrist.

My life has been too eclectic to commit to a "Forever" statement.

QR and bar codes could become an Orwellian thing.

 

[GreyGhost]

As others have said, much of the stigma is gone but many people still make dumb choices. I'd only consider things that were very important to me and keep them in places where I knew where they were but they weren't hard to hide. I know a few people with tramp stamps. They regret them and keep them covered. A few people have stupid meaningless crap on their ankles or feet. A few that have deeply personal tattoos on display love them. One has their kids birthdays, one has their mothers favorite flower (quite well done in watercolour). A few have sleeves and they love them. I personally don't love most of the sleeves. They end up dark and muddled and can look strange when they pop out from under clothing.

 

[nobbie48]

Got one in high school after my buddy showed up with one. Me and another buddy drove down to Dee's on Younge st back in the late 70's.
The outline needles were much bigger back then and it hurt like hell. Now the needles are very fine and they use topical numbing agents.

Accidently gave myself a tiny tat on the hand in college when I poked myself cleaning a technical pen.

In the mid 80's I got drunk and tattooed the Squeeze's name on my forearm by scratching the skin with an exacto blade and rubbing india ink into it. Although I refer to it as stick and poke it really isn't.

Fast forward 30 odd years and daughter is sporting a bunch of ink. One Fathers day she says she wants me to give her a stick and poke tattoo like mine. After giving her a small snake tattoo (a squiggled line and two dots) the Squeeze decides that's the small simple tat she's always wanted. After doing her my son decides not to be left out. There's a Father's day I won't soon forget.

So I'm not the only klutz.

 

[timtune]

NEVER get a kids face as a tat. They just look creepy.

 

[RZGlenn]

I got four tats in 2020. Lower belly, groin and both hips. Little black dots that were position markers for external beam radiation treatment for prostate cancer, 15 sessions worth. As for recreational tats, not for me though, and.....**** cancer.

 

[GVH]

Thought about it but nothing I want to get done. Buddy’s in high school had really bad skull and dagger with snakes type stuff looked silly.

 

[FullMotoJacket]

This showed up in my Farcebook feed the morning after I got my last tattoo. Coincidence? I think so.

 

[Evoex]

Got one in high school after my buddy showed up with one. Me and another buddy drove down to Dee's on Younge st back in the late 70's.
The outline needles were much bigger back then and it hurt like hell. Now the needles are very fine and they use topical numbing agents.

Accidently gave myself a tiny tat on the hand in college when I poked myself cleaning a technical pen.

In the mid 80's I got drunk and tattooed the Squeeze's name on my forearm by scratching the skin with an exacto blade and rubbing india ink into it. Although I refer to it as stick and poke it really isn't.

Fast forward 30 odd years and daughter is sporting a bunch of ink. One Fathers day she says she wants me to give her a stick and poke tattoo like mine. After giving her a small snake tattoo (a squiggled line and two dots) the Squeeze decides that's the small simple tat she's always wanted. After doing her my son decides not to be left out. There's a Father's day I won't soon forget.

Can't say either of my 8h+ sessions had numbing agent, didn't even know that was a thing.

 

[Evoex]

Waiter and sort friend at the Bowls Club tonight is Maori and his full right arm tats looked excellent. Gold earring added to the look with his darker skin.
Some of the aging biker ladies not so much.
I don't have one, no intention, suspect dottor does...don't care either way.
The Yakusa tats on Tokyo Vice were astonishing ....one of the main characters had effectively full body tat that took 4 hours to do each time.
In real life ...sometimes locks you into a culture you can't leave - Yakuza notably.
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In the case of the Maori I think a good thing t keep their identity and traditions alive tho the tattooed chin whiskers on the women I don't like.
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4 hour sessions is pretty weak! Someone tell him to man up

 

[PrivatePilot]

I want a Haida Raven. I’ve had one picked out for about 10 years now that I’d planned to put down one entire calf.

The connection to Corvids is a bit personal but crows and ravens used to be a bird that a family member had a strong connection to long ago. So it’s a memorial thing.

But it seems that the whole “Cultural Appropriation” thing has become far more sensitive in the last 6-8 years, so who knows if it’ll ever happen now. I have a lot of respect for the first Nations people and the outdoors and nature, I love Haida artwork, and the whole Raven thing, but ultimately I am not first nations.

Most reputable artists will not do cultural related work on people not of that culture, but I would fly out to BC and heartbeat to get it done, but yeah, I’m still not sure reception would be anymore.

 

[Evoex]

I want a Haida Raven. I’ve had one picked out for about 10 years now that I’d planned to put down one entire calf.

The connection to Corvids is a bit personal but crows and ravens used to be a bird that a family member had a strong connection to long ago. So it’s a memorial thing.

But it seems that the whole “Cultural Appropriation” thing has become far more sensitive in the last 6-8 years, so who knows if it’ll ever happen now. I have a lot of respect for the first Nations people and the outdoors and nature, I love Haida artwork, and the whole Raven thing, but ultimately I am not first nations.

Most reputable artists will not do cultural related work on people not of that culture, but I would fly out to BC and heartbeat to get it done, but yeah, I’m still not sure reception would be anymore.

Get it done overseas. Plenty of talent and it's far, far, far cheaper.

 

[GreyGhost]

I want a Haida Raven. I’ve had one picked out for about 10 years now that I’d planned to put down one entire calf.

The connection to Corvids is a bit personal but crows and ravens used to be a bird that a family member had a strong connection to long ago. So it’s a memorial thing.

But it seems that the whole “Cultural Appropriation” thing has become far more sensitive in the last 6-8 years, so who knows if it’ll ever happen now. I have a lot of respect for the first Nations people and the outdoors and nature, I love Haida artwork, and the whole Raven thing, but ultimately I am not first nations.

Most reputable artists will not do cultural related work on people not of that culture, but I would fly out to BC and heartbeat to get it done, but yeah, I’m still not sure reception would be anymore.

If you get it done by an indigenous artist, that may deflect some of the vitriol. If you explain your reasoning and they are willing to do it, I'd be happy with it on me. I agree that taking an image painted by an indigenous artist and having that put on your body by a random tattooer often attracts hate.

 

[PrivatePilot]

Get it done overseas. Plenty of talent and it's far, far, far cheaper.

I have zero doubt that I could find somebody right here in Ontario willing to do it for that matter (and probably just completely rip off someone else’s work) without having to travel at all, but I wouldn’t consider that respectful, hence why I planned to travel to Haida Gwaii directly to have it done by a legitimate actual indigenous Haida artist.

It’s not the process of getting it done that concerns me at this point, with appropriate respectful discussion ahead of time I am sure I can find a Haida artist in BC willing to do it in the end, it’s the potential nonsense may follow from the general public after the fact about “appropriation” blah blah.

Perhaps I need to just run with the “my choice, it was done by a Haida artist, now go **** off” option for anyone who has anything to say about it after the fact and just pull the trigger. But I just don’t know if it’s worth the potential drama in the end anymore. Everyone wants to be upset about everything now. I should probably stop caring.

 

[timtune]

Can't say either of my 8h+ sessions had numbing agent, didn't even know that was a thing.

Probably didn't need it as the needles now are so fine.
Halfway thru Dee took my buddy into the washroom. I thought they were going to check out how cool it was looking. He said later Dee noticed him going pale and suggested he needed to splash some water on his face. (maybe only1/2 hour into it)
I was surprised how much it hurt but sucked it up rather than spend a life time explaining that a half inch black line was my whole tattoo.

 

[Evoex]

I have zero doubt that I could find somebody right here in Ontario willing to do it for that matter (and probably just completely rip off someone else’s work) without having to travel at all, but I wouldn’t consider that respectful, hence why I planned to travel to Haida Gwaii directly to have it done by a legitimate actual indigenous Haida artist.

It’s not the process of getting it done that concerns me at this point, with appropriate respectful discussion ahead of time I am sure I can find a Haida artist in BC willing to do it in the end, it’s the potential nonsense may follow from the general public after the fact about “appropriation” blah blah.

Perhaps I need to just run with the “my choice, it was done by a Haida artist, now go **** off” option for anyone who has anything to say about it after the fact and just pull the trigger. But I just don’t know if it’s worth the potential drama in the end anymore. Everyone wants to be upset about everything now. I should probably stop caring.

Fair enough. I'm certain there is someone of that culture who would willingly do it for the right reasons. The legwork would probably be more painful than the ink!

As for the rest; ink is personal. It doesn't have to mean anything to anyone else. Plenty of people with ink tell curious people to mind their own business.

 

[mimico_polak]

I have zero doubt that I could find somebody right here in Ontario willing to do it for that matter (and probably just completely rip off someone else’s work) without having to travel at all, but I wouldn’t consider that respectful, hence why I planned to travel to Haida Gwaii directly to have it done by a legitimate actual indigenous Haida artist.

It’s not the process of getting it done that concerns me at this point, with appropriate respectful discussion ahead of time I am sure I can find a Haida artist in BC willing to do it in the end, it’s the potential nonsense may follow from the general public after the fact about “appropriation” blah blah.

Perhaps I need to just run with the “my choice, it was done by a Haida artist, now go **** off” option for anyone who has anything to say about it after the fact and just pull the trigger. But I just don’t know if it’s worth the potential drama in the end anymore. Everyone wants to be upset about everything now. I should probably stop caring.

I'm all for the 'my choice, it was done by a Haida artist' approach.

Your body, your choice. What you put on/off it...should only matter to you. No one else.

 

[Hardwrkr13]

I’m on my first marriage and that was a great decision on my part. The barbed wire arm-band and tribal tattoo on my lower back not so much (the dolphin on my ankle is a keeper though).

 

[hdsomeday]

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Outside of that...I've got 3 kids...not sure how I could put that into a tattoo.

I had this planned many years ago for my three kids. I didnt look too hard but never found anyone that looked like they had the skills to do it how I wanted. The closest I got quoted me around 3K and many hours and that was a long time ago. I shudder at the cost now but its been too long for me to consider it now.

 

[Evoex]

I had this planned many years ago for my three kids. I didnt look too hard but never found anyone that looked like they had the skills to do it how I wanted. The closest I got quoted me around 3K and many hours and that was a long time ago. I shudder at the cost now but its been too long for me to consider it now.

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