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**mstriumph** · 7th August 2006, 15:13

my problem is .... life is a journey

what i thought great ten years ago, i think is lame now

with pictures on a wall, you can move them around, change them when you get tired of them

...... but pictures on SKIN? ... and you can't see it until its done - what if the artist is crap and your soaring eagle comes out looking like a waddling duck or something? i mean, you can hardly send it back for a refund, can you?

recently, though, i HAVE thought about having 'The End' written in fancy script accross my bum ......... mebbe in a subtle maroon shade with gold highlights .......? what does anyone think? would i be making an arse of myself??

**Dangerous Dane** · 7th August 2006, 15:31

My tattoo artist is also a good friend, He sketches them out for you first anyway.

I have mixed opinions on whether I want my flames up my leg or not, not getting them till I know for sure. Never regretted my southern cross for an second.

**Big Dave** · 7th August 2006, 16:37

Originally Posted by Dangerous Dane

Never regretted my southern cross for an second.

me either - i have two versions - both with 5 stars - so does co-pilot, we have the same tats on different parts.

Once an aussie

**Dangerous Dane** · 7th August 2006, 16:45

I went with 4 stars, Might get it coloured at some stage.

**Big Dave** · 7th August 2006, 16:57

Originally Posted by Dangerous Dane

I went with 4 stars, Might get it coloured at some stage.

very cool.

I'd colour them - gonna get my eureka stars white before the summer.

Some of my motivation to get them came form a few islander guys I played basketball with. They had 'their story' in a geometric band on their arms.

Mine says i'm an aussie and proud of it - I really like kiwis who are as proudly patriotic about this place.

what i do notice when i go home to Sydney is how few people have tattoos (other than bikers).

**Dangerous Dane** · 7th August 2006, 17:07

Bet they have better tans than me though...

NC · 7th August 2006, 17:12

only 24 of them

**Qkchk:Me** · 7th August 2006, 17:13

Well, I am considering one. Have always liked the colour ones (not so much the 'old style' green tatts) but I wont go ahead til I find 'the one'. I like the look of Bio-mechainical but would probly reserve that for the second tatt since it would be pretty big for my first one.... Hmm something Japanese style combining swords/bikes/tribal......... until I know exactly what I want, I'll still be a blank canvas. But I do like Cookie's example, very nice man!

**sunhuntin** · 7th August 2006, 20:17

Originally Posted by mstriumph

my problem is .... life is a journey

what i thought great ten years ago, i think is lame now

with pictures on a wall, you can move them around, change them when you get tired of them

...... but pictures on SKIN? ... and you can't see it until its done - what if the artist is crap and your soaring eagle comes out looking like a waddling duck or something? i mean, you can hardly send it back for a refund, can you?

recently, though, i HAVE thought about having 'The End' written in fancy script accross my bum ......... mebbe in a subtle maroon shade with gold highlights .......? what does anyone think? would i be making an arse of myself??

agreed... thats why i never pick anything off the wall just cos. my tat has to have a meaning behind it before i get it done. as i say....ive got an itch to get another but no idea what, where or why. im thinking about getting bike bike plates on my arm or something.

**terbang** · 7th August 2006, 20:49

Mine is on the back of my left leg (the calf). It covers the entire muscle and it hurt like hell giving me a limp for about a week. It was done in Micronesia as a gift for something I did for someone (Helped save a kids life). It is an ancient Navigation chart they used on sea voyages. I was flying planes around the Pacific at the time and they saw it as an appropriate design. I was 42 at the time.