First tattoo - advice wanted

[fire eyes]

Getting my first tattoo tomoro across my chest.
any tips on looking after it / or any donts i shouldn't do
cheers

Awesome mate .. Jase did both of mine .. I won't let anyone else touch me .. if I decide to have anymore done then I will definitely go back to him. He also done my ex-hubby and the work is just fantastic .. I spent 5 years thinking about weather to get a tat done I have always like them but I wanted to wait a while to see if my thoughts and feelings on them had changed.

Two things I did decide on was to have them in places where I could hide them if I wanted and that the tats would need to mean something to me personally .. I didnt give a shit about what anyone else thought .. it was my own private journey.

As for the healing part .. I just followed his instructions (not that I can quite remember what they were) and had no issues there-after. As for the oldie 83 year old thing and it not being nice .. well 1.you might not live that long & 2. its on your chest so unless your gunna be a pimp daddy and walk around bare-chested with bling, no one but your loving partner would see it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tats are not for everyone and I believe taking the time to think it through really helps.

Can't wait for piccies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rachprice]

Shit that is random....
Im thinking of getting one the end of this year...

[YellowDog]

I guess having a tattoo is a way of sending a message about your personality/ego to the viewers.

My ex-girlfirend's daughter had a cannabis leaf tattoo on her lower back.

BIG MISTAKE (so she says 5 years later).

IMO - Subtle tatoos can look quite tasteful.

Good luck,

[JATZ]

Pics plz when it's done

Used Bepanthen on all mine, your brave goin for the chest for a first one, Personly I could handle about 2 hrs straight on the chest

Good luck

[JATZ]

I guess having a tattoo is a way of sending a message about your personality/ego to the viewers.

My ex-girlfirend's daughter had a cannabis leaf tattoo on her lower back.

BIG MISTAKE (so she says 5 years later).

IMO - Subtle tatoos can look quite tasteful.

Good luck,

Yip, Dope leaves done after a session on the stuff= silly
I tell people mines a reminder of a trip to Fiji as it looks sort of like a palm tree

[ynot slow]

Jase is good check out his awards,also the lady in his old outlet in Hawera is good too,someone said she was related to him,not sure.

With mine on my arm he said go home remove the glad wrap he had put around the site,jump into a shower and progressively turn the hot water up,after having water pretty hot,sealed the site and no scabby stuff,itching at all.

As guys say who cares what people think it is personal,mine has sentimental meaning along with their names in scroll.

[alanzs]

Post pics. Good artwork is meant to be shown!

[Tank]

First tat advise?

No names of wives, girlfriends, or that special someone you met in Thailand.

Dont get anything in Chinese, or any other squiggly writing that you cant read.

A tat of a monkeys ass with your bellybutton being the hole - while very funny is actually not that fantastic idea.

Apple logo's and geek humor - sucks. Linux tats suck even more. Binary jokes are however OK.

Dont fuck off the tattooist - and get one that uses new at least semi regularly.

[fire eyes]

First tat advise?

No names of wives, girlfriends, or that special someone you met in Thailand.
Dont get anything in Chinese, or any other squiggly writing that you cant read.
A tat of a monkeys ass with your bellybutton being the hole - while very funny is actually not that fantastic idea.
Apple logo's and geek humor - sucks. Linux tats suck even more. Binary jokes are however OK.
Dont fuck off the tattooist - and get one that uses new at least semi regularly.

Bling Bling Tank

[JimO]

First tat advise?



A tat of a monkeys ass with your bellybutton being the hole - while very funny is actually not that fantastic idea.


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a guy with a monkeys arse tattoo on his belly button won the best tat competition at the Vincent rally this year

[Gubb]

Get a good nights sleep beforehand, eat a good brekky, take a bottle of water with you, and have a couple of Nurofen a few hours before it commences.

The outlining hurts like hell, after about 10 minutes the endorphins kick in, and it's not too bad.

Good luck, that's a gnarly place to start, just had part of my collarbone done, and it wasn't pleasant.

Here's my ever continuing saga. Had another session done last week, just waiting for the excessive bruising to die down before I post more pics.

Enjoy it!

[BIHB@0610]

Take two panadol a couple of hours before your appointment, and another two just before they start tattooing.

The tattooist will definitely have their own advice for after-care - but you've asked for advice so I'd say bepanthen and glad-wrap. If you keep it really well covered in bepanthen and glad-wrap, the scab will never form, it will never get itchy, and you will be left with nice sharp lines.

I have a celtic knot in the centre of my back - four parallel lines make up the big line that snakes in and out of itself - with detail like that it's really important to have good aftercare so you don't end up with a smudgy mess.

Keep sunscreen on the design when you go outside - always, not just immediately after the work's been done - sun will fade the ink and make the lines go smudgy (again, not a good look).

Good luck! I waited nine years to get my design done and seven years later I've never regretted it, not once. It represents my viking and celtic ancestors, is behind me (on my back - and in terms of my heritage), and at my heart (between my shoulder blades, and in terms of my beliefs - everything is connected, no beginning, no end).

Big hugs!

[Bikernereid]

Take two panadol a couple of hours before your appointment, and another two just before they start tattooing.

The tattooist will definitely have their own advice for after-care - but you've asked for advice so I'd say bepanthen and glad-wrap. If you keep it really well covered in bepanthen and glad-wrap, the scab will never form, it will never get itchy, and you will be left with nice sharp lines.

I have a celtic knot in the centre of my back - four parallel lines make up the big line that snakes in and out of itself - with detail like that it's really important to have good aftercare so you don't end up with a smudgy mess.

Keep sunscreen on the design when you go outside - always, not just immediately after the work's been done - sun will fade the ink and make the lines go smudgy (again, not a good look).

Good luck! I waited nine years to get my design done and seven years later I've never regretted it, not once. It represents my viking and celtic ancestors, is behind me (on my back - and in terms of my heritage), and at my heart (between my shoulder blades, and in terms of my beliefs - everything is connected, no beginning, no end).

Big hugs!

SOunds awesome and really has some deep meaning behond it. Good on ya.

I am looking at getting another couple but I am not to happy about someone who does not know arabic script writing on me. Until I can find someone I know and trust to write the words I want and to find the words in arabic that best fit the english words I wont have them done.

[Bren]

i know it's been said....but I will reiterate...DON'T PICK THE SCABS!

Get a good tattoo cream. I use Protat...and use it at least 3 times a day for the first few days to a week...then at least once a day for a while after that...

get a good artist! get a good artist, and my final piece of advice is get a good artist!


I have a lizard and silver fern on my upper left arm, and a chinese dragon holding a globe that has my chinese zodiac sign on my right

next big job will be a samurai warrior on my back....but will be done by a japanese artist when i go and see my brother in japan in a few years

[DingoZ]

1. Don't pick the scabs
2. Don't rub dry - pat dry with a towel.
3. Use Bepanthen, or Protat liberally on the tat for the recommended time.
4. Don't go out and sunbake or get sunburnt for the first 3-4 months of having your tat done. (Something to do with the ultraviolet rays affecting the ink)...
5. Apply skin moisturiser (yes moisturiser), to the whole area liberally for a few weeks after it has all healed...

Mine took 5 & 1/2 hours to complete, followed the aftercare instructions and never had a problem with scabs or scarring. Will definetely be looking at further inkwork sometime in the near future...

Rock on Gill from Tattoo City - Cuba Mall Wellington