Tatwork

[patgund]

Interesting article on tattooing (and covering up the Deception tattoo he got as a whim)

One note - the tattoo artist might be a TAD familar to certain people reading my LJ....

http://grrhss.com/bodystripe.html

Comments

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

I occasionally wonder whether I'll ever want to cover up or erase my tats. So far at 7 years on the first one and 3.5 years on the second one I am still totally in love with them. But life is long. I just hope the person that is me 30 years from now still digs them. And I'm still kinda nervous about starting my back piece. 'Cause it's not really gonna be something I can cover up - big with lots of black work.

[patgund.livejournal.com]

I've had mine for almost two years now. I know I'll have a couple more done along the road. So far, I've not had problems or wanted it removed/covered up

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

My brother sent me that link this morning, since he has met Freewind.

This guy maybe should have kept the Decepticon tat, it might be The Cool Thang by this time next year. His choice of course. Freewind has a lot of experience with How To Cover Up Tats and a lot of sympathy for those who really want to be rid of skin art which is no longer significant. He and an ex-girlfriend had a matching interlace pattern, which he cunningly worked into something completely new instead. On his own bod, that is, with the help of a colleague of course. I have no idea how the ex-girlfriend chose to deal with hers.

[firedrake-mor.livejournal.com]

I can certainly agree with the writer about preferring the traditional method (which I always thought was spelled "ta'tau", but what do I know?). I found it almost meditative when he did the piece on my chest, but then I had to hold my breath while he worked, and only breathe while he turned to get more ink in the comb. I know for me, it was a very timeless sensation, with three people (two "stretchers" to make sure the skin is taut for accepting the ink), focusing their energy on my body.

That I had it done on the last night of a waxing moon, the night before the summer solstice, had nothing to do with that, of course *grin*.

I also sympathize with the writer's experience of Freewind's time sense -- but that's nothing new -- he's been like that as long as I've known him, which, as I think of it, will be 25 years come Lyondemere Anniversary.