Looking for some general tattoo advice

[Publius]

Got this a few weeks ago. That was right when I got it Chai? This is Homepage of the Dead, buddy!

[Exatreides]

Yeah... The Living dead

[Publius]

Touché.

[MinionZombie]

*psst* I can see Exatreides nip *snickers* ... I'm such a child... Seriously though, what's that tattoo all about? I kinda recognise the symbol, but don't know anything about what it means. ... Also hellsing - that's a pretty nifty idea there, the only downside being you'd only get to see it on occasion ... or if you duct-taped a UV light to your arm ... or became a CSI dude just so you could boast your ink about the place before making a smarmy pun ahead of the titles jump.

[Publius]

Seriously though, what's that tattoo all about? I kinda recognise the symbol, but don't know anything about what it means. It's a Star of David with the Hebrew word chai, meaning 'living.' Like in the traditional toast l'chaim! ('to life!') as heard in Fiddler on the Roof.

[Eyebiter]

Before getting one find out how many thousands of dollars per inch laser tattoo removal costs in your area. Be advised most insurance policies won't cover the procedure. Know people who got tattoos back in college. One gal had a rose about 2 inches wide and 6 inches long put on her calf. Now it's 20 years later. Those same people are now older, married with children, working professional jobs. That 'cool' tattoo from 20 years ago is now a source of embarrassment. They either have to pay $ every few years to get the colors redone, or it looks like crap. Not to mention weight gain as you age - stretched out tattoos look really bad.

[Tricky]

Not to mention weight gain as you age - stretched out tattoos look really bad. All the more reason, if any was needed, to keep in shape as you get older I know what you mean though, Im 28 now & in pretty decent shape, but a lot of the lads I knew in my teens & early 20's are lugging around spare tyres now already after 10 years of kebabs, beer & McDonalds

[bassman]

Not to mention weight gain as you age - stretched out tattoos look really bad. Yeah. That "cool" star that girls get will later look like a christmas tree...

[Tricky]

Yeah. That "cool" star that girls get will later look like a christmas tree... Its worse when girls get a tattoo round their belly button or that area, then get pregnant & the whole tat gets stretched to hell, then looks like a decorated scrotum once the baby has been born & the tat is stuck in stretch marks!

[deadpunk]

So im finishing university soon and im thinking of commemorating being the first person in the family to be a university graduate by getting my first tattoo. Ive thought about getting tattoo's since i was young, but never have because, well im a retard, but im not stupid. God knows that 16 year old at my old work regrets the skull with a topknot that everyone thinks looks like a snake with wil wheatons face fucking a coconut..... -Anyway, i figure im mature enough not to get some crap like that and ive had certain designs running through my head since i was 15 or 16 and think this is an event worthy of the excuse to get one. Im not talking anything big, something small on my lower leg or ankle, but i know very little about the actual process and was looking for some advice, god knows you got a good chance of asking a group of horror enthusiasts that some will be inked so anyone got any general information or sage advice i might not find when a-googlin'? Best advice you'll ever get: if they call the tattoo machine a gun, run out the door.

[Exatreides]

I'm looking to get a new tattoo here in the next couple weeks. A latin phrase "Aut inveniam viam aut faciam" Which means, if i can not find a way, I will make one. Thinking about getting the first half of it on the back of my left arm, and the second half of it on my right arm. Don't know exactly what type of style the words to be in though, thats the roadblock i'm at right now. Any Idea's?

[Danny]

I'm looking to get a new tattoo here in the next couple weeks. A latin phrase "Aut inveniam viam aut faciam" Which means, if i can not find a way, I will make one. Thinking about getting the first half of it on the back of my left arm, and the second half of it on my right arm. Don't know exactly what type of style the words to be in though, thats the roadblock i'm at right now. Any Idea's? i aint gonna lie, the paraphrase on two arms thing is kind of a meathead exclusive thing over here, but if your positively sure google some fonts up. theres websites like blambot that specialize in all manner of lettering fonts for comic books and it ranges form old west style script to norse runes.

[krakenslayer]

I'm thinking of getting a tattoo of a pair of tits on my forehead, what do you guys think?

[ProfessorChaos]

I'm thinking of getting a tattoo of a pair of tits on my forehead, what do you guys think? this guy.... *puts on sunglasses* ....must have tits on his mind. Click

[Danny]

this guy.... *puts on sunglasses* ....must have tits on his mind. Click