I just started getting tats a lil over a year ago. People are surprised I get them, prolly cause they think I am a wuss. But I love the experience and none of it hurts much.

I got my first one, my daughters name and birthdate on my back right shoulder. Then last Oct I got my family friends name who passed away *he was like a grandpa mostly* on my back neck. There is a prayer hand symbol next to his name. Then my most recent done, this past friday..it is a treble clef inside a star with lil stars going around it. That one was on my foot. :)

I want to expand my foot one and put some color stars around my ankle. Like up and around and do rainbow ones and then fit in something fun with the orginal *sp?* tattoo itself. I also want to get like a collage of things my aunt did/loved who passed away. I love my name tattoos but I think for her it will have more meaning if I go with a symbolic one for her.

My tattoo artist is a family friend of mine. His daughter is almost covered and we did color guard/flag corp growing up. His name is Mark and the shop is Marked for Life. I really have no clue why I waited so long to get one done *I am 26 now*...there is just something about a tattoo shop though that makes me happpy lol.

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I have a few tattoos. They mean a great deal to me, I really don't care what people think or the looks I get. Most of the time, it's very positive. I love to see the looks on peoples faces when they first see my tattoos, I just smile and look at them back. Sometimes I get questions inquiring: "does it hurt?" "What does it mean?" "Who does your work?" I just tell people my tattoos are the places, people, family and cultures that mean a great deal to me.

I'm still in the process of completing my work. It's a life long process of learning about myself, the world around me, and the beautiful things I have experienced.

All my tattoos were done at Yonge Street Tattoo in Toronto. Once I have surgery, I'll get a few more. :)

I have a tribal tattoo on one arm and a name on the other, but I want to get the name covered up and was thinking of getting an Italian phase having to do with or about Family.

I wouldn't get this, but think its funny, Esse nufesso qui dice male di macaruni which means Who speaks badly of Macaroni is a fool.

http://www.kanji-tat2.com/bilder/kanji/tree.gif

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Leopard Man

I have a couple and have been formulating my next one for the last few years. I have the concept in my mind, and have drawn it a few times. Now it's just a matter of right time, right place, right artist, etc for me to go through with it.

This is what I started with...

i just recently got a tatt on my neck symbolizing an Atlanta braves A with a vols hat hanging off the top of the A. Atlanta being where my son was born and we both have the same vols hat.

My next will come in a couple weeks. It will be Avery in chinese on my rt lower arm.

Sam, will pics will be posted somewhere and shared?

yeah i will upload them to photobucket and put the link up later tonight

I finally got around to making a slide show of my tats - well, MOST of them - I have several on my upper/lower back that I HATE that I didn't include. I'm having an artist work on a large back piece that will make me like my back better. Once that's done, I'll post pics.

http://www.picnik.com/show/id/925599.../t/tattoo-show

I definately want my back done after top surgery i have a few idea's

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I am a total tattoo lover. First tattoo I was 16, it started out being a "small" memorial tattoo after my grandmother passed. It ended up covering my entire back. It is an angel with her wings open reaching down to take my grandmothers hands and in the background is my granmothers home and the two of us riding her in cherished 66 mustang......It is very detailed I will try to get a picture of it up here, anyway I have 11 tattoos in all, and do plan more. I also design all of my tattoos and they are done by a great friend. He is 72 years old and also did my grandmothers tattoos.

I have a Mermaid tattoo on my right shoulder
and I think it's time to change how she looks...

Maybe something along the lines of the design below:
stencil in her fish scales and a bit of color here and there.

http://www.spiritualnetwork.net/tatt...ge/mermaid.jpg

Got two new one's today... tiny ones, since my last one took hours and "nearly turned my arm to hamburger" when they did the cover-up...
But tiny is just as beautiful as intricate designs... especially if the memories and meanings are special.

My "Rain Frog" for my youngest son, Dustin... (left thigh)
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/z...g?t=1341120142

And my DragonFirefly...the dragonfly holding such beauty and a unique creature to me...the Firefly with special meaning for my spirit and Hopper Fire spice...and the special meaning of the colors: Life, Healing, Sun, Nature, Harmony and Spirit...
http://i815.photobucket.com/albums/z...g?t=1341120074
I love dragonflies. And a small Pride bracelet with a silver dragonfly was the last thing my oldest son lovingly gave to me, which he made himself the weekend we went to our first Pride together in Harrisburg.

I'm delighted with them!! I've waiting a LONG time to find the right one just for Dustin...

I love our Tattoo artist team... they treat me with such respect. And they crack me up...tonight, when my thigh was MUCH more sensitive than I had anticipated, I told him to "just call me wimp"... he calmly said "no, Little Frog"... it wasn't until I got home, that I thought of the joke "Jump Froggy, JUMP!"... that was me tonight when he dug the needle in!

my tats are an expression on my lifes journeys

I have 2 tattoos, and have plans for a couple more (not sure where they will be placed yet)

First tattoo came at age 49, right after I came out. It is on my left shoulder, and is heart shaped, with half of the heart a pride flag,and the other half leather pride flag colors.

Second tattoo came this past January, at the age of 59. It is on my right shoulder, and is an inverted pink triangle, deeply edged in black, with a thick black marking in the middle of the Oriental symbol for "women".

And, no, I will NOT be waiting till I hit the age of 69 for my next tattoo! LOL

I have one tattoo, on my belly. I was never completely satisfied with the way it turned out, but pregnancy really did some damage to it. I'd like to have it covered with a different one but it would have to be rather large and I don't know what would work well over it. I am also not a fan of the painful process. Maybe eventually.

Find a good tattoo artist and get their ideas of what would look good in that area to cover up the other one. At least it would give you some ideas to ponder???

I have five tats. I want more but have not been inspired as to what they would be. I am thinking that another one will be added sooner than later.. maybe something on my forearm.

I am not sure what that was before but I love how vivid that color is. That's an awesome job!

My dog just passed away and the vet gave me a print of my dogs paw. So below my right calf is going to be a leg band of little dog paw print and hers in the middle. There's also going to be a dog tag hanging from it that says Lilly.