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[femmy1]

I am sleeved. I am a cancer survivor.. which really just changed everything in my life. I am painfully shy in person..and sort of reclusive. I knew after cancer I would not be interested in a corporate job any longer, so I wanted to sleeve. I got screwed bad on the first part of the sleeve by a butch tattooist in Erie, PA which I went to because she was a site member of the dash site. I got two bunches of plumeria flowers with some maori swirl work around it, it looked like someone drew on me with a crayon bad bad bad... I tried to rectify the bad work but just got blown off. I sought a local artist in Pittsburgh where I live and found a great cover up guy. He fixed what I had and made a great tropical sleeve with tribal maori work, flowers and a butterfly. It is dark, and awesome !! I even found a way to get my husband's initials in there. It all turned out soo well !! I have the Elvis stamp on my other arm which I plan to get covered soon with another sleeve which will consist of various religious symbols mixed with a gypsy like= mother mary image lots of roses and crows. It is going to be soooo cool !! Being sleeved threw me into a whole 'nother employable status...hahah so I started my own business and never looked back.
I would cover my whole body if I could.. as I get older I don't heal as well. Latina and keloid-y to start with so I have to be careful and do it in steps. Oh well, that's my handicap !!

How much do you all pay ?? I am curious about that... I have about 26 hours into my arm... at well over 100$ an hour ... whew.. whoever used to think tattoos make a woman look cheap is o wrong. I think they look like cha-ching !!

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[Mister Bent]

Originally Posted by femmy1

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How much do you all pay ?? I am curious about that... I have about 26 hours into my arm... at well over 100$ an hour ... whew.. whoever used to think tattoos make a woman look cheap is o wrong. I think they look like cha-ching !!

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New York City, about $150/hr for the better shops, + tip. Daredevil tattoo on the LES has $50 Flash Fridays (or they used to). You could get something off their flash wall for $50 + tip. I never did it, but kind of wish I'd gotten a little Sailor Jerry flash piece.

[SassyLeo]

I have a Star of David on my lower back that I have had for a long time... I think about 10 years. It also has my initials and birth date. It is faded and needs some work...but I still love it. At some point, I will have some touch up work done.



In 2008, during the infamous Florida trip, the lovely and amazing...and our very own, QueenofQueens, did the lion piece on my left shoulder ::
(The pic isn't that great... sorry. It is much more vibrant in person )



And last summer, my friend and local artist/tattooist, Leslie, did this Hamsa on my right shoulder.





I have one more which I have had since I was 19 (I'm 36 now)...it is old and faded and stretched. Basically, not worthy of a pic. It is a flower from a painting I did and located near my hip/pelvic area. At some point I will get that one covered/fixed-up too.

I've also got a few more ideas in the works...

[Medusa]

Originally Posted by SassyLeo

I have a Star of David on my lower back that I have had for a long time... I think about 10 years. It also has my initials and birth date. It is faded and needs some work...but I still love it. At some point, I will have some touch up work done.



In 2008, during the infamous Florida trip, the lovely and amazing...and our very own, QueenofQueens, did the lion piece on my left shoulder ::
(The pic isn't that great... sorry. It is much more vibrant in person )



And last summer, my friend and local artist/tattooist, Leslie, did this Hamsa on my right shoulder.





I have one more which I have had since I was 19 (I'm 36 now)...it is old and faded and stretched. Basically, not worthy of a pic. It is a flower from a painting I did and located near my hip/pelvic area. At some point I will get that one covered/fixed-up too.

I've also got a few more ideas in the works...

Gorgeous tats! I love the Quock piece!

[SassyLeo]

Originally Posted by Medusa

Gorgeous tats! I love the Quock piece!

Thanks Medusa!

If she lived closer to me, I am sure I would be broke

[Write14u]

That's my problem. The artist I want to do my next ink lives a dang 2,000-plus miles from me.

[QueenofQueens]

Word on the streets is that you all are being awfully sweet to me in here.
Now, icksnay before you make me blush and stuff.

Smooches,
Quock

[femmy1]

Originally Posted by Jackhammer

My wife's back took about 10 hours (2 sessions) and it cost $1000.00

My arm Tattoo and band cost me about $700.00

So Im thinking about a $100.00 an hour

cool... not so bad !!



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[Write14u]

My first tattoo, I was with a friend and her gf in Pensacola. My friend wanted a navel piercing, but at the last second was chickening out. I told her I would hold her hand and get a much-discussed tat afterward if she went through with it. She really wanted it. (and her useless, abusive gf was hungover and no help at all, hence ME holding her hand). My thinking? She'll be so happy with her piercing she'll forget about a tat for me. Yeah, no. When she was done, I was told to get get a tat. So I started looking through for something that could fit in my price range of oh, about $50. LOL I ended up getting Japanese script for "love" and "woman," so my tattoo basically said "To love women," and this was as I was coming out, so it seemed appropriate. It's on the outside of my right ankle. Funniest part about it was that two years later, my then-girlfriend and I were in Orlando and an Asian gentlemen spotted my tat and started saying (across a parking lot). "To love women, hah hah hah, to love women, hah hah hah." *shrug* At least I always knew it said what it was supposed to.

This tattoo is on my upper left shoulder. (OK, it doesn't like my flickr pic, so I'll try to post in the gallery)


I was in California visiting a friend, fresh off a bad breakup and talking about getting a Phoenix tattoo. This has long been my philosophy: Like the Phoenix rising from the ashes, nothing can keep me down. Well, my friend's gf is an artist and used to do tats so she volunteered to do my tat. Only issue was some of her ink was bad and old, so she tattooed over it three times to try and make it darker. It still has a faded look. I thought once about getting it darkened, but I like the effect, plus it had a lot of meaning for me, so no, I kept it.

I came thisclose to getting a tat last month while I was in Cali again (hmmm, trend...LOL) but time was an issue. So now, I have to find time to get it done. I want a tribal armband.

This is the vein of what I want:


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[Jaques]

This is the vein of what I want:


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these are wonderful, though i wouldnt have anything so big for myself, i have a couple of celtic smaller tatoos (Im of Welsh origin)

you cant really see the one on my arm but it was painful - Im a big wuss - lol!

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[Jet]

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[Linus]

Ol' Jet: thanks for posting that. The Cherry Blossoms one was really interesting. I showed it to K and she's been wanting one. I suggested she get something like that (her favourite flower is Hibiscus and she loves swallows) with the birds swooping in the branches. (it's a promised tattoo I'd get her as a "marque" -- a reference to her favourite book, Kushiel's Dart).

[Pixie]

Originally Posted by Linus

Ol' Jet: thanks for posting that. The Cherry Blossoms one was really interesting. I showed it to K and she's been wanting one. I suggested she get something like that (her favourite flower is Hibiscus and she loves swallows) with the birds swooping in the branches. (it's a promised tattoo I'd get her as a "marque" -- a reference to her favourite book, Kushiel's Dart).

Love that book/series.

I marqued myself.....a time in my life where I got me. The tat sound gorgeous