Poll: Do you have a tattoo? - Page 6

lipstixgal · 05-26-2011, 08:53 PM

No tats here none!!

LaneyDoll · 05-26-2011, 09:08 PM

OMG, I almost forgot!!! In addition to my tattoo, I have an artistic cutting. I have a butterfly on my shoulder and I am (hopefully) getting it touched up in little over a week.

Hack · 05-26-2011, 09:39 PM

I have one done by my friend Fistoffer (from the old site) on my upper right back. Want to get another one soon.

asphaltcowboi · 05-26-2011, 10:41 PM

have four two on each upper arm(bicept) thinking of having my right arm sleeved

moxie · 05-26-2011, 10:49 PM

I don't have any and will most likely never get any. Since I was about 14 I wanted a barcode on the nape of my neck...was the whole Orwellian/Huxley reading curriculum that year in school. My desire died down after a few years.

I like tattoos on other people and they can be sexy if they are on the right person.

undone · 06-01-2011, 04:16 PM

No tats but only because I can never decide on what I would have done.
They are rather costly, and a permanent thing it's no easy choice for me.
Not to forget my gemini traits mean even when I have settled on one my mind changes so fast that it no longer is settled.

sara-bera · 11-18-2011, 10:55 PM

It took me years to decide on the one tattoo I have. It's on the base of my neck and it's Kanji for something the English language doesn't have an expression for. In general, it means a protected innocence or, if one wishes to simplify it further, it's about as close as one can come to "little girl" in Kanji. I had it verified by two Japanese speaking people (I was really nervous to end up with "Eat At Joe's" in Kanji permanently on my body).

I have two more things I would love to have put on my skin, but I cannot decide where. The one I have is so perfectly 'me' and looks so elegant in it's placement, I just feel like I would somehow ruin it by putting another tattoo elsewhere (OCD is special). I will probably always have just this one... but I love it so.

tazz · 11-18-2011, 10:59 PM

i have one on my right gastronemius semitendinosis... LOL! my right calf.

the frame is a butterfly with the face of a lion.
my metaphorical theme is 'fragile, yet fierce.'

chai~ · 11-18-2011, 11:02 PM

I have several, they tell the story of my life....I am ready to do some cover ups now though, to keep more in tune with my current state of mind!

Vlasta · 11-18-2011, 11:13 PM

None and I thought about it in the past a lot . what turned me off an elderly people tattoos at my workplace . Skin all shriveled up and you can't even tell what it is .

I'mOneToo · 11-18-2011, 11:30 PM

Immediately, your comment made me think of this video:

Tattoos can become shriveled and unrecognizable, but they tell a story. Mine tell many stories. How they came to be on my body, and sometimes stories of the artists themselves. I have several done by some of the biggest names in tattoo artistry of their eras. It wasn't their best work, by any stretch of the imagination. Yes, they are faded. Most of them were done when I was 17, illegally, but that's a whole 'nother story.

Sun worship has faded most of the color and what remains are the outlines. And the memories of a bygone era.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vlasta

None and I thought about it in the past a lot . what turned me off an elderly people tattoos at my workplace . Skin all shriveled up and you can't even tell what it is .

asphaltcowboi · 11-19-2011, 12:34 AM

i have several tats but the one that bugs me the most is a heart that had a ribbon threw it with my first loves initals in it.. it bugged my next g/f so i had it blanked out with a chain designe then had her name put in with in a few months i was back getting it changed again... i now have a heart all wraped in chain!! took me long enough to learn!! but it is a reminder. my other tata are pretty cool a phonix with rainbow wings, a wolf on top a mtn beying in the sunset..then a tribal band with two feathers represting my parents. they are all on my arms above the elboews so i try to work my arms an keep the tats in shape!

mustangjeano · 11-19-2011, 02:20 AM

I have two. The first one is a heart with initials. I got it to show my love for a wonderful woman that I spent 8 years with. I was in my twenties, The second one is a cute lil devil and I got it for my 60th birthday to remind me to enjoy life and be playful. My daughter went with me and got the same tatoo-- hers is on the top of her foot (ouch) and mine is on my arm.

NorCalStud · 11-19-2011, 02:45 AM

I needed some strength and thought of a like a bullfighter's shaped cape of tatts. So on my left upper arm and shoulder pecs ... I have the Lady of Guadalupe with thorns and roses. In clouds beneath her the word "familia"....my highest feeling. On my back is Mary her hand over her heart. On my right side is Bear....My earth medecine. A sweetgrass blade band around with two feathers.....lots and lots of bamboo. On my back is a coconut tree with the sea and a breaching small whale. All black ink.

sierragirrl · 11-19-2011, 02:47 AM

Hey Tazz i have the same butterfly frame but with a tiger face.
i have many more,the 2 i love the most are on my right uper part of arm 3 koi fish swimming up my arm representing myself and my girls.
the other one is an hawaiian orchid with mom and the date she passed away.i could go for more but my last one hhuuuuurt a bit

Vlasta · 11-20-2011, 04:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by I'mOneToo

Immediately, your comment made me think of this video:

Tattoos can become shriveled and unrecognizable, but they tell a story. Mine tell many stories. How they came to be on my body, and sometimes stories of the artists themselves. I have several done by some of the biggest names in tattoo artistry of their eras. It wasn't their best work, by any stretch of the imagination. Yes, they are faded. Most of them were done when I was 17, illegally, but that's a whole 'nother story.

Sun worship has faded most of the color and what remains are the outlines. And the memories of a bygone era.

I understand what are you saying and I didn't want to go into too many details . I like tattoos on others , but it's simply not for me . If I have to have a tattoo for every story that has meaning to me Kat Von D would have to speed up with hers to match mine .

*Anya* · 11-20-2011, 05:15 AM

I do like artistic tats on others. I admire the intricacy of the work and still find tribals on well-toned biceps rather hot.

That said, I never had any interest in getting one for myself and as already mentioned, I have seen them become almost as though they were faded parchment paper on elderly folk.

I guess by the time one is 80 or so, it does mark the history of ones life, regardless.

girl_dee · 11-20-2011, 05:23 AM

Right ankle ~ Heart with rainbow colors
Left ankle ~ Fleur DiLis for New Orleans, got it after Katrina
Left wrist ~ Infinity knot in color
earlobes are tatted too

Oh yeah Syr's pawprint is tatted on my backside, She signed the word MINE under it. Syr's boi is a tattoo artist and did that one, so it's extra meaningful!

I'm looking to finally get the one for my right wrist, I know what I want I just have to design it.

tapu · 11-20-2011, 05:23 AM

I have my prisoner number tattoo'd on my neck, but that was not by choice.

Gemme · 11-20-2011, 11:55 AM

For those that are mentioning the fading and reshaping of tats as we age, you are absolutely right. What looks and feels good on 20 year old skin is not going to look and feel exactly the same at 40 or 60 or beyond.

In this day and age of uncertainty, one very old, very wise and very tattooed woman once mentioned to me that, no matter what happens to her in her life and who she meets, they will always remember her.

Tats help us express ourselves and make us memorable. We wear them like jewelry adorning our bodies and how we 'wear' them often determines how they are perceived. They mark events in our lives and the additions and loss of people and give others fodder for conversation, be it positive or negative.

And, Heaven forbid, help to identify us in a life/death situation.

I may or may not love them just a little.

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05-26-2011, 08:53 PM	#101
lipstixgal Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: coupled Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,028 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 201 Thanked 1,690 Times in 1,064 Posts Rep Power: 1494760	No tats here none!! __________________ Gail

05-26-2011, 09:08 PM	#102
LaneyDoll Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Girly girl femme Preferred Pronoun?: She; Ma'am; Miss ;) Relationship Status: Pitbull protected. Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Birmingham, AL Posts: 2,204 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,892 Thanked 7,689 Times in 1,610 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	OMG, I almost forgot!!! In addition to my tattoo, I have an artistic cutting. I have a butterfly on my shoulder and I am (hopefully) getting it touched up in little over a week. __________________ There are beauties who stop traffic and then there are beauties who grow obsessively in the hearts of the susceptible.

05-26-2011, 10:41 PM	#104
asphaltcowboi Senior Member How Do You Identify?: butch Relationship Status: HAPPY Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: ..... Posts: 1,509 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,367 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,042 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	have four two on each upper arm(bicept) thinking of having my right arm sleeved __________________

05-26-2011, 10:49 PM	#105
moxie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: a cynical princess wannabe Preferred Pronoun?: lipgloss junkie Relationship Status: yep Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: the ville Posts: 3,027 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,544 Thanked 6,770 Times in 1,847 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	I don't have any and will most likely never get any. Since I was about 14 I wanted a barcode on the nape of my neck...was the whole Orwellian/Huxley reading curriculum that year in school. My desire died down after a few years. I like tattoos on other people and they can be sexy if they are on the right person. __________________ "Accept what people offer. Drink their milkshakes. Take their love." - Wally Lamb

05-26-2011, 09:39 PM	#103
Hack Just a guy. How Do You Identify?: Just a guy Preferred Pronoun?: male Relationship Status: Sparkle's consort Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: MA Posts: 1,458 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 807 Thanked 3,784 Times in 960 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I have one done by my friend Fistoffer (from the old site) on my upper right back. Want to get another one soon.

06-01-2011, 04:16 PM	#106
undone Junior Member How Do You Identify?: me! Preferred Pronoun?: Woman Relationship Status: Sold! Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Long Beach, CA but home is Portland Posts: 96 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 174 Thanked 178 Times in 63 Posts Rep Power: 507770	No tats but only because I can never decide on what I would have done. They are rather costly, and a permanent thing it's no easy choice for me. Not to forget my gemini traits mean even when I have settled on one my mind changes so fast that it no longer is settled.

11-18-2011, 10:55 PM	#107
sara-bera Member How Do You Identify?: female Join Date: May 2011 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,161 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,687 Thanked 2,859 Times in 739 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	It took me years to decide on the one tattoo I have. It's on the base of my neck and it's Kanji for something the English language doesn't have an expression for. In general, it means a protected innocence or, if one wishes to simplify it further, it's about as close as one can come to "little girl" in Kanji. I had it verified by two Japanese speaking people (I was really nervous to end up with "Eat At Joe's" in Kanji permanently on my body). I have two more things I would love to have put on my skin, but I cannot decide where. The one I have is so perfectly 'me' and looks so elegant in it's placement, I just feel like I would somehow ruin it by putting another tattoo elsewhere (OCD is special). I will probably always have just this one... but I love it so.

11-18-2011, 10:59 PM	#108
tazz Member How Do You Identify?: Athlete/tomboi Preferred Pronoun?: she, her, cutie Relationship Status: Estoy recibiendo cómodo con él Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: you never know where i might end up ;) Posts: 1,365 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,807 Thanked 1,759 Times in 642 Posts Rep Power: 20456638	i have one on my right gastronemius semitendinosis... LOL! my right calf. the frame is a butterfly with the face of a lion. my metaphorical theme is 'fragile, yet fierce.' __________________ "She walks a different path than some of us, but those on her wavelength enjoy the journey with her." --DLOS

11-18-2011, 11:02 PM	#109
chai~ Member How Do You Identify?: Self possessed Aquarian Preferred Pronoun?: Don't call me baby~ Relationship Status: Deliciously single and loving it. Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: lotus land Posts: 1,173 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,937 Thanked 3,383 Times in 864 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	I have several, they tell the story of my life....I am ready to do some cover ups now though, to keep more in tune with my current state of mind!

11-18-2011, 11:13 PM	#110
Vlasta BFP Sentinels How Do You Identify?: ................. Preferred Pronoun?: .............. Relationship Status: .................. Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: ............... Posts: 546 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,353 Thanked 1,002 Times in 286 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	None and I thought about it in the past a lot . what turned me off an elderly people tattoos at my workplace . Skin all shriveled up and you can't even tell what it is .

11-19-2011, 12:34 AM	#112
asphaltcowboi Senior Member How Do You Identify?: butch Relationship Status: HAPPY Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: ..... Posts: 1,509 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,367 Thanked 3,297 Times in 1,042 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	i have several tats but the one that bugs me the most is a heart that had a ribbon threw it with my first loves initals in it.. it bugged my next g/f so i had it blanked out with a chain designe then had her name put in with in a few months i was back getting it changed again... i now have a heart all wraped in chain!! took me long enough to learn!! but it is a reminder. my other tata are pretty cool a phonix with rainbow wings, a wolf on top a mtn beying in the sunset..then a tribal band with two feathers represting my parents. they are all on my arms above the elboews so i try to work my arms an keep the tats in shape! __________________

11-19-2011, 02:20 AM	#113
mustangjeano Member How Do You Identify?: old school stonebutch, Queer TG butch, ranch hand Preferred Pronoun?: he Relationship Status: single, not looking Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Northern Ca. Posts: 1,088 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,459 Thanked 1,029 Times in 361 Posts Rep Power: 15314315	tatoos I have two. The first one is a heart with initials. I got it to show my love for a wonderful woman that I spent 8 years with. I was in my twenties, The second one is a cute lil devil and I got it for my 60th birthday to remind me to enjoy life and be playful. My daughter went with me and got the same tatoo-- hers is on the top of her foot (ouch) and mine is on my arm. __________________ "Your outlook affects your outcome". John Paul Warren

11-19-2011, 02:45 AM	#114
NorCalStud Member How Do You Identify?: gaea's Daddy and Fiance Preferred Pronoun?: Ours Relationship Status: Engaged with gaea:-) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Island Mountain Posts: 440 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,630 Thanked 1,465 Times in 359 Posts Rep Power: 18918587	I needed some strength and thought of a like a bullfighter's shaped cape of tatts. So on my left upper arm and shoulder pecs ... I have the Lady of Guadalupe with thorns and roses. In clouds beneath her the word "familia"....my highest feeling. On my back is Mary her hand over her heart. On my right side is Bear....My earth medecine. A sweetgrass blade band around with two feathers.....lots and lots of bamboo. On my back is a coconut tree with the sea and a breaching small whale. All black ink. __________________ "Love the questions" ...Rainier Marie Rilke...Letters to a young poet Che

11-19-2011, 02:47 AM	#115
sierragirrl Member How Do You Identify?: .... Relationship Status: <3 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: ..... Posts: 783 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,417 Thanked 2,870 Times in 667 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	Hey Tazz i have the same butterfly frame but with a tiger face. i have many more,the 2 i love the most are on my right uper part of arm 3 koi fish swimming up my arm representing myself and my girls. the other one is an hawaiian orchid with mom and the date she passed away.i could go for more but my last one hhuuuuurt a bit

11-20-2011, 05:15 AM	#117
Anya Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Lesbian non-stone femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Committed to being good to myself Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Coast Posts: 8,258 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 39,306 Thanked 40,791 Times in 7,290 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	I do like artistic tats on others. I admire the intricacy of the work and still find tribals on well-toned biceps rather hot. That said, I never had any interest in getting one for myself and as already mentioned, I have seen them become almost as though they were faded parchment paper on elderly folk. I guess by the time one is 80 or so, it does mark the history of ones life, regardless. __________________ ~Anya~ Democracy Dies in Darkness ~Washington Post "...I'm deeply concerned by recently adopted policies which punish children for their parents’ actions ... The thought that any State would seek to deter parents by inflicting such abuse on children is unconscionable." UN Human Rights commissioner

11-20-2011, 05:23 AM	#118
girl_dee Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: dee Relationship Status: Hitched up Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Livin’ the Dream Posts: 24,079 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,560 Thanked 54,956 Times in 13,922 Posts Rep Power: 21474873	Right ankle ~ Heart with rainbow colors Left ankle ~ Fleur DiLis for New Orleans, got it after Katrina Left wrist ~ Infinity knot in color earlobes are tatted too Oh yeah Syr's pawprint is tatted on my backside, She signed the word MINE under it. Syr's boi is a tattoo artist and did that one, so it's extra meaningful! I'm looking to finally get the one for my right wrist, I know what I want I just have to design it.

11-20-2011, 05:23 AM	#119
tapu Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Understated butch. Preferred Pronoun?: I Relationship Status: Party of One Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Maine Posts: 1,654 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,324 Thanked 3,112 Times in 1,103 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	I have my prisoner number tattoo'd on my neck, but that was not by choice. __________________ Really? That's not funny to you?

11-20-2011, 11:55 AM	#120
Gemme Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Queer Stone Femme Girl of the Unicorn Variety Preferred Pronoun?: She, as in 'She's a GEM' Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: The roads are narrow here Posts: 36,587 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 182,179 Thanked 108,771 Times in 25,659 Posts Rep Power: 21474887	For those that are mentioning the fading and reshaping of tats as we age, you are absolutely right. What looks and feels good on 20 year old skin is not going to look and feel exactly the same at 40 or 60 or beyond. In this day and age of uncertainty, one very old, very wise and very tattooed woman once mentioned to me that, no matter what happens to her in her life and who she meets, they will always remember her. Tats help us express ourselves and make us memorable. We wear them like jewelry adorning our bodies and how we 'wear' them often determines how they are perceived. They mark events in our lives and the additions and loss of people and give others fodder for conversation, be it positive or negative. And, Heaven forbid, help to identify us in a life/death situation. I may or may not love them just a little. __________________ Gemme's Journal I'm misunderestimated.