INKED: A Thread for Tattoos

[ComicChick]

Good tats, bad tats, everywhere a Tattoo lol.

Feel free to post your own, or ideas you might have for one. Post the best, worst, and the most wtf tattoos you find. All are welcome here as long as they abide by Hype rules.

Tat it up, my friends

 

[ComicChick]

these have nice linework

 

[ComicChick]

these, well, they make ya go hmmmm

 

[AndThePickles]

The MC Escher tat is actually quite good...I just can't believe the guy actually got that on his head!

 

[Harls]

 

[knowsbleed]

I'd say to just bump the old tattoo thread... but Thread Manager would just eat it and it's babies... so good idea CC. Where's yours?

 

[Hotwire]

When Thread Manager closed the old one, it didn't make a new one for some reason. The old one is here. Please post your pictures and thoughts!



While I don't have any pics to post right now, I do have a little rant regarding my least favorite tattoos...

Neck Tattoos!

First off, let me say, I am pro-tattoo! I love them! I have several myself, and would love to get lots more! I also enjoy checking out the ink other people have. However, I have a huge problem with tattoos on the neck!

Let me elaborate. I understand that there are people who are heavily tattooed and have gotten tattoos on their necks/throats. These are not the people I have an issue with. It's the young people who have maybe 2-3 tattoos and have shrewdly placed them on their neck! (or hands) I cannot figure out why they choose this location. One, it looks very low class, and two, you can't cover it up with anything shy of a turtleneck. Seeing as how many employers frown on tattoos, you can see why this is an odd choice of placement.

I see two young women on a fairly regular basis who have names tattooed on their necks. One works at a gas station, and has "Andrew" on her neck, while the other works at Wendy's, with, I kid you not, "Tony Romo" on hers! It just makes me wonder, why? I mean, I would hope "Andrew" is someone VERY special to the one girl, but "Tony Romo"? Seriously? Part of me wants to see these ladies when they're 65-70 to see how those names look!

Anyway, that's my rant. Bottom line, if you're going to get a tattoo, you really need to think it through.

 

[Harls]

If you get it on the back of your neck or even the side, it's fairly easy to cover up with hair and/or makeup. But I see your point.

I love good tattoos with meaning, or that look really, really awesome.

 

[Morg]

When Thread Manager closed the old one, it didn't make a new one for some reason. The old one is here. Please post your pictures and thoughts!

TM will make a new thread if someone posted in any threads over 1K

 

[kal-el1990]

Thinking of getting one but I have a question.
Im going to get some Kanji (yes I know what it will say) but I was wondering if in years or however long I want to add to the tattoo, ie, a background etc if it can be done easily?

 

[Hotwire]

Thinking of getting one but I have a question.
Im going to get some Kanji (yes I know what it will say) but I was wondering if in years or however long I want to add to the tattoo, ie, a background etc if it can be done easily?

You can always add, but you'll have a hard time trying to take away.

 

[ComicChick]

TM will make a new thread if someone posted in any threads over 1K

it didn't make one cuz a new thread was already made

 

[Hotwire]

it didn't make one cuz a new thread was already made

No wonder I didn't find this one when I searched. I searched for "tattoo" not "tattoos".

 

[Harls]

Thinking of getting one but I have a question.
Im going to get some Kanji (yes I know what it will say) but I was wondering if in years or however long I want to add to the tattoo, ie, a background etc if it can be done easily?

Yeah, it can be touched up & added to later on.

 

[B.A. Baracus]

Thinking of getting one but I have a question.
Im going to get some Kanji (yes I know what it will say) but I was wondering if in years or however long I want to add to the tattoo, ie, a background etc if it can be done easily?

Yeah they can, i had a friend who had some done then added to it over the years, its pretty much just the same as the tattoo'd lady. but less extreme.

Yeah, i can be touched up.

What she said.

*I am not a skirt dammit.

 

[Harls]

Not even close to what I said, skirt.

 

[B.A. Baracus]

It's nearly 2 am, i have no come back. So you'll have to accept some lame.....

Your mum's a skirt.

Come on, its 2am.

 

[Harls]

I'm sorry, I don't have a mum, I have a mom. Go get some sleep you silly british hypester.

 

[B.A. Baracus]

Touche Harls, touche.

 

[Angry Monkey]

Yay a tat thread!

 

[Alchemyst]

Thinking of getting one but I have a question.
Im going to get some Kanji (yes I know what it will say) but I was wondering if in years or however long I want to add to the tattoo, ie, a background etc if it can be done easily?

That shouldn't be a problem at all, I have kanji on my right arm that I got back in like 2002 and earlier this year I got a background added to it, tbh it made it overall look alot better. I got japanese art style waves of water around it, pretty neat

 

[ComicChick]

That shouldn't be a problem at all, I have kanji on my right arm that I got back in like 2002 and earlier this year I got a background added to it, tbh it made it overall look alot better. I got japanese art style waves of water around it, pretty neat

post a photo

 

[Alchemyst]

post a photo

No problem, I'll post one this week once I'm off work, I'm ahead of you guys by like 8 hours.

 

[kal-el1990]

Thanks for the answers guys, another thing though!

With black ink, a lot of the time it seems to turn green (on ones i"ve seen anyway) is that normal?

 

[Hotwire]

Thanks for the answers guys, another thing though!

With black ink, a lot of the time it seems to turn green (on ones i"ve seen anyway) is that normal?

It depends on a couple things.
1. Your skin tone. Different skins tones are like coloring on different colored paper.
2. The ink. A lot of older tattoos were done with different types of ink. Some of it did not hold it's color as well.
3. Sun exposure. Extensive sun exposure is just as bad for your tattoo as it is for your skin.

I hope this helps.