Skinning Ourselves

Got any tattoos?

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I'm sure this has probably been done elsewhere on these forums but I have yet to come across it.

So.
Got any tattoos?
Have they got a special meaning?
Just a drunken impulse?  :D

Post them here and tell a story.


Mine:







All of mine are in memory of my son Jonathan who passed away at the age of 9. Always thought about getting some
earlier on in life but ended up glad I hadn't.

The one on my chest was the first one I got and was actually drawn for me by someone I knew online. Sorry not the best
picture of it. The green sections are a ribbon wrapped around the heart and the top two sections have my sons name and
the third is his dates of birth and death.

The one on my right arm was drawn by my other son, when he was 13, he knew I planned on getting more tattoos involving
his brother and he wanted to create one of them. My sons initials were JMC which he integrated into the handle design and
the chinese symbol on the handle is for love and the one on the blade is for sorrow.

The one on my left arm was done in the same sitting as the one on my right arm. This one was my concept but put together
by the tattoo artist who did it. In the center, obviously, is Jonathan, the two names above the dreamcatcher are my other
two children. The dates in the center feather are when Jonathan was born and when he died. And the other four feathers
have the names of my four nephews in them.

(This thread is in no way a plea for sympathy or condolences. It's been 5 1/2 years since I lost my son and I miss him everyday.
But that's not the point of the thread. The point is peoples tattoos and the stories behind them. Just in my case all of my
current and future tattoos will always include him. So please keep it about that. Thanks.)



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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
bump ;)
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Is it wrong to want the stardock logo tattood on my arm?



What about Impulse?  That's a sweet icon!


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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I always thought it would be fun to shave my head and have a barcode put on the back.

Something like this:



Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Never...too hard to change when you want a new look. ;) 
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I came into this world, sorry to say, looking like I do and that's how I'm going out!  :SURPRISED: 
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Zubaz your scaring me... :LOL:
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hi . . My name is Aaron . . and I have a problem.  :)
/me completes step 1 . . but thinks that might be enough.  :)
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I came into this world, sorry to say, looking like I do and that's how I'm going out!
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:shudders: So, you're bald and covered in amniotic fluid? That's gotta be tough going through life looking like that. :p
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I came into this world, sorry to say, looking like I do and that's how I'm going out!
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Scars are nature's way of saying "you needed a tattoo"
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I came into this world, sorry to say, looking like I do and that's how I'm going out!


:shudders: So, you're bald and covered in amniotic fluid? That's gotta be tough going through life looking like that.
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Gee thanks SirSmiley, what a wonderful picture you painted.  :LOL:  :LOL:  :LOL: 

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
He he my pleasure Philly! ;)

The only thing I would do different for mine is had it put on the shoulder and not the bicep.
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The first tatoo looks cool.
I do have one little on my arm. I got it when I was about 8 years old. Ya it was paining a lot.
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Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
HAPTORK: OM?  Very cool.  Also a design I have seriously considered.  It seems though that when I have decided to get it done something comes along that is necessary.  Dance class for the girls (or whatever) seems to trump a tat every time.  :)
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Never...too hard to change when you want a new look.
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Thats why I get ones that I'd never want to be rid of. ;)


And why I tell my sisters they aren't allowed to have any more kids. The dreamcatcher wouldn't look right with feathers added :LOL:
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It seems though that when I have decided to get it done something comes along that is necessary. Dance class for the girls (or whatever) seems to trump a tat every time.
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Good point if you can't afford both. That's part of the reason I never got any when I was younger.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Scars are nature's way of saying "you needed a tattoo"
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:LOL:

Got a few of those too. But, unless they're bad ones, they seem to shrink and fade faster. ;)
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ya its Om. This's a religious sign and word. Used in Yoga as well. :)
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ya its Om. This's a religious sign and word. Used in Yoga as well
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My wife had earrings made for me for Christmas, that was one of them.  The others were a cross, a star of David, and a yin-yang.
She's a good wife.  :)
Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
My wife had earrings made for me for Christmas
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Wrong gift.. Shoulda got u a dictionary.  :D 
Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Wrong gift.. Shoulda got u a dictionary.
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you have to know how to spell it, to look it up... ;)
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
no tatoos, but got a labrett piercing....... I was going to get a tragus peircing...but didnt want too many piercing connected to my face, so settled with just one. I used to wear large black or silver spikes.....very goth...very * back away and just leave me the f*ck alone* (which is how i view the world on a daily occasion anyway).......but got in the way of my kissing.. :LOL: now i just wear a plain silver ball......on my full on rebelious days i will wear one of the spikes.

...at one stage i was seriously considering a tat on my lower back that had a barcode and read under it "borgmodel # 222" but i never did for reasons unknown.
Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have 4.

The first was my 'Jafo' avatar [as seen at left] as I have been a 'Jafo' in Formula One for 29 years.....left shoulder.

Second was Marvin [the Martian]....right shoulder...

Third was Wylie Coyote ....right forearm...

Fourth was Taz ...left forearm [I'm Tasmanian].

Terry [my wife] has the 'real' tatts though....

....still not finished....;)

 

Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
:SURPRISED:
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've got an idea for one (maggots crawling in a open wound) where my right breast use to be but, I think the scar tissue is too dense. Also, my girlfriend would kill me.

Jafo finally found a legit way to get his wife to take her clothes off! :CONGRAT:

.at one stage i was seriously considering a tat on my lower back that had a barcode and read under it "borgmodel # 222" but i never did for reasons unknown.
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That's a very original idea.
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Terry [my wife] has the 'real' tatts though....
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Thats a nice one.

Thought about getting some of those cartoon characters when I was younger. One of my exes loved mickey mouse to the point of an obsession that drove me nuts. I always told her I was going to get one of the back of mickeys head with him blowing Taz :LOL:


Glad I didn't ;)