Question:
last week I went and got my second tattoo and it was by far the best
tattoo expirience I have ever had and I am so happy with the results. The
artist was the nicest and most wonderful guy. It wasn't insanely expensive
either. I just can't say anough good things about The Butterfly Tattoo Co. in New
Haven, CT. I can't remember the artists name, and I tried to look on the
website but the link for the New Haven studio doesn't work.
Answer:
- Speaking of tattoos. I've been seriously considering my first one(or a
couple). The problem is I don't quite know where to put it. Its not a
picture, but a latin phrase(anyone know an english to latin translator on
the web?). We all know the term 'Deus Ex Machina', or 'God from the
Machine'. Being a christian goth I am thinking of something along the
lines of 'God in this machine'(the other tat I wouldn't mind getting would
be a barcode reading my DOB and postal code of birthplace.
So the question is, when people get tats of phrases where do they usually
get them done?(I'm thinking along the upper back somewhere)
- I just got my third tat two weeks ago, and it has a latin phrase in
it--"Memento Mori." it's above a skull and it's on my lower back.
Looks fabulous, but it hurt like hell. I really like the look of
phrases being centered, like, as you said, on your back, but a friend
just got "To thine own self be true" tattooed on her upper arm, and
though I wasn't sure it would look good, it did turn out looking
great. She got it on her arm so that she could always see it, as it's
something she wants to remind herself to always do but I think
upper back would look wonderful. The one thing to consider is the
pain factor; places with less muscle and fat (such as the back) close
to the surface of the skin hurt more than a tat on a meaty part of
your bod, like the bicep or calf. And don't let anyone tell you it
doesn't hurt--it does and it will. Some places hurt more than others,
obviously--niether of my arm tattoo were anywhere near as painful as
the one on my lower back, but the arm ones did hurt. My husband just
got a Celtic knotwork armband done all the way around his arm, and
while the outside didn't seem to bother him all that much, when the
artist got to the underside of his arm, near the armpit, I could tell
he was hurtin'.
This is not meant in any way to discourage you-- if tats were
mind-wrenchingly painful, no one would ever get them done, but on the
same token, it sucks when loads of people tell you something won't
hurt, and you expect it not to, and you're not prepared for it when
you do get it done.
- THe pain factor depends on the person. Really. I've six tats total so
far- and the ones that *I* thought would hurt the worst, barely caused any pain
at all. Those would be my bat on the back of my neck, and my exclamation bolts
on the inside of my arms. The bolts I thought would really hurt because hey,
thats some tender meat there... THe only
thing that made my neck hurt was having my chin rest on my chest.
The one that caused me the most pain, was the one I thought would be a cake
walk. the very minute he started- my leg was twitching.
I'm not gonna say that Tattoo's don't hurt either... I CAN say though, 2 outta
my six hardly hurt at all.