Skinning Ourselves
Got any tattoos?
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 by zakai1369 | Discussion: Community
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?
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.)
So.
Got any tattoos?
Have they got a special meaning?
Just a drunken impulse?
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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ZubaZ
Reply #2 Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:28 PM
Reply #2 Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:28 PM
Is it wrong to want the stardock logo tattood on my arm?
What about Impulse? That's a sweet icon!
What about Impulse? That's a sweet icon!
ZubaZ
Reply #3 Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:32 PM
Reply #3 Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:32 PM
I always thought it would be fun to shave my head and have a barcode put on the back.
Something like this:
Something like this:
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #4 Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:54 PM
Reply #4 Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:54 PM
Never...too hard to change when you want a new look. 
Philly0381
Reply #5 Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:57 PM
Reply #5 Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:57 PM
I came into this world, sorry to say, looking like I do and that's how I'm going out! 
ZubaZ
Reply #7 Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:05 PM
Reply #7 Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:05 PM
Hi . . My name is Aaron . . and I have a problem. 
ZubaZ completes step 1 . . but thinks that might be enough.
ZubaZ completes step 1 . . but thinks that might be enough.
SirSmiley
Reply #8 Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:06 PM
:shudders: So, you're bald and covered in amniotic fluid? That's gotta be tough going through life looking like that.
Reply #8 Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:06 PM
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.
Lantec
Reply #9 Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:10 PM
Scars are nature's way of saying "you needed a tattoo"
Reply #9 Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:10 PM
I came into this world, sorry to say, looking like I do and that's how I'm going out!
Scars are nature's way of saying "you needed a tattoo"
Philly0381
Reply #10 Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:12 PM
Gee thanks SirSmiley, what a wonderful picture you painted.
Reply #10 Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:12 PM
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.
:shudders: So, you're bald and covered in amniotic fluid? That's gotta be tough going through life looking like that.
Gee thanks SirSmiley, what a wonderful picture you painted.
SirSmiley
Reply #11 Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:20 PM
Reply #11 Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:20 PM
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.
The only thing I would do different for mine is had it put on the shoulder and not the bicep.
HAPTORK
Reply #12 Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:37 PM
Reply #12 Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:37 PM
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.
I do have one little on my arm. I got it when I was about 8 years old. Ya it was paining a lot.
ZubaZ
Reply #13 Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:41 PM
Reply #13 Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:41 PM
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.
zakai1369
Reply #14 Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:09 PM
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
Reply #14 Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:09 PM
Never...too hard to change when you want a new look.
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
zakai1369
Reply #15 Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:13 PM
Good point if you can't afford both. That's part of the reason I never got any when I was younger.
Reply #15 Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:13 PM
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.
Good point if you can't afford both. That's part of the reason I never got any when I was younger.
zakai1369
Reply #16 Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:15 PM
Got a few of those too. But, unless they're bad ones, they seem to shrink and fade faster.
Reply #16 Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:15 PM
Scars are nature's way of saying "you needed a tattoo"
Got a few of those too. But, unless they're bad ones, they seem to shrink and fade faster.
HAPTORK
Reply #17 Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:16 PM
Reply #17 Thursday, March 27, 2008 2:16 PM
Ya its Om. This's a religious sign and word. Used in Yoga as well.
ZubaZ
Reply #18 Thursday, March 27, 2008 4:18 PM
She's a good wife.
Reply #18 Thursday, March 27, 2008 4:18 PM
Ya its Om. This's a religious sign and word. Used in Yoga as well
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.
vStyler
Reply #19 Thursday, March 27, 2008 4:26 PM
Wrong gift.. Shoulda got u a dictionary.
Reply #19 Thursday, March 27, 2008 4:26 PM
My wife had earrings made for me for Christmas
Wrong gift.. Shoulda got u a dictionary.
Bichur
Reply #20 Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:12 PM
you have to know how to spell it, to look it up...
Reply #20 Thursday, March 27, 2008 7:12 PM
Wrong gift.. Shoulda got u a dictionary.
you have to know how to spell it, to look it up...
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Reply #1 Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:09 PM