Quaker: I have a tattoo-related question for Farkers who are knowledgeable about these things: How effective are the non-laser tattoo removal products I've heard of like Wrecking Balm, and can they be used in combination with laser tattoo removal to reduce the number of expensive laser treatments you would need?

wrecking balm is a chemical burn waiting in a bottle. its shiat, works like shiat, and if you used it with laser treatments will probably fark you up

moto-geek: Glitchwerks: I've always wondered, where is Mr. Cool Ice now?

I was wondering the same thing. The head tattoos are easy enough to hide with hair (as long as he doesn't go bald), but the ones on the hands and elsewhere...sheesh...that's a LOT of laser removal

I think he just uninstalled Photoshop.

My feelings on this subject can best be expressed graphically.

I am at work so i cant upload my only piece, but here goes CSB:
brother and cousin died in a shiatty car wreck about 9 months ago. found out shortly after that he had put a deposit down at Faith Tattoo in golden for the solid profile of an ironworker connecting steel. a few months after all settled and everyones brains started working, my cousin [who lost his younger brother as well in the wreck] and my dad went to the same guy to get their memorial pieces done on their backs. none of us have ever had a tattoo.

i got the profile he was going to get standing center spine on two i-beams branching out from on top of a column across my shoulders in a very POW style all black silohuette with an interlocked C and C where the ibeams meet standing for cole and casey. the ibeams fade from solid black at the ends and the two I's represent Integrity Iron, the company I now co-run with my cousin. Took like.. 5 tries to get the stencil on perfectly symmetrical on my back.

I never want to have another good reason to get a tattoo again. the piece turned out amazing and i put three months of thought in to it.
if you go to the website you can see my cousins back piece under Matts page, but their webpage is terrible, and i am as anti religious as they come.

wish i had a pic in the office to post, maybe when i get home.
dont get solid black up a solid half or more of your spine.

Tattoos are no longer special.
And if something is important to you, you don't need a tattoo to be reminded of it.

kiwimoogle84: HaroldTheScarecrow: kiwimoogle84: I don't have the energy to bite at the "all people with tattoos are trash, all women who have tattoos are sluts" trolls today. Just came to say that.

/though for anyone in the tri-state area, go visit Keith or Tim at The Inkwell in Philadelphia. Keith does cartoons and fine details like nothing else, and Tim does amazingly realistic flora and fauna.
//46 hours on my back to prove it

Clicked your profile for a picture of the back. Didn't see that, but saw the love for C&H. Sadly, I don't a way to get a real picture of my tattoo online right now, but I just got this one on the back of my calf this weekend.

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/Bill's Tattoo in Charlotte.

ZUHHHH???? Good choice, sir!
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i'm sorry, but that tattoo is absolutely abysmal. nothing with the subject matter, but whoa, blowout city. the rest of it looks like it was tattooed with all the technical ability and understanding of circus chimp

AllUpInYa: Tattoos are no longer special.
And if something is important to you, you don't need a tattoo to be reminded of it.

Don't I? Dammit. Is it okay if I keep photos?

My chest piece, still a work in progress. Kind of an art fusion. I keep letting different artists add to it, but it sucks shaving my chest.


Count Tegula. I've won a couple of contests with this one. Still fresh in the picture though.


Got this one done a horror convention. I still have the line drawing with Kane Hodder's signature. He approved.

/a few of my tattoos
// I don't care if you don't like them. they're not yours

Oh, and I don't think I need to say this, but I will anyway: You want brand new needles. Not "cleaned" needles, not "sterilized" needles... NEW. Never been used before. Ever. If they're not brand new needles, run - don't walk - to the health department and report that shop.

Why? Why not sterilize them in an autoclave? Is it because they get dull? It can't be a cleanliness issue. When they're "new" don't they have to be sterilized?

MilesTeg: Is it "cooler" yet to NOT have a tattoo? Seems like it is about time for the fad cycle to switch that way.

I always have that conversation when in groups of the tatted and pierced set.

"Everyone here who has a tatt or hole in their body somewhere, raise your hand."

/ Everyone but me raises their hand.

"So now who's unique and special?"

I'm gonna get a tattoo of a butt on a butt on my butt. That would be cool. Uhhhh hhhuuuhhhh hhhuuu.

How to get a decent tattoo: DON'T.

Tat'dGreaser: SpectroBoy: Gosh it must be hard to be so tragically cool that all things are beneath you.

/Yawn.

You knucklehead. I mean the tired old jokes these bring out.

Oh Mr. Cool Ice!!! BWHAAHAHA I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE

Everyone with a tattoo can't get a job!?!?! Why didn't anyone tell me that???

Yes, please post pictures of horrible tattoos

I am amazed that with your name, that was the reaction that your comment brought. I am also amazed when skinink gets bites with his wonderful rants in most tattoo threads.

For such a libertarian place, many Farkers sure have problems with what others do to their skin.

jigger: Oh, and I don't think I need to say this, but I will anyway: You want brand new needles. Not "cleaned" needles, not "sterilized" needles... NEW. Never been used before. Ever. If they're not brand new needles, run - don't walk - to the health department and report that shop.

Why? Why not sterilize them in an autoclave? Is it because they get dull? It can't be a cleanliness issue. When they're "new" don't they have to be sterilized?

Yes, dullness is a reason you wouldn't want to re-use, aside from disease/pathogens.
It is also a reason not to re-use medical needles and piercing needles. Skin dulls up the points, and the more you use it, the more it tears through skin vs slicing.

This article was kind of meh. Some good points, some whatever stuff in there.

jigger: Oh, and I don't think I need to say this, but I will anyway: You want brand new needles. Not "cleaned" needles, not "sterilized" needles... NEW. Never been used before. Ever. If they're not brand new needles, run - don't walk - to the health department and report that shop.

Why? Why not sterilize them in an autoclave? Is it because they get dull? It can't be a cleanliness issue. When they're "new" don't they have to be sterilized?

needles will get surprisingly dull during the tattoo process. a dull needle puts ink in like shiat. takes longer, and looks patchy healed out. plus re-using needles is farking disgusting and definitely is a sign to RUN, not walk the hell outta that shop

Rent Party: MilesTeg: Is it "cooler" yet to NOT have a tattoo? Seems like it is about time for the fad cycle to switch that way.

I always have that conversation when in groups of the tatted and pierced set.

"Everyone here who has a tatt or hole in their body somewhere, raise your hand."

/ Everyone but me raises their hand.

"So now who's unique and special?"

you're making the assumption that people do it to feel unique and/or special. Why can't it be that they just enjoy the art, enjoy the process, or a whole slew of reasons people modify their bodies? It seems like the one in the conversation most focused on being unique and special is you when they seem to be just doing what they want. If you're so focused on not being modified to feel unique how is that any better than the person who feels they have to change their body to fit in? You're still letting the actions of others dictate what you do with your body.

/body modification has been around since recorded history, it's as much a fad as human civilization
//it goes through is pop culture popularity cycle though

MilesTeg: Is it "cooler" yet to NOT have a tattoo? Seems like it is about time for the fad cycle to switch that way.

If your getting a tattoo to be "Cool" in the first place, you fail.

FTA: I've got one of the best sleeves and two of the best leg pieces I've ever seen

*looks at sleeves*

No, you don't.

A well-done piece of artwork does not necessarily make for a good tattoo; yours are both stupid.

I want to get one that reads: なぜあなたは私をじっと見ていますか ?

And show it in Tokyo.

H31N0US: dj245: My wife was born in Japan and Japanese is her first language. Chinese and Japanese share some (most?) of the same characters, so she can know what many Chinese character tattoos mean too.

Number of times I've asked her what a kanji tattoo means - lots.
Number of times that it made sense or otherwise meant what the person was intending it to mean - 0

I was in the elevator with a guy who had Chinese tattoo'd on his forearm. I thought I recognized the character for beef "yo"...nudged my Chinese friend, who can read Chinese, to confirm. She smiled, and when the guy got out of the elevator she said "Yeah, it says Beef Chow Ho Fan". So, "Beef with fat rice noodles".

That guy was either a total dumbass, or a hipster totally committed to irony. Maybe both.

It's rare that anyone is that committed to anything outside of religious indoctrination.

But the world is full of eejits. I'm going with Door Number One.

I love the thread, since I'm going in, tomorrow, to get my next tattoo.

Zulu Tattoo, in Los Angeles. Adam there is a fantastic artist.

Is it a double standard that I love tattoos on girls but I'm glad my girlfriend doesn't have one because they are trashy?

/ think they are cool but never had the slightest desire to have one

kiwimoogle84: I don't have the energy to bite at the "all people with tattoos are trash, all women who have tattoos are sluts" trolls today. Just came to say that.

Don't you love farce?
Ranting of fools?
Intarwebb's no place for thought,
Asshat'try rules.
So where are the trolls?
Quick, send in the trolls.
Don't bother, they're here.

Somacandra: [4.bp.blogspot.com image 500x351]

REPRESENT

Really all that needs to be said.

Quaker: vudukungfu: Quaker: How effective are the non-laser tattoo removal products

Buck knife and cut it off.
What? you think that's stupid?
So was getting inked.

I actually don't have any tattoos, but it's something I've been considering for a number of years. As such I try to get all the relevant information that I can, so your comment wasn't very helpful, but thanks for pointing out that you're a colossal dick.

Quaker, consider yourself introduced to vudukungfu.

ModernPrimitive01: Rent Party: MilesTeg: Is it "cooler" yet to NOT have a tattoo? Seems like it is about time for the fad cycle to switch that way.

I always have that conversation when in groups of the tatted and pierced set.

"Everyone here who has a tatt or hole in their body somewhere, raise your hand."

/ Everyone but me raises their hand.

"So now who's unique and special?"

you're making the assumption that people do it to feel unique and/or special. Why can't it be that they just enjoy the art, enjoy the process, or a whole slew of reasons people modify their bodies?


Because it is not their art, it is the tattoo guy's art. It is akin to saying "I bought the new Stones album, so therefore I am a musician." There is only *one* reason why people modify their bodies with commercial tattoos and piercings, and that is to set themselves apart from everyone else.


It seems like the one in the conversation most focused on being unique and special is you when they seem to be just doing what they want. If you're so focused on not being modified to feel unique how is that any better than the person who feels they have to change their body to fit in? You're still letting the actions of others dictate what you do with your body.


Well, I am unique and special. But that is a function of what I do, rather than how I decorate myself. People that put that much time and energy into their appearance have 0 credibility when they say they don't care what other people think.


/body modification has been around since recorded history, it's as much a fad as human civilization


And if people were doing it for religious or cultural reasons, that might be relevant. As it is...


//it goes through is pop culture popularity cycle though

Ding, there ya go, snowflake.

DeusMeh: Quaker: I have a tattoo-related question for Farkers who are knowledgeable about these things: How effective are the non-laser tattoo removal products I've heard of like Wrecking Balm, and can they be used in combination with laser tattoo removal to reduce the number of expensive laser treatments you would need?

wrecking balm is a chemical burn waiting in a bottle. its shiat, works like shiat, and if you used it with laser treatments will probably fark you up

Someone saw a madtv skit, and decided to bring it to life

I was going to have a ruler tattooed on my penis, but they ran out of ink at two feet.

There has been some exceptionally shiatty "art" posted in this thread, and that's not even including the obligatory Mr Cool Ice.

Gee, what are the odds that one of the greatest artists of our time just happens to live down the street? Zero? Enjoy your shiatty picture for all eternity.

FTFA:
The inner forearm part of my Ghost in the Shell sleeve. By all accounts, a decent tattoo

Yeeeeaahhh, no. That tattoo looks like 100% shiat. But to be fair, it is no worse than any other tattoo.

Kwai Lo

For such a libertarian place, many Farkers sure have problems with what others do to their skin.

Fark is many things. "libertarian" is not among them. Either that or you misspelled "l-i-b-e-r-a-l"

Sorry, guy -- pink hair not done well, IMHO (not done well in the original it's based on, either).

/hate tattoos anyway

/oblig

kiwimoogle84: DeusMeh: kiwimoogle84: HaroldTheScarecrow: kiwimoogle84: I don't have the energy to bite at the "all people with tattoos are trash, all women who have tattoos are sluts" trolls today. Just came to say that.

/though for anyone in the tri-state area, go visit Keith or Tim at The Inkwell in Philadelphia. Keith does cartoons and fine details like nothing else, and Tim does amazingly realistic flora and fauna.
//46 hours on my back to prove it

Clicked your profile for a picture of the back. Didn't see that, but saw the love for C&H. Sadly, I don't a way to get a real picture of my tattoo online right now, but I just got this one on the back of my calf this weekend.

[images.wikia.com image 150x150]

/Bill's Tattoo in Charlotte.

ZUHHHH???? Good choice, sir!
[farm8.staticflickr.com image 375x500]


i'm sorry, but that tattoo is absolutely abysmal. nothing with the subject matter, but whoa, blowout city. the rest of it looks like it was tattooed with all the technical ability and understanding of circus chimp

And "abysmal"? You must be one of those guys who looked at Miss New York and called her a "disgusting hag" the other day. Could it use some touching up? Sure, but the work is solid. Stop with the equivalent of StudMan69ing my ink.


so sorry again, but no. your tattoo isn't just suffering from age or being 'dry' if you take particular notice of calvin's head/face and the top hand on hobbes...see how those lines are so thick and wobbly that you can't really make anything out? thats called blow-out. thats what happens when the 'artist' goes too deep into the skin and actually hits the fat layer. this cause the ink to bleed or blow out. a good tattoo apprentice will have learned how to avoid blow out before they start tattooing paying customers. the tattoo was done too small to begin with, which is why you're really having compounded issues with the blow out and just the natural way lines can 'spread out' over time just dude to your skin regrowing. doing the tattoo larger would've allowed 'more room to breathe' so the design could handle that effect and still look good. again, all shiat a tattoo artist is supposed to learn BEFORE making permanent marks on people.

so in short, in my professional opinion, you got HOSED
also in my professional opinion, get it covered up and have it re-tattooed somewhere else on your body and have it 'done right'

If you want a good tattoo, I can suggest a few places

1. Re-used Rick's in El Paso
2. Staphy's in Tijuana
3. Durrrr in Detroit
4. Bad Decisions in Miami
5. I WANNA CONFORM in Sturgis
6. Lobotomy's Drunkhole in Vegas
7. Count to Potato in D.C.
8. Cheapy's in Seattle
9. Dodgebullet Mentality in New Orleans
10. Pollute Urself in Salt Lake City

A good start would be spending more than 10 minutes deciding what to get inked permanently on your body. I've lost count of the number of girls I've seen with the same damn cookie cutter butterfly or star on them somewhere. At least the nearly ubiquitous tramp stamp seems to be fading in popularity lately.

There *are* some cool tats out there, but they are few and far between. At least 90% of what I see is tacky, trashy, passé stuff. Tattoos have gone from an expression of individuality and rebellion to trendy fashion accessory that everyone just has to have because all their friends have them too. Seems like those of us without any ink are the rebellious ones these days.

One of these days I am going to get Japanese kanji on one arm that says "Refrigerator" and a tattoo of a Refrigerator on the other. I'll have the kanji exposed for all to see, and when someone who understands what it says asks "Do you know what that really means?" I'll roll up my sleeve and show them the fridge tat and say "Damn straight I do!"

you guys who chime in with 'well i guess these days NOT having a tattoo makes you rebellious' are so damn precious

Paris1127: Somacandra: H31N0US: How do you write "Your blog sucks" in kanji?

あなたのブログは吸う ?

He said Kanji; I'm pretty sure that's Hiragana or Katakana...

/can't tell Hiragana and Katakana apart
//what? Can't a guy know the Japanese writing system without knowing Japanese?
///knows French, Italian, some Hebrew, some German, some Portuguese, some Spanish

Katakana:アイウエオカキクケコ etc

Hiragana: あいうえおかきくけこ etc

As a rule of thumb, the curvier stuff is probably hiragana, the more angular letters are likely to be katakana.

/Now you know.

SevenizGud: If you want a good tattoo, I can suggest a few places

1. Re-used Rick's in El Paso
2. Staphy's in Tijuana
3. Durrrr in Detroit
4. Bad Decisions in Miami
5. I WANNA CONFORM in Sturgis
6. Lobotomy's Drunkhole in Vegas
7. Count to Potato in D.C.
8. Cheapy's in Seattle
9. Dodgebullet Mentality in New Orleans
10. Pollute Urself in Salt Lake City
11 pair'o'dice in Juneau, Alaska