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fixitlouie

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I've got six, but two are kind of "together" though done at different times. A tribal sun on my right thigh as a tribute to my mother, heart shaped memorial tattoos on my ankle and inner hip, song lyrics on my shoulder, and a wooden peace sign and tree frog on my back with a waterfall, mountains, and sunset. They are quite addicting, I've got my next two planned already! And yes it's incredibly difficult to photograph your own back...hopefully no one finds it too risque :\

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I shure don't;-);-)

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Siloh

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I'd like to get some pictures up, but my tats are hard for me to photograph without help (I actually don't see them much, which has kept them very fresh for me since I'm always a little surprised to catch a glimpse!).

I have two.

One is a semicolon on the back of my neck. To me it symbolizes a lot of things conflated by the grammatical symbol. Its chief meaning is to remind me to follow my dreams and passions--writing, editing, language. It also stands for the beautiful separateness yet conjunction of the two hemispheres of my brain, left and right. It's like a physical reminder of my corpus callosum. The third and last meaning is that one thing's close is the beginning of a new, connected, independent experience, the same as how a semicolon both separates and connects independent clauses.

The other one is much bigger but way simpler. I have a Celtic knot pentagram on my left shoulder/back area about the size of my palm. It is a tribute to my biological mother's life. I never met her, but she had five children (I've met the other four), she was almost purely Irish in ethnicity, and she connected the five of us for life. So, five points in a continuous knot!

Here is the correct knot pattern, but mine is grey scale and (I think) better shaded:
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"Nothing is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so."
Hamlet Prince of Denmark
 

QY10

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I'd like to get some pictures up, but my tats are hard for me to photograph without help (I actually don't see them much, which has kept them very fresh for me since I'm always a little surprised to catch a glimpse!).

I have two.

One is a semicolon on the back of my neck. To me it symbolizes a lot of things conflated by the grammatical symbol. Its chief meaning is to remind me to follow my dreams and passions--writing, editing, language. It also stands for the beautiful separateness yet conjunction of the two hemispheres of my brain, left and right. It's like a physical reminder of my corpus callosum. The third and last meaning is that one thing's close is the beginning of a new, connected, independent experience, the same as how a semicolon both separates and connects independent clauses.

The other one is much bigger but way simpler. I have a Celtic knot pentagram on my left shoulder/back area about the size of my palm. It is a tribute to my biological mother's life. I never met her, but she had five children (I've met the other four), she was almost purely Irish in ethnicity, and she connected the five of us for life. So, five points in a continuous knot!

Here is the correct knot pattern, but mine is grey scale and (I think) better shaded:
ety3ume7.jpg



"Nothing is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so."
Hamlet Prince of Denmark

Your tattoos are so thoughtful! Holy crap, I love the meaning behind the semicolon and the Celtic knot pentagram is so sweet and sentimental! You'll definitely have to post some pictures when you have the opportunity!
 

looby73

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Makes me feel bad that mine dont have meanings, just stuff that I like!

Anyway, my half sleeve got finished today. A 4 hour session on that tender underside of my arm was VERY sore and the last half an hour was tough going. So pleased with it. Will post a photo once the swelling goes down! :)
 

QY10

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Got my sleeve worked on yesterday. Here are a couple of pictures. Hopefully in August it will be finished and then it will just need a round of touch ups and it will be on to the next!

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fixitlouie

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Sweet. I oftentimes thonk I could pull off a sleeve but not shure how my customers will view it..looks nice

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QY10

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Ah crap. The picture quality is a little off. I am just working on having the background filled in. It is filigree, with the negative space showing the design. The colour is a sepia kind of tone and will resemble antique wall paper to go along with the entire antique theme.

What do you do for work? I'm very fortunate that I can dress/look however I want at my job. I can be as pierced and tattooed as I want to be.
 

fixitlouie

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General contractor. ....I have to sell, talk to architects, and deal with a lot of rich women that can't make up there mind about a dam thing....lol

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QY10

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Ah, yeah you'd probably face some judgment then if you had a sleeve.


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ripnlee

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These are my human kids with their fur siblings they absolutely adore each other!.......I have 1 myself, its placed in the middle of my shoulder blades its a Ying and Yang with the halves strategically made up with a kangaroo as I'm an Aussie and a kiwi as I spent 9 years there, I also have the boys names placed around the circle. Took me 13 years to come up with a design that was meant t be. I love it!

Next is my pups names on my foot...and that properly it! Maybe lol
 

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Penelope's Mom

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Three. A lizard on the left side of my neck, a dog paw print on the left side of my neck, and a rose with a dagger through it on my right shoulder blade. Looking for something relating to Franklin to get on the right side of my neck.
 

spearchucker

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Umpteen years in the Navy, tours in SE Asia, SW Asia, Japan, HK, etc. Not one tat on my body.

However, I could care less if someone else has one. I can appreciate the art and talent it takes to make an attractive one.
 

mastiffmomma123

New Member
I have 3.

#1 tramp stamp (before it was called that) of a volleyball and chinese symbol for inner strength
#2 Serbian Orthodox Cross with my kids and husbands initials
#3 Rette Mich (german for Rescue Me) in honor of the dogs I have fostered and those we couldn't save. It looks like a scar to represent the physical scars we see, and the meaning represents their emotional scars we have to work through.

I am getting a 4th which is a bible verse Psalms 18:39 which reads "You have armed me with strength for battle;you have subdued under me, those who rose up against me."