Tattoos anyone?

Tattoos are pretty much the only time I'm jealous of my lighter skinned bretheren. Colors really pop on lighter skin!

 

Got some more ink done tonight. Really happy with how it turned out. New (to me) artist and first ink I've had done in years.

 

Those are tight!!! How long was the session???

 

Thanks! 3 hours

 

Is this true, or just another internet lie? Sounds super fishy to me, but I admit to knowing nothing on the topic. Figured I'd ask the experts.

 

Try reading this to see if you get a suitable answer.

If you TLDR, the short answer is that post is internet horse poo

 

I thought so. Thanks for shedding light on it!

 

Ever seen an old tatted up beach bum? Check out what years of sun burns does to that ink next time you see one lol

 

Not exactly that, but I've seen plenty of tattoos that are exposed to sun. That's why I figured that post was hokum. That didn't look like a burn, either. Looked like some creative photoshop.

 

Haven’t gotten a tattoo in over 10 years. When the time is right I’ll add to what I have.

 

My Space themed Interstellar tattoo.

 

T2 Terminator T-800 tattoo.

 

Back side

 

Started my half back

 

2nd session completed. Will finish the koi at the next session at then end of the month!

 

I have/had a tribal skull on the back of my right leg just above my ankle I got it a long time ago when tribal was cool.
If it ever really was....

I've had 2 removal sessions over the last several years.
Probably need one more to completely remove it..
But the older I get, my splotchy old man skin seems to help it fade away..

You can just see the skull face and tribal top.
It is also off-center..



Here is a better, or worse, pic.



I have another tat on my left ankle of a bar, The Bone, I used to go to in Deep Ellum.

I'd like to get it removed as well.
I'm WAY OVER having lower leg and ankle tattoos..



Maybe we should start a tattoo mistakes thread...

 

Speaking of tribal covers, I have a few.
I can't remember what I have and haven't posted on this thread.
I can't remember what I might have posted on the forum yesterday..

I got this 'dream catcher' looking cow skull feather tribal what the fuck was I thinking a long time ago.
The only tattoo I ever got from a woman artist.
She isn't to blame, she gave me what I asked for..



My last tattoo was a cover of it I got in Hawaii.
Actually the guy that did my first tattoo, Robert Hackney, did my last tattoo a few years ago in shops almost 4K miles and 40 years apart.
My first tat was an armadillo with a star on its back that looked like a rat, I got it in Tyler Texas in probably 1979.
I clearly remember him saying 'are you sure you want this?'.
I got another 1 or 2 tats in my late teens.

I didn't start getting tats again until I was in my 30s.
Robert had moved to Dallas and I found him quite by accident.
I went into a shop to get the rat covered (didn't want my kids to see it) and he was working in that shop.
He covered the rat/armadillo with a flash black/purple rose.
He then did a lot of work for me over the years, including some stuff with my kid's names.




Her first concert, of hundreds we've been to, was Green Day on the American Idiot tour.



My son drew this face when he was 9 or 10 or so.



Every year Robert used to take a month off and go to Hawaii to work and eventually moved there.
When we went to Honolulu a few years ago I looked him up and had him cover the cow head..



Sorry if I posted this before, I know I posted the kid stuff a while back...

 

Love the ink journal man. Tats are little snapshots of our lives. A wise man once said "No ragrets"

 

Is Elon going to go over it w/red and a Tesla mural

Please don't squish me

 

Why are you looking at beach bum flesh???

 

When you're raised in a beach community, you see plenty

 

That's what mine are..
This and that from 60 years..

My son did it differently, he has sleeves on both arms that each has a theme that he planned out.
Paid one of Dallas' better artists, Liz Cook, to do them, she is very picky about her work.

Although I did take him to get his first tat, took daughter for her first too.

He had a favorite band called Sleeper Agent.
They would actually all hang out when he would go see them.
His first tat was the logo stencil from their stage equipment, sounds like something I would do.





Daughter's first tat, she has gotten several since..




I need to get him to send me some pics so I can post them here.
He is taking me, his mom, and his sister to Twenty One Pilots tonight in Dallas.
It will be the 5th time he and I have seen them and the first concert that he bought the tickets for..
I'll get pics and show his tats off here..

 

That's awesome dude. I can't wait to do all that with my kiddos.

 

Well, that won't cost very much..
$100 or so...

Looks nice BTW..

 

I was just about to ask what y’all are paying.

My last tattoo was 8 years ago. Back then it was $100/hr. When I went this time I almost had a heart attack bc I didn’t ask cost before hand and it was now $180/hr!

 

Wow. Im getting ready for a half sleeve. Prices have gone up since my last tattoo