bruno
est malade
i have one on my forearm, it's not that terrible (and i like it very much). if it's small it should heal faster, too.
matt b
Indexing all opinion
seconded- i've got one (fairly big) on my left arm/elbow and without the sentimental attachment i have to it, i'd regret getting it done- what's cool at 25, ain't always so at 35 in a hot office when wearing long sleeves.
TRAMP STAMP
S
simon silverdollar
Guest
thanks for the advice guys!
one last question: how long will a small tattoo take to heal? cuz i'm off to various festivals this summer and don't fancy the hassle of having an unhealed tattoo while i'm sinking into a quagmire of mud and drugs...
one last question: how long will a small tattoo take to heal? cuz i'm off to various festivals this summer and don't fancy the hassle of having an unhealed tattoo while i'm sinking into a quagmire of mud and drugs...
Canada J Soup
Monkey Man
I don't have any recommendations in London as I don't know any tattoo artists there, but one general recommendation is that you don't look for cheap so much as you do for clean and reliable. Although three open circles is a pretty simple design on paper, tattooing circles and straight lines is notoriously difficult. A skilled and experienced (and therefore most likely expensive) tattoo artist is likely to do a better job than a cheap (and therefore possibly less skilled and experienced) one. Once the design is on your skin, it may piss you off for years to come if one of the circles is noticeably larger or smaller than the others or is slightly elliptical in shape. I would also recommend, since its your first ink, getting it done somewhere less prominent than the top of your forearm. Even the underside of the forearm might be better. Just something to think about since you might not want to commit too much first time out.
As for the healing time, allow for a couple of weeks. Keep it moisturized and clean and it'll be fine. You'll be able to get instructions for care from the studio where you get it done.
Thanks peter. nice to know what you think of me.
john eden
male pale and stale
If you get Colin Moulding's on your back you'll be set for permanent indigestion an internal struggles for the rest of your days.
Edit: Well, I misread that completely...the full Coogan would be amazing if he was lightly touching the tip of his nose. That being said, I still think the full torso obliterating wraparound XTC tattoo would be ace.
now now, i actually have no opinion whatsoever on tattoos, i'm just quoting something i hear people say all the time...
bruno
est malade
how about your own face on the back of your head, that would be novel.
yes, my point is how do you think it makes SOME people feel when they hear people say it?
Lal Hardy in Muswell Hill has got a really good reputation, and won't pressure you time-wise, one of my friends got tat'd by him back in the 90s and they all still look good. He's a bit old school, so no bother about being sneered at or treated like an easy 60 quid. (I may be wrong, but that's probably what you'd be looking at). Basically, if you go for an artist and they get impatient about you asking as many questions as you like, fuck 'em and find someone else - you're going to have to live with it. Time-wise, I'm not an expert but from what you're suggesting, might take 45 mins to an hour?
Edit - actually will probably take much less time
Edit - actually will probably take much less time
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miz ripley, i imagine if you really gave a fuck about what other people thought you wouldn't have got tattoos in the first place...
john eden
male pale and stale
I have that
"tramp
doo doo-doo
doo diddle-doo-doo"
sample going round and round my head now.
The "tramp stamp" thing is quite interesting - it's only really been in the last 15 years that tattoos have become in any way "respectable". (I blame that "Modern Primitives" book)
Certainly in the 70s they were usually (in my admittedly sheltered experience) associated with crims, bohemians, people of dubious morals, outlaws etc. Or I guess people in the military. Or "savages". Or labourers and working class people.
Which as we all know, is all the same thing anyway. :slanted:
I guess it's still the case that "nice girls" don't have tattoos, but nobody wants to be a a nice girl, do they? That doesn't mean that anyone who has a tattoo is a raging whore of babylon but I think it's a bit naive to think that having a tattoo isn't culturally loaded.
Unfortunately women bear the brunt of the sort of value judgements cos we still live in a society where misogyny is rife.
"tramp
doo doo-doo
doo diddle-doo-doo"
sample going round and round my head now.
The "tramp stamp" thing is quite interesting - it's only really been in the last 15 years that tattoos have become in any way "respectable". (I blame that "Modern Primitives" book)
Certainly in the 70s they were usually (in my admittedly sheltered experience) associated with crims, bohemians, people of dubious morals, outlaws etc. Or I guess people in the military. Or "savages". Or labourers and working class people.
Which as we all know, is all the same thing anyway. :slanted:
I guess it's still the case that "nice girls" don't have tattoos, but nobody wants to be a a nice girl, do they? That doesn't mean that anyone who has a tattoo is a raging whore of babylon but I think it's a bit naive to think that having a tattoo isn't culturally loaded.
Unfortunately women bear the brunt of the sort of value judgements cos we still live in a society where misogyny is rife.
swears
preppy-kei
I would say it's totally mainstream to have a tattoo now, since the late 90s at least.
Plenty of "nice" girls have them. It's just that they're the 00s equivalent of flares/legwarmers/mullets (but you can't take 'em off.) and already a few people I know are starting to regret having a load of thorny branches or chinese characters they have no clue to the meaning of scrawled down their arms.
Plenty of "nice" girls have them. It's just that they're the 00s equivalent of flares/legwarmers/mullets (but you can't take 'em off.) and already a few people I know are starting to regret having a load of thorny branches or chinese characters they have no clue to the meaning of scrawled down their arms.
If you think it's mainstream to have a tattoo, try having obvious tattoos (and tattoos of a serious size) in a 'respectable', mainstream job.
Anyway, don't know London tattooists, but some general points.
1) I've never met anyone who didn't think they should have probably got what they got a little bit bigger. So go three 2 pound coins rather than three 10 pence pieces.
2) Good tattoos aren't cheap. If you going to get something permanent in your skin spend the money to make it good.
3) People who think that women with lower back tattoos are 'tramps' are tedious sexists of the worst sort. Cut it out wankers.
Anyway, don't know London tattooists, but some general points.
1) I've never met anyone who didn't think they should have probably got what they got a little bit bigger. So go three 2 pound coins rather than three 10 pence pieces.
2) Good tattoos aren't cheap. If you going to get something permanent in your skin spend the money to make it good.
3) People who think that women with lower back tattoos are 'tramps' are tedious sexists of the worst sort. Cut it out wankers.