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Basketball · 07-05-2009, 08:53 PM

My goal for the month of July is to get my first tattoo.

slylikeafox · 07-06-2009, 10:03 AM

Good luck Basketball! Also welsome to SAS!

I've never gotten a tattoo

Catching Fire · 07-06-2009, 05:25 PM

Yeah the atmosphere of a tattoo shop would make me nervous too. Good luck though!

strawberryjulius · 07-06-2009, 06:21 PM

Good luck.

I want to see it when it's done!

Miss T · 07-06-2009, 06:26 PM

Good luck! Please report back and let me know how much it hurts. I've considered getting a tattoo, but I'm just too chicken.

Basketball · 07-12-2009, 03:48 PM

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Cataclysm Ballet · 07-12-2009, 05:00 PM

The day I turned 18, I got an elaborate tattoo sleeve with a snake wrapped around a bomb on my upper left arm. It took 4 hours in the chair but I did it all in one sitting. It gave me a HUGE confidence boost for a couple months because I've been freakishly skinny my entire life and I sort of proved to myself that I wasn't weak. After a while, I stopped showing it off so much (I work in an office and we have cold whether for much of the school year where I live). But I probably should. People are always surprised when they see it and they realize that they've been underestimating me.

As far as the pain goes, it kind of depends person to person. For me, the outlining was the worst part. When they filled it in with color, it wasn't so bad. My friend had the opposite experience. You start to go numb after a while. Depending on how long it takes, by the end you will get a euphoric rush out of it because you no longer feel the pain. It's really empowering.

Spend a few weeks reading about all the tattoo shops where you live. Look at the artist's portfolio to see if you like their art style. Try to go to the best place you can afford, because you don't want to cut corners on something that will stay with you forever. I talked to my artist a couple of times and watched him work, so when I went in I was comfortable with him and he put me at ease. Some places are really elitist though. The last thing you want when you're getting a tattoo is to be around someone who intimidates you.

As long as it means something to you and you really want it, the pain isn't going to stop you no matter how bad it seems initially. Like, I said earlier I'm really skinny and beyond that I'm squeamish. Yet, I still managed to do it.

It makes for a great conversation starter.

analysisparalysis · 07-12-2009, 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Cataclysm Ballet

It makes for a great conversation starter.

That it does.

Conquistador · 07-12-2009, 05:23 PM

Next goal = get real goal

Basketball · 07-12-2009, 05:36 PM

Thanks for the post Cataclysm Ballet...it was real good.

SAgirl · 07-12-2009, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by strawberryjulius

Good luck.

I want to see it when it's done!

Me, too.

TigerLilyie · 07-16-2009, 08:15 PM

awesome!

dunky · 07-16-2009, 08:48 PM

Tattoo parlors aren't really all that intimidating if you don't go to the ones run by massive muscular biker looking folk. You can expect the employees to be tatted up, but you shouldn't let it or the environment intimidate you, especially since you're there to get one. :P

Aviator · 07-17-2009, 11:15 PM

Good luck with your goal. Getting a tattoo is one of my goals for this year too, but I'm horribly intimidated by tattoo shops.

somethinginthewind · 08-10-2009, 04:52 PM

I like this goal, I want one too! I have to get over my anxiety of telling the tattoo artist I'll probably faint though. :/ Even though I know he'll have seen worse.

shadowmask · 08-10-2009, 05:39 PM

I'd love to get a tat, but I have no idea what kind of design I'd like to get. Just something really awesome.

somethinginthewind · 08-16-2009, 09:21 AM

This is the tattoo I want.

ellektra · 08-16-2009, 12:29 PM

Great goal! I have been wanting to get a small tattoo or even a piercing for years. People usually have a friend going with them when they get these things done, though... and of course I dont have any friends to go with me. I just feel weird going by myself

07-05-2009, 08:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
Basketball Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Gender: Male Posts: 128	My Goal = Get My First Tattoo My goal for the month of July is to get my first tattoo.

07-06-2009, 10:03 AM	#2 (permalink)
slylikeafox Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Michigan Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 1,685	Good luck Basketball! Also welsome to SAS! I've never gotten a tattoo __________________ "Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if aimed at an object on a level with yourself" - Joel Hawes

07-06-2009, 05:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
Catching Fire Status: SAS Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Gender: Male Posts: 452	Yeah the atmosphere of a tattoo shop would make me nervous too. Good luck though! __________________ No chains on my feet but Im not free- Bob Marley

07-16-2009, 08:15 PM	#12 (permalink)
TigerLilyie Status: Professor Genius Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Oklahoma City Gender: Female Age: 23 Posts: 55	awesome! __________________ "Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly"

08-10-2009, 04:52 PM	#15 (permalink)
somethinginthewind Status: Spun Undone Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: K-W, Ontario Gender: Female Age: 21 Posts: 513	I like this goal, I want one too! I have to get over my anxiety of telling the tattoo artist I'll probably faint though. :/ Even though I know he'll have seen worse. __________________ I'm a hopeless romantic & kicking the habit But all hearts have darts.

07-06-2009, 06:21 PM	#4 (permalink)
strawberryjulius Status: ^_^ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Australia Gender: Female Age: 18 Posts: 1,568	Good luck. I want to see it when it's done!

07-06-2009, 06:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
Miss T Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: NC Gender: Female Age: 23 Posts: 41	Good luck! Please report back and let me know how much it hurts. I've considered getting a tattoo, but I'm just too chicken.

07-12-2009, 03:48 PM	#6 (permalink)
Basketball Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Gender: Male Posts: 128	...

07-12-2009, 05:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
Cataclysm Ballet Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Wichita, KS Gender: Male Posts: 87	The day I turned 18, I got an elaborate tattoo sleeve with a snake wrapped around a bomb on my upper left arm. It took 4 hours in the chair but I did it all in one sitting. It gave me a HUGE confidence boost for a couple months because I've been freakishly skinny my entire life and I sort of proved to myself that I wasn't weak. After a while, I stopped showing it off so much (I work in an office and we have cold whether for much of the school year where I live). But I probably should. People are always surprised when they see it and they realize that they've been underestimating me. As far as the pain goes, it kind of depends person to person. For me, the outlining was the worst part. When they filled it in with color, it wasn't so bad. My friend had the opposite experience. You start to go numb after a while. Depending on how long it takes, by the end you will get a euphoric rush out of it because you no longer feel the pain. It's really empowering. Spend a few weeks reading about all the tattoo shops where you live. Look at the artist's portfolio to see if you like their art style. Try to go to the best place you can afford, because you don't want to cut corners on something that will stay with you forever. I talked to my artist a couple of times and watched him work, so when I went in I was comfortable with him and he put me at ease. Some places are really elitist though. The last thing you want when you're getting a tattoo is to be around someone who intimidates you. As long as it means something to you and you really want it, the pain isn't going to stop you no matter how bad it seems initially. Like, I said earlier I'm really skinny and beyond that I'm squeamish. Yet, I still managed to do it. It makes for a great conversation starter.

07-12-2009, 05:23 PM	#9 (permalink)
Conquistador Status: Permanently Banned Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Florida Gender: Male Age: 28 Posts: 577	Next goal = get real goal

07-12-2009, 05:36 PM	#10 (permalink)
Basketball Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Gender: Male Posts: 128	Thanks for the post Cataclysm Ballet...it was real good.

07-16-2009, 08:48 PM	#13 (permalink)
dunky Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Texas Gender: Male Posts: 99	Tattoo parlors aren't really all that intimidating if you don't go to the ones run by massive muscular biker looking folk. You can expect the employees to be tatted up, but you shouldn't let it or the environment intimidate you, especially since you're there to get one. :P

07-17-2009, 11:15 PM	#14 (permalink)
Aviator Status: SAS Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 43	Good luck with your goal. Getting a tattoo is one of my goals for this year too, but I'm horribly intimidated by tattoo shops.

08-10-2009, 05:39 PM	#16 (permalink)
shadowmask Status: Seeing stars Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: TN Gender: Male Age: 23 Posts: 1,083	I'd love to get a tat, but I have no idea what kind of design I'd like to get. Just something really awesome.

08-16-2009, 12:29 PM	#18 (permalink)
ellektra Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Phx, AZ Gender: Female Age: 24 Posts: 106	Great goal! I have been wanting to get a small tattoo or even a piercing for years. People usually have a friend going with them when they get these things done, though... and of course I dont have any friends to go with me. I just feel weird going by myself