Mcmurdo 129 Posted August 20, 2007 The recent thread about Doc Hudson's first tattoo here got me thinking as several members have tattoos, what is/are your favorites Here is my favorite a coy fish I got about 6 yrs ago in Toledo, from a friend from Kansas who has been a Tattoo Artist for 40 yrs. It took 5 and a half hours then the next day I rode the motorcycle home through two tornadoes that hit Guelph, and driving rain for about 6 hours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pain 7 Posted August 20, 2007 Unfortunately I don't have just 1 that I like... mine is actually a set of 6 Chinese characters and an Indian wheel of Law. At least that was what I remember it being called where I had found it, but right now it's turning up a different image when I look for that on Google. It's on the cover of 'The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Or, The After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, according to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering' Oh, and the Chinese is:(from top to bottom) Destiny, Strength, Bone, Power, Pain, Love. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
demobud 0 Posted August 20, 2007 But...you're wearing jeans, man! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pain 7 Posted August 20, 2007 Sadly I am... that was before I got my first kilt. Once I get some more of the work I want done on my back I'll add a new picture, with a kilt on. Or I'll have someone retake this type of shot in one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CactusJack 37 Posted August 21, 2007 I only have the one. which I got after my son passed away. I have a couple more that I want to get done but I usually get told " what will it be a kilt or a tattoo?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KT 412 Posted August 21, 2007 My favorite is my father's knot I had done for my son, Quinn. I'll dig up the pics and post a link... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raptor 121 Posted August 21, 2007 Hard call, as I have over 3000 tattoos. My favourite is probably the Pictish work on my face (done by my wife), but seeing that I usually forget that it's there (out of sight, out of mind) my hands are probably the ones I'd pick. The work is by my wife once again, & they're not finished quite yet. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KT 412 Posted August 21, 2007 those are amazing! your wife is very talented!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pain 7 Posted August 21, 2007 Nice work. Between the handy work your wife did, and the tattoo work she's done on you, I'd say you're definitely a lucky guy. Any shots of the Pictish work that you have on your face? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
furrycelt 13 Posted August 22, 2007 below is my only (and by default my favorite) tattoo... like kilts, i can't have just one, and like kilts, they are not cheap. i got this one less than a year ago. i got it done here: Warlock's in Raleigh NC by Ernie. it took a little over 3 hours. everyone in the shop was surprised that my first tattoo was so large, they also were surprised that i never asked for a break. i guess people react/perceive pain differently. i didn't think it was that big a deal. i'm not trying to brag, for contrast, put me in the dentist's chair and i become a whining little pansy. i already know what i want next, and my wife is completely against it cause it will be too big... what i am after is something along these lines: click here, and here, and here. basically i want a norse style dragon that snakes its way from my shoulder to ankle wrapping and winding its way down. here's mine at just a few hours old: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soldierspike 0 Posted August 22, 2007 I'll post pics of mine tomorrow, after I get it. Marc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KT 412 Posted August 22, 2007 wages, that is a great tat! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IEScotsman 14 Posted August 22, 2007 wages, that is a great tat! Wages hasn't posted in this thread. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KT 412 Posted August 23, 2007 woops...Furrycelt...that is a great tat!! (the sleep monsters kicked my butt last night!) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrLewall 0 Posted August 23, 2007 Sorry..you can't see my tattoo, this is after all, a "Family" forum..besides, I'd be moon'n y'all and we don't want that do we? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tartan Jack 7 Posted August 23, 2007 wages, that is a great tat! TATTOO?????? WHAT TATTOO???????? Red Wookie, I like that cross. THAT looks like something I WOULD get. NICE! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
furrycelt 13 Posted August 28, 2007 Red Wookie,I like that cross. THAT looks like something I WOULD get. NICE! thanks guys. "red wookie"... LOL... i love it... i'll have to tell my friends that one. luckily the tattoo is still visible now that all the hair grew back Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Raptor 121 Posted August 28, 2007 Any shots of the Pictish work that you have on your face? This shot is before it was finished. That big gap on the cheek is now filled with a torc, which symbolises my place as head of our family now that my mother has passed (it also works well on a clan basis if combined with the stag on my temple). There are also two more horizontal slashes, the four of which symbolise parental deaths. The mirror & comb on my neck is a memorial to a female who has passed, in this case my youngest daughter Lauren. I also have the three warrior marks from my lower lip to my chin. My face is finished now, but I plan to extend my neck right down to my collarbone. I need to add the "z-rod" in there somewhere. Here's a pic of my favourite little Celt at work. That's a mirror & comb, on top of the "V-rod" on her forehead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pain 7 Posted August 29, 2007 Very nice work there, your wife did a great job. That's something I don't think I could do myself, but still awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KT 412 Posted August 29, 2007 great looking tats, raptor! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Megs 78 Posted September 7, 2007 I got my first one tonight...or rather last night... the burning is keeping me up late =) It's my favorite... It's a Haida Spirit Eagle and in the center I added a Japanese Mon of a Kikyo -Bellflower. =) No one told me i'd want to hurl like when you get a bad sunburn. No pain no gain! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KT 412 Posted September 7, 2007 that is an incredible tattoo!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IEScotsman 14 Posted September 7, 2007 That's a very nice looking tattoo! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mcmurdo 129 Posted September 7, 2007 Excellent work Megs, thats a big piece for your first one, congrats on the new tattoo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
