Got My Tattoo(s)

10 years ago

After a long time I finally went today and got them! Here are the pics of them. The "O D E M" is for Oke, Dusty, Eko and Myben"....my furbabies

SamKaren
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samkaren
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10 years ago
Here is #2
samkaren
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10 years ago
and here is #30
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Kellyeng, I doubt you'd want to post a photo, but I would love to see your back piece when it's finished. It sounds absolutely gorgeous, and I love the symbolism and meanings attached thereto. Twelve total hours in the chair ... Now that's commitment! Dedtired, I too have considered a tat from a children's book. Mine would be something from "The Tall Book of Make Believe" which was published in the early 1950s. I spent many hours as a child fascinated by the illustrations (I had my Mom's copy that she had loved as a young girl) - wonderful artwork like this: Boop, I love your idea! What a wonderfully meaningful piece that would be for you. Of course, whether you decide on color is your personal choice. Aside from the lettering in my Grannie's handwriting (which I did get inked last night), all of my work is in color, with the exception of the black and gray Anasaszi pottery sherd on my lower right leg. I really like color myself! As for the pain factor - well, I've got ink on both legs, my shoulderblade, and now on my wrist extending up my inner arm. It all hurt, but none of it was unbearable. And I figure I can endure anything for a short period of time, if in the end I get what I want. :-)
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Thank you so much everyone!! A tattoo on the big toe! I think that that would hurt 80 million times more than these did! It wasn't that brave Terri. It only took maybe 20 minutes to a half hour. And a lot of wincing. LOL Stacy, do you like shopping for shoes? My foot is a nine and WIDE so I hate shoe shopping. I only go when absolutely necessary. Blech. :) I haven't named them Flamey, BUT the girls have claimed one each. Claire insists on the littlest one even though she's not my littlest girl. But that's okay. :) So Kim does it hurt less on say the back or leg because I was thinking that there was NO WAY that I could sit for hours of that. It was ouchie. :D Thanks again everyone! I love how they turned out. Danielle
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glenda_al
10 years ago
Enjoy!
murraysmom Zone 6a OH
10 years ago
I like those a lot. Your guy/gal did a really good job!!

Is the last one bookend K's?

They all are really nice!!
samkaren
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks. The bookend K's are actually my initial and my sweeties initial. I did it this way for....loved him in past - love in the future.
linda_in_iowa
10 years ago
Nice!
Alice_sj
10 years ago
What sweet meanings for the 1st and 3rd. Very nice, all of them!

This post was edited by alice_sj on Sat, Apr 5, 14 at 19:27
linda_in_iowa
10 years ago
This is mine. I have had it over 10 years. Sorry for the picture quality but it is hard to take a selfie that is on my back.
Orchidllauraga
10 years ago
My daughter and I both have the Trinity knot. Molly hers on her ankle and I have mine on my wrist with shamrocks around my wrist like a bracelet. I also have Betty Boop on my lower calf and an Orchid on my thigh(hence my nickname)
samkaren
Original Author
10 years ago
Triquatra is for my Wiccan belief and the Lk is for my belief that I will love again
renee_fl
10 years ago
I have been "armchair judging" while watching Ink Master and I think your tattoos are really, really nicely done - especially the triquatra!
nicole__
10 years ago
Now we want pics of ODEM....lol

Good job on the tats...
dedtired
10 years ago
You should add Golden Slippers under Odem. O Dem Golden Slippers.

I could never get a tattoo because I could not in a thousand years choose what to get. Enjoy yours.
jeaninwa
10 years ago
Nice work Sam! I got my first on last December at the ripe age of 56. A dragonfly on my right calf. Something simple, and I love dragonflies. This past January I got one that has special meaning to me over my heart.
I'm now researching a 3rd. A crow with purple and gold highlights. Not sure where to put it...maybe my left calf? I want them where I can see them. I got them for ME.
murraysmom Zone 6a OH
10 years ago
I have a bluebird on my left hip. I brought in original artwork and the tattoo artist was excited by that - something different than the usual "anchors" that she does. I had it done when I lived in Baltimore and they have a big sailor clientele.

While I was there, another artist came to talk to mine. She had an 8-1/2 x 11, very detailed picture of a sort of gothic woman in the woods sort of thing and said a guy wanted to know what it would cost to do that on his back. I don't remember the price, but she did say it would take at least 2 days to do.

I got mine in '96 at the ripe old age of 45. :)
linda_in_iowa
10 years ago
I got mine when I was 61.
samkaren
Original Author
10 years ago
You guys are great. I got mine for ME and no one else. All my life I have done things that make others happy while never doing anything for myself. This is the first thing I have ever done just for me. I'm trying to break. I can send pics of all my furbabies too.

SamKaren
your resident DJ

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