Tattoos

[Carrie]

Originally Posted by hardstylin

you should get a taco on ur hip :)

nah, i don't like that.

[L0ungeLizarD]

Im gonna get my whole back done at dutchman tattoo

[PHUNK]

Originally Posted by L0ungeLizarD

Im gonna get my whole back done at dutchman tattoo

you're my hero.

[L0ungeLizarD]

Give me your portrait........ill get u done on my left ass cheek

[miss.myra]

Originally Posted by Cdn_Brdr

Tattoos were cool before everyone and their dog started getting them. If you're going to get one make sure it has some sort of meaning to you. It's life long so you don't want to end up with something you'll hate in 5 yrs.

The whole asian character, tribal armband, butterfly on the small of the back deal is PLAYED OUT!!!

I mean if you TRULY want it and it has some sort of deep meaning to you then by all means but if not..... you're just a slave to another fashion trend. The only problem is that when this fashion trend is over you'll still be stuck with a relic of the past.

YOU'LL BE SO 'LAST SEASON'

ps- everyone getting tattooos isn't some sort of 'recent trend' historially speaking.


Asian characters, maple leafs, butterflies, ugly tribal shit is all incredibly played (especially on the lower back UGH GOD). When I was working in a tattoo shop 7-8 years ago people were still coming in to get them en masse. I kind of felt a lot like they just really wanted a tattoo and that was a safe idea for them to get one in a rush.


Oh yeah, I always thought people should be totally cautious about getting a traced asian character tattooed on them, this is beacuse anyone who writes an asian language knows that a proper stroke order must be utilized to give the character meaning. You can tell by looking at a character if it wasn't done correctly, and if you've got some unknowing white dude doing the work for you, you may just end up with a meaningless design on your body.

[ppcock]

IM WHITE BUT MY TATTOO IS IN SOME ASIAN LANGUAgE

I AM SOOO VALIDATED WITH BOTH CROWDS!

[hardstylin]

Originally Posted by miss.myra

ps- everyone getting tattooos isn't some sort of 'recent trend' historially speaking.


Asian characters, maple leafs, butterflies, ugly tribal shit is all incredibly played (especially on the lower back UGH GOD). When I was working in a tattoo shop 7-8 years ago people were still coming in to get them en masse. I kind of felt a lot like they just really wanted a tattoo and that was a safe idea for them to get one in a rush.


Oh yeah, I always thought people should be totally cautious about getting a traced asian character tattooed on them, this is beacuse anyone who writes an asian language knows that a proper stroke order must be utilized to give the character meaning. You can tell by looking at a character if it wasn't done correctly, and if you've got some unknowing white dude doing the work for you, you may just end up with a meaningless design on your body.

miss myra miss myra do you have any tattoos?

[Jeaninah]

Originally Posted by L0ungeLizarD

Im gonna get my whole back done at dutchman tattoo

Good luck getting in.

These are all some valid points but I have reasons for all of them
-Hope is a very special word for me which nobody but myself and people who are close to me would understand
-my heritage is mostly french and greek, which wouldn't look very interesting because I dont read or speak either languages.
-I am also getting the english meaning written on
-I have been thinking about this tattoo for a long time, I have four others, all well thought out.

Thanks though

[Disco_Whore]

^but why a character? Obviously it's your body + money and you can do whatever you want with it...I just don't think it's the greatest idea if you think "it looks cool" cause I remember when i used to think that Mr. Dress up looked cool, and somehow don't think so now.

[hardstylin]

Originally Posted by Disco_Whore

^but why a character? Obviously it's your body + money and you can do whatever you want with it...I just don't think it's the greatest idea if you think "it looks cool" cause I remember when i used to think that Mr. Dress up looked cool, and somehow don't think so now.

she alread said she has a reason for getting it :)

and it doesnt matter if didnt its something she likes.

Alot of people are SOO hung up on the fact that ur tattoo has to have this huge deep meaning and has to represent something, WELL they dont :) all the tatt all over my left arm doesnt mean shit, i got them cause i enjoy the experience of getting a tattoo start to finish, the actual tattoo is just a bonus.

[wum]

I got this one done huge on my back :):)

[L0ungeLizarD]

Originally Posted by Jeaninah

Good luck getting in.

These are all some valid points but I have reasons for all of them
-Hope is a very special word for me which nobody but myself and people who are close to me would understand
-my heritage is mostly french and greek, which wouldn't look very interesting because I dont read or speak either languages.
-I am also getting the english meaning written on
-I have been thinking about this tattoo for a long time, I have four others, all well thought out.

Thanks though

Oh dont worry ill get in

[cerah]

Originally Posted by wum

I got this one done huge on my back :):)

If I was cool I woulda used that to promote my partay... but alas I am not *sobs*

I say leave the girl alone... let her get a character if she wants to. I know I sure as hell wouldn't and personally I think it's silly when non-asian people have it done but it's not my fucking body now is it?

I have tattoos... they mean things to me... some people prolly wouldn't like or understand them but I don't care. Am I getting more... sure... and you know what... I'm even thinking about getting one or two that're asthetically pleasing to me not because they have a huge deep meaning.

To each their own I say... leave the poor kid alone.

[justShell]

I lived in china for 7 months and while i was there learned quite a few characters in mandarin. i thinkits kind of funny coming back home and reading some peoples tatty.s and it doesnt even remotely resemble what they think it does. if your geting and asian language done... really make sure its right. tattoo artists here dont know how to do the cligraphy properly and one wrong positioning of a brush stroke can make chili pepper into mayonnaise. or other worse things than that lol. so just be carefull.

[Veni*C]

i heard britney spears went to get a chinese character tattoo for something.. and it actually turned out to say "whore" in the end...

bawhahaha.

dont let that happen to you!



seriously though.. i was so worried about that as well when i got mine.. i just checked numerous websites.. went to the library and compared the ones i found to ones in books... mine turned out super nice.. and yes.. chinese people can actually read it! BONUS!

[wum]

*edit for candi::shell*

^ what does mine say

[stephen_c]

Originally Posted by Jeaninah

I want to get a symbol for hope tattooed on me, I'm not sure where I can find the correct ones. Is there any sites that I can find out if this is accurate??

my co-worker (fob from mainland china) confirmed the 2 characters mean "hope" in chinese.

[Kenny]

Originally Posted by mux

Better yet, if you speak English, why not get "hope" tattoed onto you in English?

My little sister wants to get this elaborate phrase in sanskrit written on her back. I think she's nuts - what does sanskrit mean to her? It's a dead language!

A tattoo is something you'll have for the rest of your life - it should be deeply meaningful, on several levels. If you can't speak, read or write Japanese, why would you want to have something written in Japanese on your body?

Because its trendy, all the cool kids do it in symbols like that..

[baby-phat]

Originally Posted by stephen_c

my co-worker (fob from mainland china) confirmed the 2 characters mean "hope" in chinese.

Since I was 17 I have been trying to find the character(s) for my name (Angel). Can anybody help me with this? :)
And I don't care if it's trendy or played out cuz it's a tattie that I've wanted for about 9 years so I'm gonna get it one day regardless.

[IntakE]

Originally Posted by L0ungeLizarD

Im gonna get my whole back done at dutchman tattoo

at least your picking a good place to go to get it done.
Im going to the dutchman to get my tattoo
inbetween my shloder blades in sept.

[Carrie]

what the fuck is the dutchman?

[L0ungeLizarD]

A world renowned tattoo artist and shop in new west:372:

[islandgirl]

Originally Posted by baby-phat

Since I was 17 I have been trying to find the character(s) for my name (Angel). Can anybody help me with this? :)
And I don't care if it's trendy or played out cuz it's a tattie that I've wanted for about 9 years so I'm gonna get it one day regardless.

angel
A typically benevolent celestial being that acts as an intermediary between heaven and earth.

pronunciation: tien shyr
left character - sky, heaven
right character - messenger


This is the closest that i can find for angel, maybe someone else willl have better luck

[baby-phat]

^^ I think those are the 2 characters I saw depicting it a while back actually. :)
Hmm, if it takes 2 characters to write my name then some girl I met years ago has somethin else written on her. HAHA

[mux]

lol... mine, the three characters are in katakana, so they're read phoenetically: o-ta-ku.

it's a pretty big insult in Japan though, much like 'nerd' was in Western society in the 80's, before nerds became cool.

Twice now, I've had this conversation with random Japanese girls on the street:

her: "Um, do you know what your tattoo says?"
me: "Oh yeah, it says <pointing at each character in turn> "Fight With Honour""
her: <jaw drops>
me: "Baka gaijin da yo, ne?" <big grin>