Hellloooooo tattoo! (Nette; IRC)

[bubosquared]

Running commentary on my day will resume in a moment. I simply didn't feel like doing this the long way. So, tattoo. Woohoo.

It was a bit of a hassle to get the design I had for the tatt to the right size, which I hadn't realised I was supposed to do. So it was half past ten by the time I got back to the tattoo shop, and then i had to wait almost an hour for the customer before me to finish. For all my hyperactive nervousness during the afternoon, I was rather calm while waiting. I read in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone [for research purposes, of course], I looked around if maybe I could find the cat design I'm still looking for [no luck], I got msgs from Steve.

Then I got into the chair. The guy applied the design, I checked in the mirror, and it looked fine. He prepared the needle. I stuffed my [right] hand in my mouth and concentrated on my breathing, which is the only thing I know always works when I'm in pain.

The first few minutes, the pain was ... bad, but not unbearable. I'd say about a notch or two up from the pain I usually experience at the dentist's. [Local anesthesia doesn't work on my lower cheek.] Then, the endorphines and the adrenalin kicked in and the pain shifted to the background, ebcause I had this overwhelming sense of "Oh my god, what am i doing? This is going to be on my body forever! Nooo! Stop! I changed my mind!" but of course by then it was too late to chicken out.

And anyway, when it was done and I got to look at it in the mirror, it looked cool. I like. I don't regret it at all.

I just wish it'd stop aching. Owie. Nobody told me the pain afterwards was worse than the pain during. Bastards.

Anyway. From now on, until the day I die, there is going to be on the upper part of my upper left arm, this:

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Damned lucky thing, you are. I'm counting the minutes till my tatts get done in July. Two full sleeves. Good thing I've got the pain tolerance of a brick wall, eh?

Needless to say, yours looks fucking cool - I envy you :)

Ta

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

I'm planning more already. Damn; this is addictive. What are yours going to be of? And are you gonna have both arms done at once?

Re: Ta

[(Anonymous)]

The sleeves are gonna be solid black with and ivy design cut out in white (well, untattooed flesh, anyway - which is pretty close to white in my case :) on the top, or outside of my arms, and the underside will have the ivy design sort of taper out and in black-grey shading have two picture-type designs (one for each forearm)... one is confirmed to be a dragon, and the other will (probably) be a Haida rendering of a killer whale....

Okay, that makes very little sense, but, uh, it's hard to explain :)

And, well, it should take (by my calculations from having watched a couple of people get tattooed) around six hours or so... I'd be willing to do it in one sitting, but I don't know if the artist will agree :)

Re: Ta

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

It made sense to me. :) And if you're gonna do it in one sitting, be sure to program a few lazy days afterwards. My arm was really stiff the day after, and I only got a bit done.