My Lionfish Tattoo! :)

katiev

katiev

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I've had this completed for almost a year now, but I've never gotten around to sharing it with you folks.

Obviously, I let my tattoo artist take some creative liberty. This was done in three sittings. It's the start of a ocean-themed half sleeve; I'm trying to stick to Red Sea species. I'm not exactly rolling in dough right now, so this will probably take years to complete. But, such is life.
 
mimzy

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omg that is AWESOME!!!! where is your artist located? that is really, really spectacular
 
kevintheshrimp

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Very very nice!!! I wish I had started out with a theme I am kind of screwed though. but I have finally started to go themed lol. here a pic of mine :)
 
katiev

katiev

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Thanks, Mimzy! His name is Joel Donnigan, and he's located in little ol' Medford, Oregon. I used to live there. Now I have to drive four hours if I want to get work done. :/
Kevin, looks good. :) How many hours do you have going there? I started planning my tattoos when I was 14, so I've had lots of time to pick a theme!
Thanks Laurie!
 
bgbdwlf2500

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heres the reason for my name on here and my license plate etc etc...lol
this is years after it was done and 2+ years after i quit lifting weights.. my arm got smaller but i will fix that after i get married this saturday (july 5th)
 
cowfishrule

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Originally Posted by bgbdwlf2500
http:///forum/post/2670791
heres the reason for my name on here and my license plate etc etc...lol
this is years after it was done and 2+ years after i quit lifting weights.. my arm got smaller but i will fix that after i get married this saturday (july 5th)
 
bgbdwlf2500

bgbdwlf2500

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Originally Posted by COWFISHRULE
http:///forum/post/2670797


thats a cartoon...this one was taken out of a book, out lined and the artist did the rest looking at the picture that was in the book which was in my hands...so for the most part, free hand...
 
mimzy

mimzy

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Originally Posted by bgbdwlf2500
http:///forum/post/2670791
heres the reason for my name on here and my license plate etc etc...lol
this is years after it was done and 2+ years after i quit lifting weights.. my arm got smaller but i will fix that after i get married this saturday (july 5th)
SOOOO EXCITING!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! you MUST post pix!!
 
mimzy

mimzy

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...since we're all sharing, I guess I'll post mine.
This is only after the 2nd sitting, and there are at least 2-3more to go. I got it after I quit my job as a vet-tech and started my own cake design firm. There is MUCH more that's going to be there when it's finished, but it's probably going to be a while.... we are buying a house atm.

 
bgbdwlf2500

bgbdwlf2500

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Originally Posted by Mimzy
http:///forum/post/2670825
...since we're all sharing, I guess I'll post mine.
This is only after the 2nd sitting, and there are at least 2-3more to go. I got it after I quit my job as a vet-tech and started my own cake design firm. There is MUCH more that's going to be there when it's finished, but it's probably going to be a while.... we are buying a house atm.

nice...that is only one of mine...one of the other 2 i got while i was in australie, knew it was the only thing i could bring back that id never lose/forget

where on the east coast?
 
jtrzerocool

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Nice Ink...
here is my tattoo...it is a kio fish transforming into a dragon(chinese mythology)...i combined two things i have interest in...fish and dragons...its not fully completed yet...there will still be a cloud of water around the fish and all the fins and scales need to be completed...the last pic is a close up of the eye...BTW...this was about 15 min. after it was done...so please ignore the small blood spots in the 3rd pic...
also...the small water splashes at the bottem of the tattoo are my wife and i initials...J for my first name...M for her first name...and a bigger R for our last name...
EDIT...this is on the back of my calf...


 
mimzy

mimzy

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Originally Posted by bgbdwlf2500
http:///forum/post/2670855
nice...that is only one of mine...one of the other 2 i got while i was in australie, knew it was the only thing i could bring back that id never lose/forget

where on the east coast?
my artist is Ian Shaffer of Screamin' Ink Tattoo in Fair Lawn, NJ.
it's the only one i have so far - and i 4got to mention it's a cover-up, too.
 
bgbdwlf2500

bgbdwlf2500

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Originally Posted by Mimzy
http:///forum/post/2670862
my artist is Ian Shaffer of Screamin' Ink Tattoo in Fair Lawn, NJ.
it's the only one i have so far - and i 4got to mention it's a cover-up, too.
nothing wrong with tattoos IMO...if you have a job where they need to be covered up then get them where they can be....so youre in NJ?
it is funny the perception of people and people with tattoos...when i was in australia i was sitting at a table in a bar and people avoided me..a person not showing any tattoos sat down at the same table and they talked and talked..lol just reminds me of why i have minimal friends and people i talk to
 
reefforbrains

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BBwolf- we hit these topics just recently and you would be further supprised at how even online people say that they look right past them. How they treat the tattoo'd same as everyone else.
Rediculous
 
mimzy

mimzy

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Originally Posted by bgbdwlf2500
http:///forum/post/2670872
nothing wrong with tattoos IMO...if you have a job where they need to be covered up then get them where they can be....so youre in NJ?
it is funny the perception of people and people with tattoos...when i was in australia i was sitting at a table in a bar and people avoided me..a person not showing any tattoos sat down at the same table and they talked and talked..lol just reminds me of why i have minimal friends and people i talk to
it's a cover-up of an old tattoo that was a disaster. the artist didn't listen to me, and i didn't think long and hard enough about what i wanted in the 1st place.
as for what other people think, just the fact that i have this is going to get me, shall we say, "excommunicated" from my family and their community if anyone ever finds out. that's why it's on my hip - an easily concealable area. i want tattoos on my wrists, the arches of my feet, my back, and on my arms, but i will probably never be able to do that.
 
bgbdwlf2500

bgbdwlf2500

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Originally Posted by ReefForBrains
http:///forum/post/2670882
BBwolf- we hit these topics just recently and you would be further supprised at how even online people say that they look right past them. How they treat the tattoo'd same as everyone else.
Rediculous

guess i should have clarified, whether i had them or not, if i had a dentist that had them it wouldnt phase me......but then again a dentist doesnt phase me no matter if i need a tooth drilled or what, until i have to pay them then id like them to KMA
 
bgbdwlf2500

bgbdwlf2500

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Originally Posted by Mimzy
http:///forum/post/2670890
it's a cover-up of an old tattoo that was a disaster. the artist didn't listen to me, and i didn't think long and hard enough about what i wanted in the 1st place.
as for what other people think, just the fact that i have this is going to get me, shall we say, "excommunicated" from my family and their community if anyone ever finds out. that's why it's on my hip - an easily concealable area. i want tattoos on my wrists, the arches of my feet, my back, and on my arms, but i will probably never be able to do that.

im in the same boat with my grandmother, she finally saw the wolf after who knows how many years...she asked is that the only one i said no..the look was priceless....shes a "godly" person, i wanted to say how many times have you talked smack about someone? im sure her expression would have changed
if you must know, i have no respect for her because of that so what she thinks is what she thinks, no skin off my back
 
mimzy

mimzy

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Originally Posted by bgbdwlf2500
http:///forum/post/2670903
im in the same boat with my grandmother, she finally saw the wolf after who knows how many years...she asked is that the only one i said no..the look was priceless....shes a "godly" person, i wanted to say how many times have you talked smack about someone? im sure her expression would have changed
if you must know, i have no respect for her because of that so what she thinks is what she thinks, no skin off my back
right... but...aside from their obnoxious religious views, i happen to really love my family. And they are very good to me, too. i can't alienate myself from them completely just for the sake of some ink. i can get as much as i want, as long as they can't see it, and that works for me at this point in my life.
it sucks that things have to be this way, but it is what it is.
 
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