Tattoos

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Angelo Bottigliero

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What???? Seriously 300 Euros, you haven't missed a zero out or anything? My Brother's sleeve costs him £80 per hour, admittedly his artist is one of the best in the city and people do travel a good distance to be tattooed by him, and he has about a 3 month list. He is probably 2+ Grand into his, and still has a few inches to go.
You saw correct. € 300 :p
 

Shasta

On his shell he holds the earth.
Look for a 'home' tattoo artist. See his work, ask around, and if he's good, it will save a lot of cash. My DT one will have 22 hrs of work when it's done and only cost me € 300,-
Mine was 45 hours over a year and was $450. He's normally about $150 an hour but he loves the Dark Tower so much he did it for a flat fee. It was a labor of love. He actually owned a shop where I was in talking to another artist and he overheard and begged me to let him do it. I'm so glad he did!
 

Lepplady

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Nov 30, 2006
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Red Stick
No SK related tats.
This one on my neck needs some touching up.
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And this one on the inside of my forearm, A S X and K. Anthony, Scotty, Xavier and Khloe. My grandbabies. My heart.
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That's all I've got. For now.
 

ICry4Oy

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Sep 3, 2011
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Dallas, TX
Was the barbed wire part of the design or the typical "hey a barbed wire tattoo would be cool" idea from teenage years that you end up thinking "now it doesn't fit anything."? My Brother got a football team related tattoo on his foream when he was 16, then by the time he was 21 he had started on what would eventually become a full sleeve of lions, cherry blossoms and background desert rock on the same arm. Luckily for him his tattooist is very good and he covered it very well.

I don't have any but if I could afford one I would get an Alaskan/Canadian wilderness scene with a lone wolf howling at the Aurora Borealis. No idea why.

The barbed wires (have on both arms) were some of my first tats and they seemed like a good border to separate my upper arm tats from my lower ones. The upper have nothing to do with Stephen King but both lower ones are Dark Tower tats.

Love the wilderness scene/lone wolf idea!
 

ICry4Oy

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Sep 3, 2011
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Dallas, TX
I'm too scared of pain to get a tattoo. Do any of you have your beloved's name tatoo'd on you? I've been trying to get my husband to do this for me. He says it's the kiss of death for a marriage, but I think it would be the sweetest gesture. A fancy heart with flames and my name on his shoulder..... swoon.

We've been married nearly 23 years, so I feel like we're in the clear.

NOOOOO! The only names you should ever have tattooed on you are....parents, children, dead spouse, pets.
 

Shasta

On his shell he holds the earth.
I very much enjoy looking at tattoos, the artwork I've seen is amazing, but for myself, anyone approaching me with a non-medical related needle better be a faster draw than me...lol
It's very different. I'm terrified of getting blood drawn because the needle actually pierces into the flesh. I don't even have my ears pierced! But tattoos just scratch the surface of the skin. Very different.
 

Shasta

On his shell he holds the earth.
True! I equate a tattoo with a road-rash...like when you fell off your bike as a kid and slid across concrete. Have a ton of tattoos and many piercings but hate shots. Go figure!
It gets really annoying when I tell a nurse that I'm terrified of getting blood drawn and they don't believe me!