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Help me pick out a tattoo.

#1

Dave

Dave

My wife informed me last night that she thinks tattoos are sexy. I currently have none. I guess I wouldn't mind getting one as long as it's not a sleeve or anything.

So what kind should I get? And where?

No, I'm not getting anything done on my face or neck. Or penis. I'm not turning my belly button into a monkey's asshole. Nothing political and no names.

I'm thinking about either something from Avenged Sevenfold or the Marines.

So either



or

(without the freckles)

I'm also thinking maybe a Blue Dallas Cowboys star or Iowa Hawkeye logo.

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#2



Jiarn

Just go all out.



#3

tegid

tegid

I like the marines one!


#4

Shakey

Shakey

Prove your loyalty to the forum!



#5

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

The Marines one, but in a more manageable size.


#6

Dave

Dave

Shakey said:
Prove your loyalty to the forum!

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No matter what I do I'm now getting 2 tattoos.


#7



Disconnected

Recommendations:
Music related - don't just get a <band name here> text around whatever body part. look at band album art, styles, themes in lyrics come up with something around that.
Marines - look at classic 'sailor jerry' art and the style of whatever artist your using, see if you can use an old them with new art.
Sports logos - most don't change too much in time but remember that team logos do change. I find a plain <TEAM> logo with nothing around it kind of... not sexy.

secondary recommendation:
get her opinion on it. If she thinks they are shmexy then stands to reason she should like what she has to look at too.


#8

Hylian

Hylian

Get the Triforce symbol tattooed on your left hand


#9

Fun Size

Fun Size

666 tattooed under your hair.


#10

Wahad

Wahad

Go with the Marines, I say.

Also, try your upper back (or shoulder) - less chance of sagging/stretching the tattoo when you gain/lose weight.


#11

HCGLNS

HCGLNS

Get a "If found please return to *****, for reward"


#12

LittleSin

LittleSin

The Avenged Sevenfold one would be awesome.

I'm going to recommend taking ibuprofen before getting it done. If you have stiff or sore muscles it couldn't hurt to visit a massage therapist if your insurance allows you to as well.

Also, research your tat artist. I can't stress how important it is to do your homework on this.

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The Avenged Sevenfold one would be awesome.

I'm going to recommend taking ibuprofen before getting it done. If you have stiff or sore muscles it couldn't hurt to visit a massage therapist if your insurance allows you to as well.

Also, research your tat artist. I can't stress how important it is to do your homework on this.


#13



Chazwozel

Don't get a pair of lips tattooed on your ass. Ugh, I still can't live down Senior Week 1999.


#14

Gusto

Gusto

Dave;446432][QUOTE=Shakey said:
Prove your loyalty to the forum!

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No matter what I do I'm now getting 2 tattoos.[/QUOTE]

Get it on the back of your head.


#15

Espy

Espy

Marines.


#16

phil

phil

"Hug life"


#17

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

H
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#18

Fun Size

Fun Size

Tramp stamp.


#19



Chazwozel

phil said:
"Hug life"
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#20

Dei

Dei

Fun Size said:
Tramp stamp.
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?


#21

Gusto

Gusto







#22

Dave

Dave

The Bart, the.


Nobody that speaks German could be an evil man!


#23

phil

phil




Get that tattoo and memorize the monologue as a means of deflecting questions you don't want to answer.


Edit

I'd also like to mention how happy I am that everyone is actually giving suggestions and not pointing out that maybe getting a tattoo for the sole reason that your wife thinks it's kinda hot isn't really the best reason to get one.


#24

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

You don't have a hair on your ass if you don't roll with this one



#25

Dave

Dave

I guess I have a bald ass then.


#26

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

There's at least two Jarheads out there dumb enough to have taken the artist up on his bet for this... *chuckles wryly*


#27

Dave

Dave

Not every former marine is as smart and handsome as me.


#28

Shakey

Shakey

phil said:
I'd also like to mention how happy I am that everyone is actually giving suggestions and not pointing out that maybe getting a tattoo for the sole reason that your wife thinks it's kinda hot isn't really the best reason to get one.
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I don't think there's a better reason to get a tattoo than to impress a woman.


#29

Dave

Dave

Shakey;446567][QUOTE=phil said:
I'd also like to mention how happy I am that everyone is actually giving suggestions and not pointing out that maybe getting a tattoo for the sole reason that your wife thinks it's kinda hot isn't really the best reason to get one.
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I don't think there's a better reason to get a tattoo than to impress a woman.[/QUOTE]

When you've been married 17 years you can give me advice on how to impress and relate with my wife. Know what I sayin'?

Plus, I'm 45. I'm old enough to know better.

And I've decided. I'm gonna get all 3. Starting with the Anchor & Eagle, then the DURR face (one on each arm) and then the final....The Avenged Sevenfold Deathbat on my back. I already have an artist that was recommended by my barber, who is tatted to the max. I have a meeting with him next week to talk about designs, price and time.

And to reiterate, if my wife likes it and is happy then so am I. Plus, being the age I am the tats will hold their colors into my 50s -70s. Ooh rah!


#30



Philosopher B.

Hey whoa there, buster. You can't be old and cool. Stop stealing all the cool, Dave! :mad:

Jiarn said:
Just go all out.

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Hawt.


#31

Shakey

Shakey

Don't take me too seriously, I was just giving you crap. I actually think it's pretty cool. I've been thinking of getting a tattoo myself. If I still want it after another month I may do it.


#32

Dave

Dave

Shakey said:
Don't take me too seriously, I was just giving you crap. I actually think it's pretty cool. I've been thinking of getting a tattoo myself. If I still want it after another month I may do it.
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Sorry, dude! I wasn't talking to you at all. It was to Phil. The old fuddy duddy.


#33



makare

So just having tattoos is sexy regardless of what it is?


#34



Disconnected

Dave said:
then the DURR face (one on each arm)
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2 DURRs? you sir are hardcore. hard. core.


p.s. i know what you really meant but that's how i read it.


#35

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

I don't think your wife is gonna go all hot for the Durr Face, but then, I don't know how to relate to your wife :p.


#36

Chad Sexington

Garbledina

I think that two is overdoing the durrs, otherwise I am pro-tattoo (well, mostly, obviously there are trashy tats). I have the Companion Cube tattooed on my right wrist.


#37

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

The next day he finds out his wife was just saying that off-hand.


#38

Dave

Dave

The DURR face is for me. The other two are for her. And yes she thinks they'll be sexy. So the tats do matter. But she's also approved.


#39



makare

It's always interesting to find out what other people find sexy. Personally I generally see tattoos as detracting from someone's sexiness.

Hope you and your wife are both pleased with the outcome.


#40

Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

What Dave said:
Dave said:
It was to Phil. The old fuddy duddy.
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What Poe read:
Dave said:
It was to Phil. My old fuck buddy.
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#41

Dave

Dave

Me too. If not she'll leave me and I'll end up alone and inked.


#42



makare

aw yeah...

there's a lost porno that should remain lost.

Dave said:
Me too. If not she'll leave me and I'll end up alone and inked.
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Tonight on TLC Alone and Inked.


#43

Steve

Steve

I know you said the penis tattoo is out but hear me out. Get a ruler tattooed onto your penis but make the ruler 1/8th to scale but don't tell your wife it's not accurate. Makes your junk look bigger. Take it from me and my full 4 inch tattoo. (Not really 4 inches but my wife will never know.)


#44

Shakey

Shakey

I don't know if you're serious, or will actually do it, but the idea of Dave getting the durr face tattoo makes me happy.


#45

strawman

strawman

I realize you are 165 now, but remember when you were 155? Yeah, your 155 year old self was an idiot, right? Well guess what? Your 175 year old self is going to think you are a freakin' moron right now.

Just sayin'

:p

I dunno man, giving up dj'ing, gettin' tats. Is this how forum admins make it through their midlife crisis? You know, we'd all pitch in and buy you a sports car if you think it would help.

:D


#46

linglingface

linglingface

I think something Marine style would be good.
I think you should be careful with band tattoos...


#47

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

If you do Skull Bat, leave the name of the band off. the folks that know, will. the ones that don't will think that it is a decently cool tat.

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heatherling said:
I think something Marine style would be good.
I think you should be careful with band tattoos...
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Yes, tattoos for things that YOU belong too are ok. But other types of tat's not so much.


#48

Krisken

Krisken

Get a tattoo that says "I'm too old for a tattoo".


#49

Gurpel

Gurpel

Damnit!

I knew someone would beat me to the terminal lance motto tat...


#50

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

Gurpel said:
Damnit!

I knew someone would beat me to the terminal lance motto tat...
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:awesome:


#51

Docseverin

Docseverin

When I get home on leave in about a month I too will get the durr face :) as a sign of my solidarity!


#52

Gusto

Gusto

Goodness!

:Leyla:

I will never get a tattoo. Mark my words.


#53



Element 117

Gusto said:
I will never get a tattoo. Mark my words.
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that should be your tattoo.

I'm going to the a stand and say that getting the durr face may not be as cool

in fact I think it will be the regret tat.

just throwing that out there so I can be the statistical hater.


#54

Gusto

Gusto

PCT;446675][QUOTE=Gusto said:
I will never get a tattoo. Mark my words.
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that should be your tattoo.

I'm going to the a stand and say that getting the durr face may not be as cool

in fact I think it will be the regret tat.

just throwing that out there so I can be the statistical hater.[/QUOTE]

I'm sorta thinking the same thing... I'd be hesitant at the very least. Sleep on that one for about a year.


#55



Chazwozel

So, I'm just wondering. Are they going to stretch your wrinkly skin over an easel?


#56

strawman

strawman

Chazwozel said:
So, I'm just wondering. Are they going to stretch your wrinkly skin over an easel?
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It's pretty easy to do once you're old and have lost your collagen:



#57

drifter

drifter

I thought his skin elasticity was a genetic condition?


#58

strawman

strawman

drifter said:
I thought his skin elasticity was a genetic condition?
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In the video, yes. His problem is that he doesn't generate the collagen his skin would use.

Your body also lowers its production of collagen as you get older, so the elderly also lack collagen, and thus have thin, stretchable, wrinkly skin.


#59

Necronic

Necronic

So here are the tatoos I am planning on getting. Feel free to steal them.

1) Gun Rack across my back

or

2) Longhorns across my back, but where the horns curve down and in, they go through my back and out through my chest. My nipples are the end of the horns.

3) Arrow to my junk that says "I'm with stupid."

4) Something written. More than likely it will be charge of the light brigade. Love that poem. There are far more layers to it than people give it credit.

5) Ninjas. Like lots of them. Fighting all over.


#60

Null

Null

I made a joke with the owners of 4WFG when they got their latest pieces of ink that I should get the Ekatonkier (a monster/construct I developed for Albion Armitage's Astounding Arsenal) tattooed on my back. So when I got to ValleyCon, Connie pulled up my shirt and checked!


#61

Calleja

Calleja

Well, dude... I see you're throwing yourself full out on this (from zero to 3 pieces!? And one huge back piece?!) so I don't think I can change your mind much, but with tattoos there's two golden rules my artist gave me that I think are incredibly rational:

First, don't get a tattoo for getting a tattoo's sake... it's a permanent scar in your body, you should know FULL WELL before hand what the design should be. A personal, well thought-out design. This is why my artist does not have a "catalog" like most tattoo parlors do... he thinks someone coming in and just choosing a random design from the wall creates tattoos that are later regretted. (He's an AMAZING artist who will gladly draw and sketch and ultimately ink the design WITH you, respecting every little nitpick you might have, cause, again, he knows it's YOUR tattoo and he's only drawing it)

Second, and this is the one I like the most: When you decide on a design for a tattoo you want to get, first put it somewhere you see EVERY DAY for one whole year. If after a year of seeing the design every day, you still want to get it... that's your cue to do so. (You wouldn't believe how many people try this out and get tired of seeing their chosen design 6 months in).

That's my advice. The second rule is the one I would want you to consider the most because it's designed precisely to control that initial "YES!! I'M GETTING A TATTOO!!" euphoria we all get when we make the decision first.


#62

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

Two suggestions, both from wrestling.

1) The Undertaker, while married, had a tattoo of his wife's name across his neck, around the adam's apple. (Not there anymore since their divorce.)
2) Three words: Bam. Bam. Bigelow.


(And of course, I'm referring to the total badass scalp tattoo.)

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Also, goddamn, I'm also thinking of getting a durr tattoo!


#63

Dave

Dave

I have to put it off for now, anyway. With the wife losing her job we've got to watch the money.


#64

Shannow

Shannow

going back throguh older stuff, came across this thread. you ever end up getting the fundage for this endeavor, old man? Or do you still have it on hiatus?

Side note, tattoo number four was completed yesterday afternoon. That was four hours of pure fun for me!



#65

Mathias

Mathias

I don't like band tattoos, or tattoos that take themselves too seriously.

I know a guy who got a Superman logo on his arm. He goes on saying how Superman is a symbol for Christ blah blah blah...

I like my tattoos to be funny. That's the kind of guy I am. Fuck em if they can't take a joke.

I shit you not this is what I want a mural of on my back:



Why? Because when someone asks why I got it, I can say, "why not"?


#66

Dave

Dave

She's still unemployed. But I plan on getting them first - first will be the Marine Corps anchor & eagle. Second will be the durr face. Last, most expensive and the most work is the deathbat on the back.


#67

phil

phil

Still say hug life


#68

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

You need a Halforums, prison tattoo.


#69

Shannow

Shannow

I too, support Hug Life. Or, in large stylized script: "GET OFF MY LAWN!"


#70

General Specific

General Specific

Mathias said:
I shit you not this is what I want a mural of on my back:



Why? Because when someone asks why I got it, I can say, "why not"?
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It'd be better if you say, "Why'd I get it? THAT'S JERRY!" and then run off crying.


#71



makare

Why would you want the durr face on your body? I think you should find a way to print it off on a fake tattoo and wear it around for a while to see if that is really something you want to live with til the day you die.

I like aesthetically pleasing tattoos that make the body more appealing to look at. So about 99% of tattoos are just bewildering to me.


#72

phil

phil

Shannow said:
I too, support Hug Life. Or, in large stylized script: "GET OFF MY LAWN!"
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Arching over the stomach?


#73

Null

Null

A tramp stamp reading "This Place Is A Mess"


#74

strawman

strawman

Null said:
A tramp stamp reading "This Place Is A Mess"
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"Ask about our frequent rider program!"


#75

Shannow

Shannow

im debating what I want to do next. leaning towards getting he one on my back cleaned up since its faded a bit and expanded upon.


#76

Shakey

Shakey

I'm trying to decide on either my avatar, or a Cthulhu tattoo. Leaning towards my avatar right now.


#77

Shannow

Shannow

Tribal cthulu!



hahahahahahahhaha


#78

Shakey

Shakey

I was thinking more along the lines of
hello-kitty-Cthulhu-tattoo-400x533.jpg


#79



makare

aww too cute


#80

LittleSin

LittleSin

Ok. This thread is not awesome to me. :)


#81

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

"Never piss off Forum Cthulhu", huh? ;)


#82

Shannow

Shannow

That hello kitty cthulu is fantastic!


#83

Dave

Dave

Update:

My wife got the one she wanted Saturday.



I am getting mine either in a couple weeks or in September.

I'm getting the Marine Corps eagle & anchor. Had to wait on mine as it's $200.


#84

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

Sperm?


#85

Dave

Dave

HA!! No, its the symbol for the astrological sign Leo.

Sperm. :rofl:


#86

Jay

Jay

An angry sperm facing off another angry sperm for alpha sperm status for 48 hours.


#87

Covar

Covar

yea I thought it was sperm.

Or a cartoon face looking up while yelling.


#88

LittleSin

LittleSin

For the love of God, don't tell your wife that her new tat looks like a sperm.


#89



makare

I think it looks like a very stylized chick with a long ponytail.

And she would probably laugh about the sperm thing.


#90

Dave

Dave

makare said:
I think it looks like a very stylized chick with a long ponytail.

And she would probably laugh about the sperm thing.
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But if she didn't laugh...it's kind of there forever.


#91

Officer_Charon

Officer_Charon

Jay said:
An angry sperm facing off another angry sperm for alpha sperm status for 48 hours.
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"TWO SPERM ENTER; ONE SPERM LEAVES!"


#92



makare

those are the risks you run getting any kind of abstract tattoo.


#93

Shannow

Shannow

The guy I go to for ink is booked up out to October. Bah. I wanted to get my left arm redone and expanded soon, too.


#94

Dave

Dave

She says it doesn't look like sperm and you all have the mentalities of 13 year old boys. :)


#95

Shannow

Shannow

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha.


#96

North_Ranger

North_Ranger

Dave said:
She says it doesn't look like sperm and you all have the mentalities of 13 year old boys. :)
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I'll take that as a compliment ;)


#97

Hylian

Hylian

Dave said:
She says it doesn't look like sperm and you all have the mentalities of 13 year old boys. :)
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Given the fact we are on Halforums to begin with I would surmise that statement to be correct


#98



Biannoshufu

It looks like dejected sperm.

Also, make sure you get the right tattoo. Removal hurts.


#99

drifter

drifter

okay.png


#100

Dave

Dave

I am SO not showing her that!


#101



Biannoshufu

See??? See???


#102



makare

It looks like not very motile sperm..... sperm that leads to infertility.


#103



TheBrew

I've been against getting a tattoo since they are permanent, but I've actually come up with an idea that I really like. It is one of those forearm tats that circles around. It would be of a soundwave of song. It would a personal thing for me since I am heavily involved in both music and technical stuff. Only thing that is holding me off is I don't know what song I would pick nor do I know how to convert it to a soundwave to use as a design.

Dave, I like your ideas for designs though maybe not having two :Leyla:


#104

Adam

Adammon

TheBrew said:
I've been against getting a tattoo since they are permanent, but I've actually come up with an idea that I really like. It is one of those forearm tats that circles around. It would be of a soundwave of song. It would a personal thing for me since I am heavily involved in both music and technical stuff. Only thing that is holding me off is I don't know what song I would pick nor do I know how to convert it to a soundwave to use as a design.
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Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down...


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