Posts tagged ‘ink’

13 reasons NOT to Get a Tattoo!

(inspired by this post and ensuing commentary at MPS)

1) You are under 18.

2) You are drunk.

3) You are loaded on some other substance.

4) You are hung over or have consumed a lot of alcohol during the previous 24 hours. (This will make you bleed more and is a pain in the ass for your tattooist, as well as increasing your healing time and the likelihood of fallout.)

5) Your friend/neighbor/drug dealer says “C’mon, lemme drill on you man. I got this gun for a bag… dude, I’m an awesome artist, I’ll just go wild on you, man…. just freehand”.

6) Someone says you should.

7) You’re overwhelmed with love for your boy/girl-friend and want to show them how much you care with their name permanently inscribed upon your flesh.

8) To show people how “cool” you are.

9) To piss someone off.

10) Because it’s cheap/a “good” price. “The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of a low price is forgotten.”

11) Because “everybody” else is doing it.

12) You decide to do it, but find yourself uncomfortable in the atmosphere of the shop you’ve chosen or with the tattooist.

13) The tattooist you’ve chosen is more interested in his ego than in your vision of your tattoo.

That’s it for Thursday Thirteen in Thornesworld! Hit the hub for more TTs!
Peace, out!

I’m working on the Lanner Falcon piece again today, (you can go check out the progress to date on it here), so I thought I’d post a couple ink pics for you all!

These three tattoos all have a sorta theme.  They are all Fairies, and they are all on “my girls”.

The first one is my daughter’s very first tattoo.  It is a custom design based on the body of one of Brian Froud’s Faeries with entirely original wings.

f.'s faerie backpiece

Next is another piece based on one of Froud’s works, although I’ve altered it so that the face is actually a tiny portrait of the bearer; my DiL and spiritual daughter.

Fairy Tattoo #2

And the third and final image is an actual and probably quite familiar to everyone, Froud fairy.  This one is on my step-daughter, and it should have had another sitting for some more depth and shadow, but I sadly don’t see her anymore.

Froud Kneeling Faerie

So there’s a tiny sampling of Thorne’s Ink for you!!

Peace, out!

Lanner Falcon Mantling-detail

Damn!! He he. I got caught up redoing categories and tags last night and then sleep pounced me suddenly and irresistibly around 2am.

I’m working on this tat again today.  The first image (above) is a little head detail.  This tattoo is in what I call my “reasonably realistic” style.  I know that there are many excellent tattoo artists that do photo realism, but I am not one of them.  I have developed this style because I believe it stays looking good over the years much better than true photo realism.

Lanner Falcon Mantling 1

Here is the entire greyline of the tattoo.  I use a greyline rather than a hard black outline for this style so I can build to black where needed and leave some areas lighter instead of having a hard, cartoon type outline.

This client has chosen a bit of a touchy area, high on the fleshy outer thigh, for not only her first tattoo, but a rather large piece as well.  She’s a pretty tough cookie, especially considering that she has FMS and RA.

I’ll post more images after her second session, today.  Have a great weekend, everyone!

Peace, Out!