Just made the appointment for my first tattoo

[kedrys]

A small red maple leaf to commemorate one of my very few good ideas: moving back to Canada when I had the chance. :)

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. You never forget your first Villechaize.

;)

Hope it comes out well!

[kedrys]

2. LOL!!

Yeah, I guess not. :rofl:

Thanks! :hi:

[Capn Sunshine]

3. I was gonna say don't do it until I read what it was

Couldn't hurt, eh?

[kedrys]

6. It'll be on my left ankle

so no 'splainin' to do unless I want to. :)

[rug]

4. You're not supposed to make an appointment. You're supposed to show up drunk.

[kedrys]

7. The tattoo artist is French and stoned

:rofl: He works in the back part of the head shop. His work is superb.

[XemaSab]

5. Don't make it too small

If it gets blurry later, you will want it to be recognizable. :)

[kedrys]

8. I figured as much

It should survive nicely if I put it on my ankle, which is not likely to, um, shrink if I ever lose the weight I'd like to lose... :P

Seriously, I'm thinking about an inch or so in size. The artist agreed.

[elocs]

9. I got my first (so far only) tat 2 years ago at age 55.

It was the logo from "V for Vendetta": Above it is the word "FREEDOM" and below it is "FOREVER".



I got it large and it is on my right upper arm. I wanted people to know what it was and to be able to read the words. It still is hidden by a short sleeve shirt though.

[kedrys]

11. Beautiful!

People up here are a lot less uptight about visible tats, but there's visible and then there's in your face :D. Plus I don't expect everybody to "get" something that's highly personal.

[UTUSN]

10. My first (of 2) one was off-putting while waiting

A dude showed up totally upset with his results. He wanted the head of a jaguar and it turned out looking like a possum snout or something.

He and the "artist" were right there in front of the 4 or 5 of us waiting, and we could hear everything and we all were frozen in rapt attention with the same thought: "Uh, is there a tactful way OUT of here?!1" I guess we all stayed.

What somebody posted (above) about not getting it too small because it might get blurred and indecipherable is spot on!1 I've got a USN plus anchor and they got that way.

[kedrys]

12. The artist I spoke to said

mine needed to be a couple of feet. I'm open to suggestions, but only up to a point. :rofl: