Curt

On Aug 22, 11:47 pm, "hobinr...@gmail.com" <hobinr...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Another delurker here.

It's an epidemic! :o)

> This was one of the first places I looked for information when I got
> my first tattoo about 7 years ago. Well, here and BME magazine.
> I only peek in now and then as evidenced by my posting from Google.
>
> I'm probably just a beginner as I only have 2 tattoos and only have
> plans for 2 more. Both of mine are originals, created just for me. I
> was lucky to find an artist who is, well, an artist. In fact, for my
> first I gave him lots of pictures and pointed out what parts of which
> pictures I liked. When he called in a couple of weeks he'd created
> exactly what I wanted.
>
> My second one is on the side of my neck and though it's only 4 years
> old I need to get it touched up. The artist told me that they
> wouldn't guarantee the colors because the neck area where I got it
> moves a lot and that this can sometimes push out the ink. I've not
> been as strict as I should have been, too, about using sunblock.

In lieu of pictures, could you at least describe what the tattoos look
like or offer details re the subject matter, meaning, etc.

> I have the basic design for my next one though it will take some
> "gussying up". I took me a few years to find it. I want something
> that has a personal meaning to me and that no one else has. I just
> have to decide where this one will go.
>
> mady, heading back to the shadows

Welcome to RAB.

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Curt