Tats/Piercings like a drug?

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I was thinking about this as I was getting an Industrial done.Once you get a tat, you'll want another one -- continuously design them. You'll never be satisfies with the one before. It sparks a chain reaction.It goes the same with piercings; it's like an addiction.

aah not for me. I think theyre disgusting

Which one? Tattoos or piercings? Don't you have your ears pierced. Get a septum Anywhom... I really want to get ink sleeves!

How old are you?

I have my ears pierced. The only thing i wear in them is diamonds. Or pretty bar earrings.

I'm 16. I know, you have to be 18 to get a tattoo Yes, I do know I need to stop getting piercings and such; that's the problem, I'm addicted to it.

Well Im sure soon youll runn out of spots

I think that peircings and tattoos can be very addicting! I have a grand total of 10 peircing (eight in my ears and 2 nippie rings) and I plan to get a few more before I call it good. I already have a tatt on my ankel and I plan to get something else to tie in with the one I already have... it all depends on the person really. Some people like, some don't, I personally find tatts and peircings rather sexy, but as I said, that's just me and it varies with each person.

Im satisfied with all the ink I have.
The ones I got when I was 15 sitting in my bedroom wit a bottle of india ink and a guitar strink are covered over with bigger tats now. I want more, but Im happy with each of the ones I have. half my chest and stomache are done, half of one sleeve and about a 4th of the other, half of my right leg done.
All my ink stops above my wrists and betlow the collar line of a v neck shirt.
In total I have 27 tats, but it looks more like 6 as I use them to cover huge spaces. One day Ill have my shirt done, and I have one leg done from the knee down, Im thinking I need that to be both of them from the knee down. maybe even a full pair of pants.
never ink your face or your hands. I can cover all of mine anytime I need them covered, and normally have them covered anyways. My ink is for me, not to show it all off. besides sun ruins ink, fucking destroys and bleeds out the ink.
I started with one then felt unbalanced and got one onthe other shoulder, that led to the calf, the stomache, the forearm, I love getting inked, and i like the look of it after its healed.
Im satisifed with all my ink, but I still want more, and get some done each year. No need to have ti all done at once, Iv got a lifetime to collect what I want.

I agree. How did you manage to get a tattoo on the ankle? The pain must've been a bitch!I'm trying to quit getting piercings, but it's too damn hard. At least we both agree that it is quiet addicting. What do you think is addicting?

Are you getting more tattoos?They're addicting, eh? It's basically a drug.What was the longest tattoo you have? Like, how long did it take to get them? I watched my buddy get an ink sleeve; it was 8 hours!

I have over 12 hours in my upper left arm alone.not all at once understand, an outline one day, couple weeks later the touch ups, 3 more weeks and then the color, couple more than touch ups for fades and what not. The longest Iv sat still for in one session was a bit over 6 hours on my right calf.all outlines and detail and color in one shot for a tat thta covers from just below my knee to about 3 inches above my ankle.Im always ready to get more ink.money is a bitch for ink when its a quality job, not to mention I like one of a kind ink. I design my own shit, then have someone with talent draw it up. If Im still inlove with it 2 months later Ill put it in my skin. I never go running to get more ink just because I want it, that shits on me for life, I dont make rash decisions about it.

I agree with Katie...I think it depends on the person. I have a few tattoos and piercings. But I'm not planning on getting anymore. I just don't care for them anymore.

It's too expensive for tattoos. Piercings are a bit cheaper.How much do you think 2 ink sleeves would cost? And how long they'd take.This is, I hope, my last body modification.Also, Chance, do you have any regrets for any tattoos or piercings? I have 1; that is piercing my hip.

Do your parents mind that your body is full of holes that you weren't born with?

It didn't hurt that bad... it was just a sting in a few places. I don't know how many tatts I'll get, but as far as I know it'll only be the one I have now and the one I'll tie into it.

The only ones I regret are those I did myself with india ink and a guitar string in my mirror when I was 15, and those are covered up.The guy I get most of my ink from does it at a rate of 150 an hour. hes well worth the cost if your serious about it. I like top notch shit and I think about a tat for months on the design, then after its finished a few more to make sur i really want it.For the 27 I have Iv forgotten about 200 that I wanted at one time. I dont regret any of them. Shit I cant wait to get more, one day Ill have damned near a full suit.

Fuck! That's expensive.
The more experience the Tattoo Artist has, the more money it cost -- ever noticed that?
My Industrial cost me 'bout 100, then 40 for jewelry and 60 to place in!

Joe will do a piercing at a standard price, its the ink that costs so damned much. Just one more reason to think it through and choose carfully. I always go big anymore, if Im getting new ink its gonna be fucking huge. Why shouldnt someone with more experience and better talent make more money for doing it?I can get some asshole in any shop to ink me for cheap, but the quality of the work matters a great deal to me.

I agree -- I've seen some though that look amazing on paper and sketches, but just don't come out as right on skin. Do you have pictures of any of your tattoos? Do they stand for anything?I want this

Im a big horror fan (whore fan too) the left arm is a big ass bitch vamp sitting ona headstone with a vortex behind her, when its finished it will include a entire cemetary scene complete with a dead priest. I like to think of her as my ex wife, she didnt suck blood, just life. the other arm is to the light, a sun, complete with sunglasses, the lizards, so many lizards, I always liked the bastards and they can fucking climb. witha egyptian death beetle over the sun. a huge dragon from the top of my chest to jsut above my wang onthe right side of my chest, a celtic band around my right wrist and an tribal bat marking the end of the one day to be completed graveyard scene on my left wrist, myright forearm has an old celtic symbol sitting between my two oldest sons names withteh same scroll work as I have on my favorite rifle on each side of them. I need to get some time to add my other sons name to that arm but havent figured out exactly how to do it and keep it right withthe other names. I have a bear on my right calf, a big ass grizzly bear, scotty would understand the reasons behind it. Im currently wanting a doa tag tatted onteh bottem of my foot complete with the tied string around my big toe. Its nearl yobligatory to have a hunge inked on my elbow, Im jsut debating the style I want. I didnt get any of my ink inside, I dont do prison ink or prison sybols, no watch towers, no tears, no spiderwebs onthe elbows. My back Im saving for one grand scene, I just havent decided what that will be yet, all the other skin thats yet uninked Im not sure about. Im currently trying to find some wasted abstract type of shit to fill in gaps on the partially done sleeve onthe right arm that works with the sun and the lizards. a good friend of mine is working on a nearly naked demonic bitch that will be put onthe back of my left forearm with the dead priest on the inside of it. They all mean something to me, but Id never expect anyone else to ever understand why I have any of them or what they mean to me.I dont do naked girls either, while the vamp is partially nude all her goodies are covered ina tattered red robe like a monk would wear if he liked bright colors. I dunno why, I jsut dont want naked girls permenantly inked into my skin forever. Iv also worked out a nice bit of scroll work that Im thinking of having inked as a necklace that simpley says "Fuck It". Theres a empty six pack of beer cans labeled apathy that I got from a green day song a few years ago, as in "just drank a six pack of apathy, the world owes me so fuck you"all mine were done for various reasons, While I dont figure anyone else would see much in them, they all mean something to me. Id nevre get som estupid shti that didnt symbolize something and part of my life. That shit dont wash off, its there for life. ink with no meaning only means your stupid enough to pay some asshole to permenantly mark you.