yes I love nice tattoo's ^^
I have 4 !

Unless the dragons are specifically designed by someone... i.e. ME.

Done well and have a purpose behind them... not just a dragon for dragons-sake.

haha! LOL

yeah, you draw very well...

*Ahem...*

Firstly, AIDS and Hepatitis C can only be caught from unsterilized environments, such as the more commercial tattooists where many people pass through every day... secondly... when has anyone gone to a job interview with shorts and t-shirts???

You ALWAYS wear a suit to an interview, covering your tattoo (unless you have them on your hands or face). In this day and age almost everyone has a tattoo, and a tattoo does not restrict you in an interview even if it is showing... it's your CV that counts... well in my experience!

Thirdly, it's true that everything caries a risk... but it is your OWN FAULT if you do not investigate the place where they will dye your skin for the rest or your natural life. Some fairly poor tattooists do not use the 100% pure Indian drawing ink... they use PRINTER INK AND CAR PAINT!!! INVESTIGATE!!!

Well I agree that tattoo's aren't usually going to effect an interview. However I do think face/hand tattoos would. I mean a company doesn't care if they can't see. I think that some people do see tattoo's negativley.

Either way I wouldn't get a tattoo somewhere that was visible in every day life.

Saying that I am a Chef and to be honest it's one of the few work enviroments where it really doesn't matter. No-one in a kitchen cares what you look like, it's about doing a good job.

I really liked Chio's. By far the best one on here.

Sorry for the double post... here's mine again:

Its cool, and it reminds me that dragon from that cartoon...shaolin showdown..XD

Bboyzetan -

yeh you're dragon tattoo is cool. I like it. It's not something I'd get but I'm thinking of getting something similar to your's and Chio's.

I liked the red in hers.

Ill post my pic - because I was thinking of having the dragon running underneath my phoenix. Im not sure if the colour would work though or match my orginal tattoo and thats important.

Maybe ill just go for an arm? haha.
Your advice would be appreicated.

Imo, colour does look good, especially on a sleeve, but your dragon would have to be in the same style as the phoenix otherwise it would look out of place... unless you had it in a different style on your arm, like you said.

I don't go for colour as it does not suit me, so I just go for Black&Grey with White highlights.
So were you thinking of getting dragon with carp scales? So red with white outlines? Or what?

I was thinking of trying to combine the style of chio's and mine.

I loike the colour coming off the leaves on the outside.

So maybe I could keep the dragon black and white. Use the colour - i.e. background, like leaves or horizon to tie the two together. So even if the phonenix and dragon don't match exctly the background could tie them together.

U see what I mean?

Ill attach Chios pic so u can see hers.

Yeah, I understand what you mean, that sounds like a cool way to unite the styles with colour!

What I mean is I have my phoenix on my right shoulder. If I were to get a dragon it could run underneath and be coming up my left shoulder. Both animals black and white.

The background would have the colour but minimal and it would be around both animals.

Saying all that. The phoenix had a very specific meaning and reason to be done.

I wonder if getting a dragon just because I liked the look would reduce the phoenix's meaning?

I wish chio would post a proper pic of her tattoo

Tattoo In Japan
 

Anyone live in japan that is into tattoos and speaks english and japanese? I plan to make a trip to tokyo and i was looking to stop by the tattoo museum in yokahama and hopefully get some work done by horikoi or someone with equal tattoo skill. Anyone out there?
Richard

Seriously. Give it a day. Someone will respond.

But, keep posting the same post over and over and you'll just end up getting banned.

hmm..........I don't have any tattoos but I will be getting some here shortly.

Some things to consider about getting a tatoo in Japan, if you plan on going / living in Japan, make sure that the tatoo you get isn't in an easily visible place, tatoo's are generally frowned upon by Japanese society as they are a mark of the Yakuza.

Also, if you plan on ever going to a 銭湯 or 温泉　I would advise not getting a tatoo, as these places ban tatoos and disallow people with tatoos from　entering.

they dont really associate people as Yakuza if you have a tattoo..

thats just a horrible misconception.

living in tokyo i've seen plenty of people with tattos on their arms and legs and backs and necks and all over.

Yakuza tattoos are a very specific style and placed in certain areas.

i wont go into it, but if you do a lil research or watch enuf gangster movies you'll get the idea.

There not gona mistake a guy with a sun tattoed on his arm for a yakuza, thats all im saying.

I personally got my tattoo done in shibuya, i have the card of the place some where in my room, its gona take a lil time to find.

but i remember exactly where it is and how 2get there and who my tattoo artist was.

her name is Ai and speaks english, she is one of 3 tattoo artist at this location in Shibuya, i remembering them telling me they have another location in Ginza.

But say you are comming from the Jr station next to the hachiko statue. if you go to the giant intersection (famous intersection known for being the most trafficked intersection in the world) you'll see tons of buildings with giant screen on them.

if you walk straight directly from that corner diagonally to the other side you'll be walking down a street in Shibuya with tons of arcades and restraunts and stores.

well... almost every street is like this, but you'll come across a Silver heart jewlery place and a ABC Shoes and a HMV, you cant miss it.

Just walk until you get to a 4 way intersection area and youll see a store called CONDOMANIA *its a lil joke store with condoms and random sexual doo dads*

Any ways that will be on the first floor of the building you want to go to.

If you look up you'll see the sign for the tattoo shop, just walk up to the 5th floor i think and there you go.

Its a VERY small shop, but they DO have a larger shop else where.

I do remember passing a few more tattoo parlors in Shibuya, and Kawasaki and Yokohama, but shibya is where i hang out more often. And i really liked my tattoo artist.

If you go to youtube and search the name Housetek you will see Ai and her inking me up in her shop.

if your lazy then just watch here



hope that helps

-htek

usually a clan crest or something like that

the tattoos can range from full body to *most of the time* full back and sleeves down to the wrists.

there is a distinctive style to them

many times a koi/dragon/kabuki figure/etc.

the tattoos are done has one solid piece, so the back will link to the sleeves and legs and such.

other words

you see some one with a dragon on his arm or tribal, or kanji
it doesnt mean hes yakuza.

You see some one with tattoos from his neck to his wrists.. then you have your self a yakuza style tattoo.

just do a google search you'll see the style im talking about.

and yes you will not be able to get into many onsens with tattoos.

i've tried, and was denied horribly =P

there are gaijin onsens.... if you wana take baths with fatty foreigners.. but that wasnt for me sooo ill just have to pass on that experience.

Plus i can go in the bathhouses in vietnam w/o a problem and get the same experience.

i have heard of some places letting you slide with a few small pieces done... but i have my entire back tattooed. so that was a no go.

Yak tattoos tend to be very traditional images...dragons, cherry blossums, thunder and lightning demons, etc. No kanji. You have short-sleeve and long-sleeve styles, and usually blanket any area of the upper-body covered by clothing.

Many Yaks get thier tattoos in the "traditional syle" with needles dipped in ink and tapped in by hand. This takes a long time, partially because of the feverish response of the human body.

i've actually found a place in Tokyo that did traditional style tap tattoos

said that 80% or so just give up on them after a while, so you gota put a deposit down for your next session.

not for the weak of heart

Wow!!! The tattoos look awesome!!!
You have some serious skill.
You're a very talented artist and I hope you find a good tattoo shop to show off your skills at. ^^
Go with confidence!!!!

those are soooooooooooooo savge I'm goona find u just to get one dude

W.O.W. @_@ I wish you were located around here; thinking of getting a couple myself this semester in Flagstaff ^_^

Bravo!!

Woah that's awsome. I don't like tattoos much but those do look good.

I love tattoos but I don't have any yet. Even though I'm 18 and can get one without my parents consent (even though some places still want it), one I don't have the money to get a tattoo and two my parents would kill me if I came home with one unless I got a small one somewhere they would never see. But yes I do plan to get a few tattoos one day.

PiERCiNGS & TATTOOS
 

I didn't know where else to post this but I wanted to see everyone's
piercings ^^ and/or tattoos!
share share share.

Ps, I want a tattoo! I wonder where to get it though.... AND WHAT, more
importantly.

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i did a mini INDUSTRiAL on my lobes. xD don't ask how the hell that ended up fitting in there.....

My left ear is pierced
I don't want a tattoo, but my sister does, lol

I have two piercings. one in each ear.. I really really really want a tattoo. 5 to be more specific.. :D :D :D :D

Cool!
What would you want a tattoo of?

i have 3earpiercings and one in the belly button xD
i think thats enough..well,i want a tattoo,too..but i think i dont do it cuz i dont wanna have a tattoo when i´m 60..xD

A tattoo of a couple of angel wings where one of the wings is broken. on the back. a sun on my leg, a couple of mini angel wings on my foot. and a cross om the other foot. my name and birth date on my back over my pants, :D

I like that :vsign:

Yup, me too me too :D

Pjok,i´ve an idea..xD how about a tattoo for a tattoo of a pig?xD hahaha lmao

Good idea. On my but. :D

Where and how do they look?

You know, I was told that scientists are linknig tattos to a form of cancer...