I've noticed a lot of body modifications on a good lot of us members... I thought I'd ask for a general discussion about any stories one may want to share.. favorite mod, what hurt the most, stories about tattoos or something.... im a blank canvas so to speak.. (no tattoo's) I have 3 earrings each ear and had a tongue ring... but took it out cuz the ba$tard chipped my front tooth.. anyhow, don't make me feel lame by not posting all you people!! :)
I did stretch my exes ears once.. waaay too much. We were hella drunk out of hot topic in the mall and he got 1/8in when he was like waay smaller than that... So to cut a long and gory story short (complete with poping sounds and gushing blood) we were shortly thereafter both drunk and covered in blood... surprised mall cops didn't follow us around.. (i had bloody hands, he had blood from ear to neck)... It seemed like a good idea at the time I suppose... :laugh: In retrospect, no so much....
Well since I asked for a forum for this specific type of topic I guess I have to post.
Hmmm, I have to pick just one ???
Probably my phoenix tattoo on my left leg. The phoenix has LONG been one of my spirit protectors (even in dreams when I was younger). I think it is also a great symbol for transpeople. We burn away all the traces of our old lives and are able to stretch our wings to fly. I had a custom design done by a local tattooist (and our favorite now).
Now my wife's favorite body modification of mine? My tongue piercing >:-)
Her favorite of hers would be her customized dragonfly. She had that same artist take a dragonfly design she had created and clean it up. She has it on her upper left arm.
Edit to add a picture:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/298243_155782621181135_100002481953011_283826_885696963_n.jpg)
Quote from: Sarah7 on November 22, 2011, 11:15:38 PM
I've always loved body mods, but been way too uncomfortable with my own body to get any, so everything is pretty new, and also kind of important to me - reclamation efforts or something, like markers on my flesh saying "this is MINE now!"
I agree 100% about it being an ownership issue. I spent entirely too long having all of my decisions made for me and being guided down a specific path. I swear that you could probably fit the definition of a cult to my family. I've wanted the stuff I got since my teens (20+ years) but until I stopped being a puppet it wasn't even something I could talk about.
And now it isn't just saying this is mine vs yours, but also saying this is the REAL me.
Let's try to keep this thread alive since it doesn't look like we'll have a separate forum based on the low traffic. If some one can't pick a favorite then just pick one randomly. It was really hard to pick a specific single item since I have three tattoos (1 a WIP) and over 10 piercings.
Quote from: Jeneva on November 22, 2011, 05:42:35 PM
Well since I asked for a forum for this specific type of topic I guess I have to post.
Hmmm, I have to pick just one ???
Probably my phoenix tattoo on my left leg. The phoenix has LONG been one of my spirit protectors (even in dreams when I was younger). I think it is also a great symbol for transpeople. We burn away all the traces of our old lives and are able to stretch our wings to fly. I had a custom design done by a local tattooist (and our favorite now).
Now my wife's favorite body modification of mine? My tongue piercing >:-)
Her favorite of hers would be her customized dragonfly. She had that same artist take a dragonfly design she had created and clean it up. She has it on her upper left arm.
Edit to add a picture:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/298243_155782621181135_100002481953011_283826_885696963_n.jpg)
Cool tattoo!!
I totally agree with the phoenix being a strong, positive symbol for transpeople.. :) really cool!
Quote from: Sarah7 on November 22, 2011, 11:15:38 PM
I have lobe piercings, a helix in my left, and an industrial in my right. I also just got my first tattoo today: my name in Hebrew on my left lower back (basically this: שרה, but fancier). I've always loved body mods, but been way too uncomfortable with my own body to get any, so everything is pretty new, and also kind of important to me - reclamation efforts or something, like markers on my flesh saying "this is MINE now!"
The lobes I got not long after I went full time. The industrial is to commemorate my facial surgery. The tattoo is obviously for my name change. The helix is a little older, pre-transition. I got it when I finally finished my education. I have a complicated relationship with education.
I'll be getting my tongue pierced after my SRS in March, and a larger tattoo along my ribs for the end of my transition. I'm also kinda sad I never got anything when I started HRT, so maybe I'll eventually add something to mark that.
Um... the tattoo is my favourite so far, I'm kind of pain insensitive, and I don't really have any interesting stories. Oh, other than my parents being vastly more horrified when I told them I was getting a tongue piercing, than when I told them I was getting SRS. I found it kind of funny anyway.
Wow!! We need pictures, sounds awesome!
Just never get a metal tongue ring... I had a really cool skull with red eyes, and I clinked my front tooth and got a large piece chipped off of it... grrr.. :/
Quote from: Jeneva on November 23, 2011, 08:39:07 AM
I agree 100% about it being an ownership issue. I spent entirely too long having all of my decisions made for me and being guided down a specific path. I swear that you could probably fit the definition of a cult to my family. I've wanted the stuff I got since my teens (20+ years) but until I stopped being a puppet it wasn't even something I could talk about.
And now it isn't just saying this is mine vs yours, but also saying this is the REAL me.
Let's try to keep this thread alive since it doesn't look like we'll have a separate forum based on the low traffic. If some one can't pick a favorite then just pick one randomly. It was really hard to pick a specific single item since I have three tattoos (1 a WIP) and over 10 piercings.
LOL yes, once in awhile we will have to bump this..
I've been trying to decide what to pierce next.... many say nose.... but im thinking about eyebrow or lip.
Quote from: _Mango_ on November 23, 2011, 09:50:31 AM
LOL yes, once in awhile we will have to bump this..
I've been trying to decide what to pierce next.... many say nose.... but I'm thinking about eyebrow or lip.
If you do a ring nose might be fairly masculine, a stud to me is more feminine, but it is your body.
I used a ring when my nose was pierced for better healing but with my snakebites it was too much and I switched within the week. I have a stud in now and love it.
I really like the way lip piercings look and they hardly hurt at all. I use rings, but a stud would be much more masculine (spikes maybe?)
Eyebrow did not hurt at all. Easily the least painful (while an industrial was the worst for me).
Quote from: Jeneva on November 23, 2011, 10:04:36 AM
If you do a ring nose might be fairly masculine, a stud to me is more feminine, but it is your body.
I used a ring when my nose was pierced for better healing but with my snakebites it was too much and I switched within the week. I have a stud in now and love it.
I really like the way lip piercings look and they hardly hurt at all. I use rings, but a stud would be much more masculine (spikes maybe?)
Eyebrow did not hurt at all. Easily the least painful (while an industrial was the worst for me).
Screw it, I just may do all three!! haha
Quote from: Sarah7 on November 23, 2011, 10:57:21 AM
I really like them too, but I can't get one. It would screw me for work. I have to stick to the more "acceptable" piercings. S'okay, I can still admire 'em on others.
Here, crappy low-res pic:
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fh248%2Felica7%2Ftattoo-1.jpg&hash=3f04f35aa8c0b8061b8a1f91bd79a9fba4c454eb)
Thats neat.. no idea what my name in Hebrew would look like.. maybe i will go into wordpad and put it on the Hebrew font and see... LMAO!
Quote from: Sarah7 on November 23, 2011, 10:57:21 AM
Here, crappy low-res pic:
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi66.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fh248%2Felica7%2Ftattoo-1.jpg&hash=3f04f35aa8c0b8061b8a1f91bd79a9fba4c454eb)
That is actually pretty cool. Sometimes a script can look "plain", but because it is Hebrew it looks exotic.
I've got plans for a non-english script too but it isn't next on my list. I'm planning each of the five elements for my limbs/neck. I have fire (phoenix) and air (celtic knot work butterfly). The sleeve I'm working is earth (crystal center piece). I've got a plan for water that I'll elaborate on when I finish up my sleeve. I'm going to use the back of my neck for spirit. It will be an ankh with "hemet" on the left arm and "Bast" on the right arm. Roughly translated with some liberties as priestess of Bast.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hethert.org%2Fimages%2Fhemet-netjer_gif.gif&hash=d47c9ef3aff0be7eb64e6a4b021c265bc68bbf75) (https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prntrkmt.org%2Fdivine%2Fkmt%2Fpict%2Fbastethieroglyph.gif&hash=1a998d2586e68252f4b004a534b9bb6036c0c763)
Quote from: Sarah7 on November 22, 2011, 11:15:38 PM
I'll be getting my tongue pierced after my SRS in March, and a larger tattoo along my ribs for the end of my transition.
What are you planning to symbolize your transition?
I'm thinking about adding a tree of life (roots and limbs form an almost mirror image) when I get my SRS. The usual meaning is "As Above, so Below", but I think it would be a nice twist to also let it symbolize "As Inside, so Outside"
Quote from: _Mango_ on November 22, 2011, 04:32:01 PM
I've noticed a lot of body modifications on a good lot of us members... I thought I'd ask for a general discussion about any stories one may want to share.. favorite mod, what hurt the most, stories about tattoos or something.... im a blank canvas so to speak.. (no tattoo's) I have 3 earrings each ear and had a tongue ring... but took it out cuz the ba$tard chipped my front tooth.. anyhow, don't make me feel lame by not posting all you people!! :)
I did stretch my exes ears once.. waaay too much. We were hella drunk out of hot topic in the mall and he got 1/8in when he was like waay smaller than that... So to cut a long and gory story short (complete with poping sounds and gushing blood) we were shortly thereafter both drunk and covered in blood... surprised mall cops didn't follow us around.. (i had bloody hands, he had blood from ear to neck)... It seemed like a good idea at the time I suppose... :laugh: In retrospect, no so much....
I have 4 piercings per ear (3 lobes 1 helix), when my body is hot I want a belly ring. I got crazy and stretched my ears to 00 before, figured out they don't look good on me so I took them out and they closed back to normal (thankfully) :P
I'm not into tats tho. dont think I'll ever get one
Split tongue.
Pierced lipx4, septum, rook, conch, industrialx2, orbitalx2, naval, nipples, prince albertx2, frenumx2, napex2
retired: tongue, apadravya, various dermal anchors, claviclex2, frenumx4, tragus x2
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv288%2Fcoil222%2FTongue%2520split%25207-6-10%2FDSCN1297.jpg&hash=9f5b1fb323ac4e87b1e5f4369530a4b42646bdb1)
Quote from: Jeneva on November 22, 2011, 05:42:35 PM
Well since I asked for a forum for this specific type of topic I guess I have to post.
Hmmm, I have to pick just one ???
Probably my phoenix tattoo on my left leg. The phoenix has LONG been one of my spirit protectors (even in dreams when I was younger). I think it is also a great symbol for transpeople. We burn away all the traces of our old lives and are able to stretch our wings to fly. I had a custom design done by a local tattooist (and our favorite now).
Now my wife's favorite body modification of mine? My tongue piercing >:-)
Her favorite of hers would be her customized dragonfly. She had that same artist take a dragonfly design she had created and clean it up. She has it on her upper left arm.
Edit to add a picture:
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/298243_155782621181135_100002481953011_283826_885696963_n.jpg)
Dayummm. I love your tattoo, it's beautiful.
I don't have any body mods except for a single earlobe piercing, and that totally doesn't count. ::) I'm thinking of either getting small plugs or piercing my right eyebrow (studs, not a ring), but I'm not sure if I can pull it off. Do y'all think eyebrow piercings are feminine? Someone once told me they were, and while I don't mind being a little femme I don't want something that will make me feel uncomfortable down the line.
That tongue mutilation was evil. :'(
Body modification has been a big part of my life for a while now, I got my first piercing when I was 12. I'm 17 now and will possibly be an apprentice piercer in the next few years. I currently have snakebites, my tongue, my septum and my nape pierced. I also have my ears stretched to 26mm. I've previously had my bridge, both sides of my nose, double spiderbites, angelbites and a vertical labret. I wish I still had a few of those, but due to all different circumstances they had to come out :(
I also (stupidly) got a home job tattoo on my wrist of a Triforce in tribute to the Zelda game series. I don't regret my choice of tattoo, I just wish I had been more patient and gone to a professional, and not have gone to the beach 2 days later. I got pushed into the water and because the fresh ink was exposed to the salt water and a few hours of a butt load of sun, a layer of ink scabbed off and some parts of the tattoo look uneven/not filled in correctly. Hopefully I can get that redone soon :)
I love body mods! At the moment all I have are stretched lobes, both 17mm. When I started stretching I was just going to go to 8mm, then my goal was 16mm and now I have no idea where i'm going with it. I've previously had my eyebrow pierced twice, my septum twice, a labret and an orbital in my left ear. My next mod will be a scalpelled septum, I did want it punched but they guy I want to go to would prefer to scalpel it. I've wanted it for years now but i've not been able to justify spending that amount of money on it, it's especially tough at the moment but if I get any money at xmas it's going towards my septum, I was going to go to about 5/6mm but now i'm thinking 8mm.
Quote from: meatgrinder on November 23, 2011, 09:15:03 PM
Split tongue.
Pierced lipx4, septum, rook, conch, industrialx2, orbitalx2, naval, nipples, prince albertx2, frenumx2, napex2
retired: tongue, apadravya, various dermal anchors, claviclex2, frenumx4, tragus x2
How bad were the dermal anchors? My local shop can't do them because of TN law, but we've talked about it a couple of times. I've seen some really nice ones, but it is more of a curiosity right now.
Not bad at all, similar to a piercing in that its over really fast, but there's alot more pressure from the jewelry insertion than a piercing.
Did they use a biopsy punch or scapel?
I saw a REALLY nice one the other day, a cisgirl had it at the top of her cleavage. Of course it wouldn't work unless you had cleavage, but it was a cool effect.
Quote from: Jeneva on November 23, 2011, 08:37:03 PM
That is actually pretty cool. Sometimes a script can look "plain", but because it is Hebrew it looks exotic.
I've got plans for a non-english script too but it isn't next on my list. I'm planning each of the five elements for my limbs/neck. I have fire (phoenix) and air (celtic knot work butterfly). The sleeve I'm working is earth (crystal center piece). I've got a plan for water that I'll elaborate on when I finish up my sleeve. I'm going to use the back of my neck for spirit. It will be an ankh with "hemet" on the left arm and "Bast" on the right arm. Roughly translated with some liberties as priestess of Bast.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hethert.org%2Fimages%2Fhemet-netjer_gif.gif&hash=d47c9ef3aff0be7eb64e6a4b021c265bc68bbf75) (https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prntrkmt.org%2Fdivine%2Fkmt%2Fpict%2Fbastethieroglyph.gif&hash=1a998d2586e68252f4b004a534b9bb6036c0c763)
For a second before I read (i see pictures first) I thought your concept was your name in wingdings... which I was like OMG GENIUS!!!!! LOL!!!
Quote from: lonely girl on November 23, 2011, 08:48:33 PM
I have 4 piercings per ear (3 lobes 1 helix), when my body is hot I want a belly ring. I got crazy and stretched my ears to 00 before, figured out they don't look good on me so I took them out and they closed back to normal (thankfully) :P
I'm not into tats tho. dont think I'll ever get one
I saw a girl who had blown her lobe so the two halves just hang down like her ear melted.. kinda sad. She puts earrings in both halves.
belly rings are hot.
Quote from: meatgrinder on November 23, 2011, 09:15:03 PM
Split tongue.
Pierced lipx4, septum, rook, conch, industrialx2, orbitalx2, naval, nipples, prince albertx2, frenumx2, napex2
retired: tongue, apadravya, various dermal anchors, claviclex2, frenumx4, tragus x2
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv288%2Fcoil222%2FTongue%2520split%25207-6-10%2FDSCN1297.jpg&hash=9f5b1fb323ac4e87b1e5f4369530a4b42646bdb1)
WOW!!! Split tongue is frightening but also sort of interesting at the same time...
Quote from: Morgan (138) on November 24, 2011, 01:55:23 AM
Body modification has been a big part of my life for a while now, I got my first piercing when I was 12. I'm 17 now and will possibly be an apprentice piercer in the next few years. I currently have snakebites, my tongue, my septum and my nape pierced. I also have my ears stretched to 26mm. I've previously had my bridge, both sides of my nose, double spiderbites, angelbites and a vertical labret. I wish I still had a few of those, but due to all different circumstances they had to come out :(
I also (stupidly) got a home job tattoo on my wrist of a Triforce in tribute to the Zelda game series. I don't regret my choice of tattoo, I just wish I had been more patient and gone to a professional, and not have gone to the beach 2 days later. I got pushed into the water and because the fresh ink was exposed to the salt water and a few hours of a butt load of sun, a layer of ink scabbed off and some parts of the tattoo look uneven/not filled in correctly. Hopefully I can get that redone soon :)
Yeah, patience is a virtue. LOL. You can always get it redone... All those holes are brutal dude... I'd have a hard time sleeping... my cartilage rings bother me when I try to lay down... ;)
Quote from: Jeneva on November 24, 2011, 10:47:37 AM
Did they use a biopsy punch or scapel?
I saw a REALLY nice one the other day, a cisgirl had it at the top of her cleavage. Of course it wouldn't work unless you had cleavage, but it was a cool effect.
Actually they just use a piercing needle, they make a hole and then press it in. I've had it them done on myself multiple times but I've not yet actually watched them performed on someone else, so I'm not sure if theres much of a trick to it. I'm in Cincy and all the shops here do them like its nothing.
My plugs are awesome.
I'm going to start wearing 11/16" and 3/4" more often and stop wearing most of my 5/8" since they constantly fall out of my holes nowadays. So, yeah.
:]
Quote from: JasonRX on December 22, 2011, 01:24:51 PM
My plugs are awesome.
I'm going to start wearing 11/16" and 3/4" more often and stop wearing most of my 5/8" since they constantly fall out of my holes nowadays. So, yeah.
:]
Plug concept scares me, I fear blowing my lobes.... :-\
Mango:
It's really not all that scary...
If you're careful and take time between sizing up, you don't need to be afraid of blowing out your lobes.
:]
Trust me.
I also have my cartilage gauged to a 2g, so...
*SIGH*
I'm stalled on my leg sleeve right now. I'm ready for it to be done now, but I still have multiple sessions to go. The last color session is fully healed, but we decided that it was better to wait until after my FFS/BA before I get more work. It probably wouldn't matter but I'm going to be doing enough healing already without adding my leg to it.
I did have pictures of several of my piercings in the FFS thread I made.
so this topic is a couple of months old, but i didn't think i should start a new one under the same heading...
body mods are a massive part of my life, i wouldn't be the same without them. i first had my lobes pierced at twelve and it kinda went from there. starting at the age of fourteen i've had my navel, lip, tongue, stretched one ear up to 12mm, a snakebite, nipple, conch, tragus, labret, helix, upper lobe, a couple of industrials, vertical snakebite... removed navel, nipple, the snakebite, the vert, the lip and labret, for various reasons (irritation, aesthetic disagreements, pregnancy)... , recently got both snakebites redone. planning on stretching up my other ear and then going to 16mm (5/8) with both, although i had to downsize the current stretch to work on thickening my lobe since my piercer thinks i have a weak spot. probably gonna get a few more ear piercings, and i'd really like some collarbone dermals once my chest is sorted out, unless i get it inked first.
and that leads me onto tats. i've got a few... calf piece, wrist, ankle, half sleeve, one on my lower back i'd like covered up or developed, and a new shoulderpiece that's currently in progress. i've got plans for a calf sleeve, a chest and neck piece, and i'd like to develop my arms into full sleeves.
here's some tat pics if anyone wants to take a gander-
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc492/straygod/calf-1.jpg (http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc492/straygod/calf-1.jpg)
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc492/straygod/inner.jpg (http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc492/straygod/inner.jpg)
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc492/straygod/sleeve-1.jpg (http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc492/straygod/sleeve-1.jpg)
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc492/straygod/WIP1.jpg (http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc492/straygod/WIP1.jpg)
yup.
I'm still stalled on my leg sleeve now. I'm thinking about starting back pretty quickly though. I want to make sure it is finished before shorts weather really hits.
It isn't anywhere near the surgery areas I just didn't want to slow my healing. However now I'm a month post FFS I'm seriously considering starting back. Maybe at 6 weeks? He ok'd facial laser then so maybe I can make that a day of pain and do both in the same day. I'm just guessing that if it ok to laser then it must be healed for the most part.
Anyone else have any experience with how much time after a surgery to wait before tattooing again?
talk to both the tattoo artist and your doctor about it. even if the doctor gives you an ok, the artist might be hesitant to ink someone who has recently had surgery. it's tempting to rush into, i totally get that, but you need to be one hundred percent sure that it's not going to be detrimental.
Both Dr. Z and my tattoo artist gave me a green light. Actually I had the ok last Wednesday. I stopped by in person just to make sure he could take a look at the level of healing, but he said it was fine since it wasn't my leg that was healing. Unfortunately it is starting to be their busy time again so I had to wait until tomorrow for his next free day. He doesn't schedule more than 1 appointment a day even if it is small because there is always walk in business too.
He plans to work on the apple on the back of my leg sleeve instead of the more intricate front, but it all has to be done eventually so that is ok. I'll post pictures tomorrow when I get back. I'm not sure how much he will be able to work because I have a hard stop at around 4:30, but that gives him 3 hours and he hasn't worked longer than that before on this one. My phoenix he did in one setting and it was like 4 hours, but the sleeve he has broken into smaller pieces.
OK, so the tegaderm is off now and I asked Shannon to take a few pictures after I washed it and put on tattoo goo. I could have left the tegaderm a bit longer, but I found last time I left it on for a full 48 hours it caused a blister and since it was over the area I want to next session he suggested taking it off after 24. When they first started using it they gave you an extra sheet and you only left a sheet on for 24 hours but replaced it once. Then the last time they just gave me one and said leave it 24. The stuff is WONDERFUL for healing. Any tattoo I've had that got it did so much better than a paper towel. I just can't leave it on too long or the adhesive irritates my skin.
He FLEW this time. He used a 13 gauge barrel this time since he was going to focus on the apple gradient. And the extra coverage plus the fact he didn't have to rinse the barrel since he was blending meant he had it done in an hour. Since I had more time he worked on the greenery on the back. At this point it is touching the winter fae and all of the rest of the back that can't be reached by just twisting my leg so no more massage table. He is thinking now maybe just two more sessions. He has all of the autumn tree done and more than half of winter and a decent start on summer. He is saving the crystals and rainbow till last since it is the hardest part.
Here are a couple of my pictures from the album I uploaded to Facebook (the full album is here (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.235001246592605.53555.100002481953011&type=1&l=0ab1832cfe)).
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/s720x720/427681_235003383259058_100002481953011_494514_1281644231_n.jpg)(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/429282_235001436592586_100002481953011_494512_1509739420_n.jpg)
I love body mods in moderation. I've stretched my ears a couple times, but always get bored and annoyed with having to wear earrings around 3 or 4 mm, haha. I've also got nostril and rook piercings. I'm planning on getting some more interesting cartilage piercings this summer; I don't want to have healing piercings when I get top surgery. I'm also planning a tattoo on my left forearm for this coming December.
these are definitely very interesting, I only have my earlobes pierced at the moment, i want to one day get my belly button pierced and have some nice dangly jewelry hanging down from it, maybe i will get it pierced above and below the navel. other than that , that would pretty much be it for me. The way I see my body is it is beautiful the way it is and I don't really need a lot of modifications to it other than the SRS and a little bit of FFS I will have one day when i can afford it.
I had another session on my leg sleeve today. He still has 1 last session to go, but he covered a lot of area today very quickly (crystal, moonbeam, shading around the fae, hand fasting ribbons, and rainbow).
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/421943_250366598389403_100002481953011_533194_1015579223_n.jpg) (https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/420234_250366628389400_100002481953011_533195_734361379_n.jpg)
I was a bit surprised at how he included a bit of the rainbow colors on the moonlight, but he was afraid it would be too big an area of just plain yellow otherwise. We'll see how it heals and if it doesn't work I can always get it covered in black.
I was also a bit surprised that he didn't make the crystal's prism rainbow continuous, but he thought it would pop better if it bled off to skin tone between each one as if the each were a separate beam. Again we'll see how it heals and if it doesn't look right I'll ask him to fill the rest in. He has done several pieces for us and I trust him, so I'll wait and see. When I took his color advice on my phoenix it was so much brighter and better.
I LOVE the darker and lighter purple colors he used. I think I'm going to have to use those in my upper left arm mermaid (for the element of water). All of the colors really popped, but those two purples were vivid. We skipped indigo as it is hard for people to see and it skews the rainbow darker (the pride flag doesn't use indigo either). Because of the spacing he wanted to balance the GBV and ROY so he added an extra orange yellow mix so instead of ROY G BIV it is RO[OY] Y GBV
My favorite tattoo is my dog's name on my ankle. Her name is "Harley Quinn" and I have it in a nice cursive. This is because, to me, my dog is my kid; I react the same emotionally as parents do with their children, though I doubt anyone will believe me. I'm about to get her paw print above her name. :3 It's going to hurt, but oh well.
I also have another tattoo on my shoulder of a dragon. I don't think it's complete so it'll probably be added onto eventually. I'm also going to be getting a hippocampus (the mythological creature that is a half horse/half fish) for my sister because it combines her love of horses (and she was born in the year of the horse) and my love of water (which is the element I have the most affinity for); something representing my parents; a hermit crab; and an Egyptian cobra on my left arm with it wrapped around my arm, kind of like the ouroboros.