Wednesday, 3 March 2010

the vines just keep on growing

this is the next installment of the vine tattoo, above the initials of the boyfriend, sharleen decided it would be nice to include other people she loved in this tattoo, so above the boyfriend she decided to put her brothers' initials and something that was important to him, so a little less obscure this time but ML are the letters youre seeing. still with the vine and with the added feminine touches of hearts and flowers but with a row of five stars this time too, her brother supports the glasgow rangers as do half the population of scotland ( the other half are stinky celtic fans lol) and they have five stars for winning the the treble (charity cup, league cup and the scottish cup) five times. so the stars kind of represent his love for the team and football in general.

this particular tattoo caused me some amount of stress as we all knew it was going to hurt like hell, its not really clear how close to the back of the knee it is on the photos but it really was close and its quite tender there, sharleen has already advised me never to get a tattoo there ever no matter how pretty it might be, so it took me a little while to get into it because i didnt want to hurt her. though in the end i had a little chat with myself and got stuck in and i think it worked quite well.
i used the colour bar again instead of using the lining needles just to keep it the same as the original piece not because i chickened out.
i only used twenty sheets of kitchen roll which is really good as its the cheap crappy stuff that disintergrates at the slightest touch of water. and in total including placing the transfer and a fifteen minute fag break it took 45mins which might seem like quite a while but like i said it took me a little while to get into it.

her next one is a tribute to her sister which will include wings which im dreading, any advice feel free to leave a comment.
see ya later xxxx
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2 comments:

  1. Thats a nice design, And i like the story that goes with it, But write it in a book and keep it for the future, Then you can write a book with all the different story's in it, Dont worry about how long it takes to do a Tattoo, Its not important, when you have done a couple of hundred you will be quicker without knowing it, Wings, Dont worry about them they are pish, Dead easy, But dont freehand them as both wings will be a mirror of the other normaly, Your doing very well, Has your man decided not to do any more, Or is he playing darts ????180? If i can help with the wings just bell me,
    dad xxx

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  2. absolutely love the outcome of this tattoo!! well i would hope so considering its mine lol. as karen said it was extremely painful to start but got less so as she got into it. thanks karen! looking forward to my next piece!!

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