Something like this has the potential to be a good baseline for my next project. Maybe in a couple of years…
Tag: tattoo
Could this be it?
My arm, in all of its tattooey goodness
Lots of pain, lots of gain, not enough sleep
Got woken up at 4:15 this morning by small person still on uk time. Left for Montreal very early to get my tattoo started. First session a smashing success, even though I was in considerable discomfort for a while. EMLA cream works wonders, but only where it is applied. The piece is bigger than I expected so the extremities were not anesthetized. Those were also the FUCKING PAINFUL bits. We had a 4 hour line session until I wimped out and cried for mercy. I’ll probably need a 5 hour shading session next week but I should hopefully be better creamed up and less jetlagged…
Met up with Michel afterwards for beer and sushi. Sadly Tokiwa/Bishoku isn’t there anymore. End of an era. We went to Takara instead, where I had my first proper meal, that wasn’t a sandwich or junk food, since Sunday evening. Mmmmm, sushi.
Back at the hotel now, after 4 hours of pain, 4 hours of bus travel and 4 hours of yawning in Michel’s face (sorry!).
Need sleep now.
Night. Nighttaszzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Woots all around today!
Lots of little bits of good news today :)
1. Normand sent me the aaaaalmost-final design for my upcoming tattoo and it ROCKS! I can’t wait to get it done!!
2. I have a 4-pound hunk of brisket that’s been brining for the last week currently smoking on the BBQ.
3. I broke the 18 stone barrier :) Katy and I aren’t on a diet per se, but we’re making a conscious effort to eat better, eat less and do more. We’ve been at it for a couple of weeks now. Katy has lost more than a stone already, and I’ve lost more than half a stone, but I’m finally below 18st for the first time in a while. I’ve also noticed that my fitness level has gotten better, so good news all around.
Current Mood: Busy
More stupid tattoo goodness
As a follow up to this previous post, I give you more tattoo idiocy.
Canadian Lane Jensen made a radical move to have one of the most bizarre operations of the year — to insert silicone implants not in his chest, but in his leg.
Before | Now with chesty goodness |
A devotee of body art already, Lane had a tattoo of a large busted lady on his shin. He felt the tattoo wasn’t entirely dramatic enough, so he had silicone implanted underneath the breasts on the tattooed woman to make the inkwork more effective in the right areas.
“I thought for sure I’d be light headed or sick from the visual but in fact, after 15 minutes I sat up and watched. Today it doesn’t feel any worse than a minor bruise. It looks great and accents the tattoo very well.” said Jensen.
“My leg breast implants are doing great 1 week after the implant was inserted. The one spot where the nipple rubs against my pants is a little sore. It’ll callus up and be fine soon.” he adds.
UPDATE:
The implants were put in on December 9, but by Christmas Eve the sutures had split, and large quantities of lymphatic fluid were oozing out of his leg, Lane told the Edmonton Sun. “There was so much fluid in there. I went back to the studio and pushed on it gently — the implant shot right out.” He says that there was nothing wrong with the implant procedure. “My body just rejected it. I guess my girl wasn’t meant to have 3D breasts.”
And, as a further treat, I present:
What your tattoo says about you
Current Mood: Amused
This is why you always *think* before you get inked
Girl with 56 stars tattooed on face admits she asked for them
A teenage girl who claimed 56 stars were tattooed on her on her face as she slept when she asked for three has admitted she was awake the whole time – and lied because her father was “furious”.
Kimberley Vlaminck had insisted she dozed off after asking the tattooist for just three small stars – then woke in horror to find her face was covered. The Belgian blamed the Flemish-speaking tattooist for not being able to understand her French and English instructions.
Amid a frenzy of media attention, she then pledged to sue the tattoo artist, Rouslan Toumaniantz, for the £9,000 she needed for laser surgery to have them removed.
She said after the tattooing last week: “It is terrible for me. I cannot go out on to the street. I look like a freak.”
But the 18-year-old has finally confessed she did not fall asleep, that she wanted all the stars and was “fully aware” of what Mr Toumaniantz was doing. Ms Vlaminck told a Dutch TV crew: “I asked for 56 stars and initially adored them. But when my father saw them, he was furious. So I said I fell asleep and the that the tattooist mad made a mistake.”
Mr Toumaniantz – himself covered from head to foot in tattoos and piercings – had consistently denied he had made a mistake and always insisted Vlaminck wanted all 56 stars. He said at the time: “I maintain that she absolutely agreed that I tattoo those 56 stars on the left side of her face.”
But despite insisting she had asked for 56 stars, he still initially agreed to pay for half of the treatment to remove the tattoos. He said: “Kimberley is unhappy and it is not my wish to have an unsatisfied client. I don’t regret it. To tell you the truth, this has given me some publicity.” Mr Toumanaintz is now said to have withdrawn his cash offer and said from now on he will get written consent from clients before he begins tattooing.
I’m sorry, but the girl is an idiot precious-snowflake-attention-whore. Remember kiddies, this is why you actually need to think about the consequences of getting tattooed and that it pays to reflect on what you’re actually getting inked onto yourself. I have ink. I do not regret it at all. I want more, and I think that the design that I want is starting to percolate towards a solid concept. Just remember this:
Current Mood: Aggravated
Note to self about my new tattoo
So far, the people I’d consider getting inked by are:
Fiona Long
George Bone
Jason Butcher
Ray Johnson
And maybe people from Evil from the Needle, but I’d need to check the portfolios closer (their website is annoying though).
I’m still considering a few ideas, but my next piece will probably be a partial sleeve on my lower arm and will either be japanese or haida based. Not sure yet. Still pondering.
Current Mood: Contemplative