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# I got my degree today
so to celebrate, I bought myself this:


Clickie (64KB)

All hand-poked without a tattoo machine.

How was your monday today?
(I helped save b3ta! Seventh is somewhat subdued, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:20, archived)
# Thats pritty awesome :)
Mine was shite. I had an exam then felt like shit so slept a lot.
(I helped save b3ta! Cae1, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:21, archived)
# aww, that sucks
hope the exam went okay!
(I helped save b3ta! Seventh is somewhat subdued, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:25, archived)
# not really, but congratulations on your degree!
(I helped save b3ta! Cae1, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:27, archived)
# thank you!
*happies*
(I helped save b3ta! Seventh is somewhat subdued, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:30, archived)
# That must have taken a while.
Looks a bit pale though :(
(I helped save b3ta! We are the lemon irked your craw on, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:21, archived)
# two and a half hours, with a break for foods in the middle.
I wanted it soft grey, i can always have it darkened later, if i want.
apparently it'll heal darker than it is now.

was the most satisfying and peaceful tattoos i've ever had. none of that buzzing and swiping and stuff. hurt a lot less too!
(I helped save b3ta! Seventh is somewhat subdued, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:25, archived)
# Awesome!
Congrats on the BSc (Hons) by the way :)
(I helped save b3ta! We are the lemon irked your craw on, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:28, archived)
# thank you!
i promise i'll only squee over the letters after my name for a day or so...
(I helped save b3ta! Seventh is somewhat subdued, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:31, archived)
# The Squeeing is perfectly normal and will clear up by itself over the next few days.
(I helped save b3ta! We are the lemon irked your craw on, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:35, archived)
# hand poked?
do you do tatooing a lot then? or is it not actually that difficult...
(quibble, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:21, archived)
# it's on me, not by me
and it's my tenth, and easily the nicest tattoo experience by a long stretch.
much reccommended!
(I helped save b3ta! Seventh is somewhat subdued, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:26, archived)
# oh is it less painful then?
or did ya just get a nice cool hippy vibe not relying on machines, man, cause like... machines... man. trying to enslave us.

:)
(quibble, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:29, archived)
# yeah, much less
with a machine tattoo, it essentially carves a shallow wound in the skin which is filled with ink. it causes a lot of tissue truama, lots of swelling and lymphatic tissue.
handpoked ones: the needle goes vertically in and out [no dragging] and because the needle is so fine the tiny wound closes up immediately. so there's much less tissue trauma, so less pain, swelling, redness, etc. etc. etc. Heals faster and bolder, no scar tissue obscuring the ink.
(I helped save b3ta! Seventh is somewhat subdued, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:34, archived)
# yeah that's awesome
do they charge you extra for it though? cause obviously they spend longer doing it...
and do most places do this? cause i would have thought it's like different technique isnt it?

it's awesome anyway
my my biggest dream is to have this huge whole chest thing i kinda have half-planned out in my head, or sleeves but i doubt i'll ever get them. i'm always too scared to get anything too dramatic, cause i do intend to function in polite society at some point. ha.

says me who can't get a job most places cause of silly lip rings :)
(quibble, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:39, archived)
# artists usually pay by the hour
so you'll have to book longer to get the same size piece done. and bear in mind that the colour has to be built up layer after layer, so bold/dark colours take longer than pale work.

equipment-wise, it's really minimal. a regular tattoo needle, wrapped in tissue paper to give a better grip, and ink. that's about it.

very different technique. it's all built up in teeny tiny dots, rather than drawn on like a pen. best to find someone who specialises than ask a regular tattoo artist to have a go at it/

get the chest piece! it'd be covered up by clothes anyway! i have a fair bit of work done, but none of it is visible under everyday clothes. i also have my ear piercings stretched but with plugs in it's very rarely noticed/commented on. i think it'sbecause the rest of me looks so vanilla!
(I helped save b3ta! Seventh is somewhat subdued, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:50, archived)
# yeah, well obviously, something permanent on your skin,
you're not just gonna ask someone to bodge it for ya :)

and i might do...
i reckon i'd need to be a bit buffer though
chest tatoos look pretty good if you've got nice muscly upper body, shows it off i guess. but i'm skinny as hell, so that may not happen

sleeves look pretty good on skinny guys though. like have you seen frank from gallows? as much as him n his band's a little bit annoying, his sleeves do look pretty hardcore
(quibble, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:56, archived)
# if you're a skinny guy getting sleeves you need to be epicly skinny.
neither of us are skinny enough really
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 2:01, archived)
# Pah tattoos.
The coward's dueling scar.
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 2:06, archived)
# luca does not approve of this modern concept of
'fun'
(quibble, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 2:15, archived)
# I'm Bedlam
let's fight
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 2:18, archived)
# I find the concept of dueling with you laughable.
As a fight usually implies some degree of uncertainty. On this occasion though, I would destroy you.
(Jeru War and Piss, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 2:26, archived)
# are you calling me fat mister o' bedlam :p
(quibble, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 2:06, archived)
# Drunk
and GTA4
(I helped save b3ta! epiphany coming live from sweden, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:22, archived)
# sounds pretty good!
(I helped save b3ta! Seventh is somewhat subdued, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:26, archived)
# oo fancy.
my monday was boooring.
(I helped save b3ta! KittyVomit more super than a can of Tennants, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:22, archived)
# hopefully the week will get better!
(I helped save b3ta! Seventh is somewhat subdued, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:30, archived)
# where can you get hand tatts done?
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:22, archived)
# ON YOUR HANDS
NOWHERE ELSE.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:24, archived)
# pffft
(I helped save b3ta! bennyhillslovechild, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:24, archived)
# damn you you quick bastardly genius :)
(quibble, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:24, archived)
# i'm guessing somewhere in the region
between your fingers nails and your wrist
s'just not yer hand otherwise...
(quibble, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:24, archived)
# it was done at Metal Guru
in Stockton [just up the road from Middlesbrough]
If you've got the time and patience, I'd really reccommend having it by hand. sure it takes longer, but hurts much less, it's all peaceful and relaxing; there's much less tissue trauma so they heal better, no bleeding at all, no lymph and flaking.
(I helped save b3ta! Seventh is somewhat subdued, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:29, archived)
# sounds good.
i've got three so far, one of which is totally fucked and i really regret. i think i wouldn't mind paying extra for quality in future
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:38, archived)
# yeah, i have a big piece down my spine
that is utter crap and i hate.
eventually i'll get it covered up or something.
definitely learned to check out my artists more thoroughly! it's worth a few extra quid to be happy with a piece. it is there forever, after all.
(I helped save b3ta! Seventh is somewhat subdued, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:53, archived)
# exactly mine was a "i'm 16 and just want a tattoo, i don't care what it looks like"
we were all young once right?
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:56, archived)
# Excellent. Congrats.
(I helped save b3ta! the_rhyme_minister has a little bit of gold and a pager, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:23, archived)
# thank you!
(I helped save b3ta! Seventh is somewhat subdued, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:34, archived)
# congratulations on the science thing.
(I helped save b3ta! gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:24, archived)
# cheers!
it still hasn't sunk in that i no longer have lectures or assignments...
(I helped save b3ta! Seventh is somewhat subdued, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:36, archived)
# nice tattoo
and congrats on degree. :)
(I helped save b3ta! bennyhillslovechild, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:38, archived)
# thanks!
and thanks!
(I helped save b3ta! Seventh is somewhat subdued, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 1:53, archived)
# wow.
i guess there are artists here who do it, but 99% of them are gun artists. super stuff.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 7:19, archived)