| Author | Message | ||
| artswork99
Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 736 Registered: 7-2007 |
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| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 2615 Registered: 2-2006 |
Nice artwork artswork! | ||
| sonicus
Intermediate Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 171 Registered: 5-2009 |
I like that! Nice work ! | ||
| benson_murrensun
Intermediate Member Username: benson_murrensun Post Number: 143 Registered: 5-2007 |
Nice ink! | ||
| artswork99
Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 738 Registered: 7-2007 |
Thanks! I am on my third tattoo and must say it is addicting. | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 2616 Registered: 2-2006 |
I hear ya Art, I have a couple of small ones!  | ||
| benson_murrensun
Intermediate Member Username: benson_murrensun Post Number: 144 Registered: 5-2007 |
I have several as well. I am in the tribal design-mode; my body seems to absorb the color red, so I am sticking with black ink these days. Years ago I had the reaper from the cover of Blues For Allah tatooed on my forearm. Within 45 days all the red was gone. I had it redone, but the red went away again... | ||
| artswork99
Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 739 Registered: 7-2007 |
Nice Olie. Ben, I didn't know that could occur. So far so good with the ones I've got (3 1/2 years). I'm planning the next one now. | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 3992 Registered: 7-2004 |
Hey Olie, what song is that? Bill, tgo | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 2617 Registered: 2-2006 |
"Agnus Dei" (Lamb of God) Bill. I wrote out the score and the artist did the work. This tattoo was the inspiration for the inlays on the Alpha Omega bass. OO TCO | ||
| benson_murrensun
Intermediate Member Username: benson_murrensun Post Number: 145 Registered: 5-2007 |
Art, Some people have that issue and some don't. That particular tat is almost 30 years old. Some of the colors have remained, but some, the red in particular, have disappeared. | ||
| mike1762
Advanced Member Username: mike1762 Post Number: 338 Registered: 1-2008 |
My Tattoo represents my 2 passions: Music and Medicine. The bass is my Alembic SC. The neck of the bass stands in for the Rod of Asclepius. The banner contains a line from the Hippocratic Oath: "May I Enjoy My Life and Practice My Art" which (I think) applies to both medicine and music.  | ||
| artswork99
Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 740 Registered: 7-2007 |
Very nice Mike! Really like the bass clef background. Great inspiration! | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 2618 Registered: 2-2006 |
Very nice indeed Mike. Both of mine represent something I am very passionate about. This is on my left arm.  OO | ||
| artswork99
Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 741 Registered: 7-2007 |
Yea man! | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 2619 Registered: 2-2006 |
The color is misleading I use a phone cam. I' see if I can get a good shot so you can see the detail. Art, I have actually been toying around with the ideal of incorporating the Alembic logo into one of mine. Yours in cool. | ||
| cozmik_cowboy
Senior Member Username: cozmik_cowboy Post Number: 516 Registered: 10-2006 |
Art, yours is one of the very few tats I've seen that actually uses white ink instead of just leaving it naked. Very nice! Peter | ||
| lbpesq
Senior Member Username: lbpesq Post Number: 3995 Registered: 7-2004 |
I believe in henna. No pain! lol Bill, tgo | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 2620 Registered: 2-2006 |
I hear you Peter, the one of mine in the link above has some white inked used THREE times on the Dive flag and it still looks like skin. The whit doesn't tke too well on me. Of course I spend a lot of time in the sun. Bill, "roll up" some pain reliever and sit back in the chair. ;) OO | ||
| artswork99
Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 743 Registered: 7-2007 |
I like the outcome so the pain is easy to overlook and block out. The white turned out really nice on this - as it's healing it's becoming only a bit more opaque - but still definitely white. I went for the straight up logo for inspiration. Years ago I placed the Hyak logo on me as well (prior to owning an Alembic) but it is on my upper right chest where I really can't enjoy it myself. This one was totally for me to enjoy and be inspired by - easily seen at any time ;) | ||
| dela217
Senior Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 975 Registered: 6-2002 |
Show us the other one Art! | ||
| artswork99
Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 744 Registered: 7-2007 |
Thanks for all the nice comments and sharing of your own inspirational tattoos. By request here is the Hyak ;)  | ||
| dela217
Senior Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 978 Registered: 6-2002 |
Cool! I couldn't get a tattoo. I am a big chicken. | ||
| artswork99
Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 746 Registered: 7-2007 |
Some kind of logo billboard I guess ;) I'm already planning for the next one and I don't think this one will be logo driven. | ||
| white_cloud
Senior Member Username: white_cloud Post Number: 719 Registered: 11-2007 |
I have a huge tattoo that covers my left arm and runs straight over my shoulder, covers my chest and ends at my nipple - a Koi fish conquering the "dragons gate" waterfall and subsequently "becoming" a golden dragon. It comes from chinese budhist legend ......fifteen hours of pain. For anyone here who hasnt had a tattoo on the "pec" let me tell you it is one of the most painful parts of the body to have tattooed - but it was worth it! John. | ||
| artswork99
Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 747 Registered: 7-2007 |
Sounds like a good one John! I've heard that the top of the foot is also a good and painful place. | ||
| dannobasso
Senior Member Username: dannobasso Post Number: 1057 Registered: 3-2004 |
I'm waiting for when "No Tattoo" will be the "New Tattoo". | ||
| artswork99
Senior Member Username: artswork99 Post Number: 748 Registered: 7-2007 |
I've only used one artist thus far and I'm enjoying the canvas I've given to his pallette and skills. | ||
| peoplechipper
Intermediate Member Username: peoplechipper Post Number: 131 Registered: 2-2009 |
I don't have any tattoos myself, though I have one I'd like to have done if I ever get it translated...a personal affirmation/declaration into arabic; just 'cause arabic writing is cool and I've been there; could be a problem at borders though... The Alembic logo is cool! nice work! now we'll all get our Alembics tattooed on ourselves,which will be extra painful if ya sell one! Tony | ||
| keurosix
Senior Member Username: keurosix Post Number: 416 Registered: 10-2005 |
OK Olie, I'll bite: Please explain the significance of your left arm tat. Looks like something out of Revelation! By the way, are you a diver too? I'm a PADI Divemaster - underwater photography one of my hobbies. Kris | ||
| olieoliver
Senior Member Username: olieoliver Post Number: 2636 Registered: 2-2006 |
Correct on both accounts Kris. The left arm was inspired by Revelation 1:12-16. And yes sir I am a diver. I was certified through "Nase" about 10 years ago. I only get to dive about 3 or 4 times a year but I love it. |
