Poll - Tattooing: from male military and biker ethos...to viable witness means for both genders?

[Heart2Soul]

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Placement is also part of it, and important.

What's best as a placement can differ sometimes between the genders.

Really good designs like this can be good on the chest for a man, but clearly for a woman may work better on upper arm or shoulder. I'm sure you've been considering the various placement aspects, right?

My left arm...it is closest to my heart...lol.

 

[farouk]

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[farouk]

My left arm...it is closest to my heart...lol.

Yes, it's a really good, womanly placement. While years ago it might not have been considered as such so much for women at least, upper arm is particularly suitable if the design - as your design option seem to be - have a certain width as well as length: on upper arm they are still well displayed rather than as curved as they would be on lower arm. When the artist measures your arm at the placement, this is exactly the sort of consideration involved.

I'm sure you will have already been considering this kind of aspect, right?

 

[farouk]

2009 Predates my dealing with tattoo parlors.

I think there has been a great expansion in tattoo parlor services even since 2009.

 

[farouk]

My daughter is a phenomenal artist.

Does she have any experience yet in skin canvas as opposed to conventional canvas?

 

[Waiting on him]

Does she have any experience yet in skin canvas as opposed to conventional canvas?

Mrs waiting said she did one for her husband. I had no idea

 

[farouk]

Yeah, my neice drew the pic for me

So is your niece a tattoo artist?

 

[Waiting on him]

 

[Waiting on him]

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Some of her wood burning art

 

[farouk]

Mrs waiting said she did one for her husband. I had no idea

Sounds like your daughter did in fact proceed to doing a certain amount of tattooing after all.

Seems that Mrs. Waiting figured out what she was doing and was kind of okay with it also - as you are now, right?

 

[farouk]

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Great skill! and it's clear that it's a skill that she can adapt the skill as a skin inker as well.

When people have a flair for something, for them to go ahead and pursue what they are good at can often be no bad thing, right?

 

[Waiting on him]

Great skill! and it's clear that it's a skill that she can adapt the skill as a skin inker as well.

When people have a flair for something, for them to go ahead and pursue what they are good at can often be no bad thing, right?

Agreed

 

[farouk]

Mrs waiting said she did one for her husband.

These days it's something that couples often do. Kind of ink bonding, really.

I guess also the probable fact that you and your wife strongly prefer to be inkless fits a similar scenario.

Everyone is different, right?

 

[Waiting on him]

These days it's something that couples often do. Kind of ink bonding, really.

I guess also the probable fact that you and your wife strongly prefer to be inkless fits a similar scenario.

Everyone is different, right?

He’s a God of diversity

 

[farouk]

..it is closest to my heart...lol.

Heart tattoos are also very popular - and in keeping with your screen name! but I guess you still prefer to get the cross tattoo design, right?

 

[farouk]

He’s a God of diversity

And in this perspective you and Mrs Waiting definitely prefer not to have it done, right?

Even though you guys support your daughter's art skill exercise.

 

[farouk]

I have looked at different ones.

Good to keep options open, and do design portfolio research in parlors and on the Web.

And not rush it too much until you're "ready", right?

 

[farouk]

@Mayflower ...although maybe your further tattoo design research is a bit 'on hold' just lately?

 

[farouk]

Interesting video of an interview:

This tattooed Christian woman says she loves tattoos, and is definitely not ashamed of her tattoo, but now she feels she does not need a tattoo in order to be able to express her identity in Christ.

I find her comments thought-provoking and I can certainly see that from an identity perspective it's not necessary. I guess the aspect of whether pragmatically they certainly work as conversation-starters in witness is not really covered in the interview.

But I can follow her argument from her perspective.

 

[farouk]

I actually wear a belt with a belt buckle that already has what I want...…

PS: I just re-read what you said and I see you have already decided.

Seems like you are readying now for the next stage, then?