Tattoos

[helgibelgi]

I was thinking of a hop cone skull with crossed mash paddles either on the back of my pathetic head or on my pathetic right forearm.

You have given me a great idea! Thanks man

 

[Billy-Klubb]

You have given me a great idea! Thanks man

do it! but as noted earlier: research your artist and discuss with them well before hand. any artist worth their salt should be willing to help with design ideas.

 

[Fedora]

This is the only alcohol related tat I have, as of yet. It used to be just one x, cut in with a razor when I was a kid. This entire lower leg will eventually be dedicated to beer, alcohol, and production.

You know, when I have the money...

 

[slym2none]

I forgot to mention my tongue piercing, didn't I?

 

[Fedora]

I forgot to mention my tongue piercing, didn't I?

Tongue, lower lip snakebites, septum. I haven't worn any of them in years.

 

[Rhumbline]

Ok, but can we all agree that the guys with gauged ears are just freaks?

 

[1977Brewer]

pathetic. I find it interesting you use the word pathetic to describe people with tattoos.



my boys nor my wife seem to find me pathetic. I find it quite arrogant that you think you are so far above those with tattoos. there are a great number of people who get tattoos for the wrong reasons, but "pathetic" may be the wrong way to categorize people with tattoos. my ink is for me. it's not for everyone else in my general vicinity, but for me. I have my tattoos for my own reasons. I sure wouldn't describe it as pathetic. I would not like to share a beer with anyone who's judging me as pathetic for having ink in my skin. I'm not sexist or racist, nor do I judge people by their religion or sexual orientation. if you can't tell your friends how you feel about their lives, perhaps you should remember the word "pathetic" when you look in the mirror.

Slow. Clap.

Here's my pathetic cross I got for my pathetic Saviour.

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[1977Brewer]

Ok, but can we all agree that the guys with gauged ears are just freaks?

No. They're dudes with gauged ears.

Here, I looked this up when Owly started ranting in the first page, but he's just a sad old dinosaur. This ones for you.

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[slym2none]

Ok, but can we all agree that the guys with gauged ears are just freaks?

I don't mind it so much on girls, though...

 

[Fedora]

Ok, but can we all agree that the guys with gauged ears are just freaks?

I have several good friends with gauged ears. They might be freaks but they're also good, trustworthy, hard working people with families.

 

[Fedora]

And I can put an 1/8" welding rod through my septum.

 

[1977Brewer]

I have several good friends with gauged ears. They might be freaks but they're also good, trustworthy, hard working people with families.

Go figure. I thought they were all drug addled criminals.

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[1977Brewer]

And I can put an 1/8" welding rod through my septum.

Pics or you're a liar.

 

[treacheroustexan]

I love love love tattoos, but I hate a lot of my own. I got most of mine (with the exception of a few) from a buddy in high school and hid them from my parents. I'm only 23 now and while I don't regret having them, I just wish I would have thought it through more. Despite my bad tattoos, I have a very successful career that keeps getting better each day.

Back on topic, my girlfriend actually suggested I get a brewing tattoo. I had always thought about it, but never pursued it until the one day she brought it up. So I am currently thinking as well.

 

[dustinboyd]

Are all of the tattooed cops, firefighters, paramedics, doctors, teachers, military members/vets, etc. pathetic too?

 

[treacheroustexan]

Perhaps the most entertaining incident with a tattoo I've experienced was when a young girl pulled down her pants in the grocery store to show me her "tramp stamp" after I asked why she would get a tattoo down there where nobody could see it. It was just peeking over the top of her low slung pants (butt crack is in). I was appalled and gave thanks that I have no daughters! I'd never heard the term "tramp stamp" until that day.

Are we so desperate to be noticed that we must have blue and green hair pierced septum or labia, and tattooed faces? I find personal decoration pathetic as often as not.


H.W.

I'm confused about your story. Either a young girl just randomly pulled her pants down to show you her tattoo in a grocery store... or you saw her tattoo that you claimed nobody could see to ask why she had it where nobody could see it? Either way, I'm jealous.

Sorry if different colored hair upsets you. Not everyone wants to have black brown or blonde hair!

 

[hunter_le five]

Damn. I hate it when girls pull down their pants for me. It's just the worst.

 

[Fedora]

Pics or you're a liar.

Tomorrow.

 

[hunter_le five]

@helgibelgi ,

Here's some relevant brewing tattoo threads to peruse:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=334442&highlight=tattoo&page=2

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=401630&highlight=tattoo

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=349260&highlight=tattoo

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=128236&highlight=tattoo

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=149874&highlight=tattoo&page=4

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=349824&highlight=tattoo

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=338310&highlight=tattoo&page=3

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=291178&highlight=tattoo

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=264982&highlight=tattoo

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=206569&highlight=tattoo

 

[Rhumbline]

And I can put an 1/8" welding rod through my septum.

Ouch, sorry to hear that. I think penicillin can help clear that up.

Tattoos and such don't bother me but I gotta admit I don't get the gauged ear thing.

Last week I attended a presentation by a company trying to sell us some expensive software. The rep had gauged ears and I didn't hear a thing he said because the whole time I'm thinking stuff like, "Those are the same size as Oreos... I wonder if he ever puts Oreos in there... I'd swap them out for Oreos if it was me... I bet there are villages in Burundi where I could trade him for a water buffalo and two goats"

How about the kids with cars that sound like kazoos, can we make fun of them?

 

[DromJohn]

No brewing tatts but I do have some ink.

Think long and hard about what you want, how you want it to look and what does it mean to you. Then shop a good artist to do it. Not the cheapest artist, a good one. Then discuss what you want with them and agree on how it will be done.

Having said all that, I only did that with one of mine, the last one I got. The only tatt I don't really like is my first one. I'm formulating a cover up for it for some day in the future.

Mine was done by Choice Peach in Carrboro, NC in 1996. They had two rules then.
No flash art.
After the design was agreed upon, then you had to wait 30 days before getting inked.

Make it good, and be sure.

 

[MaddBaggins]

Mine was done by Choice Peach in Carrboro, NC in 1996. They had two rules then.
No flash art.
After the design was agreed upon, then you had to wait 30 days before getting inked.

Make it good, and be sure.

Good advice right there.

 

[pointcity-homebrew]

Being an artist, albeit a pathetic one, I advise you to not just walk into a shop and get tattooed. Do your homework and look through the artist's portfolio, there are many artists whom are good at one style but are not so good at another. Be sure to ask what brand inks they use as well, if they refuse to give up that info then walk away.

There are many shops out there that are buying cheap ink as well as poorly made needles which result in over worked skin and possible infection from inks with contaminates. If the artist seems to be getting annoyed by your questions then move on, they are not the right artist for you. If you would like i could list the inks that I use/ have used or know about that are quality.


Why do people feel the need to come on a thread seeking advice and rant about the subject? Move on, if you have nothing to add to what the conversation then do not add anything at all. I am all for freedom of speech, but there is a point when your just making an ass out of yourself.

 

[TheCADJockey]

Personally I find tattoos revolting!

I find people that don't express themselves revolting. No tattoos, why? They're gross. Why? Because.. its your skin.. and.. No piercings, why? Well.. well STFU. I don't judge people walking around all Christian-like, but they've got no problem judging me. I was forced to take out my piercings and keep my tattoos covered... to sit in an office with zero customer interaction. Why? Old-fashioned is out. Get with the times. Life's too short to judge people based on how they look.

That being said.. before people get all "Off-topic butthurt"..

If you don't know what you want to get, just give it more thought. If you know you want something brewing related, find an artist you respect and have a chat with them. The right artist will find something you love.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

We were done a major disservice when we were told in this country that "everyone is entitled to their own opinion."

It's true, of course, but now people seem to think its their job to give their opinion whenever it might or might not seem relevant.

Here was the ask, cut and paste for accuracy: "I'm considering getting a tattoo and want it to be brewing related. It's really hard to decide what to get and where to put it.
Have any of you done it?
Care to post pictures?"

What the OP did not ask was "can someone post a verbose and meandering argument against me getting a tattoo?"

 

[Psylocide]

Owly may have a point... I think my tattoos are revolting.

The other day I was lying in my bed - in between the waking world and oblivion - and, in a brief moment of lucidity, I'm pretty sure I heard the chest tat conspiring with my forearm tat to kill me in my sleep.

 

[TriggerHappy]

My buddy has a tap tower flowing beer surrounded by hop bines, barley and little stars to represent yeast. I think it is pretty darn cool, and since he works in that industry very fitting for him.

 

[CreamyGoodness]

I have been planning, for years now, to get a stylized can of soup tattooed to my left ass cheek.

Man. I love soup.

 

[Cheesy_Goodness]

I've never had a tattoo, so I'm obviously super qualified to comment here.

Just one question for the OP: How long have you been brewing? It's pretty cool that you're considering getting one, but if you're just getting into the hobby I'd hold off and make sure you're still interested in a few years.

Assuming you're balls deep in it already, how about a hop cone with a face and two wheat plants crossed beneath it a la skull and crossbones? Kinnda like BK's delicious face ink, but with hops and wheat.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I have been planning, for years now, to get a stylized can of soup tattooed to my left ass cheek.

Man. I love soup.

Just pray you never find yourself at a health club shower with some dude named Campbell.