I got it done! --Pictures--

[Argranade]

The fairy girl looks realy nice Alicia ... I also thought it was gona be smaller but either way it looks great, that's some type of tinker-bell right?

I LOVE that star it's beautiful! ... I realy do want a tattoo but I'm going to make sure I think out exacly what I'm going to get because it's for life, maybe when I'm 17 or 18.

So far my Todum the Native Raven is first on my list.

[Fur&Feathers]

Wow, very nice! Dumb question, but did it hurt terribly there? I don't think I could stand to get a tattoo in that area.

[buttercup132]

It hurt closer to the armpit. The tattoo artist said it's the most sensitive spot to get one done. It hurt a little at the bottom too. Other then that it didnt hurt it just felt annoying.

[Husky15]

Marigold2, some people like tattoos and some don't. Some people like piercings and some don't. It's all our own personal opinions and we all seem to coexist pretty fine together. Tattoos have nothing to do with the IQ of a person. I know a man that has tattoos and he is most definitely not stupid.

Anyway, I respect the fact that you dislike tattoos, and so do many people here, I'm sure. So you should respect the opinions of the people who do.

[Marigold2]

Hi Everyone,
I would first like to apologize to Alicia who I think is a lovely and intelligent young women. I never meant to say that you were anything but. No I don't like tattoos. And I do have a personal reason for it. That aside I am sorry if I hurt anyones feelings.
My mom was in concentration camp and she had a tattoo on her left arm, it started with the letter Z, and then a long number followed, it was put on there for identifcation. My mom became a number, not a person. Whenever we used to go somewhere people would ask her about it and she would have to say " well I got that in concentration camp" and then people whould start asking questions about her experience. This happened all the time and it was incredibly painful to her and anyone that loved her. A tattoo to me, means you become a non-human. Because that was what the tattoo meant to my family and many other families as well. It became a mark of shame. You are marked for life. So it is hard for me to imagine anyone wanting to mark themselves for life. Many older people don't like tattoos for that reason and it is not always something that should be shown. If for instance you work in a Dr's office, hospital, teacher to small children, a tattoo can and does make some people uncomfortable. Anyway I do apolize to Alicia and I hope that her tattoo brings her happiness and joy all her life.

[Blue_Frog]

Thats a really cute tattoo you have It looks like they did a really good job on it too - I'm surprised that it didn't hurt more to do!

So far my Todum the Native Raven is first on my list.

Thats what my sister got -- shes got 2 ravens on her chest, a 50's dancing woman to represent our grandmother on her right forearm, a celtic knot on her right sholder, a design her ex designed for her on her left forearm (hes a graphic artist), the celtic tree of life across her back, another knot on her lower back, and a small scorpion slightly below that. Thats the only one she regrets getting (when she was 16). Plus only she knows how many piercings.

My sisters' Tattoo'd Ravens ...


Me? I got nuthin ... just a navel piercing. I'm too much of a chicken to do anything that permanent to myself. I'd really have to love a design, and know that i'd still love it in 30 years before i'd put ink to myself like that.

[Argranade]

Thats a really cute tattoo you have It looks like they did a really good job on it too - I'm surprised that it didn't hurt more to do!


Thats what my sister got -- shes got 2 ravens on her chest, a 50's dancing woman to represent our grandmother on her right forearm, a celtic knot on her right sholder, a design her ex designed for her on her left forearm (hes a graphic artist), the celtic tree of life across her back, another knot on her lower back, and a small scorpion slightly below that. Thats the only one she regrets getting (when she was 16). Plus only she knows how many piercings.

My sisters' Tattoo'd Ravens ...


Me? I got nuthin ... just a navel piercing. I'm too much of a chicken to do anything that permanent to myself. I'd really have to love a design, and know that i'd still love it in 30 years before i'd put ink to myself like that.

They look realy neat but I would never get anything that noticible.

I want my Raven hidden, I don't even know if I realy am going to get a tattoo because I heard there wrong and I don't want to sin, we were born with out any tattoos and I just might keep it that way.

Well I know in my heart the raven is my spirit, I learned from being native (Ojibway), crows are my favourit birds actualy before I even knew my todum .. I might save up and buy one as a pet .. they can be taught to speak and are such smart and gentle birds.

[bckrazy]

That is so cute, Alicia! I really love the style & the coloring. =) It's really unique, I have never seen a fairy done in that style before.

Im getting a sacred heart, on the back/base of my neck. zomgz I would not be able to stand getting one on that side of my arm! Youre way way tougher than me.

[sumbirdy]

That is awesome. I'd really loved to get a tattoo but I'm a real baby when it comes to needles. *sigh* Oh well. Yours looks great!

[Suki Wingy]

Well I know in my heart the raven is my spirit, I learned from being native (Ojibway), crows are my favourit birds actualy before I even knew my todum .. I might save up and buy one as a pet .. they can be taught to speak and are such smart and gentle birds.

My dad had one named Archie when he way young. My favorite picture of him is with that crow about 10-15 yrs before I was born. He and his friend took the two from the wild as babies, and I know that's not right but Archie grew up to fly free and come back as he pleased, always finding him no matter where my dad was in the town almost like the owls in Harry Potter. He was a very smart bird and some of my favorite stories have to do with his antics.

[Argranade]

My dad had one named Archie when he way young. My favorite picture of him is with that crow about 10-15 yrs before I was born. He and his friend took the two from the wild as babies, and I know that's not right but Archie grew up to fly free and come back as he pleased, always finding him no matter where my dad was in the town almost like the owls in Harry Potter. He was a very smart bird and some of my favorite stories have to do with his antics.

I would LOVE to help a baby crow out lol, there used to be a bunch of them that nested next door to us and once in the summer all the poor baby crowns fell out of the nest, if only I was 16 that day or even 12.

Crows are beautiful birds and it's stupid that people use them for halloween, there birds of knowledge .. they know things that humans will never know lol.

[dukedogsmom]

When I was very young, I think around 4 or so, my aunt had a wild crow they had taught to talk. He would fly up to the deck and say "Feed Joe dog food." He loved canned dog food. He was so cute. Its funny, until we started talking about crows here, I had completely forgotten about him.

[Sevaede]

They look realy neat but I would never get anything that noticible.

I want my Raven hidden, I don't even know if I realy am going to get a tattoo because I heard there wrong and I don't want to sin, we were born with out any tattoos and I just might keep it that way.

Well I know in my heart the raven is my spirit, I learned from being native (Ojibway), crows are my favourit birds actualy before I even knew my todum .. I might save up and buy one as a pet .. they can be taught to speak and are such smart and gentle birds.

Funny story this is...

My MIL has several friends who go to the same church as she. They are all pretty devout. One of them has three children and they all have a multitude of tattoos (and she was musing about getting one herself). One of the other ladies has a rose inside of an anchor or something like that on her leg, I Think.

[buttercup132]

Thanks everyone