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  • #81
    Any breast cancer survivors have horsey tatoos? I've heard of this but can't really find any on the internet. Just wondering. I'm a breast cancer survivor and a bit of an old fogey (ok maybe more than a bit). But I've thought about having some kind of little horse done right over my heart where my breast once was. Hey, it's already numb there so it shouldn't be painful. I've seen some tatoos that are just outstanding and others that are ok. How do you "shop" for an artist?

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    • #82
      Originally posted by hastyreply
      Any breast cancer survivors have horsey tatoos? I've heard of this but can't really find any on the internet. Just wondering. I'm a breast cancer survivor and a bit of an old fogey (ok maybe more than a bit). But I've thought about having some kind of little horse done right over my heart where my breast once was. Hey, it's already numb there so it shouldn't be painful. I've seen some tatoos that are just outstanding and others that are ok. How do you "shop" for an artist?
      I've known a few women who have gotten a tattoo after a mastectomy. It's a really neat idea.

      Start looking for artists here: http://compunction.dyndns.org/tattoos.html If you're considering an artist not on the list, ask to see their portfolio. You want CRISP and EVEN blackwork with no blown out lines. Color and shading should be even. Since you're probably tattooing some scar tissue, I'd ask any artist for examples of ink over scars, since scars probably take ink a bit differently than regular skin.

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      • #83
        Originally posted by DKL
        17handtb what to hit the next tattoo party with me to get that one 'fixed'? Anytime as I am always in need of repair...lol. Here is my "tramp tattoo"; don't mind the big arse below it...lol. They are my Tir Na Nog horses.

        http://community.webshots.com/photo/...81061039QHuQIj




        Alot of very nice work presented on here; Mintyfresh your tattoo screams big time to me....

        Thanks I'm loving yours as well. A little tip for celtic style tattoos, look at jewelry! That's where all of my celtic pieces originally came from, then I had my artist redraw them into a tattoo. This is the pendant that was the inspiration for my arm piece... http://www.metalmom.com/tattoo/pegasustattoo.jpg .

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        • #84
          Originally posted by hastyreply
          Any breast cancer survivors have horsey tatoos? I've heard of this but can't really find any on the internet. Just wondering. I'm a breast cancer survivor and a bit of an old fogey (ok maybe more than a bit). But I've thought about having some kind of little horse done right over my heart where my breast once was. Hey, it's already numb there so it shouldn't be painful. I've seen some tatoos that are just outstanding and others that are ok. How do you "shop" for an artist?

          I don't have any experience about tattooing after a masectomy but I have heard of it being done, and people get tattoos over scars all the time.

          The only word of advice for that is you should wait a year or two until the scar is fully formed and the skin has settled, for lack of a better word.


          Now, to find a good artist...

          1) Make sure the place is clean and conforms to all health codes. They should have an autoclave, nothing else is acceptable. In fact you should ask to see the autoclave and they should have no issue with showing it to you. All needles should be single use and come straight out of the sterlized packages, again ask to see and they should be happy to show you. All artists should be wearing gloves whenever they are touching a machine and/or working on a person. The areas they work in should be clean and all surfaces should be wiped down with a disinfectant between clients.

          2) Ask to see a portfolio of each artist that you are considering. They should have many examples of their work and at least some pictures should show fully healed tattoos (at least 2 weeks post tattooing). Like the person above posted look for clear crisp lines. If a line looks like it has a halo around it, that's a sign of the ink "blowing out" which is BAD. Though if you see lots of good lines and one tattoo that's "fuzzy" make sure it's not just part of the design. I have a tattoo on my back where I worked with my artist to make it purposesly fuzzy.

          3) Ask around! If you see someone with a good tattoo don't be scared to ask where they got it from. Word of mouth is a terrific way to find good artists.

          BAD tattoos: http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php/Tattoo_Blow-out
          http://www.metalmom.com/yikes5.jpg

          Good tattoos: http://www.metalmom.com/tattoo/tree-session%204-web.jpg (it's my back as a work in progress, have had more work done since then. I'm using it so I can show a detailed close up pic of the tree)
          http://www.metalmom.com/tattoo/tree-...204-detail.jpg
          http://www.metalmom.com/782948393_l.jpg

          And the difference a bad artist and a good artist can make when doing the exact same tattoo...

          Bad: http://www.metalmom.com/yikes.jpg
          Good: http://www.metalmom.com/tattoo/SGtat...-for%20web.jpg

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          • #85
            I haven't read all the posts and don't know if this is an original idea or not, but.... I want to get a pair of horseshoes tatooed on my behind so I can say I have "Horseshoes up my..." Ah, I thought it was funny.

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            • #86
              Originally posted by Jakeable
              I haven't read all the posts and don't know if this is an original idea or not, but.... I want to get a pair of horseshoes tatooed on my behind so I can say I have "Horseshoes up my..." Ah, I thought it was funny.


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              • #87
                Originally posted by PaintPony
                I designed this one myself after I lost my horse last year. It's on my right shoulder blade. Got it in Las Vegas while I was on a business trip.

                http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sarah_...nm=cf03re2.jpg
                Lovely!!
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                • #88
                  Originally posted by lelevic
                  OOPS! I really like that design AWG. I was wondering if I had the right album cover. When I found it and posted the link I was thinking "wow, I wonder if this is the album design AWG was talking about? Well, everyone has different tastes "
                  Well ... when my former chiro (a guy) saw the bird on my arm, he asked for a herd of mustangs across my lower back, so that cover woulda worked fine

                  Not to cast aspersions on him ... he was / is very good ... just too far for me to drive regularly. And lo and behold, I found a (female) human chiro that does painless adjustments!

                  I really like the work you guys have shared ... fwiw, if you're struggling with a design of your own, a good artist can help!
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                  • #89
                    I have a rearing horse on my right shoulder blade & under it's belly is the Chinese character for friend. Then a stylistic horse head on my right calf. The next one is not going to be equine, but instead will be a phoenix, as soon as my son gets done drawing the flash for it.
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                    • #90
                      Check this guy's work out: http://www.daweitattoo.com/back005.html
                      ~please recycle~

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                      • #91
                        Someone mentioned they liked the Mustang symbol and dang it all if that's not what I have tattooed on me

                        This is a picture of it the day after I got it done, and it's still just as sharp and black 2 years later as it is in the picture.

                        http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...s/faa098ab.jpg
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                        • #92
                          Thanks for the ideas. I did find a couple of tattoos over mastectomy scars. I can just see me haunting Sixth Street in Austin checking out the tatoo parlors. Or even scarier asking my niece's husband (who has extensive tatoos including a sleeve) I'm not sure who'd me more freaked out him or me. I'll keep thinking about it and looking. Most tattoos I see aren't anything I'd care to have. I also have to find someone artistic enough to come up with something I like and is suitable for the area. THEN I have to trust their tatooing ability.

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                          • #93
                            Word of advice for anyone who doesn't know Chinese (or Japanese) and wants to get a hanzi tattoo:

                            (a) Don't.
                            (b) Go to Hanzi Smatter and look through the entries. Carefully. Do you want to wind up on this page?
                            (c) Do yourself a favor and just don't.

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                            • #94
                              I really want my horse's name "Of Regal Means" in script, in the shape of a horse show around one of my hip bones But I know that's not the best place to get a tattoo because if I gain weight it will stretch. And I have a massive needle phobia.

                              But maybe.... one of these days.
                              Sarah ( & Regal)

                              what doesn't kill you makes you stronger -
                              unless it breaks your heart first

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                              • #95
                                I have a tattoo under my left hip (right under the hip bone) & one on my right side (goes from right under my bra to above my left hip, over part of my stomach). I've gained, in the course I've had both of them, about 30 lbs (I was well below my "normal" weight when I got the big one done) & lost 15 of that. Neither has stretched at all. The pony under my hip looks as fabulous as he did the day he was put on.

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                                • #96
                                  TWO!

                                  The first is horsey sort of - across my hip I have the Harley by line "Live to Ride, Ride to Live" with the horse skull replaced with a copy of my 1st owned horse when I was an adult. (NOT a good idea to wear a low slung skirt on a casual Friday at work to find out that the skirt sits below the tattoo and the top above - I work at quite a conservative company.) The second is completely non-horse "Organ Donor - No heroic measures" under one breast (they are large). When I went in for an xray with a friend, the A&E guys thought it was hilarious - they took the meaning as I meant it!

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                                  • #97
                                    For those who have gotten a "tramp stamp" or "ho tag" ( ), how long was it before you could ride again? I ride in fullseats and am worried about it rubbing my tattoo and hurting and for how long that will happen. I am thinking about getting a tattoo there though I am scared to say what I am thinking about getting... it is horse related though.
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                                    • #98
                                      Well, I don't have a tramp stamp, but I wouldn't recommend having anything rub on it until it is healed. If it gets rubbed, and the scabs get pulled off, it takes the ink with it.

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                                      • #99
                                        I have one on my lower back & I was riding two days after I got it. But my tattoo artist had me do the saran wrap deal while the tattoo was still fresh & bleeding ink, so there was no rubbing problems.

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                                        • #100
                                          10 points to anyone who can name the artist of the original drawing of this tattoo!

                                          I was forward this from a lovely girl who admire X's riding and appreciated it as a true form of classical art.


                                          http://community.webshots.com/photo/...74917622EFEqKk
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