Tattoos --

[dmkrieg]

I almost got one of my black stallion. I absolutely adore him. I actually went down and had an artist draw it out and then do a scetch on me so I could decide if I liked it or not. Here is my problem I am almost 37 years old and my children keep making fun of me for it. Sometimes I think I am too old to be marking up my body now and then other times I think I really want to do it, but I am chicken, ya know pain and all. hahahah

 

[Marylou]

:saludando: Guess I'm in the minority but I hate tattoos. So does Hubby, thank goodness. Both my daughter-in-laws have them as does one son. The other hates them like we do. I feel if you want to decorate your body wear jewelry or temporary tattoos. Its your body though so if you like them go for it.

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[Sonya]

I've got a tribal drum horse head on my ankle, but no pics, I'll try to get some next week, I left my camera up north at our camp. I also have 2 others, but they aren't horse related....one is on my other ankle...a fish (the cartoon one from my magoo) and the other is on the small of my back....a butterfly with scrolling around it....getting another this winter...a dragonfly on my shoulder and maybe even an arm band of tribal.

 

[Denise]

Would love to see more pics. I've got 2 and am looking to add another one. The 2 I have are not horse related at all. Am looking to have a unicorn put on my shoulder blade-anybody got any pics of some unicorns they could post?

 

[lilbitcrazy]

I have 3 horse ones and a wolf tatoo one horse head on my left hand , one that gives my nick name on my right arm , and one that names my 4 boys , with a horses head an a star in the middle of it all, the wolf is my totem and its on my right shoulder....

 

[chevycouple]

I have one tat but it's not horse related. I have a painting of one of my horses that I would like done on my calf. It's going to cover one whole calf. I love tat's but my husband doesn't care for them and can't see spending the money for one LOL!!! I was going to get a barrel racing tat but interests change so I'm going to get one of my horse like I stated earlier. Then I'm gonna get a cross tat on the back of my neck and then I'm going to add to the gemini sign that I already have to include my kids signs also.

 

[sparkle]

I almost got one of my black stallion. I absolutely adore him. I actually went down and had an artist draw it out and then do a scetch on me so I could decide if I liked it or not. Here is my problem I am almost 37 years old and my children keep making fun of me for it. Sometimes I think I am too old to be marking up my body now and then other times I think I really want to do it, but I am chicken, ya know pain and all. hahahah

Ok...tell me if this makes you feel better....

I am 32. My mom is 55.

We both go away on separate vacations.

We come home within days of each other (@ Aug 10th)

THIS MORNING....

she's wearing capris...I look down...there was a tatoo on her ankle.

I ask, "mom, who were you playing with tattoo's with?" (I have kids....she has step grandkids....)

and she just looked at me and had this HUGE grin.... :bgrin :bgrin :bgrin ....and said NOTHING!

IT's REAL??? :new_shocked: :new_shocked: :new_shocked:

OMG!!

It's a red heart with little squiggles on each side.

Her answer...."well you know I like hearts".....uhhhhhh???? No, I didn't know you liked them enough to tattoo them on your body!!

Apparantly my own MOTHER can skip off on vacation and get a tattoo....

: ....it's like I have a teenager on my hands! She didn't even tell me!!!

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Never in a million years did I EVER think my MOTHER would get one before me!!

and this might make you feel even better....

my husband is 38, his mom is 62-ish.

a couple years ago, she goes to visit her youngest son.

there was some kind of "dare" involved...

now they both have tattoos.

He has a Miles Davis silhouette on his arm.

She has a rose on her BREAST!

(MY mother in law!!.....she's a retired school teacher and the most organized anal woman I know!!)

My husband was just mortified! He gets the heeby jeebies any time she goes to show anyone her tattoo. He has to leave the room! lol :lol:

I don't have any right now. Partly cuz I have a slight needle phobia, partly cuz I couldn't really decide 100%. I keep telling myself if I could deliver 3 babies (not at once! lol) with out any drugs...I've got to be able to handle the tattoo!

Oddly enough, Mary Lou....you have the one that I've kept on my computer for AGES!! Hmmmmm.

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[Dontworrybeappy]

Ok, finally got decent photos of my tatts - not horse related, though!

First the froggy on my left shoulder (front) - when I had my wrist surgery, the nurses said "oh, we're going to have to take that of!" - I said, "How will you do that?"

Then they said OH! it's a REAL tattoo! They said they thought it was too cute and thought it was a temporary!

Then there's this one - it's a rare seahorse relative called a "leafy seadragon" - I love to visit them at the Long Beach Aquarium - they are just so majestic and cool - they are my "muse" and, I guess, some kind of totem for me. This is about 4 hours work (inside right calf) and there's a bit more to do still, but I think it's pretty cool!

PS: Got the first one at about age 39 and the SeaDragon last yeat (age 46)!

 

[Denise]

That frog is adorable! I really like that one.

 

[runamuk]

I know many of you all have tattoos, but how many of you have horse related ones and are you willing to post pictures? I am just curious to see how many of us horse addicts have actually gotten them inked on us...

I am a fan of tattoos and piercings (I have both), I had "Fantasy" tattooed on the back of my neck in honor of my first foal born here. I loved it, but I wanted something that had more of a statement. Since the lettering was small I had it covered up with a rearing black horse with shading.. It reminds me so much more of my Fantasy baby, more so than just the name.

I'll have to get someone to take pictures for me so I can post them since it's not exactly in an easy spot to get a picture of yourself.

I already have another tattoo in the making and this one will be linked horseshoes.

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My first tattoo my 30th b-day present to myself is a celtic knot of two horses

: they are one of my 3 totems....the other is my celtic knot of 2 ravens.......all that is left is my bear

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[Boss Mare]

Well, I spent last week and this week getting more tattoos..... Here's two:

 

[The Dynamic Duo]

I am thinking about getting one for my Jr.High Graduation. I have NO ABSOLUTE clue what I would get. I was wondering how much do they usally cost?

 

[penny]

I almost got one of my black stallion. I absolutely adore him. I actually went down and had an artist draw it out and then do a scetch on me so I could decide if I liked it or not. Here is my problem I am almost 37 years old and my children keep making fun of me for it. Sometimes I think I am too old to be marking up my body now and then other times I think I really want to do it, but I am chicken, ya know pain and all. hahahah

You're NEVER too old for a tattoo...I got mine when I turned 50!!!!! It's a ladybug on the top of my ear....I get alot of compliments on it...Never have I regreted it..... I say GO FOR IT if it makes YOU happy!!!!!!

 

[Shannon_c21]

well a good artist usually costs between $125-$200 an hour for custom work and flash can depend on how much color and size it is. The Dynamic Duo just wondering how old you are?

Shannon

 

[Warpony]

I have one tattoo, not horse related (It has barbed wire in it, so it wouldn't be safe for a horse to be in there, hehe). Actually it is just outlined right now, I need to get around to having it coloured. It is a wrist cuff, I may have a picture of the artwork for it somewhere... lemme look right quick...

AHA!!! found it!

It has a lot of personal meaning to me, and was drawn and outlined by a very dear friend.

I used to draw artwork for tattoo shops and was training to be a tattooist before carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, and tendonitis of the elbow wrist and hand ended that for me. I have a picture or two of designs I drew that people had tattooed on them.

I do have two designs I drew a while ago that I would like to have on my shoulder blades, with the horses faces facing each other... (checking to see if I have them online or not...)

Ah, here they are, I'll just link them because they are kinda big:

Fire horse

Water horse

I doubt I will ever get the nerve to actually get those done, though. I'm a pansy when it comes to my back.

I do think someday i may get this fiesty Pony design tattooed on my upper arm, with the pony standing on a Celtic Knotwork arm band. The Purple Pony is a play on my name and every one says that design reflects my personality (fiesty and full of mischief, hehehe).

I'd also eventually like to have a cuff on my right wrist, with a different design from the one on my left but about as wide. I feel lop sided right now. I want that to have something horse related in it, I just haven't decided what as of yet.

I have several horse related designs I have drawn, back when I was still able. I've run into complete strangers on two occasions who had tattoos from designs I'd drawn and let me tell you that is a rush for an artist to see something they have drawn actually tattooed on someone else.

 

[The Dynamic Duo]

I am 14 Shannon and my mom said that she would let me get one for my 15thh b day cause thats when she got hers.

 

[TinyMiteVillage]

I have three tattoo's. One is on my right chest just above my breast and it is a cowboy on a rock ledge with the sunset in the background.

My second on is a star of life on my right ankle. I am a paramedic so that is what that is for........

My third on is on my left calf and it says EARLSGIRl and it is in my handwriting......the tattoo guy copied what I wrote then put it on my and tattooed it on. It is cool. I have been with my husband for 20 yrs.

He has one on his left upper arm of a upside down horse shoe with flowers and a banner weaving thru with my name on it........

 

[BFS_Simon_Says]

The horse one is my 4th tattoo, I got it in March of 2004. Basically takes up all the space on my upper back

The other one is my newest, took 14 hours to complete(3 sittings) definitly the most painful

 

[Hosscrazy]

BFSSimonSays - your horse sketch is beautiful!!!

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Liz R.

 

[Sonya]

Wow -this post is old, but since it's come up again, I will post my drum horse since I said I would and never did...some of you may have seen it already in other tattoo posts, but here it is again:

it's a little fuzzy because I need a new camera and it's hard to take it on your own ankle and get a good pic: