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First Tattoo.

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As the title says~

This is the progress from outline, shading, to the color and finishing touches. Courtesy of Jason's phone.

The tattoo is in memory of my grandmother; her initials are in the heart (also my initials so I suppose it could work two ways?).

Q: How much did it cost?
A: Most tattoo places have an hourly charge, rather than a flat fixed charge, for larger/more detailed tattoos. Tiger Jimmy's had an 150$ an hour charge. My tattoo took roughly 3 hours. So it was 450$. Admittedly, yes, that is a lot of money. But as far as tattoos go? It's actually pretty damn cheap especially for the quality.
"Good tattoos aren't cheap and cheap tattoos aren't good. "
You'll get used to that phrase real quick when you go shopping around for a tattoo.

Q: Did it hurt?
A: Yes. The pain kinda fluctuates though. It can go from a minor (yet irritating) sting to really painful all in the same line stroke. Honestly it just depends on where it's at. Whenever he'd go over the bone in the middle of my chest or got close to my collar bones it sucked, HARDCORE. Everywhere else wasn't TOO bad. I had my boyfriend's hand to squeeze the whole time. That helped too. Sorry about the nail marks Jason. <3 8D

Covers the most common questions. :B

Original tattoo concept was designed by ~JennyPennyPasta who was sweet enough to let me use it. ( seen here -> [link] )
Minor tweaks were made by me and, Andy, my tattooist took a bit of artistic freedom with it as well.

All in all I adsolutely love it. Came out perfect. :heart:
Image size
386x1023px 163.71 KB
Make
Samsung Electronics
Model
SGH-A737
Date Taken
May 24, 2009, 1:01:35 AM
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0volent190's avatar
They say that a good tattoo isn't cheap, and a cheap tattoo isn't good. It holds true to a certain extent. This is lovely work!