New/First Tattoo.

[Cfox08]

I got my first one a few weeks after my 18th birthday. This past October actually. Just a simple Chinese symbol i liked and could relate to. you can see it in my avatar pic if you enlarge it. its on my shoulder.

[jakescakes]

Originally Posted by Cfox08

I got my first one a few weeks after my 18th birthday. This past October actually. Just a simple Chinese symbol i liked and could relate to. you can see it in my avatar pic if you enlarge it. its on my shoulder.

damn bro ur huge

but u dont look chinese?. . .

[wroclaw]

Tattoo at 17 doesn't always workout tell us in 5 years if you still love it. Judging from an artistic point of view it's somewhat weak.

[pauleccles]

about the symbol. i choose that one specifically because it is more "affectionate" and because it means more along the lines of "dad" where as the other one, if im not mistaken, means more along the lines of "father". i just call him dad not father, never have said father.

thanks to anyone who liked it.

lol and yeah its a mirror shot, i.e. thats my left arm not right arm so the symbol is the other way.

[xXBoStErXx]

Originally Posted by pauleccles

hey man. said i'd post a pic when i got mine.

as i said its simply a tribal design i changed to incorporate a chinese symbol in it meaning "father" or "dad". as my dads the inspiration to my life.

here it is:


its hard to tell in the pick but the chinese symbol is outlined in black and shaded in red. looks pretty solid.

I like how you just didnt get the symbol the tribal actually has meaning very nice!

Mines beginning to heal and is really itchy lol, but I fight the urge to scratch, once it's healed i'll post a new pic.

[Arquine]

That's a pretty sick tat there Paul

Where can i find out what Chinese letters mean? I'm thinking of getting a tattoo

(Yes i know i'm 15, i know people.. :P )

[pauleccles]

for chinese letters (called kanji) you can go into a tattoo shop and they have common ones in their books... or you can google a specific word. for me this was "chinese symbol for dad" and CONFIRM THE SYMBOL ON AS MANY SITES AS POSSIBLE. lol so that you know it means what it says.

im also getting a tattoo, chinese symbols, vertically down my side (from just below armpit down to waist) which will read "respect is earned". for this, i went to a site called char4u.com. cost 7 bucks, they translate it for you so that its gramatically correct in chinese. this is as opposed to using a free translator which just translates each word. this leads to grammar errors and someone who speaks chinese would be like wtf.

thanks for the compliments.

[Nauxz]

Originally Posted by pauleccles

about the symbol. i choose that one specifically because it is more "affectionate" and because it means more along the lines of "dad" where as the other one, if im not mistaken, means more along the lines of "father". i just call him dad not father, never have said father.

You got the meaning spot on

[xXBoStErXx]

Originally Posted by pauleccles

for chinese letters (called kanji) you can go into a tattoo shop and they have common ones in their books... or you can google a specific word. for me this was "chinese symbol for dad" and CONFIRM THE SYMBOL ON AS MANY SITES AS POSSIBLE. lol so that you know it means what it says.

im also getting a tattoo, chinese symbols, vertically down my side (from just below armpit down to waist) which will read "respect is earned". for this, i went to a site called char4u.com. cost 7 bucks, they translate it for you so that its gramatically correct in chinese. this is as opposed to using a free translator which just translates each word. this leads to grammar errors and someone who speaks chinese would be like wtf.

thanks for the compliments.

Down your side is going to be unbelievably painful, I hope you have a high threshold for pain lol.

[pauleccles]

lol oh i know. i don't look forward to it. lol. its should only take an hour for the next one but still it will hurt for sure lol.

[MussleMilk]

just got my first one done last thursday, its in my avatar

[JaY-ToWn]

really cool tatt ya got there mate. ive got a dragon on my right shoulder. i wana get more. too addictive and can be costly!

[MoneyRespect]

Originally Posted by xXBoStErXx

Well I got a new tattoo, its my first/ probably only tattoo I'll ever get. It read "nulli secundus" which in latin means second to none. When I was 10 my grandpa told me to always try to be my best, and now that he is passed I got this to honor him, and i think it looks pretty bad ass lol.

What you guys think?

That looks awsome bro, great way to honor your grandpa too, I bet he's proud!

[Clark_Kent]

Originally Posted by xXBoStErXx

Down your side is going to be unbelievably painful, I hope you have a high threshold for pain lol.

The side is not that bad actually. The collarbone area and shins are much worse I think.

[SigEpLaxer]

Nice choice of words to use for a tattoo. I've been dragging my feet about getting mine because I can't make up my mind as to what I truly want to be on me for the remainder of my life.

Does it hurt much?

[arose36]

I haven't read everyone else's response, but I'm pretty sure they're all in the same ballpark...

The first one is the hardest to get, then the rest is just about feeding your newfound addiction. It's like striving to stick a few more 45's on the leg press you know?

Enjoy it...show it off...

awesome tattoo, by the way.

[xXBoStErXx]

Originally Posted by SigEpLaxer

Nice choice of words to use for a tattoo. I've been dragging my feet about getting mine because I can't make up my mind as to what I truly want to be on me for the remainder of my life.

Does it hurt much?

It's worth the pain, because its like an hour of pain to last forever lol.

@ show it off

I cant yet lol, because it's still healing xcountry is starting and I'll have to have my shirt on the whole time I think or wear spf 1000 lol

[xXBoStErXx]

heres the tattoo picture unflexed, plus a new avatar lol.

Comments on both? feel free to check out my abs on my progress pictures, from flabby to abby

In the tatt pictures its bloody becuz it was when its fresh, no one was home so i cant get a pic.

[huddlestonalex]

Nice ink bro, I have a tat on my left pec that has the last name I was born with, Williams, in the top banner and the last name I was adopted to, Huddleston, in the bottom banner. I am a part of both families and wanting someting that would show that, so I got the first letters of each inside each other. Its in my pics but is hard to see cuz it slides up when I pose, will try to get an unflexed pic up of it.

[xXBoStErXx]

Originally Posted by huddlestonalex

Nice ink bro, I have a tat on my left pec that has the last name I was born with, Williams, in the top banner and the last name I was adopted to, Huddleston, in the bottom banner. I am a part of both families and wanting someting that would show that, so I got the first letters of each inside each other. Its in my pics but is hard to see cuz it slides up when I pose, will try to get an unflexed pic up of it.

O/T 6'7 285 lbs your an animal.

[huddlestonalex]

Originally Posted by xXBoStErXx

O/T 6'7 285 lbs your an animal.

reps for the comment bro, much appreciated. But I am gonna show my forum lacking skills LOL, what's o/t?

[xXBoStErXx]

O/T means off topic and others just in case you dont know them hmm OP = original poster umm, thats all I can think of for now. ATM = at the moment lol.

[Mex2theMax]

Originally Posted by MussleMilk

just got my first one done last thursday, its in my avatar

Pretty nice looking tat, man. I'm thinking of getting something on my bicep too. did it hurt much?