show your Tats

I have several tats that I got when I was a Marine. Most of them were from friends of mine, so I decided to get 2 of the ones on my left arm covered up. I am getting them done by an actual Japanese Yakuza in the traditional style. Here is the unfinished project:

No making fun of the freckles. http://www.automotiveforums.com/markh/IMG_1664.JPG
Here is it at first :
http://www.automotiveforums.com/markh/IMG_1648.JPG

I should have taken pics of the old tats. Oh well.

not trying to be a smartass but...

why did you tattoo a catfish on your arm????

Mark is a Fanta-pants!!!!!!! Well, that's the first time I've seen your pic here, so errr..... That's what surpised me :p


Cool tats though!!! I don't have any, not worth the effort...

It is a koi (japanese ornamental carp) not a catfish. There are many religous and symbolic meanings behind it, but you can look them up yourself.
(In Japanese symbolism the koi represents perserverance in adversity and strength of purpose. This has made it one of the most popular of their tattoos. The strongest koi swims upstream until it reaches the final waterfall, where it vaults into the mists and becomes a water dragon.)

As of now, that is just the base of the tat. After the original pic is in, the rest of the background and shading will be done. It isn't done with a gun like western tats, so it is very time consuming.

I will put up more pics as I progress with it. There should be about 6 more sessions, and then it will be finished.

BTW, Fanta pants = redhead? Never can remember.....

fanta-pants? we call em ranga's as in orangatan.:icon16:

Thats a pretty cool tat though, i hate just seeing flaming skulls, etc..good to see it has a deep meaning to it..

peace

We're not arm wrestling.

Ah, the GP. Ginger pubes.

Awesome tats mate! I've been planning one for a while and if I still want it at the end of the year, I'll get it.

BTW, is it just me or does your fish kinda look a bit like the punched out dorifto cat (or monkey. I can never remember which).

Well here is mine. This was done with my scanner 4 hours after I had it done, Dont have any recent pic's though..now we will see if I can figure out this picture posting bussiness :banghead:

http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/1/web/361000-361999/361223_34.jpg

Well here is mine. This was done with my scanner 4 hours after I had it done, Dont have any recent pic's though..now we will see if I can figure out this picture posting bussiness :banghead:

http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/1/web/361000-361999/361223_34.jpg

I assume you're a pretty hard core Metallica fan. Hope you don't regret it later! :icon16:

Well, I wouldnt call myself "hardcore" but I do like thier music. I have always loved the design, so heck..why not? you only live once, No, it doesnt have any "symbolic meaning" other than Metallica. :loser: If anyone can make my pic show up in the actual post, please do so..I wish I wasn't such a shmuck and new how to work this fangled inter-web

I've heard the expression tit for tat. Now I know what a tat is. Where can I get some and where can I trade them in? :iceslolan

^ :lol:

I've heard the expression tit for tat. Now I know what a tat is. Where can I get some and where can I trade them in? :iceslolan
Haha, good one :lol2:

i'm getting one or two within the next year. no pics of what i want yet, but i'll post some when the first one is done (within the next month).

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/67956Rsmall.jpg
And a sleeve to come this summer...still ironing out the details with the artist.

Bad picture but you get the idea.

http://10.pichold.com/eagle1.jpg

none yet but by this year ill be having a leprachaun playing guitar on my arm yes im irish and i play guitar

I've heard the expression tit for tat. Now I know what a tat is. Where can I get some and where can I trade them in? :iceslolan

:uhoh:

anyway..:biggrin: NICE TATS guys! :thumbsup:

Nice cover up. Dont have pic's of the two before my cover, but will post the new,but old when i can.

A lot of hr's on that one, but nice.

Before I am out of school next year, I am getting this:

http://www.chez.com/uvinnovation/site/images/introduction/apple_logo.gif

Before I am out of school next year, I am getting this:

http://www.chez.com/uvinnovation/site/images/introduction/apple_logo.gif

http://img16.photobucket.com/albums/v47/YogsVR4/3239badlink.gif

Have three, a cross with my dads name, Kanji symbol for family, and Kanji symbol for love encircled by custom design. Will post pics tomorrow.

Ah, the GP. Ginger pubes.


Fire crotch. :D

It wasn't planned and is not a tattoo and I am not posting as picture. But I got kicked in the upper leg REALLY bad and the horse left his hoof print on my leg. It will be there forever says a dr. But the color will go away over a long time. But right now it is yellow, black, blue, red, and purple.

http://img16.photobucket.com/albums/v47/YogsVR4/3239badlink.gif
I hate when servers go down. :( I'll go find another one.

Let's try this again...
http://www.jeb.be/images/Apple/apple_logo_(640x480).jpg

ah the apple

where are you getting it at

On the front of my right hip. Low enough I can hide it when I'm teaching, but high enough I don't have to strip to show it.

but high enough I don't have to strip to show it.

Why is stripping a bad thing? :evillol: :uhoh:

whoops.....
Thought this thread title was "show your tits"!!
My mistake!! :biggrin:

whoops.....
Thought this thread title was "show your tits"!!
My mistake!! :biggrin:

No mistake you read it correctly, you can post now. :lol:

On the front of my right hip. Low enough I can hide it when I'm teaching, but high enough I don't have to strip to show it.

Isn't that the wrong way around?

On the front of my right hip. Low enough I can hide it when I'm teaching, but high enough I don't have to strip to show it.
Post a pic and let AF help you decide exactly where...

:evillol:

Karen, don't be shy ;) :p

:evillol:

Karen, don't be shy ;) :p

i'm not shy

^Oh my! :naughty:





:p

Ya know, it's comments like Oz's that when I 1st came here I thought it was a bunch of old perverted men, like Naki (j/p, really!!! You're the coolest, greatest, best...est!!!) Had to wait till a "Post ur pic" thread to learn they were young perverted men... :rolleyes: :D :p

What are you on about?

What are you on about?

I think he is proposing marriage.

No no, it's "What are you on???"

Idk, I'm havin' a good day!!! :D

Well here is mine. This was done with my scanner 4 hours after I had it done, Dont have any recent pic's though..now we will see if I can figure out this picture posting bussiness :banghead:

http://images.cardomain.com/member_images/1/web/361000-361999/361223_34.jpg



YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!

That rules!

I don't have any tats, and I don't plan on getting them anytime sooner.

Isn't that the wrong way around?
That's what I'm thinking :confused:

I've always been a fan of this paticular logo:

http://209.77.219.162:8000/WarOnTerror/Images/PeaceThruSuperiorFirepower1.jpg

Maybe I'll get it on my forehead. The hippies at Uni will LOVE me!

Here's mine

Left Arm - Dad's Name (R.I.P)
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/168909ArmTatLeft.jpg

Chest - Right Side - Kanji symbol for Family
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/500/168909ChestTatRight.jpg

Chest - Left Side - Kanji symbol for Love (middle) Fiancee's Initial (top) and cutom design around
http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/168909ChestTatLeft.jpg

nice nipples jet lee!!!
:naughty:

I showed you mine, now....oh, sorry....

I showed you mine, now....oh, sorry....


..............you wish!! :biggrin: :biggrin:

star light, start bright, first star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might, have this wish I wish tonight.....

Matada, is the carp covering up a smilie face done while riding in the back of a 4 by 4?

^^^rofl

matada I know somebody with a tat exactly like that, minus the cover-up.
I have a big swastika looking thing on my arm but no pics..

Matada, is the carp covering up a smilie face done while riding in the back of a 4 by 4?

haha. Actually it was a pic of your mom.:evillol:

I don't see how someone could have the exact same tat, as it was drawn on my arm freehand with a calligraphy pencil, and then done over in ink and needle. I guess there are only a few ways to do koi though.

I should be getting the rest of it dont next week. I am also getting both of my sons names Kanji done inside the waves, so that should be interesting. I have about 8 hours of work left to go, as the old fashioned style is much more time consuming.




ps. there is no way a pic of jeff's mom could actually fit on my arm





pps just kidding jeff.

You messin' wit my momma??? Well at least I know my Daddy!!! Ya bastid!! :D

BTW I was referring to the stunt on Jackass the movie....

Nobody else has ink to show off? :screwy: C'mon

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/503/64009Chuckstattoo-med.jpg

not mine...

I will post picts when I can, but for now, I have 5 tattoos, I have kanji for Fire on my left arm, a tribal on my right, a dragon on my back left, a skull with 2 purple roses in its mouth, with a dagger thrust through the top, blood dripping from the hilt (3 hours work) on my back right shoulder, and the chinese symbol for justice on my inner left forearm

Wow, someone must love rotaries :screwy:

Careful with the Kanji.

I have met many people who have kanjii that have ambiguous meanings at best. Many Kanji have definitions that are determined by the character immediately before or after it. Fire itself is "kasai" or 2 characters the first being "hi" and the second being "hono" when combined they are "kaji'" or fire.

Another funny one is when the stroke is made incorrectly. "chikara" or "power" is a common gaijin tattoo that any shop in the states will have in their little "flash" books. Unfortunately, the stroke if done incorrectly is "ka" which is just a letter with no meaning, kind of like having the letter "k" tattooed on you arm.

Always take a native speaker with you when you get a tattoo of that nature. Or just don't get it. Its not like there is a special meaning to anyone...

it annoys me when people get tattoo's that everyone else has, like Kanji that is simply a word etc.

if you get Kanji, at least have it mean something, like a name in your family or something like that.

dragons are a little too popular tattoo-wise these days too. i personally know 4 people with dragon tattoo's.