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Rolling20s · Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:50 am

Yeah, it's a D&D dragon. The original pic is here. I would have like a little more customization with the design, but the guy that did it, although a great tattoo artist, didn't seem as into it as others might have been. I'm going to have the next one done by someone else and get an original design based on one of those other two rather than what amounts to an almost direct copy.

That having been said, I really like the dragon I've got. It's just different from what I had initially expected. =)

jiminyjetson · Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:24 am

This was a present to myself for my first nationally-published PC game review. I imagine i'll keep expanding upon it (possibly a ghost on the other arm) when i hit other milestones with the journalism thing

Forge · Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:17 pm

Jon wrote:
http://www.rethinkyourink.ca/home.htm

Wow. You managed to let this thread get along without your trolling for a WHOLE FREAKING HOUR.

Busy trolling some other forum?

He SPECIFICALLY asked for NO trolling or 'discussion'.

Strangely enough, some of us are open-minded enough to let other people think without our oversight! Try it sometime!

Edit: Oh yeah, the topic:

I'm getting Clan Ghost Bear crest on left shoulder (at joint), 'SPQR' on left bicep, and Chaos Cross over my heart. Haven't gotten any done yet, but that has everything to do with lack of time/funds and nothing to do with lack of desire.

paulWTAMU · Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:54 pm

I sitll want a tattoo or three on my back/shoulders

A dart frog (life size, so very small), a stylized cross with the crown of thorns and something relating to my wife are the three I want. But damnit they're expensive! I've never bothered to save up the dough, so I guess I don't want them as badly as I thought.

jiminyjetson · Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:23 am

PerfectCr wrote:
I like it, will the ghost be in color?

possibly. i've been doodling with it in black block to keep with the theme (all my tats are black) but it never seems to look quite right. I shall keep trying though

steelcity_ballin · Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:06 pm

PerfectCr wrote:
pete_roth wrote:
I want to get something from Final Fantasy Tactics somewhere on my, shoulder or leg or something.

Are you looking at a character or a symbol?

BTW I added the new pics to OP to track progress

Probably both, maybe hte FFT logo with Ramza and Delita in the BG or something. Maybe a kickass contemporary do up of Agrias with her sword, something, if someone drew something I loved I'd get it. New job = Mo money = Mo problems.

Forge · Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:08 pm

That's really coming together, looks very very sweet. I'd given some thought to getting a leg sleeve done, would you be OK with sharing a breakdown of the pricing/time involved so far, and maybe guess some projections out to completion? I'd heard that sleeves could easily run out into the low to mid four-digit ranges.

Forge · Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:15 pm

PerfectCr wrote:
Forge wrote:
That's really coming together, looks very very sweet. I'd given some thought to getting a leg sleeve done, would you be OK with sharing a breakdown of the pricing/time involved so far, and maybe guess some projections out to completion? I'd heard that sleeves could easily run out into the low to mid four-digit ranges.

Sure, I've done three sessions so far, and probably at least three more are remaining. Probably 4 more because the last session will fill/touch ups. Each session lasts about three to three and half hours. Anymore than that it gets too uncomfortable to sit and the leg gets swollen from all the trauma. All told it will probably run me $1800 - $2000.

Very cool. A little more time and cash than I'm likely to sink into ink, at least early on, but very very cool nonetheless.

I'm actually half considering getting a decent gun and dyes, it would be cheaper in the long run (mostly kidding).

derFunkenstein · Fri Nov 09, 2007 8:55 pm

the disease! it is spreading. :lol:

that's some cool stuff, nothing i'd be able to talk myself into, but cool anyway.

Fri Nov 09, 2007 9:36 pm

lol, I have no idea why, but I went to your site today and saw these before I saw this thread.

Rolling20s · Sat Nov 10, 2007 12:24 pm

Man, after seeing the progress your sleeve is making, I'm seriously thinking about getting some gaming tattoos to go along with my dragon. It's too bad the guy doing your stuff is in Florida; he does really good work.

Rolling20s · Sat Nov 10, 2007 3:13 pm

Heh, good call. Actually, if I want to get a tattoo on vacation, I'm gonna need to find a good artist in New Orleans. I think that's where the wife and I are going to be going for our 1 year anniversary. We each got tattoos when we got married, so it might be really cool to do the same for the 1 year.... of course, you'd run out of room eventually. =)

Darkmage · Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:33 pm

Wedding traditions are fun. You don't have to do new tats every year, just make it for the big ones. 1, 5, 10, 15 and 20.

My wife and I have our own tradition for our anniversary. Thankfully, it's not quite as permanent as yours.

steelcity_ballin · Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:25 pm

OOC, what did that run, throw a range out there if you don't mind.

steelcity_ballin · Sat Dec 01, 2007 5:13 pm

Wow. I need what you do!

Vrock · Mon Dec 10, 2007 7:34 am

That looks awesome, man. I'm jealous. And as for the artist, he's good.

themattman · Mon Dec 10, 2007 10:41 pm

Looking real good. I'm glad it came out that great.

mjallan123 · Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:13 pm

I hope you don't mind me asking, but how much did that all cost?

lordT · Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:27 pm

mjallan123 wrote:
I hope you don't mind me asking, but how much did that all cost?

PerfectCr wrote:
All told it will probably run me $1800 - $2000.

jiminyjetson · Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:41 pm

PerfectCr, you are one crazy sonofa... Kudos though

themattman · Tue Dec 11, 2007 9:17 pm

From the looks of it the $1800 was well spent. The level of detail in the artwork is impressive. It is better to spend the extra few hundred dollars than to be left with a tat not up to your "expectations".

I bet that sleeve will get some recommendations for the guy/girl who did it.

blitzy · Tue Dec 11, 2007 11:45 pm

that's some real dedication!

Dizik · Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:19 am

Heh....PerfectCr made the front page of Joystiq.

Another link for when the front page changes: Link

Jigar · Thu Jan 03, 2008 9:35 am

Congrats CR, Excellent work there

Nutmeg · Thu Jan 03, 2008 10:59 am

It looks really, really crap. Gonna be fun when you don't like those games anymore and you still have the stupid cartoons of them on your leg isn't it?

lordT · Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:08 am

PerfectCr wrote:
Nutmeg wrote:
It looks really, really crap. Gonna be fun when you don't like those games anymore and you still have the stupid cartoons of them on your leg isn't it?

Thanks for your opinion.

Nicely handled.

Glorious · Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:10 am

Nutmeg wrote:
It looks really, really crap. Gonna be fun when you don't like those games anymore and you still have the stupid cartoons of them on your leg isn't it?

Mortal Kombat II came out like 15 years ago. I don't think that at this point he's going to lose his affection for the game or his nostalgia for the events in his life surrounding it.

Even if you don't like tattoos and think they are a bad idea it's clear the PerfectCR is a grown man who has made a personal choice based on what he enjoys in life. Let it be man, stop the hate.

He's not some half-drunk 18 year old girl getting a ideogram because she think it's 'pretty.' You might have some sort of point then, but right now? You're just acting like a jerk.

idchafee · Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:29 am

lordtottuu wrote:
PerfectCr wrote:
Nutmeg wrote:
It looks really, really crap. Gonna be fun when you don't like those games anymore and you still have the stupid cartoons of them on your leg isn't it?

Thanks for your opinion.
Nicely handled.

Much better than I would have handled it.

mattsteg · Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:42 am

The ink is a take it or leave it deal. I don't particularly care for it, but mostly because I'm not a real fan of ink in general. It's absolutely ludicrous to think that someone's going to "not like those games anymore" when many of them you probably haven't played in years anyway. I would think that it's obvious that the ink isn't about what you like now but what you've enjoyed over the years.

derFunkenstein · Thu Jan 03, 2008 11:51 am

Tattoos are always fun to admire on someone else...not something I'm going to get for myself...but neat to see.

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