i think i have like more than 15 but less than 20 and im getting another in a month!!
iâve done handpoke ones on myself about 5 times and find handsome is less bothersome than machine but i have a Very High Pain Tolerance (none of my tattoos particularly hurt to get) (even the ones on my ribs)
i tend to be a very impulsive person and i also donât regret things so if i think about wanting something for longer than a few minutes i would get a tattoo of it. i love stupid tattoos also (i have the stussy s done by myself lmao)
i think once you have one you see how incredible it is and how hot it is and just want to get more (thatâs the case for everyone iâve talked to)
Mar 27, 2024
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I have 6, all fine linework except for a trad style convo heart on my upper thigh. I love hand poke from professionals - itâs super intimate and a lot of the artists I followed when I lived in Austin almost exclusively did hand poke work instead of machine. they are not blown out and have not faded :-) I think long and hard about placement, but I just get stuff I want from artists I love. Not everything has to have A Deep Meaning. My faves are a pear on my right forearm (stranger: why the pear? me: I love pears), âformâ on the back of my left arm, and the lightbulb eye from Picassoâs Guernica above the inside of my right elbow. tattoos are sexy as hell, and I plan to keep collecting them for the rest of my life. The pain to me usually feels like someone scratching a sunburn - worst was my finger since itâs close to bone and the convo heart since the artist went IN! it can be really bad or very tolerable, but I have genuinely enjoyed talking to all of the artists who have given me their work and just focus on the overall experience âš the more shading/color, the more itâs gonna hurt and the more intensive the healing process
Mar 25, 2024
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i think i have 9 at this point?
honestly babe you only get one body during your time on earth so you might as well do what you want with it. have a favorite band? get a symbol of them put on your body forever. a favorite painting? steal that shit and put it on your arm. none of mine have very deep meaning but thatâs okay because i like them. i just think they look neat! thatâs how you decide, just take up all the space on your skin with shit you think looks cool.
the pain depends on the part of the body; i think my most painful was my thigh and my least painful was probably the back of my calf. also color tats hurt a bit more than black so be conscious of that.
and i would definitely get another. theyâre absolutely addicting.
Mar 24, 2024
I have 6 tattoos (plus one stick and poke I let a man do on me at a party when I was 18.) And of course- I want more.
My first tattoo I got during my first month of freshman year of college freshly moved to New York- itâs on my rib cage- it says âgoodnight nobodyâ which is pulled from the childrenâs book goodnight moon. 1. I was read that book as a kid. 2. I remember I rediscovered that book when I was high in the mall in high school and that blank page saying âgoodnight nobodyâ felt poignant for all kinds of reasons. Just a call into the void in a childrenâs book?
A rendition of a sculpture from Portia Munsonâs installation âBound Angelâ that I saw at PPOW a couple years ago- because the work just spoke to me and womanhood at large
i have a fairy (way bigger than I intended) because fairies were a huge part of my girlhood
hey arnold (helgaâs locket of arnold) because my mom watched that show with me before I can even remember and 2. I like Helga was also a yearner in middle school
A bunny because bunny
And most recently two of my best friends and I got matching three-headed deer. I havenât even known them for very long but a portrait of our love felt like a very beautiful and sentimental thing to do regardless of fate.
The only one that hurt was the poorly done stick and poke done at the party right next to my vagina- but ofc I acted like wasn't that bad (it was pretty bad).
Mar 24, 2024
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sometimes i donât read for MONTHS. soemtiems (right now) i can read 2 novels in a day (but i am a fast reader so donât use this as a metric). itâs ok to take it slow and read for 5 minutes a day. even if itâs not a book. like a nice article or something. get the gears turning again.
also my roommate LOVES audiobooks sheâs a freak about them so that could be a nice way to read if you tend to get distracted.
but yeah i think the biggest thing is do not pressure yourself to do more than you can because it will become a chore and reading shouldnât feel like a chore. maybe read once a week. who knows schedule it around your life
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