Tattoos

[MTSUGURL]

I just got a sun with a Xi in the middle on my ankle a couple of months ago. IT'S ALREADY FADED. Talk about upset... I need to go get it fixed.

[Lady Pi Phi]

Originally posted by MTSUGURL
I just got a sun with a Xi in the middle on my ankle a couple of months ago. IT'S ALREADY FADED. Talk about upset... I need to go get it fixed.

That happened to me. The artists didn't do such a great job. I had to go back and get it touched up. They still didn't do a great job. I guess that's why they are no longer in business.

[AlethiaSi]

i got a green star on my lower back
on the right side (kinda like the heineken star- but that kind of green) when i was in dublin- its freaking so cool and i love it- but it definately is fading more than i thought it would- which is a bummer... i haven't told my mom yet- so hopefully she won't notice till the end of the summer.... she's going to freak... lol

[SATX*APhi]

Originally posted by AlethiaSi
i got a green star on my lower back
on the right side (kinda like the heineken star- but that kind of green) when i was in dublin- its freaking so cool and i love it- but it definately is fading more than i thought it would- which is a bummer... i haven't told my mom yet- so hopefully she won't notice till the end of the summer.... she's going to freak... lol

All tattoos will fade. If you expose your tattoo to the sun frequently it will fade quicker. I have a tattoo on my right foot and try to cover it with sun block when wearing flip flops. I haven't seen that it has faded much since I've had it.

[damasa]

Originally posted by SATX*APhi
All tattoos will fade. If you expose your tattoo to the sun frequently it will fade quicker. I have a tattoo on my right foot and try to cover it with sun block when wearing flip flops. I haven't seen that it has faded much since I've had it.

Either that or it was a crappy tattoo job. If you recently got it and it's already fading then the job was bad.

[Lady Pi Phi]

Originally posted by damasa
Either that or it was a crappy tattoo job. If you recently got it and it's already fading then the job was bad.

That's correct.

The one on my leg faded right away. I was POed. I went back to have it redone. They still did a crappy job. Didn't fix it at all.

I have to go somewhere else to get it touched up. Yet again!

[DolphinChicaDDD]

I'm planing to go for my second tattoo tomorrow, but I'm having trouble finding the character I want. I want the chinese character of "to run", but can't find an image anywhere.
Anyone know a good website to find characters?

[decadence]

1) Be careful.
2) Be careful.

That's with reference to flash art (i.e. the stuff on the walls that you point to and say I'll take that one).

If you don't know what it really says then chances are the tattoo artist doesn't either. I heard one story about someone who understood Japanese saw a list of japanese characters (might've been kanji) each meaning different things. One of them read "I'm so stupid I don't know what this means" - although obviously the notice said it was something different! Apparently the tattoo artist said to the person he had already given that one to a bunch of people.

I do know a site where you can get some words translated for free by professional translators (so not altavista translate heh). I'll try and dig it out for you if you wish? Naturally we'd want to see pictures later.

Another option is going to say a chinese restaurant but you'd have to trust them! That option works better if you already have the design and want to double check it says what you think it does; that would be the safest way if you insisted on looking at a website that had lists of the characters.

[DolphinChicaDDD]

Originally posted by decadence
One of them read "I'm so stupid I don't know what this means" - although obviously the notice said it was something different! Apparently the tattoo artist said to the person he had already given that one to a bunch of people.

I do know a site where you can get some words translated for free by professional translators (so not altavista translate heh). I'll try and dig it out for you if you wish? Naturally we'd want to see pictures later.

So far this is the only character I've found, which I would post here but I can't figure out how...so here is the link. Any GCer read chinese
to run

Oooohh!! What site?? share please

I'll even post pics of my first tattoo if I can make sure my new one doesn't say something dirty

[decadence]

http://www.proz.com/?sp=k2

The good thing about it is you can explain the context in which you mean it, so the translators take that into account. Stops mistakes 'to run a business' versus 'to run a race' type thing.

eta: If I can be bothered (it'll be quite a bit of work) I can find the saved HTML file and upload it to a webserver (as I won't be able to find it on their site anymore, too long ago) of a question I asked a few years ago re a word for a tattoo - to give you an idea of what can be expected as a response.

eta2: Here you are. :-) http://tinyurl.com/36cl3
(don't quote)

[KillarneyRose]

DolphinChica, are you currently still at school and, if so, does your school have a Chinese Languages department? Maybe you could talk to a professor or a TA and they could help you.

[winneythepooh7]

I have 2 butterflies on my lower back. I also have a belly ring and I used to have my tongue pierced in college but took it out because it didn't seem professional anymore, especially in my field (social work) when my male clients were like "why is your tongue pierced" with a smile.

[valkyrie]

*bump*

I'm thinking about getting something like this:

[PhoenixAzul]

Since I allready have a multitude of piercings (including my lobes stretched nice and big to 4 ga. ...translation, you can read things through my earlobes), I'm ready for ink. These are the plans

1) Either a keystone (i have a drawing/idea of what I want) or the outline of PA with a heart where Pittsburgh is
2) on my upper back, I want a sacred heart with a phoenix coming out of the flames and writing above/below with Psalm 51:10 written out (See signature!). The sacred heart will be a copy of a holy card that belonged to my grandmother, and the phoenix will represent my rising above issues in my life, and the quote is a homage to straightedge (still thinking of working three X's in there for straightedge, perhaps in the thorns on the heart) .

[IowaStatePhiPsi]

and.. I dont have the nipples pierced anymore- but for anyone familiar with Hy-Vee: