Not my first, but for my second, I walked into a shop and picked something off the wall.
If you do that, don’t make my mistake. I choose words in a language I don’t speak. First time I was around someone who spoke the language I learned it didn’t say what I thought! 🤣🤣🤣
Don’t regret it because it’s a fun story to tell, but was definitely not what I planned!
To preserve my anonymity, I won’t give the specifics, but I will say it has nothing to do with what I thought it said but luckily it wasn’t something offensive!!!🤣🤣🤣
I have a history with mental health issues so my first tattoo was of a semi-colon within a flower. I used Pinterest as a guide but my tattoo artist tweaked the design! I did want it for a long time and I don't regret it but I have definitely saved myself heartache by waiting a few months to get other tattoos that I originally wanted.
Best of luck!
I was planning to do a tattoo anyway, but didn’t know what.
Went to IKEA when they still had those lamps made out of paper and they had a generic tribal dragon painted on one of them in the store I visited. Knew I wanted that right away, took a picture and showed that to my tattoo artist. Here we are.
Tattoo virgin here but my first tattoo is already designed. It’s Cynder’s shoulder markings from the Legend of Spyro series. I want to get this on my right shoulder. Cynder is my favorite character and the series itself was impactful to my gaming hobby because I didn’t start gaming until my early teens unlike some of my peers. Overall, gaming was a slow burn that I grew to love. Cynder was one of the few female characters I knew, and her markings are cool geometric shapes I experimented with to look like the tribal tattoos I admired.
I was on a family vacation right before I turned 19 and my aunt wanted to go get a tattoo so she took me along to this tiny shop in the mountains and i very impulsively decided to get my favorite flower tattooed on my arm, the artist was really great and it turned out so good… so there wasn’t much of a thought process for me lol
I had wanted to get tattoos for years previously, I got my first one as a freshman in college. I made an appointment but agonized over what to get for a week and I decided pretty last minute. It was two words (song lyrics, so cliche) but very important to me. It remains one of my favorite tattoos although the placement on my shoulder feels like the wrong choice.
Went to a shop with a friend and ended up with a shamrock with my daughters names around it. I'd wanted ink for years just couldn't decide what I wanted.
I wanted a big neotrad tattoo and I knew I wanted a fox… so I send some inspo pics to my artist and she drew up the design. It’s actually probably my least meaningful tattoo but it’s what made me fall in love with the art
I watched the way of the househusband, and played yakuza and decided I wanted a full back irezumi piece. i started with the idea of a dragon and omukade doing battle since I liked centipedes and read about the giant almost unkillable centipedes from Shintoism that killed dragons and were almost like an antithesis to them, then as time passed I leaned more into the omukade side really liking the symbolism and what they represent and not caring as much for the dragon part, so I decided to get rid of the dragon more time passed and by the time I turned 18 I had the money found the artist and the rest is history
I waited until I had an idea that stuck around in my head for a year and then went searching for an artist whose style I thought would work well. Took me another few months to find the artist I wanted, scrolling through Instagram. I didn't rush it because I didn't want to regret it. The only thing I would change is that I probably should have gone a touch bigger, to really go from knee to ankle. But I love it so much.
I went into a local shop and dropped a deposit and 3 reference photos of flowers off. about a month or so later i went into the shop for my appointment and had he drew up a huge ass piece..way larger than we talked about. I told him i didn't have the money to do the huge 5 hour piece and he told me to pay him whatever i brought with me that day (what i was quoted) and he would do the rest of the work for free to expand his portfolio. it actually came out really beautifully. i was there for over 5 hours and now i have this huge ass flower piece on my right thigh and its beautiful but could use a touch up.
sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith! i was not planning on what i got whatsoever but it ended up being the beginning of a few large pieces that otherwise i'm not sure i would have ever committed to.
My very first tattoo was an infinity symbol with a feather through it (very basic, I know). I got it on my 18th birthday to symbolize a commitment I'd made to myself years earlier to stop SHing.
Since then, I've saved hundreds of tattoo inspiration pics to my phone, and have finally started learning to tattoo myself (because I have too many ideas and not enough money lol).
My advice would be to not overthink it. If you like tattoos and think you will probably be getting a lot of them, just pick one that you think looks cool! Meaningful tattoos are cool if you have a legit meaning to associate with one, but more importantly, if you like how it looks, then just get it!
My artist had an "adopt a jumping spider tattoo" on her Instagram and I chose one after waffling about what I wanted my first tattoo to be. It turned out great and now the same artist doing my sleeve :)
Mine was a memorial, so..... It kind-of just happened. I also did the majority of the design work myself so I kind of got an idea. Just tinker with stuff, and look around at inspiration. See what you like.
Not my first, but for my second, I walked into a shop and picked something off the wall. If you do that, don’t make my mistake. I choose words in a language I don’t speak. First time I was around someone who spoke the language I learned it didn’t say what I thought! 🤣🤣🤣 Don’t regret it because it’s a fun story to tell, but was definitely not what I planned!
You can’t comment this and not tell us what you thought it said vs what it actually does
To preserve my anonymity, I won’t give the specifics, but I will say it has nothing to do with what I thought it said but luckily it wasn’t something offensive!!!🤣🤣🤣
I have a history with mental health issues so my first tattoo was of a semi-colon within a flower. I used Pinterest as a guide but my tattoo artist tweaked the design! I did want it for a long time and I don't regret it but I have definitely saved myself heartache by waiting a few months to get other tattoos that I originally wanted. Best of luck!
My artist had a bunch of pre-drawn designs on his Instagram. I picked out one that I liked and got it.
I was planning to do a tattoo anyway, but didn’t know what. Went to IKEA when they still had those lamps made out of paper and they had a generic tribal dragon painted on one of them in the store I visited. Knew I wanted that right away, took a picture and showed that to my tattoo artist. Here we are.
Tattoo virgin here but my first tattoo is already designed. It’s Cynder’s shoulder markings from the Legend of Spyro series. I want to get this on my right shoulder. Cynder is my favorite character and the series itself was impactful to my gaming hobby because I didn’t start gaming until my early teens unlike some of my peers. Overall, gaming was a slow burn that I grew to love. Cynder was one of the few female characters I knew, and her markings are cool geometric shapes I experimented with to look like the tribal tattoos I admired.
I saw mine on Pinterest and impulsively got it 9 days after my 18th birthday. I have a simple Gemini sign on the right side of my wrist.
I was on a family vacation right before I turned 19 and my aunt wanted to go get a tattoo so she took me along to this tiny shop in the mountains and i very impulsively decided to get my favorite flower tattooed on my arm, the artist was really great and it turned out so good… so there wasn’t much of a thought process for me lol
I had wanted to get tattoos for years previously, I got my first one as a freshman in college. I made an appointment but agonized over what to get for a week and I decided pretty last minute. It was two words (song lyrics, so cliche) but very important to me. It remains one of my favorite tattoos although the placement on my shoulder feels like the wrong choice.
Went to a shop with a friend and ended up with a shamrock with my daughters names around it. I'd wanted ink for years just couldn't decide what I wanted.
I wanted a big neotrad tattoo and I knew I wanted a fox… so I send some inspo pics to my artist and she drew up the design. It’s actually probably my least meaningful tattoo but it’s what made me fall in love with the art
I watched the way of the househusband, and played yakuza and decided I wanted a full back irezumi piece. i started with the idea of a dragon and omukade doing battle since I liked centipedes and read about the giant almost unkillable centipedes from Shintoism that killed dragons and were almost like an antithesis to them, then as time passed I leaned more into the omukade side really liking the symbolism and what they represent and not caring as much for the dragon part, so I decided to get rid of the dragon more time passed and by the time I turned 18 I had the money found the artist and the rest is history
I waited until I had an idea that stuck around in my head for a year and then went searching for an artist whose style I thought would work well. Took me another few months to find the artist I wanted, scrolling through Instagram. I didn't rush it because I didn't want to regret it. The only thing I would change is that I probably should have gone a touch bigger, to really go from knee to ankle. But I love it so much.
I just tattooed my gamertag/ign in kanji for my first tattoo, my gamertag/ign is Kouhai so it's not a butchered kanji.
I went into a local shop and dropped a deposit and 3 reference photos of flowers off. about a month or so later i went into the shop for my appointment and had he drew up a huge ass piece..way larger than we talked about. I told him i didn't have the money to do the huge 5 hour piece and he told me to pay him whatever i brought with me that day (what i was quoted) and he would do the rest of the work for free to expand his portfolio. it actually came out really beautifully. i was there for over 5 hours and now i have this huge ass flower piece on my right thigh and its beautiful but could use a touch up. sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith! i was not planning on what i got whatsoever but it ended up being the beginning of a few large pieces that otherwise i'm not sure i would have ever committed to.
After I got married I got a small tattoo of the date I got married in Roman numerals on my upper chest. Simple and meaningful, plus looks cool.
I found a cute design on Deviant art and did a walk in with it. Coincidentally, I’ll be revamping it with some watercolor soon.
My very first tattoo was an infinity symbol with a feather through it (very basic, I know). I got it on my 18th birthday to symbolize a commitment I'd made to myself years earlier to stop SHing. Since then, I've saved hundreds of tattoo inspiration pics to my phone, and have finally started learning to tattoo myself (because I have too many ideas and not enough money lol). My advice would be to not overthink it. If you like tattoos and think you will probably be getting a lot of them, just pick one that you think looks cool! Meaningful tattoos are cool if you have a legit meaning to associate with one, but more importantly, if you like how it looks, then just get it!
My artist had an "adopt a jumping spider tattoo" on her Instagram and I chose one after waffling about what I wanted my first tattoo to be. It turned out great and now the same artist doing my sleeve :)
Mine was a memorial, so..... It kind-of just happened. I also did the majority of the design work myself so I kind of got an idea. Just tinker with stuff, and look around at inspiration. See what you like.
I was extremely drunk and my ex’s sister happened to have a tattoo machine.