My tattoo

Post by **Dale** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 6:42 pm

Ok, I don't have one, but I'm thinking about getting a really large one on my back. It'll be a tattoo showing a dermatologist removing a tattoo from my back. And if you look really closely at my back in the tattoo, you'll be able to see a tiny version of the tattoo on my back....in the tattoo. And so on. I'm not sure what kind of resolution you can get on a tattoo.

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:08 pm

I still try to upset my parents too.

tansy · Post by **tansy** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:17 pm

Dale, sounds like it's time to order or take up a new instrument.
I've seen this many times before

Tansy

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:42 pm

Sounds like a "classic" idea

Who was it who painted himself painting himself?

(forgive me, I am tired, mind&body from an 8 1/2 hr drive home from an exhausting vacation??)

dubhlinn · Post by **dubhlinn** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 7:44 pm

I have one on my right arm..

Pre-decimal ..one pound and fifteen shillings at the time...

I often think about getting another one...

After thirty six years the one I have must be feeling a bit lonely...

Mrs. D has often said that she would "sponsor" another one..

I'm just trying to figure out what part of my body can stand a line that sez " Life if possible, Art at any cost"...

and a small little Scottish terrier as well...

That or nothing...

Indeed...

Slan,
D.

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:58 pm

cowtime wrote:Sounds like a "classic" idea

Who was it who painted himself painting himself?

Norman Rockwell, for one.

cowtime · Post by **cowtime** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:05 pm

Thank you.

Sandy McLeod · Post by **Sandy McLeod** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:28 pm

Also Las Meninas by Velazquez. Michel Foucault's openng chapter in The Order of Things is based on it.

Sandy

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 11:39 pm

Dale wrote:Ok, I don't have one, but I'm thinking about getting a really large one on my back. It'll be a tattoo showing a dermatologist removing a tattoo from my back. And if you look really closely at my back in the tattoo, you'll be able to see a tiny version of the tattoo on my back....in the tattoo. And so on. I'm not sure what kind of resolution you can get on a tattoo.

I trust you to choose wisely.

Celtpastor · Post by **Celtpastor** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:12 am

So do I.
The back is a good place for a tatoo, since when getting (even

) older, the skin won't lose too much of it's tension. Also, check who does the tatoo. Not if the pictures he/she makes are beautifull, but rather find some people tatooed by that person 10yrs ago - mostly, they either bleach out, or the narrow lines become really thick- to let tatooes look good after a longer time is the real art about it!
And don't worry about the pain - it's not worse that touching nettles.
I myself have a celtic cross on my ankle, since there was an ugly operation-scar before...

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:20 am

Dale-- one needle prick= 1 pixel

s1m0n · Post by **s1m0n** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:36 am

fearfaoin wrote:

I see the hat tip to Albrecht Durer & Vinnie Van G. Anyone recognise the guy in the middle wearing Paul Brady's face?

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:53 am

Please have the clock on the wall say 10 o'clock and have the dermatologist with a tatoo of taps on his arm. A tattoo of a tattoo at the time that tattoo was played on the arm of the person removing a tattoo would be a nice touch.

I would suggest that you commission an artist to make a high resolution version of what you want. Even if you don't get it, the digital image would fun to zoom in on.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:39 am

You could just have the word "Edinburgh".

It would be your Edinburgh Tattoo.

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 5:44 am

s1m0n wrote:I see the hat tip to Albrecht Durer & Vinnie Van G. Anyone recognise the guy in the middle wearing Paul Brady's face?

Which one ... Rembrandt or Picasso?

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