Thursday 28 April 2011

Ink

I think it's time I got round to actually getting a tattoo, I've talked about it amongst friends for years and now I have some money (hello student loan) and actually live near some pretty decent tattoo places it might be time to get on with it. I have a month of uni left and two months until I have to move back home and away from said decent tattoo places, so I am on a time limit which should motivate me.
I used to want some stars on my foot, now I want something a little more individual and something that I'm not going to get bored of in a few years time. I have thought about it carefully and decided on a swallow. Now I know that a swallow is a popular choice, but it's a beautiful bird, one that has a pretty tough life and always (or tries to) return to the same area in Britain or Africa. While my life is anything but tough, I do always enjoy returning home, particularly after a long period of absence, so I know to some extent how they feel, although I'd never choose to travel quite so far. Personally I don't feel you have to justify getting a tattoo, so it really just boils down to the fact that I like the image of a swallow. Simple. A lot of tattoos I've seen, the ones that pop up on google, are in the Sailor Jerry style, which I like but not enough to get one on me. I have instead decided to go for a 'sketched' style, so that the swallow looks like it's been drawn, like out of a bird book if that makes sense, I'm hoping this will make it a bit more unique and 'me'.

Anyway, philosophical ramblings aside, here are some images that I pulled off google (original credits missing sorrrrry) that I'm hoping to print off and chop about as I like elements from all of them, but not as an individual image:








Soooo hopefully in a few months time I will have something like the above on me...somewhere, I haven't figured out the placement yet, somewhere that I can cover if necessary but that's easy to show to people without having to strip off/flash everyone. I'm thinking the shoulder blade, inner forearm or on my foot, or the top of my thigh, oh decisions! Not too worried about it hurting as I am no stranger to painful piercings (never go for a scaffold, most painful experience of my life) and it won't (hopefully!) kill me, plus I'm choosing to have it done, and I hate wingeing about self-inflictedness (as does my bf who will give me no sympathy haaha). Anyway, time to stop rambling about skin art and look for some more swallow images...


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2 comments:

  1. I'm making decisions on my tattoos too, I can't wait x

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  2. I like the second one. i'd love one but wouldnt be able to bare the pain.

    Helen, X
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