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Warning you not for the less faint of heart but still completely appropriate to link to just maybe not to display!
So, I finally decided to do it! I got a really sweet deal because the artist and several of the artists in the studio were fans so I got it for 200 instead of 500. Took about 45 minutes for him to redo the sketch he drew from pictures... then about an hour an a half to 2 hours to actually do the tattoo.
Honestly, I'd love nothing more than to say "oh yeah it wasn't very painful" but it was HORRENDOUSLY painful. At first I thought there was no way I was going to be able to sit through that for 2 hours and I suddenly understood why people couldn't get 3-4-5 hour tattoos on end. But it was bearable. My sister was there talking to me to distract me, and about 3/4 of the way through you start to get used to it. A LITTLE used to it. Then he'll move and do a more tender part of the arm and you feel it all over again and worse! But, when it was finally over I was VERY happy with it. I've had nothing but compliments, so, I guess that's a good sign. Even this guy at Applebees who has 5 or 6 and is kind of a tattoo snob said that he was very impressed, not just by the deal but the quality and thought when I said "sort of tribal" that it was gonna look stupid, lol.
Anyway, I love it and my mom actually likes it amazingly enough. She's so cool, she adjusts to anything that makes me happy. Love you mom
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