I love hearing about other people's tattoos... just neat to hear what others like having done! Gives me ideas now and then too for a 2nd one I know I want!
msdznyduck, that is so cool!!!!! I guess great minds and names do think alike
I'll answer some questions too.. I have mind on the shoulder blade and the area that hurt the most was right on the bone when I got it done. But really it didn't hurt that much at all. Someone said take your finger nail or a coathanger and drag it along the skin so that you see a red line (no breaking of skin though) and that is what the worst part feels like. Once you have the outlining done the worst is over and the color shading is much easier to deal with! That hurts a heck of a lot less and really felt like faint touches.
My tattoo cost me $100. It is about 2x2 but obviously not totally filled up on the bottom. I think the rate was about $125-150/hour to get done. I would go around and get rates and feelings for people. I am more willing to pay for quality work and as my friends say a good tattoo is never cheap and a cheap tattoo is never good! I wound up going to a couple of places recommended by a friend of mine who is sleeved, and then picked the artist I liked best out of them who would do exactly what I wanted. I went to a place I had heard of and didn't like how it felt so I walked right out.
As for weight gain or loss I have lost since I got mine and it looks the same. Take notice where you gain and lose the most (all are different) and I would pick a place like that to get it done. My upper back rarely changes and same with my stomach so I would get them there. But I wouldn't dream of getting one on my hip, lower back or upper legs.
I hope that answered all the questions you had
