well LMtell ya, I went back this past Thursday AND came home with another!!! I will try to post a pic soon...anyways, different artist and soooo much better....he blended the new one to meld with the other one and has plans for my other shoulder....so anyways I plan when I full on heal I will have the one in the photo above have the stems added, a lady bug at the top and then perhaps have a bit more dimension added to it...just have to pick a time when the artist that did the second one is working, he is amazing, and wants to take me to a convention and get me into a Tatt Mag...if that works that will be soooo cool!!!
Knappy, his name, is very light handed and it was no problem to make it the 2.5 hours that I was in the chair, and hey he bought me a Carona afterwards!    AND it did not hurt, he is soooo cute!!

msbettyfinn,Jul 5 2005, 05:03 PM wrote:

Sounds like you're hooked.  You'll be covered from head to toe in no time!!

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well, I have one on my ankle, and one on my tummy and lower back, and now working across my shoulders...but I do not think I will ever be covered....well maybe my back LOL nahhhh kidding!  Maybe just my other ankle, both sides    i call them potato chips! BUT I hate the itch!!!

Congratulatons Ruby!!!  It's very vibrant-pretty colors.   Wow!  I've been away from PH for a month, a look what I miss!!! 
BTW, I think I'm the only post-er in this thread who is tattoo-less.

I'm a clean canvas, but my gal has a few.

This is an Update for Ruby on her tattoo.

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what&#39;re ya thinking about getting?

I&#39;ve been wanting to get some swallows on my shoulder fronts, but I haven&#39;t committed - I&#39;m a little concerned about my manly hairy chest making them look funny - I am getting  a new one or two in the near future, though.

rubyredlocks,Aug 23 2005, 05:02 AM wrote:

I have 3 that I picked out at an early age.I didn&#39;t know myself well and feel they have no sentimental value.
I am hoping to have them covered.I need to find out if what I want is possible or understandable.
I would love roses in a deep rich red drawn in an Art Deco style on my shoulder blades. 3 on each blade acting as the corners of a frame.
Cover my lower back piece with the same roses.The center of my back I would like one of Vargas 1930s looking pinups.

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That sounds absolutely beautiful&#33; My big flower is a cover up&#33; My first 3 were kind of like you, although I was not that young, but I got them rather on whims and chosen in the parlor....so I got the one on the shoulder covered up ( eye of horus and ahnk...though I still liked it enough, and still love all things doing with egypt....but just not on me) I have a cross on my lower back and to tie it in want it surrounded with either water and vines going up it, or flowers , and then I will most likely leave the one on my belly alone ( sliver of a moon with red "rubies" in the bulk and two "tails" at the bottom, with a start hanging off one tail and two more below it ( represents kids b-days as they are colored such) . My ankle piece my daughter Becky ( aka VITA )drew, and the artist adjusted ever so slightly and it is stillmy fav&#33;

I&#39;ve been getting the itch again.

This winter we met a girl with some amazing ink-in-progress done by someone only about an hour away. She designed it, he drew it, and it&#39;s wonderful; It&#39;s a shoulder piece of her, in 50&#39;s housewife drag, at the stove...with a little dog leaping at her heels. Her dog, in fact&#33;

It&#39;s a great piece, and I&#39;m thinking of looking this guy up through her.

Can&#39;t wait to see it&#33; Sounds gorgeous. I love bleeding hearts. The flowers, I mean&#33;

I should e-mail that kitten I mentioned and get the name of her tattoo artist....she&#39;s had it finished, but I haven&#39;t seen it yet.

this is what I got on the other shoulder about a month ago...I will try to get a full pick with all three across the back together

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lindydivaus,Sep 24 2005, 10:13 PM wrote:

Ruby, it&#39;s gorgeous.

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Thanks....I have a whole lot of other parts that I wanna add, a humming bird, queen bee , more butterflies, a lady bug and then some asian writing done in color instead of black. It will take me a long time to get it all done, and make it solid across the shoulders.

thanks kindly mam

Johanna,Oct 6 2005, 11:39 PM wrote:

I want an art deco design tattoo, but can&#39;t find any. Maybe a peacock? Has anyone seen any nice ones?

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usually you would have to find a picture that you like and then have it re-created by whoever your artist is, so I would look at pictures books on Deco art and then you can have stuff reproduced.