amazing buffyverse tattoo

amazondebs the detailed on the first at the bottom is just amazing, as far as tattoos go i love this one although personally i would have gone with more actor looking characters than comic book but still, it's amazing

tisha Whoa! This is amazing. It's the most intricate Buffyverse tattoo I've seen so far.

NikaDawson Awesome tattoo. That most have taken awhile to get done, and probably painful to.

ArabellaElfie That probably took a year unless she did full days. My Spuffy one took a long time, two eight hour sessions. The thing that's annoying is once they stop for the day you need to wait for it too heal before you continue because of swelling and scabbing. It doesn't scab if you take care of it but something as important as a tattoo, you don't take chances. Mine was over three months for healing and the second layer. I'm curious who the artist is (the tattoo artist), they did a great job. As far as pain it really depends on where it is, how sensitive you are, and the artist. I use the same artist and I have one on my ankle and one on my arm and with the exception of my inner arm alittle bit, not really painful. I've heard the lower back can be painful and the sides. The tattoo is a good $2000.00 if she got it done cheap too.

amazondebs you have a spuffy tattoo? you so have to put a photo up, what's it like?

ArabellaElfie I'm searching for my stupid memory card. Once I find it I plan on posting it. My friend found this amazing pic of Spike and Buffy, season seven kind of looking, just looking at eachother, Spike's duster (which took forever!) wraps down across the bottom and I have "gothic" roses up the side because we did it in black and white with the roses done in what she called a "color wash" red. I'm thinking of getting color done but it looks so pretty this way. My Harry is colored completely and that is done chibi cartoon fashion. http://www.sharptattoos.com/color/mini-potter.jpg That one is up on my artists' site. My Spuffy is done to match Sarah and James. Oh, the Spuffy is on my arm (from shoulder to elbow) and the Harry is on my ankle.

amazondebs wow it sounds amazing and i'm not really a fan of harry well actually i hate the hype and despise the books (i have written a full on essay on here somewhere) but it looks cute

ArabellaElfie I loved Harry and then book five came and killed it for me. I still love what it meant to me but I found book seven to be a complete let down. I got it on my 18th birtday and then Spuffy for my 21st. I like to think that I'm keeping parts of what was or is important to me with me. If I ever get embarassed by any of it then I'm not being who I am. It's this whole weird thing I mentally did. Now I have to find the stupid card, seriously I lose everything. I can't even mention how may iPod wires I've missplaced.

amazondebs yeah i've never gotten a tattoo (well can't anyways only 17) but i'm fickle and it would have to be something really meaning full to me, like you said it you can look back at it and remeber what it meant to you it's worth it if i got a buffy one i would be tempted to either get giles and ethan's tatto from the dark age, the angel symbol (not angel's tattoo i mean the angel wings on the logo) or the black thorn circle symbol, i would really love something to do with illyria but i don't think i'm gutsy enough to have a full one of illyria i designed on that was that was like a butterfly with the angel symbol wings and the body of the butterfly was patterned with the dark age symbols but i'm not the best of drawers lol although a few of my sister's tattoo were drawn by me

ArabellaElfie They are so addictive. It's amazing how much you can want one after you get the first one. I took over a year deciding to go Spuffy. The Angel symbol wings are beautiful, love to see your design for the body. That sounds amazing. I debated forever over what to get but I had a friend who found something, sent me a pic, got permission and viola! I have Spuffy. I love Illyria. The new cover for Spike: After the Fall has a beautiful Illyria with Spike (If we have to ship a new Spike ship I'm not completely opposed) http://bp0.blogger.com/_sWu0-rmtFZM/SBtEABjrjjI/AAAAAAAAAmA/sXLkyFHn-Q8/s1600-h/SpikeAtF%233_Urru_B%26W_lo.jpg I almost went with the Buffy B with the Angel wings around it but somebody I know went and got that first. We had words. The biggest thing was finding a tattoo artist I trusted. When they are doing it, if you watched when you had your sister get them, the neddle is moving so fast and my mind goes to the fact that I can't draw a circle without tracing something. How on Earth is she going to draw SMG and JM? It's amazing but can be scary. If I did one from the Angel verse (which has been floating in my mind forever) I'm not sure what I would go for. I think Wes and Fred are two of the best characters on that show and I grew to love Cordy. It's constantly a thought. Especially today. I've just (about 7 hours ago) gotten a new store (oh, I run video stores, thus all my useless knowledge), which means I will spend a heaping of cash on something for me. Last time I did that it was Spuffy, now I have money burning a hole in my bank account (is that possible?) and so many thoughts. I wouldn't be shocked if I got an Angel sleeve.

amazondebs i have seen few buffy b's on people on they generally don't look good, the lettering never seems exactly right i love spike and illyria have been shipping them since illyria first arrived and i love that image but i think basic stuff is more for me i have a tendy to shred myself in my sleep so i think a big tattoo is a big no no plus i don't like pain lol i wish i could scan in some of my angel design and stuff for people to see but i have no scanner, maybe i'll upload some photos of my sisters tats and you can see my flawed drawings on flesh lol and as for the tattoo artist thing, i have about three in my family which well actually you can find any profession in my family since it's so huge but they're all good artists well i tell a lie one is just a mediocre tattooist that just does the ususal tack from pre done designs but why am i telling you this? lol you own a video stores? as in a chain of stores? wow!

NikaDawson That's a beautiful image of Spike/Illyria. I've got a friend that's got about 12 tattoo's, she says it's very addictive. I've been wanting to get a tattoo of a stake and a railroad spike crossed together on my arm, and one of a Triquetra on my ankle, but haven't gotten up the nerve to do it yet. Cute image of Harry by the way Arabella. I want to see your Spuffy tattoo.

amazondebs yeah my sister has 8 and i have another friend with 6, and my cousins boyfriend is well completley covered i think piercings can be addictive too i have tried to stop myself from getting more after letting my others heal

NikaDawson I can't get piercings. They always get infected, so I just let the holes close up and haven't tried again. I don't even have my ears pierced. As soon as I get over my fear of pain and needles I'll get that tattoo, lol.

ArabellaElfie I seriously need to get that pic up! So addictive. I run three stores for a chain at the moment. Sort of hop around. I plan on leaving two of them (tiny little things) and I just got what is considered THE STORE on Long Island so it's big excitment for me. It's closer to my house and makes about 10,000 more a week than the other stores. I'm supposed to get a nice raise as well, which must be spent rapidly. I get to go there tomorrow and pretend to look at numbers and all that jazz. Honestly I'm mostly looking foward to hanging around the staff, I trained at that store and I know them all so it should be mucho fun and stress as I'm friends with most of them. Sorry about the personal ramble. I do the same thing as you Deb. I'd love to have an artist in the family! I have one of those families that was small and then an argument before I was even born drove some spikes into the relationships. I'm a retail family. We can sell basically anything, except ice to an eskimo. I did Advanced Placement testing and was going to go to NYU but decided to do film school and thought, hey I might need some cash, and now I make too much to leave without reason. I'm writting so hopefully I'll eventually be published and push all of my friends and family into buying the 20 or so copies they print. Ok, back to topic - Nika it's one of those things that once you walk in, the fear is kind of gone. The first time I went into a tattoo palor I was all nervous and twitchy and talking myself out of it. Then, once I got in, easy. The ankle doesn't really hurt but take some advil before you go and eat something. Where are you going on your arm? It's not bad until they go into that soft fleshy (I don't like calling myself soft and fleshy, but here we are) underside of your arm. I bleed alittle tiny bit there. Once they go too, they like to talk which amazes me but really you don't think about the needle. I hate having blood taken. I sort of have a fear of it but the tattoo gun doesn't bother me. The most painful part for me was sleeping. I tend to lean on that arm when I sleep so I had to work against that. It gets swollen and tender for a few days. Also looks the best it will ever look. They are so itchy too! I bought a stress ball so I had something to keep my hands busy. The funny thing is I got my second hole for each ear on the same day and those bothered me more than the tattoo.

NikaDawson I was going to get it on my upper arm, I was told that was one of the places that hurt's the least. Oh, and to not panic if some white stuff came out of my arm or something. And that if I'm going to do it, be sure before I do, so I don't walk out with a half done tattoo, lol. I hate having blood drawn as well. I have a scar on my hand because of it, cause a nurse couldn't find a vein once and she poked and prodded me like fifteen times before I got pissed and said, "Go get someone else." That person got it done at once.

amazondebs yeah my family is huge and prefere to fight out there problems with fists and i mean huge at last count i think have something lik 23 aunts and 17 uncles who all have about 3 kids per family and theres four lasses pregnant in the family at the moment one with twins, infact i'm pretty certain my grandmother was absent on the say they did sex ed lol we like populate town i doubt even buffy could track us all down, so yeah more family rambles and your new store sound exciting you talking about it bleeding and the gun is making me cringe i have no issue with needles, heck i inject myself everyday so that's not a problem but the thought of anything near bones makes me feel dizzy and i know what you mean with dumb nurses, because of having to inject myself and my dad being trained in evey first aid thing available including a unwater thing (really when will you need that) when i can tell it's a new nurse straight from training i always start bossing her around going no this arm, tilt it up, that's it lol

NikaDawson Lol, I was ready to sue that nurse at the time. My extended family is really large, but I hardly talk to any of them. Mostly I just talk to my mother, and her parents.

ArabellaElfie It must be amazing having a family that humungous (I know that has to be spelled incorrectly but I needed a word bigger than huge). It didn't bleed that much, honestly, just on the inner arm on a leaf/thorn (for the roses) and the tail end of Buffy's hair. I didn't have any white stuff come out but the upper arm didn't hurt. It was just the side. I had somebody with me too, we all talked about the Tin Man special that was going to air and Wicked, so my mind wasn't even on it. The gun isn't bad either, it's just strange to see it and know how little the dot of ink is coming from something that big. You want to be sure, you can't go halfway. I walked around with my healing Spuffy and it was just a very basic Spuffy with the roses done and the duster. When it was completed with the shadows and shading (she used white to highlight Buffy's hair, I was amazed at that) it looked so good. It's one of those things that once you start, once you sit down and the first little line is done, you're golden. I might just have my friend take a few new pics and "borrow" her stuff so I can get it up for you guys. I have a few scars from softball (played for 15 years), and a nasty one on my hand from cat food. I'm serious. I was opening the can, the cat walked over and rubbed against the can and the stupid lid sliced me. They had to live on dry food until I wasn't as pissed. Oh, and a really nasty one on my knee from a fence. God I have alot of surface area issues. The bone thing never bothered me but I know somebody who has one on her wrist and that scares me, mainly because I can see those very big veins and other important life sustaining things. Oh, family wise, it's mainly my mom, dad, and sister. Occasionally my one aunt and her family.

amazondebs ha ha do you know they teach them on oranges? is it really any surprise? i know a tattoo parlor that if you get a tattoo on the bottom of the inside of your foot they'll give you another free because of the pain! i have scars everywhere from everything, my fave one is a perfectly circular one on my finger from where i chopped the end off because the end is perfectly flat, it just looks weird lol

NikaDawson I've never met my dad, lol. I have a half-brother, but I don't talk to him. A friend said she'd go with me when I get the tattoo to keep me distracted. Hmm, scars, I've got one on my leg from the chicken pox. One on my other hand from when my grandfather accidently snuffed out his cigarette on it. One on my middle finger from slamming it into a locker. A few on my arm from when I fell on some rocks at the beach. They teach them on oranges?

amazondebs i can't image my famliy not harassing me, i bet it's kind of nice? yup nurse practice on oranges it's true, although that might just be the crappy nhs lol

NikaDawson My family harrasses. They never let up on me. And my grandmother is constantly criticizing me. Don't know about Arabella, lol.

ArabellaElfie It's a family thing. I think it's encoded in the DNA - You must critize anyone with the same genes. There should be a blocker for that. I have a whole new apperication for the fruit. I kind of want to watch that now and I don't know why. It's this strange little thing now. I think the lack of harassing part is nice but something you would probably miss. oh, the views on this have skyrocketed! lol