After spending a lot of time trying to decide between the front or back of my shoulder for my bird silhouette tattoo, I decided on the back and went to get it done today. I was inspired to do a bird tattoo after finishing Jonathon Livingston Seagull for the billionth time. I love the book and could go on and on about it... instead I'll just post ( Read more... )

I got my first tattoo yesterday, and it was a literary one! I feel sort of silly though, I knew it was by no means unique, but there is a girl talking about getting one from this same poem just one page back in this community. Oh well, I love mine!

These were taken yesterday about three hours after it was done, so excuse the swelling and my skin!

( it's so hard to take good pictures of your back )

Hey, all. I'm new! I Just wanted to say hello and say how incredible the tattoos are on here! The first  tattoo pictured is my second favorite quote from Oscar Wilde's Lady Windemere's fan: "We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars."  It seems to be quite popular on here! 
The second picture is just what it appears to be, a ( Read more... )

so about two weeks ago i posted asking for advice about fonts. and tonight i got the tattoo :]

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