i think not necessary la...

guyz, inking in Borneo Ink is fine, rite?

shyt! i'm still thinkin wut shud i ink tho!

if you have no idea for the inking thing, dun do it first
takeyour time
cos once inked, it's there forever

well, true oso...
datz y im here asking for idea...

well, wut u guys think about this to represent my 21st bday? and where do u think to tattoo this is nice?


or how about this? similar design, but bigger and on the back..



anyway, planning to make this in my future too... my name in Hindi...

i kinda like the blackjack idea - but not so much on the design u chose tho. maybe can improvise a bit?

so any idea how shud it be?

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Added on February 21, 2009, 6:55 pmNo offence. If I were you, I'd get a cover up for that piece you got there. Maybe you repfer western-oriental arts but I prefer japanese-oriental arts. The fish and lotus are more to "ang mo" style.

This post has been edited by mthc: Feb 21 2009, 07:05 PM

where can I find guys hanging earring? I cant really find in sg wang and most of the earring shop is selling girl hanging earring and not guy type. So is there anyone know where i can find it?

traditionally, oriental koi carps are known for their determination. in the past, the koi carps will swim against the current of the water and even swim up a waterfall. on the waterfall, there is a gate known as "dragon gate". when a koi passess through the gate, it will transform itself into a dragon, which means u have finally succeed in ur life. most of the japanese in the pass will have a koi tattooed on their hands or legs. when they are finally succeed in life, they will get a full back dragon.

it's japanese -oriental styled. ang mo dun do koi and lotus~

lol..from what i can see it is a japanese-oriental arts. western-oriental arts mostly have their water or splashes in colour. westerners mostly do new school,old school or maybe biomech. all of them have really bolt colours. mind to teach me how to intepred between western and japanese oriental style? and i think that piece right there is beautiful and does not need any cover up.

no offence i think ur(mthc) tatt is cool..but the scales of your koi is not right, the tail and the head part's scales is messed up. its like 2 kois in 1 koi's body. as for your lotus, i don't think the inner arm is a good placement. traditionally people do something personal inside the arm. they call it kakushibori as for ur background, i think those water's flow is too heavily shaded and the edge of the sea should have a bit of circular-ish. well since u emphasize on traditional japanese, ur koi is done wrongly, a red koi or higoi shoud be swimming inside the water with his face facing downward. urs is a higoi with magoi's(magoi is a black koi carp) characteristic. but the conclusion is it is a cool piece and does not need any cover up.

p/s:i dont like that part advicing ppl to go for cover up. a simple "cool" will do.

kakushibori
koi

i tried to google western-oriental arts...nothing went up...
western or non-western..i believe all the tatts nowadays is influenced by the westener's tattoo machine. if u emphasize so much on "traditional" try to get a piece from horiyoshi. even he himself is using a tattoo machine to make outline.

This post has been edited by lcs87: Feb 23 2009, 07:25 PM

wow, although you said no offence, u sound kinda offensive you know? what would you think if someone comment your tattoo like that, will you be offended? for me as a person who also own tattoos, getting a comment like that would make me feel really offended because everyone knows that a tattoo is permanent and getting such comment makes u feel really bad because u have to live with that tattoo for the rest of your life.

if u really think that cplow1's tattoo is bad and deserve a cover up, because it is not a cool japanese-oriental art, then i think u have to cover up your own tattoo as well. because your's is almost the same as cplow1's i dont see any big difference between your tattoo and cplow1's. no offense,i have been reading this thread and i saw your tattoo, but in my humble opinion, i think cplow1's tattoo looks better than your's the shading on cplow1's tattoo looks better, and the colour is more defined, while your's the red is kinda dull on your koi, sorry to say that... and the colour of your koi are more to ang mo style coz the colour is bold. maybe i might be wrong because the pictures you posted are small, perhaps you should post a bigger picture of your tattoo.

other than that, ang mo style tattoo, also know as new school tattoo and old school tattoo are defined in bold colour and heavy outlines, other than that, american style tattoo are only limit to standard design such as black panthers, hearts, daggers, pin-up girls and roses.

Hello~
this is my new piercing



This post has been edited by hyakushikki: Feb 23 2009, 11:12 PM

the bridge or the brow?..anyway cool piercing u got there..i wish i can have that bridge..

Thx. I have right brow ring and straight bar on my nosebridge.^^ the new one is nosebridge which i just pierced it 4 days ago.
it's still quite uncommon for the bridge piercing around...so i just give it a try
and yea~ i love it very much...

This post has been edited by hyakushikki: Feb 24 2009, 01:07 AM

wow, thats a cool bridge piercing, but becareful though, surface piercings are prone to rejection, u can use a soft jewelry to reduce the risk of rejection.

yea~ i'll go for check up to my piercer on weekend.. just to make sure, cz bridge is rather quite complicated place~
and my next target is on my nose septum~
will keep u uptodate whn i've done wif it. Now my wallet quite holed up already..T-T

This post has been edited by hyakushikki: Feb 24 2009, 01:10 AM

the feeling of satisfaction is priceless

hahaa~ u r rite~
i mean i myself did those piercing is bcz i really appreaciate body arts~
but y the hell whn i was walkin to my college, it's like ppl stare at me wif the a big sign on their fore head written "He is a freako"...

yea, those expression on older ppl are weird when they see someone with body piercing and tattoo...

where do they sell tapers for ear stretching in subang area or around damansara? tried black cat in pyramid but i didnt see any tapers there. anywhere else?