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June 30th, 2007 | Author: Sweetest Sin

With another scar and make it look beautiful…..:grin:

But no pain, no gain….

Picture taken from one of my fav sites – Modblog which can be found on my side bar. Loverly…..:love:

Now, now…..even though I love body art, I have not reached this stage of extreme yet. Then again, I’ve seen more than extreme so this is not something new to me. But if it’s going to turn out THAT beautiful…..then scarification isn’t so bad eh?

And you can’t possibly say that this isn’t a beautiful scar ok? Because then you’d be lying through your teeth!! Heh.

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A memorial tattoo for Dad

June 03rd, 2007 | Author: Sweetest Sin

Tattoos are my passion. I can’t help but love how one can decorate one’s self in such pretty colors and I’m glad that Ted agrees with me although he has no tattoos himself. He actually supports me in getting tattoos but somehow, piercings turn him off. Which, by the way, is a good thing seeing that I’ve kind of lost my interest for piercings anyway, it was merely a passing phase for me.

At the moment, I’ve already got 3 pieces done on my back and since then, I have been mapping out what I want, where. Next in line, would be a lower back piece where I will be getting my future Aussie artist [when I find him/her] to most likely design a piece based on a design I already have done. It will incorporate birth flowers of my loved ones. I hope it will have a feminine touch to it since I want some tribal in there too.

Next, would have to memorial tribute tattoo for my Dad who passed away on 18 March 1995. It’s going to be a picture of his first hand 1972, 1.2 Volkswagen and I’m going to get it done over my heart, on the left side of my chest. I imagine that it’s gonna hurt like hell because of the chest bone but hey, no pain, no gain. I do have other designs and ideas in mind to get inked on me, but I think these 2 are the most important at the moment.

However, it will all have to wait till at least, mid 2008. Bah, that’s an extremely long time but time is all I have. Plus I need to go search for an artist as well, so ain’t all that bad. So if you know of any good and recommended tattoo artist around Parramatta or Sydney – do lemme know.

Would like to share a piece I took from About Tattoos on designing an appropriate memorial tattoo if you’re thinking of getting one :

How to Design an Appropriate Memorial Tribute Tattoo
From Karen Hudson, Your Guide to Tattoos / Body Piercings.

It’s a painful experience when someone close to us passes away, and sometimes we are filled with a desire to do something to memorialize that person. A tattoo is a great way to honor someone whom we have lost, and also relieve our own emotional pain. But choosing the right design for a memorial tattoo can be a lot more difficult than choosing one for personal enjoyment.

My first bit of advice would be to wait until you have given yourself time to grieve and mourn your loved one before you make any decision about getting a tattoo. Making such a permanent decision when your emotions are especially high is not a good idea.

A memorial tattoo should reflect the personality and interests of the person you are memorializing. But it also has to be something that you yourself will be proud to wear on your skin.

Typical memorial symbols like roses, crosses, and ribbons with the birth and death dates of the person can also be included in your design, but by themselves they are not very unique or imaginative.

Think about your loved one as an individual first. Did they have any serious interests or hobbies? What stood out about them as a person? Maybe they rode a motorcycle, collected beanie babies, were into music or had a penchant for cooking. If you can think of something that represents what made them unique, that’s a great place to start. Then start searching for pictures that depict those things.

Now think of how that person affected your life personally, and why they were special to you. If there was something in particular that bonded you together, is there a picture that comes to mind that could be incorporated in the tattoo? If you enjoyed playing pool together, shared a love for crocheting, or liked hanging out at karaoke bars together, these things all conjure up images that could be included in a tattoo design.

Memorializing a Child
There probably isn’t anything more painful than losing a child, no matter what age. If the child was too young to have developed interests or a personality, there may not be any particular images that come to mind. A portrait of the child may be appropriate, as long as it doesn’t cause feelings of sorrow when you see the tattoo. Images of angels, halos and angel wings also tend to be popular for child tattoos.

When You Didn’t Personally Know Them
If you’re getting a memorial tattoo for someone you didn’t really know, like a fallen soldier or something to symbolize the many lives lost in a tragedy, it presents a special challenge. Think about what best depicts that person or the tragedy in a positive light, and a way that would be considered honorable to others who would have been affected by the same situation.

Whatever design you come up with, the final decision is yours since you are the one that has to live with it. But if you’ve taken the time to honor the person aptly, the tattoo should bring fond memories and honor them until you leave this world yourself.

Category: Body Art, Picture Perfect | 11 Comments

S-excited about bod-mod!!

May 26th, 2007 | Author: Sweetest Sin

Packed with some of the most eye-popping images to hit screens this year, the body modification documentary “Modify” makes Extreme Makeover look like Romper Room. A brief but ambitious look at the various ways in which we humans, seek to push the limits of our physical selves through tattooing, piercing, plastic surgery, bodybuilding, scarification, gender reassignment, and more, “Modify” delivers in spades in the shock and awe department. And although the piece ultimately comes off more as a boisterous cheer for sticking metal in your face than a balanced discussion of the topics at hand, the voice of the community profiled and images themselves have an undeniable impact.

That’s just part of the review of ‘Modify The Movie’. Read the complete review here.

Why did I bring this up? Simply because I’m so excited!!! :dancing: I’m such a sucker for body art such as tattoos, piercings and more recently, extreme body modification as you can see in some of the pix I’ve put up. I may be in to this but I’m going to just stick to tattoos for now. I’ve kind of outgrown my fixation on piercings and at the moment, I’m still getting my high from tattoos. I’ve been planning to get a lower back piece for a long time coming and when I finally got my piece ready, I got pregnant. :doh: So tattooing will have to wait until perhaps mid of 2008. But to feed my interest and passion….I did the next best thing. :smug:
I just bought this DVD and got it shipped to Sydney and I just can’t wait to plop myself down and watch this. This was released last year and I had to wait SO long to get my hands on this DVD. I been waiting since last year!! I was kind of upset earlier today when I was searching for this DVD only to find that the first site I stumbled upon had no stock to send out. However, I am damn glad that Prick Magazine had some with them. Now, now….this ain’t the kind of DVD you could get at Uncle Ho’s coz if it were, I would have had it a long time ago. Sadly, this is something for a particular group people – body art enthusiasts! So excited! So s-excited!!!!! :silly:

Thank god for PayPal & PPP, I managed to purchase this online for US22.95 including shipping fee….and I don’t really feel the pinch coz…PPP what. See, no loss to join PPP wan…..this is my second purchase using the money earned from PPP. Ish…so happy la me!!!! *dancing around the room in sex-tacy*

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FF : No pain, no gain

June 16th, 2006 | Author: Sweetest Sin

TGIF peeps!!! Wuah….this waiting game can really kill lar. Waiting for a whole week, stopping myself from posting up these pictures has been a tough act! :whew: But I’m glad its finally Friday. Today’s edition is VERY special because I.AM.COMPLETE ~ at least for now.

As many of you know, I got the tattooed image of my fairy done last month [12 May 2006, to be exact] and last Saturday [10 June 2006], after my first fairy was all nicely peeled and healed, I scheduled to tattoo my second fairy. I expected it to be a breeze just like my previous piece but boy, was I wrong! I’ve always thought that my tolerance level for pain was rather high but this piece proved me wrong. :worried I’m not even sure why. Maybe coz’ I wasn’t as excited about it as the first one or maybe the gap between the first fairy and this one was too close so, the body hasn’t really recovered, maybe coz’ the left shoulder isn’t as ’strong’ as my right, or maybe it was just plain freaking painful! I knew it was going to be a painful ride the minute I felt the first drag of the needle. It was pain, pain, pain all the way but tolerable pain lar. I mean, I’d be a total liar if I said that it didn’t hurt one bit but for this piece, it hurt a little more than the normal lar. According to Fun, for him it was easier and faster to tattoo but for me, not at all! May have been easier for him but it hurt me more plus the fact that it took nearly 4 freaking hours because we were constantly interrupted throughout the process! :grouch: I was not amused but I didn’t want to disrupt his attention further by stating my dissatisfaction. I mean the guy was inking me for LIFE, ok? So I just sucked it in and held on to every ounce of patience that I had within me. :rolleyes:

But doesn’t matter, obviously I survived th pricking and I’m back on my feet again. And here ladies and gentleman, the COMPLETE me, my twin fairies. :dancing: No pain, no gain.

First the designed is stencilled on. Took a long time to measure and make sure that the piece was aligned with the opposite fairy but I didn’t mind. As long as not senget [uneven]! :tongue:

Me wincing almost every bit of the way, even Narnia didn’t help that much. :doh:

The finished ME! :dancing: :party: :whew:

I ABSOLUTELY love his body…:daydream: I just wanna run my hands all over his inked skin…. *lets out an orgasmicbitetonguedownomfgi’mnutsoveryourbodyshiftyliuliuliu sigh* :drool:
♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Would it scare you if I told you that I already have a few tattoos in line just waiting to get inked on me? :devil: I did? Good!

Related post & pix :
My first tattoo – A design I did myself.
My first fairy – The one that didn’t hurt that bad.

Category: Body Art, Fancy Friday, Picture Perfect | 22 Comments

And to tattoo, I did.

May 13th, 2006 | Author: Sweetest Sin

Note : This entries was written from my personal point of view on tattoos and MY understanding on MY faith. Plus on some research too. Do keep in mind that I do not claim to be an expert in this matter. And remember, to tattoo or not is YOUR choice.

Lilian had posted on an issue I hold close to my heart, it is something I love and dare say, my passion. To tattoo or not to tattoo, that was her post. But I, however have different opinions about this matter.

I’ve loved tattoos and body art for as long as I can remember. I thank my Daddy for being the first person to introduce me to body art ~ he had a few on him too. The sad thing is I can’t really remember what they were except the one of Jesus on his left upper arm. That was really cool!! I remember touching and gazing those art many, many times. Couldn’t wait to grow up and get my very own. And I finally did at the age of 26. [See my ink here.] And it took me another 2 years to decide on the next tattoo I wanted which I incidently got done yesterday.

I know that there are many qualms about getting tattooed where religion is concerned. Lilian’s post pretty much put it straight forward that tattooing oneself defiles ‘the temple of the Living God’. I am a proud Catholic and I made sure I did my homework [and a lot of it too] before I got my tattoo done. I’m not one to jump into something permanent without doing some research and finding out the pros and cons about something and in this case, getting my tattoo done. I have to thank Bro. Ignatius for answering my question, ‘Are tattoos taboo in the Catholic faith?’ I got one answer :

Bottomline: unless the tattoo is vulgar, blasphemous, promotes/glorifies sin, the demonic or the occult, or encourages or promotes any other immoral or unChristian act or thought, it is not in-an-of-itself a sin. Read here for detailed answer. [Vanity and pride is also talked about here.]

more…

Category: Arianna, Body Art, Daily Dose | 23 Comments

FF : Painfully A.W.E.S.O.M.E!!!

May 12th, 2006 | Author: Sweetest Sin

:dancing: YES!!! It’s finally done!! Half my tattoo is finish and I’m SO VERY teh happy with it. I cannot wait to get healed and go back to get done again!! I love body art, you know? Did I ever mention it?? :thinking: Bwaahahaha…..

Appointment was fixed at 2pm and I arrived 15 min early [Was too excited, couldn't wait anymore] with Mummy and Sis in tow. They followed me for fun plus I needed a pair of extra hands to take the pix or you wouldn’t have the chance of taking a peek at me getting inked! By the time Fun got my design stenciled out, it was 3pm when he started work on me. I wanted to distract myself and it was a good thing that I brought my Chronicles Of Narnia [Book 4] along as I read 3/4 of while getting inked. [The most I ever read in one seating!]

The whole process took 3.5 hours with 3 breaks of 10 mins in between for both of us to stretch our legs and for Fun to take a puff. To cut the story short and to anwers most of the question which I know will be coming in :

Yes, it does hurt. But pain is relative.

No, I was not bleeding profusely although the needle was pricking me 3000 – 5000 times per minute. But blood, there was.

I paid a good price for the work done. I am extremely pleased with the results and cannot wait to go back hopefully next month to complete the mirror image of my left shoulder. Mr. Fun RAWKS!! :peace:

Now, I’ll let the pix do the talking :

3/4 done after 2 hours of non-stop inking. Mr Fun and I took some time off to stretch our legs for a bit.

Getting inked by the master himself ~ notice me reading my Narnia book? [Fun's got hair to die for!! :daydream: I am SO teh jeles!! It's bum long and no split ends...*sigh blissfully*]