He's getting ink done

Now he's getting a tattoo

He's gettin' ink done

He asked for a '13', but they drew a '31' - Pretty Fly for a White Guy - The Offspring

My first multicolour post, the overstimulation is killing me. I thought I'd dedicate today's post to tattoos. I've heard of some good tattoos in my time, Steve-O get's a nod for getting himself tattoed on his back.

I thought I'd lazily post up some pictures of some of my favorites. (tip: often tattoo magazine's have as much if not more breasts and vagina's on display as many unwrapped porno. You can pick these up and read them and feel cool at the same time. So long as your into people with tattooed genitals.)

Okay so from left to right we got samurai irezumi, if I got a tattoo it would have to be via hardcore traditional irezumi, using a 'brush' of sharpened bamboo needles jabbed into the back to lift the skin up then painted skillfully with ink. Aparantly it's intensely painful, James told me getting his balls waxed hurt more than his tattoo, and I don't show my balls to many men, just a few. So not only do you look hardcore the tattoo is a show of your manly strength.

Moving on to exhibit B, womanly Irezumi, that's right women are just as tough as girls, so it's not just about testosterone and wife beating and attending tattoo and bike shows, it is a legitimate form of art. Much like clothing tattoos tell a story. Her's tells an epic about flowers and a dragon. The moral, I don't have a clue. But it looks good and thats the most important thing.

Now there's stories and there's blogs. Leading me to the small tattoo on AI's neck. One of the pioneer 'gangsta' basketballers. His rap LP more infamous than Shaq's. If ever there was a collection of cool looking haphazard and expressive tattoos then it's on AI, and many bballers that have come along to copy him since. (So many they released a book on ballers tattoos).

What's stopping me? My fickle nature and desire to wear short sleeved shirts to work. James advised me to never draw your own tattoos because you'll keep finding fault in them. Good advice.