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Been thinking of getting a tattoo for a while and came up with my own design, 4 stars on my inner left arm and inside each star a heart, club, diamond and spade.

Just wanting opinions of people who have had them done and generally what people think of poker related tattoos.

Draw your design on your arm with felt tip. If it turns out you don't like it, it'll wash off after a couple of days. It won't hurt either.

don't do it.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9a0K30VeMM

As you can see from my pic <-- i have one. It's one of the best things i've ever done and not once have i regretted it!

I was given my design after a chat with an 'arty' bball chick i used to coach.

I liked the idea of the basketball ribs and i initially wanted the chinese for 'love' inside it. (it is now Japenese after some chat with my tatooist)

I had the design for a year or two before i finally had the guts to get it done (it wasn't that bad!)

I got it done about three years ago (i think) and i have always wanted another one but haven't as yet as i really want to be sure about what i want and where i want it done.

These are things i think you need to consider.
1) the design - are you going to be happy seeing it for the rest of your life
(probably as poker is not something i think we'll grow out of!)

2) where on your body you get it done.
(if it's going to be visable to future employers - you need to be comfortable it will not create a bad impression) - (if you care - lol)

3) what tatooist to use
(i was recommended mine by a heavily tattoo'd friend - he even came down with me and introduced me to my guy - this is mega important as if you go to an unknown place you really don't know how good they are or aren't and the absolute worst thing would be to be inked for life with a dodgy tatoo when you have the perfect idea in your head.)

I have tried, I really have to understand the tatoo thing and I just don't get it...I get body piercing even less.....but then I am the sane bloke with the number plate FF5 5NAT so WTF do I know....go enjoy if it floats your boat

Cheers dave.

I would still like one but will consider your point also new_guy9.

It's both Japanese and Chinese.  The Japanese use Chinese characters as well as their syllabary symbols (similar to an alphabet, but different).   The Chinese use these characters exclusively for their written language - and use approximately 5,000 for day-to-day use - although there are over 40,000 in total.  The Japanese use a little under 2,000 of these characters, but unlike in Chinese, when you read the characters in Japanese they are pronounced differently according to the context they are in.  Most have at least two different 'readings', but some have well over a dozen - which makes things interesting.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/fashion/sundaystyles/02tattoos.html (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/fashion/sundaystyles/02tattoos.html)

The Japanese love of 'English' is also a common source of amusement.  I'll have to dig out some examples, but some are pretty good.

This is a good one to get:

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/kinboshi.gif)

Sigh. That'll be 'kinboshi' then?

i HATE  chinease tattoo's, people who get them invariably seem to think they're amazingly unique and they're obv the first person to have thought of it ::)

at least Beckhams finally clued up and started getting tacky pics of birds on himself to compensate for all the chinease shit he's had written on him.

firstly no one else is gonna think it's cool because so many people have got one and you know it says some shit like: "peace and love" or "truth" YAWN!

then you're gonna wake up in a couple of years and think to yourself: "why the fuck did i get this shit? i dont really believe in peace and love i just wanted something that i thought would look cool but it turns out everyone else has got one and i'm not even sure it says that anyway"

GG WP :)up

Personally I liked the idea mooted in the u-tube clip of getting a tat of Helmuth on the botty.

Apart from that I'm not too bothered about them either way although Booder is a walking tat catalogue if anyone needs any ideas.

of course, 私は魚である is cheaper at your local tattooist

Good try, but I believe you meant:  おれは魚だ。　Which I can't really argue with.

not poker related but i am booked in to get a tattoo as an anniversary present from my wife.

(http://www.brandsoftheworld.com/brands/0015/2977/brand.gif)

not that it means anything, I just like it

(http://www.theartofcalligraphy.com/images/good-luck-kanji-symbol.jpg)

This character is the one for 'luck'.

Girgy DUDE, YOURE TRYING TOO HARD!!

I have 3 tatoo's, one on each shoulder and one on my arm. A shark on one from my Scuba diving days, a barcode (yes, a barcode) on the other shoulder, the numbers are my dob. and on my right bicep a maouri tribal symbol.

I love all 3 and have no regrets, my fav though is the barcode by a distance!

check! lol

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7139492.stm

[ ] People with Japanese tattoos that do not know what they mean or have no affiliation with Japan are cool and are as clever as they think they are.

[X] People with Japanese tattoos that do not know what they mean or have no affiliation with Japan are pretentious.

[X] Boldie posts on every thread

[X] Boldie has an opinion on EVERYTHING regarless of what it is

[X] I'm crap at doing these box thingies

[ ] we are fed up with the  [ ] fad

Please don't get a poker tattoo. they are classless and tacky

[ x ]most poker players are classless and tacky

Just get a tatoo with the words:

"I fucking love poker me"

1, I try to.

2; I have an informed opinion (I can't even say that with a straight face) on almost everything, that is correct...I think you'll find I'm right about almost everything though :) I quite like tattoos but Japanese writing when people can't read it and don't actually know what it means it means they can safely be put in one of several categories; 1 Slappers, 2 Idiots, 3 Pretentious morons.


I'm also with Greek on the poker tattoo thing BTW...they are on a par with those tattoos the more common variety of female has on their lower back.

[ x ]I completely agree with boldie

[  ]That is a good thing

Jane is gonna kill boldie .. anyone wanna buy a ticket to watch ?

Ling too

just a gentle rubdown mate

and my wife is gonna kill you too, the tattoo on the lower  back is pretty damn sexy imho

蓼食う虫も好き好き

(Japanese saying that means - "Each to their own")

Yes I have a tattoo on my lower back, the design is my own and took me a long time to tweek until I was finally happy to get it done. They're very personal to most people, not everyone goes off and gets a design that they pick out of a book they've been looking at for 5 mins. It's something you are going to have for the rest of your life, I want to make sure I like the thing for several months at the very least before I agree to forever! (much the same way about Kev really...)

Quite frankly (and I know boldie wasn't trying to cause or mean any offence) I don't give a damn what anyone else thinks about it, it's my tat, on me, for me.

I see a new olympic event forming

Boldie bashing!!

Dwarf throwing has already been done though , we would have to come up with something different ;)

Of course to each their own..but this for me is the important part...you have your own design and thought about what you wanted before you got it.

I have a problem with "fashion" tattoos..just off-the-peg non-sense that they get because everybody has one...i really can't stand that.

:) wooohoo...Can I join?

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/boldie-fish.jpg)

 ;tightend; ;tightend; ;tightend;

Tramp stamps? (http://tattoo.about.com/od/tattoosgeneralinfo/a/tramp_stamp.htm)

this thread is a bit OTT now imo

Move to Lounge?

lol

From that site;




rotflmfao rotflmfao genius! and then the writer goes on to show why this statement is inaccurate...some people just don't get the art of Sarcastic exagaration

 rotflmfao rotflmfao

I have an Ace of Hearts with my name through the midlle on my forearm.

I have had it since I was 14 (33 years) I didn't play Poker till 3 years ago, yet every one assumes that I have it because I play poker.

The truth is that way back then my mate acquired a tattoo gun and had it hooked up to a car battery in his bedroom and he would practise his art on a few mates.

I chose it as it was the only transfer/design that he had that I thought looked any good.

He became one of the best and most popular tatooists in Edinburgh in the 80's.

Geo

At first glance it looks like a screengrab from a documentary on neo-nazis.

still happy with it?

Yes mate tbh, though it has faded over the years.

I also have my wife's name (TRISH) on my shoulder, however it is underlined and most people who see it for the first time actually ask "are you IRISH

Makes me laugh.

BTW my mates name was Frankie "Sweeney" Todd

Geo

Although it's unlikely they'd have a tattoo of the character for 'fish' on their foreheads.

As likely as someone having 'supermarket' on their stomach...

Girgy, if you like the design, and you want to get it tattood on you, then do it - don't worry about what anyone else thinks - there will always be people anti-body art.  Do take time to think about it though.  I got my first tattoo done on a whim when I was very young, and have regretted it since (not getting a tattoo but the design and the area it's done in.  I do want to get another one, and it will probably be on my lower back, but have been looking at designs for a long time and not found anything I really like yet - when I get this next one I want to be damn sure about it first, and I won't be asking anyone elses opinion first ;D

Couldn't agree more, after all it's not someone else that is going to be wearing it forever.

I've been looking around for inspiration for my next two for a couple of years now, I know where I want them, but I can't get the design perfected enough to go ahead and get it done.

:o

lol it's true, my last one actually took me several years to 1) get a design I really liked and 2) get up the nerve to get it done forever.

It was stuck on my fridge for ages so I would see it everyday, if I got sick of it (which I did with a few of the previous designs) I would scrap it and start again. Why rush it when you are going to have it forever?

Have this tattooed somewhere (in)appropriate.

rotflmfao

boldie definately in my top 20 heroes after that post.

He was in my top 20 before the post tbh, He's the only guy I know that moved from the qwest coast to be CLOSER to Edinburgh, that taked some brass balls.

Thanks for the advice, like you say you have gotta be happy with the design and location as its gonna be there for life so il consider this before having anything.

Cheers

Nah, me telling people from Edinburgh I like people from Glasgow better...THAT takes brass balls :)

Boldie should get this 1 on his back..

固执己见的德国矮人

lol

Translation of what you think it means?

So do you tell that to all People from Edinburgh except your wife then?!  ;)

Henna tattoos are better in my view, you can chop and change with new designs and much more fashionable in the long run. Lets face it when you see someone with barbwire tattoos on their arms (sorry if a blonde has one) it now looks so dated and you think Pamela Anderson fan.  :)

what i wanted was: teutonic descendant who is follically challenged and person of restricted growth always speaks his mind.

but it had trouble translating that so went for but its along those lines  ;)

lol

Well i was reading bluff the other day in my local casino, and i read a page about a guy who had AA in a $5/10 cash game in the bellagio, he flops quads A's and the other guy ends up runner runnering a royal on him board is shown below, after he had this though his friend a tattoo artist done a tattoo for him on his back whihc goes half way up his back and the whole way across with 4 aces all buring up in flames. woth the words under neath there is no justice.

 Aspades Ahrt v  Qc Qd

 Ac Ad  Kc Jc Tc

just thought this was appopriate lol!

Sick

Latin is the new chinese

So sick.

poker tats are so shit, dont do it they just look tacky. Its someething that has to stay with you for life go for something that means something

Read that too, was the rock guy wasn't it.  Some famous dude that I obv can't remember the name of.  He's doing ok though, some of the top pros have taken him under their wings.