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    goosehd
    Mod Squad
    Joined: 8 Apr 2016

    How bad are the armpits to get done?

    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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      Oaktavia
      見習いボス
      Joined: 12 Jun 2019

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      First image is Amanda and my matching honeymoon tattoos. We drove from West Virginia to Maine and saw so many lupines.

      Second is my back peice progress. It's done now...

      IG: electricindigowizard

      "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

      WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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        Oaktavia
        見習いボス
        @goosehd
        Joined: 12 Jun 2019

        @goosehd fucking horrible

        IG: electricindigowizard

        "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

        WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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          goosehd
          Mod Squad
          Joined: 8 Apr 2016

          I have the full upper body done minus the strip down the middle of my chest and the armpits. My tattooist and I had long conversations about the armpits…he said they are a pain in the ass to tattoo, hurts like hell, and doesn’t take ink that well.

          I passed but always wondered just how bad it was from someone who’s had it done.

          "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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            jskidder
            Raw and Unwashed
            @Oaktavia
            Joined: 29 Jul 2010

            @Oaktavia said in Tattoos:

            @october-rust those are sick...the devil in the ball is killer.

            It's actually intended to be a mirror. Design is a Polito original, with the idea that you're looking at your reflection and realizing that you're evil. I have a version done by Akira Latanzio a few years ago.

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              Matt
              見習いボス
              Joined: 4 Oct 2011

              Sick af. I forgot about elbows. They suck too.

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                Matt
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                Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                @goosehd not in a rush for armpits. My next bastard wil be my knees. Also not in a hurry.

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                  jskidder
                  Raw and Unwashed
                  Joined: 29 Jul 2010

                  Not sure how I just came across this thread, but I've been collecting for close to 20 years now. The upside to being almost completely covered is that over the last several months I've been able to justify becoming completely unemployable.

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                  Hands by Chad Koeplinger
                  Neck skull by Julian Bast
                  Neck panther by Greg Christian
                  Throat by Carlo Pavia

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                    october rust
                    Haraki san Student
                    @Matt
                    Joined: 14 Dec 2020

                    @Matt I feel like my pain threshold isn't too bad? You're right, maybe it's just a person to person thing. The only spot I've found to be miserable was the weird fleshy part of my underarm arm near the armpits. Elbows and ditches weren't very fun at all but weren't as bad as I anticipated.

                    That's awesome @jskidder, one of my favorite tattoo designs but I admittedly didn't know the meaning.

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                      Matt
                      見習いボス
                      @jskidder
                      Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                      @jskidder said in Tattoos:

                      The upside to being almost completely covered is that over the last several months I've been able to justify becoming completely unemployable.

                      I actually did my hands and neck on purpose so my wife couldn’t force me to work a real job again after I quit the corporate world.

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                        jskidder
                        Raw and Unwashed
                        @Matt
                        Joined: 29 Jul 2010

                        @Matt Unfortunately I actually do work a very corporate job with high client visibility at the executive level. But I'm in advertising so I can get away with it.

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                          Matt
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                          Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                          🤫 Don’t tell the missus.

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                            Mizmazzle
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                            @october rust
                            Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                            @october-rust yes sir. Those are top notch indeed. Employment May come and go, but those inky lines will remains forever and always. Lovely work indeed.

                            In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                              Matt
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                              Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                              Dude, please tell me you’re doing Andy Griffith on purpose.

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                                EdH
                                Iron Heart Deity
                                Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                                Excellent to see so much cool work join this thread. And the people who carry them around too, natch. 😉

                                Take the dive...

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                                  oblivion.sila
                                  Raw and Unwashed
                                  Joined: 4 Jan 2023

                                  Koi fish by Ernest from Borneo Headhunter .
                                  Back in 2004 was a young and fresh year, it was completed with a day sitting. If I had to re-do it again it will probably take a year with several sittings. 😅

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                                    @october-rust those are insane man

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                                      Oaktavia
                                      見習いボス
                                      @Matt
                                      Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                                      @Matt said in Tattoos:

                                      @jskidder said in Tattoos:

                                      The upside to being almost completely covered is that over the last several months I've been able to justify becoming completely unemployable.

                                      I actually did my hands and neck on purpose so my wife couldn’t force me to work a real job again after I quit the corporate world.

                                      There it is. Now get your face done.

                                      IG: electricindigowizard

                                      "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                      WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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                                        Oaktavia
                                        見習いボス
                                        @Mizmazzle
                                        Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                                        @Mizmazzle said in Tattoos:

                                        @october-rust yes sir. Those are top notch indeed. Employment May come and go, but those inky lines will remains forever and always. Lovely work indeed.

                                        Best thing about tattoos is that nobody can take them from you.

                                        IG: electricindigowizard

                                        "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                        WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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                                          Oaktavia
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                                          Joined: 12 Jun 2019

                                          Best part of getting my face tattooed is the insatable desire for more.

                                          IG: electricindigowizard

                                          "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                                          WTB: IHJ-72- XL/XXL

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