Ok, I am getting a portrait tattoo of my grandmother on my left thigh and a heart to her right side and a portrait of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt on the other side so when you put them together it's those two with a heart in the middle. Does anyone know if portrait tattoos hurt more than any other and does anyone know if they're expensive and if it's easy for someone to find someone to do that.
2006-09-11 17:35:05 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Sociology
Are you planning to joing the circus or something? What a dumb idea. What if Jolie and Pitt break up? Can't you think of a better way to honor your grandmother? Tatoos make you look cheap and they are so 90's. People are paying a fortune to have them removed now.
2006-09-11 17:38:59 · answer #1 · answered by notyou311 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah It'll hurt. Doesn't matter where you get it, but the closer to a bone the more it will hurt though~Whats with the Jolie/Pitt tattoo? You'd better think on what your going to get really hard because it'll be there the rest of your life~
Tattoo's are a bigger business now then ever!
I'm wondering if Sugar Plumzz has any tattoos because they do hurt! Scale of 1-10 on the area you want I'd say a 7, but because it's larger better make it a 9~and yes I have some tattoos~
2006-09-11 17:43:01 · answer #2 · answered by she_she_kay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's going to hurt quite a bit there. As a test of the sensitivity of a particular area, you can sharpen a pencil and poke yourself in the area you're considering. If you can't imagine sitting through that for several hours (a few times, if you're getting a portrait) you don't want to get it done there.
The idea of your Grandmother is lovely. You may want to consider having it done in another place, just between us, because one day your thigh may not be the optimal place for your hubby or boyfriend to be reminded of your Grandmother.
If you really like the idea, I can think of a much cooler way to finish it off, that will really suit the theme: your Grandmother on one side, and on the other, the portrait of your firstborn (still with the hearts touching). It would be a really poetic statement.
They're really expensive anyway. You'll have to save up for one at a time.
2006-09-11 17:54:50 · answer #3 · answered by Em 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have 3 tattoos ranging insize from about 3 inches to five inches. Seriously reconsider the Angelina and Brad tattoo. I'm guessing that you are fairly young. What happens if they do something that makes you fel differently about them? (Say you hate drunk driving because someone you loved was killed that way and then one them goem arrested and charged for killing someone while driving drunk. So it's a crazy analogy but you get what I mean).
How much tattoo hurts depends mainly on 2 things:
How light or heavy handed the artist is along with how much ink needs to go into (filling in color tends to be more ink than black outlines).
How much of a pain tolerance you personally have.
I have had friends tell me they wanted to cry. When I had one of my recolored recently (and it had quite a bit of ink) I was falling asleep in the chair.
2006-09-11 17:46:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're looking at ridiculously expensive + multiple trips--no way that can be done in one session. I have a small (about 4") tattoo of a number 9 on my back (which has personal significance for me, designed by me), single color, nothing fancy at all...and it cost me $80. I'd estimate you're looking at several hundred dollars for that work.
ETA: The best advice I ever got on tattoos was: Decide what you want and where you want it, then wait two years; if you still want it then, go ahead and get it. I actually had four years' wait between the time I designed mine and the time I got it...had it for five years and still like it.
2006-09-11 17:43:42 · answer #5 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, getting the tattoo you describe is going to hurt a lot. I have a friend who recently had a large tattoo on her thigh, and she said that getting it hurt really bad and even afterwards, it hurt a lot until it healed. There are better ways to honor your grandmother than by getting a tattoo.
2006-09-11 17:41:37 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are very expensive and if you do not have someone that does portraits all the time they can get mesed up in a hurry, as for hurting what is one more notch on the pain scale if you really want something. as for the tattoo the one of your grandmother i understand but of brad and angelina i will never get that one no matter how hard you try to explain
2006-09-11 17:44:06 · answer #7 · answered by blzabobb 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Think it over! I agree with the person who said wait 2 years or something... you will have that for life! Maybe do a portait of your grandma or maybe get something do that she enjoyed, like a music note if she liked music, or a set of knitting needles if she liked to knit.
I would toss the Brad & Angelina unless you are related to both of them or something.... Really, don't get them... Just don't!
Find something a little more creative and you.. a tattoo is like getting married, only more permenant! It is with you for life, and costs way more to remove then a divorce!
2006-09-15 15:50:36 · answer #8 · answered by amlikam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it's going to hurt. The pain is the point. The ink is just a souvenir. Yeah, portraits will cost more, there is more detail involved. Although, what your grandmother has to do with Brangelina is beyond me.
2006-09-11 18:03:33 · answer #9 · answered by Tish 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All tattoos hurt- to what degree depends on the person and their own level of pain tolerance... no one can answer this question for you.... as to the portraits of brad and Angelina... um ok.. why?
The cost of tattoos depend on the artist and what they charge... and not everyone does portraits.. and those who do - not all do them well... ask to see a portfolio
2006-09-11 19:09:28 · answer #10 · answered by Jessica 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋