MOAR INK ALWAYS.

[momebie]

YESTERDAY WAS TATTOO DAY. *ahem* As some of you may have noticed. A flurry of folks have asked for pics, so I'll do a quick write up. Basically my life is crazy and my artist is only there four days a week, so I left work early and fucking HIGHTAILED it down to the shop. I ended up being there for five and a half hours, but only four and a half of that was actual tattooing.


A quick pic of the outline of Crowley I snapped with my phone when she went to redo the Aziraphale stencil in another size.

I'm just going to fess up right now, it hurt like a bitch. My previous tattoo hadn't really been that bad, so I was more or less expecting more of the same. BUT O HO. The inside of the arm was the worst. I also think that a part of it is that I could watch her last time and that took my mind off of it. This time I couldn't see Aziraphale when she was doing him because of the way I was twisted around in the chair. Crowley went by faster, or seemed to. I'm sure he didn't because he has so much fill in. Crowley I could see. Also, we started filling Crowley in around the three and a half hour mark, so I was loopy as shit from having sat still for so long and just started nattering on about whatever. She didn't mind. She nattered with me and we talked about jobs and where we wanted to go and places we'd been and church and all kinds of things.


While we were there, she also touched up the last one she did for me. Some of you will remember the tree and gears that kickingrad drew for me.

I like her. A lot. I hope she's okay with me, because I'd like to throw more of my money at her in the future. She seemed slightly taken aback by the tip I left her. She said thank you several times. I don't even know if it was that good of a tip--everything I've found about tipping tattoo artists varies wildly--but she stayed an hour and a half after her shift to finish me up, and she was excellent the whole time, so I feel she earned it.

Anyway, without further ado, the boys:






It's harder to see Crowley in one because he wraps around my arm


And ETA for those who wanted a wider shot to see placement.

They are smash on what I wanted. I especially love Crowley. I just, HIS LITTLE FACE. HIS WATER SPRITZER She asked me what the deal was with water spritzer and I quickly explained about him being a demon and taking the whole singing to plants thing to a new level. I said, "He's basically here to cause as much discord as possible with as little effort. OH HEY, JUST LIKE ME." I asked her to maintain the block art type print of them and she did a wonderful job of it.

For those of you who don't know, Good Omens is my favorite book in the history of modern literature. In the book, Aziraphale (an angel) and Crowley (a demon who did not fall so much as saunter vaguely downward) work against heaven and hell to stop the apocalypse because they've become so attached to the earth. I feel like if I actually had an angel and a devil on my shoulders they'd be like Aziraphale and Crowley. The angel wouldn't be too good. The devil wouldn't be too bad. So, that's the why.

Right. I'm going to go and get some lunch and do some last minute Christmas shopping before I have to come back and get ready for the Nutcracker tonight. Thanks for hopping around in delight with me. Eeeeee.

Comments

[fleurdeliser.livejournal.com]

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE. *______________*

[momebie.livejournal.com]

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

[jedi-iwakura.livejournal.com]

oh my god those are gooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrgeeeeeouosususuosufosu

Oh man, I LOVE the style, oh man. I'm just going to flail because holy cow I like those.

[momebie.livejournal.com]

I was so happy she said she'd do them like the block prints. ♥

[brilligspoons.livejournal.com]

LOVE LOVE LOVE. They're amazing tattoos!

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Thank you ma'am! I'm so excited about them!

Wanna hear something awkward? I was sitting in the chair last night thinking up Sam and Dean tattoo fic.

[keelieinblack.livejournal.com]

OMG your new ink is AMAZING--I didn't realize you were getting the actual from-the-book woodcuts! I am seriously envious.

Also, your reasoning behind them is ♥. Aziraphale and Crowley would make a fantastic shoulder angel/devil pair.

[momebie.livejournal.com]

I really wanted the woodcuts. Thing is, the copy I owned of GO with the pictures in it is like, three copies back, and they're out of print, so I had to track down a used one on the internet.

Their intentions would be in the right place, anyway. ;)

[canellaphile.livejournal.com]

OH WOW!!!!!!!! Aziraphale and Crowley look really fantastic (and painful omg)!!! Spot on.

[momebie.livejournal.com]

THEY HURT A LOT. CROWLEY ESPECIALLY. Leave it to Crowley to be the bitch. :p But I'm really happy with how they turned out.

Tanks, love.

[ciel-vert.livejournal.com]

They look great!!!!

Oh god want more ink nowwwww.

[momebie.livejournal.com]

DO IT! ALWAYS MORE INK!

Thank you.

[roadrunner1896.livejournal.com]

They look great.

As does your old tattoo.

Now if only I weren't as much of a chicken, I'd get myself one, too.

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Thank you. And dude, I'm like, the biggest pansy in the history of pansies. I had to have Lisa come hold my hand while I gave blood, and there was only one needle involved in that.

[maryangel200.livejournal.com]

So amazing *______*

[momebie.livejournal.com]

MUCH LIKE YOU.

[savorvrymoment.livejournal.com]

I'm especially fond of the one of him with the book, but that's just me. :-P Whomever your tattoo artist is, she did an excellent job.

I never know about tipping them either. I just sort of throw some down and hope it's enough.

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Thank you. And I was glad to see her again and know she moved shops, because she does do a good job, and lots of people ask about the tree all the time. I like to be able to send them her way.

I tipped her $100 on $600 of work. When I think about it, that's less of a percentage then I would have done in a restaurant, but at the same time, it's a hundred dollars. That's another hours worth of work. I don't know. She seemed okay with it.

[sopdetly.livejournal.com]

Very cool! I'd love to see some wider shots, too, get an idea for placement and all. Congrats, hon. ♥

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Your wish is my command, lovely.

[archon-mentha.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow. Those are AWESOME!

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm tickled over them. I just need to take good care of them now so they stay that way.

[count-to-seven.livejournal.com]

AWESOME! Turned out beautifully.

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I think she did a great job on them.

[xsnarkasaurus.livejournal.com]

they're amazing! :D i love them!

[momebie.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THEM TOO. ALSO, YOU.

Thank you, dear.

[http://users.livejournal.com/samedifference_/]

oh. Those are absolutely gorgeous. I always love hearing the origin of tattoos, especially when they're particularly personal. I'm glad you're happy with how they turned out! Also, I see you listening to Cursive. A+. :)

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I love people's tattoo stories, too. It's why I'm such a sucker for LA Ink, even though the last season drove me insane.

And dude, Cursive is one of my faves. I just keep going back to them over and over. It's a horribly torrid affair we have.

[glass-houses.livejournal.com]

Those are BADASS!!

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Thank you much, ma'am!

[zodiacstargazer.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD THEY ARE SO BOSS

I join you in the Good Omens love, and am quite jealous of your ink. (They're all really beautiful!) I'm saving up for a tattoo in May (except it won't be as awesomely nerdy, but still!)

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Nerdy is my default setting. On the one hand, I want to get badass tattoos that make me seem cool. On the other hand, I'm a huge dork, so if I'm getting things that reflect me...well. :p

Good for you on the ink though! What are you thinking of getting?

[myras-girls.livejournal.com]

Beautiful ink! It's been so long since I got a tattoo....

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Thanks love! Perhaps you need another one. ;)

[saint-viticus.livejournal.com]

Aw, god, dude, they are so fucking beautiful. saint_sorrows and I are just sat here staring at them, seriously. ♥

I also really adore the touch-up to your tree tattoo! I don't think I've ever said it, but I think that it's glorious. I love the circle around the outside of it, making it seem really finished. Mmm. Tattoos. :3

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Thank you. She was really hesitant to do the circle, actually, because of the way your skin twists when you move your arm. She warned me that it would very rarely look like a perfect circle. I'm okay with that. Perfection isn't what it was about anyway. ♥

Mmmm...tattoos indeed. *goes to find pictures of Frank*

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Thanks dear!

[paper-tzipporah.livejournal.com]

DAMN YOUR TATTOOS ARE AMAZING!

[momebie.livejournal.com]

KIND OF LIKE YOUR FACE.

[nila-rena.livejournal.com]

Aww, so beautiful. She did a great job.

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[philosiraptors.livejournal.com]

AMAZING.

[momebie.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU. THEY EXCITE ME.

[citibyrd.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, they look FANTASTIC! :DDD

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[mrsquizzical.livejournal.com]

that looks awesome. i'd love to see your tattoos 'in context' as it were.

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much dear. And never let it be said I don't do what I'm told.

[unaccompanied-g.livejournal.com]

This is so awesome. Good Omens is pretty much my FAVORITE BOOK EVER.

[momebie.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Good Omens is AMAZING. My friends were lamenting that I hadn't gotten them last week, because I met Neil Gaiman last weekend at the AFP show and I could have shown them to him if I had them. Of course, I feel like that conversation would have been incredibly awkward...