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Ink My Whole Body

September 13, 2011 by Dani Faust 11 Comments

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For the past…i dunno…8 years maybe…I’ve wanted a new tattoo. (I currently have one swirly ankh on my front near my hipbone).  I wanted to get something with meaning so I refrained from getting all the cute hearts and stars designs that look so adorable to me.

About 5 years ago when I read about the kaizen principles of continuous improvement and positive change etc…I knew I wanted a kaizen symbol tat…and I’ve procrastinated on getting it for 5 years.  I’ve wanted it on the right side of my right wrist and very, very small.

Fast forward to last Sunday, I show Louie my tattoo artist the image and the size I want, then I show him wrist and he’s like…umm…..i’ll try.  He makes the image tiny and thin and we try to make it work on my wrist but the spaces between the strokes of the kaizen characters just dont work.  I’d end up w/ a blurry mess after some time.

I was bummed……

But I got it on my ribs instead!!

(disregard the post-shower water droplets)

And yes, it hurt like a bitch.  After I got it done Louie pulled his shirt up and showed us all his tats, and said guess which one hurt the most.  Answer: the one on his ribs.  Then he goes “I couldn’t tell you that before you got it done of course.”

Great. Thanks for that.

My first tattoo didn’t hurt at all, it was just an annoying scraping feeling.  But this bad boy…whooooweeee.  Louie was really good though, he went slowly giving me lots of breaks to breathe so I wouldn’t freak out. He explained the differences in the needles, and told me step by step what he was doing and why.  It made it infinitely better….but still I’d hold my breath and lay so motionless, I was scared of a crooked mess being permanently branded on lol. It took a while for that tiny lil thing to be finished.

My cousin got her tattoo, an Arabic phrase.  Her tat artist started after me, and finished before me.

Thanks for being patient Louie!!

(If you’re in NYC and want a tat, head to Village Pop and see Louie! 212. 206. 0483)

Now I want my other side done, and the under bit of my arms….I just have to wait until I find something I love enough to want on me forever.

Oh, PS: the title of this post is from a song I love by my skinny lil boo Wiz Khalifa it’s called Ink My Whole Body (duh) and I love it:

Listen:

 DO you have any tattoos? (or piercings?)  Do you want any? If so, Where?!

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  1. Stephanie says

    September 13, 2011 at 8:38 pm

    LOVING the tat! i have not tats…or piercings…nothing at all…a blank canvos….i do want a tat…but i prob wont get it for a while. i just cant decide on ONE thing that i want on my body. but i do want to get it on my ribs…LoL..

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  2. Chloe says

    September 13, 2011 at 10:10 pm

    Nice work! You are so brave for getting tatted there! I watched someone get a that there and he was sweating bullets from the pain! I have seven tats…so far. Wrist, front hip area, and 5 big ones on my back that tell a story…
    which has yet to be finished 🙂

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  3. Jen says

    September 13, 2011 at 11:57 pm

    I like it!! I have one piercing – navel – nothing exciting about that one haha. I do want a tat, just not sure of what yet. I want to until I find something I truly love/want before I take the plunge!

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  4. Deia @ Love & Tangles says

    September 14, 2011 at 2:31 am

    Cute! I held my breath a lot with both of my tattoos too. Not sure why because I know it didn’t have to do with them messing up. Lol….it was my way of being a chicken I guess. Hope you had a great birthday!

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  5. Erika says

    September 14, 2011 at 10:58 pm

    I love that and i really liked the spot you got too! I have no tattoos but if i did i’d probably get it there after seeing this.

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  6. Bakii says

    September 15, 2011 at 1:25 am

    It’s cute & that’s a great location! Can u post a picture of your ankh tattoo?

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  7. Optimistic Mom says

    September 16, 2011 at 9:34 pm

    Nice tat! I don’t have any…..I thought about it a lot, but never moved forward. I just never found anything that I felt like I wanted to carry on my body for a lifetime.
    You are brave!

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  8. Elena Washington says

    September 19, 2011 at 8:02 pm

    I have my eyebrow pierced and recently took out a tongue ring (got paranoid about bacteria lol) I want a tattoo of “Breathe” on one wrist written by my mother, and “Deep” on the other wrist written by my father. The idea is to give an homage to both and my parents, while keeping myself grounded on a daily basis. Mom always reminds be to “Think first to figure out what’s really bothering you” i.e “Breathe”, dad always reminds me “It’s not always what it seems so you should dig a little to find the answer i.e “Deep” I’m not sure when I’m going to get them, but I’m excited to do so :o)

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  9. bonni says

    September 21, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    I got my first tattoo about 2 months ago. It says “Dei Gratia” on my rib cage. It is small, but I think I would have DIED if it were any bigger. That crap hurt so much. I have 3 other spots I want tattoos, but I don’t have anything I want yet. I have wanted “Dei Gratia” for years. It means “by the Grace of God.” I have overcome some really dark times and achieved some really great things…all by the Grace of God.

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  10. Faith says

    September 22, 2011 at 3:23 am

    i have no tattoos … i’m scared to do it … yours looks really good and i like where you had it placed.

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