Tattoo Advice (verse, religion, Wicca)

[Saint Tigeress]

Originally Posted by Luke Wolf

I would get one you yourself are drawn to personally.
I do not know the relationship between you and your dad, but have you considered a symbol he picked might not accurately describe you?

I thought about it enough before I went and got it. I'm going to get another later that I will pick. I still stand by my dads choice even if it wasn't what I would think of as "feminine enough". Honestly, my dad is more like my friend than he is my dad. My mom died when I was 3, so he raised me the only way he knew how... like a boy. lol. I am not feminine in a lot of ways, I have kinda realized the effects of being raised that way as I've gotten older... but ya know... I still just don't really know what to think about it really.

According to a lot of the people around me, I lack a lot of the stereotypical female emotions and have the stereotypical male emotions....I guess they got this from me getting on their butts for being stupid at some points or another.

When i dumped one of my ex-boyfriends in high school his friends kicked him out and kept me around instead... two different groups of his friends (and never hit on me either!!) -that was when I first noticed something funky. That was totally unexpected.

I like guns, and knife throwing, and martial arts I guess... The knives and swords stuff freaks out all my friends. My dad was absolutely overjoyed with the knife throwing hobby though And proceeded to buy my a whole catalog full! ha ha

My friends have abstractly confirmed for me that in many ways I am lacking something they seem to have that is... kinda not feminine. In many way I am feminine though (I got my "motherly" girly support from my best friends growing up)

it just seemed to fit. The tattoo is feminine if you look at it one way, cause it is crescent moons, but if you look at it another way it is not feminine looking at all. i can just never leave stuff alone... I'm always wanting to play with things...

The tattoo(s) I will eventually get for me are going to be inspired by the tattoos Amy Brown does on her fairy art. It is SO pretty! But first.... I'm gonna play with what I got!

[Ringer]

Originally Posted by Saint Tigeress

Well, everyone mistakes it for a biohazard symbol, and I want it to look like crescent moons. Eventually I'm going to have an artist tweak it a little to look a little more feminine and a little more like moons. I just don't know how. Any ideas?

I'm not sure if anybody brought up this suggestion since I just skimmed through the responses but would you consider making the crescent moons different colors? That way they would stand out individually and possibly not be mistaken for the hazard symbol that you said. I like that design a lot though. If you don't go with the color suggestion, maybe you can incorporate another element within/around that design that also has some meaning and significance in your life.

[Quoth The Raven]

Originally Posted by Saint Tigeress

I thought about it enough before I went and got it. I'm going to get another later that I will pick. I still stand by my dads choice even if it wasn't what I would think of as "feminine enough". Honestly, my dad is more like my friend than he is my dad. My mom died when I was 3, so he raised me the only way he knew how... like a boy. lol. I am not feminine in a lot of ways, I have kinda realized the effects of being raised that way as I've gotten older... but ya know... I still just don't really know what to think about it really.

I was raised by a single mother, and I'm certainly not feminine in a lot of ways (I also have a sword collection ), my closest friend is a guy and once a week after work - in a place where women are lucky if they make up 10% of the workforce (and that's including the girls in the office) I head down the pub with the boys.
Maybe it has something to do with being raised by a single father, or maybe you just had a parent who encouraged you to be who you were, regardless of who stereotypes of your sex suggested you should be.

[methylatedghosts]

Originally Posted by jringer04

I'm not sure if anybody brought up this suggestion since I just skimmed through the responses but would you consider making the crescent moons different colors? That way they would stand out individually and possibly not be mistaken for the hazard symbol that you said. I like that design a lot though. If you don't go with the color suggestion, maybe you can incorporate another element within/around that design that also has some meaning and significance in your life.

Only thing is, if you work outside alot, colour can fade.

A co-worker of mine has a tattoo of a tiger that had sunk it's claws into his back, and red marks of the skin being torn open. Now it's just a tiger looking mean. He used to work outdoors without a shirt and in a sea environment so it faded relatively quickly.

So that's something to consider as well.

[Ringer]

Originally Posted by methylatedghosts

Only thing is, if you work outside alot, colour can fade.

A co-worker of mine has a tattoo of a tiger that had sunk it's claws into his back, and red marks of the skin being torn open. Now it's just a tiger looking mean. He used to work outdoors without a shirt and in a sea environment so it faded relatively quickly.

So that's something to consider as well.

Indeed. I believe it is recommended that you always have suncreen on your tattoo whenever you are outdoors in the sun. Not too big of a deal when you have smaller tattoos in places you can reach. Mine is on the mid section of my back so anytime I feel like laying out I have to have somebody put some sunscreen on me. Not the worst thing in the world when there are good looking girls around

[Saint Tigeress]

Originally Posted by Quoth The Raven

I was raised by a single mother, and I'm certainly not feminine in a lot of ways (I also have a sword collection ), my closest friend is a guy and once a week after work - in a place where women are lucky if they make up 10% of the workforce (and that's including the girls in the office) I head down the pub with the boys.
Maybe it has something to do with being raised by a single father, or maybe you just had a parent who encouraged you to be who you were, regardless of who stereotypes of your sex suggested you should be.

Heck yeah... you just have a super cool mom, and I have a super cool dad. My guy friends growing up used to hijack my dad and ride around without me . They were about 3 years older than me, back when I was 12/ 13 yrs old. So they were about 16 I guess. I found out later from them that he was giving them the "recipe" for electric coolaid, and they were discussing the "correct way" to dry out and prepare a certian *home grown plant* lol!!! My dad was a nut... and still is.

I didn't even find out he used to be a stoner back in day until I was 16 or so. That's how slick he was. The funniest thing too is, when my friends and I were 12 or 13 we got busted to my friends parents for smoking... by missionaries. My friends parents said, if I didn't tell my dad they would... so I broke down and was crying and talkin about how we got caught by the missionaries cause of our other freind and justa cryin... while my other busted friend was cryin on the phone with me for moral support. I was grounded for a night, my other friends were all grounded for a month. I was a little confused. Turns out my dad thought thought it was so daggum funny he hardly held it back long enough to look mad that night that I told him... then he figured since my other friends were grounded I couldn't do anything really anyway. lol

[Comet]

Originally Posted by Luke Wolf

I would get one you yourself are drawn to personally.
I do not know the relationship between you and your dad, but have you considered a symbol he picked might not accurately describe you?

I second these thoughts, unless it is a tattoo to remind you of your dad... it doesn't sound like it. Tattoos should be something that are personal to YOU, since you will have it with you.... not to another. Sorry, haven't read all the posts yet......

Circle_One tattoo queen

According to a lot of the people around me, I lack a lot of the stereotypical female emotions and have the stereotypical male emotions....I guess they got this from me getting on their butts for being stupid at some points or another.

Ha ha ha. Sounds like me and the people who know me!
I have to ask though, if you already got the tattoo... why do you ask?