trek+tattoo's=?

[mtporter 0]

I was at Disneyland the other day and I sat down on a ride behind a girl. I noticed a tattoo on the back of her neck of a TNG communicator. I thought it was a really interesting tattoo. So I wanted to know if you (meaning anyone who reads this) were going to get a star trek inspired tatto, what would it be and where would you get it?

 

I think I would get the communicator on my neck.

[Kansas_Jones 0]

Hmmmmmm.....

 

Original series command symbol, with a tiger wrapping around the symbol. In between shoulder blades, slightly up or about that area, because I would want the option to hide it or show it off. Most companies frown on tattoos.

 

;)

[Seiben 0]

Probably something like an Enterprise or an Excelsior on my back or something. ;)

[DaryusZaphodDracal 0]

Hmmmm, I'd probably have my STSF Caitian character tattoo'd on my upper right arm. I already have a black widow with the name of my college fraternity on my upper left arm.

 

Zaphod,

"Milk, it does a kitty good."

Edited March 16, 2005 by DaryusZaphodDracal

[NDak 0]

I think I would go with either the Nemesis-version Romulan BOP or the Mirror-universe Cardassian-Klingon Alliance ;)

[Kansas_Jones 0]

Hmmmm, I'd probably have my STSF Caitian character tattoo'd on my upper right arm. I already have a black widow with the name of my college fraternity on my upper left arm.

 

Zaphod,

"Milk, it does a kitty good."

Ooooo...I didn't think of a Caitian. ;)

[Travis Kroells 0]

I'd do some version of the Comunicator, on my chest where it should be on teh suit, or, get some pips on my neck...

 

That way Fred cant demote me ;)

[Darrik 0]

No offence, but I think this is a stupid idea. It's like putting a 'kick me' sign on your own back.

[Mr. Nesbitt 0]

I'd do some version of the Comunicator, on my chest where it should be on teh suit, or, get some pips on my neck...

 

That way Fred cant demote me ;)

True, but then he can't promote you either.

[Guest STSF Dacotah]

You know, as a Licensed Massage Therapist I see ALL KINDS of body art. Some of it is beautiful, most of it is stupid. When I undrape my clients back, leg, chest (males only) etc. and see 7 different random images or cartoon characters I have to ask myself ... "What in the world were they thinking?"

 

A tiger clawing out of your back on one scapula, matched by a skeleton chewing his own hand on the other? Multiple Calvin and Hobbs around both calves, long stemmed roses on the breast, or a blazing sun around the navel. Crosses, tribal bands/symbols, oriental characters. I've seen it all. I even had a client with a B-2 Stealth Bomber tattoo on her low back (but from a distance it looked like a leach) so seeing someone with a Trek tattoo would not surprise me in the least.

 

Bodyart is an expression of self and it can be beautiful. Just be choosy. This will be on you FOREVER, and while you love your partner now, do you really want their name burned into you?

 

Consider WHAT you are putting on your body (ie. make sure it has some meaning to you, personally, so when the kid at church asks why you have dragon wings tattooed to your forehead you can give him an honest answer).

 

Consider WHERE you are going to put it. While that long stemmed rose might be adorable on the perky 24 year old ... one day that bosum will be 75, and not exactly in the same place it started. Think about how a body ages (and sags and swells -- that little vine around the ankle looks good now, but how will it look with edema when you're 73?) and changes with time.

 

Finally, most importantly consider WHO will be doing this bodywork. Do not let your buddy use his home tattoo kit. Make sure the studio is clean, and sterile. Ask to see their procedures to make sure you don't pick up anyone else's diseases.

 

It took me a long time to decide what and where my body art would be. As Jones stated, I wanted it in a place that would, for the most part, be private; but I could show it without embarrassing myself. I wanted it in a place that would not sag, or swell, or become distorted over time. Finally it had to be something meaningful.

 

After I completed my first triathlon, my best friend and I celebrated by getting a tattoo. I have a celtic symbol (my family traces it's roots to Scotland) called a "mother's knot". Very meaningful to me, and it's placed in the middle of my low back (a girlie spot, I know -- but I have yet to see an old woman with a swollen, saggy back!) so it's private. Unless I show someone, no one knows it's there.

 

If I did get a trek tattoo (and I won't ever again, man that burned like h*ll!) I'd get the Klingon symbol -- as to where, hmmmm, I"ll have to think about that.

[Travis Kroells 0]

I have been looking on getting a tattoo actually. Some kind of a Dragon on my forearm, seeing as how I was born in 88, and that makes me a Dragon on the Chinese Zodiac.

[Kansas_Jones 0]

... "What in the world were they thinking?"

 

Bodyart is an expression of self and it can be beautiful. Just be choosy. This will be on you FOREVER, and while you love your partner now, do you really want their name burned into you?

 

Consider WHAT you are putting on your body

 

Consider WHERE you are going to put it. Think about how a body ages (and sags and swells -- that little vine around the ankle looks good now, but how will it look with edema when you're 73?) and changes with time.

 

Finally, most importantly consider WHO will be doing this bodywork. Make sure the studio is clean, and sterile.

 

I wanted it in a place that would not sag, or swell, or become distorted over time. Finally it had to be something meaningful.

 

I'm backing STSF Dacotah 100% on this.

 

If anyone is thinking about getting a tattoo - be careful and think. Use the above considerations and think about them.

 

If u are 18 and thinking about it - please wait. Your perceptions about how cool tattoos are will change with time, as will what u consider to be cool. That flaming, bloody skull might not be so cool 10 years later. And u may not want a tattoo in a few years.

 

;)

[HoD Bch 0]

If I ever lose my hair for any reason, I will get a head tattoo. Though Trek will lose out to something LOTR. ;)

 

If I *had* to get a Trek tattoo, I'd probably put my name in Klingon - the characters are striking.

[Dustin_Marks 0]

Well... I am totally against tattoos for several of the reasons Dacotah mentioned... But... If I was forced to get one, I'd totally get a huge Tattoo of Kirk giving the finger to a whole bunch of Klingons while laughing as the Enterprise-A blows a huge hole in the Klingon Empire emblem... MUAHAHAHAHAHA! LOL j/k

[Seiben 0]

Well... I am totally against tattoos for several of the reasons Dacotah mentioned... But... If I was forced to get one, I'd totally get a huge Tattoo of Kirk giving the finger to a whole bunch of Klingons while laughing as the Enterprise-A blows a huge hole in the Klingon Empire emblem... MUAHAHAHAHAHA! LOL j/k

Wow, that's a pretty big tatto there/. You sure you could sit and endure that much pain?