Inked #6

Done by Craig at Skin Fantasy

So I got my first tattoo last summer and almost a year on I've got six.  Plus I'm soon due to get my next one, my biggest one yet.  You coulddd say I'm addicted, yes.
I really like my newest one, I'd be lying if I said it has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that Rihanna has a very similar one in a very similar place.  It wasn't like I saw it on her, though, and immediately planned to get one and just thought of what significant date I could use to go with it.  I look at her tattoos, think 'Oh I like that!' and that's it, not 'I must get oneeee!'.
Maybe I should get around to mentioning why I've put this date permanently on my body, or else I'm just leaving you hanging aren't I?  The date is Freddie Mercury's birth date - the 5th of September, 1946.  Freddie Mercury is an important figure in my life - as much as someone can be without meeting them/being alive at the same as them - and I've known for a while that I wanted something dedicated to him marked on my body.  From the start I had my mind set on getting a portrait of him, although I couldn't decide if I wanted his whole face or just the whole body, maybe a still image of him on stage?  (You should have seen my mother's face when I was discussing this with her, and she's cool with tattoos...). However, the night before I was going in to get a tattoo on my ankle, I stumbled upon this idea instead (the ankle one will still happen, just not right now...).  It's simple but with a lot of meaning behind it, and it's one of those tattoos which intrigue people and encourage them to ask you about it, which I like. 
Freddie is important to me because he was a very quiet, isolated man.  He didn't do many interviews, he had a lot of secrets - hell, there's only one person in this world who knows where his ashes lie, and she'll never reveal it - which is why I feel like I relate to him, whenever I see him on television or listen to his music I just feel like we have this, I don't know, bond?  Crazy person talk, I know, but it's hard to explain.  On the other hand, though, he'd go out on stage or make a music video or whatever and be a completely different person - ridiculous costumes, tiny shorts, this huge, amazing voice.  That was where he could let go, that was his zone, and that encourages me to find my own.

"When I'm dead, I want to be remembered as a musician of some worth and substance." - Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara)

If you're curious, the font is New Times Roman in bold, I'm not sure of the size but I can cover it if I put my finger over it, so not huge.  I love the placement, I think it's sexy and I like how it'll peek through when I wear tank tops and stuff in the summer.  The pain was there, it always is - it's a needle - but I genuinely didn't even notice it after the first minute and it was over in no time.  I remember there being a side which was slightly more painful but I can't remember which, probably on the shoulder seeing as that's bone, but I could be wrong.
Tips for getting a date tattoo: make sure it's the right date when researching or whatever!  Hell, get out the birth certificate if you can.  If you're gonna do Roman Numerals, go on various websites to find them out, check, check and check again!

Inked #5

The other day I went to get my back tattoos re-coloured, the next day - yesterday - I was getting a new one.  They say tattoos are an addiction.  They were right.
Quite a simple and sweet one this time, just the outline of an upside down triangle.  It's been on my list of tattoos-to-get for a while rather than being one of my spontaneous tattoos.  The symbol represents water.  As you know, different star signs fall into one of four of the different elements: fire, earth, air and water.  I am a Pisces, one of the water signs.  I know a lot of people think astrology signs is a lot of arse talk, but I'm actually really interested in it.  Not horoscopes as such, but when I read about the personality traits and what not of a Piscean, I can completely relate.
The keywords associated with a water sign are 'intuitive, emotional, imaginative, nurturing, secretive, dreamy' - completely spot on for me.  "Those with planets in Water signs are often assessing a situation by its undercurrents. It can give them an air of being aloof or even shy at first, but they're the warmest of souls when you've won their trust." - explaining the fact why I'm always the one sat in a room on my own full of strangers, watching everyone else get along so well.  I find it very hard to be myself with others who I've only just met, which apparently people don't take very well to...
I could go on and on about how much of a Pisces I actually am, and that's pretty much why I got this tattoo.  I plan to get the two fishes symbol as well, but I liked the upside down triangle.
I got it on the side of arm, below my wrist.  I decided to get it so it's upside down when I'm holding my forearm up, as that's the position it will usually be in when people see it.  The pain was pretty intense on this part, not in a horrific way, but the scratching feels very sharp.  It took about ten minutes though, in and out I was!
It's been less than a year since getting my first tattoo and I've already got five.  Dayum.

Inked #3

So you may have seen on Twitter that I got my new tat done!  It says 'Wanderlust' meaning 'a strong desire to travel'.  A lot of people don't know this word and I've been asked a couple of times if I'd made it up, but no.  It does sound kind of fluffy and like it's from a fairytale, but I can confirm it's a real world!  To be fair I've only really come across it on Tumblr.  It suits me perfectly because over the last year or so I have become really interested in travelling (more so than before, anyway) and experiencing the world.  If it was up to me I'd win the lottery tomorrow night, quit uni and hop straight on a plane, but things don't really work like that, do they?  I am going to Paris at the end of February though so hopefully, slowly, I'll start going to more and more places.
I picked the writing as soon as I got there and it was over within ten minutes.  My other two tattoos are quite big compared to this so this was definitely the easiest one I've done.  The scratching was kind of intense due to him having to use a really thin needle for the writing, but it was no big deal.  I think thew placement is really lovely and I can't stop looking at it.  The other two are on my back so it's cool to now have one when I can just look at it whenever I want.
After getting this one, I booked in for my fourth one (definitely an addiction).  I will be getting that done on Thursday, so watch this space...