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This was my birthday present to myself for my 37th birthday. My first tattoo. I've been thinking of getting one for years and have been too chicken and hadn't found one that I liked enough to live with for the rest of my life, but started looking a few months back and finally found this one. I made my appointment and got it done, along with a couple of piercings no one but a select few will ever see. Anyone who tells you that getting a tattoo doesn't hurt is a lying sack of shit. It hurt. A lot. It took a little over an hour, and I will liken the pain in intensity to hard labor pains - the kind you have after the water breaks. It's a different kind of pain, but matching in intensity...only instead of coming in waves, it's constant for an hour! Tom took an extra long lunch hour and drove all the way from Jacksonville to meet me at the tattoo shop in Springfield to hold my hand an keep m.
Celtic tattoo left lower leg Part 1
Had the lion done first, in february 2005. Just over a year later, after I started work on the Maori tattoo on my right leg in october of '05 I had it finisged. Took two more sessions. The Bird was done first and the dog second. Pretty pleased with the result, will have this expanded to my upper leg in the near future, after I finish my iban-style backpiece (and have enough money again LOL). This is the Lion I had done first..
Celtic tattoo left lower leg Part 6
Had the lion done first, in february 2005. Just over a year later, after I started work on the Maori tattoo on my right leg in october of '05 I had it finisged. Took two more sessions. The Bird was done first and the dog second. Pretty pleased with the result, will have this expanded to my upper leg in the near future, after I finish my iban-style backpiece (and have enough money again LOL). And back to the lion, you can see the dog's head better in this one..
Celtic tattoo left lower leg Part 4
Had the lion done first, in february 2005. Just over a year later, after I started work on the Maori tattoo on my right leg in october of '05 I had it finisged. Took two more sessions. The Bird was done first and the dog second. Pretty pleased with the result, will have this expanded to my upper leg in the near future, after I finish my iban-style backpiece (and have enough money again LOL). Part 4, transition of the bird's head to the dog..
Celtic tattoo left lower leg Part 3
Had the lion done first, in february 2005. Just over a year later, after I started work on the Maori tattoo on my right leg in october of '05 I had it finisged. Took two more sessions. The Bird was done first and the dog second. Pretty pleased with the result, will have this expanded to my upper leg in the near future, after I finish my iban-style backpiece (and have enough money again LOL). Part 3; more wing and it's head/body..
Celtic tattoo left lower leg Part 2
Had the lion done first, in february 2005. Just over a year later, after I started work on the Maori tattoo on my right leg in october of '05 I had it finisged. Took two more sessions. The Bird was done first and the dog second. Pretty pleased with the result, will have this expanded to my upper leg in the near future, after I finish my iban-style backpiece (and have enough money again LOL). Part 2; wing of the bird..
Celtic tattoo left lower leg Part 5
Had the lion done first, in february 2005. Just over a year later, after I started work on the Maori tattoo on my right leg in october of '05 I had it finisged. Took two more sessions. The Bird was done first and the dog second. Pretty pleased with the result, will have this expanded to my upper leg in the near future, after I finish my iban-style backpiece (and have enough money again LOL). Part 5; the dog, bit dark, but still visible..
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