Pool Tattoos
- Thread starter RBLilly
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ive thought about gettin a tat before that had some pool overtones in it, but the only problem is, i know some guys who all got these flaming 9-ball tattoos on their arms. Problem is none of them can play worth a crap so they look kinda dorky. To me, if youre gonna have a pool tattoo you need to be able to back up alot of stuff lol
My Best friend has a nine ball tatted on his whole hand
txplshrk said:
Heh, I don't, but I know a VERY attractive young lady who does. She has a 9 ball tatooed just above the uhhhh............how can I say this? Oh, well, the crack of her butt. When a good friend of mine saw this, he hollared, "_____, that 9 ball is headed right for the pocket!" She ran off laughing, to tell her girl friends.
True story.
I'd like to get some ideas on nice pool tattoos. When I got married in 95, my fiancee designed a tattoo and we both got them on our left shoulder as sort of a commitment thing. She's gone now, so I'm thinking the tat should be gone as well. I'd like to get a pool image to cover the one that I got at that time. Pool has stuck with me alot longer than any of my relationships.
Mike
Mike
Cost me about $10.00 for two tattoos (one on each forearm in 1958) when I was 15 years old and a helluva lot more to have them removed in 1968.
If your gonna get a tattoo have your wallet tattooed. You and your friends can admire it and you can easily dispose of it when your it tuns to mush.
Yeah, I know, didn't work with my kids either, but it still the best idea. You get a cool tattoo when everyone else does and you can see it a whole lot better.
If your gonna get a tattoo have your wallet tattooed. You and your friends can admire it and you can easily dispose of it when your it tuns to mush.
Yeah, I know, didn't work with my kids either, but it still the best idea. You get a cool tattoo when everyone else does and you can see it a whole lot better.
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We are just a different generation. Wether I have a tattoo thats about or from someone from my past shouldn't matter. To me body art is more than just a picture its something that represents a time in my life, a moment, an emotion or milestone....good or bad. I have five and wouldn't trade any of them. So long as it means something to you its worth it. The times I see people regret getting work is when they randomly choose something off a wall or out of a book that has no purpose or meaning.
Idea for a cover up. Have a birdseye view of a stick slamming the cue ball in your old tat. He could make the old piece look like balls exploding all over the table. Light shading could hide what you have.
Idea for a cover up. Have a birdseye view of a stick slamming the cue ball in your old tat. He could make the old piece look like balls exploding all over the table. Light shading could hide what you have.
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I have the devil wearing a tuxedo and top hat playing pool on a crumbling pool table with flames in the background with the 4 Aces in front of the flames, with dice hanging off his cue>>>> on my right calf. Signifies the 3 things I lose money at 
Dave
Dave
Well when I hear someone that regrets their tattoo it is normally because of a few reason.
The biggest reason is because they did it with their significant other, and the significant other is no longer significant! (A tattoo artist told my buddy once that it is a curse to do that! My buddy wanted his wifes name tattooed on his shoulder. Sure enough 16 months later they were getting a divorce!)
The second biggest reason I see is because they went in and got some thing done because someone else did it too!
Here is some advice someone gave me a long time ago about tattoos and I think it was great advise.
First come up with an idea that is meaningful for you and not for anyone else.
Then get a drawing of it, or have someone draw it for you. Sit on that idea for about a month and then pull the drawing out again. If you still want it, then odds are you will like it. If you have changed your mind on the drawing at all, then odds are you are undecided and that isn't a good thing with tattoos.
Also make sure to find a tattoo artist that does really good work, or work that you appreciate. There are way too many artist that only want to do the work that they choose, and there are way too many artist that just picked up tattooing because they were good in art class.
So make sure you do your homework on tattoo artists. Find people that have had tattoos done by them, and that have had them for several years. Then it will be a good indication of whether or not yours will look good after several years.
Also think about location! If I would have gotten a tattoo on my stomach it would be all stretched out by now! LOL
I have two tattoos, and the first one I got in 97, and have no issues with it nor do I think I ever will.
The second one I got in 2003, and again no issues with it nor do I think I ever will.
The first one is the rebel flag embedded in the super man S. And it is on my left arm up by my shoulder.
The second one is a shark swimming around an 8 ball and holding a pool cue. It is on my right arm up by my shoulder.
I don't feel that I will ever have to worry about them stretching or sagging, etc etc.
I don't feel that I will ever regret them, and I also have them in a place that I can choose whom I want to see them. If I want you to see them I can were a tank top. If I don't want anyone to see them then I can were short sleeve shirts.
I will try to get pics up just so people can see them.
Tattoos are great as long as you get something that is meaningful to you. If it doesn't have any meaning to you then you will probably regret it later.
The biggest reason is because they did it with their significant other, and the significant other is no longer significant! (A tattoo artist told my buddy once that it is a curse to do that! My buddy wanted his wifes name tattooed on his shoulder. Sure enough 16 months later they were getting a divorce!)
The second biggest reason I see is because they went in and got some thing done because someone else did it too!
Here is some advice someone gave me a long time ago about tattoos and I think it was great advise.
First come up with an idea that is meaningful for you and not for anyone else.
Then get a drawing of it, or have someone draw it for you. Sit on that idea for about a month and then pull the drawing out again. If you still want it, then odds are you will like it. If you have changed your mind on the drawing at all, then odds are you are undecided and that isn't a good thing with tattoos.
Also make sure to find a tattoo artist that does really good work, or work that you appreciate. There are way too many artist that only want to do the work that they choose, and there are way too many artist that just picked up tattooing because they were good in art class.
So make sure you do your homework on tattoo artists. Find people that have had tattoos done by them, and that have had them for several years. Then it will be a good indication of whether or not yours will look good after several years.
Also think about location! If I would have gotten a tattoo on my stomach it would be all stretched out by now! LOL
I have two tattoos, and the first one I got in 97, and have no issues with it nor do I think I ever will.
The second one I got in 2003, and again no issues with it nor do I think I ever will.
The first one is the rebel flag embedded in the super man S. And it is on my left arm up by my shoulder.
The second one is a shark swimming around an 8 ball and holding a pool cue. It is on my right arm up by my shoulder.
I don't feel that I will ever have to worry about them stretching or sagging, etc etc.
I don't feel that I will ever regret them, and I also have them in a place that I can choose whom I want to see them. If I want you to see them I can were a tank top. If I don't want anyone to see them then I can were short sleeve shirts.
I will try to get pics up just so people can see them.
Tattoos are great as long as you get something that is meaningful to you. If it doesn't have any meaning to you then you will probably regret it later.
SpiderWebComm said:I have the devil wearing a tuxedo and top hat playing pool on a crumbling pool table with flames in the background with the 4 Aces in front of the flames, with dice hanging off his cue>>>> on my right calf. Signifies the 3 things I lose money at
Dave
No frkin' way!
I got my first and only tattoo over 30 years ago, before it was an "in" thing to do. My girl friend at the time got a small tattoo of a rose on her upper back, behind the shoulder. I had agreed to do it also, if she did. I resisted for a few months, but we went on the road and in Fort Worth, Texas we saw a small Tattoo parlor on the side of the road. I was finally ready to get my rose.
Man, did that hurt! This was the old days of deep needle work. Those tattoos will never rub off or look worn. Anyway, the old guy (a great tattoo artist by the way) is putting the red color in and I am ready to faint. He asks me if I want a break. I say sure and walk outside for some air. I had already paid him (the princely sum of $10), and just got in my car and drove away, never to finish the job. So now I have a faded rose, or as some people guess, a butterfly??
Boy, were my mom and dad freaked the first time they saw me without my shirt. Jewish boys do not get tattoos is what my Dad said. He was super pissed!
Now I'm thinking about a pool table on my back, with a rack of Nine Balls and a Cue ball. Ha Ha Ha Ha. Just teasin'! No way. I'm too much of a wimp.
Man, did that hurt! This was the old days of deep needle work. Those tattoos will never rub off or look worn. Anyway, the old guy (a great tattoo artist by the way) is putting the red color in and I am ready to faint. He asks me if I want a break. I say sure and walk outside for some air. I had already paid him (the princely sum of $10), and just got in my car and drove away, never to finish the job. So now I have a faded rose, or as some people guess, a butterfly??
Boy, were my mom and dad freaked the first time they saw me without my shirt. Jewish boys do not get tattoos is what my Dad said. He was super pissed!
Now I'm thinking about a pool table on my back, with a rack of Nine Balls and a Cue ball. Ha Ha Ha Ha. Just teasin'! No way. I'm too much of a wimp.
Ouch!!
Your right Jay, those things hurt way back when. The machine they used on me(40 yrs ago, I have 6 tats) was 6 needles going up and down at various times and speed. It was not like they were punturing the skin it was as though they were ripping the skin, and this guy just kept on like my arm was a coloring book. The color on them is still quite noticable after all this time. I think you should do the nine-ball thing on your back.
jay helfert said:
Your right Jay, those things hurt way back when. The machine they used on me(40 yrs ago, I have 6 tats) was 6 needles going up and down at various times and speed. It was not like they were punturing the skin it was as though they were ripping the skin, and this guy just kept on like my arm was a coloring book. The color on them is still quite noticable after all this time. I think you should do the nine-ball thing on your back.