On one of the first real dates with my girlfriend, we stopped and got an olde time photo taken. I grabbed the CSA hat and she grab a sombrero the clothes came off and into the tub we hopped. Flash, bang, boom, ink meets paper and we were on our way. A few weeks later she is flying off to California for a vacation due to some issues at work, and she invited me to spend the night in Reno with her before the plane flew out in the morning. Had a lot of fun and took off early the next morning for a training session I had.
I had this great idea! I was going to get a portrait tattoo of her in the sombrero on my back. You know kinda of a guardian angel or a I got your back kind of thing. The whole idea really came from that Jimmy Buffett song where he talks about "getting a tattoo of a Mexican cutie and how it got there he ain't got a clue." So I thought why not. Go to a few shops looking for a portrait artist. Had no real luck, so I went to the bar. Bartender says he knows a shop and they would be coming in later if I wanted to meet them. Rock on!
So I decide from her portfolio she has the chops to take on tattooing an amazing, awesome, beautiful woman permanently on my flesh. She finishes up. I look in the mirror and I'm like not bad. Not as amazing as her but it gets the gist. So I take a picture and send it to her phone. What message do I get back? Oh sweetie you shouldn't have or OMG your crazy why would you do that. No I get back the simple question from my 126 lb. girlfriend- "Why do I have three chins?"
Okay, that is a valid question. The tattoo artist did go way to dark with what in the picture are just light line. As they say, it's the thought that counts. :blush :
I had this great idea! I was going to get a portrait tattoo of her in the sombrero on my back. You know kinda of a guardian angel or a I got your back kind of thing. The whole idea really came from that Jimmy Buffett song where he talks about "getting a tattoo of a Mexican cutie and how it got there he ain't got a clue." So I thought why not. Go to a few shops looking for a portrait artist. Had no real luck, so I went to the bar. Bartender says he knows a shop and they would be coming in later if I wanted to meet them. Rock on!
So I decide from her portfolio she has the chops to take on tattooing an amazing, awesome, beautiful woman permanently on my flesh. She finishes up. I look in the mirror and I'm like not bad. Not as amazing as her but it gets the gist. So I take a picture and send it to her phone. What message do I get back? Oh sweetie you shouldn't have or OMG your crazy why would you do that. No I get back the simple question from my 126 lb. girlfriend- "Why do I have three chins?"
Okay, that is a valid question. The tattoo artist did go way to dark with what in the picture are just light line. As they say, it's the thought that counts. :blush :