Tattoos

Ok, so from the title you'd probably think that i'd posted in the wrong forum.

However, In a couple of months, (which is coming by so darn quickly) Baby would have been due. Am planning to go get that butterfly tattoo that i thought of on baby's due date.

So what's the process? do you go to someone with the idea of what you want first and get em to draw it up? I know what i want, but am having trouble visualising it. I need to make sure it's good enough to remember our angel and celebrate our kids forever, I have never been able to think of what i would want for a lifetime up until i lost baby, so I need to know it's going to be done well, designed well.

Who is best to go to? are there any really reputable ones around that people know of. Remember I am in palmy.. am not sure that mike would travel too far for me to get it done, am not sure.

How do i go about this?

My advice is ask around - ask people you know who have tattoos, word of mouth is often the best way to find the best tattoo artist.

Then when you decide on the place to go - go in and talk to the tattooist, explain what you want and ask them to draw it up for you, or often you can look through their books and find something similar to what you want and get them to adjust to exactly what you want! then take the sketch home and put it somewhere (like on your fridge) that you can look at it constantly and decide whether its exactly what you want, after all it'll be with you for a lifetime and you want to make sure its exactly what you want. Its a good idea to also look at some of their pics of the tattoos they have done to check out their work.

Some tattooist may ask for a deposit if they are drawing up an original (my friends BIL is a well known tattooist in Dunedin and does this), mostly because they often will draw up something and people will take it away and get it tattoo'd somewhere cheaper.

Also check out their Studio - Does it seem hygenic etc.

For place to get it - its really up to you. Lower back is always nice - even above the hip on the back - that way you can show it off if you want, or cover it up. But small tip - bony areas , or areas with 'soft' skin (like around the ankles) hurt more.

ETA - I think its an absolutely lovely idea!!! Hope to see some pics when you do get it done!

Edited by hailstones

It might pay to go in earlier and get them to draw it up for you. Often they will get your idea and then do a couple of designs for you to choose from so if you want to get the actual tattoo done around a certain time you want to have the design done, plus that gives you a chance to mull over the design. I had an idea of what i wanted and then when I actually got in there and talked to them thier ideas were a little different but really made the tattoo from a basic design to something beautiful (if i do say so myself)
I got my last one (the stars one with kids names in them) down my spine, you can see the top of the stars depending on what tops i wear and I have one on my lower spine which you can only see if i bend over so those are both descrete places but can be shown if you want them to be.

That's a lovely idea..
I'd like to get one but I'm chicken

If you are planning on getting it on your lower back just a warning people now call them Tramp stamps. I have on there and was gutted to find that out.

I think its a really lovely idea.

lol rach i didn't know that either and i have one there

from what you've described janine, it sounds beautiful