Iām a novice but sounds like a BIG win to me. You endured your personal hellacious spot for 2.5 hours and recovered enough to āsqueeze inā another? Big win, friend.
Please share with us when finished so we can celebrate with you (or, if youāve met Jesus as you say, designate a friend to cue us so we can honor you). š
Hahaaa well actually yes I did feel accomplished at the fact I let him at me to do the other one, but I just HAD to come away with something today considering I had booked and paid for the session! My Stevie is pretty beautiful as well so Iām chuffed to bits, sheās more a line work-y one holding a tambourine above her head but very pretty all the same!
I will absolutely come back and update with a pic when the spine is finished, cos itās going to be my favourite one by a mile itās so pretty and feminine so I know it will be worth it eventually!
Sometimes the process smacks ya around a little. No shame in that.
The session I did yesterday was color pack in a chrysanthemum on my inner arm. I was checking my watch to see how we were progressing time wise and cursing to myself when I saw only five minutes had passed. It was not fun.
I cope by having fast paced music (heavy metal for me) playing in one earbud while I'm getting tattooed.
Update: Turns out Iāve got Covid. Iām not weak. š Iām just unwell and my body is run down so obviously couldnāt tolerate the pain as well as usual!
I thought my skin felt overly sensitive this morning as well should have listened to my instinct!
(I wouldnāt usually be arsed about Covid in case anyone is wondering, but we test for work still so itās just popped up a big thick double line on my routine weekly testing!)
This was me today as well hahaha. Ordering myself to just get through the next 5 mins, listen to 3 more songs, just one more rose and you can have a break. Itās like a pure mental willpower isnāt it š itās amazing what your body will actually let you do to it if your will is strong enough!
I usually sit on my phone the entire time messaging my mates because Iām more focused then on what Iām typing than the pain but today wasnāt possible because of the position I was having to sit and lay in which wasnāt helpful.
I didnāt expect it, I thought maybe quite uncomfortable in certain areas but it was definitely 9/10, it was completely unbearable. I am grateful I have only one spine so I could never be tempted to go back do it again when the pain becomes a distant memory like I did with my other shin š
This is why there is a running joke in the industry about why so many tattooers have their back outlined but not finished lol.
Absolutely brutal I can completely see why cos it knocked me off my feet š
Iām a novice but sounds like a BIG win to me. You endured your personal hellacious spot for 2.5 hours and recovered enough to āsqueeze inā another? Big win, friend. Please share with us when finished so we can celebrate with you (or, if youāve met Jesus as you say, designate a friend to cue us so we can honor you). š
Hahaaa well actually yes I did feel accomplished at the fact I let him at me to do the other one, but I just HAD to come away with something today considering I had booked and paid for the session! My Stevie is pretty beautiful as well so Iām chuffed to bits, sheās more a line work-y one holding a tambourine above her head but very pretty all the same! I will absolutely come back and update with a pic when the spine is finished, cos itās going to be my favourite one by a mile itās so pretty and feminine so I know it will be worth it eventually!
Sometimes the process smacks ya around a little. No shame in that. The session I did yesterday was color pack in a chrysanthemum on my inner arm. I was checking my watch to see how we were progressing time wise and cursing to myself when I saw only five minutes had passed. It was not fun. I cope by having fast paced music (heavy metal for me) playing in one earbud while I'm getting tattooed.
Update: Turns out Iāve got Covid. Iām not weak. š Iām just unwell and my body is run down so obviously couldnāt tolerate the pain as well as usual! I thought my skin felt overly sensitive this morning as well should have listened to my instinct! (I wouldnāt usually be arsed about Covid in case anyone is wondering, but we test for work still so itās just popped up a big thick double line on my routine weekly testing!)
yup, that'll do it
This was me today as well hahaha. Ordering myself to just get through the next 5 mins, listen to 3 more songs, just one more rose and you can have a break. Itās like a pure mental willpower isnāt it š itās amazing what your body will actually let you do to it if your will is strong enough! I usually sit on my phone the entire time messaging my mates because Iām more focused then on what Iām typing than the pain but today wasnāt possible because of the position I was having to sit and lay in which wasnāt helpful.
Back was super painful for me too, which I was not expecting. Worse than my stomach, somehow.
I didnāt expect it, I thought maybe quite uncomfortable in certain areas but it was definitely 9/10, it was completely unbearable. I am grateful I have only one spine so I could never be tempted to go back do it again when the pain becomes a distant memory like I did with my other shin š
Just wait if youāre ever feeling like getting your tail bone tattooed. 0/10.
I will never touch my back again when this is finished donāt worry. Legit felt my brain vibrating š