I to have bin consdring geting a tattoo that represnts my lone of the the furry community.
I have a tattoo of a lizard on the top part on my right arm, this was to represnt my love for the reptilen art out there.
I am yet the think of a tattoo for the left arm,
I have bin considering geting one of Jim`s pics to, but can not make up my mined of what one, as there are alot i like.(of corse i whould arsk B4 doing anything)
I have bin thinking about a furry tattoo for about 5 years now, so do go off at me about you ant bin thinking of this eunth.
The only thing that i whould have to consider is that alot of people dont understand the furry community and may consider me a wierdo if i have one,
but then agen i whould not be doing it for them i whould be doing it for my slfe, so what thay think do`s not mater realy.
i say if Jim is ok whive it, and you realy want it, then go of it.
PS sorry about the bad spelling(i have spelling dislexer)
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From: spudugly_at_aol.com
To: SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: [SkunkworksAMA] Request
In a message dated 8/20/2005 9:11:27 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, alphagma_at_gmail.com writes:
I would prefer that one... Anyway, body-art is not under mi likings (does that word exist?)
About the atention-driving... well... I kinda disagree on that one. I mean, I consider body-art as any other art. People may like it or not, people may think an specific drawing/painting is wonderfull, or disgusting, but the real feeling of it, the real intention resides on the artist or performer... (Artist would be the one who paints the body, performer would be the one who wears it).
In certain aspects, everything one person does is related to that person's self-steem, and every act has some degree of atention-drawing purpose... Art is just one of those activities...
Tattooing and boy-art in general can be used for more then just self expression.
Both my parents are very heavily tattooed and each tattoo has a different meaning. My father has four cardinals on his right arm, two adults and two chicks, they refresent himself, my mother, myself and my brother. My mother has portraits of my father my brother and me across her upper chest. She is also working on a sleeve (a tattoo encircling the arm) of southwestern desert scenes that represents what she loves about the desert.
Both my parents use there tattoos as a kind of 'road-map'' of their life. They can point to any tattoo and name where they were and what there life was like when they got it.
My current tattoo (the only one I have) I see not only as a beautiful piece of artwork, but as a symbol of strength and endurance that I can use to encourage me during troubling times.
Some people use tattoos to commemorate loved ones they have or have lost.
IMO people who use tattoos only as a way to 'go against the system' are making a grave mistake that they will regret for the rest of there life.
Tattoos are a very potent means of self-expression, but the end result has to be something that is important to you, and not to anyone else.
I have been meaning to get a tattoo that represents my love of the Furry community, both in terms of artwork and the good times I've had and friends I've made. I chose Onyx because Jim is one of the greatest artists in the community and one of, if not my number one favorite artist in general. If I go through with this whenever I see it or think about it I will remember all the wonderful things being a part of this community has brought me.
It took me five years to decide on the tattoo I have now and I have never regretted it for all the years I've had it. It means a great deal to me, just as other tattoos are meaningful to the people who wear them.
D.O.P.R
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