If you wanna contact Gordon Toi Hatfield then send him an e-mail: manamoko@gmail. He's currently in the Netherlands. To get him to do his art for and with you means you will have to be prepared to wait in line and be patient. So signing up early…

I know I'm a bit late for that topic (and please forgive my mistakes in English, I'm not a native speaker). But I'm soon going to New Zealand and I'd like…

It's more commonly just used to refer to a greasy mark on the inside of your right calf ... though I've seen a few inked on permanently as well.

That is why I went for a 1970s Raleigh chainwheel on my right ankle... an 'in' cycling joke, and…

Firstly, do you know of any good artists in Sydney that you'd trust to do a pohutukawa design?

Secondly, who'd you…

I have heard the the term "chainring tattoo" used to refer to a particular kind of cycling injury, where little dots of scar tissue are left after your leg impacts the chainwheel teeth...

It's more commonly just used to refer to a greasy mark on the inside of your right…

A plethora of…

BSOD This is Drunken Llama just after he got it done.

Another way in which macs have more style — a small grey folder with the question mark of death would look much better!

... and "cf" on your penis.

Or "sic". Or "stet".

like getting "ibid" on the other foot...

... and "cf" on your penis.

http://www.blackbirdsf.org/chainwheels/

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Oh and a friend had a microsoft blue screen of death error message tatooed up his forearm

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Yeah, I did, it was lovely. Breast cancer runs rampant in the female line of my family.

Yes, me too. I spend a reasonable amount of time thinking, as a large breasted woman, what I would do were I ever to get it. Oh, and getting regular mammograms.
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After being told of this, we then sat around thinking up similarly themed additions, like getting "ibid" on the other foot...

Did you see the documentary Titless Wonders, Emma?

Yeah, I did, it was lovely. Breast cancer runs rampant in the female line of my family. I lost a cousin to it when I was little, and both my mother and aunt have had lumps removed. The prospect has always scared…

I was informed that the central nerves area is friggin painful so Emma you may want to try the stomach.

Heh, I gained twenty kilos when I was pregnant. Unless I'm tattooing a ploughed field, on my stomach is right out.

Though I am blown away by this scar tattooing.…

I watched the movie of the book Illustrated man, of which Craig referred to earlier, on 16mm, at alternative school. That Ectacrome film has richness of colour.

Slightly less encouraging is that Zack Snyder (he of the eye-wateringly dreadful 300) has a re-make of The Illustrated Man pencilled in for…

But I do want something pretty on me. Don't we all?

Well, I certainly like something pretty on me... but she doesn't have to be tattooed....

I love 'em but wont have 'em because I change my mind far too frequently and moko is for quite a long time...

Excellent text tattoo – you have to have a good look at his hands to get it.

I had a year 10 student at the end of term 3 who had got a bit bored in Maths class, so she carved a heart in the back of her hand with her compass, then coloured it in with a ball point pen...

We used to draw the ink…

The whole thing from needle-in to completed tattoo takes ~2mins. She gets…

After I pointed out to her…

I like the idea of a text tattoo, but I'd probably want it in Latin. The only English phrase I'd want on me is "This too shall pass",…

Some things you really shouldn't do while drunk...

I asked my tattooist if it was alright to drink after and she said it was fine. But before is a huge no-no.

I wonder why my tatooist didn't mention this when I went in, completely tanked. And yes, it did come out kinda weird.

The Who, "Tattoo" (1974):
http://nz.youtube.com/watch?v=U9FsgEKwVyE…

And to juxtapose the literary tattoos, Science Tattoos

another great bit of advice from years ago was someone telling me that you can't have booze or drugs for 24hours before and after getting tatts.

"badly effects the look of the ink".

I asked my tattooist if it was alright to drink after and she said it was fine.…

At moments like…

Contrariwise is an interesting site if you are a bit literary in inclination and like tattoos.

Ohhhh... – and I mean this in the nicest smiliest possible way – you bitch. What a great site.

another great bit of advice from years ago was someone telling me that you can't…

Contrariwise is an interesting site if you are a bit literary in inclination and like tattoos.

I got my tattoo 10 years ago, it took a lot of pondering ... I knew the words I wanted, but how to put them on me. and where? It does take…

Only if you've got some really good hooch to go with that offer

another great bit of advice from years ago was someone telling me that you can't have booze or drugs for 24hours before and after getting tatts.

"badly effects the look of the ink".

you mean, by making…

awww c'mon megan, don't be such a wuss.

come round at the weekend and i'll put one on with a needle and some biro ink.

Only if you've got some really good hooch to go with that offer.

old ten cent or new ten cent?

Which is smaller? Whichever one,…

Anyone tempted?

The best bit about that is the blank space on his left arm with what I think is the state of Texas in it? Ha.
"Yeah man, totally want like, zombie over my whole body. Oh yeah, and Texas".

come round at the weekend and i'll put one on with a needle and some biro ink.

Dude, I think you're taking this frugality thing a bit too seriously.

Megan: old ten cent or new ten cent?

All of my tats were originally related to my birthdays. Hey, it's a…

@emma. hold off on getting more. they're highly addictive and you end up getting them for the sake of it.

Oh go on, Che, just one more. Maybe on the other side of my chest? (I don't think, going by the amount of time I spent peering down my own…

I've wanted a star on my foot for years

awww c'mon megan, don't be such a wuss.

come round at the weekend and i'll put one on with a needle and some biro ink.

I want something pretty on me. I pick a place, I carefully consider the image, then I get it.

I've wanted a star on my foot for years. Not to mark so much a moment, but a feeling. I'm just too much of a wuss, even though I only want…

take your time between tatts and make them mark a moment, an event, or a watershed, not a whimsy. all of my tatts are deeply personal.

My technique is totally different. I want something pretty on me. I pick a place, I carefully consider the image, then I get it.…

But I love it, because, 17 years later, it takes me back to that moment, those days, that place and time. It's like a great song or scent.

and that's *exactly* why i have them.

@emma. hold off on getting more. they're highly addictive and you end up getting them…

Here's one of the more inventive tattoos I've seen recently, by Dan Hazleton.

That's really nice (apart from the ripped skin which I'm not keen on)

I suppose I should also mention local tattoo zine: the Tattooed Heart. I like the Top Ten Worst Celebrity Tattoos

In my experieince, non-facial (and non offensive) moko and tattoos are fully mainstream. And Aotearoa is very chilled out to them, they barely raise an eyebrow these days.

Agreed. I've worked in the software, finance and compliance side of things for a while, and I've never had a problem with…

I got her to do this.

oh, she's lovely.

Which is interesting considering where you got it.

For all that it's only about two inches high, the top of it pretty much hurt not at all, but the very bottom – on the 'fleshier' part of my chest, was a…

Much to my surprise, the actual tattooing experience was a delight, and one I recommend enthusiastically to other people.

Which is interesting considering where you got it.

My first tattoo (it was just the outline, the stars and colour came later) was an awful experience.

I was being filmed for a…

My moko is large, running from shoulder-blade to wrist and took about 15 hours. It's not visible if I'm wearing a suit, but on dressdown Friday's it's…

I'm glad I waited until I did to get it, and I want more…

I'm always a bit suspicious by any tattooist who doesn't have a waiting list. All the tattooists I've met had at least a month's waiting list for anything bigger…

Mine doesn't; although it does begin with a hangover. Chch, late 80's, the day after the U2/BB King "Love Comes to Town" tour.

A good friend (let's call him Boofhead) has decided he needs/wants…

On a drunket to Auckland

This is a great word. Consider it stolen.

It's the alchemical/classical astronomy symbol for mercury.