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The A B C's of Tattooing


A ...is for an anchor, it could go anywhere but the gutsiest place for it is on the back of your hand like a hook that's caught in your skin.

B ...is for the body suit that you're gonna end up with. Otherwise it's for bullshit.

C ...is for the collar and four cuffs on your wrists and ankles that mark the boundaries of your bodysuit. Chain links look good but barbed wire looks even cooler.

D ...is for the dragon on your right forearm, it's tail wraps around your elbow and it's body writhes down to your wrist. A true technicolor production.

E ...is for the eagle spread across your chest, it's wingtips touching your shoulders. Don't be a cheapskate about this bird, let the tattooist take as long as he needs to detail those feathers.

F ...is for the flag that's flying at full mast behind the eagle. You can also use them stars and stripes as filler anywhere you got bare skin.

G ...is for your gangs name in big black Gothic letters curving over the top of your back, pledging your allegiance to the Galveston Goons MC or whatever the hell else.

H ...is for a Harley emblem. There are plenty to choose from. The best incorporaes another eagle. Put it on your right bicep.

I ...is for an Indian head with a mohawk on the inside of your right forearm and the female Indian head with the long braids that's on the left inside forearm.

J ...is for Jack Daniels. Inkin' a full pint bottle on your left cheek insures you'll never have to go dry.

K ...is for a kewpie doll with your ol' lady's name in a scroll underneath it. You can put this on your left bicep. Be sure to leave room to add lots of scrolls.

L ...is a lions head, showing lotsa sharp pointed teeth in a snarl.

M ...is a mongol warlord putting a spear right through an enemy horseman while a naked slave girl clutches at his knees. Might as well make this one a back peice.

N ...is for naked broads, one inside each armpit placed so your pit hair adds to the tattoos realism.

O ...is for the oinks of the pigs parading across your stomach. Don't get this one until you've grown your beer gut to it's maximum size.

P ...is a panther fighting a snake on your left forearm. Make sure the panthers claws are ripping your skin and drawing blood.

Q ...is for quiet, which is what your tattoo artist wants you to be when he's working.

R ...is for religious and, if you are, you gotta get a Jesus head crowned with thorns, bleeding, weeping, wailing and looking real tense.

S ...is for a whole shitload of skulls. The biggest one on your right shoulder and has a mongol style topknot that curls down to your shoulder blade and a fu Manchu moustache. The nastiest one is wearing a spiked helmet and chewing on a dead snake.

T ...is for tribal tats, solid, heavy and black, from your ankles to your ass.

U ...is for unusual, which is what that moko work on your shaved skull will make you look like.

V ...is for Vaseline. You'll go through at least a gallon of it before you're done.

W ...is for wicked, maybe a witchy little lady with a whip and high boots.

X ...is for the swastikas on the knuckles of both hands that you chickened out of getting at the very last minute so now there's just these eight big X's

Y ...is for the years that'll pass before your tattooist is done with you.

Z ...is for the zebra stripes that you save for when you are finally covered and only your face is left. by Skinhead Ed