BeatriceKarjalainen
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Finished: See post signature.
Doing: C. Levante
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Looks great ! I am planning one at some point but can’t decide on design!I went to a tattoo fair today totally unplanned. Came home with a tattoo to remember all my caminos. I’m thinking of adding more shells (one for each Camino by a different artist and maybe style) on different places of the body.View attachment 157437
Hi Beatrice,I went to a tattoo fair today totally unplanned. Came home with a tattoo to remember all my caminos. I’m thinking of adding more shells (one for each Camino by a different artist and maybe style) on different places of the body.View attachment 157437
Oh good question, we tested out different directions but this one looked the best when holding my arm down. And I also prefer the “all the rays leads to SdC” symbolism (the non Galician way) so when I look at it when I hold my arm in front of me it points towards Santiago. But others prefer to have the hinge towards them self.Hi Beatrice,
Lovely tatt! I'm interested in how/why you decided on the direction of the shell?
Happy trails.
Love the realism of the shell.I went to a tattoo fair today totally unplanned. Came home with a tattoo to remember all my caminos. I’m thinking of adding more shells (one for each Camino by a different artist and maybe style) on different places of the body.View attachment 157437
Think seriously before you get a tattoo. Tattooing is bad for your health because it introduces heavy metals into your body. It's very difficult to get rid of them aft
Nice!
Thanks. I wanted something between a thin line drawing and a realistic so I opted for a dot artwork. And I really like it.Love the realism of the shell.
Like that idea. I was at one point thinking of doing the end-stamp. But it needed to be quite large.I used a graphic from a credential stamp- it is of the way, and of my experience on it.View attachment 157466
I love it! I’m in SdC now. I just finished walking yesterday. I’m here until Nov. 3rd so I want a tattoo before I fly home.I went to a tattoo fair today totally unplanned. Came home with a tattoo to remember all my caminos. I’m thinking of adding more shells (one for each Camino by a different artist and maybe style) on different places of the body.View attachment 157437
Beautiful.Love your tattoo, Beatrice! Great place to have it on your wrist, so you can see it all the time.
Here's mine, on my upper arm.
Nice.I had mine done in SdC. I was so excited once it was done, I love it. A permanent souvenir. The tattoo studio (Ethan Clay) has a number of different designs and has a discount for pilgrims.
While this used to be true, for the most part, it is no longer so. A well-chosen artist is only going to use inks specially made for tattooing, and without heavy metals in them. Those with allergies to things in general are advised to stay away from red pigments because they can cause an ongoing inflammatory auto-immune response at the site.Think seriously before you get a tattoo. Tattooing is bad for your health because it introduces heavy metals into your body. It's very difficult to get rid of them afterwards.
Very brave and beautiful. It will remind you of the your accomplishments, and perhaps inspire others as well.I went to a tattoo fair today totally unplanned. Came home with a tattoo to remember all my caminos. I’m thinking of adding more shells (one for each Camino by a different artist and maybe style) on different places of the body.View attachment 157437
I went to a tattoo fair today totally unplanned. Came home with a tattoo to remember all my caminos. I’m thinking of adding more shells (one for each Camino by a different artist and maybe style) on different places of the body.View attachment 157437
Wow - have you seen how many tattoos are out there these day - will be a lot of unhealthy people going forward - by the way my dad got tattoos age 16 - He is 88 and still going strong. Don’t think OP needs to worry too muchThink seriously before you get a tattoo. Tattooing is bad for your health because it introduces heavy metals into your body. It's very difficult to get rid of them afterwards.
We got our tattoos in Porto at Spider Tatoos.I went to a tattoo fair today totally unplanned. Came home with a tattoo to remember all my caminos. I’m thinking of adding more shells (one for each Camino by a different artist and maybe style) on different places of the body.View attachment 157437
It can be a remember that even the slowest gets to their destination at one point so no need to stop walking.View attachment 157808
Got mine in 2018 after completing the VdlP.
As I get older (now 68) & slower I'm thinking of a snail for the opposite arm?
It was not even my first tattoo either but I assume the answer was not directed to me as I already got the tattoo. I can agree that you should think before you get one as it will always be there, but few people makes a tattoo on a whim (unless drunk). And the Swedish Medicine Agency did test tattoo colours and found that a lot of them still contained undeclared substances or above allowed limits https://www.lakemedelsverket.se/sv/...ingsfarger-pa-den-svenska--marknaden-20222023 and that could post a health risk but studies are also showing signs of health benefits.Wow - have you seen how many tattoos are out there these day - will be a lot of unhealthy people going forward - by the way my dad got tattoos age 16 - He is 88 and still going strong. Don’t think OP needs to worry too much
Oh no not fun to get a bad one. I decided not to get one on the Camino I guess that it why it took me 10 years from my first Camino and an additional 7 caminos before I got itNice one - definitely a keeper!!!
I got one in St. Jean and it was BAD!!! I got it covered up as soon as I got home. Will get a better quality one…
Great idea to mark your Caminos !I went to a tattoo fair today totally unplanned. Came home with a tattoo to remember all my caminos. I’m thinking of adding more shells (one for each Camino by a different artist and maybe style) on different places of the body.
Neat!I went to a tattoo fair today totally unplanned. Came home with a tattoo to remember all my caminos. I’m thinking of adding more shells (one for each Camino by a different artist and maybe style) on different places of the body.View attachment 157437
Nice. I’m lucky to be very pain tolerant. It is not even near some other things woman need to endure once a month.Great idea to mark your Caminos !
Tattoo's are much safer now than when i had my first over 50 years ago;although i don't think they have done much to reduce the pain
I got this last month (Segrado Corazon Tattoos) the other is from 2021 the good bit is the price was the same two years apart!!!
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