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the
only difference between people with tattoos & piercings
and people without is that the people with tattoos &
piercings don't mind that the people without don't have
any
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Reptile
Tattoos
-another special
interest of mine
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It's a shame that nearly all
snakes in tattoos seem to be "death or glory" ferocious
snakes curling around daggers and crawling around skulls.
They all have enormous fangs dripping blood. As I'm trying
to say in most of a related web site, snakes just aren't
like that !
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What I like are the "normal" reptile tattoos
(if there is any such thing!!)
This page has been up for over four years
and I've still only got half a dozen piccies. Some of them are my
own, and others are of friends, or people I've met on the Internet.
Where possible there are hyperlinks to the tattoo-ees
Please email me any pictures of snake
tattoos you or any of your friends may
have
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To start here's one
of mine - payment for a baby boa
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Here's an email I got in May
2000:
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Hello. My name is <xxx>
and I am looking for the perfect pic. of a red tailed boa
constrictor snake for a tattoo, but am unable to find one
and i just thought you might be able to help........
Please help if you can. Thanks for
your time.
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This is what I
replied:
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Hi - Snake tattoos are a
favorite of mine - the trouble is that the snakes in tattoos
generally look far too fierce, and the colours of real
snakes won't really look good in a tattoo. Are you tatto-ed
or on good terms with a tattoo artist? What I'd suggest (and
what I've done and will do again soon) is that you have a
chat with a tattoo artist, tell them what you want, take in
some pictures of snakes and get him or her to come up with
some artwork that you like that will also make a good
tattoo.
Good luck, and please send me a
piccie of what you have done so's I can add you to my
gallery!
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The tattoo below was one custom-made for me
by Ben at Ashford Custom Tattoo - I chatted with him, took in some
pictures and ideas, and Ben came up with the snake you see
below.
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26 Jan 2000
Stage One - outline in
place
still to be coloured in
!
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18 Feb - Stage Two
Quite a bit of colouring in
done.
After an hour and a half, I decided
to make another appointment because I'm a wuss and it hurt
!.
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March 20 - All done
The finished tattoo - it took three
sittings and it did hurt, but I'm very pleased with the
result.
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Enough of me - there are others with
smashing tattoos too. Please send me any piccies you may have so I
can add to this gallery.
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"Miss X" who has a very good
web site and one of the prettiest tattoos I've ever
seen
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A close-up of the
tattoo
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Click here
to find who did the tattoo
above
A few words on tattooing - bear in
mind the following points
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Tattoos are for life - they cannot
be removed without extensive surgery which leaves
marks
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2
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Tattoos can spread infection - make
sure your tattooist knows what they are doing - there are a
lot of "scratchers" that don't
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3
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They DO hurt
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Where to go for your tattoo ?
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Ashford Custom Tattoo
Ashford Kent UK
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Pleasure Points Body Piercing & Tattoo
Lee's Summit, Missouri U.S.
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