You should probably get your career going b4 doing that. the professional setting still very much frown upon it. Id say do it AFTER you're already teaching.
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Don't worry about the design; it can be a pain to come up with it, but as long as you try, you'll eventually 'feel' when you get the right one. Just don't rush anything. Try various designs, draw them multiple times, maybe try to put them on yourself virtually in Photoshop and so on. If you plan to do it in a few years, then you really have more than enough time to come up with the right design.
About the pain; that should not worry you at all. I have a tattoo on the upper side of my back and two tattoos on upper side of my arms (a bit above wrists) and it didn't hurt at all. It's not the pain that most people think it is; it is much more similar to scratching, like a cat-scratch. It scratches a bit, but after a few minutes, you don't even notice anymore. The tattoos on my arms hurt less because I was looking at them being done and it really felt like almost nothing is happening. The one on the back hurt only a slightest bit when it was scratching along my spine. But that's it. Just to note; I'm a girl and we have a lower pain tolerance (and plus, my skin is not really thick as you can see my veins through it at any time :O), so if it didn't hurt me, it shouldn't hurt anyone
Don't worry about the design; it can be a pain to come up with it, but as long as you try, you'll eventually 'feel' when you get the right one. Just don't rush anything. Try various designs, draw them multiple times, maybe try to put them on yourself virtually in Photoshop and so on. If you plan to do it in a few years, then you really have more than enough time to come up with the right design.About the pain; that should not worry you at all. I have a tattoo on the upper side of my back and two tattoos on upper side of my arms (a bit above wrists) and it didn't hurt at all. It's not the pain that most people think it is; it is much more similar to scratching, like a cat-scratch. It scratches a bit, but after a few minutes, you don't even notice anymore. The tattoos on my arms hurt less because I was looking at them being done and it really felt like almost nothing is happening. The one on the back hurt only a slightest bit when it was scratching along my spine. But that's it. Just to note; I'm a girl and we have a lower pain tolerance (and plus, my skin is not really thick as you can see my veins through it at any time :O), so if it didn't hurt me, it shouldn't hurt anyone
Depends on where you're teaching.DTWolfwood said:
My best friend is a 1st grade (ages 6-7) teacher and has tattoos covering his upper body. However, much like during his job interviews he always wears a collared shirt and long sleeves at work. His principal didn't know he had tattoos till he was setting up his classroom and wearing a t-shirt (no students that day).
Sleeve Tattoo? You can cover it up with *shock horror* Sleeves!
I have Tattoos on my up right arm, video game and science fiction/comic book related stuff mainly, and a few down the right side of my stomach. I plan to get alot more done.
The one thing I will say is, make sure you can cover them up. I plan to teach English Literature at College/University level after I go through Uni. For this reason I am not gettign tatts below my elbows, just so that I can hide them easily, and so that my job prospects are not ruined. Bare that in mind.
Also, the pain thing: it varies from person to person. A poster above said that a stomach tattoo was fine. My stomach/ribs were some of the worst I have had. My old manager who is tattoed completely down his arms and elgs, across his back, chest and bits of his neck, couldn't cope with the pain of his Fightstar tattoo on his stomach. Everyones pain threshold/sensitivity is different.
I have Tattoos on my up right arm, video game and science fiction/comic book related stuff mainly, and a few down the right side of my stomach. I plan to get alot more done.
The one thing I will say is, make sure you can cover them up. I plan to teach English Literature at College/University level after I go through Uni. For this reason I am not gettign tatts below my elbows, just so that I can hide them easily, and so that my job prospects are not ruined. Bare that in mind.
Also, the pain thing: it varies from person to person. A poster above said that a stomach tattoo was fine. My stomach/ribs were some of the worst I have had. My old manager who is tattoed completely down his arms and elgs, across his back, chest and bits of his neck, couldn't cope with the pain of his Fightstar tattoo on his stomach. Everyones pain threshold/sensitivity is different.
Fuck that.DTWolfwood said:
I have a bass clef on my left arm. Hardly anyone knows what it is, I get stuff like "is that a comma and semicolon?" etc. I want to get that arm done like my right (half sleeve onto the right side of my chest) and am thinking about doing what you are, turning it into a full sleeve with other music symbols. I don't think you have to worry about them job wise as long as you can cover them up. I have a few very large tattoos but I can cover them all up with sleeves/pants. I almost always cover them for things like job interviews just to be safe. Assuming you're not going to have them going up onto your neck or down onto your hands you should be fine.
As far as the design goes if you find a good artist, if you're comfortable with it, you can just give them the general idea and let them run with it and should get a great tattoo. I have one covering the bottom half of my right leg and just let the guy do whatever he wanted and it came out great. Which is another point, if you can find a guy who's into that kind of thing because they'll be more into it and so will probably do a better job.
This a thousand fucking times. I have a general idea of the tattoos I want to get but the one thing I will absolutely never even consider are names.Quantum Roberts said:
Edit: Regarding the pain I wouldn't be too worried. If you can take a light being dropped on you I'm sure you can handle a sleeve. Sure everyone's pain threshold is different but I really don't think tattoos are that bad, especially on the arms. The worst places on my half sleeve were near my elbow, collar bone and the middle of my chest. There were some parts of my arm where I couldn't even feel anything (and in a lot of places it starts to get numb as that tattooing goes on). The worst part are the lines, the shading/coloring usually isn't as bad. I've heard all sorts of things about how much getting your side tattooed sucks and how "I've seen the biggest, toughest guys get a side tattoo started and drop out because it's too bad" and yeah that's the worst place of all that I've been tattooed but even that wasn't too bad, mostly towards the stomach and back. Even if it does hurt you just have to sit through it, it's only a couple hours at most (unless you sit down for a monster six hour session or something but that's rare).
its a general rule of thumb. the fact you have to hide it is my point. y bother?ace_of_something said:
Hey if he can hide it go right ahead, but knowing that, y even ask if you should or shouldnt?
I say get the tattoos after your making some money. It cant be cheap to get some good tattoos. Its just more pragmatic to get it after then b4. Not to mention the guy can get some points with the kids he is teaching by making them think they inspired it
gratz that you can hide your tattoo, but does it hurt to not have anything to hide going into a job interview, or to findout before hand if they even allow it? you act like im telling the man DONT GET NO DAMN TATTOOS.Patrick Dare said:
Is it not sensible to be making money before getting them tattoos? Also Im under the impression that he doesn't have a trust fund to use here <.<
Sorry, I didn't mean like fuck you or anything I just meant like screw that, if you can easily cover them up and want to get one now then I don't see a problem. You do have a point about the money though, regardless of them affecting you finding a job or not they're expensive (unless you happen to be friends with a tattoo artist *shakes fist at my friend who has gotten like 4 free tattoos*) so if you don't have any money you kind of don't have a choice. My half sleeve plus chest was like $1,500 with what I tipped (though the same guy did my leg and he gave me a discount on that because of what I spent on the half sleeve and because I was generous with my tips). Which is also something else, it's considered common courtesy to tip the artist.DTWolfwood said:its a general rule of thumb. the fact you have to hide it is my point. y bother?ace_of_something said:
Hey if he can hide it go right ahead, but knowing that, y even ask if you should or shouldnt?
I say get the tattoos after your making some money. It cant be cheap to get some good tattoos. Its just more pragmatic to get it after then b4. Not to mention the guy can get some points with the kids he is teaching by making them think they inspired it
gratz that you can hide your tattoo, but does it hurt to not have anything to hide going into a job interview, or to findout before hand if they even allow it? you act like im telling the man DONT GET NO DAMN TATTOOS.Patrick Dare said:
Is it not sensible to be making money before getting them tattoos? Also Im under the impression that he doesn't have a trust fund to use here <.<
You realize you're severely limiting your chances of getting hired by doing that and you'd never be able to show it in class (word would spread).lolelemental said:
Other then that... sounds good. I dont know, i cant say I'm against tats since i wanna get three, but I feel you should think about it and make sure they're relevant and yu'll enjoy them years later. and that they'll still look good.
You're shitting me?! I mean, how could your ex-husband appriaciate that? xDLightPurpleLighter said:
definately worth the time and cost to do that that sounds pretty sweet. the tattoo i have i designed myself, and it's damn amazig if you put the time and effort into it, you'll never regret it.
although, i found the hardest part, was finding a reputable tattoo parlor do get the job done. some screw u on price, others quality, and some, yeah, actually dirty equipment (shudders). i found one through a friend and (at the time) co-workers.
that sounds pretty sweet. the tattoo i have i designed myself, and it's damn amazig if you put the time and effort into it, you'll never regret it.although, i found the hardest part, was finding a reputable tattoo parlor do get the job done. some screw u on price, others quality, and some, yeah, actually dirty equipment (shudders). i found one through a friend and (at the time) co-workers.
I say go for it. If music is part of you and you feel like expressing it through a tattoo; great. If you're actually designing your own tattoo to express it, you're gold in my books.
Only piece of advice I could really give is take your time. Seriously, don't rush it. As you're still studying, your understanding of music will grow and so might your interpretation of the elements you'd want in your tattoo.
I've been working on the design for my 3/4 sleeve since 2003 now. In 7 years it's evolved into something that isn't visually related to what I started out with in the slightest, even though I've never really 'started over'. I may be an extreme case, but you really should keep in mind the way you interpret things will change.
Only piece of advice I could really give is take your time. Seriously, don't rush it. As you're still studying, your understanding of music will grow and so might your interpretation of the elements you'd want in your tattoo.
I've been working on the design for my 3/4 sleeve since 2003 now. In 7 years it's evolved into something that isn't visually related to what I started out with in the slightest, even though I've never really 'started over'. I may be an extreme case, but you really should keep in mind the way you interpret things will change.
Most of the tattoos are Ponca native imagery. Thing is most people are antsy enough sending their innocent little ones to a teacher named [a href=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/iron+codpiece]Mr. Plentywounds[/a] (He let's his students call him Mr.P) So the tattoos just freak parents out more.DTWolfwood said:its a general rule of thumb. the fact you have to hide it is my point. y bother?ace_of_something said:
Hey if he can hide it go right ahead, but knowing that, y even ask if you should or shouldnt?
I say get the tattoos after your making some money. It cant be cheap to get some good tattoos. Its just more pragmatic to get it after then b4. Not to mention the guy can get some points with the kids he is teaching by making them think they inspired it
I get what you're saying. Maybe if he actually checks the escapist he'll elaborate better than I could.
PS: I told him he should've been a high school gym teacher with that name.
edit: oh right he teaches 2nd grade now. I forgot. I'm a bad friend
Your enthusiasm is uplifting, but I don't think that a tattoo will work to your advantage as a high school teacher. That profession has a long history of teachers getting fired for things as trivial as being seen at a bar after work hours. It seems that if a teacher is caught doing anything to suggest he/she is not a pure saint, then some parent cries foul, gets several other families to cry foul as well and then the school board is forced to remove the teacher. If you're still going forward with this, you'd better select the mother of all open-minded high schools out there.
Cheating purposes? Oddly enough, I've done that before. I have two full sleeves on both arms, and there is a fair amount of traditional star and dot filler on them. I've written in equations and various other bits of factual data before tests because nobody would ever notice. I'm a fucking genius. Do geniuses need to cheat on tests?lolelemental said:
If you want it and you like it and you are positive you won't regret it, then get it done. For jobs though its a pretty big thing so be prepared to cover them up most of the time. Even more so if you do get into teaching. Also don't cheap out when getting them done. You get what you pay for with tattoos.
I'm sure some of the kids will think you're a loser, and some will think you're pretty hardcore.
I, personally, am against tattoos. I don't want an "artistic statement" on my body. However, I have seen some tats that are pretty cool in the past. As long as it doesn't look stupid on you, it could turn out really neat.
Also, if you're going to get a tattoo of something, make sure you invest you time into whatever it is. I've seen plenty of music teachers in my time, and some of them only have a vague idea as to what the hell they're talking about. Don't be one of those or you having the tattoo will appear as really lame.
I, personally, am against tattoos. I don't want an "artistic statement" on my body. However, I have seen some tats that are pretty cool in the past. As long as it doesn't look stupid on you, it could turn out really neat.
Also, if you're going to get a tattoo of something, make sure you invest you time into whatever it is. I've seen plenty of music teachers in my time, and some of them only have a vague idea as to what the hell they're talking about. Don't be one of those or you having the tattoo will appear as really lame.
I have a few music tats and they are my favourite. You can't go wrong with them, if it is your passion, it will be one tattoo that you do not regret. Go for it.
Great idea, just bear in mind that you'd need to find a really accepting school that would let you show a tattoo, or at least keep it about an inch below the sleeve length of your dress shirts/jackets. And, barring a significant change in thinking, you would really need to always wear long-sleeve shirts. The spirit of the idea is good, but the response to the idea will be taken poorly. Limiting it to your upper arms, though, and maybe your back, probably wouldn't be a problem.
No, I can provide a picture if needed. It's true. lolham and red bull said:
He thought it was the sweetest thing in the world.
In terms of music I think album covers can look good as tattoos, if it's a good album cover that is. I'd refrain from band names or logos because eventually you will stop listening to them. I plan to get this:
Even if I were to stop listening to Neutral Milk Hotel (huh not likely) the album cover is still a great work of art.
Even if I were to stop listening to Neutral Milk Hotel (huh not likely) the album cover is still a great work of art.