Tatted Thursday: Featuring Ant: Part One (Before Me)

 I am sure EVERYONE has been wondering where in the HELL is the posts about ink?!

How can a blog be called Inked & Sassy and there has NOT been ONE SINGLE posts about Tattoos! Jeesh! ;)

Well here you GO!

I was wanting to feature my personal ink first BUT since I have not had the chance to get them all photographed it was easier to sucker get my hubby to share his first.

I will go ahead and warn you though his will be continued through out my blogging career as will mine since we are both HUGE ink lovers AND we both have an "Ink Wish List" so to speak.

Ant's tats are in NO kind of order and I ask that you  bare with me. He has been working on his tat collection for almost 18 years and some of the older ink's information is a little fuzzy for us old folks...

They will seem pretty random chaotic ...

SO...

I will categorize them as best as I can...

Before Me (Part One) and After Me (Part Two) ;)

Without further ado... 

Part One: 

Before Me:

8 Point Star

1st Tat

Shop Name/Location: In his home

Artist Name:  Couldn't recall

Placement: Left Shoulder

Pain Scale:  2 *

Price:$ $30 **

Age: 13-14

Meaning/Story: Since this was his first tat there was no story behind it. 

Though the tattoo was done by a professional artist I HIGHLY recommend that tattoos are done in sanitized locations with health department inspections and pass within their guidelines.

Egyptian Cross

Shop Name/Location:  Screamer's Tattoo; Dothan, Alabama
(The Dothan location is no longer open BUT he does have a few shops in the local area)

Artist Name: Dragon Dave

Placement: Right Bicep

Pain Scale: 3*

Price: $85**

Age: 16-17 yrs old

Meaning/Story: He liked the uniqueness of the cross and in the area where he grew up it was a one of a kind tat. Not many folks there would have chosen the same.

Superman Symbol

Shop Name/Location: Forbidden Images; Dothan Alabama

Artist Name: Jeff

Placement: Right Shoulder

Pain Scale: 1*

Price: $60**

Age: 18ish

Meaning/Story: Superman has always been Ant's favorite super hero and now he wears him on his arm with pride.

Blue Tribal

Shop Name/Location: Screamer's Tattoo; Dothan, Alabama

Artist Name: "Frog"

Placement: Between shoulder blades on back

Pain Scale:  6*

Price: $90**

Age: 18ish

Meaning/Story: The tribal here was to be the beginning of a back piece, but years later the plans had changed and it just stands alone.... for now...

"X.S.J" 

"Vampire Script"

Shop Name/Location: Screamer's Tattoo; Ozark Alabama

Artist Name: Dragon Dave

Placement: Stomach

Pain Scale: 10*

Price: $100**

Age: 19

Meaning/Story:  The initials X.S.J. represent my hubby's first born biological child, his son, who lives with his ex out of state.

Only God Can

Shop Name/Location: B&E Tattoo; Dothan, Alabama

Artist Name: "Whitefoot"

Placement: Left Forearm

Pain Scale: 3*

Price: $80**

Age: 20

Meaning/Story: He chose this cross and saying to remind him and others that there is only one who can judge him or us and that is God. Only God Can Judge Me  is a daily reminder to let things go, and not to wrap your mind around what others or yourself may think of you.

Crown of Thorns Cross

Shop Name/Location: Screamer's Tattoo; Dothan, Alabama

Artist Name: Dragon Dave

Placement: Right side of Chest

Pain Scale: 4*

Price: $100**

Age: 18-20ish

Meaning/Story: He went through a phase where he was tattooing crosses left and right, this was a design that he personally like but had the middle letters changed to A.M.J which are his own initials.

RIP

 Shop Name/Location: Screamer's Tattoo; Dothan, Alabama

Artist Name: Dragon Dave

Placement: Left Bicep

Pain Scale:  1*

Price: No Charge**

Age: 17-18 yrs old

Meaning/Story: Anthony's grandfather dies when he was a kid and when he got older he wanted to keep the memory of his grandfather alive and with him with a tribute tattoo, when he got the tattoo he decided to go ahead and add his grandmother's initials at the same time thought she has only been gone from us for a few years. When I asked him why he decided to do that he simply stated that those two were never supposed to be separated from each other...

CROSS & SUN ACCENT

CROSS:
Shop Name/Location: Forbidden Images; Dothan, Alabama

Artist Name: Jeff

Placement: Right Forearm

Pain Scale: 3*

Price: $60**

Age: 20ish

Meaning/Story: Again this was during the cross phase in his tattoo theme (before me), he liked the cross and for many years the cross stood on it's own until he added the sun accent (after me)

SUN:
Shop Name/Location: Forbidden Images; Dothan, Alabama

Artist Name: Jeff

Placement: Accent around cross located on Right Forearm

Pain Scale: 4*

Price: $50**

Age: 24-25ish

Meaning/Story: He felt that after some time the cross needed something more to it, so he decided he would add some flair to the boring plain cross and accent it with a sunburst.

Check back next week where I will feature Ant's Ink Part Two (After Me)

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*DISCLAIMER Pain scales depend on the individual getting the tattoo. These are not in anyway a guarantee  on how much a tattoo in a particular area will or will not hurt YOU.
The pain scale is based on a 1-10 scale (10 being the worst) and is just used to give you the reader an EXAMPLE. The pain scale is that of the featured person and their personal opinion on how much it hurt THEM.

** DISCLAIMER  tattoo pricing usually is charged by the hour. Depending on the location, size, detail, colors etc. will depend on the price of your tattoo. These prices listed are just to give you an idea of what some ink work could cost you. We are also DEDICATED tattoo enthusiast and are VERY LOYAL to our artist. SOME artists will show appreciation for your dedication and charge their repeat clients  with a discounted rate... This may or may not be typical in your area. Also me and my hubby always TIP our artist some pricing may or may not include the tip that we gave them... we can't remember :(