That biggy is on point 
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Love this! Looking forward to seeing the progress!
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I have 10 tattoos in various places 
but i will share one of my favorites. This is my half sleeve which was done about 12 years ago or so (I think).
- Skull represents addiction and bankruptcy in all forms
- Monarch butterfly represents transformation as well as my spirit name
- Purple ribbon represents survivor of domestic violence. I got it filled in when i charged my ex
- Cross represents my HP
- Banner of family
My other tattoos have a lot of meaning also. The other one thats important to me is the word Fearless behind my left ear. Same spot where my son had his brain biopsy done. Its in grey with the grey ribbon representing brain cancer.
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I love it! Im getting a purple ribbon. I just haven’t decided in the design yet.
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Thought i would share another one! Part of my desert leg sleeve ive been working on for ages now. Back of the knee.
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Thanks, its one of my favourite tattoos
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There are soo many ways to incorporate a ribbon Hope you find one that fits for you
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While I was chatting with my artist, she referred to the back of the knee as the “knee ditch”. Apparently that side of your elbow or knee is called the “ditch” in the tattoo world. Been stuck in my head ever since!
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Ah yes I have heard this before! I always forget they call it the ditch!
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I need some advice. About tattoos.
I have struggled with self harm for 21 years. I have not done it in 5 months.
Do y’all think I could get a tattoo and not relapse? Would getting a tattoo be considered relapsing if it’s the same general feeling id get from SH? Because I have been wanting to get a tattoo. But I’m concerned it would lead me down the road again where I’m cutting all the time and hiding scars etc.
So I have a friend (take secondhand experience as you will) who struggled a lot with self-harm. Tattoos didn’t trigger her because she was always in a good place mentally when she got one.
Example: she had just gotten out of the hospital after several days’ stay in the ward, and she had been doing some good work with a therapist. She’s been thinking about this tattoo for awhile because it was a symbol of how she’s dynamic and how it would tie her to the sea (she loved the sea) and she felt it would give her strength.
If she had been using the tattoo to seek out pain in a new way, it wouldn’t have been healthy for her. But she had a goal and a reason that helped her dissociate the pain of the tattoo with the pain she inflicted.
Does this make any sense?
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This is my first tattoo. Before my brother was shot in a horrible act of violence, him and I were talking about this being my first tattoo. I was planning on getting this for Christmas but never did it. After my brother died at the end of June I felt it just needed to be done and was able to use some of his ashes for the ink.
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Wow!! Pretty dope!
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That’s really incredible. What a wonderful and meaningful way of remembering him forever 
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It does. Thank you! I have never went and gotten a tattoo because i wasn’t sure if it would trigger my SH. But i have wanted one for a long time… I’ve always just been unsure if it would cause problems. So thanks for the feedback
I really want a Scorpio “m” but somehow integrating a semi colon into it.
As a reminder of who I am, and to keep going.
But I haven’t seen any and I’m not much of an artist 
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