Puck and Cheddars were definitely pals, though (my wife has her first tattoo of Cheddars)
Also, what worried me more about getting this tattoo was the social interactions than the pain of the tattoo itself.
But when my artist started working, I was like... uh oh, this is... cathartic? At one point I was ready to doze off. :blobSmileSweating:
@kf RUDE INDEED
Like, at one point, she was really grinding away at my arm with color and shading. And I was... happily reading a book on my phone? Unexpectedly relaxing. This is problematic because now I'm like, huh, more tattoos? :thinknyan:
mmm, my tattoo is turning into a soy sauce packet
Also, there was another client in the studio with me today getting work done on a massive full back piece that involved, like, a red panda in a wizard hat and a kitten in plate armor.
So wanted to engage with them and be like, "holy crap, that is epic" but I thought it would be rude. Still, it was inspiring
@kf It's just like a "second skin" covering, I guess it's residual ink and a bit of blood plasma seeping in. My wife had the same thing happen with hers for a day or two, so I'm not too worried
@twobraids Oof and as I recall you had a lot of good work done :blobsweats:
@rasterweb Nice! I've got something similar going on with Linkding and a feed-to-mastodon tool I ginned up. I send them over to a separate mastodon account, but been tempted to post them from my main