Your GN'R tattoos (pics, suggestions, ideas)

[badapplex]

Work in progress.Heres what I have so far.I originally had it done 2 months ago,but just went again and had it touched up and had the font evened out,etc.But damnit to hell,the white he pit in the center of the banner already faded out.Ugh.Thats what I get for asking for such a dark red.



I'm going to add the 11-23-08 date above it,I think.

[Rainfox]

Looks good.

Both the 2006 and now the 2009/2010 (and album) logo look great. Been thinking about getting something along those lines. Basic.

 

[axlpwns]

I wanna get the Victory or Death 

[brianmoore24]

decided to post them in the thread didnt know the link wasnt posting the pics the first time

[cyllan]

My mum died two years ago and when CD was released 3 months later This I Love was the song that pulled me through my lowest times; the lyrics felt like they'd been written exactly for the situation I was in.  I've always adored Axl's lyrics and it means so much to have them permanently inked on my body.  I thought these particular ones would fit perfectly with the portrait of mum I wanted to get - from a photo she had taken in 1945, when she was 21.  I was fortunate enough to get the work done by the incredibly talented Hannah Aitchison and she also tattooed a memorial portrait of one of my dogs at the same time.  Both were done yesterday so please forgive the red and swollen arm.  When it's healed properly I'll post a better pic because you can't quite see all the lyrics in this one.  It reads: "I've searched the universe, And found myself within her eyes."

[CheapJon]

^beautiful

[Il?vatar]

Outstanding. To me I've always thought the song has serious weight when considered from a bereaved point of view rather than being dumped by a chick. I've always thought of it as an ode to Axls mum rather than an ex girlfriend.

[cyllan]

Thanks for the kind comments, guys, I felt so privileged to be Hannah's canvas.  And of course, thank you to Axl for having the courage to bare his soul through his songs and leaving us with such a wonderful legacy of lyrics.

[hitmanhart408]

Thanks for the kind comments, guys, I felt so privileged to be Hannah's canvas.  And of course, thank you to Axl for having the courage to bare his soul through his songs and leaving us with such a wonderful legacy of lyrics.

is she one of the chics on LA Ink?

[babydolls]

amazing portraits, found that very moving cyllan...
all the best x

[gg77]

Not completely ready yet. 

[Montrealrocks]

On each arm.  Same place!

Finished my Ashba one couple weeks ago.  The Axl one had it for couple of months! (I posted it already, but wanted to show them both finished. 

[Nightrain7]

This is my design for my GN'R tatt that i want... Just messed around with the new logo abit..
http://img507.imageshack.us/i/gnrtatoption1.jpg/

[Nightrain7]

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/7327/allpics005.jpg

[Annie]

My mum died two years ago and when CD was released 3 months later This I Love was the song that pulled me through my lowest times; the lyrics felt like they'd been written exactly for the situation I was in.  I've always adored Axl's lyrics and it means so much to have them permanently inked on my body.  I thought these particular ones would fit perfectly with the portrait of mum I wanted to get - from a photo she had taken in 1945, when she was 21.  I was fortunate enough to get the work done by the incredibly talented Hannah Aitchison and she also tattooed a memorial portrait of one of my dogs at the same time.  Both were done yesterday so please forgive the red and swollen arm.  When it's healed properly I'll post a better pic because you can't quite see all the lyrics in this one.  It reads: "I've searched the universe, And found myself within her eyes."

Beautiful tattoo and beautiful story. Thankyou for sharing.

[Annie]

On each arm.  Same place!

Finished my Ashba one couple weeks ago.  The Axl one had it for couple of months! (I posted it already, but wanted to show them both finished. 

Totally awesome tats. A little different from my Hello Kitty Axl.

[AXL DEMOCRACY]

Celebrating my 15 year anniversary of my UYI tattoo and decided it was time to get it touched up.  It's stayed in great shape over the years.  Got to show Axl the tatt during the HOB Vegas show during the solo in "Rocket Queen" where he saw it said "Wow!"  Gave me the thumbs up and walked to the back of the stage towards Tommy, his eyes locked on me the entire time, said something to Tommy and motioned him to walk to the front of the stage with him, where he pointed at me for Tommy to see the tatt and he and Axl gave me the thumbs up!  One of the coolest moments in my G N' R life 
Got to show the tatt to Axl again after the last Hammerstein show in NYC in 2006 and he remembered me from the HOB show.  It was a great quick and very cool moment.  Hope I get to show it to Axl again sometime soon now that is freshly touched up 
Crazy how time flies; remember getting the tattoo in 1995, at 17 years old, a senior in high school - and getting so much shit from people who had G N' R dead and buried (yet these were the same people 3 years prior who were wearing G N' R t-shirts).

Anyway, thought I'd share a photo of the tatt fresh out of the chair!

[jarmo]

Nice.

Just curious, what made you pick the Use Your Illusion 1 color scheme instead of 2?





/jarmo

[One.In.A.Million]

That is a tattoo, that I'm interested in getting done too. And I recently asked a tattoo artist, and he said that it would be a problem as it's orange and it will fade.

He most probably is an amatear and I'm going to ask around other artists. That's why in the Appetite For Collection thread, I was asking for that picture of the guy at the Hammerstein shows, with the UYI 1 tattoo.

Nice tattoo, and it makes me even more excited to get the same done.

I'm going to be getting alot of GN'R ink, need to start planning. I'm 22, Feb 1st, so it's the perfect time to start getting tattoos I feel.

 

[LongGoneDay]

That UYI tat is amazing!