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I have 13 total(actually 12 but one is a cover): 4 dragons, 1 character for a dargon, 2 firebirds, a tat of christ's head, a bear claw, a celtic knot , a tribal and a black sun.
All of them have some spiritual or emotional story behind them and all of them are very important to me and they are all parts of my background.
It has been my experience that the middle of the back(over the spine) is by far the most painful place that I have gotten a tattoo. The arms and legs didn't hurt much and the ankles and shoulder blades only slightly but the mid-back area was a killer.
I'm like some of the others and think that itty bitty tats gotten by people that just want to be "in" are ridiculous. I'm not saying to get a full back piece your first time out but (and this is my opinion) if a 4 foot tall , 300 lb woman get a dime sized butterfly on the small of her back...it's gonna dissapear when she stands up. I know...I've seen it first hand. If you have that much trepidation about ink then don't get one until you are ready for a good sized one.
Also , if it a money issue that makes you get a small one, don't get one. My cover is over a smal cross that I got for my first tat. It wasn't what I wanted but I couldn't afford anything else so I got that. I eventually regretted the descision. Although it was still important to me(and still is because it was my first) I became ashamed of it and got the sun to cover it up.
Anyway, I'll shut up for now.
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