DustyElmer
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hopefully, anyway. i'm thinking a pineapple uke with a banner that says "aloha". what do you all think?! i'm open to suggestions!
TOTALLY AGREE bro. I've been through some heavy stuff too and I just couldn't agree more. I don't even allow myself to pine for it these days...I take one with me wherever I go mate. never have to miss it then. All the best with it Dusty, hope he does an awesome job for ya.i agree on the passion thing. i really think the uke saved my life, as cliched as that is. i've never had an instrument bring so much happiness, and it's the only instrument that, when i'm out of the house, i truly miss playing, and can't wait to get home and play. so i figure, why not throw it on the ol' forearm?
Make sure he knows not to make a little guitar tattoo
i don't have a picture! i'll just bring my Ukulele book and have the artist draw it up for me. i'll post a pic of it later on if i end up being able to get it! played a gig (on drums...blah!) last night and ran into a tattooer buddy of mine. hadn't seen him in a while, and he offered to tattoo me for free today if i stop by the shop he works at.
i agree on the passion thing. i really think the uke saved my life, as cliched as that is. i've never had an instrument bring so much happiness, and it's the only instrument that, when i'm out of the house, i truly miss playing, and can't wait to get home and play. so i figure, why not throw it on the ol' forearm?
Something you can live with for the rest of your life... tattoo regrets last as long as the tattoos.
Keep in mind that ink spreads. Slowly, but it can make a finely detailled a blurry mess after a couple of decades. I have an exquisitely inked mosasaur, trilobite and Quetzalcoatalus on my arms, all of which have lost some clarity over the years. An old Om Mani Padme Hum tat on my chest is hard to recognize today. And the once-crisp Chinese phrase on my scapula is blurry. So get a good inker and good design.
Will you always love and play the uke? I might have a Gibson or Martin guitar on me, had I decided to get a tat back in the 70s. Would seem rather out of date, today. Or it could have been a Harley Davidson, or a Triumph, Royal Enfield or BSA bike... I'd probably have an old Atari logo from the early 80s, somewhere on my flesh. All of them are things I loved once but have moved on from since.
I can happily live with the dinosaurs for the rest of my days, and may even get a finned pelycosaur inked sometime soon (I have the image, just haven't got to a studio). I have a great ink-ready headshot of Darwin I've always wanted to put on my other scapula, too.
Just be sure it's something you want to live with when you're 40 or 50 or 60...
I have an exquisitely inked mosasaur, trilobite and Quetzalcoatalus on my arms
Yeah, I thought that sounded hot too! Says she with the ammonite navel ring.Trilobite tatoo? Stop it man, you're making me hot!