AW: My first tattoo!

phira

I've always said I'd get a tattoo when I figured out for sure what I wanted beyond just some amorphous "something meaningful that looks nice" idea.

I decided to get the constellation Orion, a constellation I've loved since I was a kid. I love the concept and look of constellation tattoos, since there's so much negative space.

jenjen047

Looks great!!

bethsmiles

I love it! It looks fantastic!

Peaseblossom55

I love it!

Blackbird230

That's really neat! I like it.

beanbot2002

I love it! I'm a fellow Orion lover! I look for him each night I can.

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Orion is the 1 constellation I can always pick out in the sky!

500days

Very cool! How long did it take them to do? Must have been in and out! Love it!

LizzyTish88

Love it! How unique! 

phira

Thanks, everyone!! It only took 15 minutes, and it was super easy to tolerate, pain-wise (thanks to the location and how long it took). It's healing pretty nicely so far.

That's one of the reasons I love this constellation so much -- I can ALWAYS find it in the sky!

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I love it!!  And I like the symbolism of always being able to find it in the sky...like you can always return to it if you get a little lost.

GoldenPenguin

I love it so much!! Orion is also my favorite constellation  

One of my friends has it tattooed on her foot, and the three stars of his belt are the colors of her siblings birthstones, which I thought was cool. 

phira

@goldenpenguin DAMN that's kind of awesome. I love gemstones and birthstones, so that totally speaks to me. I'm still glad I kept mine in black, especially since it'll be easier to laser off if I ever do want to get it removed. And because I would have been super indecisive about color.

jenna8984

I've never seen one like that- came out great! And you mentioned not going with color, another plus is that black doesn't hardly fade in the sun like colors do