# Your body is a temple...so what kind of art do you have displayed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2004, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-is-a-temple-so-what-kind-of-art-do-you-have-displayed/269411 "2004-10-15T17:34:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-is-a-temple-so-what-kind-of-art-do-you-have-displayed/269411/41 "2004-10-18T18:54:32Z")
> [@Hazel](#): > > I’m feeling very dull & unadorned – I don’t have anything. I don’t want to be pierced, but tatoos tempt me. Can tatoos be done in bright, clear colors? [This](http://www.bdctattoo.com/carlos.html) is the shop where I got mine done, and Ardred got his (he’s got two big ones on his back and a small one on his shoulder. Carlos (not my artist but an amazing one, nonetheless) does some fantastic color work. I don’t have any online pics of mine, but it’s a stick figure camera operator, about an inch and a half tall on the inside of my left ankle. I want [This](http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/MM35_gallery/MM35_PG113.jpg) as a back piece but I can’t afford it and I haven’t wanted it long enough to think I want it forever. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-is-a-temple-so-what-kind-of-art-do-you-have-displayed/269411/42 "2004-10-18T19:13:06Z")
I don’t have any pics to post, but I have one tattoo. It’s a blue scorpion, with a red rose in one claw. On my right shoulder. It’s very cool, I think. I had the artist combine two designs that were in the shop, and scale them down very small. It’s only about 3 inches across. I’ve always wanted a tattoo, and I finally gave myself a Christmas present last year, at age 45. I might get another one someday, but dang, they smart a might bit. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-is-a-temple-so-what-kind-of-art-do-you-have-displayed/269411/43 "2004-10-18T19:52:20Z")
I just have two studs in each earlobe and a hoop in my cartilage. [Here](https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/kapolley/ear%20-%20left.jpg) is an extremely boring picture of my boring ear. The brown stuff is iodine; this picture was taken right after I got it done (that was last Valentine’s day). I’ve been thinking about getting a tattoo. I’d want one on my foot, since I used to dance and run (I still run occasionally, although not nearly as much as I used to). I’d want it on the top of my foot, but unfortunately that’s like the boniest place ever so it would hurt. I’d want a Celtic knot of some sort, since I used to take Irish dance lessons. It probably won’t ever happen, though. ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-is-a-temple-so-what-kind-of-art-do-you-have-displayed/269411/44 "2004-10-18T20:45:58Z")
> [@World Eater](#): > > I must have been in some trance or something. I’ll have to get some better pics up, this one just doesn’t do it justice. > > [Here you go](http://www.subtechbeats.com/tat.html) I just wanna say I think your ink is awesome. Sleeves are the\_h0tness. Now that that is out of the way. I’ve just recently had more work done. I now have a new [Alice](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/fizzestothetop/newalice.jpg) to go with my old [Alice](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/fizzestothetop/alicetattoo2.jpg). Eventually I plan on getting old Alice touched up to look more like new Alice and then I want to get more Alice images done until I have a collage across my back. I also got [this](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/fizzestothetop/ram.jpg) little guy from The Little Prince. As you may have noticed, I’ve got a bit of a thing for Children’s Lit. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-is-a-temple-so-what-kind-of-art-do-you-have-displayed/269411/45 "2004-10-18T20:54:02Z")
About Gemini symbol ( **II** ), about an two inches square, right in the small of my back. I am a Gemini to the bone (and so am I). ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2004, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-is-a-temple-so-what-kind-of-art-do-you-have-displayed/269411/46 "2004-10-18T22:39:34Z")
OMG **fizzlestothetop** , that first Alice tattoo is absolutely fantastic! I’m amazed at the detail. Big kudos to the artist who did that. The caterpillar one is awesome too! ---
**Author:** ![hardygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@hardygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hardygrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-is-a-temple-so-what-kind-of-art-do-you-have-displayed/269411/47 "2004-10-19T02:52:35Z")
A blue dolphin, posed like [this](http://www.rossanthony.com/D/images/dolphins.jpg) but with the tail pointing right on my right shoulder. I’m still planning the next bit of ink. ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-is-a-temple-so-what-kind-of-art-do-you-have-displayed/269411/48 "2004-10-19T03:44:46Z")
> [@saramamalana](#): > > OMG **fizzlestothetop** , that first Alice tattoo is absolutely fantastic! I’m amazed at the detail. Big kudos to the artist who did that. The caterpillar one is awesome too! Thanks. I’m really pleased with how it turned out. I plan on going back to the same artist for the rest of my Alices and to let him touch up the caterpillar to hopefully give it more detail like Alice and the Chesire Cat. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2004, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-is-a-temple-so-what-kind-of-art-do-you-have-displayed/269411/49 "2004-10-19T12:54:58Z")
> [@fizzestothetop](#): > > I’ve just recently had more work done. I now have a new [Alice](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/fizzestothetop/newalice.jpg) to go with my old [Alice](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v65/fizzestothetop/alicetattoo2.jpg). I’d just like to add that I think the new Alice (and old) look great. It’s so nice when they’re fresh and shiny like that. \ 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-body-is-a-temple-so-what-kind-of-art-do-you-have-displayed/269411.md?page=2)