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stay positive tattoo?
« Thread Started on Apr 9, 2009, 2:23pm »
hopefully someone other than me will remember this... back on the old board, there was some discussion of tattoos after a few people had gotten the stay positive logo, and in the thread somewhere, someone posted a drawing of a traditional style tattoo, with a ship being dragged down by a squid(?) and the words "stay positive" in the old-school lettering above it. it was really a great drawing. i've been getting the itch to get some new ink lately, and i'm a huge fan of the old-school stuff. anyone know where i can find it, or know where the post would be? many thanks!
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Re: stay positive tattoo?
« Reply #1 on Apr 9, 2009, 4:14pm »
Send me a PM with your email address... and I'll send it to you tonight as a .jpeg attachment from my laptop. I use the pic as my wallpaper. It's boss.

(That is, If no one else posts it here before I can get home... I'm on PST.)
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« Reply #2 on Apr 9, 2009, 7:46pm »
Can you shoot that my way as well? Thanks
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« Reply #3 on Apr 9, 2009, 8:03pm »
Next time I get back to Pain & Wonder in Athens I'm getting the logo in a distressed, carved stone style on my forearm. I'm getting the words above and below too, and upside down so they're legible when my fist is in the air. rawk.
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« Reply #4 on Apr 10, 2009, 6:39am »
was it this?:
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« Reply #5 on Apr 10, 2009, 11:41am »
thanks everyone; the piece is just as awesome as i remembered it. i might have to change it a little bit, as i think it's a little too big for the space i want to put it, but once it's done i'll be sure to post a photo.

one more question - anyone know the name of the guy/girl who drew it up? whenever anyone asks about my ink, i like to be able to give credit to whoever designed it. i find tattooists and artists alike appreciate it.
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« Reply #6 on Apr 10, 2009, 11:48am »
if it's the picture i posted, then i drew it. (i seem to remember someone else posting a similar picture which was adapted from somebody else's work before that in the original thread, though...)
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« Reply #7 on Apr 10, 2009, 11:58am »
Im very leary of band tattoos. Im 40 and I know a lot of people who have the AC/DC or the Van Halen logo and now don't think It was such a wise choice.
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« Reply #8 on Apr 10, 2009, 12:47pm »
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I have a slightly different version.

You can get a bigger version of it here
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« Reply #9 on Apr 10, 2009, 12:51pm »
yeah, that was the other one. it's better than mine.
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« Reply #10 on Apr 10, 2009, 2:51pm »
*first post on the new board*

I was the one who posted the original a while back (five alive posted it above).

I just got it two weeks ago - it looks great. I decided to leave off the SP logo from the sail, for the reason that sactochris mentioned above, heh. "Stay Positive" is universal enough as-is.

Noah from Moo Tattoo on South St. in Philly did the work. I'll post a pic of it later on.
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« Reply #11 on Apr 10, 2009, 3:30pm »

Apr 10, 2009, 11:58am, sactochris wrote:
Im very leary of band tattoos. Im 40 and I know a lot of people who have the AC/DC or the Van Halen logo and now don't think It was such a wise choice.


i generally agree; band names and logos are probably not a wise idea, but the sentiment of song lyrics is alright, for me anyway. i have a skeleton riding a motorcycle with "tramps like us, baby we were born to run" to commemorate the time i spent traveling, and some roses with "because you're mine, i walk the line" in honor of my wedding day. they're two of my favorite tattoos, and those lyrics will always ring true for me.

a friend of mine, on the other hand, thinks his "slayer" logo tattoo is the worst one he has, and i concur.
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« Reply #12 on Apr 10, 2009, 3:40pm »
I got a tom petty tattoo about 5 years ago. I still dig it but it's on my back so I only see it evey once in a while in the mirror, and it still kind of surprises me. But 5 years aint too long. Time will tell...
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« Reply #13 on Apr 10, 2009, 4:04pm »

Apr 10, 2009, 11:58am, sactochris wrote:
Im very leary of band tattoos. Im 40 and I know a lot of people who have the AC/DC or the Van Halen logo and now don't think It was such a wise choice.


That's why I'd get the Stay Positive logo.
It's not just a band logo, it's a way of life.

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« Reply #14 on Apr 10, 2009, 6:39pm »
I'm thinking about getting the Stay Positive logo this Sunday on Easter, for obvious reasons.
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Re: stay positive tattoo?
« Reply #15 on Apr 10, 2009, 7:25pm »
Lyrics are cool. Thats a new trend in tattoos is people getting words and quotes from songs and books and what not.
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« Reply #16 on Apr 10, 2009, 7:54pm »
I just got the Stay Positive logo tattooed on me yesterday. Love the band and love the whole idea of staying positive as a way of life. I'm very happy.

Check with me in 10 years and I'm hoping I'll still feel the same. I got a DMB tattoo about 10-11 years ago and while I don't love them anymore I do appreciate what they meant to me, etc. I won't lie that I am happy I can easily hide that one :)
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« Reply #17 on Apr 10, 2009, 8:06pm »
That was exactly what I was talking about.
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« Reply #18 on Apr 11, 2009, 9:04am »
Behold a white arm:
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The only (minor) issue I have with it is the spot on the sail, but i'll go back in another few weeks and get that touched up.

Also: camera flashes make my beard look so scraggly.
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« Reply #19 on Apr 11, 2009, 10:31am »
Thats nice ink.
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« Reply #20 on Apr 22, 2009, 12:52pm »
here's mine--it's huge. basically from just under my armpit to the bottom edge of my ribs.
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« Reply #21 on Apr 22, 2009, 4:08pm »
woah, very cool. How long did it take?
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« Reply #22 on Apr 22, 2009, 4:39pm »

Apr 22, 2009, 4:08pm, C Monster wrote:
woah, very cool. How long did it take?
who are you asking? mine took about four hours...
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« Reply #23 on Apr 22, 2009, 6:06pm »
I was talking to you (lee).
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Re: stay positive tattoo?
« Reply #24 on Apr 22, 2009, 6:26pm »
i met a gal at a THS show here and i convinced her to incorporate the Stay Posi logo into a bird tat she was getting... i'll see if i can get her to post a pic
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