The pain depends on the part of the body being tattooed, as well. You'll see people whose bands don't go all the way around their arms; some people don't get it completed because they think people won't notice (wrong!), to save money, or because they couldn't take the pain.
Myself, I have a black tribal band going all the way around my right forearm that incorporates the Chinese characters for "mother," "father," and "younger brother," which was my immediate family at the time. Since then, I added to it the Chinese character for "wife." I'm still thinking about how to incorporate something for my daughter.
My first tattoos were done at this great place in Amsterdam (BodyCult, I believe). On my outside left calf, arranged vertically, three Chinese characters in red ink outlined with black: "Evil," "Devil," and "Death." Morbid, eh?
No, I'm not Chinese, I'm half-Korean, but I liked the simplicity of written Chinese where 1 character = 1 word/concept. I'd still like to get something written in Korean, though.
Myself, I have a black tribal band going all the way around my right forearm that incorporates the Chinese characters for "mother," "father," and "younger brother," which was my immediate family at the time. Since then, I added to it the Chinese character for "wife." I'm still thinking about how to incorporate something for my daughter.
My first tattoos were done at this great place in Amsterdam (BodyCult, I believe). On my outside left calf, arranged vertically, three Chinese characters in red ink outlined with black: "Evil," "Devil," and "Death." Morbid, eh?
No, I'm not Chinese, I'm half-Korean, but I liked the simplicity of written Chinese where 1 character = 1 word/concept. I'd still like to get something written in Korean, though.