I think I'm pretty used to painful tattoos by now.
1. Fingers and toes (at least mine) have NO cushion between the skin and bone = pain. To top it off, I ended up breaking the very toe I had tattooed the day before I got my ink done. That was fun. I need to get it touched up pretty badly because it's two and a half years old, and I never went in for my two-week touch-up (I moved almost right after I got it done).
2. Behind the ear... same deal with the lack of cushion, but add a jarring skull and having to stay COMPLETELY still because the artist is using only one or two needles for very intricate lines. Sharp pain like whoa. The shittiest part is that I'm going to get it covered by another artist who will do a better job (simliar design with a greater varience in color, smokey shit, and less elementary-looking work). I am, unfortunately, quite dissatisfied with the result.
I've endured pleanty of pain over the years, so yeah, thanks.
Side note: Both tattoos have a lot more meaning to them than face value. The number of snowflakes is a significance, along with the fact that the small one is at the bottom (in other words, I didn't just get snowflakes to let people know that "I love snow, wee!" but to represent my three brothers - not by blood - who were shot and killed by their mother three years ago). The "907" represents both Alaska and the group of guys who were family to me growing up and now. We all have 907 tats.
