So, as you can see I had some more work done today. Yes, I’m still loving it. I had a dickens of a time deciding which colors to use. Blue and red were a definite. Green was a contender but I couldn’t decide on the fourth color. [1]There are 4 different amino acids that form the bonds in DNA Obviously, I decided to go with a golden yellow. A tad darker than traditional yellow but that is so it will stand out more.
The smaller strand actually has a lighter shade of green and blue.
I got a little nervous about half way thru the big strand. He did the blue/red bonds first. While he was doing the green, I got a little panicky it wouldn’t blend well. I was thinking to myself, "oh my god, what am I gonna do if fuck this up? Its fucking permanent!" Once he started back thru with the yellow though, my doubts melted. The colors really came together I think.
We had originally planned to finish today but since I was still undecided on some of the colors, we got started late (again). I don’t feel the least bit upset about doing so. It is my ink after all and it is going to be with me for awhile. Anyway, it took longer than expected; three hours to be exact. [2]Was that the right use of a semicolon? I never know when to friggin’ use that thing! Mainly because he had to keep switching colors. I’m scheduled to go back on the 30th to finish up the 3rd strand.
Right now the colors tend to overpower the shading but I think that is mostly because the shading has healed. However, if the color is still too heavy, I’ll increase the shading on the bands just a bit to compensate. Otherwise, it will be awhile before I do anything else. I wanna get used to it and see if I really want more. I don’t wanna over do it and clutter it all up.
How am I doing so far?
WOW!! Very impressive!
I like it a lot. And, might I add, what's sporting the ink is easy on the eyes as well. Your workouts are getting results.
Very vivid color choice! 🙂
Very nice color choice. Traditional enough to look like it's right from one of my bio books. Just on a more attractive package. 🙂
(And well, to nit pick just a bit, DNA is made up of four nucleotides. Amino acids are what make up proteins – humans use 20 different ones).
nice work on the tatt.
NB. It actually should be a comma. Semicolons separate two independant clauses. Eg. The tattoo was a double helix; it spirals up my arm.
@fermat ~ Thanks for the compliment and the info. heh heh
Lookin good!! Now which one is the guanine again?
Got me. Those semicolons are ever-perplexing. I far prefer dashes.
The DNA strands are awesome, as is the muscular housing. Keep it up!
Looking good and those pecs aren't bad either.