tattoo

Today was pretty cool. I spent 5 hours being tattooed and it looks great so far. I managed to get most of the line work done, there are a few places where we couldn't get the lines done today mainly due to time and the fact that my body was flaking out on me. Mentally I could have gone on for longer but physically I couldn't do anymore. I think my body went into a sort of mild shock response because towards the end I was shaking a lot and felt very cold. Nothing half a litre of lucozade and a couple of painkillers didn't solve, but it wasn't wise to try and do any more.
So once this has healed I can go back and get the line work finished off and then get some shading and background put in. I think I will limit my next session to just 2 or 3 hours though, as 5 was a bit too much for me. Mind you, I am told that colour and shading is not as painful as line work so it should be a bit easier. I have to say some bits were not bad at all, and I could have sat like that for hours. Other parts made my toes curl they hurt so much. And bizarrely when I was having my elbow done it was making my bottom ribs hurt as much as the bit that was being tattooed.
Anyway I am going to sign off for now and lounge around nursing my self inflicted injuries and feeling tired but happy.