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Hey StrangeFamous,
I'm Jewish, and have 3 tattoos: one on my lower back, one on my shoulder blade and one on my calf.
The pain resulting from a tattoo is very dependant on your threshold tolerance, the location site, and your artist himself.
The ink on my back took about an hour to do, and has 7 colours in it. Most of the time, it felt like nothing more than a deep-tissue massage: warmth, heat, and a little tenderness. There were a couple of spots that were slightly painful, but that happened as my artist got closer to my outer hip, and the gun grazed a nerve.
The one of my calf took half an hour, and hurt a fair amount. Why? Because my artist used only an outline gun to do it, and the sensations are very different depending on which gun is currently being used. An outliner feels very similar to a cat scratch, whereas the filler feels how I described above: just a warm tenderness.
The one on my shoulder took like 15 minutes, but the needle pinched a nerve, so I got some nausea with that one.
Before you get a tattoo done, there are a few steps you should follow. Be 100% sure of your motivations for the design and the design itself, 'cause it's that that ends up biting you in the ass. Research your artist and the shop carefully; don't just walk into a random parlor because it's open or close by, or has a good deal, because it's the quality of work that's crucial. As well, be sure to eat properly and not drink or use drugs before your tattoo, because otherwise you'll end bleeding much more, and the artist (if they're good) will be able to tell you're not 100% of sound mind.
If you have any more questions, you're more than welcome to either PM or e-mail me, and you should go to BMEZine.com, which is a great resource.
And, BTW, it is completely UNTRUE that tattooed Jews cannot be buried in a Jewish cemetary. Trust me.
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