Shit. I totally forgot about this thread. I was going to post the results of my most recent tats when they were finished... so here they are.
New tat #1: My extremely dead cat, Persi, whose ashes are mixed in with the ink.
New tat #2: The Maya move tool. Something from the 3D animation program I use, and as such, the geekiest fucking tattoo I have ever gotten.
Contrary to popular opinion, getting a tattoo on the back of the neck is not painful at all. It hurts about as much as the outside upper arm does. Mainly because that part of your neck is rather leathery.
The times I really wince when I see a tat on someone is if they have ink on their throat. That's pretty fuckin' hard core.
Backpieces can be pretty brutal, too, depending on how large the piece is and where it is located. Anything over bone for me sucks pretty hard.
The other two places I have been told that are really painful are the elbow pit and the belly.
I go to Gotham in San Fran. My old bud Shadow did both of these.