Hey Guys,
As you miiiiight just have guessed from the title, I loooooooooove body art. I'm always drawing on myself with whatever's closest to hand - Henna, biros, sharpies, india ink...I love being able to just randomly display pictures of whatever image comes into my head, or show off quotes I'm obsessed with - Yes, it was me that wrote "Make Love Not War" in about 21 different places all over my body XD It's a form of expression for me.
That's not to say I love tattoos though.
Yes, they look AWESOME when you first get them done...as long as it's not in a state of blind drunkenness, with a dodgy-looking guy inking the name of a random person you met in a bar less than an hour ago and immediately decided was your soulmate.
But seriously, they look awful after a while. Sagging, faded ink pictures permanently blotched into your skin are NOT particularly attractive.
And then there's the permanence of them. When you're trying to raise kids of your own, tattoos screaming obscure references to bands you can barely even remember the genre of - let alone the title of their biggest hit - or huge full-body works depicting your two-month gothic phase, all the way from grinning, worm eaten zombies to bloodstained, chain-covered coffins, aren't the best way to set a good example.
And then there's the slight problem you get when your teenage gang and you decide to get identical skulls tattooed across your face, to show that you're the most feared, powerful gang out there.
Yeah...good luck trying to get a job with that.
So, in my humble opinion, of which there seems to be no shortage :P, non permanent body art is the way to go XD I love having the freedom to change my designs (At the moment I have a henna-and-sharpie heart tattooed on my wrist, and an india-ink cross on my leg)
Plus, they're heaps cheaper XD
So my question is probably blindingly obvious :P What are your opinions on tattoos/body art?
HotB
As you miiiiight just have guessed from the title, I loooooooooove body art. I'm always drawing on myself with whatever's closest to hand - Henna, biros, sharpies, india ink...I love being able to just randomly display pictures of whatever image comes into my head, or show off quotes I'm obsessed with - Yes, it was me that wrote "Make Love Not War" in about 21 different places all over my body XD It's a form of expression for me.
That's not to say I love tattoos though.
Yes, they look AWESOME when you first get them done...as long as it's not in a state of blind drunkenness, with a dodgy-looking guy inking the name of a random person you met in a bar less than an hour ago and immediately decided was your soulmate.
But seriously, they look awful after a while. Sagging, faded ink pictures permanently blotched into your skin are NOT particularly attractive.
And then there's the permanence of them. When you're trying to raise kids of your own, tattoos screaming obscure references to bands you can barely even remember the genre of - let alone the title of their biggest hit - or huge full-body works depicting your two-month gothic phase, all the way from grinning, worm eaten zombies to bloodstained, chain-covered coffins, aren't the best way to set a good example.
And then there's the slight problem you get when your teenage gang and you decide to get identical skulls tattooed across your face, to show that you're the most feared, powerful gang out there.
Yeah...good luck trying to get a job with that.
So, in my humble opinion, of which there seems to be no shortage :P, non permanent body art is the way to go XD I love having the freedom to change my designs (At the moment I have a henna-and-sharpie heart tattooed on my wrist, and an india-ink cross on my leg)
Plus, they're heaps cheaper XD
So my question is probably blindingly obvious :P What are your opinions on tattoos/body art?
HotB
