Colourful Body Art

[joggerjayne]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/fashion/gallery/2013/feb/17/brighton-tattoo-convention-in-pictures

[RATTER15]

sunny-dave
"I've never really fancied a Prince Albert for similar reasons ..."

They can also fall out in the most embarrassing places and only time will retrieve them!! :(

[MadMen]

Absolutely love the one on the girls back! I think you have to have a certain 'look' to pull something like that off. It looks amazing on her.

[jno]

they're not all hideous, but really, would you buy a picture of any of those to hang on your wall? If not, why would you have it on your leg?

[RATTER15]

jno, not really a good comparison! the front room or your leg? I think they are very different and different pictures for different places, the same as you would have different pictures for different rooms in your house maybe?

[Sqad]

Bloody awful.......a good example of exhibitionism and a compensation for people who have an inferiority complex.

When ypo get older, your skin wrinkled, your tattoos faded you will look like an elder of the f.ckawy tribe of Central Congo.

[RATTER15]

lol sqad,typical //Bloody awful.......a good example of exhibitionism and a compensation for people who have an inferiority complex.//

you do make me laugh sometimes!!

[gness]

I love good body art. I've seen the mastectomy one before and it's beautiful.

They may not be so good on an older skin but as I live in the now without too much thought for tomorrow that won't concern me if I decide to have the pint of G tattooed on my back. ;-)

[mccfluff]

some elders are respected sqad.....

[Old_Geezer]

Of course it's dumped there Ratter, You can see it there for evermore.

[RATTER15]

OG, maybe we should refer to these highly skilled tattoo artists as ink dumpers, as maybe we should all the other great artists like PABLO PICASSO and LEONARDO DA VINCI that have created work that will be around for much longer than any tattoo.

[Old_Geezer]

They were not mutilating bodies and possibly compromising them. They were enhancing their canvas. The comparison is not a reasonable one.

[RATTER15]

OG, im finding it difficult to take you seriously, how is tattooing a picture on somebody "mutilating them" that really is a ridiculous exaggeration. tattoos are easily removed these days if people want to pay, tattooing is done with very fine needles and has been carried out around the world for thousands years.

See these images of tattoo removal, before and after, not exactly mutilated are they, no cosmetic surgery, just removing the colour of the ink. It obviously just suits you better to be as derogatory as you can to put your point across that you dont like tattoos.

[erin-x]

I love tattoos! I'm to indecisive to have one myself (atm) though. I think they make a person more interesting. A talking point if you like.

I can see why some people dislike them but I honestly don't understand why some people get so riled by them. They are down to the indiviual after all. It's not as if someone is straping you to a chair and vandalising your body. Would you call someone an "exhibitionist" for having pierced ears or a bright hair colour? They may not be permanent but it is the same principle.

[joggerjayne]

Next month's (ie out now) Marie Claire has a feature on tattoos.

It says they've gone from trash accessory, to model must have.

There's a trendy place to get one done called the Love Hate Social Club

(named I guess after the tattoos that oiky people used to have on their hands)

[ChillDoubt]

I don't like them on faces and my own personal rule is that I won't have any below my elbows(mine are in my upper arms and back).
Never understood the 'what will they look like when you're old and wrinkly' brigade either. Unless I have a body like Johnny Bravo when I'm 70 I won't really be flashing the abs or anything else, will I? I don't want to look at anything old and wrinkly, tattooed or not! LOL
Tattoos are an individual choice, not all are for vanity. Some are a sign of a bond(cast of Lord of the Rings) or have sentimental value.

[ChillDoubt]

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=lotr+cast+tattoo&hl=en&;source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=lbckUfbyOYWH0AX74ICoDw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAA&biw=480&bih=268#p=0