Tattoos

Insect Overlord

By any chance was this your latest tattoo?



:rolleyes:

RxQueen

Sophisticated6y wrote: »

I am hardly the only one who's noticed that every second teenage girl with a tattoo either has: star(s) or a butterfly?

ORIGINALITY PEOPLE?!

Ok now in sayin all that, I have seen some beautiful designs with stars and some lovely butterflies too. But still.
Anyone care to guesstimate what the next fad of tattoo designs will be?
Stars and butterflies could become old hat! :eek:

I have star's , got for a totally differnt reason other than them being "cool".. the people later on in life that will get there laserd off or coverd up are the people who didnt think them through or only got them cause they where cool..
ive got two pieces one i got cause i liked the design and it beautiful (if i say so myself) and the stars or soooo simple, yet i love them more than the other piece.. it all about what you like , common or not if you like it and think about it , what should it matter what other people think

no-ones tattoo is 100% original these days, and you cant argue otherwise end off << tha was my point , sorry i waffled on a bit!:P

marti101

An Fhile wrote: »

By any chance was this your latest tattoo?



:rolleyes:

Jesus you got it to a t,thats exactly my tattoo.Emo thats the point i was trying to make nothing is 100% original.No matter who says any different we all got our ideas from someone else.Who cares as long as you have the tattoos that you love,nothing else matters.Actually no it wasnt my latest,but i give you one more guess go on its a dare lol.

Crumble Froo

have to say on the stars issue, i have some, on my wrist (omg, how original, NOT), but it's a personal tattoo, i attached meaning to when i was 12, and back in 1st year, decided that when i was 18, i'd get that tattoo, on my left wrist, and hell, 6 years later, i still wanted it, and i got it. i don't give a **** if it coincided with a sudden influx in star tattoos. it's *my* tattoo. it means something to me. it means heaps to me, tbh.

also, as far as the chinese/etc tattoos go, i know a chick, 100% kiwi, totally white, who's getting chinese symbols tattoo'd on her. anyone who knew her from way back when might give out yards about that, given her complete lack of ethnic backround... till you realise her only son is half chinese, and it's his name in chinese she's getting inked on herself....

really, so often, there's more to things than meet the eye.

Insect Overlord

It's always nice to hear stories like that Froo, but there's plenty of fools who do buy in to fads and trends. I was walking past a group of lads last Tuesday, they're all 16 or 17, and they were talking about getting their own names tattood in Arabic. I've known these guys since we were all kids and there's no good reason at all for them to be getting inked in Arabic, other than the thought that "It looks wicked!".

RxQueen

An Fhile wrote: »

It's always nice to hear stories like that Froo, but there's plenty of fools who do buy in to fads and trends. I was walking past a group of lads last Tuesday, they're all 16 or 17, and they were talking about getting their own names tattood in Arabic. I've known these guys since we were all kids and there's no good reason at all for them to be getting inked in Arabic, other than the thought that "It looks wicked!".

there is two types of people who get tattoo's:

1. ) people who love the art, and everything about them (me i spend hours a day just looking at tattoos, simply cause i find the art beautiful), study them and spend hours/months even years planning there tattoo's.. stars or not, tattoo have a hell of alot of meaning to these people... and i dont think they'll ever regret them (well i can only speak for myself! i suppose)

2.) people who think they're "cool" , and get them cause there friends have them or they want to "rebel" against everything.. ... they get the lastest trend "be it aribic writing or stars, with no thought or actual meaning behind it... they will more than likely in a few year or months regret there decision to get inked (believe me how i laughed at my friend when she told me she regretted getting hers done after a few months , i did warn her)

so you cant tar everyone with the same brush just cause you think the have "unoriginal" tattoo's... some have alot of meaning to them

Piste

What's wrong with doing something because "IT LOOKS WICKED!". Surely that's the reason most people get tatoos in the first place, cos they think they look nice?

Stev_o

Piste wrote: »

What's wrong with doing something because "IT LOOKS WICKED!". Surely that's the reason most people get tatoos in the first place, cos they think they look nice?

And thats the reason alot of people other then them think they look like a pillock for having such a stupid tattoo.

RxQueen

Piste wrote: »

What's wrong with doing something because "IT LOOKS WICKED!". Surely that's the reason most people get tatoos in the first place, cos they think they look nice?

well i think lots of things "look wicked" wouldnt mean id go out an purchase them/wear them :rolleyes:

Piste

But that's your choice, what's wrong with other people purchasing/wearing things they think look good?

JC 2K3

emo!! wrote: »

there is two types of people who get tattoo's:

1. ) people who love the art, and everything about them (me i spend hours a day just looking at tattoos, simply cause i find the art beautiful), study them and spend hours/months even years planning there tattoo's.. stars or not, tattoo have a hell of alot of meaning to these people... and i dont think they'll ever regret them (well i can only speak for myself! i suppose)

2.) people who think they're "cool" , and get them cause there friends have them or they want to "rebel" against everything.. ... they get the lastest trend "be it aribic writing or stars, with no thought or actual meaning behind it... they will more than likely in a few year or months regret there decision to get inked (believe me how i laughed at my friend when she told me she regretted getting hers done after a few months , i did warn her)

so you cant tar everyone with the same brush just cause you think the have "unoriginal" tattoo's... some have alot of meaning to them

So basically, some people with tattoos are more pretentious than others?

RxQueen

Piste wrote: »

But that's your choice, what's wrong with other people purchasing/wearing things they think look good?

theres a differnce with wearing and purchasing things, than getting something permantly inked on you !:rolleyes:

JC 2K3 wrote: »

So basically, some people with tattoos are more pretentious than others?

where in my post did i say that?? that is the two types of people, some go in a pick it of a flash board cause its cool , other take time to think over it , and in the day these are the people who will be most happy with there tattoo in the long run... i've seen it happen

Piste

emo!! wrote: »

theres a differnce with wearing and purchasing things, than getting something permantly inked on you !:rolleyes:

Well I was talking about tattoos, you're the one that brought up purchasing and wearing!

It wasn't me!

Used to think it all had to boil down to deep spiritual meaning and anyone who had work done for any other reason was missing something. However, a significant helping of reality later and I realise that something being beautiful is a perfectly good reason to get a piece done, and beauty being in the eye of the beholder, it's just snobby to sneer at anyone's ink.

Ginja Ninja

well sure why can't they get it done for no reason?
if your a giant ***hole why not have it permanently injected into your skin?

personallt,i'm going to get one when i'm 18 (13month's FTW) for two reasons:

1)primarily because in my first three years of secondary school i've lost three brother's to suicide and that's marked me mentally for life so why not show physically it's part of who i am

2)is there any more definite way to describe yourself then (quite literally) marking it in blood (maybe tears:pac:) like i said before if your an ass show it with a run of the mill flash if your commited to it then get one that you have thought about

sure at the end of the day it's only what you look like

me and a mate got piercings (my helix, his eyebrow)and we are (not to be stuck up) probably the two smartest and most easy going lads in the year
but apparently look "wrong" personally prefer to look like a knacker than be one

kazza90210

I am so sick of people judging people with tattoos (bear in mind my mother is one of these) having tattoos does not make u common or anything else for that matter, i do think people should think long and hard about them as they will be there forever and if you have wanted stars etc forever then get them it doesnt matter what anyone else thinks, tattoos are personal!

Crumble Froo

i think though part of deciding you're getting a tattoo should be acknowledging that people who see them will generally judge you for htem. maybe positively, maybe negatively, maybe correctly, maybe incorrectly, but you do need to accept that fact before you get inked. if you are happy to deal with it, go ahead, but while you're getting the ink done for yourself, remember that it will impact others' perception of you too.

EmerBaggott

Hi im thinking of getting a tattoo on my foot (not sure as of yet whether to go with the left or the right). Not sure quite exactly what but something going around my ankle, and then down the front of my foot...Does anyone have any ideas? Will that area be totally painful? Please Help

KnifeWRENCH

An File wrote: »

It's always nice to hear stories like that Froo, but there's plenty of fools who do buy in to fads and trends. I was walking past a group of lads last Tuesday, they're all 16 or 17, and they were talking about getting their own names tattood in Arabic. I've known these guys since we were all kids and there's no good reason at all for them to be getting inked in Arabic, other than the thought that "It looks wicked!".

Eh....so what?
If they think it "looks wicked" why is that not a good enough reason to get one? Who says tattoos have to have some big deep spiritual meaning?

If someone spends ages thinking about a tattoo and gets something personal that means a lot to them, that's great. But why shouldn't other people, who don't really have any personal reason to get one, be allowed get one that just looks nice?

I've considered getting something like my name or birthdate in Chinese characters before. I haven't any Chinese blood in me whatsoever - so what? It doesn't mean a whole lot to me, but I think Chinese writing does look really cool. The reasons I haven't gotten a tattoo is because they're expensive I have zero pain threshold.

EmerBaggott wrote: »

Hi im thinking of getting a tattoo on my foot (not sure as of yet whether to go with the left or the right). Not sure quite exactly what but something going around my ankle, and then down the front of my foot...Does anyone have any ideas? Will that area be totally painful? Please Help

Hi Emer, if you have questions about tattoos check out the Tattoos & Piercings forum. (Make sure you read the Charter first though! )

JC 2K3

Since when do Irish teenagers use the word "wicked" in this context?

KnifeWRENCH

Since post #106, apparently.
'Wicked' is more of an English chav word, I think. 'Deadly' and 'savage' are the Irish equivalents, depending on whether you're more like a skanger or a culchie.

"Here, d'ya see Anto's tattoo? It's ****in' deadly, boi"

OR

"Jaysus, did you see Paddy's tattoo? I tell ya, it's savage altogether".

(Ridiculous generalisation/stereotypes ftw.)

JC 2K3

I would have thought "savage" was more D4 than culch.... wait, this is way off topic.

Fad

JC 2K3 wrote: »

I would have thought "savage" was more D4 than culch.... wait, this is way off topic.

I have cousins in Cavan (Thoroughly non-D4 cousins) who use it, its like ear rape.

Insect Overlord

square_igloo wrote: »

Eh....so what?
If they think it "looks wicked" why is that not a good enough reason to get one? Who says tattoos have to have some big deep spiritual meaning?

If someone spends ages thinking about a tattoo and gets something personal that means a lot to them, that's great. But why shouldn't other people, who don't really have any personal reason to get one, be allowed get one that just looks nice?

Maybe in 10 years time those tattoos would probably not seem so cool, and then they'll be stuck with strange symbols in their skin which hold little or no personal value. Or, maybe they could end up really getting into the scene, and they'll remember it fondly as their first ever tattoo. I don't know.

It's so long ago since I made the original point that I no longer really care, TBH. *shrugs*

Jesus Juice

Theres a girl in my class who got a chinese symbol on her back.
Original I know!

Im all for tatts and i plan on getting one but not until im properaly sure what i want!

Will

Wait until you know what you want and are 100% happy with it. Don't mind about your motives, just be sure you like what you are gonna get on yourself

PlayGirl

A guy in my year in 3rd year got a scorpian (i think) on each shoulder blade.. a dragon all the way down his calf, 2 other things (i forget what they were, but pretty sure they matched, like the scorpians :rolleyes:) on either side of his chest, and a cross the whole way down his forearm..

again - in third year!! he was like 15.. and all of them (exculding the cross) were horribly colourful.. and he got them all over the course of third year ..

Jesus Juice

My brother got a savage tattoo.Its old skool Japanese style.Really noice

JC 2K3

A Japanese savage? Cool.

Fad

Jesus Juice wrote: »

My brother got a savage tattoo.Its old skool Japanese style.Really noice

GET OUT

:pac:

Jesus Juice

Right sorry that post was rushed and Fad,politely go suck one!:pac:

I have a pic attached..BTW its not finished yet!

Fad

Jesus Juice wrote: »

Fad,politely go suck one!:pac:

[LOIKE] OH MY GAWD WHAT THE FOCK IS YORE PROBLEM [/LOIKE]

(Noice no?)

Jesus Juice

Fad wrote: »

[LOIKE] OH MY GAWD WHAT THE FOCK IS YORE PROBLEM [/LOIKE]

(Noice no?)

Well you live in Dublin man,I live in Tipperary!!:pac:
We dont say like that either we just...spell it l(o)ike that sometimes!!

Ginja Ninja

Just with all the tattoo talk in the purchases thread,I said I'd rock this into 2010;

Well Here's what I want done

Ginja Ninja

Also;Tattoos are as much of an accesory as clothes are,some suit people,some don't,even if they have meaning[which they should] do it right,you have to live with it.
Like stars;Done right:

Done wrong;

Extrasupervery

Alan...I thought you meant you wanted that Magic Card/whatever tattooed on yourself.

Ginja Ninja

Extrasupervery wrote: »

Alan...I thought you meant you wanted that Magic Card/whatever tattooed on yourself.

I would,but I don't think I'd have the balls to get something that stolen or copyrighted done.I'm not THAT cheap

On topic;People are KRAZY
P.S:the last one is an arts graduate ;D

Davidius

Personally I don't think anybody looks good with a tattoo. I know people talk about them looking good when they're "done right" but I just don't see it. To me they've always seemed like fairly ugly looking blemishes.

It's obvious that everybody but me must be crazy.

unknown13

Here is what I want done;





It is a dragon koi fish, the reason why I want it done is because in Mythology it means Overcoming obstacles.

ironictoaster

The main issue I have people getting tattoos are the people who say "Oh I wouldn't get a tattoo if I didn't mean anything"

You should be able to get a tattoo just because you like it without listening to the above. I blame Miami/LA ink for this rubbish.

unknown13

creggy wrote: »

The main issue I have people getting tattoos are the people who say "Oh I wouldn't get a tattoo if I didn't mean anything"

You should be able to get a tattoo just because you like it without listening to the above. I blame Miami/LA ink for this rubbish.

LA ink is the worst show on TV. Kat Von Dee is the most annoying person to listen to and she has a massive ego aswell. She always says she is friends with this celebrity or wannabe celebrity and then refuses to do any tattoo that is not a black and grey portrait. Also she isn't the best artist in that shop. Corey Miller is the best artist in that shop.

ironictoaster

unknown13 wrote: »

LA ink is the worst show on TV. Kat Von Dee is the most annoying person to listen to and she has a massive ego aswell. She always says she is friends with this celebrity or wannabe celebrity and then refuses to do any tattoo that is not a black and grey portrait. Also she isn't the best artist in that shop. Corey Miller is the best artist in that shop.

That doesn't matter really, she owns the place and do whatever she wants. Celebrity thing is just to get high paying clients in the door.

.22 Lover

I want to get the Try colour flag on my shoulder. good idea?

ironictoaster

.22 Lover wrote: »

I want to get the Try colour flag on my shoulder. good idea?

No.

Extrasupervery

Davidius wrote: »

Personally I don't think anybody looks good with a tattoo. I know people talk about them looking good when they're "done right" but I just don't see it. To me they've always seemed like fairly ugly looking blemishes.

It's obvious that everybody but me must be crazy.

You clearly haven't see Rihanna's

unknown13

.22 Lover wrote: »

I want to get the Try colour flag on my shoulder. good idea?

Are you 18?

Extrasupervery

or Isaac Brock's

TAKE ME NOW

.22 Lover

No 16.

unknown13

.22 Lover wrote: »

No 16.

NO, wait until you are 18 because no decent tattoo artist will even talk to you about tattoos let alone do a tattoo on you.

peanuthead

lol, those top ten people are mental looking!!

I have 3 tattoos and I like every one of them. But I have friends who hate them and thats fine.

I thought about the ones I wanted, one I got at age 16, one at 17 and one at 25 and I really like them all.

All are in places that can be covered and all bar one are on my back, in a place I can't see unless I'm looking in the mirror.

I very much doubt I will regret either of those at all because I'm not looking at them every day of the week. The only one I might regret is the one on my foot, but hey, I'll deal with that when the time comes.