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Der Tattoo Thread.
Carl-E:
I've seen a surprising uptick in the last two years or so in the number of freshman (especially fresh women...) who are coming to college with tatoos already well healed, meaning they probably got hem in HS.
This seems weird to me.
And it's across the socioeconomic spectrum. I know that tattoos are more socially acceptable than they were just a couple of years ago, but it seems like these kids must be getting them before they turn 18, which usually means parental permission (or lying about your age). Or is that even an issue?
Lines:
I remember lots of people in HS having tattoos. Basically unless they had a parent who didn't care (which was very rare), they either found someone who did tattoos out of their home or had fake IDs. It was a rebellion thing I guess? I don't know. But if they got tattoos out of someone's house, believe me, they were not that great in terms of quality.
Jace:
Yeah I can count the number of pre-18 tattoos I've seen that were good on no hands.
Lines:
I've seen a few (like less than 3) decent ones, but they fortunately had 1. good taste and 2. cool parents. The rest were poorly done or were off of a poster they saw in the parlor and therefore something stupid like Tweety Bird. (If you like the posters, that's fine, I've seen some cool vintage tattoo posters*, but I'm sorry, I fucking hate Tweety Bird** tattoos and on older women they look ridiculous.)
*At the art store I used to work at, we also had a framer, and a local tattoo artist came in once and had some vintage tattoo posters framed. I think they were from the 40s and the artwork was just awesome. I kind of wanted to steal them and put them in my house.
**I do not hate all cartoon or illustration tattoos, but most of the ones I've seen around the city I live in just seem so thoughtless and tacky. And I'm talking about the tramp stamp moms walking around Walmart, which many of the people I went to high school with probably are now.
lepetitfromage:
A close friend of mine got a tattoo our senior year of high school but she had just turned 18, so it is possible that a few of the students you're seeing actually got them done legally. Naturally.....this friend of mine got a coverup for that one haha
i got my first 2 when I was 20. they're definitely more cutesy than i might choose for myself now, but they are both really meaningful.
this was my first-
on my upper left bicep, almost shoulder. sorry for the crappy quality. it definitely needs a touchup, but it's not nearly as bad as this picture makes it look :-P
second (about 15 minutes after the first)-
on my right side
i've averaged about 1 new one a year, this is the third-
on the inside of my left ankle
fourth, and first with my current artist (who i will more than likely be going to for any and all future ones)
on my left shoulder
fifth (and technically sixth as well- got 2 of these- done at the ends of both collarbones)
seventh-
aaand eighth-
getting this one next month on my calf. pretend that it's bright red....the black is done on tracing paper because i didn't feel like wasting time drawing the asterisk when i could just print one as a reference....
after the asterisk, im gonna work on touching up the older ones, maybe altering them a bit and then attaching the small star, ladybug/flower and the raindrop into a quarter sleeve-ish thing.
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