In my opinion, body art via tattooing is just form of self-expression.
If the artist is very talented and the tats well placed, I'm all for it.

In full sleeving and body armour, I personally prefer themes, such as
oriental artwork, graphics, tribals, etc. It's kinda funky to have a
Forties-style pin-up girl on your bicep and an oriental skull at her
feet. The styles clash...

i like that last idea kat.

ON MY LEFT ARM,I HAVE A TRIBAL DESIGN,
SWIRLED AROUND IT ARE 2 KOI'S
THAT GO FROM MY HAND TO MY SHOULDER
WITH A TRIBAL SUN ON TOP
MY RIGHT SLEEVE
WILL HAVE MOST LIKELY SOMETHING FOR MY KIDS
ON MY BACK I HAVE GRAPEVINES FROM SHOULDER TO SHOULDER
WITH A SUN RISING BEHIND THEM
DAMN I HAVE MANY MORE TO MUCH TO LIST
I LOVE MY TATTOOS EACH ONE HAS A SPECIAL MEANING
THEY ARENT SOMETHING I JUST PICKED OUT OF A BOOK
IM DEFINATELY ONE OF A KIND
IM THE ONLY FEMALE IN MY TOWN
TO HAVE SO MANY
AND I WILL BE THE FIRST HERE TO HAVE SLEEVES
PEOPLE HERE KNOW ME WELL
AND IM VERY WELL LIKED IN MY COMMUNITY
I DO GET JUDGED OFTEN BY MY APPEARENCE
BUT IT DONT BOTHER ME NONE

I personally don't care for them. It may be a matter of self expression
but since your "self" is constantly evolving, I would think you would
want to choose very carefully.
I think one thing that should be considered is how it will affect your
career. I believe that tats and piercings close a lot of doors and open
very very few. Yeah, yeah.. not fair! But it will happen.

MOST OF THE JUDGMENT I GET IS
PEOPLE THINK THAT SOMEONE THAT IS TATTOOED
IS A LOW LIFE,WHITE TRASH
THEY DONT REALIZE
HOW EXPENSIVE TATTOO'S REALY ARE
THE LOCAL SHOP HERE CHARGES 125.00 AN HOUR
SO I HAVE ABOUT 6,250.00$ ON MY SKIN
A GOOD TATTOO ISNT CHEAP BY ANY MEANS
I HAVE A FRIEND
HE IS TATTOOED FROM HIS CHIN TO HIS FEET
HE IS A VERY SUCCESFULL CAR SALESMAN
AND DOES WELL FOR HIS FAMILY
I KNOW MANY SUCCESFULL PEOPLE THAT HAVE TATTOOS
I CHOOSE TO LOOK THE WAY I DO
EACH OF MY TATTOOS ARE VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT
NOT JUST SPUR OF THE MOMENT SORTA THING
IM NOT WORRIED BOUT THE JOB PART
IM ON PERMANENT DISABILITY
AS FAR AS PEOPLE JUDGING ME
WELL IT AINT THE 50'S ANYMORE
TIMES ARE CHANGING RAPIDLY
AND THE FASTER YOU LEARN
TO BE ACCEPTING OF OTHERS CHOICES
AND APPEARANCE
THE FASTER THIS WORLD
WILL BE A BETTER PLACE

Well, the way I see it its your body you are the one that has to look at
them every day and if the rest of the world don't like how you express
yourself OHhh well they don't have to look at them. For that is the
problem people make judgement on first appearance before getting to know
the person within. I have several friends that have alot of tatto's and
some can be very sexy, myself I don't have any. My son now he is wanting
to get the sleeves he is 24 and has found a very good tatto artist which
I did harp on him to find if he was gonna do it lmao. On the inside of
his arm he has a lady in a long black gown he said its the grim Reaper
with one breast exposed then from were her dress ends all the way around
his arm are flames it took me a bit to get use to this for hey its my
baby lol but acutally its pretty kewl looking. last year he was working
at the machine shop were he works and accident happen there was a piece
on the machine that stuck out like a screw that also spun around right
before his elbow on the front it caught him and went to the bone and
left a big v scar across his tatto funny thing he works for my brother
which took him to the hospital the doctor actually was sitting there
taking his time and asking my son which line went where so he could
match his tattoo back up and did a great job now were the scar is my son
as a knife that looks like it was jabbed into the flames and you can
barely see the scar have to look for it. For the doctor now he told my
son that he thought his tattoo was pretty kewl and tried his hardest to
put it back together and did a great job of it too. lol Tattoo's are
just another way for one to express themselves

I think tattoos are great on both men and women,I have bout 6 tats
myself and I love them.Every tat that I have Has a story behinh
them,that is very important to me.I would love to have a full seleve and
hopefully soon i will.

Its all about self expression. Express yourself and all will be well,
if they don't like it, EXPRESS YOURSELF AGAIN!!!! lol

I don't look for them if they have them that is fine. I am thinking
about getting one myself

I've got plenty of body art. Their called blemishes! LOL

cool

Love the skin you're in. I love well done tatts and I do tatts
sometimes. It's hot in my book as long as it doesn't hide beauty on the
inside as well.

Aint nothing wrong with it ,its aight , but the only thing you should
ask is ,is it cool 2 u ,because i will tell you straight no one can ever
make u feel bad without your consent

i think that tattoos are very sexy. i like the fact that people
(especially a woman) can do what they want and pull off the "i dont give
a shit" attitude. with that being said, jail house tattoos are alot of
times very tacky and not well done but whatever makes someone happy i
say go for it, fuck the general public and their ideas. im a lesbian
that dates other races, so i can feel ya on the fact you dont care what
people think. keep it real gurly!

oh boy are you right about the cost of quality work panterafan.
i don't currently have any tattoos on me because i can't afford them
but i have about 7 that i thought about. they all have a special meaning
to me about a person or a particular point in my life. there will always
be the kind of people who will put someone down for doing something that
they themselves would never do(even though it doesn't effect them
personally)and i'm glad the comments don't bother you. it sounds like
you have invested alot of time and life into the work.

YES I HAVE,THEY ARE ALL IMPORTANT TO ME
AND I WILL CONTINUE TO GET NEW ONES
REGARDLESS IF PEOPLE WANT TO JUDGE ME
I DONT GIVE A SHIT
SOME PEOPLE LIKE GOLD OR DIAMONDS
ME,I LOVE GETTIN INKED UP!!

I like them, but what I don't like is when people put them all over
there body as if some one took a stamp of anything. And started to hit
them all over. LOL

Paterafan,
I don't have one but Im thinkin on gettin one
soon. I think that they look good when well done and on the right
place.

I think they are sexy if they are done right! I have one that was 30 yrs
old and had it colored finally last Feb. It's in my profile now. Call it
what you want! LOL

tattoo's are kewl and it's a way of showing others what your about what
you like etc.I have some but I think there is a point of to much on the
body.