I will probably get a lot of flak for that but I would be tempted to say: any tattoo one can’t easily remove.
Don’t get me wrong, there are some wonderful tattoos out there, there is no question about that but isn’t it a bit… presumptuous to think one will like a drawing or a some text inked under their skin… forever? That’s the reason why I never got tattooed.
I think one of the bigger misunderstandings of why people get tattoos is that they do it “because they will love the image forever.“ It’s more useful to think of it as a snapshot, a permanent time capsule that you can always look at. So yeah, you don’t want to get something you will truly hate to look at later, But your taste evolves and there is a bit of an art to getting something that you will still look back on fondly. Like a poem you wrote in high school that still makes you smile, even if you’re a much better writer now.
Ask people about their tattoos and you’ll often hear them say “I got it because I liked how it looked.” It was that simple. Especially if it’s not their first tattoo.
I have a rule for my tattoos. I design the general idea, on paper, and date it. If I still think it’s a good idea for a tattoo a decade later, I will get it. I have 4 so far.
I will probably get a lot of flak for that but I would be tempted to say: any tattoo one can’t easily remove.
Don’t get me wrong, there are some wonderful tattoos out there, there is no question about that but isn’t it a bit… presumptuous to think one will like a drawing or a some text inked under their skin… forever? That’s the reason why I never got tattooed.
I think one of the bigger misunderstandings of why people get tattoos is that they do it “because they will love the image forever.“ It’s more useful to think of it as a snapshot, a permanent time capsule that you can always look at. So yeah, you don’t want to get something you will truly hate to look at later, But your taste evolves and there is a bit of an art to getting something that you will still look back on fondly. Like a poem you wrote in high school that still makes you smile, even if you’re a much better writer now.
Ask people about their tattoos and you’ll often hear them say “I got it because I liked how it looked.” It was that simple. Especially if it’s not their first tattoo.
Thx a lot, it’s very interesting.
I have a rule for my tattoos. I design the general idea, on paper, and date it. If I still think it’s a good idea for a tattoo a decade later, I will get it. I have 4 so far.
I quite like this approach :)