signs on skin

[wildestranger]

Lately, I have been thinking about getting another tattoo. And okay, this might have something to do with the many, many pictures of Frank Iero that I've been forced to look at recently, but I have also become more curious about the aesthetics of tattoos - what makes tattooed skin beautiful? Is it beautiful? What does it mean when you put such signs on your skin? What does it say about you?

I've had my one tattoo for seven years now, I've not regretted it once but I've also not been tempted to get more. If I do decide to go for it, there will have to be a lot of thinking and discussing and practising with permanent markers first.

And while I do that, here's a poll. ;)

What do you think about tattoos? Your own, other people's? On shoulders, bellies, thighs, on Pete Wentz's hipbones, on Frank Iero's arms? What makes a tattoo sexy, or not? What makes it interetsing?

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Comments

[madeline871.livejournal.com]

Interesting how so far that out of everyone who has a tattoo none have said they don't want another one. I've got 2 and I'm thinking about number 3

[wildestranger.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the lines do seem to fall that way. Once you start...

What tattoos do you have?

[madeline871.livejournal.com]

2 Chinese characters on my ankle: Remember, father (Dad died in 1998) and a sunburst that I designed myself on my shoulder (since my astrological sign is Leo).

I think the only reason I haven't gotten number 3 yet is because I can't decide on something that will continue to have significance for me for the rest of my life.