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?

[Poll #1064065]

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Comments

[shaggydogstail.livejournal.com]

What are you thinking of getting a tattoo of and where? I would quite like a dragon curling around my hip (something modern and minimalist-looking, not the standard fantasy-art thing) but I fear this would involve displaying my arse to the tattooist, and I don't think anyone should have to put up with that sort of unpleasantness in the workplace.

[wildestranger.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, there is monetary compensation for workplace trauma. :)

And I'm thinking of a curling vine, with a few leaves and such, around my knee. Either above or just below - will have to see what they look like first.

[shaggydogstail.livejournal.com]

That sounds very decadent - all Bacchanalian and such. Yes.

Also, are you on y!m? I want to piss and moan but I can't be arsed to sign on if there's no-one there.

[wildestranger.livejournal.com]

Bacchanalian is just what I'm going for - my love of wine being my defining characteristic. *g*

And no, sorry, I'm at work till five. Might be on later in the evening, though. :)

[stentoriansista.livejournal.com]

Having never met you, I don't know if you're the impossibly slender sort. If you are, I say rock on with the knee tattoo action. However, if not, I would suggest you check out some old ladies' knees before you do anything, because that's one of those weird places that gets inexplicably droopy in old people. :)

[wildestranger.livejournal.com]

I am, in fact, one of those impossibly slender people. ;) But yes, knees do get more wear that one would think, which is why I'm thinking below the knee rather than above.