in my country having a tattoo is getting popular..but it's ok if you have at most 3 little ones, it must not attract too much attention.. if you are like covered in tattoos or if you have a really big one people are more likely to look at you weirdly. 3 reply
Not that I'm that tattooed (oh the money, that little bitch).. I have a pin-up Cinderella on my arm, what a cutie she is, and a map-like Lonely Mountain and Smaug from The Hobbit on my back. I'm saving for the next ones, who knows which will come first:
- Re-colour my little Cinderella and adding a pumpkin to it!
- "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" inspi...... 1 reply
People in my small archaic country do not accept easily that form of modern art - people with tattoos and piercings are often seed as criminals, people who can't find decent job, drugs and alcohols addicts.....so on. But little by little tattoos here become more facionable, so more and more people got one or few.
For now my work is strongly relate...... reply
From what I've read and been told by friends that have visited Japan is that some places like local bathhouses often refuse to serve customers with tattoos because in some towns and cities it's still associated with criminals. I think if you are just visiting bigger cities it probably wouldn't be an issue. As for your parents it's good to respect t...... 2 reply
I'm Asian, Hmong to be specific, and amongst the older generations of my culture, my tattoos, piercings, and ever changing hair color automatically marked me as a "bad girl." I remember asking one of my 8 year old niece if she would ever want any more piercings or tats and she told me her mother said only "bad girls" do that. Ironic since her mothe...... reply
I love tattoo as an expression of art and I really want to get one, but since I'm japanese descendant my parents don't agree with it. They told me that if I go to Japan to travel I won't be well accepted too. Have you ever experienced some kind of prejudment because of tattoos? How is it seen in your country?
i have two tattoos right now, my sister and i plann to get one each year together. we started when i turned 18, so i am just recently turned 19 now.
first tattoo i didn't have any idea what to get, i looked up random things online and decided at last minute on octopus. i chose arm location because it would be not so painful
second tattoo i thou...... 4 reply
My first tattoo inspired by my mum.
On her back is a proceess of a tree's growth, extending from her bottom to the right shoulder.
On her right wrist is a butterfly.
I don't know when she got this, or how much she spend, or where else she had a tattoo.
It seems like when we closer enough we just forget to remember.
Then I have the idea to have a ...... 1 reply