as the title says: Is anyone else tired of tattoos?
Even before my beautiful sister got a huge, ugly tat on her ribcage I was sick of seeing beautiful girls ruining themselves with bad 'art'!
I'm not tired of them so much as tired of tattoo excess. I never thought tats on the neck were attractive and sometimes it just seems people randomly pepper their body with a collage of tattoos that fit together as well as a round peg in a square hole. But I have seen very beautiful work tastefully done and placed that I liked and admired very much.
I am not a fan of them.
To Each Is Own.
xo
I'm NOT a fan of tattoos...
(Friends of mine have them and that's fine...)
But I don't...
(I just NEVER got it!!!)
xx SF
I have one on my butt cheek, my ex's name in her signature. I hope to get it removed or covered. At least it is not visible, except when I am naked, which is most of the time at home or on my boat.
Nope. I got one. And I love them on women.
I have four, but they are very well hidden which gives me control over the time and place they can be seen by others. When I see younger girls, 18 to 21, that age range, with full 'sleeves' on both arms, it does make me wonder if they will regret it later on. However, I try not to judge what others do.
I'm tired of overdone and ugly tacky tattoos.
Well illustrated, quality designs in the right place and not too big are fine. Not being careful where you put them could be a career killer, unless you're a rockstar and most people aren't.
If done with taste, they can be great. I have four, but they are all rather small.
Yes. I've seen so many hot women at the gym, ruin their toned bodies with tattoos.
The human body has lovely form, lovely curves and edges that define. To me a tat should fit in with this, either accentuate these lines or be done in a minimalist way to not get in the way. With the vast majority of tats this isn't the case. The body is treated as a blank flat canvas, it isn't. They look like they're plonked on and they ruin the beauty of the human form.
Also ones that are meant to have meaning are so often ill thought through, and with a little more maturity/knowledge will look to the owner as trite or inappropriate or simply wrong. So many phrases look so simplistic to my eyes, not always, but often enough and I wonder how the owner will view them in 10years. Someone showed me a tat of a little bluebird the other day. They said it was for their mum who used to love the little blue birds. Trouble is it would have been a superb blue wren she loved since they lived in Sydney but this was plainly an American blue bird - a thrush. Entirely different genus, and continent, shape and markings - the only similarity being blueish and small. Seemed daft to me to get something so wrong.
Answering the question. Never really been into them to then get tired of them but don't mind them if done well.
The human body has lovely form, lovely curves and edges that define. To me a tat should fit in with this, either accentuate these lines or be done in a minimalist way to not get in the way. With the vast majority of tats this isn't the case. The body is treated as a blank flat canvas, it isn't. They look like they're plonked on and they ruin the beauty of the human form.
Also ones that are meant to have meaning are so often ill thought through, and with a little more maturity/knowledge will look to the owner as trite or inappropriate or simply wrong. So many phrases look so simplistic to my eyes, not always, but often enough and I wonder how the owner will view them in 10years. Someone showed me a tat of a little bluebird the other day. They said it was for their mum who used to love the little blue birds. Trouble is it would have been a superb blue wren she loved since they lived in Sydney but this was plainly an American blue bird - a thrush. Entirely different genus, and continent, shape and markings - the only similarity being blueish and small. Seemed daft to me to get something so wrong.
Answering the question. Never really been into them to then get tired of them but don't mind them if done well.
To get one or not is such a deeply personal serious decision. They are permanent after all. I respect everyone's right to have them or not. I personally have two, but plan a third. It was not something done on a whim. I waited until I was fifty to get my first one. Both tattoos have very personal meanings to me and to my family. They please me and that is all that counts. I don't shove them in people's faces and force anyone to look at them. I equate them with personal hair style choices and clothing options and piercings as well. We are all free to make these choices for ourselves. I would never judge and belittle or berate someone for a choice that they as an adult are free to make. You can love them or hate them but don't make judgements about someone based on just what you see on their skin.
Since I'm on the plus side of fifty and I see what gravity and time do, I think many folks are going to regret their youthful tats.
Also, I love looking at the human body in its natural form. So, yes. I'm tired of tattoos.
There's only one Tattoo worth seeing and that's the Edinburgh one!
“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.”
Tattoos?
A waste of time, money and ink.
The initial artwork, depending on the tattoo artist, may have merit; but 15 or 20 years downs the track it leaves something to be desired.
To delete you need an angle grinder (cheap and painful) or lots of laser work (less painful but expensive).
What I'm tired of is seeing tattoos where you can easily see them. A person can have a tattoo in areas of their body that is regularly covered by normal business clothes so they are not seen, but when they are on their necks, lower arms (and I'm not talking something small either), or face, it's awkward. Tattoos don't always work in professional situations (sometimes they do, but not always.) If I'm at the beach and I see a person's tattoos, that's one thing, but when I'm in a business office and I see them, it's another.
I have no tattoos though I will admit to wanting one. If I ever decide to get one, it will be on my back left shoulder where my regular work clothes can easily cover it. It will not cover much more than my shoulder blade, and to be honest, I may find something else to spend my money on instead.
They aren't special anymore. They are overdone. I don't prefer them nor do I have any. A special one can be sexy. Some guys look hot with them. I tire of things and like change. You are stuck with ink...you can't ever change your mind. To each his or her own...just makes you blend in these days instead of standing out.
Yes!!
Sometimes less is more.
I wouldn't have one anyway due to being too likely to change my mind the next time the wind blew and a very low pain threshold.
What is going on with beards and men too? Does anyone shave nowadays?
No, tattoos are awesome. I love seeing them. Nobody gets a permanent fixture on their body just to rub it in other people's faces or to shallowly stand out. Tattoos are a personal modification of your own body which you have every right over. Also I don't care if my tattoos bore people, that's like saying my nose is boring. It's no less permanent!
"A dirty book is rarely dusty"