Fascinating. That sums up my feeling towards tattoos in one word. There are so many different kinds, styles, places, backgrounds and meanings associated with tattoos that it's hard not to be intrigued. Not only can it be art, but it can tell a story, immortalize someone, or honor something.
I have two tattoos myself, and in all honesty they're not very interesting. I have no regrets, nor am I bored of them, there's just not much story behind them. My first was a swallow/sparrow on the back of my neck. There was a necklace I wore nearly every day of senior year, and people would ask what was wrong when I forgot it, and it came to be a recognizable memory of the last year of my high school career. Therefore, on the day after my graduation, I got the necklace design tattooed on the back of my neck.
Like I said, not any deep meaning behind it, but I like it because it's simple, timeless and in a spot that I may hide it down the road if I so choose.
My second tattoo is simply of my last name: bliss. I designed the tattoo in my own handwriting (so it wasn't so cookie-cutter) and made the dot of the I a heart. My family means the world to me, and putting them at the source of my pulse (my wrist) seemed appropriate. People tease me about it when they see it, "What just in case you forget your name?" I don't get defensive, I just say "exactly," but it's really for the day I get married and no longer have the last name. Also, people rarely call me Sara. Bliss has become my name, so it's really relevant and means a lot to me. It is also in a spot where I may hide it if I so choose.
Now we can talk about other people's tattoos - which ones I find beautiful and which ones I find incredibly stupid.
- The skin tattoos. These are the ones that look like your skin has been ripped open and they're showing you what is underneath. I think these can be amazing if the tattoo artist has a lot of talent. I could never get one, but these are two I find cool:
- The lyric/quote tattoos.
- The autograph tattoos.
(Martin Luther King, Jr.'s signature.)
(Marilyn Monroe's signature & lipstick mark.)
- The logo/brand tattoos.
(Tattoos can be used to make a social or cultural statements, such as above.)
- The videogame tattoos (probably my favorite category).
(Absolutely love the use of pixels; makes the image really old school.)
(Sorry for the nudity, but I couldn't pass this one up. I love the tattoo, but the placement wouldn't be my first choice.)
(This had potential but there's no design to it... just pieces thrown in a group. Put a little more effort into it!)
(I heart Zelda.)
- The famous artist tattoos.
(Van Gogh's Starry Night)
(Picasso.)
- The in-memory-of tattoos. These can either turn out really classy, or really traumatizing. I suggest NOT doing a portrait of the person, but a representation of them through some other symbol, or a quote. This first example is an example of a memoir gone wrong:
(Yikes.)
(This, on the other hand, is a classy, respectful way of remembering a loved one.)
- Random tattoos that I find intriguing.
Basically this blog was a lot of pictures and little type.
Sorry, Sara.
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