Comments on: Why do you get tattooed?

By: Brent Davey

Brent Davey — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:12:52 +0000

I like tattoos because getting all inked up looks boss. Although, I’ve never walked into a shop asking for a sleeve. I remember when I was a kid, my dad was driviing me somewhere. A tatted-up guy crossed the street in front of us. My dad said, “See those tattoos? That means he went to jail.” I thought, “Cool…”

Well, those days are OVER! Having tattooed skin is as pervasive as flannel shirts in
Williamsburg. They don’t make you cool, and they don’t make you scary. I think that some of those first timers walking in asking for a body suit or whatever are unaware of this fact.

By: s

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:50:33 +0000

*art

By: s

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:48:43 +0000

i geart

By: chimp

chimp — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:01:01 +0000

stunning! the bottom one is the only tattoo i’ve ever seen with colour that i’d be happy to have on my body, all my other ones are black and white.

By: Anders

Anders — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 08:46:59 +0000

I think it’s only a matter of your personal point of focus, wether you se the glass as half full or half empty. You can choose to feel part of a tattoo comunity or subculture or to alienaze from a culture you can’t feel part of.
Yes this is very interesting. Looking forward to read more in this subject.

By: Peti Aspvik

Peti Aspvik — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:25:24 +0000

This is weird. So far (well, only 3 comments) I am the oly one who gets tattooed to feel part of something and certainly not the feel different. Hmmm. Interesting

By: Anders

Anders — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:58:07 +0000

Within 3 weeks I will do the first sitting for a full sleeve. The tattoo will be a phoenix in flames. This will symbolize my belief in reincarnation and karma.
The reason why get it inked is that it is a way of showing you are different than most people. Almost a way of alienize from a society you can’t feel part of.

By: a

Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:30:03 +0000

It took me a couple of days…I had to think about it. I’ve decided that I get tattooed in order to externalize how different I feel from the rest of the world.

Even in an age where everyone has a tattoo I’m still different because I have a full sleeve in a style that isn’t seen often in the states (Vincent at Beautiful Freak Tattoo, Belgium).

I think because I feel far or detached from others I can have it best expressed visually via tattoos. Someone can see that and go, “ohkaye, that may not be someone I want to talk to.”

Essentially, I get tattooed as a way to put my feelings and beliefs, literally, on my sleeve.