I like going for a punkish aesthetic and I have two ear piercings, nose piercing, and two tattoos on my arms, one that’s patterns with some skulls the other one is an anchor with “sink or swim” on it
I like going for a punkish aesthetic and I have two ear piercings, nose piercing, and two tattoos on my arms, one that’s patterns with some skulls the other one is an anchor with “sink or swim” on it
I’ve wanted a tattoo since I was about 15 (and I’m 35 now) but I never pulled the trigger on it.
I never found an artist who was just right or a design I would be happy having on my body forever!
They’re awesome though, and I love seeing other people’s.
I didn’t get one until I was in my 40s! Now I have 5. Fucking love them and more are planned.
I got my first at 31 (33 now). I have 2 now, and have plans for more. I was constantly wishy washy about what I’d want, and decided to just do something simple for my first, I got the outline of the James Webb Space Telescope main mirror on the back of my calf. Figured someday I could either fill it in with some cool space-y patterns, or incorporate it into some other piece. For a while I thought about filling it with parts of the first JWST deep-field shot, and also getting a bee with a space helmet (since the mirrors are hexagonal it kinda looks like a honeycomb, and bees are cool), but I couldn’t figure out any way to make a bee look reasonable with a space helmet, so dropped the bee plan lol.
My second, I got a Figbash riding a unicycle above my left kneecap at a halloween flash event on Cape Cod to benefit the Edward Gorey House museum. I love my silly little guy and it’s made me want some more silly little guys. Specifically, the “tines” fork driving a racecar from the valentines day Teen Girl Squad episode, and a design I saw for Richard Scarry’s Lowly Worm driving his apple car, but the car was a skull instead of an apple. I can’t actually find any photos of Figbash healed up, and I can’t get to him when wearing pants so I can’t take one now, but he looks great and I have no regrets.
Okay, all of those are amazing.
I have lots of weird little “widgets” I love and would probably hold close to my heart forever (Mr Toad, Quar, etc.) so I suppose a mishmash of things is as good as something “meaningful”. And I guess those things are more likely to stay dear to me over something “big”!