Tattoos!!! =)

Yoz! I believe that all of u noe wad a tattoo is right? Even if u never had one on your own skin...you would have at least heard of or seen someone with it right? To be honest...i used to enjoy pasting fake tattoos on myself...especially butterflies...n roses...in fact i still do...except that i draw on myself instead. Well, some people DO find it a little weird or lame...however, i beg to differ.

I myself feel that Tattoos give one a chance to express themselves in an artistic manner as well. Tattoos, like drawing/painting, is an art as well. People get tattoos for various reasons...some may be due to peer pressure, some juz want to stand out from the crowd n be unique, for some it's because of their culture...yes some groups do mark themselves with tattoos....when i say groups i meant tribes and not gangsters, even if they do get tattoos to mark themselves n be able to tell who their 'brothers/sisters' are by the marks on their bodies.

Just like how painters and artistes use paintbrushes and pencils respectively to draw on paper, tattoo artistes replace paper with skin and use ink.

There are fake tattoos and real tattoos. Fake tattoos are mostly the paste-on types...which u can easily remove with alcohol or baby oil...
Real tattoos however, are a total different story. The ink is injected into your body...which means there is no way that the tattoo can be removed...it will stay with you for the rest of your life...it becomes part of you...part of your identity. The only way to remove it is to cut off that patch of your skin...which isnt a painless process...au contraire...it's reali painful...(like DUH)
I was reading the latest issue of Readers Digest (Oct 2007) Brass, a character from the show Miami Ink, gives his advise to those who would like a tattoo...the Dos and Don'ts...

DO have a good idea of what u want to get...exactly!!
DO realise that a tattoo is FOR LIFE!
DO research your art AND your artist before getting tattooed. I believe for the artist part many of you should know why...i mean...if your artist is some Tom, Dick and Harry who juz grabs any needle n pokes into your skin...n u happen to be THAT unlucky because the previous person hu used that needle has some sort of disease...good luck to u man!
The art that u want to get is also important to be reasearched on...because sometimes we may not know it but the logo/picture/design we want is for some kind of cult or the devil in other cultures that we might not have heard of...and also if there happens to be a gang with that design as their mark...yea...so ALWAYS ALWAYS RESEARCH YOUR ART N ARTIST!!

DON'T walk into a tattoo shop on a whim to get inked because you're not going to get the best work you can get. If u want to get inked on impulse, go slap a fake tattoo on yourself man! I think that's a better idea...because the chances of you wanting to change your mind about that design which u wanted on a whim is reali high. With a fake tattoo...u can juz wash it off anytime n get a new one..

Me? Let's see...i would not mind having a fake tattoo on myself...those stick-on kinds...a design that is associated with water...healing...emotions...that is what i want...hehe...although i'll probably get slaughtered first....after all...mum wasn't exactly ecstatic the last time i slapped a tattoo on myself...-_-"