Tattage

[stgulik]

Showed my 14 year-old daughter this page of Harry Potter-themed tattoos. Now she wants one.



This is the one she liked best - at least, she liked the sentiment, if not the sheer acreage the girl in the picture devoted to it.

"It's too big," she said. "I might want to get a job some day."

"It's along her side," I countered, playing devil's advocate for some unknown reason. "What job would you take where a side tattoo would be a problem?"

"Stripper," she answered promptly. I walked right into that one.

Luckily there's that "not until you're a legal adult" rule. We made that rule years ago regarding tattoos, piercings, marriage and the military, and it has saved us many an argument. I have no doubt she'll get one someday, but I hope she chooses a more timeless piece of work than this.

Comments

[justpinkpastel.livejournal.com]

Well, if she becomes a stripper, then there is a possibility she might have a song written about her. Or she could pretend one of the songs was about her..

That is quite a large tattoo, having never gotten one, I could only imagine how long that would take to complete. And the larger the tattoo, the higher the risk of the tattooist screwing it up somehow.

Perhaps you should have her browse through this website before she makes her decision... Although some my not be safe for er eyes, depending on how strict you are with what she sees. No nudity, just crude drawings. http://ugliesttattoos.failblog.org/

[majorjune.livejournal.com]

That is quite a large tattoo, having never gotten one, I could only imagine how long that would take to complete.

It's just blackwork and lettering, so it probably only took about an hour.

And the larger the tattoo, the higher the risk of the tattooist screwing it up somehow.

Something like that is usually done via a template and not freehand, so the risk of the tattoo artist screwing up is minimized. And when it entails a fair acreage of flesh, it's usually done in more than one sitting, to lessen the risk of "post op" infection.

Everyone should wait until their 30th birthday to get a tattoo, like I did... ;-)

[arcanetrivia]

Something like that is usually done via a template and not freehand

Even the tiny tattoo of four handwritten letters I have on the back of my neck wasn't done freehand. He used some kind of transfer film to copy it onto my skin and then drew over it with the tattoo pen. Same with the constellation tattoo on my lower belly, which is really nothing more than a simple connect-the-dots.