Ways to Generate Great Tattoo Ideas - New York City, NY
New York City, NY
Tattoos for men and tattoos for women can look really cool, provided a lot of contemplation has gone into choosing your design, and based solely on the fact that this is a permanent marking on your body. Removal can set you back a few thousands, and is painful and not always effective. That's why it is best to make the right decision from the very start, to avoid regrets and tears later.
Hopefully you won't just get out of bed say to yourself, "I feel like getting tattooed today." If you do, then think twice, and quick. The more careful planning that goes into your tattoo ideas of choice, the more likely that you will enjoy your tattoo now, into the next couple of years and up to much later in your life.
Stop making bad decisions. Bad tattoo ideas come from making rash decisions to go and have a tattoo done on a spur of the moment. If you're getting inked just because you're drunk or high, want to make a statement or your friends are coercing you, then you're getting a tattoo for all the wrong reasons and the choice you make will pretty much reflect this lack of forethought. You'll surely regret:
· Anything misspelled. Think about it. It's hard to spell when you're drunk or high, right?
· Anything to do with your high school or college sweetheart. You do know that nothing, but a tattoo, lasts forever.
· Anything that's too visible, marring your wedding dress, upstaging your honeymoon, or giving your children an awkward impression of you.
· Anything spelled or written in a language you don't speak. Those Japanese characters might look tough and sexy, until a Japanese native tells you what it really means is "I love sushi," "I bite dust for a living" or "Goat's eye."
· Anything with the current flame's name on. You may hope and think the two of you will last a lifetime but if the tattoo has more chances of success in going the distance than this relationship of yours, this is plain stupid. The most common tattoos that artists are asked to cover up, after hideous homemade tattoos, are names. If the person is living, or your child, names are ideally not the best idea.
· Anything 'trending' right now. A cartoon or movie character, a band, or TV show you enjoy today may not be something you want to boast around forever on your skin.
Take your time. You have your entire life to love and look at this tattoo, so some good planning before turning your tattoo ideas into reality makes absolute good sense. More importantly, will you be happy with this design in the next decade or two? Slow down. Think well ahead, too. Is your tattoo going to look flashy even when you're old and wrinkled?