Arawn wrote: » I've yet to come across anybody who's actually into ink that asks that question " whats the meaning behind that"
Princess Peach wrote: » I have a genuine curiosity here too. How do you differentiate between someone "who's actually into ink" and the rest of the people?
Arawn wrote: » people who generally have a kanji and thats it are not into tattoos
Melion wrote: » My main point in this was that if you are going to get a tattoo to signify something then get something done properly. Im sorry but in my eyes 3 stars dont signify past,present and future. Shooting stars dont signify to keep going forward and never look back. They are stars, plain and simple. Now im sure there are plenty of people who hate my tattoos but i dont try to pretend they have any meaning bar the ones i have for my daughter and my grandparents. There is no hidden meaning behind them, they are names inside other designs. Whatever happened to art for arts sake?
Melion wrote: » ....There is no hidden meaning behind them, they are names inside other designs. Whatever happened to art for arts sake?
Pippy1976 wrote: » Awesome, well said. I dread the question 'so what does THAT mean'... it's nothing, I like the design, the shapes / the lines / the shading, plain and simple. art for art's sake. End of.
Please Kill Me wrote: » Likewise. I have horror/sci-fi characters...I have Hellraiser, Freddy Kreuger, Predator, Alien, one tattoo of my skin being ripped open by chains and hooks....they don't "mean" anything, I just like them!
Melion wrote: » My main point in this was that if you are going to get a tattoo to signify something then get something done properly. Im sorry but in my eyes 3 stars dont signify past,present and future. Shooting stars dont signify to keep going forward and never look back. They are stars, plain and simple.
Princess Peach wrote: » My main point here- Just cause your tattoos (addressing this to a few posters) don't have meaning, why judge people's whose tattoos do? And you also shouldn't be judging other's tattoo design choices.
Pippy1976 wrote: » Fair enough... but surely an upside-down kanji has no meaning for anyone? I can judge that if I want to because it's just silly - that's art for nobody's sake.
Princess Peach wrote: » That's one example, but people seem to be making very general statements about tattoos here, and some seem to be aimed at one poster's post in the I'll show you mine thread.
Melion wrote: » Im sorry but in my eyes 3 stars dont signify past,present and future. Shooting stars dont signify to keep going forward and never look back. They are stars, plain and simple.
DamoElDiablo wrote: » They may signify that to the person that got them, it may be the very reason that they got them in the first place. There is a massive difference between getting something done and then trying to attach meaning to it, and getting something done because you want it to represent something. I mean taking your peppa pig tattoo for example, or your thundercats one, to anyone else they may sneer at those, but to you the peppa pig one means a hell of a lot, because it represents your daughter, and you had it done for her, and the thundercats one means something too, as it's something you like, or liked in your childhood. One is a deep meaning, one is a shallower meaning, doesn't mean that they are any less valid. My own tattoos, my dragon is simply because I've always liked dragons. My bio-mech heart is because I'm a nerd. My phoenix was gotten because I wanted something to represent coming through the serious illness that I had in the past, and coming out the other side better than before. That may sound like some LA Ink style story to you, but it doesn't make my reason for getting it less valid.
Princess Peach wrote: » Sorry to get pedantic here, but you have just said you got tattoos for family members, so you do have tattoos with meaning and not just for art. I think I said it above that some tattoos can be for art's sake, some for symbolic reason. Whats the harm in either? And getting a tattoo is for yourself not for someone else. You don't like stars, and don't think anything of them when you see them on a person. But they are important if that person looks at themselves every day and remembers something from it. Just like you will always think of your family when you look at yours. My main point here- Just cause your tattoos (addressing this to a few posters) don't have meaning, why judge people's whose tattoos do? And you also shouldn't be judging other's tattoo design choices.
DamoElDiablo wrote: » Me? All done here.
Melion wrote: » I totally agree with your first point. I know the user wasnt trying to attach meaning to the tattoos after getting them. Thats not what i was getting at. I just think that if she(or anyone else for that matter) wants to get something representing those elements then get something "proper". Like your phoenix, which everyone knows resembles rising from the ashes etc. It fits in with what you are trying to portray. Do you think a shooting star would have had that same effect? (The past and illness are behind you and you're leaving them behind). Thats the point im trying to make.
Melion wrote: » My Peppa one certainly does mean something to me, it puts a smile on my face everytime i look at it. And im sure in 15 years time Caoimhe will look at it and say how ridiculous i am, and i personally cant wait for that
Melion wrote: » I have 17 tattoos at the minute. I have Mario characters on my arm, they have no meaning, a Joe Capobianco pin-up on my calf, no meaning. I have a portrait of Jason Mewes on my thigh and im adding Kevin Smith this weekend hopefully, whats the meaning behind that? There is absolutely none, the person teaching me to tattoo wants to improve his portrait work so i let him use me as a canvas for his first attempt.
mrs crilly wrote: » See above, would not be my cup of tea at all but I am sure they are very nice.
ZombieBride wrote: » I've had both people with tattoos and people without them as me why I've got the ones I've got. I usually say "why not" and shrug, but for the most part there was once a reasoning behind all my tattoos even if it was as dull as "I wanted to p!ss someone off" as in the case off my first, but I don't really care why someone else has whatever they have on their skin, only if it looks cool.
Melion wrote: » Whatever happened to art for arts sake?
Hellrazer wrote: » Been saying that same thing for years....why does every single tattoo *have* to have a deep and meaningful reason to having it done?? These TV shows have ruined it by having a meaning to every tattoo--Id love to go to Ami/Nunez etc and say "I want a Koi in memory of my favourite goldfish that died when I was two" They`d probably still screen it. None of mine have a meaning other than my wifes name in (wait for it) Chinese Mandarin---I worked with a lad who was Chinese and he translated it for me and I tattooed it. Its like every single tattoo has to have some story or its not good TV to say "I just want it for arts sake" /show over. To anyone looking to get inked--just go for it--dont use a meaning as an excuse to get inked--if you like the design and the artists work just get it done. I mean I want a full sleeve of slasher movie villans as my next big project--what possible meaning could I have behind that other than being slightly deranged??
Hellrazer wrote: » Been saying that same thing for years....why does every single tattoo *have* to have a deep and meaningful reason to having it done??
DamoElDiablo wrote: » One of my planned tattoos is going to represent my mum, but in an obscure way that will really only mean something to me and her.
ZombieBride wrote: » Two of mine are like that, only have meaning for me and the person they represent, most people wouldn't associate a jelyfish with a person, but I do.
