Because tattoos have become so popular the inevitable has ended up happening: a lot of people are looking like big time tattooed dorks!
Now, obviously their intentions were not to end up looking like dorks. They had thought getting tattoos would be a cool thing to do. Getting tattooed has always had an element of coolness to it. So how is it that some people end up looking like dorks?
Here’s the problems they made and how you can learn from their mistakes:
1. Too Much ink! A common mistake with getting inked is over doing it. Most people start out with a few tattoos. Usually they make poor choices to begin with and then try to make it up with additional ink. Sometimes this turns into a snowball effect and they just keep adding and adding. In the end they have a ridiculous mess of various designs which don’t flow together nor go together.
2. Doing it yourself! There’s always been a trend for “do it yourself” homemade tattooing. And there has always been the same outcome as a result: horrible and foolish looking ink that get’s laughed at. Never skimp on tattoos. Pick a high quality design which will tattoo well, and get a professional or a good amateur artist to put your ink on.
3. Drunk Ink! You can definitely end up looking beyond ridicolous if you get your tattoo when you are drunk. I once met a young man who had a horrible looking playboy bunny tattooed on his arm with the word “playboy” written underneath it, except playboy was actually spelled wrong. His excuse was that he was drunk and allowed his also drunk girlfriend to tattoo him. There are countless other examples of people ending up with really bad and stupid looking designs because they were intoxicated.
