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Face ink...
- Thread starter Michedelic
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All pretty negative reactions.
I'm not a fan of face ink, but I've nothing against someone wearing it ... depending on what it is.
Swastikas, etc ... I'll admit I do judge the person on something overtly sending a message there.
I'm not a fan of face ink, but I've nothing against someone wearing it ... depending on what it is.
Swastikas, etc ... I'll admit I do judge the person on something overtly sending a message there.
I like (and have) tattoos when done in good taste.But future-proofing is a main concern.
Will I be able to cover it up if need be? (job opportunities)
Think ten or twenty years down the road when deciding for a tattoo...will I still like it?
Time brings change so if I am involved in that decision making process, I try to go for something that represents my core values or aspects of my personality/life that will be less susceptible to change.
So face ink? Definitely a no no for me.
You like'em? Hey, more power to you.
Will I be able to cover it up if need be? (job opportunities)
Think ten or twenty years down the road when deciding for a tattoo...will I still like it?
Time brings change so if I am involved in that decision making process, I try to go for something that represents my core values or aspects of my personality/life that will be less susceptible to change.
So face ink? Definitely a no no for me.
You like'em? Hey, more power to you.
buldog5151bass
Kibble, milkbones, and P Basses. And redheads.
My personal opinion - when someone makes such an overt statement that is both permanent, and is not appreciated by much of society, they are showing a lack of maturity.
Roland GR 88
Commercial User
This is my take.....People get all sorts of tattoos for all sorts of reasons but if you saw your tattoo framed at an art shop how many of you would write up a fat check and nail it to your wall forever ?
Here's my other take....."I want to be an individual, unique and special. So I'm getting a tattoo like everyone else."
Sorry for the thumbs down, no offence to anyone but that's how I feel.
Here's my other take....."I want to be an individual, unique and special. So I'm getting a tattoo like everyone else."
Sorry for the thumbs down, no offence to anyone but that's how I feel.
I was thinking of getting this one:
What does everyone think?
What does everyone think?
I fully support having the right to tattoo your own face, just so long as you understand that I reserve the personal right to judge you for it.
The neck and face ink takes a lot of commitment and either means someone is determined and confident to get through life unbound by social norms and expectations, or means a tremendous lack of forethought. I remember reading an interview with a musician, who when asked about his neck and face ink stated that he knew it was permanent and that it would pretty much exclude him from securing any type of significant corporate employment, thereby forcing him to make wiser creative and business choices with his art knowing it was now his only means of surviving, barring trade school. It probably seemed like a water tight ideology at the time, but who knows how he’ll feel when the checks stop coming in.
At the end of the day, it’s not for me to decide or judge on what people do with their bodies, so long as they aren’t harming other people or themselves. The argument can be made that face ink does harm the person that decides to get it on a socioeconomic level, but there are many more things less benign than face ink that are perfectly legal and do the same thing, so there’s that. Personally, I feel visible body ink is almost like having an unspoken contract that gives society an open invitation to point fingers and judge. Some can live with that, some can’t.
At the end of the day, it’s not for me to decide or judge on what people do with their bodies, so long as they aren’t harming other people or themselves. The argument can be made that face ink does harm the person that decides to get it on a socioeconomic level, but there are many more things less benign than face ink that are perfectly legal and do the same thing, so there’s that. Personally, I feel visible body ink is almost like having an unspoken contract that gives society an open invitation to point fingers and judge. Some can live with that, some can’t.
I know a guy with neck and face tattoos. He's in his forties with a wife who has a bunch of tattoos. They have kids and a house and they're happy. He's a tattoo artist. He does well for himself and probably will continue to do well. I know another guy who got neck tattoos in his early twenties because he thought it was cool. He's not a tattoo artist. He always has trouble finding work. He has other problems but his big and obvious neck tattoos haven't done him any favors.
What used to be a personal artistic statement of individualism has turned into a uniform.
Even a famous tattoo artist on one of those reality shows says he regrets his neck tattoo because of all the extra attention. He said getting anything on the neck and face is a commitment. I have to agree with that.
I know a guy that is an interior decorator and his hands are covered with skulls.
I also know a young girl that got a quarter of her face covered with small stars and then after no one would hire her.
I have a friend that has an Ace of Spades on his neck and can only get jobs like making food deliveries and working at a warehouse but it did come in handy for he went to one bar and there was this motorcycle gang and thought he was affiliated to someone or something and was under their protection ever since. Hate to imagine if it went the other way.
What I am getting at is in the grand scheme of things there isn't anything wrong with tattoos but you have to accept that society as a whole doesn't all see things the same. There are things that are the majority and with that said for people that work in my industry that have full sleeve tattoos have to wear long sleeves all year round because of that.
So whatever tattoo or for a better word for wherever you get the tattoo just be prepared of what affects it will have in your life. Now if you are a tattoo artist then you are in luck, won't mean squat unless IMHO it's a really crappy tattoo.
Just my 2-cents.
I know a guy that is an interior decorator and his hands are covered with skulls.
I also know a young girl that got a quarter of her face covered with small stars and then after no one would hire her.
I have a friend that has an Ace of Spades on his neck and can only get jobs like making food deliveries and working at a warehouse but it did come in handy for he went to one bar and there was this motorcycle gang and thought he was affiliated to someone or something and was under their protection ever since. Hate to imagine if it went the other way.
What I am getting at is in the grand scheme of things there isn't anything wrong with tattoos but you have to accept that society as a whole doesn't all see things the same. There are things that are the majority and with that said for people that work in my industry that have full sleeve tattoos have to wear long sleeves all year round because of that.
So whatever tattoo or for a better word for wherever you get the tattoo just be prepared of what affects it will have in your life. Now if you are a tattoo artist then you are in luck, won't mean squat unless IMHO it's a really crappy tattoo.
Just my 2-cents.
Everyone is free to make their own choices.
It occurs to me that most people deciding to permanently adorn their faces do so before they have been around on this earth long enough to fully understand themselves.
If that is the case, it follows that they do not yet fully understand the effect that their actions have upon others, either.
It occurs to me that most people deciding to permanently adorn their faces do so before they have been around on this earth long enough to fully understand themselves.
If that is the case, it follows that they do not yet fully understand the effect that their actions have upon others, either.
Don't know if the caption is true, but I still get a laugh out of it...
As a hiring Director, face and/or neck tats elicit an immediate "Thanks for coming, buh bye now" from me.
