Tattoos are one of those things you dont want to get wrong. Meaningful, well executed body art is beautiful, a drunken impulse is not. A tattoo that sits well on a person is much like a fantastic pair of jeans. Wearing your art on your skin takes a certain amount of courage. People are always going to look, they are always going to make certain assumptions. Sometimes, these assumptions will be silly and inconvenient, as when a potential employer baulks at giving you a job because he thinks only criminals and sailors have tattoos.
Given that body art is such a public means of self expression, one can only admire those fearless souls who take it up with such gusto. God knows you've got to be comfortable with your identity before having your upper torso permanently etched. Probably, this is why so many people choose the wuss approach to body art, which is to have a smallish tat placed in a spot that's easily covered. For girls, this may mean the inner ankle and that lovely bit that's covered up by the top of one's knickers. Naturally, girls have a bit more to think about in this regard given that various bits of their bodies are likely to morph dramatically over the course of their lives.
Obviously, body art is a highly personal thing, whats right for some people may well be hopelessly inappropriate for others. Finally, a bad fringe grows out, but a misplaced tat is forever!
