ridiculous- if i want to change my apperance i will get a haircut or a color, not a tatto, because I know that in a long run I will regret it, even if it is a small tatto, in an unnoticable place. Expressing an opinin? Your opinions change, your personality changes, your values change, I wouldn't want to be stuck with something meaningless on my body for the rest of my life.
Gross- yes they are, at least to me. The picture itself may be an art, it depends what is your point of view, but i do not beleive that tracing a picture onto your sking with needle and ink, describes it as an art, or describes a guy working at a tatto shop as an artist. I would rather enjoy art on a canvas or a paper, than to stare at someones back or arm.
Not caring what other people thik??- I'm getting into a business world right now, and a tatto would be unexeptable. I already have permanent fixtures on my body that are not natural and I do regret, and I recognize tattos in the seme ragard as my noticable fixtures. As bobvex said before- good luck getting a real job with a sleeve- it may be appropriate if you are making living playing music- but lets face it kids, which one of us is actually going to take it all to the next level?