Day 5 (Tattoos and Pin-up Girls).

Since I`m in a short brake now from…pretty much everything, I started getting interesting in things that I don`t usually think about. So, for the last 2 days I`ve been watching NY and Miami Ink.
I am very impressed with the talent that tattoo artists have. I never rapped my head around it before, but after seeing this, I do believe making tattoos is an art. I know it rarely happens like that in all the places, but to be able to create something so beautiful from just an idea that someone gives you, and to be able to put that so nicely in someone`s skin, with shades and everything it`s great. In this series from NY and Miami Ink, people come into the shop to get all kinds of tattoos for different reasons.
The most common reasons were to commemorate someone that has passed, to mark a success in their liver, the passing over hard times, or a certain moment which you want to remember for the rest of your life. The most popular tattoos are portraits, names or words, animals (tigers, dragons, birds), Japanese art, symbols of religion, flowers and butterflies, and pin-up girls. Pin-up girls were photographs of celebrities who were considered sex symbols or artwork often representing idealized versions of how beautiful or attractive woman should look like. The pin-up girls were usually the tattoos that soldiers did before they went to war (in the World War II) in order to remind them of home.
You can get all of these in color or in black and white. I don`t want to start a discussion about the potential dangers of getting one or the reason why someone should or should not do it. I started thinking about getting a tattoo myself, I have a lot of ideas and many reasons to do one but I have to find the perfect design, the perfect spot and to really think about it in order not to regret this decision. Until then, I`m gonna keep watching the show ;)