Mountain Image wrote:
Years from now I picture 40+ models with large globs of pigment on their skin that you can't even make out.

It isn't about the image, it's about the meaning. You couldn't make out the tattoos he got, but he knew what they meant to him. All of my tattoos have religious meaning, so it doesn't matter what they look like I know what they mean to me.

Heather LeStabbityDeath wrote:
Tattooing has come a long way since then.

With proper care of your tattoo (and by that, I mean..of your skin), barring drastic weight changes, a tattoo will still look good 20 or 30 years from now.  A touch up or two, and in 40 or 50 years, it will still look good, until your skin doesn't.

I agree, and what will happen, will happen. That is life

Robert Stedman  wrote:
Keith says it's none of my business. Wrong. It is my business. If I didn't have to spend hours retouching skin I do more important things that earn money.

I'm not a huge fan of tatoos.  So if you don't want them, spec tatoo-free in your casting calls.

K-li Marie wrote:

oh yes, artistic expression of our own choice is SO trashy

::rolls eyes::

you choose photograph

we choose to WEAR the photograph

I have my tattoos as reminders of my life for me...
if my house burns down (and it has).. if I lose someone close to me (and I have)
I can take my tattoos with me, always

Or you can use your memory like us non-inked people.

Engel Schrei wrote:

Exactly.

I've put my tattoo plans on hold for now, but I eventually plan to have at least a leg that's fully colorful by the time I croak, and I'll proudly pull the wrinkled, aged, pruney skin aside to show each and ever single one off to my great grandchildren, and explain to them over and over again why and what each and every single image is.

If you remember.

Heather LeStabbityDeath wrote:

Tattooing has come a long way since then.

With proper care of your tattoo (and by that, I mean..of your skin), barring drastic weight changes, a tattoo will still look good 20 or 30 years from now.  A touch up or two, and in 40 or 50 years, it will still look good, until your skin doesn't.

Should I remove my skin now for fear of it getting wrinkled and liver spotted when I'm old?

I agree with Heather, some of my ink is 20 years old and looks as good now as it did way back then

Keith Allen Phillips wrote:
What's a shame is you making it your business when it clearly isn't.

Amen.

Robert Stedman  wrote:
I managed

You managed? Perhaps. But this is the way most threads go. Hardly has to do with tattoos. But if you jump in a forum and give a stong negative opinion against a good portion of the industy, you can expect a lot of backlash.

karenjerzykphotography wrote:
What do you mean, "What are they going to look like in a few years".

Shut up and move on. And while you're at it, take the time to search for threads that have been beaten like a dead horse.

Ignorance.

Wow, aren't you a nice person. "Shut up and move on," great idea.

Rebecca24 wrote:

Amen.

Sorry Rebecca, point was that it affected my business. I really don't care if people get tats or don't.

Rebecca24 wrote:

Amen.

Sorry Rebecca, point was that it affected my business. I really don't care if people get tats or don't.

The Bella Valentine wrote:
I HATE tattoos!

I dont think they like you very much either.

SICK GIRL PHOTOGRAPHY wrote:

I dont think they like you very much either.

I agree, that's must be why I hate them... lol

Robert Stedman  wrote:
And do models realize what these drawings will look like in years to come when their skin sags and wrinkles? It's a shame, really.

if the model keep an active lifestyle as they act the skin doesn't sag my grandpa looks 20 years younger then the wife he ahs 5 years on cause he still does landscaping in his late 70s where his wife sits around all day watching tv "cause she's too old to be that active"

Grady Richardson wrote:
From the ...

I hate it when a 4+ year old thread is resurrected.  Let sleeping threads lie.

Looknsee Photography wrote:

I hate it when a 4+ year old thread is resurrected.  Let's sleeping threads lie.

This is the second really old one about tattoos to come back. WTF?