Do you think heavily tattooed people are atractive? If so, why? If not, why?

Depends on the person, depends on the tattoos!

It always depends on the quality of the work. In general… I love ink work on people. But I am very picky about quality. No tramp stamps, people. Nothing chosen for no good reason. Something you put on your body should be meaningful and deep…. if a person has that in them, it’s attractive.

@delirium But if they have the entire arm done like a sleeve, how can you tell what the hell is going on there?

I haven’t found anyone heavily tattooed to be attractive yet. I don’t like tattoos or piercings in general. I find the unmodified body, the one with no artificial decoration, to be the most attractive.

I find them incredibly unattractive.

I don’t like too much but depending on the person it’s pretty nice, a sleeve is hot (on a male) but not both arms, that would be too much =\ idk

I love when people are covered in tattoos, unless they are covered in shitty tattoos. I agree with @delirium.
@The_unconservative_one I doubt people are getting sleeved with hopes of having the general public understand. It’s done for personal reasons.

@The_unconservative_one Like all art, it requires study and understanding before you can possibly determine its value.

Um, I have a lot of tattoos and so does my boyfriend. He even has his neck and hands done. I find them extremely attractive. Every tattoo is a story and a memory and I love looking at his and hearing the stories over and over.

@essieness :) it’s kind of like scars or something, but even better because it’s actual art with purpose and intention

“heavily,” no. i do like tats though, especially on a big chocolate man :)
excuse my drooling

Some heavily tattooed people are attractive. Some heavily tattooed people are not. Poorly executed tattoos detract anybody sporting them, unfortunately.

It pretty much ends there, for me.

the word “tat” makes me ill

@aviona Exactly.

I guess I agree with @Dansedescygnes and @Ivan on this one

I like ink and people with ink for the most part. I have 5 tats myself. Only one is regularly visible. I have seen many who go overboard though.

@Dansedescygnes I find the way you put that quite amusing, actually. The human form is truly the most beautiful thing that I can fathom, but to ‘customize’ your human form is equally beautiful. It’s wanting to make your outside look like your inside. It’s a visceral reaction to experience.
Also, a good tattoo should follow the form, not break it. Example1, Example2, Example3, Example4, Example5, Example6.

As an artist, is wanting to embody what you love so wrong?

@delirium Awesome examples!!

@delerium I really like 1, 5, and 6. Very nice. Example 2 would be cute if it wasn’t a tramp stamp.

I bet daloon likes tatooed people ;)

@delirium those examples make my little tattoo look stupid lol. they’re great

@delirium that first tree is amazing!

@delirium

Delirium, that is just my personal view and what personally attracts me. I can’t control what I’m attracted to. I never said that people attracted to body art is “wrong”. It’s perfectly fine; it’s just not what I’m attracted to.

Yea, it really depends on the person and the tattoo. Any ugly awful, what were you thinking, tattoo is automatically going to make me question them.

Art and tattoos are really a matter of opinion. I might not like something someone else likes. Guys with really slutty tattoos gross me out! Other guys have really thoughtful tattoos that somehow make sense.

As for heavy tattooing, I’m not so into it. It wouldn’t necessarily detract from me liking the person, but would they like me since I have none?

Anyway, I hate neck tattoos, yuck!

In general I say no because I see far too much poor quality work, forget about what the images are. One strange thing did happen to me though I think is important to share: a bf of mine was tattooed from his shoulders down his wrists, both arms, across his chest in HUGE ass lettering and a bunch of other stuff all over the rest of his body. Now after a short time with him, I didn’t see the ink anymore and only realized that occurrance when a friend of his pulled me aside out of shock and asked if his buddy’s entire body was covered in ink; I had to stop and think about it before answering because in my eyes, I had turned to just seeing my bf’s skin as though the ink wasn’t there.

I’ve always been attracted to full sleeves on guys… there’s just something about it that makes me melt. Interestingly enough, I didn’t get my first tattoo until this year (age 23), but now I want more and more. So, hopefully the guys I like have a thing for ‘moderately’ tattooed girls because that’s what I’ll be soon.

It depends on how many tattoos i guess.
I’ve dated someone with a lot of tattoos.
But if they were like everywhere, no way!

Sleeves are sexy on the right type of guy/ girl.

Alot of tattoos that look well and clash as one is very appealing too. Other then that they can look trashy.

I’m moderately (albeit discreetly tattooed) but I’ve never dated anyone with tattoos. I don’t dislike tattooed men, good tattoos are a wonderful, sexy thing. But there are other things that hold more sway over my attraction than tattoos.

Nothing beats a truly intelligent and good man.

@fundevogel I love your answer, because in the end it’s more about the person. That is one reason I actually question tattoos, is because they seem a little superficial (depending, of course), like some kind of club. I always notice that people with lots of them tend to hang out with other people with lots of them.

I don’t know that hanging out with other tattooed people is necessarily a bad or even narrow thing. It isn’t really any different than hanging out with people who like football or cooking. They have a shared interest, most friends do. People with tattoos are subject to the same virtues and flaws as everyone else. Those virtues or flaws may be reflected in their tattoos, but they aren’t manifested because of their tattoos.

it is just as easy to be shallow, snobby, friendly, smart, stupid, generous, judgmental or forgiving with or without tattoos.

hell yes….admittedly i have an ink fetish….the way a well done tat lays on a woman’s curves…the way the ink tells the story of their life and growth,...uuuhhhh….i love it soooo much….and i sound so creepy right now and i don;t care….lol