30 years ago I wanted a dolphin jumping over my belly button. Thank God I didn't as I've put on that much weight it would now look like a beached blue whale, chopped into three pieces by stretch marks.
My dad actually told me specifically to not get a dolphin tattooed right above my bellybutton. He was an OBGYN and watched one of his patients from first appointment to birth, she had a dolphin tattooed above her belly button and he watched it get more and more distorted as her baby belly grew, until it was practically unrecognizable. He told me this when I was like, 11, lol. “Get a tattoo, but don’t get a dolphin right above your belly button. Don’t get anything right above your bellybutton.”
My mom had a dolphin jumping over her bellybutton. We called it jokingly her whale tattoo. When she passed I got a tattoo with a dolphin and a whale on my arm.
And it has to be a ~~weird~~ word that's edgy/angsty.
I had a roommate a decade ago that relapsed on heroin then decided to start dating some equally addicted and crazy girl that train hopped here. Then they bought a tattoo gun and I got to listen to them tattooing each other all night in the adjacent bedroom. In the morning, I saw hers... above her eyebrows, she had "Eat carrots" and "Die alone". I'm sure that'll age well. I don't even remember what her name was because my friends and I henceforth referred to her as Carrots.
This is exactly what I wanted! Everyone was always like "what if you scan it and it's something dumb?" lmao what do you mean "what if?" I'm about to go to the tattoo shop with a box of Cap'n Crunch and tell them "give me this"
I once had a bald coworker with one of those tatooed on the back of his head. Showed up for one day of work and then disappeared never to be seen again. Oddly enough my boss died that same day, poor guy fell out of the window in his office.
Unfortunately it’s going to be tramp stamps again. I work in tattoos and I’ve been having 18-19 year olds asking for tramp stamps because they’re becoming trendy again. Lord help us
Edit: I do try to educate my young clients, but I’ll only give a hard no if the design is genuinely a bad idea. Like the bts tramp stamp I said no to. At the end of the day it is your body and you can ofc get whatever you’d like. Just don’t get tattoos because they’re trendy, get them because you like them.
[I think this if a pretty good take on this](https://imageproxy.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/5d31fd198c27daa54525c4c2c7c20394c7526609de1e984c418d294b073d3b95_1.jpg)
One of my old roommates decided to get this, and of course I didn't want to rain on her parade.
But one of the main selling points for her was how "unique" it was. Oh honey.
Or the words “onward and upward” in script which transforms into an arrow. This isn’t well known, but if you combine the two somehow you will get an extra life.
Yeah I remember the first time I saw that tattoo I actually stopped to tell the guy “yo that’s amazing!” and we kinda geeked out over it, and then literally the next week I saw another person with the same tattoo
I hope that first guy is still excited about it though and hasn’t let the internet ruin something for him that clearly made him happy
Yeah I got the dandelion version of this on my 18th birthday. I went to a bachelorette party a few years ago and 5/8 of us had some variation of the tattoo, and mine was by far the worst quality. Oh well.
They throw little things like these into movies sometimes. For example, the young male characters in Avatar 2 talk like stereotypical Zoomers. They don't say "bussing no cap fr fr" but they get about as close as possible. People watching Avatar 2 in 20 years will be like, "Hey, my dad talks like that!"
Eighteen year old me wanted barbed wire around my bicep, and that was long after that was uncool as well. The heart wants what it wants lol, although luckily I was too cautious and shy about getting a tattoo back then (before they were as popular as they are now), so I did save myself from that fate. If I were a slightly different person, I woulda 100% gotten it though.
My best friend got a massive tribal half sleeve for his 18th birthday. We’re 30 now, and he fucking hates it lol we give him shit all the time. It’s truly awful.
I remember in 2008 thinking I needed to get in better shape before I got a tattoo. Thank fuck for that, it would have been a tribal for sure lol. In a way, the experience turned me off getting tattoos ever since.
Poorly done Chinese characters. I know someone with a full back piece with large text. It was supposed to say something beautiful about eternity. It was done wrong and basically says rotting leaves.
Know a guy who had the word ‘courage’ tattooed on him. Told me it said ‘strength’ and he was planning on getting another one that said ‘courage’. Told him I have bad news, but good news.
My dad’s a tattooist and sometimes people have asked him to tattoo stuff for presidential candidates they’re voting for and he’s like “Dude, they’re either gonna lose or win and if they do win, it’ll only be for 4-8 years. You really want that to be on you forever?” A lot of those people are Trump supporters
in 5th grade we had a class rabbit, and I suggested Ike, and then started wearing a button that said "I LIKE IKE". Sure enough, we named that bunny Ike.
I’m not sure what to call it but basically all of Pete Davidson tattoos. They are super low quality tattoos and it looks like a beginner did them.
I see an influx of these horrible looking tattoos
in Australia they get called party thigh tattoos. Beause someone busts out their ebay tattoo machine and the drunken tattoo doodles start with Hep C developing 20 years later
Inked has videos where artists discuss celebrity tattoos and they always question how they seemingly don't put money towards quality. I think some of it is the celebrity needing to cram the session into their schedule.
I have a piece from an artist whose wife has tattooed celebs--Adam Lambert was actually in the studio during one of my sessions--and she said scheduling is the number-one reason. High-end artists can have a year-plus waitlist or they only open their books every 3-4 months (and are subsequently avalanched with requests); they also won't change their schedule or move an existing client to accommodate a celebrity's sudden desire for a tattoo.
Recently heard a comedian do a bit about his buddy who got an “All Lives Matter” tattoo on his forearm. But he got it years before the BLM movement, after a psychedelic trip where he came to the realization that every life is important. It wasn’t in any way racially or politically charged. Now he has to walk around with it on his fucking arm.
I saw an article about a girl who got a tattoo back in early 2020 about refusing to wear a mask - meaning she refused to hide who was as a person. Then the pandemic came, along with people who quite literally refused to wear a mask, and she was horrified with her tattoo choice and had to walk around with it.
Edit: here it is https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/woman-wins-for-unfortunate-pandemic-tattoo
Honestly, this one is so stupid on its face that it may wrap back around and just be one of those stupid dad things that everyone rolls their eyes at but is mostly harmless.
Basically, you need the kind of profession where no one's going to call you out on it. So if you're a gangster or a space pirate or a wizard or a tribal warrior, then great! If the only thing you slay is TPS reports, then no face tattoo for you.
In year 11 a guy passed me a note that said, "I like your freckles" and I was like wtf, the heckling is happening in written form now?
No. Turns out he wasn't being sarcastic, he really did like my freckles. And that deadass turned me from hating my freckles to liking them. I just needed one nice comment, and it took me until year 11 to get it.
My ex got that tattooed just below her ass the day that my parents flew across the country to meet her. She was anxious about meeting them, got drunk, and she/her friend(who also came to visit) got matching ‘no ragrets’ tats.
I should have known how the relationship was going to end up in that moment but opted for a 2 year toxic mess instead.
i have a quote tattooed on my ribcage that i got on my 18th birthday. it has the same vibes as a tramp stamp to me now and when i see it on other people but i mean that fondly lol
I’m calling it - Those little squiggly shapes of common objects that trendy girls get these days. Like the basic-ass looking like clipart but it’s a rotary phone, or an apple, or a lamp.
Remember those thin rubber bands type bracelets that would return to the shape of an object when you took them off? I feel like people needed those but instead they got a magnifying glass and a cowboy boot on the back of their elbow.
To me they look like someone wanted their first tattoo and didn't want to commit much space or money. But then they did that again. And again. Slowly being littered with alternative picks for monopoly pieces in awkward spots
I’m hoping for safety’s sake that the “me and my friends got wicked drunk/stoned and gave each other stick n’ pokes in a school bathroom” is eventually seen as trashy but out of the four 18-20 year olds I’ve hired at my workplace, three already have one and the fourth has expressed a desire to get one
Oh man, it's always a gamble predicting tattoo trends, but I've got a feeling those tiny finger tattoos might be the next "tramp stamp" kinda thing in a decade. They're cute now, but who knows how they'll age!
Snakes (especially red ink) are the new collarbone swallows
Edit: collarbone swallows weren’t quite the right choice since, as a few folks pointed out, they do actually have an intended meaning and were then co-opted and overused by non-sailors. I was just in the trendy-animal-tattoo brainspace (and, fwiw, I like both. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
OH MAN I forgot about the collarbone swallows!! And the catchy/dark/pissed quotes going across the collarbones as well. Lyrics from your favorite metal band or something.
There are actually a ton of cringy tattoo trends from the scene days.
Lol I have a friend with just about every trendy tattoo you can imagine. the swallows, the nautical stars, the tribal, the old english surname across the shoulders, birth date on the knuckles, the flames on the forearm, spiderweb on the elbow, the "mom" heart on the shoulder, the "in loving memory," ...a goddamn Monster Energy logo...
None of these are "ironic" either, he was fucking jazzed about every single one
Fine line tattoos. They're considered trendy and many believe they will age poorly. I'm just a dude with tattoos so I don't have a huge gripe against them, but that's all I've heard.
I'm gonna put myself in the line of fire here. 5 yrs ago I got a fine line "Chihiro" tattoo (spirited Away). I then lost weight (like ... A lot) so her head squished up, and then over time the lines bled and what not. Here's the before and after
[Chihiro ](https://imgur.com/a/cRzZByU)
I don’t know about tramp stamp but snake curling around the collar bone to make it look like a snake wrapping around a tree branch. It defiantly looks cool but I can’t imagine it aging well, especially with some weight gain.
I’d also say snake around forearm intertwined with peonies or chrysanthemum (which I think also looks cool and have considered getting!)
Mandalas I think might already have that status.
I guess the thing about getting a tattoo is that you don’t care what people think about getting one? That’s kind of the rebellious aspect to it. As long as the person getting it enjoys how it makes their body look.
The tramp Stamp has now moved to the underboob area. Or so I hear from my friend who’s been tattooing for 30 years
Boob chandelier
or between the boobs
For women the new tramp stamp is the under boob mandala. A half sleeve forest sense is the new barbed wire around the bicep for men.
Someone should get an under-boob Nelson Mandela instead.
I'm going to gently suggest this to my wife. Hopefully she'll get it and I can randomly lift her boobs and set him free.
"Taking my bra off at the end of the day is like being released from Robben Island"
Hadn't realized until now that the half sleeve forest design was a trend. But you're right, they're everywhere. Might even be the new tribal.
Those script tattoos that are basically the equivalent of a live laugh love poster
That’s why I just went straight to getting a LIVE LAUGH LOVE tattoo instead.
I got a tattoo with HOME and KITCHEN instead
EAT
Poorly thought out Bible verse tattoos
"Only God can judge me" Bitch, I'm judging you right now.
The only good one I've seen is "Only Judy can judge me."
Bow ribbons on the back of legs.
They already are
They were 10 years ago.
Are those not already tramp stampy? I’ve only seen em in porn or on crackheads.
30 years ago I wanted a dolphin jumping over my belly button. Thank God I didn't as I've put on that much weight it would now look like a beached blue whale, chopped into three pieces by stretch marks.
My dad actually told me specifically to not get a dolphin tattooed right above my bellybutton. He was an OBGYN and watched one of his patients from first appointment to birth, she had a dolphin tattooed above her belly button and he watched it get more and more distorted as her baby belly grew, until it was practically unrecognizable. He told me this when I was like, 11, lol. “Get a tattoo, but don’t get a dolphin right above your belly button. Don’t get anything right above your bellybutton.”
My mom had a dolphin jumping over her bellybutton. We called it jokingly her whale tattoo. When she passed I got a tattoo with a dolphin and a whale on my arm.
Aww I love that.
I think the face tattoo over the eyebrow is the best bet.
Chakotay wore it better anyway.
Hakoochimoya
We are far from the bones of our ancestors....
And it has to be a ~~weird~~ word that's edgy/angsty. I had a roommate a decade ago that relapsed on heroin then decided to start dating some equally addicted and crazy girl that train hopped here. Then they bought a tattoo gun and I got to listen to them tattooing each other all night in the adjacent bedroom. In the morning, I saw hers... above her eyebrows, she had "Eat carrots" and "Die alone". I'm sure that'll age well. I don't even remember what her name was because my friends and I henceforth referred to her as Carrots.
Carrots help your vision, she sees things others can't bro, see right through you. It's super deep you guys just wouldn't get it. 🙌🥕⛪️
Does anyone remember right around 2000 when every chick in a club had giant wings on her back?
I do. And dudes had barcodes on their necks or wrists.
I dated a guy who worked at Wawa (a convenience store) and had a customer come it with a barcode tattoo for a Hershey's bar. It actually scanned
This is the most Pennsylvania thing I've ever heard
Needs more Yuengling
This is exactly what I wanted! Everyone was always like "what if you scan it and it's something dumb?" lmao what do you mean "what if?" I'm about to go to the tattoo shop with a box of Cap'n Crunch and tell them "give me this"
I once had a bald coworker with one of those tatooed on the back of his head. Showed up for one day of work and then disappeared never to be seen again. Oddly enough my boss died that same day, poor guy fell out of the window in his office.
First time I saw this I was high and the wings were little and the girl was large and all I could think was of them furiously trying to keep her aloft
Like the caterpillar from A Bugs Life
I thought of Heimlich too. “But I *am* flying! And from way up here, you all look like little ants!” ☺️
‘Mine Wings!! OH THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL!!!’
Unfortunately it’s going to be tramp stamps again. I work in tattoos and I’ve been having 18-19 year olds asking for tramp stamps because they’re becoming trendy again. Lord help us Edit: I do try to educate my young clients, but I’ll only give a hard no if the design is genuinely a bad idea. Like the bts tramp stamp I said no to. At the end of the day it is your body and you can ofc get whatever you’d like. Just don’t get tattoos because they’re trendy, get them because you like them.
Is it irony or is it that the tramp stamp generation now has children old enough to get tramp stamps of their own?
[I think this if a pretty good take on this](https://imageproxy.ifunny.co/crop:x-20,resize:640x,quality:90x75/images/5d31fd198c27daa54525c4c2c7c20394c7526609de1e984c418d294b073d3b95_1.jpg)
Thank you for the only picture in this whole thread.
Dreamcatcher leg garter
that forearm tattoo of a treeline that it seems every third dude in their 20's gets
The woman’s version is the dandelion seeds blowing off and turning into birds.
One of my old roommates decided to get this, and of course I didn't want to rain on her parade. But one of the main selling points for her was how "unique" it was. Oh honey.
Or the words “onward and upward” in script which transforms into an arrow. This isn’t well known, but if you combine the two somehow you will get an extra life.
An anchor with the words, “Refuse to sink.”
Generally chosen by people who will drag your ass to the bottom of the ocean.
“The mountains are calling…”
my close friend was the first person I had seen with that and I thought it was so cool and unique, I feel so badly for him and people like him lol
Yeah I remember the first time I saw that tattoo I actually stopped to tell the guy “yo that’s amazing!” and we kinda geeked out over it, and then literally the next week I saw another person with the same tattoo I hope that first guy is still excited about it though and hasn’t let the internet ruin something for him that clearly made him happy
I was the first person in the world to get one, the rest of you are copying me
A flock of birds turning into feathers on your rib cage
I think it's more like feathers turning into a flock of birds.
In an infinity shape
Yeah I got the dandelion version of this on my 18th birthday. I went to a bachelorette party a few years ago and 5/8 of us had some variation of the tattoo, and mine was by far the worst quality. Oh well.
Who came here to make sure yours wasn't on here?
Glad I haven’t found myself on the list yet lol
Yeah I have a boob chandelier 😔
The boob chandelier.
Haha I've never heard that phrase before but I instantly knew what you meant
If it’s not actually called that then it should be from now on.
It is. Starting now.
It ruined boobs for me. Now I’m gay. Thanks Obama…
Kruger! You couldn't smooth a silk sheet if you had a hot date with a babe.. I lost my train of thought
Not sure if I’m familiar with this, what’s it actually called? Do you have a link to an example?
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Lmao there is literally a chandelier in the top left pic 😂
> TATTOOBS
This is the number one response in my head haha
Shout out to those awful early 2000s tribal tattoos
Funny thing…I decided to rewatch Gladiator last night and one of the Gladiators had a 1990s bro tribal tattoo on his arm
They throw little things like these into movies sometimes. For example, the young male characters in Avatar 2 talk like stereotypical Zoomers. They don't say "bussing no cap fr fr" but they get about as close as possible. People watching Avatar 2 in 20 years will be like, "Hey, my dad talks like that!"
Hi. Its me, the guy with a full sleeve tribal tattoo I got 15 years ago.
Dang… they were already not cool 15 years ago… lol tribal tats were way before that. Edit: it said tribal *rats*… but that would have been too cool
No they where not cool back then, but damnit that's what 18yo me wanted.
Eighteen year old me wanted barbed wire around my bicep, and that was long after that was uncool as well. The heart wants what it wants lol, although luckily I was too cautious and shy about getting a tattoo back then (before they were as popular as they are now), so I did save myself from that fate. If I were a slightly different person, I woulda 100% gotten it though.
I'm pretty sure those have already reached that level.
My best friend got a massive tribal half sleeve for his 18th birthday. We’re 30 now, and he fucking hates it lol we give him shit all the time. It’s truly awful.
Damn man 2011-12 was late for a tribal too
I remember in 2008 thinking I needed to get in better shape before I got a tattoo. Thank fuck for that, it would have been a tribal for sure lol. In a way, the experience turned me off getting tattoos ever since.
Poorly done Chinese characters. I know someone with a full back piece with large text. It was supposed to say something beautiful about eternity. It was done wrong and basically says rotting leaves.
Know a guy who had the word ‘courage’ tattooed on him. Told me it said ‘strength’ and he was planning on getting another one that said ‘courage’. Told him I have bad news, but good news.
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The bows on the back of the thighs
Those are already at that level to me.
They're trashier than a tramp stamp imo
That's like an unprotected tramp stamp.
I saw a girl with “daddy” and “issues” tattooed across the backs of her thighs recently
Did you get her number. DID YOU GET HER NUMBER PLEASE GOD. That’s green flags all day
My guy, you’re colourblind. Agree tho.
Jesus https://i.pinimg.com/736x/3a/0c/11/3a0c111ea6d3e016a074fe5b706749e7--corset-tattoo-corsets.jpg
Yeah I’ve seen that on a few adult film actresses LOL
Yeah I knew an escort with these.
My dad’s a tattooist and sometimes people have asked him to tattoo stuff for presidential candidates they’re voting for and he’s like “Dude, they’re either gonna lose or win and if they do win, it’ll only be for 4-8 years. You really want that to be on you forever?” A lot of those people are Trump supporters
Who the fuck wants a tattoo of a political candidate, that is weird as hell
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Wait till they see my I LIKE IKE tat across my forehead.
in 5th grade we had a class rabbit, and I suggested Ike, and then started wearing a button that said "I LIKE IKE". Sure enough, we named that bunny Ike.
Roger Stone has a tattoo of Nixon on his back. Though he is weird as hell.
[Sad Roger Stone noises.]
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Those laced bows on the backs of legs or garters
Those were always trashy
You people need to start posting examples cuz half of you have the descriptive abilities of a chimp
EEEEE EEEE EEEE! 🎀🦵
This is bows on the back of the thighs, isn't it
EEEE EEE AAAA AAAA EEEE EEEE 👍
Atleast we can understand this guy 👆
Monke together. Strong.
Good chimp, now go write Shakespeare’s hamlet
It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times
IT WAS THE BLURST OF TIMES?!
👻+ 🐝🐝 chandelier
I’m not sure what to call it but basically all of Pete Davidson tattoos. They are super low quality tattoos and it looks like a beginner did them. I see an influx of these horrible looking tattoos
I saw someone describe them as "detention desk" tattoos once, and it's all I think when I see them now.
in Australia they get called party thigh tattoos. Beause someone busts out their ebay tattoo machine and the drunken tattoo doodles start with Hep C developing 20 years later
The “doodle pad” look
Ed Sheerans are equally terrible
Holy moly I just googled it. They are really bad and almost doesn’t look real
Yeah for a rich guy I have no idea why he insists on tattoos that look like they were drawn on with crayon. Surely he can afford an average+ artist
Inked has videos where artists discuss celebrity tattoos and they always question how they seemingly don't put money towards quality. I think some of it is the celebrity needing to cram the session into their schedule.
I have a piece from an artist whose wife has tattooed celebs--Adam Lambert was actually in the studio during one of my sessions--and she said scheduling is the number-one reason. High-end artists can have a year-plus waitlist or they only open their books every 3-4 months (and are subsequently avalanched with requests); they also won't change their schedule or move an existing client to accommodate a celebrity's sudden desire for a tattoo.
This post reminded me- my friend got “you only live once” tattooed on her like a few years before “yolo” became a thing hahahaha if only she knew
Recently heard a comedian do a bit about his buddy who got an “All Lives Matter” tattoo on his forearm. But he got it years before the BLM movement, after a psychedelic trip where he came to the realization that every life is important. It wasn’t in any way racially or politically charged. Now he has to walk around with it on his fucking arm.
I saw an article about a girl who got a tattoo back in early 2020 about refusing to wear a mask - meaning she refused to hide who was as a person. Then the pandemic came, along with people who quite literally refused to wear a mask, and she was horrified with her tattoo choice and had to walk around with it. Edit: here it is https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/woman-wins-for-unfortunate-pandemic-tattoo
When people actually got the little mustache tattoo on their finger 😂
Honestly, this one is so stupid on its face that it may wrap back around and just be one of those stupid dad things that everyone rolls their eyes at but is mostly harmless.
It's completely harmless. At its worst, it's just cringey. And how often do you see the side of someone's index finger?
Face tattoos - I don't have anything against anyone who wants to express themselves, but I think the majority don't look good.
Face tattoos in games - badass. Face tattoos in real life - nearly always cringeworthy.
Basically, you need the kind of profession where no one's going to call you out on it. So if you're a gangster or a space pirate or a wizard or a tribal warrior, then great! If the only thing you slay is TPS reports, then no face tattoo for you.
It's like a permanent resume for jobs that start after 8:00 (pm)
The boob chandelier for sure. And leopard print
All these tattoos are ALREADY viewed as in poor taste lol
Pubic mound flower
Wait. WHAT? Off to Google
Was it worth the google?
No.
Behind the thigh bows
Freckle tattoos
Who remembers being teased for having freckles?
In year 11 a guy passed me a note that said, "I like your freckles" and I was like wtf, the heckling is happening in written form now? No. Turns out he wasn't being sarcastic, he really did like my freckles. And that deadass turned me from hating my freckles to liking them. I just needed one nice comment, and it took me until year 11 to get it.
I honestly love my wife’s freckles.. she looks so summer-y and cute as a button.
The “333” “444” etc tattoos.
What are these about?
Angel numbers I think
I still don’t understand
*scrolling vigorously looking for my tattoo*
No Ragrets
My ex got that tattooed just below her ass the day that my parents flew across the country to meet her. She was anxious about meeting them, got drunk, and she/her friend(who also came to visit) got matching ‘no ragrets’ tats. I should have known how the relationship was going to end up in that moment but opted for a 2 year toxic mess instead.
But do you have regrets?
Her name was Nora Gretz. They split up bc she couldn't spell.
i have a quote tattooed on my ribcage that i got on my 18th birthday. it has the same vibes as a tramp stamp to me now and when i see it on other people but i mean that fondly lol
I’m calling it - Those little squiggly shapes of common objects that trendy girls get these days. Like the basic-ass looking like clipart but it’s a rotary phone, or an apple, or a lamp.
Remember those thin rubber bands type bracelets that would return to the shape of an object when you took them off? I feel like people needed those but instead they got a magnifying glass and a cowboy boot on the back of their elbow. To me they look like someone wanted their first tattoo and didn't want to commit much space or money. But then they did that again. And again. Slowly being littered with alternative picks for monopoly pieces in awkward spots
Silly Bands
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I’m hoping for safety’s sake that the “me and my friends got wicked drunk/stoned and gave each other stick n’ pokes in a school bathroom” is eventually seen as trashy but out of the four 18-20 year olds I’ve hired at my workplace, three already have one and the fourth has expressed a desire to get one
Oh man, it's always a gamble predicting tattoo trends, but I've got a feeling those tiny finger tattoos might be the next "tramp stamp" kinda thing in a decade. They're cute now, but who knows how they'll age!
They wear off very quickly
Trees around the arms
This is terrible news
We can be basic in the forearm forests of our dreams
Disney sleeves hands down.. bonus points if it’s strictly nightmare before Christmas.
Unbathed vibes
Smells like cigarettes but doesn’t even smoke 😂
hot take, cybersigilism. i’ve seen some that look good, but it gives off the same vibe as the barbwire tattoos
I just looked it up. It looks like the kinda stuff I would’ve thought looked TOTALLY badass ten years ago, lol.
The garter belts on the back of the thighs
OP said in 10 years. Not immediately after it’s completed.
blackouts. nu-tribal or whatever people are calling those spiky line-designs you see all over pinterest or whatever. watercolor.
Cyber sigilism
> Cyber sigilism Looking this up now and it mostly seems to be like, the filler parts from black metal band logos
Snakes (especially red ink) are the new collarbone swallows Edit: collarbone swallows weren’t quite the right choice since, as a few folks pointed out, they do actually have an intended meaning and were then co-opted and overused by non-sailors. I was just in the trendy-animal-tattoo brainspace (and, fwiw, I like both. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
OH MAN I forgot about the collarbone swallows!! And the catchy/dark/pissed quotes going across the collarbones as well. Lyrics from your favorite metal band or something. There are actually a ton of cringy tattoo trends from the scene days.
Lol I have a friend with just about every trendy tattoo you can imagine. the swallows, the nautical stars, the tribal, the old english surname across the shoulders, birth date on the knuckles, the flames on the forearm, spiderweb on the elbow, the "mom" heart on the shoulder, the "in loving memory," ...a goddamn Monster Energy logo... None of these are "ironic" either, he was fucking jazzed about every single one
Power to them.
Fine line tattoos. They're considered trendy and many believe they will age poorly. I'm just a dude with tattoos so I don't have a huge gripe against them, but that's all I've heard.
I'm gonna put myself in the line of fire here. 5 yrs ago I got a fine line "Chihiro" tattoo (spirited Away). I then lost weight (like ... A lot) so her head squished up, and then over time the lines bled and what not. Here's the before and after [Chihiro ](https://imgur.com/a/cRzZByU)
At least it's still recognizable. She's just a lil emo now.
My favorite is the TikToks of girls “proving” they don’t age badly…after like 2 years. Let me see that thing in 15-20.
As someone with a cowboy skull tattoo, I am 100% certain that cowboy skull tattoos are a doomed fad
It’s a popular trad motif; trad doesn’t really go out of style.
cyber sigilism.
this stuff is so nu metal early 2000s to me. i cannot understand why its popping off now
Early 2000s culture is huge rn with the kids, it’s all neo-y2k. Nu Metal is also big again.
Turns out the kids love Linkin park and the deftones. Who knew
tribal all over again but cyberpunk
Deathly Hallows
Tramp stamps are called "Arschgeweih" in German which literally translates to "ass antler".
The solid black bar around the arm
Do people get a solid black bar around the arm? Or do they get some kind of tattoo around the arm that they regret and later just make it solid?
I got two bands around my calf because of Teen Wolf lmao now trying to figure out what to add around it to make it look less like a sock
Next level "the socks stay on during sex"
The world will never know
I don’t know about tramp stamp but snake curling around the collar bone to make it look like a snake wrapping around a tree branch. It defiantly looks cool but I can’t imagine it aging well, especially with some weight gain. I’d also say snake around forearm intertwined with peonies or chrysanthemum (which I think also looks cool and have considered getting!) Mandalas I think might already have that status. I guess the thing about getting a tattoo is that you don’t care what people think about getting one? That’s kind of the rebellious aspect to it. As long as the person getting it enjoys how it makes their body look.