Pretty in Ink
Toni Merriss
Issue date: 10/19/06 Section: Features
Although they can be dated back thousands of years, many people have thought that tattoos were only a passing fad or something for the biker gangs. In this day and age, however, tattoos can be for anyone from your kindergarten teacher to the CEO of your company. It is estimated that 16 percent of all adults in the United States have at least one tattoo.
People choose to get tattoos for a variety of reasons, from memorializing a loved one that has been lost all the way to just wanting to be different from everyone else. Sometimes wanting to remember a certain point in their life, showing their faith to God, or even just because they have a fondness for getting tattoos can influence a person to get one.
"I have 11 tattoos. Some of mine were done just to resemble a time in my life, but every one of them has a special meaning to me," said senior business major Eric Beck. "I have memorial tattoos, life-long goal tattoos and tattoos that show things about me and the things I love."
In the last few years, tattoos have really hit the mainstream with reality television shows such as "Miami Ink" and Hart & Huntington's "Inked". These shows alone have flooded the market with people getting tattoos that would have never gotten them before. Both of these series have shown the country that every type of person you can think of would get a tattoo in today's society, whether it's a man getting a memorial tattoo for his cat that passed way or someone getting a large tattoo on their shoulder of a tiger because they liked the way it looked. For senior communication major Kaitie Shell, the decision to get a tattoo was an easy one, the hard part was paying for it. "I have always wanted to get a tattoo, but they can be expensive so I am waiting. I think I am going to finally get one for my birthday in April though," said Shell.
Tattoos can be any size, shape or color you can think of and can be placed almost anywhere on the body. Of course, many people choose to have them placed where they can be hidden easily, but you also have those people that have them anywhere that there is skin.
People choose to get tattoos for a variety of reasons, from memorializing a loved one that has been lost all the way to just wanting to be different from everyone else. Sometimes wanting to remember a certain point in their life, showing their faith to God, or even just because they have a fondness for getting tattoos can influence a person to get one.
"I have 11 tattoos. Some of mine were done just to resemble a time in my life, but every one of them has a special meaning to me," said senior business major Eric Beck. "I have memorial tattoos, life-long goal tattoos and tattoos that show things about me and the things I love."
In the last few years, tattoos have really hit the mainstream with reality television shows such as "Miami Ink" and Hart & Huntington's "Inked". These shows alone have flooded the market with people getting tattoos that would have never gotten them before. Both of these series have shown the country that every type of person you can think of would get a tattoo in today's society, whether it's a man getting a memorial tattoo for his cat that passed way or someone getting a large tattoo on their shoulder of a tiger because they liked the way it looked. For senior communication major Kaitie Shell, the decision to get a tattoo was an easy one, the hard part was paying for it. "I have always wanted to get a tattoo, but they can be expensive so I am waiting. I think I am going to finally get one for my birthday in April though," said Shell.
Tattoos can be any size, shape or color you can think of and can be placed almost anywhere on the body. Of course, many people choose to have them placed where they can be hidden easily, but you also have those people that have them anywhere that there is skin.
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