Majority of tattoos appear in youth. When I was twenty years old, i had no tattoo business around that could convert my wisdom in a tattoo, sort of "octopus makes love with a mermaid." I sublimated my craving for art in painting yellow drawings in the snow, after drinking beer. Now the youth has a lot more money and the temptation to do all that I did not commit.
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You are right, I got mine in my early 20's during university. You have a very imaginative mind - octopus and mermaid having sex? Somehow I can't envision many Russian girls getting tattoos.
I personally dislike them and don't have any. But this part of American culture. It does influence people around the world. If they see a video with the singer having those tattoos (or piercings) I'm sure they will pick it up, no matter what their parents say. An extra cool would be text in English. After a while it becomes mainstream. See no reason why Russians (especially young ones) would not indulge. There are strong taboos on body decoration with some ethnic groups in Russia though. Muslims for example shun them and do not have tattoos. Other then that, I'm sure a lot of young Russians like tattoos.
Only Muslims, or other ethnic groups in Russia? When I was in Palestine, I was amazed at how beautiful and colorful the Muslim women are. I know Russia claims to have the most beautiful women in the world, but these women were stunning. So fashionable with their colorful headscarves, jewelry, make-up, etc.
We have a lot of Muslim women here at school. Mostly from India, Pakistan and the Middle East. Yes, they wear plenty of makeup and tons of jewelry (they really love gold and to lesser degree silver) Some of the headscarves (they seem like a different one each day to match their clothing) have elaborate beading. The ones form India, Bangladesh and Pakistan are not veiled. The others are. Tattoos are considered body mutilations. I have yet to meet anyone with a nose, tongue piercing or tattoos though. I have never seen Muslim men wearing tattoos
I will never understand or accept the veiling or full niqab. With hijab, women still maintain identity and some sense of personality and expression. Btw, I've worn the full niqab (Afghan style), which is full face and body covering with only a mesh veil to see through. Some day I will write a post about it.
I got inked for the first time when I was 18. Now I have several tattoos on invisible parts of my body and think about to make some kind of monumental one. Like half of the sleeve or something. Unfortunately, most of the ink artist in Russia have no idea how does it work and mostly just copy of popular tattoo styles and arts from internet (= Only few gyus in whole country can make something really good. Tattoo culture in Russia is too young at all.
One more point - the fees for tatoo in Russia are extremly overpriced. Sometimes is cheeper to get a travel to Europe (Germany, Sweden, Poland) and be inked out there than be tattoed in Moscow or St. Pete.
We have a lot of talented tattoo artists in America, and it's economical to get inked due to so many shops (even in my small hometown there are several, including this one. :) What's depicted in your tattoos?
Basically I have the tattoo with trible theme. I'm pretty love this style. I love colorful, bright inks, but have on my leg the ornament in BW design. Each time during my travels in US I'd planned to made a tattoo over there, but extremly have no time for it. My big plan - to have girl in "dia de los muertos" style in LA (I've been there couple times and each time on a run) on my shoulder. Even the inartists in Miami told me that better make it only in LA. This is the place where that style was created in tattoo culture.
Cool! We have a reality TV show here called "L.A. Ink", maybe you can find it online. You might find it interesting. http://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/la-ink
It also used to be the case in America, and still is to some extent. For example, some gangs and criminal groups have specific tattoos to designate affiliation. And, there's an urban myth that tear drop tattoos indicate the number of people a gang member has killed. Like here -
I don't have any tattoo. Men who were in a prison have tattoos. The men who were in the army have tattoos too but less that the other ones. The most of those "paintings" have horrible quality and don't represent a work of art. I've never heard about such thing as someone was refused because of their inks.
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Unfortunately, most of the ink artist in Russia have no idea how does it work and mostly just copy of popular tattoo styles and arts from internet (= Only few gyus in whole country can make something really good. Tattoo culture in Russia is too young at all.
One more point - the fees for tatoo in Russia are extremly overpriced. Sometimes is cheeper to get a travel to Europe (Germany, Sweden, Poland) and be inked out there than be tattoed in Moscow or St. Pete.
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Each time during my travels in US I'd planned to made a tattoo over there, but extremly have no time for it. My big plan - to have girl in "dia de los muertos" style in LA (I've been there couple times and each time on a run) on my shoulder. Even the inartists in Miami told me that better make it only in LA. This is the place where that style was created in tattoo culture.
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Men who were in a prison have tattoos. The men who were in the army have tattoos too but less that the other ones. The most of those "paintings" have horrible quality and don't represent a work of art.
I've never heard about such thing as someone was refused because of their inks.
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