“Do you think my tattoo is cool?” No, I don’t. There are no cool tattoos. “Check out my sleeve!” Oh god ew.
Tattoos themselves are stupid. Doubly so if it’s some media IP. “I put Batman on my body!” “Look at this image of Goku on my calf!” I can’t think of many things I’d want to do less than that.
There are a few narrow exceptions. Chances are yours isn’t one of them.
If you personally like tattoos, fine. I’m not saying nobody should get tattoos because I don’t like them. I’m stating my opinion that tattoos are stupid, and I am stating it here because it is probably not a popular opinion.
I’ve never had any problem with tattoos, but recently I’ve become a little annoyed with certain types and the tattoos they have. I’m talking about the OnlyFans girls. Medusa, Eye of Osiris (illuminati 3rd eye), moon cycle, skulls with roses, skulls with snakes, kitty cats, phrases like “take a risk” or “baby girl”, Free Masonry symbol (compass and the square), spiders; black widow in particular, witches iconography, vampiric looking finger nails, flowers of all kinds.I’ve spent a lot of time cropping and zooming OF girl screenshots to study them later.
I’m thinking there’s a small number of tattoo shops that service the only fans business; they’re “connected”. They probably have tat packages to choose from such as Alt girls, Goth girls, Gothic alternative, Girls with Secrets, Moon Girls (with optional Cross or upside down cross add-on), Sexy Phrase Girls, nature girls (Kitty cats, spiders, snakes, flowers).
If they really want to maximize attention and have the funds, the all in one OnlyFans Girls pack.
Given I’ve I have no tats, I have no idea how expensive tattoos are, but I imagine the cost can get into the tens of thousands?
Seems there’s a ton of money to be made in the tattoo industry, if you can manage to break into the connected shops game.
I haven’t really studied the specific tattoos you’re talking about but I think you’re massively overestimating the cost and vastly underestimating just how many tattoo artists worldwide can crank out the same tattoo based on a picture.
Just for some comparison pricing. My wife’s cat paw print tattoo (with fancy shading though still only black ink) took about an hour and cost under $100.
My other friend’s full sleeve tattoo, extremely complex and about ten colors (more color means more time and more money) he said took about 70 hours and cost under $6k. When you break it down that’s under $80 an hour, which is not insane money. Especially since they’ve got studio rent, ink cost, needle cost, any employee cost, equipment, etc. Not to mention they’re not always fully booked unless extremely skilled or extremely cheap (at least around me).
My other friend’s full yakuza-esque back tattoo he wouldn’t commit to telling a price but was under $10k he said and several months of work (on and off).
Tattoo artists all over the place also have books of popular designs that you can flip through. That’s probably why you’re seeing so many of the same, not because it’s a couple tattoo shops but rather all the shops everywhere just know people like those and keep the pattern handy.
I considered getting a tattoo at one point, a small quake 1 logo. I lost interest, anything over $50 bucks is too rich for my blood. 10k? I’ve only had less than half that in savings / disposable income in one year throughout my entire life.
If anyone asks me if I have any tats IRL, my go to response is: “You don’t put bumper stickers on this Ferrari!”
Not really, that’s what an old friend of mine used to say =D