I keep seeing the Battlefield facebook page and the Crysis one posting these terrible portraits tats of Nanosuited guys or soldiers, mostly on ankles. Terrible, terrible tats. And they're just so tacky looking. They're oversized portraits wrapped around calves. It shows no respect for the shape of the area, and god, the distortion those things are going to get eventually *shudder*. It's like watching tatoo-mistakes in the making.
Getting one of a cool symbol, like the assassins symbol, or I saw one with that dragon symbol from skyrim (It's got a proper name, but I'm not up on lore), look good, because they're aesthetically pleasing either way. Even without the backstory, it looks good, or interesting.
Actually, I'm trying to design my first tatoo, and I was inspired a little by the tatoos in the brothel level: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=103765345 (Not sure if it's visible, oh well, it'll be out there on the internet somewhere). It would make a funny story. "Where'd you get the idea for the ink?" "Oh, a hooker in a video game." "That's nice... wait what?!"
I've already got a bunch of tatoos planned sort of, none of them really game-related, although I really don't see the objection so long as 1) You think it looks good. 2) You think it looks good as a tatoo. 3) It means something to you, whether you feel it makes you look better, or because you want it, but "Because I want to express my fandom for a part of pop-culture" is probably not the best reasoning.
If I saw something I really liked in a game that I though would make a good tatoo, I'd definitely be up for doing it as much as anything else.
Sonicron said:
I still plan on getting the daggertail from Prince of Persia: Two Thrones on my right forearm at some point. Simple design, and yet the coolest thing I've ever seen in gaming.
That sounds like it would make a badass tatoo. I'ma tuck that away in my head now.
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