Tattoos are definitely in - you see a lot more people with full sleeves and big designs, but I think more so tattooing has become mainstream in the same way that (non-lobe) ear piercings, nose and navel piercings have; I think it's very much a gendered thing - most of the time, the people I see with lots of big pieces (which is seldom) are men, while a lot of women have one or more little tattoos. Personally, I've considered tattoos, but am not keen on getting one right now. One objection is that I won't get anything referential - nothing derived from video games or music or movies. I also want it to be an original design of my own, but I have no drawing skill. Honestly, I just don't feel the same "pull" that certain body piercings have given me; an innate drive to have it. The Galway Tattoo Show is coming up. I might go. And maybe make a Hubski post about it.