Personally I think they are boring but everyone is different and if it floats your boat go for it 🙂

18 is awfully young to get something like that on your wrist that’s going to impact you forever. Just sayin’.

1) If I were you, I’d size up. You are going for very thin lines here, and some of them are very close together. This can end up looking blurry and terrible after a few years, even with a great artists.
2) You’d want to place it slightly lower on your wrist. If you want to draw, here is a lesson for you; The motif should suit the canvas. Now, your underarm is a long and narrow canvas. Small designs will look good on either end, but not in the middle and certainly not somewhere in between. If you decide to get more ink later on, it will mess up EVERYTHING when you decide to get more art on that arm.
It’s such a small design that you only have limited options to where it would really look great.

And don’t listen to these oldies – 18 is plenty old enough as long as you think it over! I got my first at 15, and I still don’t regret it. I had almost a full sleeve by my 19th bithday! 😛 Don’t worry about it.
Choose the design you think is perfect, and the placement you like the best. Do not compromise on these two – no matter what. Ofc don’t get hands/neck done, but other than that; Go for it. (Oh, and be aware that your design has elements that could be associated with illuminati, vagina and olympic symbolism. Probably more too. Just sayin’)

@poxphobia 134401 wrote:

And don’t listen to these oldies – 18 is plenty old enough as long as you think it over! I got my first at 15, and I still don’t regret it. I had almost a full sleeve by my 19th bithday! 😛 Don’t worry about it.

You are extraordinary as a person. You also have some sense about you. That’s a rare quality in young people. I think tattoos on young people are fine, and society is changing, but condemning oneself to long sleeves if he ever goes white collar is a big sentence.

And, addressing his statement, “Better to get something I wanted for a long time at 18 than something impulsively at 32…” Well, if I impulsively put something on my ass, I have the ability to cover it and the capital to laser it. Also at age 18, the frontal lobe isn’t completely developed and decision making powers aren’t those of someone who’s in their early 20’s. A few years makes a big difference on the brain. Devil’s advocate here.

GCL; Good point! I keep forgetting how stupid a lot of people are.. I’m guessing this one has some sense since he is at least doing some research first :p

Joeflips; Go to a good artist and listen to them. They will let you know. And no – I mean closer to your hand. Lower on your wrist.

Tattoo artists are not machines. They don’t use rulers or illustrator to put ink in your skin. It’s possible to get it close to perfect and looking amazing, no doubt. But there is no guarantees for perfectly straight lines. And your skin changes. You are 18 – Chances are you’re going to grow. Plus your skin rejuvenates every so often, which means that little bits can move 🙂

@GrayCatLove 134408 wrote:

I said young, but age really doesn’t have that much impact, save for neurological development. But people are still stupid. And assholes. See, we need to have a work exchange program on here. We’ll set you up on my full moon emergency room rotation. Human stupidity will amaze you. You may survive it, but I cannot assure you will be the same person by the end of the shift.

When I worked as a stationary engineer in the hospital power plant we got fuel oil in 18 wheel trucks. As the truck is pulling out through the parking lot this idiot parks her car in front of it. (I had just removed the barricade to let it out) I said you can’t park here. She said I always park here. I said do you see that truck coming this way? It will run over your car. She said I always park here. I said fine, park here. Then the truck was right in front of her car. I said where do you want the pieces of your car? She said Fuck you, and moved her car.