Beautiful Tattoos

Beautiful Tattoos
There’s no shortage of celebrities who have had ill-fated tattoos (Johnny Depp’s ink for Winona and Angelina Jolie’s for Billy Bob spring to mind). But even stars who mark themselves with seemingly classic images can have second thoughts.

This week, the New York Daily News is reporting that Megan Fox is getting her Marilyn Monroe tattoo removed (she has the beauty icon’s face on her inner arm).

Though I don’t personally think Fox’s tattoo (or a generic butterfly or star outline) is particularly artful, I do think some tattoos are. I’m talking about the kind of gorgeous, fine-art level tattoos from Amanda Wachob or Anil Gupta. Yet I know that many people will disagree with me—my parents, for example, say they’ve never seen a tattoo that they’d consider beautiful. So, what do you think? Can tattoos be beautiful? And is it foolhardy to make such a long-lasting beauty decision?