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Add a tactile dimension to tattoos by implanting hair during the tattooing process.
This would make them much more interesting, and also render them accessible to the visually impaired.
Lawnmower Tattoo
http://www.netby.dk...s/cooltatoo_big.jpg This is what starchaser is looking for, I believe... [Chibi, Oct 04 2004]
Another Lawnmower Image
http://www.juxt.com...ion=picture&id=1074 The same idea as the tattoo, I found it whilst searching for the other... [Chibi, Oct 04 2004]
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Could look cool. Scarification and branding already make body art accessible to the visually impaired so the market for this may be smaller than you think. |
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I'm all in favour of more body hair. Speaking as a completely disinterested observer, I think it makes you look more mature, intelligent and sexy. Of course, it doesn't mean that you are any of these things, it just makes you look that way. |
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Why stop at hair by the way? Any number of interesting materials could be added to the design. Anyone care to burst my bubble-wrap? |
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The day body hair is art, I'm gonna be worth millions |
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With a little hunting around on the web, you can find photos of tattoos that take advantage of existing body hair for part of the design. I recently saw this tattoo of a jesus-like face, in which his beard and moustache were actual hair. This was on a woman's groin. Looked pretty good. |
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Would be good if you wanted a tattoo of a mole with hair growing out of it. Much more lifelike... |
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Ok maybe this is ok for the male species but most females try to get rid of various types of hair.
My tattoo is fine without hair thanks. |
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Saw a tattoo once, that looked like VW's stick-figure, pushing a lawnmower through the top part of a woman's pubic hair...I'd be laughing too hard to do anything if I actually saw that on someone... |
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DrBob, Dr. Cornelius then? |
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Actually, Openhead's idea is probably a good one. However, one must be careful to not confuse the terms here; there is a difference: |
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Fur stops growing at a preset length. |
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Hair will grow forever. Most humans don't have *hair* below the neck, technically it's fur. (not sure about female leg hair) |
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Bet you didn't need to know that :) |
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I could see this be doable with short (.5-1") fur plugs, geneered for compatibility with human skin. This would probably be done by taking human arm-hair follicles (for their textue) and altering pigmentation and texture, while leaving cell marking proteins untouched. |
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It would add that much needed
dimension to tattoos but would they
blur after a few years? + |
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