Solid advice, I appreciate that but all things considered we all die at some point, why stop myself from doing something stupid? Life is short and if I don't enjoy it to it's fullest extent then I've wasted it. My body will decompose and the tattoo won't even exist and neither will I within the next century so why should I be so worried this? I think it just boils down to a matter of perspective in this case. If I regret it then oh well, I already regret a lot worse. And as for my name I genuinely don't believe words are offensive at all when their coming from a stranger on the internet, so if you take offense to my username that's you being sensitive and immature in my opinion, feel free to disagree but I won't be changing my username. I think I will go ahead and get a tattoo elsewhere first because after further thought I have no idea how my body will react to a tattoo or what kind of pain I'd be in so having a personal reference is probably for the best. It's funny that my original question never got answered though. All I wanted to come here for was to see if anyone thought copying a famous, now dead artists tattoo to honor them was unoriginal but ended up getting a lecture. Thanks for the help