A lot of people decide not to get tattoos because they need to cover them up in work as they are deemed inappropriate. Yet in this day and age they really ought to be better understood.

Take Kim Bale, a piercer, she is a heavily tattooed woman, yet as she is a piercer, they are seen to be totally acceptable in her line of work. (Along with facial piercings, of course. No one wants a piercing from someone who is a piercing and tattoo virgin!

Kim's tattoos would be seen as controversial in the public eye, one sleeve comprising of pin-up style women in the kitchen. A possible cliché I know, yet it is based around a humorous cartoon perspective.

However if Kim was to apply for work in a clerical/official government position, she would have to cover every single one, which would definitely not be an easy task on a hot summer day.

In typical fashion as well, Kim told me just how painful the underarm tattooing was. "I thought it would take forever," she laughed, "I would not like to do it again, that's for sure!"

But her sleeve is looking beautiful, we can only hope that it will be taken less seriously in the workplace in the near future.