The idea of getting ink on your foot is an ill conceived one. First off one must consider the extreme pain involved with getting such a lightly muscled area worked on. It would be really painful. Like slamming your finger in the car door or accidentally picking up a baked potato fresh from the oven at the very least I should think.
Secondly, it would be insensitive indeed to ask a practitioner to subject him or herself to such a plethora of odour. Maybe the sneakers that you have been wearing for the last six to nine months without socks happen to get wet on the way to the parlour? That could be a real fashion faux pas not to mention a real mistake in personal hygiene.
To cover the result of such deeply considered and painfully executed art work with a shoe would be a real shame for everyone, like hiding your light under a bushel. I strongly advise anyone who has made the requisite capital expenditures to come home with an example of art placed upon either the left or right foot to move immediately to a more tropical climate where walking barefoot is the best and most accepted form of personal transportation. Let the risks of tropical storms and the rising sea levels be damned when completing your quest to have your designs displayed proudly for all to see. Maybe the only way to fly is to go by foot.
A real tangible benefit of undergoing foot adornment in the modern age is the real possibility of being financially remunerated for your trouble. I'm thinking that a portable web cam mounted just below the knee streaming WIFI images of the new piece would be in order. It might get a little bit boring to watch at night when you're sleeping or when your foot is just stuck under a desk all day, but that's where the real beauty of the plan comes to the fore. People can always switch to a different cam site and enjoy other views while the going gets less interesting.
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