Charlie Clapham, 21 actor and body piercer, Hamilton
"I've got a few. My dad does them but I make sure that I'm going to be happy with them when I'm 60. I also get them in places I can cover up because I'm an actor."
Alice Lister, 19 student, city centre
"No, I don't have any. I don't think it would look good when I'm 60 or 70 years old."
Mary Thompson, 80 retired, Humberstone
"I don't have any and I won't now because of my age, but I quite like to see some of them. Perhaps if I was younger."
Ryan Clayton, 16 student, Knighton
"No, I don't have one – I don't like the idea of having it forever."
Aoife Blake, 26 photographer, city centre
"I've got an Egyptian-style eye on my wrist, two swallows on my hips, cherry blossom on my back and a henna-style pattern on my ankle. They don't really mean anything, though, they're purely aesthetic."
Xinwei Ma, 21 student, city centre
"I don't have one yet, but I'm going to get a lotus flower on my arm because I'm a Buddhist."
Kyle Bloxham, 26 unemployed, St Matthews
"I have my kids' names and dates of birth on my wrist and two tribal patterns on my shoulders. I don't like the tribal ones any more, though. You should be sensible when picking a design."
Imran Khalifa, 27 unemployed, city centre
"I don't have any because I'm a Muslim – tattoos are harem [forbidden]."
Lee Wakeling, 40 carpenter, Evington
"No I don't have one – I never really thought about it and I'm getting a bit old for tattoos now."
Sarah Walters, 20 student, city centre
"I've got three: a cave with birds flying out on my shoulder, which symbolises my leaving home; a dream-catcher on my leg; and my name in Arabic on my stomach which I have because I was born in Saudi Arabia."
Martyn Potter, 41 landscape gardener, Whetstone
"I have one on my back of the word 'paradise' in Chinese writing which I got when I used to be a Jehovah's Witness. I would get more but I've spent 18 years looking for one I like."
