Skin season, otherwise known as summer, is the time of the year when all the cool kids show off their latest tattoos. With the help of tattoo artist Nathan Burton Phillips from Humdinger Tattoo Emporium, we have compiled a list of tattoo season trends and advice. With the help of tattoo artist Nathan Burton Phillips from Humdinger Tattoo Emporium, we have compiled a list of tattoo season trends and advice.Location, location, locationFewer ladies are getting tramp stamps (a tattoo on the lower back). Instead, more people of both genders are gravitating towards getting ink on their arms.Places you should try to avoid are fleshy bits like the stomach. They tend to require the highest tolerance to pain and invariably tend to sag over time."These days employers have no real issues with visible tattoos, so people aren't as concerned as they used to be about hiding them," said Burton Phillips.That doesn't mean you should get a face tattoo. Mike Tyson serves as a warning sign of the dangers that lie along that road.Be a snowflakeTribal tattoos and small butterflies are still popular . According to Burton Phillips one of the reasons for this is because they are relatively quick and easy to do. Do not give in to their allure. Nothing is more pathetic than a group of ravers at Ultra, their sleeveless shirts revealing that they all have the same tribal tattoo. Another growing trend is old-school tattoos of pin-ups and tigers.Curb your enthusiasmYou may want something grand, like a portrait of Beethoven performing a spell from Harry Potter, splayed across your back but bear a few things in mind: colour looks less impressive on darker skin tones than it does on light ones. More importantly, as Burton Phillips says: "A tattoo hurts, it's not like a unicorn licking you." The bigger and more intricate your tattoo, the more pain you'll have to endure, so save the re-creation of the Sistine Chapel you had planned for your stomach until you have been tattooed a few times.Humdinger Tattoo Emporium will be showing off its skills at the Cool Inc Tattoo Expo at the Voortrekker Monument this weekend. For more details www.wublah.wix.com/coolincBear in mind before you get tattooDon't get your partner's name or face inked onto your body or, one day, you'll find yourself having to find another significant other who looks identical and has the same name.Don't drink or have too much sugar for 48 hours before; the two mess with the blood and make things harder.Eat beforehand - it helps with the bleeding...