Part of the reason why you would want to get a tattoo is that you actually want to be identified by it.
For me, only if that is the case for the motive in question, it's a proper tattoo for you.
I do have a tribal on my right shoulder and it's rather small and old by now. But I don't care if others think it looks shit. I have a connection to the piece. I connect a very specific state of mind with it. For me, it has a story, a mood, a feeling. I'll get it overworked in time, when the time is right. But I am in no way ashamed about it.
All 3 pieces I have are part of me, part of my identity and I think that's how it should be.