Attention to detail

To the average person, a pretty picture is just a picture, but to a designer, it is much more.
Today, while I was diligently working on illustrating a skull tattoo on the computer, I sat there, somewhat distracted at the complexity of the image. Even an image such as a tattoo, with only a few colors, the structured detail created by using lines was just incredible. Here I am trying to remake an already brilliant tattoo drawing, and I find myself lost in the lines. This is probably the first time I have ever really took notice and paid attention to the detail, not in just this image but in everything that I see now.
On another note, just because something is plain and simple, does not me it is boring and lifeless. A piece of art like that can serve equally, and sometime better than something that is so complex.