Appreciating tattoos without seeming creepy?

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So, I'm AuDHD Level 1, and I often see people with awesome tattoos where I live. It's generally easy to compliment or ask where they got ink done if it's above the belt. I worry it will be weird make if I compliment women's tattoos if it's on their legs. I've talked with women before and they've said that they've gotten it somewhere visible because they want it to be seen and complimented, but I always worry it's going to come off like I've been ogling them or something.

I frequently worry I'm going to come off flirty or inappropriate when I'm not. I've only just realized that it's ok to compliment women on their perfume without seeming like a creeper. They are always delighted and thank me happily. Based off their reaction to that I most not seem like a creeper, but I don't know where the line is and I don't want to make anyone uncomfortable.

How do you weigh what's ok and what's not? Women on here with leg tattoos, would it be weird if a guy said it was cool? I just don't want to make anyone uncomfortable, so I avoid saying a lot of things.

I worry too! I would never tell a stranger that I liked something about them, no matter how innocuous. I'm horrified of complimenting women, especially, because I'm afraid of offending them or coming off as creepy.

Funny thing is, the only shirts I wear in public are David Bowie shirts, and I often get compliments on them. I enjoy and appreciate the compliments, but I am scared to compliment others!

I think this fear comes from my frequent experience of saying or doing the same thing as a NT, but it being perceived in a negative way, even though I think I am behaving the same way that the NTs do.