The Official Tattoo Thread (from now on)

[HCpride]

i went through this whole thread
and i have to say 3 things
1-there are alot of bad tattoos in here
2-people should never get a tattoo on impulse
3-the guy who did the wolverine and spiderman tattoos rules


heres 2 of mine
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/bullyrag/IMG_1913.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/bullyrag/koolaid-1.jpg

[HCpride]

the koolaid man is still healing in that pic,and i was an idiot and picked at the scabs,so it got blotchy, but i had it touched up since and it looks way better
and no the one on my chest isnt crooked, i was just standing weird

[jaguarr]

Did you really just say...


1-there are alot of bad tattoos in here

...and then post these? :huh:


heres 2 of mine
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/bullyrag/IMG_1913.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/bullyrag/koolaid-1.jpg

:dry:

jag

[Heffer Wolf]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/bullyrag/koolaid-1.jpg

that is one of the greatest tattoos i have ever seen. holy s. I am impressed.

[The Evolutionist]

Did you really just say...



...and then post these? :huh:



:dry:

jag


Gonna have to agree with this...

[X-Chick]

Damnit, jag beat me to it. I was thinking the exact same thing. :o

[X-Chick]

that is one of the greatest tattoos i have ever seen. holy s. I am impressed.

are you being serious? :huh:

not trying to be rude, i just can't tell if that's genuine or sarcastic.

[Heffer Wolf]

are you being serious? :huh:

not trying to be rude, i just can't tell if that's genuine or sarcastic.

hell no, i'm serious. Thats awesome. Kool Aid man bursting through your leg? how is that not funny?

[Shuley]

hell no, i'm serious. Thats awesome. Kool Aid man bursting through your leg? how is that not funny?
It's not funny, it looks retarded. So does the "Wouldn't it be nice" around your neck as well.

[X-Chick]

It's not funny, it looks retarded. So does the "Wouldn't it be nice" around your neck as well.

I'd say they're both mediocre. They're isn't anything exceptional about them, and the quality of the work is about average. Not bad, not good either. :dry:

[Shuley]

http://www.bigdogzink.com/images/c008.jpg

Why did he do that to Jesus? :(

I love how people get tattoos saying something about god and the pic is of jesus.

[jaguarr]

I am amused by the irony of someone coming in here with a statement like "There are a lot of bad tattoo's in here." and then proceeding to post shots of inkwork that are shining paragons of artistic mediocrity and banality. The Kool-Aid Man piece might be funny to some, but the actual artwork is base, unimaginative, and even subpar. If you are going to visit a place and insult people when you arrive, be certain that you cannot be insulted and criticized for the exact same reasons.

jag

[Heffer Wolf]

It's not funny, it looks retarded. So does the "Wouldn't it be nice" around your neck as well.

The "wouldn't it be nice" is dumb... and i think crooked.

But come on! Kool aid man... bursting through your leg... yelling Oh Yeah!. Awesome. Look at his stupid little kool aid arms, and that ridiculous grin. I cant help but laugh every time i look at it. I want one.

[X-Chick]

The "wouldn't it be nice" is dumb... and i think crooked.

But come on! Kool aid man... bursting through your leg... yelling Oh Yeah!. Awesome. Look at his stupid little kool aid arms, and that ridiculous grin. I cant help but laugh every time i look at it. I want one.

I don't care much about the image one way or another, the work is what concerns me.

[Heffer Wolf]

I don't care much about the image one way or another, the work is what concerns me.

maybe it looks like S on purpose because kool aid man is from the 80's, and every thing looked like S in the 80's.

[jaguarr]

maybe it looks like S on purpose because kool aid man is from the 80's, and every thing looked like S in the 80's.

:dry:

jag

[AndThePickles]

Did you really just say...



...and then post these? :huh:



:dry:

jag

Haha, my exact thoughts. I like the Kool-Aid Man, but it's rather grotesque that he's busting through his leg :csad:

[black_dust]

Haha, my exact thoughts. I like the Kool-Aid Man, but it's rather grotesque that he's busting through his leg :csad:

in 40 years time

"Dad what the **** is cool aid?"
"I cant remember son, but hey! wouldnt it be nice?"

"...."

[jaguarr]

Haha, my exact thoughts. I like the Kool-Aid Man, but it's rather grotesque that he's busting through his leg :csad:

I don't even mind that it's meant to look like it's tearing through his leg. It's just shoddily done.

jag

[Heffer Wolf]

in 40 years time

"Dad what the **** is cool aid?"
"I cant remember son, but hey! wouldnt it be nice?"

"...."

Funny. Except one thing... Who the F would forget Kool Aid? When I love the 2000's part 3 comes on every other hour, I think someone might mention Kool aid... kind of like pepsi clear. And why is the future Kool Aid-less? That is not a future i want a part of...


He should have got the rest:

Wouldn't it be nice
If i could touch your body
I know not every body
has got a body like me
- Fred Durst, Limp Bizkit circa 1997

It would wrap around a lot, but it would be worth it. [oh, and he would get Fred Durst instead of George Michael because obviously Fred ISN'T gay]

[jaguarr]

[oh, and he would get Fred Durst instead of George Michael because obviously Fred ISN'T gay]

Riiiiiiight. :dry:

jag

[AndThePickles]

The "Wouldn't it be nice" is just so vague...it could be from anything. I though of the Beach Boys' song :csad:

[Logan's Runt]

The "Wouldn't it be nice" is just so vague...it could be from anything. I though of the Beach Boys' song :csad:

Me too.

[Norman Osborn]

The "Wouldn't it be nice" is just so vague...it could be from anything. I though of the Beach Boys' song :csad:

First thing that came to my mind as well:dry:

[Heffer Wolf]

Riiiiiiight. :dry:

jag

Fred Durst LOVES vagine, and definatly not penis. Its SOOOO obvious...

The "Wouldn't it be nice" is just so vague...it could be from anything. I though of the Beach Boys' song :csad:

I did too, but I don't know the words. so i went with Limp Bizkit.

[black_dust]

Funny. Except one thing... Who the F would forget Kool Aid? When I love the 2000's part 3 comes on every other hour, I think someone might mention Kool aid... kind of like pepsi clear. And why is the future Kool Aid-less? That is not a future i want a part of...

Well anyone who isnt from North America for example.... take that to a beach in Europe and you will get "What tha feck?"


L--cqAI3IUI

:up:

[jaguarr]

Fred Durst LOVES vagine, and definatly not penis. Its SOOOO obvious...



*coughovercompensatingclosetcasecough*

jag

[black_dust]

*coughovercompensatingclosetcasecough*

jag

Nar!!! he totaly doesnt look gay

http://www.rockstar.it/img/Fred_Durst.jpg

[jaguarr]

Hahaha! :D

jag

[Heffer Wolf]

Well anyone who isnt from North America for example.... take that to a beach in Europe and you will get "What tha feck?"


I did not know that. Sooo then that would make it funnier because non-americans will think you got a random pitcher of some sort of juice bursting out of your leg yelling oh yeah! for absolutly no raisin. Awesome.

*coughovercompensatingclosetcasecough*


How can a man be gay if he has Elvis AND Kurt Cobain tattooed on his chest? huh? Answer me that.

[jaguarr]

How can a man be gay if he has Elvis AND Kurt Cobain tattooed on his chest? huh? Answer me that.

Because he thought they were cute? :huh:

jag

[Heffer Wolf]

Because he thought they were cute? :huh:

jag

come on backwards hats aren't gay! Plus, he did it all for the nookie. sooo... i rest my case.

need i remind you, when he changed Limp Bizkits name to limpbizkit because crazy eyes left the band and then they covered that Who song for the awesome soundtrack to that frighteningly amazing movie gothika? Then they came out with that CD no one cared about? Need I?

[jaguarr]

come on backwards hats aren't gay! Plus, he did it all for the nookie. sooo... i rest my case.

need i remind you, when he changed Limp Bizkits name to limpbizkit because crazy eyes left the band and then they covered that Who song for the awesome soundtrack to that frighteningly amazing movie gothika? Then they came out with that CD no one cared about? Need I?

So, let's recap. First you insinuate that a gay man couldn't POSSIBLY have tattoos of Kurt Cobain or Elvis on them. Now your reasoning is that a gay man couldn't POSSIBLY wear their hat backwards and that "nookie" is limited only to straight people. As for the bit of idiocy you spewed out in that last paragraph, what I got from that was that they covered a song by the Who and that you know far more about Limp Bizkit than I would ever, ever care to. You also found some sort of intrinsic value in the piece of cinematic trash that was "Gothika". Couple this in with your seeming reverence of Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit, I'd say banality is your forte. Now, because Fred seems drawn to other gay recording artists in his choice of cover material (George Michael for one, Pete Townsend for another...well, actually he's bi I believe but you get the point), and goes out of his way to make sure everyone KNOWS he's NOT gay....it's pretty easy to infer that he very possibly could be a raging closet case.

jag

[Heffer Wolf]

So, let's recap. First you insinuate that a gay man couldn't POSSIBLY have tattoos of Kurt Cobain or Elvis on them. Now your reasoning is that a gay man couldn't POSSIBLY wear their hat backwards and that "nookie" is limited only to straight people. As for the bit of idiocy you spewed out in that last paragraph, what I got from that was that they covered a song by the Who and that you know far more about Limp Bizkit than I would ever, ever care to. You also found some sort of intrinsic value in the piece of cinematic trash that was "Gothika". Couple this in with your seeming reverence of Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit, I'd say banality is your forte. Now, because Fred seems drawn to other gay recording artists in his choice of cover material (George Michael for one, Pete Townsend for another...well, actually he's bi I believe but you get the point), and goes out of his way to make sure everyone KNOWS he's NOT gay....it's pretty easy to infer that he very possibly could be a raging closet case.

jag

really? You're going to make me do this. I haven't listned to Limp Bizkit since middle school. I hate Fred Durst with a passion. The only raisin i know they covered the who is because my sister played the song non-stop for at least 4 months straight. Fred Durst is a disgrace to Music, end of story. F, i wish the internet had a sarcasm button...

[jaguarr]

really? You're going to make me do this. I haven't listned to Limp Bizkit since middle school. I hate Fred Durst with a passion. The only raisin i know they covered the who is because my sister played the song non-stop for at least 4 months straight. Fred Durst is a disgrace to Music, end of story. F, i wish the internet had a sarcasm button...

It's "reason" not "raisin", and yeah....your sarcasm powers aren't very strong. :(

jag

[Heffer Wolf]

It's "reason" not "raisin", and yeah....your sarcasm powers aren't very strong. :(

jag

3 words: Futurama. Sarcasm is over rated.

[jaguarr]

3 words: Futurama. Sarcasm is over rated.

Then why are you trying to use it? :huh:

jag

[Heffer Wolf]

Then why are you trying to use it? :huh:


That was a joke as well...

so hey, heres me with a curly mustache:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a43/kevindotcom/tattoos/DSCN0230.jpg

Heres when i had a full on beard:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a43/kevindotcom/tattoos/beard.jpg

and heres my handle bar mustache [which i hate]:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a43/kevindotcom/tattoos/DSCN19692.jpg

How 'bout them tattoos? heres one my friend has:
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a43/kevindotcom/tattoos/DSCN0239.jpg

RIDICULOUS!

[LexCorp]

I saw your Wolverine tatoo on myspace Runty. Very nice.

[Sandman138]

It's "reason" not "raisin", and yeah....your sarcasm powers aren't very strong. :(

jag

Your detection powers are faltering, I caught that from a mile away.

[jaguarr]

Your detection powers are faltering, I caught that from a mile away.

Stop living in the past.

jag

[Mr. Socko]

i went through this whole thread
and i have to say 3 things
1-there are alot of bad tattoos in here
2-people should never get a tattoo on impulse


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v244/bullyrag/koolaid-1.jpg

http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/lachen/laughing-smiley-014.gif


You're bleeding man, kool-aid is coming out your leg http://www.clicksmilies.com/s1106/lachen/laughing-smiley-004.gif

[LexCorp]

That kool aid one does nothing for me :csad:

[Logan's Runt]

I saw your Wolverine tatoo on myspace Runty. Very nice.

Thankee darlin. :up:

[Prognosticator]

I put some fake tatoos on over the weekend.....I've tried real hard not to wash two of them off. :o

[Sandman138]

Stop living in the past.

jag

But the future looks so bleak.:csad:

[Logan's Runt]

I put some fake tatoos on over the weekend.....I've tried real hard not to wash two of them off. :o

I got to play fake tattoo artist this week for a friend. She dressed up as Amy Winehouse so I got to reproduce her bad pinups on my friend. :woot:

[uchiha_itachi]

i didnt realise amy whinehouse was known in america

[Logan's Runt]

i didnt realise amy whinehouse was known in america

Oh yeah. Her album was on top of the charts and all over the radio.

[jaguarr]

Amy Winehouse is very popular in Death Pool betting circles.

jag

[LexCorp]

Thankee darlin. :up:

You are welcome.

[LexCorp]

Oh yeah. Her album was on top of the charts and all over the radio.

I am not a fan of her music.....after seeing her live....oh my gosh :csad:

[Draw4u]

heres a few of the more recent comic realted tattoos Ive done.

http://archangeltattoo.com/Images/Tony/TonyTattoo/tonyTattoo025.jpg

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/2619/dsc00236wr4.jpg

http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/7695/dsc00237za9.jpg

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/7473/avpon8.jpg

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/8761/zvenomcp2.jpg

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/6333/hulksmashrx6.jpg

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/1170/zspidermanwt8.jpg

[Draw4u]

and one more for good measure, this one is the start of a leg sleeve

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/4803/n5444363505051803692zk6.jpg

[uchiha_itachi]

those are pretty nice. you got definate skill there.

i like to see well done comic related tattoos, because some look soooo bad, but when done right they own :D

but...i really doubt spidey could take on the hulk lol

[X-Chick]

Love the arm Spidey. Nice smooth lines and great coloring. :up:

[Logan's Runt]

Awesome, Draw4u. :up:

[LexCorp]

Very nice. But Zombie spidy mad me sad :(

[uchiha_itachi]

lol why?

[LexCorp]

lol why?

Have you read Marvel Zombies....?

The heroes still retain their memories....they emotions to an extent....

Peter is forced to kill the one person he loves the most and can not stop himself....

That is upsetting. :csad:

[X-Chick]

Easily the stupidest thing Marvel has ever come up with. :down

[Logan's Runt]

Easily the stupidest thing Marvel has ever come up with. :down

A friend of a friend of mine is in the process of getting a Marvel Zombies chestpiece. :csad:

[LexCorp]

Easily the stupidest thing Marvel has ever come up with. :down

Not so much stupid just scary!

A friend of a friend of mine is in the process of getting a Marvel Zombies chestpiece. :csad:

More sad faces ...

Hey Runty did we ever figure out what a Jew shop was?

[Logan's Runt]

Not so much stupid just scary!



More sad faces ...

Hey Runty did we ever figure out what a Jew shop was?

Not exactly, but I'd love to have one around here. Get me a Mezuzah and my matzah all in the same place!

[uchiha_itachi]

Have you read Marvel Zombies....?

The heroes still retain their memories....they emotions to an extent....

Peter is forced to kill the one person he loves the most and can not stop himself....

That is upsetting. :csad:

i just thought it was funni/cool.. i have an odd sense of humor...i think the saw films are funni

[LexCorp]

Not exactly, but I'd love to have one around here. Get me a Mezuzah and my matzah all in the same place!

LOL

i just thought it was funni/cool.. i have an odd sense of humor...i think the saw films are funni

Me too but ever since I got a long term life partner.....a future wife...

My defense sense has become very sensitive.

[X-Chick]

A friend of a friend of mine is in the process of getting a Marvel Zombies chestpiece. :csad:

Ouch. :csad: If I wanted a Marvel tattoo, I'd get my favorite character (Spidey) in is true form. Not in some abomination they cooked up years later. But to each his own, I suppose, as long as he's happy with it.

Not so much stupid just scary!


Scary? :huh:

It really is stupid. Superheros and zombies should never have anything to do with each other unless it is a superhero that has zombie villains. Its an absurd idea to start with.

[LexCorp]

Scary? :huh:

It really is stupid. Superheros and zombies should never have anything to do with each other unless it is a superhero that has zombie villains. Its an absurd idea to start with.

To me anyway the idea of have super zombies chasing you is scary.

[Logan's Runt]

Ouch. :csad: If I wanted a Marvel tattoo, I'd get my favorite character (Spidey) in is true form. Not in some abomination they cooked up years later. But to each his own, I suppose, as long as he's happy with it.


I get the feeling that Marvel Zombies is all she's ever read of comics, really. I think she picked up the trade at Hot Topic. :csad:

[LexCorp]

I get the feeling that Marvel Zombies is all she's ever read of comics, really. I think she picked up the trade at Hot Topic. :csad:

I thought the one with the zombie tat was a dude! :wow:

[Logan's Runt]

I thought the one with the zombie tat was a dude! :wow:

I'm not talking about the picture in this thread. I'm talking about a friend of a friend of mine, who also has a Marvel Zombies tattoo. :up:

[LexCorp]

I'm not talking about the picture in this thread. I'm talking about a friend of a friend of mine, who also has a Marvel Zombies tattoo. :up:

Again I just earned a pat on the head..

[Sugarculted]

It really is stupid. Superheros and zombies should never have anything to do with each other unless it is a superhero that has zombie villains. Its an absurd idea to start with.

But it was Kirkman, so regardless of what you think, it was great :o
He can write all the zombie books in the world, and I'll read each one :up:

[LexCorp]

But it was Kirkman, so regardless of what you think, it was great :o
He can write all the zombie books in the world, and I'll read each one :up:

I love that Ash from evil dead was in one...

[uchiha_itachi]

LOL



Me too but ever since I got a long term life partner.....a future wife...

My defense sense has become very sensitive.

defense sense? tht like spider sense?

[LexCorp]

defense sense? tht like spider sense?

Yeah. Are you single?

Well I find when I am with a partner my defense sense goes up....my need to protect is increased.

[X-Chick]

Yeah. Are you single?

Well I find when I am with a partner my defense sense goes up....my need to protect is increased.

Mine too actually. At least since I've been married anyway. :up:

[LexCorp]

Mine too actually. At least since I've been married anyway. :up:

It's like a switch....you must protect your loved one from all harm! I can not watch horror flicks that much now as it makes me mad....???

[X-Chick]

It's like a switch....you must protect your loved one from all harm! I can not watch horror flicks that much now as it makes me mad....???

Yes, it's like a overactive biological need to protect my family. I wonder if my husband feels it too. Movies don't get to me, but a guy tried to pick a fight with my man at work and I told him if he ever tried that **** again, I'd stab him in his throat. I think us women get vicious when we have it comes to protecting our families, of course, that makes sense since in nearly every species of animal, the females are the more aggressive. :huh: :up:

[LexCorp]

Yes, it's like a overactive biological need to protect my family. I wonder if my husband feels it too. Movies don't get to me, but a guy tried to pick a fight with my man at work and I told him if he ever tried that **** again, I'd stab him in his throat. I think us women get vicious when we have it comes to protecting our families, of course, that makes sense since in nearly every species of animal, the females are the more aggressive. :huh: :up:

For real....I try not to go out to clubs with my partner as the protect instinct kicks in....

You girls are harsh in that respect....you scratch!

[X-Chick]

Nah, I punch and kick mostly.

[LexCorp]

Nah, I punch and kick mostly.

Hardcore then

[uchiha_itachi]

Yeah. Are you single?

Well I find when I am with a partner my defense sense goes up....my need to protect is increased.

yeh i got a gf, i dont really have the need to protect when im a watching a film though lol

[LexCorp]

yeh i got a gf, i dont really have the need to protect when im a watching a film though lol

If it's a horror....my mind goes into what would we do in that situation.

[jaguarr]

I trust my wife to be able to take care of herself in most instances. I'm fully aware that I may need to step in at some point if it becomes physical, but I've watched her reduce 6'5" guys with attitude issues to babbling little ten year olds with just her words so it's usually not a problem. I'm protective of her, but it's really not me people should be afraid of. I might hurt them in a bad way physically but she'll crawl up between their ears and rearrange the furniture. Permanently.

jag

[LexCorp]

I trust my wife to be able to take care of herself in most instances. I'm fully aware that I may need to step in at some point if it becomes physical, but I've watched her reduce 6'5" guys with attitude issues to babbling little ten year olds with just her words so it's usually not a problem. I'm protective of her, but it's really not me people should be afraid of. I might hurt them in a bad way physically but she'll crawl up between their ears and rearrange the furniture. Permanently.

jag

Indeed I have too heard stories about my fiances powers of mind zapping...still Jag the need to protect will be there. ;)

[jaguarr]

Indeed I have too heard stories about my fiances powers of mind zapping...still Jag the need to protect will be there. ;)

Yeah, but I can go out in public and watch scary movies with my wife and not feel like I'm going to have to hand somebody their ass every moment of it. ;)

jag

[LexCorp]

Yeah, but I can go out in public and watch scary movies with my wife and not feel like I'm going to have to hand somebody their ass every moment of it. ;)

jag

Alas....

We both now find those films in bad taste.....I guess I was exaggerating just a bit aobut that though ;)

[incubat]

so this went from tattoos to protecting your loved ones?

[jaguarr]

so this went from tattoos to protecting your loved ones?

I blame Lex.

jag

[Prognosticator]

This place needs more pics of chicks with Tatoos in risque places! :down

[jaguarr]

This place needs more pics of chicks with Tatoos in risque places! :down

What, like in places like abortion clinics and opium dens? :huh:

jag

[Prognosticator]

:woot:

and Amish schoolhouses! ;perv:

[LexCorp]

so this went from tattoos to protecting your loved ones?

I blame Lex.

jag

My bad.....hey back on topic...what do people think of face tatoos?

http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2006-11/skull-face-tattoo.jpg

[uchiha_itachi]

very...very...very bad and stupid. lol

[LexCorp]

very...very...very bad and stupid. lol

Bad and stupid...a double whammy of insults.

[jaguarr]

So, I have a couple of friends with Maori tribesmen face tattoos (that they had done in New Zealand by a Maori shaman, I might add). Between that and the mohawks, the countless other tattoos they have including full sleeves and all the leather boots and harsh clothes (they're some of my punk-rock/artist friends in the Bay Area), they look pretty damn scary. But, they are some of the nicest, most down to earth people I have ever known. They will help old ladies across the street (for real), pick up stray animals and take them to the shelter, organize food drives and charity concerts and art auctions, and all types of other things most people don't do in life. They got the facial tattoos because there was something spiritual there for them that they simply couldn't turn away from. But they also view it as yet another opportunity for them to show people that people with tattoos and tons of piercings and crazy haircuts can be just as friendly and good-natured as anyone else. It's like a big giant mind-f**k for people who have preconceived notions about my friends based on how they look. They made the choice that was right for them about their ink, including having it on a place like their faces, and that's really the only one that matters. It certainly hasn't stopped them from doing what they want in life and, in fact, they've become more successful with their art and charity efforts because they are very recognizable and have a bit of a rock star kind of aura in part due to those facial tattoos.

jag

[uchiha_itachi]

^ those ones dont sound to bad. its just when people get there entire face done, i just think thats a bad move.

[jaguarr]

^ those ones dont sound to bad. its just when people get there entire face done, i just think thats a bad move.

If it's the right one for them, then that's what it is. Gotta be careful about how we mirror our own value sets onto other folks, I guess. For you or I, a face tattoo isn't something we'd ever dream of pursuing, but for some folks it's just a natural extension of who they are. To each their own, I guess. As long as the quality of the tattoo isn't half-assed and shoddy, then I don't pay it much mind other than to want to hear the story behind why they did it.

jag

[LexCorp]

So, I have a couple of friends with Maori tribesmen face tattoos (that they had done in New Zealand by a Maori shaman, I might add). Between that and the mohawks, the countless other tattoos they have including full sleeves and all the leather boots and harsh clothes (they're some of my punk-rock/artist friends in the Bay Area), they look pretty damn scary. But, they are some of the nicest, most down to earth people I have ever known. They will help old ladies across the street (for real), pick up stray animals and take them to the shelter, organize food drives and charity concerts and art auctions, and all types of other things most people don't do in life. They got the facial tattoos because there was something spiritual there for them that they simply couldn't turn away from. But they also view it as yet another opportunity for them to show people that people with tattoos and tons of piercings and crazy haircuts can be just as friendly and good-natured as anyone else. It's like a big giant mind-f**k for people who have preconceived notions about my friends based on how they look. They made the choice that was right for them about their ink, including having it on a place like their faces, and that's really the only one that matters. It certainly hasn't stopped them from doing what they want in life and, in fact, they've become more successful with their art and charity efforts because they are very recognizable and have a bit of a rock star kind of aura in part due to those facial tattoos.

jag

All good things Jag....what ever helps the world turn.

[LexCorp]

Hmmmm not sure how that would look from his point of view. lol

http://gamesnet.vo.llnwd.net/o1/gh/129780-3.jpg

[MaskedManJRK]

Not sure if you guys talked about this already, but it's sorta related to the extremes of tattoos...

THE SUNDAY HANGOVER
002
WARREN ELLIS

Can you imagine being stabbed in the eyeball forty times? For fun? No, no, even better – for Art. And, of course, for The Future.

An acquaintance of mine has recently gotten his eyeballs tattooed.

Now, actual ocular decoration isn’t new. Contact lenses count, of course, and in Holland they’ve been doing decorative eye implants for three or four years, surgically placing jewels in the conjunctiva. Intraocular implants have been around for donkey’s years, of course, but it was only in the new years of the 21st Century that some Dutch surgeon muttered around a lungful of Red Leb, “I have thought of a way to bring more bling to this cataract surgery gig.” See, this is what we have to look forward to in the 21C. In previous years, people with too much time to think didn’t usually have access to high-end surgical tools, and when they revealed what they wanted to use them for, they were usually sterilized and locked up in a basement. But it’s only this year that someone could say to themselves, “I’ve got no f**king space left on my body now that I’ve had that map of the Isle of Man inked on the inside of my foreskin – it’s time to investigate how to get my eyeballs tattooed.” And then get it done.

Now, apparently corneal tattooing has been around for ages, covering up scars and leucomas and other disgusting ****. But it took Shannon Larratt, of the indispensable ModBlog and the BME online community of body-modification fanciers, to ask the question – what about scleral tattooing? Well, a specialist told him that tattooing your eyeball is basically dangerous and stupid. Shannon, being Shannon, decided that this was Condition Win and set out along with two friends to get stabbed in the eyemeat.

One of said cronies, of course, was Pauly Unstoppable, the boy who looks like his head has been attacked by three drunken carpenters and has occasionally been called “the man with the biggest nostrils in the world.” The funny thing about Pauly Unstoppable is that his facial modifications make him look somehow sorrowful all the time. He maintains he’s a happy guy, but every photo you see of him just makes you want to pat him on the head. Or give him some money.

Anyway. As documented on ModBlog in this month of July 2007, Shannon, Pauly and fellow gambler Josh had the whites of their eyes tattooed. Now, they’re not after fine detail. They’re after a blanket of alien colour: they want to stain the entire white of the eye. Forty needle strikes into Pauly’s eyes. Literally, some bloke poking a bit of metal into some other bloke’s eyeball forty times. Ah, but this wasn’t enough for Josh and Shannon. Josh and Shannon had their eyeballs injected with ink mixed with antibiotics. There is, on ModBlog, an oddly disturbing photo of run-off ink flowing back out of the syringe puncture. A man’s eye oozing blue pus.

That’s right. Blue. The Fremen look, from DUNE. Which is, as the original specialist told them, much more easily and safely accomplished with a custom contact lens.

So, is this just a staggeringly retarded thing to do? Well... possibly. I think the spirit of the thing is absolutely correct. Why have a bicycle and only ever ride it on the pavement? The body-modification community is doing important work in pushing the envelope of the human body. We’re only ever going to be issued one each, so we may as well find out what it can do. (Personally, I just like finding out how much whisky and wakey-wakey-stuff it can hold, but I never claimed to be hardcore.) So, yes, we laugh at people with permanently blue eyeballs, and Stelarc with the ear on his arm and Orlan and her surgically-grafted bone horns. But the point of these procedures is entirely serious – without these ever so slightly mental stab-o-nauts hellbent on wrecking their bodies in artistic ways, we’ll never define the edges of how the body can be made to look and operate. Already, bodymod homebrewers have given themselves a sixth sense by implanting into their hands devices sensitive to magnetic fields – feeling when they walk past hidden security devices, sensing electric motors. The stuff of science fiction, really, and perfect, even necessary, for these science fiction years we now find ourselves living in.

So, this Sunday, lift your hair of the dog to the mad scientists of the human meat business. And then think about being struck in the eyeball with a needle forty times for the sake of The Future.

[Logan's Runt]

Hmmmm not sure how that would look from his point of view. lol

http://gamesnet.vo.llnwd.net/o1/gh/129780-3.jpg

I want my knuckles done sooooooooo bad. :csad:

Also, that eyeball thing takes some balls.

[LexCorp]

That does sound very interesting. I wonder what other bodyparts have not been done yet. Still I found the comment about implants that are sensitive to magnetic fields far more interesting....I like the practical applications of those kind of things even if it is a little odd.

[LexCorp]

I want my knuckles done sooooooooo bad. :csad:

Also, that eyeball thing takes some balls.

What would you want on them?

[jaguarr]

"Stab-O-Nauts". Hahaha! I love it. :D I agree with the author of the article; the spirit with which some of these people push the envelope is remarkable and admirable (even if it's a bit or a lot nuts). Getting my eyes tattooed isn't my cup of tea, but my hat's off to those guys for doing it.

jag

[jaguarr]

That does sound very interesting. I wonder what other bodyparts have not been done yet. Still I found the comment about implants that are sensitive to magnetic fields far more interesting....I like the practical applications of those kind of things even if it is a little odd.

Having magnetic implants in your body would be cool until you walk past a giant electromagnet or have to be in the same room as an MRI machine for any reason whatsoever. Then it ain't gonna be very cool.

jag

[LexCorp]

I think this may be that picture decribed.

http://www.blogaholics.ca/wp/uploads/eyeball-tattooing1.jpg

[LexCorp]

Having magnetic implants in your body would be cool until you walk past a giant electromagnet or have to be in the same room as an MRI machine for any reason whatsoever. Then it ain't gonna be very cool.

jag

Indeed of course then it become less practical

[jaguarr]

I want my knuckles done sooooooooo bad. :csad:

Also, that eyeball thing takes some balls.

My "big sister" has "NICE GIRL" tattooed across her knuckles. Of all her tattoos and piercings, that's the only one I've ever heard her say she sometimes regrets because they are nearly impossible to cover up. And that's coming from a punk-rock artist type who doesn't work a normal job and doesn't give a damn about what society thinks of her or her appearance. She never thought she'd ever need to cover them when she had them done but, she found out she was wrong about that on a few different occasions.

jag

[LexCorp]

My "big sister" has "NICE GIRL" tattooed across her knuckles. Of all her tattoos and piercings, that's the only one I've ever heard her say she sometimes regrets because they are nearly impossible to cover up. And that's coming from a punk-rock artist type who doesn't work a normal job and doesn't give a damn about what society thinks of her or her appearance. She never thought she'd ever need to cover them when she had them done but, she found out she was wrong about that on a few different occasions.

jag

I could imagine it must takes guts to put something like that in a place where it will be seen and is hard to then cover.

Do you have any tats jag?

[jaguarr]

I could imagine it must takes guts to put something like that in a place where it will be seen and is hard to then cover.

Do you have any tats jag?

Yeah, I have ink. It's pretty well documented here on the Hype. You can get a gander at it here (http://forums.superherohype.com/showpost.php?p=6037786&postcount=114).

jag

[LexCorp]

Yeah, I have ink. It's pretty well documented here on the Hype. You can get a gander at it here (http://forums.superherohype.com/showpost.php?p=6037786&postcount=114).

jag

Cool, but why the jags?

[jaguarr]

Cool, but why the jags?

The jaguar is my totem animal (http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?p=11797135&highlight=sioux#post11797135).

jag

[LexCorp]

The jaguar is my totem animal (http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?p=11797135&highlight=sioux#post11797135).

jag

Cool. How do I find out what mine is?

[keith_v]

My bad.....hey back on topic...what do people think of face tatoos?

http://neatorama.cachefly.net/images/2006-11/skull-face-tattoo.jpg


The only way to pull off a tattoo like this is if you're a vicious hitman or merecnary, and not just any mercenary, but a loose cannon.

[uchiha_itachi]

^ to true

[Logan's Runt]

My "big sister" has "NICE GIRL" tattooed across her knuckles. Of all her tattoos and piercings, that's the only one I've ever heard her say she sometimes regrets because they are nearly impossible to cover up. And that's coming from a punk-rock artist type who doesn't work a normal job and doesn't give a damn about what society thinks of her or her appearance. She never thought she'd ever need to cover them when she had them done but, she found out she was wrong about that on a few different occasions.

jag

Aye, and thus my dilemma. I'd have to be hardcore into a career to even begin to seriously consider it.

[incubat]

I think this may be that picture decribed.

http://www.blogaholics.ca/wp/uploads/eyeball-tattooing1.jpg

yikes

[X-Chick]

I am hoping that all my fellow tattoo enthusiasts will vote my way Tuesday. Thanks. :up: :heart:

[Draw4u]

just for the record, the marvel zombies spider-man tattoo is on a frined of mine and SHE is a huge comic fan, not just a marvel zombies fan.

[Draw4u]

heres a wolverine half sleeve i did

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/7069/zwolviemw0.jpg

[Sugarculted]

Very sweet Draw4u :up:

[uchiha_itachi]

thats very impressive man

[The Evolutionist]

Draw4U, that is absolutely sick. If I ever decide to get a comic tattoo, I might just have to head up to your shop.

[LexCorp]

yikes

Indeed that is hardcore

[Man-Thing]

I'm getting my first tattoo next week. It's a sacred heart, that's been hot rodded.

At the top of the valve it has a spark plug comming out, surrounded by flames. The on the sides, there will be headers with flames coming out of them. The flames are gonna be lime greenish.

Can't wait!

This isn't my tat, but I like the colors...

http://www.net33.com/tattoo/tdave2.jpg

[LexCorp]

Where on your body will you have it?

[X-Chick]

Sounds awesome. Did you find a good artist?

[LexCorp]

Sounds awesome. Did you find a good artist?

Good day Xchick ;)

[jaguarr]

I'm getting my first tattoo next week. It's a sacred heart, that's been hot rodded.

At the top of the valve it has a spark plug comming out, surrounded by flames. The on the sides, there will be headers with flames coming out of them. The flames are gonna be lime greenish.

Can't wait!

This isn't my tat, but I like the colors...

http://www.net33.com/tattoo/tdave2.jpg

Looking forward to seeing the pics of it when it's finished. :up:

jag

[Man-Thing]

It's going on my arm/shoulder. I did find a good artist. It's isn't a spalsh page, but he is drawing it himself. It's in the lanky graphiti "new school" style.

Of course I'll post pics when it's done.

[LexCorp]

It's going on my arm/shoulder. I did find a good artist. It's isn't a spalsh page, but he is drawing it himself. It's in the lanky graphiti "new school" style.

Of course I'll post pics when it's done.

Well good luck with it! :yay:

[DeaDheaD]

It looks like its from a Sublime cd.

[Man-Thing]

well I'm going for a theme on mine. Hot rod pin art of the 50's meets religious symbolism. All my tats I'm planning are pretty much gonna follow that theme.

[Logan's Runt]

well I'm going for a theme on mine. Hot rod pin art of the 50's meets religious symbolism. All my tats I'm planning are pretty much gonna follow that theme.


Gah, I love you. :heart:

[uchiha_itachi]

mmmm bump

[Logan's Runt]

Arighty, I haven't posted my last couple Wolvies in this thread (though I have in the Photo album.) But here are all the pieces of my sleeve to date:
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/logantattoo2.jpg
Adapted from a John Byrne drawing.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/wolvienumber2pic2.jpg
From a Wolverine cover by Esad Ribic.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/newtattoowolviegood.jpg
Newest. Adapted from a Marc Silvestri cover for New Xmen. :up:

Next month we're going to do the Xmen 'X' symbol on my elbow, and start in on some background work and putting these images all together into a piece.

Edit- I figured out who did the second image originally. :up:

[SalaciousVC]

^Those Wolverine ones are great!

[SuBe]

Arighty, I haven't posted my last couple Wolvies in this thread (though I have in the Photo album.) But here are all the pieces of my sleeve to date:
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/logantattoo2.jpg
Adapted from a John Byrne drawing.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/wolvienumber2pic2.jpg
I'm sad to say I don't know the artist of this image. It was included in the Law of the Jungle TBP, and looks like a digital painting. It doesn't list an artist for any of these paintings. Anybody know?

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/newtattoowolviegood.jpg
Newest. Adapted from a Marc Silvestri cover for New Xmen. :up:

Next month we're going to do the Xmen 'X' symbol on my elbow, and start in on some background work and putting these images all together into a piece.
Awesome Art!

[Logan's Runt]

^Those Wolverine ones are great!

Awesome Art!

Thanks. :yay:

[luke1234]

heres my lord of the rings tattoohttp://photos-878.ll.facebook.com/photos-ll-sctm/v123/98/10/766600878/n766600878_274066_9478.jpg

[Logan's Runt]

One arm to rule them all! :up:

[uchiha_itachi]

^ haha well done

[uchiha_itachi]

Arighty, I haven't posted my last couple Wolvies in this thread (though I have in the Photo album.) But here are all the pieces of my sleeve to date:
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/logantattoo2.jpg
Adapted from a John Byrne drawing.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/wolvienumber2pic2.jpg
I'm sad to say I don't know the artist of this image. It was included in the Law of the Jungle TBP, and looks like a digital painting. It doesn't list an artist for any of these paintings. Anybody know?

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/newtattoowolviegood.jpg
Newest. Adapted from a Marc Silvestri cover for New Xmen. :up:

Next month we're going to do the Xmen 'X' symbol on my elbow, and start in on some background work and putting these images all together into a piece.

didnt see the middle one, v.nice :D

i think that new x-men logan is one of my fave looks.

[Logan's Runt]

didnt see the middle one, v.nice :D

i think that new x-men logan is one of my fave looks.

Thanks! I don't think I posted the middle one around very much. I forget.

But aye, I love that New Xmen look, plus I loves me some Silvestri.

[uchiha_itachi]

Thanks! I don't think I posted the middle one around very much. I forget.

But aye, I love that New Xmen look, plus I loves me some Silvestri.

yeah hes a damn good artist.

so what you got planned for your backgrounds? or are we gonna have to wait and see lol

[Logan's Runt]

yeah hes a damn good artist.

so what you got planned for your backgrounds? or are we gonna have to wait and see lol

We're enclosing all the images in comic panels. I don't exactly know how Coolaid (my artist) plans to do it, but that's why he's the artist, hah. It'll be cool. He'll do some fun stuff with it. Mostly I just sit there and let him poke me.

Also, the last big image will be the inside of my upper arm, and we're planning to do a face closeup- but do it in the classic comic 'dot' print style. (Instead of fluid color.) It'll take forever and a half, but it'll be sweet.

[X-Chick]

Your ink is looking fantastic. I love the middle one, the detail and shading is outstanding. You have one killer artist. :up:

And I never realized you were a chick. My respect for you has tripled. Not many women would get an arm tat, much less a sleeve and even fewer would get a comic sleeve. You rock hardcore. :up:

[GuardianofOa]

Nov of '06. The day after I got it and it was all cleaneded up!

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v64/m4d1s0n/100_8569.jpg

This one is from Sept. of '05
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a69/AdamShadows/Random/Wednesday049.jpg

[Bad Supe's Girl]

Whoa Guardian.... that is some interesting art!

never seen anything quite that original...... :D

[Logan's Runt]

Your ink is looking fantastic. I love the middle one, the detail and shading is outstanding. You have one killer artist. :up:

And I never realized you were a chick. My respect for you has tripled. Not many women would get an arm tat, much less a sleeve and even fewer would get a comic sleeve. You rock hardcore. :up:

Why thankee. :woot:



This one is from Sept. of '05
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a69/AdamShadows/Random/Wednesday049.jpg

This one looks like something my artist would come up with. :woot: :up:

[The Evolutionist]

LR, I hadn't seen the second and third image, and they're absolutely awesome. How long has your artist been working for?

Guardian, it takes some balls to get that kind of tattoo on your neck ::up:

[Logan's Runt]

LR, I hadn't seen the second and third image, and they're absolutely awesome. How long has your artist been working for?

Guardian, it takes some balls to get that kind of tattoo on your neck ::up:

I think he's been tattooing since '93 if I remember correctly.

And aye, high neck tattoos take some dedication. :up:

[uchiha_itachi]

We're enclosing all the images in comic panels. I don't exactly know how Coolaid (my artist) plans to do it, but that's why he's the artist, hah. It'll be cool. He'll do some fun stuff with it. Mostly I just sit there and let him poke me.

Also, the last big image will be the inside of my upper arm, and we're planning to do a face closeup- but do it in the classic comic 'dot' print style. (Instead of fluid color.) It'll take forever and a half, but it'll be sweet.

ha ha so many jokes....:D

that sounds fricken cool though, cant wait to see it. specailly that classic comic art bit.

[Logan's Runt]

ha ha so many jokes....:D

that sounds fricken cool though, cant wait to see it. specailly that classic comic art bit.

Haha, aye. Joke away. :up:

I'm excited for the rest of the sleeve, definitely.

[jaguarr]

All this new ink flying around is making me want to get some new work done. :(

jag

[悪魔天]

Great thread.None on me yet.

[Logan's Runt]

All this new ink flying around is making me want to get some new work done. :(

jag

Dooo it!

[jaguarr]

Dooo it!

I'm carrying house payments, insurance and utilities for two houses right now and trying to prepare for a bay-bay in June or July, so every penny is scrimped right now. Once we get the other house sold then I should be able to do a little more. :up:

jag

[Logan's Runt]

I'm carrying house payments, insurance and utilities for two houses right now and trying to prepare for a bay-bay in June or July, so every penny is scrimped right now. Once we get the other house sold then I should be able to do a little more. :up:

jag

Damn you and your responsibilityness.

[jaguarr]

:(

jag

[Logan's Runt]

:(

jag

One of these days, Jag... bang zoom right to the moon!

[jaguarr]

One of these days, Jag... bang zoom right to the moon!

Your husband flinches a lot when you're near, doesn't he?

jag

[Logan's Runt]

Your husband flinches a lot when you're near, doesn't he?

jag

As it should be. :up:

[X-Chick]

As it should be. :up:

I concur. :up:

It's driving me nuts waiting to my half sleeve even started. I need more time and money...and my artist to move closer. :csad:

[Darren Daring]

I dont' know how the picture got to be such poor quality, but I wuvs it

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v113/Jimmy_Kay/tattoo.jpg

[tzarinna]

You're so hardcore, DD. :heart:

[incubat]

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n269/incubat/fondotatu-1.jpg

this is me getting my tattoo

[Logan's Runt]

I concur. :up:

It's driving me nuts waiting to my half sleeve even started. I need more time and money...and my artist to move closer. :csad:

Awh. I go once a month- its in the budget. But I also get my work for insanely cheap.

I hope it happens soon, I want to see. What's the plan for it?

[Darren Daring]

You're so hardcore, DD. :heart:

A common description, yes.

[X-Chick]

Awh. I go once a month- its in the budget. But I also get my work for insanely cheap.

I hope it happens soon, I want to see. What's the plan for it?

Still working on the exact design, but the main parts of it will be a lotus, cherry blossoms, and water. Basically, it'll be Japanese style and about different aspects of life.

I actually get pretty sweet deals on mine too, but with Christmas and everything, I've had to put it off longer than I'd have liked. Hopefully it'll get started next month. I might get something small on my wrist to tide me over, though.

[Draw4u]

did this the other day, first session jsut lines so far. . .

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8615/bradarmja1.jpg

[Draw4u]

heres the same guys leg, we jsut finished this one a few weeks ago. . .

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/1381/bradlegxv9.jpg

[jaguarr]

Good to see you around, Draw4u. Looks like you're still doing some top notch work. That Hellboy sleeve looks like it's going to be wicked! :up:

jag

[Draw4u]

thanks!!

[knowsbleed]

Damn Draw4u. Your portraits are superb...that V tat is amazing:

http://www.archangeltattoo.com/Images/Tony/TonyTattoo/tonyTattoo005.jpg

Too bad you're so far away. I'd definitely try and throw some business your way if you weren't. But keep up the beautiful work. :up:

[ComicChick]

^ that is a nicely done tattoo

[Jspider13]

did this the other day, first session jsut lines so far. . .

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8615/bradarmja1.jpg

I'm not a hellboy fan at all but that's awesome.

[Logan's Runt]

I was just about to go find this thread! I got more work today:

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/xelbow.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/wolvieditch1.jpg

:up::heart:

[The Original Bamfer]

I was just about to go find this thread! I got more work today:

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/xelbow.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/wolvieditch1.jpg

:up::heart:

Little Wolvie! :up:

[incubat]

Little Wolvie! :up:

loving it

[MaskedManJRK]

I was just about to go find this thread! I got more work today:

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/xelbow.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/wolvieditch1.jpg

:up::heart:

Very cool. :up:

[uchiha_itachi]

I was just about to go find this thread! I got more work today:

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/xelbow.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/wolvieditch1.jpg

:up::heart:

more awesome work, loving that lil wolvie to :D

[X-Chick]

Love it, both the design and the work. :up:

[Logan's Runt]

:up: Thanks.

[Figs]

:up: Thanks.


Do you get your work done by the same person?

[Logan's Runt]

Do you get your work done by the same person?

Yep. Everything I've got aside from my very first two small tattoos is done by one guy. I plan to continue to go to him because I trust him, we get along, he does great work and does it for crazy cheap for me. But I send a lot of business his way and I help him out in any other way I can- I'm helping him with remodeling his shop currently.

My entire left arm is being done in his new ink that he developed. I don't know much about it other than he innovated it. :up:

[incubat]

Yep. Everything I've got aside from my very first two small tattoos is done by one guy. I plan to continue to go to him because I trust him, we get along, he does great work and does it for crazy cheap for me. But I send a lot of business his way and I help him out in any other way I can- I'm helping him with remodeling his shop currently.

My entire left arm is being done in his new ink that he developed. I don't know much about it other than he innovated it. :up:

you guys are like symbiots

[Dangerous]

Whoa LR- u sure love Wolvie!

[Logan's Runt]

Whoa LR- u sure love Wolvie!

Indeedely do.

[rizzo51]

Did this one on my roomate a few years back, finally learning black and gray in a local shop since my original teacher moved away black and gray pics hopfully soon
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/3389/le0ad8e5a91364fe74d9e98gq3.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=le0ad8e5a91364fe74d9e98gq3.jpg)

[Draw4u]

Hey LR you should post pics of your full arm so we can see how the tattoos layout. You guys planning any background??

[keith_v]

Draw4u, really awesome stuff. I was actually planning on doing tattoos as well, but it looking like it won't happen. I went in for the interview with a full portfolio, and everything went great. The problem is that I'm a full time student, and I wouldn't have enough time to spend in a shop.

But the guy who ran the place said that if school doesn't work out, I can hopefully go back to his shop and apprentice. So in the meantime, I'm looking to submit some stuff to Pulse Flash to make a few bucks.

[Logan's Runt]

Hey LR you should post pics of your full arm so we can see how the tattoos layout. You guys planning any background??

We are planning background. It looks kinda patchwork right now (I'll take a full arm pic later today when I feel like it.) We're enclosing the individual images in comic panels, and in between doing pieces of random comic images (like random pages laid out under the panels.) The last major image on the inside of my upper arm is several smaller face images, but he's going to do the shading/color in the old fashioned dot print style- the way comics used to be printed. It'll take forever to do as a tattoo, but should look pretty sweet when its finished.

[Eggyman]

Some great tats there Runt :)

[ravana]

did this the other day, first session jsut lines so far. . .

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8615/bradarmja1.jpg


Awesome! Simple awesome.

[batboy99]

A girl with loads of tattoos(and wolverine too) damn thats hotArighty, I haven't posted my last couple Wolvies in this thread (though I have in the Photo album.) But here are all the pieces of my sleeve to date:
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/logantattoo2.jpg
Adapted from a John Byrne drawing.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/wolvienumber2pic2.jpg
From a Wolverine cover by Esad Ribic.

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/newtattoowolviegood.jpg
Newest. Adapted from a Marc Silvestri cover for New Xmen. :up:

Next month we're going to do the Xmen 'X' symbol on my elbow, and start in on some background work and putting these images all together into a piece.

Edit- I figured out who did the second image originally. :up: this is the tattoo i want to get(roughly)
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v118/16/77/502791823/n502791823_126762_8089.jpg
But i think with this batman symbol
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f111/batboy99/bat.jpg

[MODOK]

Lil' Wolvie Rules!

What are you going to do to fill in between pictures?

[ANTOINE X]

For those who look for ideas about tattoos check out one of my friends site

http://www.tattoofox.com (http://www.tattoofox.com/)

Its still new but growing every day

And let me know what you think :yay:

[Draw4u]

We are planning background. It looks kinda patchwork right now (I'll take a full arm pic later today when I feel like it.) We're enclosing the individual images in comic panels, and in between doing pieces of random comic images (like random pages laid out under the panels.) The last major image on the inside of my upper arm is several smaller face images, but he's going to do the shading/color in the old fashioned dot print style- the way comics used to be printed. It'll take forever to do as a tattoo, but should look pretty sweet when its finished.

Very cool!! Your artist is really talented!

[Draw4u]

Damn Draw4u. Your portraits are superb...that V tat is amazing:



Too bad you're so far away. I'd definitely try and throw some business your way if you weren't. But keep up the beautiful work. :up:

Thanks! Heres some more of my portrait stuff
http://archangeltattoo.com/Images/Tony/TonyTattoo/tonyTattoo003.jpg

http://archangeltattoo.com/Images/Tony/TonyTattoo/tonyTattoo010.jpg

http://archangeltattoo.com/Images/Tony/TonyTattoo/tonyTattoo027.jpg

http://archangeltattoo.com/Images/Tony/TonyTattoo/tonyTattoo028.jpg

http://archangeltattoo.com/Images/Tony/TonyTattoo/tonyTattoo034.jpg

http://archangeltattoo.com/Images/Tony/TonyTattoo/tonyTattoo036.jpg

[Draw4u]

and some more. . .

http://archangeltattoo.com/Images/Tony/TonyTattoo/tonyTattoo037.jpg

http://archangeltattoo.com/Images/Tony/TonyTattoo/tonyTattoo038.jpghttp://archangeltattoo.com/Images/Tony/TonyTattoo/tonyTattoo041.jpg

http://archangeltattoo.com/Images/Tony/TonyTattoo/tonyTattoo040.jpg

http://archangeltattoo.com/Images/Tony/TonyTattoo/tonyTattoo042.jpg
http://archangeltattoo.com/Images/Tony/TonyTattoo/tonyTattoo044.jpg

[Draw4u]

and a few more fo rgood measure, lol

http://archangeltattoo.com/Images/Tony/TonyTattoo/tonyTattoo043.jpg

http://archangeltattoo.com/Images/Tony/TonyTattoo/tonyTattoo047.jpg

http://archangeltattoo.com/Images/Tony/TonyTattoo/tonyTattoo048.jpg

:hoboj:

[Scut Farkus]

Beautiful stuff Draw4u. Here's some pics of me.

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6383/l79ce0e7f0cd66929ae11f8tw4.th.jpg (http://img339.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l79ce0e7f0cd66929ae11f8tw4.jpg)
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/4374/l4d2b854ce7c41eea107b85ws1.th.jpg (http://img338.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l4d2b854ce7c41eea107b85ws1.jpg)
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/6091/l96c1fc61a427ba79b9d64cuh5.th.jpg (http://img338.imageshack.us/my.php?image=l96c1fc61a427ba79b9d64cuh5.jpg)

[uchiha_itachi]

^ that sleeve is sweet man :D

[Dark Donnie]

A girl with loads of tattoos(and wolverine too) damn thats hot this is the tattoo i want to get(roughly)
http://photos-c.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v118/16/77/502791823/n502791823_126762_8089.jpg
But i think with this batman symbol
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f111/batboy99/bat.jpg

Same design with the second symbol would look pretty damn good

[Captain_BluTac]

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh65/benv-b92/triskele2.jpg

^ I am getting that on each wrist for my 21st.

[Logan's Runt]

Very cool!! Your artist is really talented!

Thanks! Aye, I love him. I'm sure he'd be very flattered hearing that from somebody as talented as you, also. :up: I love the Cash portraits, btw.

[Mattchew]

did this the other day, first session jsut lines so far. . .

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8615/bradarmja1.jpg

masterpiece... cant wait to see the full color!!!!!!!

[ANTOINE X]

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh65/benv-b92/triskele2.jpg

^ I am getting that on each wrist for my 21st.

You can add this on your back .:word:
http://www.tattoofox.com

http://www.tattoofox.com/HEXX.png

[jaguarr]

Here is the word that comes to mind when I see all of this Tattoo Fox stuff you keep pimping:

GENERIC

Sorry, but it all looks like a thousand other tribal tattoos that I have seen. Add in that using one of those designs increases the chances that there will be someone else with the exact same design running around and it's not even an original design with significant meaning for anyone who would put it on themselves besides the person who drew it, and it undermines the individuality and originality that most people with ink pride themselves on.

Understand, I'm not knocking his designs. He does well enough for the art genre he's playing in. It's just an idea that sort of goes against everything I think of as an underpinning of tattooing: creativity, individuality, originality, special significance of the artwork to the person bearing it. None of those things are there for someone just randomly having something from that site inked on them. For the record, I feel the same way about most tattoo flash, not just your friend's site.

jag

[Logan's Runt]

I'd never get flash, but that's me. :down

Here's a couple of my whole arm as it sits today:
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/wholearm2.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/wholearm1.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/wholearm3.jpg

We have one more major image to add, and then its all background. It really looks random right now, but it'll come together. :up:

[jaguarr]

Looking forward to seeing how your artist ties all of it together, Runt. The individual pieces are very well done, so far. :up:

jag

[ANTOINE X]

I'd never get flash, but that's me. :down

Here's a couple of my whole arm as it sits today:
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/wholearm2.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/wholearm1.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/wholearm3.jpg

We have one more major image to add, and then its all background. It really looks random right now, but it'll come together. :up:


I have to say thats f***n nice :up:

[ANTOINE X]

did this the other day, first session jsut lines so far. . .

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/8615/bradarmja1.jpg


That s a damn good piece of art!

[batboy99]

Same design with the second symbol would look pretty damn good
yea,h thats why i want it!:p
Definetly not in those colours though, either black and grey, or red and black.
Porbably when i turn 18, ill get it, ive wanted it for a while now.

[The Original Bamfer]

I'd never get flash, but that's me. :down

Here's a couple of my whole arm as it sits today:
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/wholearm2.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/wholearm1.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x163/logansrunt/wholearm3.jpg

We have one more major image to add, and then its all background. It really looks random right now, but it'll come together. :up:

I'm awaiting the Bamfer tramp stamp.

[Logan's Runt]

I'm awaiting the Bamfer tramp stamp.

What about Bamfer titay hugger? I'm thinking of a chestpiece next.

[The Original Bamfer]

What about Bamfer titay hugger? I'm thinking of a chestpiece next.

That would actually be more fitting. :up:

[Draw4u]

did a bit more color on the Hellboy sleeve today, this was our 2nd session of color so some of this is healing and some is fresh.

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3392/hellboysleevesmallex1.jpg

[murdock_matt]

^^^Wow. That is truly awesome.

I could never come up with something for myself. The best I could come up with was to shave my head, get a tattoo of a full head of hair, and then let my hair grow back out over it. Then when I start losing my hair.... no one will ever know!!!!!!

Also, trying to convince the wife to getting one on the small of her back that says "murdock_matt's bellybutton was here"

[The Evolutionist]

Woman With Tattoo From Homemade Gun Got Sick

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Some women in Springfield are regretting their decision last week to get a tattoo from a door-to-door tattoo salesman. At least one person had to be hospitalized and the others face serious health risks.

Friday night, a man knocked on doors holding a tattoo gun and offering his services. Tamra Eason described the tool as homemade, but still agreed to pay for a tattoo. So did two other women in her apartment complex.

"It was wrapped with black tape, had a pin underneath it, had fishing wire going through it, you could tell it was a homemade gun," Eason said.
The next day, Linda Falls passed out and had to be hospitalized.

"I passed out in the store and they said I should have it checked out," Falls said.

All the women have an infection in the tattoo area and have been told to get tested for HIV and hepatitis.

The health department said it's always worth the extra money to get a tattoo from a licensed professional with the right equipment and sterilization procedures.

"Getting a tattoo is like a wound. There's a risk of disease that may be long term or life threatening. It's a serious decision," said Jaci McReynalds, with the Greene County Health Department.

It is illegal in Missouri to give a tattoo without a license, so if several people file complaints with the state, the county prosecutor will pursue the case.

"Beware of deals in parachutes, brain surgery and tattoos," said Miller Cotton, a tattoo parlor owner.

"We just wanted tattoos, and now we're paying for it," Eason said.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/TheEvolutionist/badtat.jpg

SOURCE (http://www.kmbc.com/news/6447791/detail.html)
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Just a little bit of a bed time horror story for the Hype tattoo community.

Stupid people and Tattoos don't mix.

[jaguarr]

The Hellboy sleeve is coming along very nicely, D4U. Looking forward to seeing the final product. :up:

As for people letting random strangers with homemade tattoo guns ink them, they got what they deserve for being stupid. That, right there, is Natural Selection doing it's job.

jag

[The Evolutionist]

Oh yeah, D4U, that sleeve looks amazing, I think it's my favorite piece of your work thus far.

[ANTOINE X]

Here is the word that comes to mind when I see all of this Tattoo Fox stuff you keep pimping:

GENERIC

Sorry, but it all looks like a thousand other tribal tattoos that I have seen. Add in that using one of those designs increases the chances that there will be someone else with the exact same design running around and it's not even an original design with significant meaning for anyone who would put it on themselves besides the person who drew it, and it undermines the individuality and originality that most people with ink pride themselves on.

Understand, I'm not knocking his designs. He does well enough for the art genre he's playing in. It's just an idea that sort of goes against everything I think of as an underpinning of tattooing: creativity, individuality, originality, special significance of the artwork to the person bearing it. None of those things are there for someone just randomly having something from that site inked on them. For the record, I feel the same way about most tattoo flash, not just your friend's site.

jag

But for those who don't have an idea of what they want they can visit that site thats all I m saying. there s not one reason to wear tattoo. Maybe for you tattoo as to mean something but to me it doesn't have to. For some to be tattooed it s nothings more than like to wear jewelery.In the ancient world some people just tattooed them self as a leisure noting more.


And honestly I m tired about people thinking they are deep because their tattoo mean something..Like the typical bulls***: ''oh well my girl friends mean so much to me I put here on my arm.. bla!bla! bla! :whatever:

[ComicChick]

I always knew where I wanted my first tattoo before I ever got it.

When my nephew died, it broke my heart. I can honestly say I am not the same person I was before that. He and I were only a year and a half apart and he was the first friend I ever had. (my sisters are 20+ yrs older than me)

After he died, there was a Survivors of Suicide Memorial Walk event held by the AFSP nearby. Our whole family went, and if you knew my family at all, you haven't been able to get 5 of us in a room together in years. We adopted the team name Life is BEAUtiful for our group and got shirts made up. This was one of the few times I actually felt the familial love, even though it was a truly saddening time.

[X-Chick]

But for those who don't have an idea of what they want they can visit that site thats all I m saying. there s not one reason to wear tattoo. Maybe for you tattoo as to mean something but to me it doesn't have to. For some to be tattooed it s nothings more than like to wear jewelery.In the ancient world some people just tattooed them self as a leisure noting more.


And honestly I m tired about people thinking they are deep because their tattoo mean something..Like the typical bulls***: ''oh well my girl friends mean so much to me I put here on my arm.. bla!bla! bla! :whatever:

Actually, you're wrong. Tattooing originated as a rite of passage. They were done to represent significant moments in a person's life like a boy becoming a man. They were not done for "leisure."

Generally speaking people do get tattoos because they mean something. Tribal is the biggest exception. Even women who get the typical butterflies and roses get them become they represent freedom and beauty or because they're feminine. Hardly anyone gets something just because it looks good, and those who do are like 5x more likely to regret it later on because tastes change (my artist's words, not mine.) But yeah, get whatever the hell you want, but be sure its something you actually want to have permanently etched into your skin.

Though, how embarassing would it be to see someone who had your same tattoo? That would totally suck and is the main reason I don't get flash. Well that and because its usually terrible.

[jaguarr]

But for those who don't have an idea of what they want they can visit that site thats all I m saying. there s not one reason to wear tattoo. Maybe for you tattoo as to mean something but to me it doesn't have to. For some to be tattooed it s nothings more than like to wear jewelery.In the ancient world some people just tattooed them self as a leisure noting more.

Errr....most tribal cultures attached SIGNIFICANT meaning to the art of tattooing. It wasn't just "something to do". It was often done to prove their virility, manhood, ability in battle, as a way to achieve true beauty, to ward off evil spirits, to show devotion to the deities they worshipped and many other very significant reasons. The instances of ancient cultures engaging in tattooing just for the hell of it are absolutely in the minority. While I have just the two medium sized pieces on my back in my ink collection, I have many, many friends who are absolutely immersed in the tattoo culture from many different walks of life and different backgrounds. Not one of them has any ink on them that does not have significant meaning to them. None of it is random or something they did just for the hell of it. I very rarely meet people who will get a tattoo just for the hell of it. If that's what you're all about with your ink as a form of self-expression, then more power to you and I support that wholly because tattoos and other body modifications only really matter to the people that get them and for whatever reasons they choose for that.

And I stand by my original comments about your friend's site and artwork: well done but very generic. Sorry that seems to have offended you.


And honestly I m tired about people thinking they are deep because their tattoo mean something..Like the typical bulls***: ''oh well my girl friends mean so much to me I put here on my arm.. bla!bla! bla! :whatever:

People aren't deep because their tattoo has some meaning to them. People have depth because they put time, thought and effort into things in their lives and because they pull from the life experiences on which they've had time to reflect and grow from. Their tattoos have depth because the people that got them ALREADY had depth in the first place. Scorning people for having depth? Wow. :dry:

I always knew where I wanted my first tattoo before I ever got it.

When my nephew died, it broke my heart. I can honestly say I am not the same person I was before that. He and I were only a year and a half apart and he was the first friend I ever had. (my sisters are 20+ yrs older than me)

After he died, there was a Survivors of Suicide Memorial Walk event held by the AFSP nearby. Our whole family went, and if you knew my family at all, you haven't been able to get 5 of us in a room together in years. We adopted the team name Life is BEAUtiful for our group and got shirts made up. This was one of the few times I actually felt the familial love, even though it was a truly saddening time.

I got my nephews name, Beau, tattooed on the inside of my wrist in my own handwriting. It's small enough to cover with a watch or bracelet if need be, and its somewhere I can see. Whenever I need a reality check, i can look at it, remember how precious and beautiful life really is and to be greatful and thankful for what I have.

That's a very beautiful story, CC. :up:

jag

[ANTOINE X]

I always knew where I wanted my first tattoo before I ever got it.

When my nephew died, it broke my heart. I can honestly say I am not the same person I was before that. He and I were only a year and a half apart and he was the first friend I ever had. (my sisters are 20+ yrs older than me)

After he died, there was a Survivors of Suicide Memorial Walk event held by the AFSP nearby. Our whole family went, and if you knew my family at all, you haven't been able to get 5 of us in a room together in years. We adopted the team name Life is BEAUtiful for our group and got shirts made up. This was one of the few times I actually felt the familial love, even though it was a truly saddening time.

I got my nephews name, Beau, tattooed on the inside of my wrist in my own handwriting. It's small enough to cover with a watch or bracelet if need be, and its somewhere I can see. Whenever I need a reality check, i can look at it, remember how precious and beautiful life really is and to be greatful and thankful for what I have.


I am sorry about your nephews and what you did is understandable I m not Denying the fact that there is a beauty in a tattoo that has a meaning.

[Logan's Runt]

Some of my tattoos have no meaning at all- at least none deeper than 'I like pirates yay!' :huh: But none of them are flash. Even when I'm going for something simply fun that I like the look of, its designed custom by me/for me. They become meaningful simply because they're permanent and they're on me. I'd imagine even a person picking flash off a wall attaches meaning to it, even if it's just "this is my tattoo and it's cool looking." If there were no meaning at all for a person, they wouldn't get a tattoo in the first place. "Meaning" isn't always a heart touching story like CC's.

I'd like to think that flash will fade out, but I guess there will always be people without originality. A lot of shops nowadays don't even stock flash anymore, and some shops will do nothing but flash. The flash-only shops tend to only be a half step up from a guy in a van, in my experience.

It pretty much comes down to- quality shops with quality artists frown on flash and prefer to do custom work from a customer's idea. Its a much more fulfilling experience to work with the artist to have the perfect design made for you, and always, always, always ends up in a better tattoo.

[ANTOINE X]

X-Chick;13905390]Actually, you're wrong. Tattooing originated as a rite of passage. They were done to represent significant moments in a person's life like a boy becoming a man. They were not done for "leisure."

You re right tribes mean something. Actually if you check my friend s' site hum! hum! www.tattoofox.com (http://www.tattoofox.com/) :cwink: you can see there s name already for each tribes tattoo. And I talk to him and he told me he s not gonna do regular tattoo as well not just tribes. That s just the beginning.


Generally speaking people do get tattoos because they mean something. Tribal is the biggest exception. Even women who get the typical butterflies and roses get them become they represent freedom and beauty or because they're feminine. Hardly anyone gets something just because it looks good, and those who do are like 5x more likely to regret it later on because tastes change (my artist's words, not mine.) But yeah, get whatever the hell you want, but be sure its something you actually want to have permanently etched into your skin.
There is many reason why you would want to have tattoo amigo. And yes some just want to look cool and you have to respect that. And you re wrong about those who remove their tattoo.The most difficult client are the ones who wants every pigment of their skin to mean something. You know who I am talking about? I call them the 'shakespeare' They want to be so special so deep and when they explain there tattoo I m like :sleepy:. They complain a lot some are not happy because the artist didn't do exactly what they were thinking.They think your a psychologist or something. The guy don't understand we are artist so he need to be clear on what he wants.

So in a way were giving an easy life to any tattoo maker and also the confused costumer who don't know what he wants. No doubt it s good to have some challenge but sometime WYSIWYG is a good option and this why we re here :yay:.

Though, how embarassing would it be to see someone who had your same tattoo? That would totally suck and is the main reason I don't get flash. Well that and because its usually terrible.[/quote]

Wow! I mean the chance that you see someone with the same tattoo are really thin my friend. And if it happens I can't refund you for that sorry :csad: that's life.

[ANTOINE X]

Some of my tattoos have no meaning at all- at least none deeper than 'I like pirates yay!' :huh: But none of them are flash. Even when I'm going for something simply fun that I like the look of, its designed custom by me/for me. They become meaningful simply because they're permanent and they're on me. I'd imagine even a person picking flash off a wall attaches meaning to it, even if it's just "this is my tattoo and it's cool looking." If there were no meaning at all for a person, they wouldn't get a tattoo in the first place. "Meaning" isn't always a heart touching story like CC's.

I'd like to think that flash will fade out, but I guess there will always be people without originality. A lot of shops nowadays don't even stock flash anymore, and some shops will do nothing but flash. The flash-only shops tend to only be a half step up from a guy in a van, in my experience.

It pretty much comes down to- quality shops with quality artists frown on flash and prefer to do custom work from a customer's idea. Its a much more fulfilling experience to work with the artist to have the perfect design made for you, and always, always, always ends up in a better tattoo.


You guys have to understand that some people don't know what they want but all they know is that they want one. So they check in the big book of the tattoo maker to have some help or they can go at www.tattoofox.com (http://www.tattoofox.com) :woot:.If you already know what you want then good for you!

[ANTOINE X]

[quote=jaguarr;13905406]Errr....most tribal cultures attached SIGNIFICANT meaning to the art of tattooing. It wasn't just "something to do". It was often done to prove their virility, manhood, ability in battle, as a way to achieve true beauty, to ward off evil spirits, to show devotion to the deities they worshipped and many other very significant reasons. The instances of ancient cultures engaging in tattooing just for the hell of it are absolutely in the minority. While I have just the two medium sized pieces on my back in my ink collection, I have many, many friends who are absolutely immersed in the tattoo culture from many different walks of life and different backgrounds. Not one of them has any ink on them that does not have significant meaning to them. None of it is random or something they did just for the hell of it. I very rarely meet people who will get a tattoo just for the hell of it. If that's what you're all about with your ink as a form of self-expression, then more power to you and I support that wholly because tattoos and other body modifications only really matter to the people that get them and for whatever reasons they choose for that.

And I stand by my original comments about your friend's site and artwork: well done but very generic. Sorry that seems to have offended you.

Offended? Not at all jaguarr. You have your thoughts I have mine :woot:

[Logan's Runt]

As an artist I guess I would feel cheap pandering to unoriginal masses simply looking for 'something.' But I guess somebody's got to do it.

[jaguarr]

Antoine X, you are talking as if you are a tattoo artist yourself. Is that actually the case? :huh:

jag

[ANTOINE X]

Antoine X, you are talking as if you are a tattoo artist yourself. Is that actually the case? :huh:

jag


Nope, but There s a possibility I help my friend with this. Don't know yet!

[jaguarr]

Nope, but There s a possibility I help my friend with this. Don't know yet!

When you write things like this:

There is many reason why you would want to have tattoo amigo. And yes some just want to look cool and you have to respect that. And you re wrong about those who remove their tattoo.The most difficult client are the ones who wants every pigment of their skin to mean something. You know who I am talking about? I call them the 'shakespeare' They want to be so special so deep and when they explain there tattoo I m like :sleepy:. They complain a lot some are not happy because the artist didn't do exactly what they were thinking.They think your a psychologist or something. The guy don't understand we are artist so he need to be clear on what he wants.



So in a way were giving an easy life to any tattoo maker and also the confused costumer who don't know what he wants. No doubt it s good to have some challenge but sometime WYSIWYG is a good option and this why we re here :yay:.

Wow! I mean the chance that you see someone with the same tattoo are really thin my friend. And if it happens I can't refund you for that sorry :csad: that's life.

It makes it sound as if you are trying to pass yourself off as a tattoo artist. It also shows you have a lot of disdain for people who do get tattoos. Any tattoo artist worth their salt loves the challenge of helping people bring their ideas to life and even helping them realize that they can make their tattoo so much more than they had originally thought. They will also view people who are somewhat vague in what they want conceptually as an opportunity to give that person ideas and help make it something they really want to have done. Every tattoo artist I have ever known has also had a lot of interest in the vast majority of the ink they sling for people rather than regarding it as boring or lame. They also tend to know the history of tattoo as well. If you're going to play in the tattoo business, at least learn the history and, a bit of advice if I may, stop viewing people and the ink they want as basically a nuisance.

I'd venture a guess the number of people who "just want ink but don't know what to get" is very, very small, by the way. Sounds like a highly niche little business to me.

Edit: I'd also add that many, many, many people get tattooing done as a form of catharsis and closure for very significant events in their lives, some tragic, some not. In those instances, the tattoo artist is very much playing the part of healer and counselor. I don't think most seasoned tattoo artists overlook this aspect of what they do or take it lightly.

jag

[jaguarr]

Antoine, I notice that nowhere on your friend's site does he state that he is a tattoo artist. Is that the case?

jag

[Logan's Runt]

It makes it sound as if you are trying to pass yourself off as a tattoo artist. It also shows you have a lot of disdain for people who do get tattoos. Any tattoo artist worth their salt loves the challenge of helping people bring their ideas to life and even helping them realize that they can make their tattoo so much more than they had originally thought. They will also view people who are somewhat vague in what they want conceptually as an opportunity to give that person ideas and help make it something they really want to have done. Every tattoo artist I have ever known has also had a lot of interest in the vast majority of the ink they sling for people rather than regarding it as boring or lame. They also tend to know the history of tattoo as well. If you're going to play in the tattoo business, at least learn the history and, a bit of advice if I may, stop viewing people and the ink they want as basically a nuisance.

I'd venture a guess the number of people who "just want ink but don't know what to get" is very, very small, by the way. Sounds like a highly niche little business to me.

Edit: I'd also add that many, many, many people get tattooing done as a form of catharsis and closure for very significant events in their lives, some tragic, some not. In those instances, the tattoo artist is very much playing the part of healer and counselor. I don't think most seasoned tattoo artists overlook this aspect of what they do or take it lightly.

jag

Truth. Though I'd add "Any good tattoo artist" as a clause. I have met quite a few tattooists who have the attitude that most tattoo customers are stupid, inexperienced and don't know what's good for them. They become the artists who mostly attract customers who don't know what they want/don't know how to find a good tattoo artist. When a customer comes to the shop saying 'I don't know what I want,' a high quality tattooist will sit down with them and say 'what do you like? Where do you want it? Let's create something for you.' A mid or low quality artist will point at the flash wall and say 'that's what we have.'

Artists tend to attract a customer base more or less looking for the quality tattoo that they do. IE, a really good artist will tend to mostly get people coming to him/her that are looking for high quality, unique and awesome tattoos. A lower quality artist will attract fad customers who don't care what's on their body as long as they can say they have a tattoo and it costs under $x.

[jaguarr]

Truth. Though I'd add "Any good tattoo artist" as a clause. I have met quite a few tattooists who have the attitude that most tattoo customers are stupid, inexperienced and don't know what's good for them. They become the artists who mostly attract customers who don't know what they want/don't know how to find a good tattoo artist. When a customer comes to the shop saying 'I don't know what I want,' a high quality tattooist will sit down with them and say 'what do you like? Where do you want it? Let's create something for you.' A mid or low quality artist will point at the flash wall and say 'that's what we have.'

Artists tend to attract a customer base more or less looking for the quality tattoo that they do. IE, a really good artist will tend to mostly get people coming to him/her that are looking for high quality, unique and awesome tattoos. A lower quality artist will attract fad customers who don't care what's on their body as long as they can say they have a tattoo and it costs under $x.

In my experience, most of the low end artists don't last long in the business because they can't compete, even with the rock bottom prices, against more talented artists. There are a ton of tattoo shops out there these days as it has become more pervasive in our culture, and there are a lot of really talented folks working in the industry. It's really attracted people who are truly artists first (hell, my ink guy has a Bachelor of Fine Arts, his emphasis being drawing and painting) who happen to view tattooing as another medium to work on. The number of fad customers who just want any ink at all for super cheap just isn't enough to sustain the crap artists in a market with so many ink slingers in it.

jag

[Logan's Runt]

In my experience, most of the low end artists don't last long in the business because they can't compete, even with the rock bottom prices, against more talented artists. There are a ton of tattoo shops out there these days as it has become more pervasive in our culture, and there are a lot of really talented folks working in the industry. It's really attracted people who are truly artists first (hell, my ink guy has a Bachelor of Fine Arts, his emphasis being drawing and painting) who happen to view tattooing as another medium to work on. The number of fad customers who just want any ink at all for super cheap just isn't enough to sustain the crap artists in a market with so many ink slingers in it.

jag

Big Dogz Ink is still in business. :csad: When they flounder and fail, maybe I'll believe you.

I think the amount of tattooists with degrees/years of formal art and formal tattooing education is increasing steadily. Its becoming a more valid/lucrative art medium and with that will come more professionals to the industry.

[jaguarr]

One good hepatitis case for Big Dogz and they'll be done soon enough. :)

jag

[X-Chick]

Some of my tattoos have no meaning at all- at least none deeper than 'I like pirates yay!' :huh: But none of them are flash. Even when I'm going for something simply fun that I like the look of, its designed custom by me/for me. They become meaningful simply because they're permanent and they're on me. I'd imagine even a person picking flash off a wall attaches meaning to it, even if it's just "this is my tattoo and it's cool looking." If there were no meaning at all for a person, they wouldn't get a tattoo in the first place. "Meaning" isn't always a heart touching story like CC's.

Right, that's kind of what I was trying to say about every tattoo has some sort of meaning. For example, my mom wanted a tattoo but my dad was a controlling dick and actually forbid her to do it. So, in her first show of real independence she went and got a rose. It's just flash and a simple red rose, but it has meaning to her.

[The Evolutionist]

You guys have to understand that some people don't know what they want but all they know is that they want one. So they check in the big book of the tattoo maker to have some help or they can go at www.tattoofox.com (http://www.tattoofox.com) :woot:.If you already know what you want then good for you!

If people don't know what they want, they shouldn't be getting a tattoo, period.

[Mr. Socko]

did a bit more color on the Hellboy sleeve today, this was our 2nd session of color so some of this is healing and some is fresh.

http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/3392/hellboysleevesmallex1.jpg

Incredibly job, brilliant to say the least! Colors are really fantastic.

[keith_v]

Some of my tattoos have no meaning at all- at least none deeper than 'I like pirates yay!' :huh: But none of them are flash. Even when I'm going for something simply fun that I like the look of, its designed custom by me/for me. They become meaningful simply because they're permanent and they're on me. I'd imagine even a person picking flash off a wall attaches meaning to it, even if it's just "this is my tattoo and it's cool looking." If there were no meaning at all for a person, they wouldn't get a tattoo in the first place. "Meaning" isn't always a heart touching story like CC's.

I'd like to think that flash will fade out, but I guess there will always be people without originality. A lot of shops nowadays don't even stock flash anymore, and some shops will do nothing but flash. The flash-only shops tend to only be a half step up from a guy in a van, in my experience.

It pretty much comes down to- quality shops with quality artists frown on flash and prefer to do custom work from a customer's idea. Its a much more fulfilling experience to work with the artist to have the perfect design made for you, and always, always, always ends up in a better tattoo.

:csad: Let's hope not. I myself don't like them but I heard Flash companies like Pulse pay pretty good for designs.

[ANTOINE X]

I'm gonna have to step down....cause my friend doesn't like my attitude toward you guys. So sorry if I have offended some of you it wasn't my goal...But if you change your mind you can always go at www.tattofox.com where there s ''Cool tattoo designs for everyone'' :yay:

[jaguarr]

I'm gonna have to step down....cause my friend doesn't like my attitude toward you guys. So sorry if I have offended some of you it wasn't my goal...But if you change your mind you can always go at www.tattofox.com (http://www.tattofox.com) where there s ''Cool tattoo designs for everyone'' :yay:

I find it interesting that when I run tattoofox.com and fantasyfiction4real.com, which is in your signature, through http://whois.domaintools.com as a search, it tells me that both domains are owned by the same person; an "Andy B" in Montreal.

jag

[ANTOINE X]

Well thats not of your business but to answer your question yeah he needed a web site and I gave him one .com.