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Johnny that artwork is amazing.
Here's my opinion - it seems that the quality of tattooing is such that they no longer look like a skin tattoo; more like an airbrushed/painted piece of artwork.
Whilst I can admire the skill, I'm not sure if it's a step too far - almost like it looks fake as such.
I know it's a strange point of view and I'm not trying to be an ass; it's just difficult for me to appreciate it as a tattoo
Here's my opinion - it seems that the quality of tattooing is such that they no longer look like a skin tattoo; more like an airbrushed/painted piece of artwork.
Whilst I can admire the skill, I'm not sure if it's a step too far - almost like it looks fake as such.
I know it's a strange point of view and I'm not trying to be an ass; it's just difficult for me to appreciate it as a tattoo
TonyTony said:
THe talent is obviously there but a lot of it is f
king garish. It's full of clashing bright colours that are a bit of an assault on the eye and undermine the actual quality of the tattoos. COmpare with the subtlety of some of the other good tattoos posted on here.blindswelledrat said:
TonyTony said:
THe talent is obviously there but a lot of it is fking garish. It's full of clashing bright colours that are a bit of an assault on the eye and undermine the actual quality of the tattoos. COmpare with the subtlety of some of the other good tattoos posted on here.booked myself in for a speedy touch up later this month...the eyes, mouth and bottle were only lightly filled to emulate the existing artwork on beardy party guy, but i've decided they will look better totally solid filled.
credit to my tattoo artist though, he was very faithful to the original piece.
credit to my tattoo artist though, he was very faithful to the original piece.
ArsE92 said:
After over a year of deliberating I've finally booked in for my chest/shoulder/half-sleeve piece. It's a Japanese-themed piece with a few little personal touches, and includes covering up something nasty I had done 15 years ago.
4 x 4 hour sessions
Can't wait though. It'll be based on this with a few changes:
My first four hour session today. It looks amazing already but God I'm exhausted now!4 x 4 hour sessions
Can't wait though. It'll be based on this with a few changes:
All the outline is done. Back in in two weeks.
I have a genuine question about a tattoo
1- Say for example you have a few beliefs, commitments or important aspects in our life and eanted a tattoo or design to encompass these, how do you go about it?
2- Does the tattoo person produce a sketch or design for it or do you have to find a similar tattoo and get them to copy it? Or do you just have to look through various designs they have done and pick one?
1- Say for example you have a few beliefs, commitments or important aspects in our life and eanted a tattoo or design to encompass these, how do you go about it?
2- Does the tattoo person produce a sketch or design for it or do you have to find a similar tattoo and get them to copy it? Or do you just have to look through various designs they have done and pick one?
lord trumpton said:
I have a genuine question about a tattoo
1- Say for example you have a few beliefs, commitments or important aspects in our life and eanted a tattoo or design to encompass these, how do you go about it?
2- Does the tattoo person produce a sketch or design for it or do you have to find a similar tattoo and get them to copy it? Or do you just have to look through various designs they have done and pick one?
Go & watch tattoo fixers1- Say for example you have a few beliefs, commitments or important aspects in our life and eanted a tattoo or design to encompass these, how do you go about it?
2- Does the tattoo person produce a sketch or design for it or do you have to find a similar tattoo and get them to copy it? Or do you just have to look through various designs they have done and pick one?
lord trumpton said:
I have a genuine question about a tattoo
1- Say for example you have a few beliefs, commitments or important aspects in our life and eanted a tattoo or design to encompass these, how do you go about it?
2- Does the tattoo person produce a sketch or design for it or do you have to find a similar tattoo and get them to copy it? Or do you just have to look through various designs they have done and pick one?
1. Find an artist whose style you like, approach them with your ideas and start a dialogue about designing a piece that fits your criteria.1- Say for example you have a few beliefs, commitments or important aspects in our life and eanted a tattoo or design to encompass these, how do you go about it?
2- Does the tattoo person produce a sketch or design for it or do you have to find a similar tattoo and get them to copy it? Or do you just have to look through various designs they have done and pick one?
2. Start searching online for an artist, or artistic style, that you like. There are some good pages on social media that post its of work with artist credit to give you an idea of different styles. When you find an artist whose work you like, do the above.
Lots of good artists will produce flash once in a while (pre drawn sheets of designs for one-time use), but IMO no real artist will pre draw a design, stick it on the wall of their studio and ink it on as many customers as they can. Neither will any artist copy another artists work. You can certainly use existing tattoos that you find as reference when having a design made.
It helps if you can at least go to an artist with a design in mind, for example a small 3"x3" piece, a full sleeve, a hand piece etc. Even if you're crap at drawing, knock up a sketch of roughly what you have in mind, with some reference material such as photos, artwork, other tattoos you like, and the artist will produce a design based on that, in their style.
Every time I've done this, the design I've had given to me far exceeded my expectations, that's when you know you've found a good artist.
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