Do you have a tattoo?
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ben5575 said:
There's some lovely stuff on that page. I don't have any (yet), my wife was not a fan of tattoos so always put me off whenever I mentioned it, but as we're now separated... I pop on this thread occasionally looking for styles that I like, and his stuff hits the nail on the head!
As a tattoo virgin/newbie, I'm assuming somebody like this is in huge demand and with a long long waiting list?
antspants said:
As a tattoo virgin/newbie, I'm assuming somebody like this is in huge demand and with a long long waiting list?
Most decent artists are booked 3 or 6 months in advance, they tend to open their books for a week or two to plan their workload in advance. I know of two artists that already won't open their books till summer for work starting in 2020, but it's worth making contact sooner rather than later if you are after something specific or at lat have a clear idea about it.It gives time to finalise a design, do consultations etc. as the best tattoos are not a walk in in on the day type of job.
Bear in mind, these are artists, and can be notoriously diva like! To get the best of of them, you have to work with them, build a relationship and they will put their soul into the work. The last thing you want is a tension between you and a highly strung artist.
The wait is part of the buzz though!
thought I update my progress on my leg, had the Peony added in July, Then in November had the line work for the upper leg.
Will be a while before my next session as the missus is on maternity till August so money will be tight! It is killing me that its not finished though 😂😂
Will be a while before my next session as the missus is on maternity till August so money will be tight! It is killing me that its not finished though 😂😂
k knows. I've deleted my post anyway.Porridge GTI said:
Brads67 said:
Porridge GTI said:
I have no tattoos and never will. A very small number number look good but in the main either detract from what is already an attractive body or fail to adorn what is already unattractive. There are doubtless some very talented tattoo artists and great designs but that doesn’t change the foregoing.
In your opinion off course.Genuine question, that leg one above like so many I see on people, why do they have to have the black outline around everything?
It makes it all look like a cartoon drawing, you buy a piece of art and there isn't any outline in black marker pen, artists just use the colours needed for the subject matter.
Wouldn't a lot of these tattoos look better without the black marker pen effect?
Is it a standard tattoo practice, one where they start using this style from the off and it just carries on or is there another reason for it?
It makes it all look like a cartoon drawing, you buy a piece of art and there isn't any outline in black marker pen, artists just use the colours needed for the subject matter.
Wouldn't a lot of these tattoos look better without the black marker pen effect?
Is it a standard tattoo practice, one where they start using this style from the off and it just carries on or is there another reason for it?
Promised Land said:
Genuine question, that leg one above like so many I see on people, why do they have to have the black outline around everything?
It makes it all look like a cartoon drawing, you buy a piece of art and there isn't any outline in black marker pen, artists just use the colours needed for the subject matter.
Wouldn't a lot of these tattoos look better without the black marker pen effect?
Is it a standard tattoo practice, one where they start using this style from the off and it just carries on or is there another reason for it?
It's that particular artist's style. It makes it all look like a cartoon drawing, you buy a piece of art and there isn't any outline in black marker pen, artists just use the colours needed for the subject matter.
Wouldn't a lot of these tattoos look better without the black marker pen effect?
Is it a standard tattoo practice, one where they start using this style from the off and it just carries on or is there another reason for it?
If you look at the style of some other artists, eg Tiggy who did mine a few pages above, there are almost no black lines at all.
It depends on your own definition of "better" I suppose. You can find an artist who works in almost every style nowadays, from things which look basically like watercolour, to bold graffiti styles with lots of thick lines.
Similarly, it's untrue to say that wall-art doesn't use thick black lines. Look at LS Lowry for example.
Usget said:
It's that particular artist's style.
If you look at the style of some other artists, eg Tiggy who did mine a few pages above, there are almost no black lines at all.
It depends on your own definition of "better" I suppose. You can find an artist who works in almost every style nowadays, from things which look basically like watercolour, to bold graffiti styles with lots of thick lines.
Similarly, it's untrue to say that wall-art doesn't use thick black lines. Look at LS Lowry for example.
I'm not saying artists don't use that style but other than abstract art you don't see much of it where as tattooists use that style a lot more. Is it from the very early tattoos sailors and the like had?If you look at the style of some other artists, eg Tiggy who did mine a few pages above, there are almost no black lines at all.
It depends on your own definition of "better" I suppose. You can find an artist who works in almost every style nowadays, from things which look basically like watercolour, to bold graffiti styles with lots of thick lines.
Similarly, it's untrue to say that wall-art doesn't use thick black lines. Look at LS Lowry for example.
As you say yours is more like an oil or acrylic, is that white ink as well or just skin colour?
Promised Land said:
Genuine question, that leg one above like so many I see on people, why do they have to have the black outline around everything?
It makes it all look like a cartoon drawing, you buy a piece of art and there isn't any outline in black marker pen, artists just use the colours needed for the subject matter.
Wouldn't a lot of these tattoos look better without the black marker pen effect?
Is it a standard tattoo practice, one where they start using this style from the off and it just carries on or is there another reason for it?
A lot depends on the style, traditional, neo-traditional, new school, Japanese, blackwork, tribal etc tend to have black outlines. Watercolours, and realism don't. It makes it all look like a cartoon drawing, you buy a piece of art and there isn't any outline in black marker pen, artists just use the colours needed for the subject matter.
Wouldn't a lot of these tattoos look better without the black marker pen effect?
Is it a standard tattoo practice, one where they start using this style from the off and it just carries on or is there another reason for it?
Black outlining also helps to reduce colour bleeding, leading to a longer lasting design.
A lot of the styles are shown here - https://www.tattoodo.com/a/2016/02/a-beginner-s-gu...
TheJimi said:
Man, I love that!
What was the inspiration?
Not mine sadly! I grabbed it from her Instagram page as it nicely illustrated the point I was trying to make to Promised Land. Mine is by the same artist (in a similar style) and is a few pages back up the road - it's Maximus the grumpy horse from the film Tangled. If you love it enough, the artist is Tiggy at Briar Rose (her own studio) in south London - highly recommended.What was the inspiration?
Promised Land said:
I'm not saying artists don't use that style but other than abstract art you don't see much of it where as tattooists use that style a lot more. Is it from the very early tattoos sailors and the like had?
I kind of get the point you're making, that quite a lot of tattoos "look like tattoos" in their style, so that you'd know that they were tattoos even if you didn't see the appendage to which they were applied.I don't know the answer to that one, other than to point out that it's a specific branch of art which (like any other) evolves by people learning from their predecessors and contemporaries and trying to better them. I guess the very early tattooists went for thick black lines for definition because the coloured inks back then weren't very bold or long-lasting - but that is a complete guess, someone else might know more authoritatively.
6th Gear said:
Steve Butcher
Steve's work is characteristically influenced by Pop Culture; ranging from portraits of legendary sports icons, musicians and movie stars to portraits of loved ones, comic book characters, animals and much more.
https://instagram.com/stevebutchertattoos?utm_sour...
Wow, this man sure has talent, and good ink, I have never seen such photo-realistic tattoos.Steve's work is characteristically influenced by Pop Culture; ranging from portraits of legendary sports icons, musicians and movie stars to portraits of loved ones, comic book characters, animals and much more.
https://instagram.com/stevebutchertattoos?utm_sour...
As always, I wonder how they will look in some years time, if the artist has inked the correct layer of skin
and how those colours fade out, or not.
Those bold black-outlined tattoos have been around for decades, and if inked properly, they last very long.
TheJimi said:
FunkyNige said:
Antony Moxey said:
TheJimi said:
Usget said:
What was the inspiration?
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