slayer9019 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Just yesterday I saw this almost completely blacked-out tattooed guy in a book that was at around 80% coverage using the negative space to make a few designs. This stuff is crazy! I am thinking most people get it as a cool coverup. Below is a reference, just imagine less skin more black! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Flores Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Yeah I think the people who get that stuff are just really unhappy with what they have and just want it covered. I only say this because most of the stuff like that I have seen in person just doesn't look very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregor Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I can imagine thats its no fun for the tattooer or the tattoo'd to get that kind of tattoo done ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asradin Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I like the way some of them look, although it's not something I'd ever have on myself as a first choice. I guess it's a viable cover up option and done right can look really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursula Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I've never been a fan of this. I guess if you have tattoos you hate that much but I don't know, I'd probably do laser instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OaktownFunk Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I noticed some of this type of work on Stewart's arm in his Frith Street Video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Shirley Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I used to know a guy that opened a peircing shop in SF about 20yrs ago, his name is christian. he covered his arms ,totally black, all Bob Roberts stuff, I don't get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooktruck Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 whenever scott bourne started to first get pics in skate mags that was the first time i ever saw the all black thing and it sort of blew my mind. but i didn't know much about tattoos back then so i didn't know they were cover ups. i thought he just wanted his arms all black and i was like wtf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursula Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I used to know a guy that opened a peircing shop in SF about 20yrs ago, his name is christian. he covered his arms ,totally black, all Bob Roberts stuff, I don't get it. I only wish my arms were all bob roberts stuff! There's a chick in Jacksonville who apparently got some stuff from Mike Wilson, lasered it off and then got more tattoos in the same spot, i think from either him or someone else at inksmith... fucking retarded i think... especially since she didn't have any other tattoos so it wasn't a question of room and certainly no question of quality... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Shirley Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I only wish my arms were all bob roberts stuff! There's a chick in Jacksonville who apparently got some stuff from Mike Wilson, lasered it off and then got more tattoos in the same spot, i think from either him or someone else at inksmith... fucking retarded i think... especially since she didn't have any other tattoos so it wasn't a question of room and certainly no question of quality... people do the weirdest shit no telling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Flores Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I only wish my arms were all bob roberts stuff! There's a chick in Jacksonville who apparently got some stuff from Mike Wilson, lasered it off and then got more tattoos in the same spot, i think from either him or someone else at inksmith... fucking retarded i think... especially since she didn't have any other tattoos so it wasn't a question of room and certainly no question of quality... I heard Chris Conn blacked out his arms and then branded his arms. Not sure if it's true, but I know that guy was tattooed by some great people as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stewart Robson Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I noticed some of this type of work on Stewart's arm in his Frith Street Video. That's because I'm an idiot.;) Yeah, my forearm is black. It's not a cover-up either. Like the saying goes "Once you go black, you don't go back." hogg, jayessebee, nicky papers and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaycel Adkins Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 I only wish my arms were all bob roberts stuff! There's a chick in Jacksonville who apparently got some stuff from Mike Wilson, lasered it off and then got more tattoos in the same spot, i think from either him or someone else at inksmith... fucking retarded i think... especially since she didn't have any other tattoos so it wasn't a question of room and certainly no question of quality... Key word: Jacksonville. Loves where I am from, but knows the proclivities of some of it's citizens well. AlannaCA and Ursula 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Taylor Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 The funny thing about tattoos is no matter how good or bad they are the only thing that matters is that you like the ones you have. Ursula, OaktownFunk, asradin and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursula Posted August 31, 2011 Share Posted August 31, 2011 Key word: Jacksonville.Loves where I am from, but knows the proclivities of some of it's citizens well. Being from Canada, and having not spent any time in the south, I was fucking floored when I moved to Jacksonville. I actually couldn't even understand what people were saying to me sometimes. It's a strange backwards place down there.... And somehow also ended up home to one of the best shops in the country... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmkcle Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 I am about to have my entire outer arm blacked out. The inside will be black and grey Zdzislaw Beksinski renderings, one of which I already have, and the outside will be small flowers from a Stephen Kasner art book going up my arm in red and white gone over the black when it is healed. A friend from another shop is doing it and funny enough he will be blacking out some of his old work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlannaCA Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 I was just watching some of the videos on Stewart Robsons blog and of course hes in some of them and you can see his arms have some blackout work and for some reason i was watching the video and thinking that the blackout looks so much more intimidating then getting any other skull or scary object(cant think of anything else right now, its late!) tattooed on oneself. slayer9019 and Valerie Vargas 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerie Vargas Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 stewart can come across as intimidating regardless of his tattoos haha! AlannaCA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickBtattoo Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 There is never too much black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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