An introduction is in order

[tatB]

I doubt you'll answer this.... can you share some photos of your designs and the final tattooed result?

[Nest]

The reason people go out of their way to ask an artist to design them a tattoo is specifically for their style.

If someone particularly loves an artists style then they are better off buying a piece of art from that artist in whatever medium the artist specialises in.

It's like commisioning an artist to do a watercolour painting, and then taking it to another artist and saying actually i'd like this as an oil painting. It makes no sense.

[Fala]

My point exactly @Nest!!!

[Iwar]

Kristen,

Watch this, and listen closely to what Chris is talking about (especially around the 2 minute marker). Hopefully it will enlighten and educate you a bit.

[Cork]

Tattoo Designs

There is way more tattoo design going on than you guys think. It's all over the place. It is so common now, that someone who makes money off it who doesn't even have any tattoos would feel comfortable joining a forum for tattooed people and think they would be welcomed with open arms. I mean... that's a completely hypothetical situation that I just made up, but you can understand what I'm trying to say.

[tatB]

i can't remember if i mentioned this before but has anyone browsed tattoodo.com ? looks like some well known artist might have some sort of affiliation with it. i hope the message they are trying to send is "look at this crap made by custom tattoo designers and compare it to our work. which would you rather have?"

[SeeSea]

oooooo look at the iPhone cases ....

[suburbanxcore]

Here's a DeviantART link of commissioned tattoo designs

Not one dagger, rose, panther, snake, or eagle on that first page.

PASS

[pidjones]

You are the artist version of a scratcher - a sketcher.

[misterJ]

Not one dagger, rose, panther, snake, or eagle on that first page.

PASS

They are just drawings labeled as tattoos. The majority are built for the page they were created on not the body.

And personal bias, the overall "cutesy" nature of the drawings leaves much to be desired. But considering how many wing and Pokemon tattoos I see it's probably for young teen girls anyhow

[JAllen]

Not every cool design or style makes a good tattoo.

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Where do these people come from?

the land of entitlement in the age of narcissism.

I got tattooed as a "fuck you" to society. It's still why I do it. No matter how many folks try to water it down.

[Mick Weder]

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I got tattooed as a "fuck you" to society. It's still why I do it. No matter how many folks try to water it down.

Never a truer word spoken

[Bunny Switchblade]

Seems more interesting down here in the intro threads lately!