Aussie Tom

Got this one from Stevie Edge to top a good week of getting tattooed.

Got this one from Stevie Edge to top a good week of getting tattooed.

Got this one from Stevie Edge to top a good week of getting tattooed.

Got this one from Stevie Edge to top a good week of getting tattooed.

Couple more quick ones from Fergus Simms

Got this one from Stevie Edge to top a good week of getting tattooed.

Couple more quick ones from Fergus Simms

Couple more quick ones from Fergus Simms

Couple more quick ones from Fergus Simms

I don't think she's saying to apologize for it in anyway. But styles change, and even though traditional tattoos do have a staying power, certain elements won't be as accepted. I think it was Catcher in the Rye that said something along the lines of "no matter how cool it looks now, years down the line we'll all just look like those old people doing the Charleston."
Should we apologize for that or let it sway what we get? Fuck no. But I'd be curious to see what collectors/tattooers/whoever think of my tattoos in ten-twenty-fifty years.

I'm just saying that we should beware the hubris of mocking how ugly a former tattoo trend while thinking that our current tastes are timeless and will never seem outdated to anybody. I love my traditional tattoos, but I also know that they will look very much of their time and uncool to people somewhere down the road. Tastes change. No one and no style is immune.

not just metal
but chrome...

We're all a bunch of unoriginal bastards anyway. Waiting for chromed out shit to come back.

As long as they're good tattoos, I don't really care what suddenly takes off as a trend. What sucks is that trendy stuff invites a lot of imitators who copy without knowing what they're doing (there's a lot of really wonky mandalas out there, for example). But I find it hard to care, particularly as a client, what images are "trending" as long as they're done well. None of us are all that original.

Couple more quick ones from Fergus Simms

Couple more quick ones from Fergus Simms

Couple more quick ones from Fergus Simms

Couple more quick ones from Fergus Simms

Couple more quick ones from Fergus Simms

Couple more quick ones from Fergus Simms

Couple more quick ones from Fergus Simms

Couple more quick ones from Fergus Simms

Couple more quick ones from Fergus Simms

Couple more quick ones from Fergus Simms

Couple more quick ones from Fergus Simms