Rorschach
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Phil did it, I posted the tattoo but I guess the post didn't get approved.
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Poor quality but I got this from Phil.
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I wish you didn't post that. Now I'm fixated on getting tattooed by her but she isn't taking any appointments.... lol damn.
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I immediately thought of Kenji Alucky, Thomas Hooper, Roxx at 2Spirit, Dan Mattia, and other artists doing blackwork/dotwork, etc. (The aforementioned are names that popped into my head.) If you asked someone like that to do a Rorschach inspired tattoo, that might look super cool. In all honesty though, I'd start looking at a bunch of different artists/shops and see if an artists' style/work jives with your personal aesthetic, you can figure out the rest from there.
Will definitely go to Thomas Hooper. Really like his work.
2011 : 2501Some of it reminds me a lot or Rorschach, while being a little less abstract. Might give you inspiration.
Good luck.
Awesome, thank you.
@Rorschach, I'm curious why Rorschach and why the inkblot? Psychology major/nerd, here... If you like the meaning of the ink blot, just be aware that the concept of a projection-based test did a lot for the field whereas the actual inkblot test is useless and was abandoned a long time ago. There are other projection tests still in use, but in general they have little validity in research/diagnosis. Get what you love and do whatever floats your boat, I guess I'm just not the kind of person who would get a whole sleeve based off of a flawed and over-hyped practice. Really not trying to be an ass, just playing a little devil's advocate.tbh, I just like Watchmen and I think inkblots are a cool concept regardless of how well they serve their prupose.
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Hey guys, new to this forum. Looking forward to becoming a member of this community. Currently have 4 small tattoos and looking to get my sleeves done. I fucked up getting my first two tattoos done getting really bland quotes which I now am working on covering up. I put more thought into my next two tattoos and I'm much more happy with them. In order not to make the same mistake a third time I come to you guys for advice if you are cool with that.
I wanted my sleeves to have something to do with the inkblot test. I was thinking of filling my entire arms in black and using the negative space to make some inkblots. Perhaps make inkblots using both the filled in areas as well as the negative space if possible. That probably will look weird, hard to really visualize it; I've never been the creative type. I know that asking the artist is always a good idea and I definitely will give him much creative freedom however just wanted to see if I could work on some preliminary ideas before going to him.
Ever been called a tattoo snob?
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I wanted to bring up this topic because I thought it was very interesting.
A lot of people are mixing up being a snob with being an enthusiast when in fact there is a big difference. If you like to collect quality ink and get the best art possible on your body then that's great. When you put down other people's work or give out unsolicited advice that's when become a snob imo, and that's not a good thing.
The tattoo community in particular is full of snobs for some reason. I've been to a couple of other forums before this and the people there made it a point to berate people constantly whenever they posted their shoddy work. Shit's not cool. Even when someone willingly asks for advice there's a difference between pointing out why their work is bad while offering suggestions to improve it and saying "that tattoo's garbage, you can't fix it so save up to get it lasered off you idiot". (I like this forum though because for the most part people here are nice and respectable unless you give a reason to be talked down to)
Just like anything in life there are going to be people that are more invested in a certain hobby than others. Most people can't tell a good tattoo from a bad tattoo in the same way that most people can't tell a good rap song from a bad one. They just aren't as interested in the subject as others and there's nothing wrong with that. If they ask for an opinion it's fair to educate them but giving unsolicited advice is annoying and makes you look like a douchebag.