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Esroc posted:This reminds me of a conversation I had with a customer who was droning on and on about wanting to become a tattoo artist while I was tattooing him. Which ended with: Why on earth would he possibly want to be a tattoo ARTIST? I mean the clue is in the name. i can understand people who can't draw, but think they can, wanting to immortalise their "art" on other people in ink, but if you know you can't draw, what possible hope do you have to be competent in a profession which is, (to grossly simplify it), drawing under other peoples skin.
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BrigadierSensible posted:Why on earth would he possibly want to be a tattoo ARTIST? I mean the clue is in the name.
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BrigadierSensible posted:Why on earth would he possibly want to be a tattoo ARTIST? I mean the clue is in the name. I remember a few years ago I "re-connected" via FB with a girl I'd known and been friendly with for a while in high school. I asked her what she was doing and she told me she was becoming a tattoo artist. Being in the art field myself, I was all "oh cool, do you have your work online?". She sent me links to these photos of mostly indistinguishable, toddler-level pencil and biro scribbles on crumpled lined paper and explained a "guy down the road" was selling her a kit. It was a very  moment.
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I assume it's the same no matter what field you're in. I work in IT and constantly have to work with other IT "professionals" that know less about computers in general than my mom. My girlfriend just got a really bad tattoo from her best friend who just finished his apprenticeship at a local shop. Will be posting as soon as I can sneak a pic (she's aware of this thread so I have to be careful) :p
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Mar 5, 2015 14:30
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ICHIBAHN posted:maybe don't then Counterpoint: Do
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Nitrox posted:Ego. Same reason people buy Hayabusas as their first bike. Because telling people "I'm a tattoo artist" makes you seem cool. They are not looking to make a career out of it, just to impress some trashy broad at a party, that's all. It's really funny that people want to be tattoo artists to be cool to me. All of the best tattooists I know are giant nerds, like "we play MTG at work" level nerds.
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ToastFaceKillah posted:It's really funny that people want to be tattoo artists to be cool to me. All of the best tattooists I know are giant nerds, like "we play MTG at work" level nerds. Yeah, the guy who did my first tattoo didn't even flinch when I brought in a video game manual to show him what I wanted. Only questions out of him were "how big you want it?", "you OK to come back in about an hour so I can get this traced right?", and when I came back, "I looked through the manual and it looked pretty cool. I like RPGs. So, that game any good?" I think the only guy at the shop I used to get my ink done at that gave me any grief was the guy who did my VFD tattoo from A Series of Unfortunate Events ("like, the movie with Jim Carrey?" - I got one of the versions from the books, not the movie). On the other hand, when I told him about my first piece and how it was from a video game, he practically asked the same thing as the guy who did it - "Oh, yeah, I like Final Fantasy and stuff. Is it like that?" Well, it is from an Ivalice Alliance game. I'm planning on using that piece to get a themed thing going, probably mostly down the left side of my back, and my left leg and arm. Speaking of which, I don't think it'd be a problem, but I want to double-check: is it cool if I take some of the other stuff from the Ivalice Alliance games with me as references, not like "I want you to do these exact pieces" but as a general "I want something in this aesthetic" manner? Not being an artist at all myself, I just want to make sure I don't wind up being "that control-freak jerk with the printouts" or something. EDIT: Not sure if I should move this post to the other tattoo thread - I forgot which thread I was in. Darn you, TFK. Darn you to heck. Kugyou no Tenshi has a new favorite as of 15:52 on Mar 5, 2015 |
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Kugyou no Tenshi posted:Yeah, the guy who did my first tattoo didn't even flinch when I brought in a video game manual to show him what I wanted. Only questions out of him were "how big you want it?", "you OK to come back in about an hour so I can get this traced right?", and when I came back, "I looked through the manual and it looked pretty cool. I like RPGs. So, that game any good?" Nerd.
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ToastFaceKillah posted:Nerd. u fockin wot m8 u wanna say that to my white-red token spam deck (Side note: my fiancee thinks you're like the loving coolest thing ever, and she's a nerd-in-denial)
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Kugyou no Tenshi posted:u fockin wot m8 Tell her I go to musicals and play pokemon and DASH HER DREAMS. As to lovely tattoos though, this mushroom is ripped off from a tattoo I did on a goon. It's so....bad.  Edit: HAHAHA I didn't even notice the dude ripped off a caterpillar I drew right over it, it's almost unrecognizable. ToastFaceKillah has a new favorite as of 16:28 on Mar 5, 2015 |
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ToastFaceKillah posted:Tell her I go to musicals and play pokemon and DASH HER DREAMS. EDIT: This is a silly derail and I am sorry I caused it.
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Say Nothing posted:Why would anyone tattoo a ham? This didn't get mocked enough for content. "Republic of Gamers" is ASUS's “high end” gaming computer line. Great for those who want a $2k laptop to play on because they want a 10 pound desktop they can't upgrade.
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Avenging_Mikon posted:This didn't get mocked enough for content. "Republic of Gamers" is ASUS's “high end” gaming computer line. Great for those who want a $2k laptop to play on because they want a 10 pound desktop they can't upgrade. Laptop gaming owns.
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PCOS Bill posted:Laptop gaming owns. It's a great way to experience the games that everyone else played 4 years ago.
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canyoneer posted:It's a great way to experience the games that everyone else played 4 years ago. I can play any game on the market on mine, but keep on chugging out that tired old line.
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MSI just put out the Titan which is designed around swappable parts and easy access to them, instead of everything being soldered to the mobo. Its expensive as hell, but supposedly entirely upgradeable.
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e: whoops, thread mismatch, sorry for derail contribution.
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Hey guys, I was thinking about getting a new gaming laptop and wanted your advice on the difference betwe... The gently caress? Where am I? Here's a bad tattoo: 
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ToastFaceKillah posted:Tell her I go to musicals and play pokemon and DASH HER DREAMS. I feel this needs to be compared to the original one that you did so people appreciate just how lovely the copy is. https://instagram.com/p/wClS4XuZPs/?modal=true
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Lisa Frank tattoos now? E: holy poo poo TFK yours is amazing. It must be a small victory knowing even if people try to copy your stuff it's almost unrecognizable as a copy because the quality will never be close.
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Mar 5, 2015 22:38
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Horrible cover-up of horrible spelling. How the hell do you spell 'could' wrong. Morans!
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Also tomorrow.
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The artist nailed "he" and "die", though.
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Say Nothing posted:Horrible cover-up of horrible spelling. We
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I initially saw the Republic of Gamers tat as someone's obese, fleshy forearm, but Chakan is right, it's an upper arm. Since I have a time on my hands and am also a loser/great artist, I MS painted it. Still looks like a whale arm on its own.
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Saw this on craigslist: I figured it was a scratcher, but it's apparently an actual shop. https://www.theplatinumkoi.com Ya gotta be real fast to take a screenshot because they don't let you pause on any of their pictures.  This one is from the craigslist ad itself:  for boob.http://i.imgur.com/PYJ0fX.png Bored has a new favorite as of 07:39 on Mar 6, 2015 |
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 Here's a tattoo a friend of mine got the other day. He also has a worse tattoo that looks like he went to a scratcher despite going to an actual tattoo studio, but I don't have a picture of it on my phone.
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Uncle ShortyB posted:
Ah yes, a 14 year old character with her tits stuck out, this is what I want on my body forever.
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Uncle ShortyB posted:
Tattoo of a classic West Virginia girl: She's only got one tooth, it looks like.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Tattoo of a classic West Virginia girl: She's only got one tooth, it looks like. Actually, her adult teeth haven't all come in yet.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Tattoo of a classic West Virginia girl: She's only got one tooth, it looks like. "careful pa you'll crush ma pokeball"
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She's also getting undressed.
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Haruharuharuko posted:Woman holding a... bassoon? I looked at this for a long time, and after I stopped seeing the lower half of a bassoon, which is what it looks the most like, I couldn't decide whether it was meant to be an unstrung Irish harp or a horrendously drawn bow (archery bow, I mean). Still can't figure it.
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Pigsfeet on Rye posted:Tattoo of a classic West Virginia girl: She's only got one tooth, it looks like. And scoliosis, and one leg longer than the other (so she can go around the mountain better, but only one way).
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ToastFaceKillah posted:It's really funny that people want to be tattoo artists to be cool to me. All of the best tattooists I know are giant nerds, like "we play MTG at work" level nerds. I once got a tattoo from a lady who was gonzo for the movie StepBrothers. I think she played it at least twice while she was turning my poor leg into hamburger. Kugyou no Tenshi posted:Yeah, the guy who did my first tattoo didn't even flinch when I brought in a video game manual to show him what I wanted. I got a tattoo from a guy who had shelves full of expensive, leather-bound Deadlands collections and rule books. I wouldn't even have known what they were, except a friend who went with me was into the series. I didn't feel like I had the moral high ground to give him any poo poo, though, since the tattoo I was having him put on me was of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh.
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Uncle ShortyB posted:
Smuggling pokeballs? 
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This Synthol craze is getting out of hand.
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