Memento posted:

those stars are something else

I mean, not stars

REMEMBER SPONGE MONKEYS posted:

This artist does some really good work, but this is…

https://www.instagram.com/p/CZB2J2ipeHu/?utm_medium=copy_link

Memento posted:

What sort of tattoo goes with "arrested with four pounds of meth and multiple guns", asked nobody, but I will answer it anyway.

ultrafilter posted:

The Bloop posted:

I actually thought it was a lovely bear

It's even worse as a wolf omg

Happy Landfill posted:

I guess I'm still stuck in that "tattoos as having meaning rather than just being something cool" mindset.

Blue Footed Booby posted:

Even if everyone had that mindset think about the kind of stuff that fourteen year olds think is profound and deep, and combine that level of emotional sophistication with a complete lack of aesthetic sense. "Omg I love those books" is about as deep as some people get.

I knew a guy in high school who thought reading was dumb and for losers. Then the first Halo book came out, and he gave it a try because how could it not be cool, it's Halo!1! Then he asked friends if there were books that games like Halo drew from, and next thing I knew he was blitzing through Niven, Asimov, and the like, before branching out to other genres. Turned out he wasn't a moron; he'd just been profoundly failed by the school system and his parents.

Now imagine what kind of tats he'd get if he hadn't been open to new experiences slash curious enough to branch out from Halo books.

OwlFancier posted:

I kind of feel like that about all tattoos if I'm honest, but I get over it. People come with all sorts of physical oddities, tattoos aren't much different really other than that they are usually self inflicted and thus can sometimes signify some pretty big red flags about the person, but just "tattoo I don't personally like" is basically all tattoos so eh.

Eventually I either stop paying attention or they just integrate into the general person-ness of the person and assuming I like the person (I assume I do if railing is involved) they gain a kind of positive association as a result.

JacquelineDempsey posted:

Somewhat serious, somewhat casual/comedy question. I know we've got inked people here, as well as artists, so maybe someone can shed some light on this for me.

Let's say I meet this guy, we hit it off, but he's wearing a turtleneck or a gaiter or something so I haven't seen this tat. We go back to my place, he takes his shirt off, and... the hell am I making out with a dude with this loving face staring at me!

How do people have sex with someone with a nasty rear end portrait staring at them? All I can think of is that woman on r/relationships who wanted to know AITA since her boyfriend got a giant portrait of his dead brother on his chest. Like, how do you ever expect to get laid again? Are there people that find that attractive? Anyone got good stories of getting down the first time with someone, you see their ink and are suddenly all "uh, I think I left the oven on" and splitting?

Same goes for a lot of ink, like the "teehee, I got an anime girl spreading her legs so my belly button looks like her rear end in a top hat" or the Family Guy "my nips are their dicks" stuff. But even if that drag queen portrait was good (which it is not) I would not be able to even kiss that dude, let alone let him rail me missionary style with that poo poo bobbing to and fro my face.

wheatpuppy posted:

Faster and easier to just look for the tattoo, especially if it's a rescue dog not chill with being handled.

Crab Dad posted:

If someone brought me a drawing and misspelled it I would not feeling obligated to correct it.
But you better have that original drawing.