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14th January 2008, 2:08pm
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#1 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 9
| Good vs Bad
I really like stuff like this.. you can see the art in it.. 
However, stuff like this is just shite. Why would anyone honestly want this on them forever? 
What do you think is good and bad tattoo art? | 
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14th January 2008, 2:25pm
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#2 | | dumb as a moose
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Glasgow
Posts: 1,186
| Re: Good vs Bad
Pretty bloody obvious really - it means something to them!
I have two tattoos (possibly three, still debatable) and I know that other people aren't keen on them, but I like them!
Surely it's better to have something that holds special meaning and significance drawn on you for the rest of your life than something you just thought looked pretty?
*though as a disclaimer I'm fairly sure that both the people you've shown have had it done because it is something significant to them, rather than purely for aesthetic reasons.
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14th January 2008, 2:27pm
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#3 | | Backwoods Motherfuckery
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 7,378
| Re: Good vs Bad
The Stitch one, despite not being a subject matter I would consider, is exceptionally well done, which is all you can really hope for from a tattoo seeing as everyone is gonna favour different designs based on personal taste. | |
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14th January 2008, 2:36pm
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#4 | | Should Be Working
Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Woodlands
Posts: 16,544
| Re: Good vs Bad
I'm not usually a big fan of cartoon tattoos but Stitch wins that comparison, the first is gie dull & drab lookin'! (hopefully an unfinished work though?) | 
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14th January 2008, 2:44pm
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#5 | | dumb as a moose
Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Glasgow
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| Re: Good vs Bad
A wee swatch at the cherry blossom thread indeed confirms it's still a work in progress.
It has to be said Stitch is very well done.
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14th January 2008, 4:56pm
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#6 | | different kind of monster Moderator
Join Date: May 2003 Location: Here and there
Posts: 7,243
| Re: Good vs Bad
obv being the bearer of the stitch tattoo my opinion is biased but i would really like to know what your definition of a "good" or "bad" tattoo is? is there a certain criteria? | |
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14th January 2008, 4:58pm
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#7 | | Kingpun
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Outer Heaven
Posts: 12,353
| Re: Good vs Bad
I fucking love the tattoo yer man above me needled me with, I mean seriously love it, as it has so much meaning to me.
My mate on Friday said she thinks it's fucking stupid.
So everyone has their own opinions/tastes, as with everything in life. Such as yer man Steve-O of Wildboys/Jackass fame, he said his tattoos mean nothing to him but he gets the to make people laugh, and if one person laughs then the tattoo is a success.
I am totally against people getting stars (unless they really do love them), as it has become a total trend over the past few years, and how many guys will seriously want a set of stars on their arm when their like 50.
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14th January 2008, 5:01pm
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#8 | | Sith Triumvirate Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RFS Ravager
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| Re: Good vs Bad
Art, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder. | |
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14th January 2008, 5:02pm
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#9 | | Kingpun
Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Outer Heaven
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| Re: Good vs Bad
My beholders about to tweak.
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14th January 2008, 6:34pm
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#10 | | Decaying Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: SPARTA!
Posts: 6,252
| Re: Good vs Bad
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Originally Posted by Connor O'Bain  obv being the bearer of the stitch tattoo my opinion is biased but i would really like to know what your definition of a "good" or "bad" tattoo is? is there a certain criteria? | yer tattoo is shite, done by a pure scratcher. | |
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14th January 2008, 7:57pm
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#11 | | claire18
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Outside Glasgow
Posts: 1,969
| Re: Good vs Bad
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Originally Posted by I'm Your God Now I am totally against people getting stars (unless they really do love them), as it has become a total trend over the past few years, and how many guys will seriously want a set of stars on their arm when their like 50. |
I'm going to be a total hypocrite here to myself, but I agree with you I don’t like people that get star tattoos even though I have two myself both of mine have meaning behind them and I love stars in general. I don’t just go out and get a star tattoo for the sake that everyone else does, I always find away to make mines different from all the ones you see people walking about with these days.
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14th January 2008, 8:02pm
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#12 | | Whoa Black Jesus
Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Dixieland
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| Re: Good vs Bad
A star's a star. | |
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14th January 2008, 8:16pm
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#13 | | Sith Triumvirate Moderator
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RFS Ravager
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| Re: Good vs Bad
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Originally Posted by claire18 both of mine have meaning behind them and I love stars in general. I don’t just go out and get a star tattoo for the sake that everyone else does | Of the thousands of people with star tattoos, I wonder how many would say exactly the same thing?
AKA. The more people try to be different, the more they stay the same. | |
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14th January 2008, 8:19pm
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#14 | | claire18
Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Outside Glasgow
Posts: 1,969
| Re: Good vs Bad
To a certain extent yeah, but you can modify them to make them your own and not just have 3 wee stars or your wrist or a nautical one!!!
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14th January 2008, 8:21pm
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#15 | | tear you apart
Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: piano island
Posts: 22,331
| Re: Good vs Bad
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Originally Posted by Hammer Of the thousands of people with star tattoos, I wonder how many would say exactly the same thing?
AKA. The more people try to be different, the more they stay the same. | Could say that about tattoos in general though couldn't you?
It's a matter of personal taste, it's on YOU, so doesn't really matter what other folk think. | |
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