Why it's important to find a good tattoo artist

SzczerbiakManiac · 05-15-2007, 01:15 PM

Because you don't want the memorial to your beloved wife to look like this:

In case that image doesn't make it through, here's a link to the image on Flickr.

3894 · 05-15-2007, 01:24 PM

The worst part is the nose.

Alex · 05-15-2007, 01:28 PM

Is the person who got it complaining about the quality or is it just something going around that others are laughing at?

The recipient must have approved the transfer and it would have been similar.

DreadPirateRoberts · 05-15-2007, 01:36 PM

That's a good candidate for one of the before/after photos in the haunted mansion hallway.

wendybeth · 05-15-2007, 02:24 PM

Transfers are seldom perfect- they more or less form the outline, with shading, etc, to be done by the artist in the hopes they know what the hell they are doing. This one didn't.

Alex · 05-15-2007, 02:35 PM

My transfers always included everything. Including shading. But I've only gone to really good people so my expectation is probably skewed.

Also, I've never really seen a photograph tat of a person that I thought looked great. Certainly much better than that, but not great.

AllyOops! · 05-15-2007, 02:27 PM

I sat here laughing hysterically until I realized it was a "in loving memory" tribute to the young bride in the photo. Yeouch.

Still..that is just so tragic! I wouldn't want my face pressed into anybody's flesh (except my boyfriend's and I'm not talkin' tattoos).

Aw. What a mortifying method of shading & shadowing.

mousepod · 05-15-2007, 01:36 PM

Unless it was freehand.

Gemini Cricket · 05-15-2007, 04:03 PM

She looks like one of my uncles...

thecorndogwalker · 05-15-2007, 04:06 PM

OMG, she looks like a pre-op transexual on his arm...

05-15-2007, 01:15 PM	#1
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	Why it's important to find a good tattoo artist Because you don't want the memorial to your beloved wife to look like this: In case that image doesn't make it through, here's a link to the image on Flickr. __________________
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3894 Next Stop: Funkytown! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Cheeselandia Posts: 1,907	Quelle scandale! The worst part is the nose.
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05-15-2007, 01:28 PM	#3
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Is the person who got it complaining about the quality or is it just something going around that others are laughing at? The recipient must have approved the transfer and it would have been similar.
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DreadPirateRoberts Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,483	That's a good candidate for one of the before/after photos in the haunted mansion hallway.
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05-15-2007, 02:24 PM	#5
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Transfers are seldom perfect- they more or less form the outline, with shading, etc, to be done by the artist in the hopes they know what the hell they are doing. This one didn't. __________________
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05-15-2007, 02:35 PM	#6
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	My transfers always included everything. Including shading. But I've only gone to really good people so my expectation is probably skewed. Also, I've never really seen a photograph tat of a person that I thought looked great. Certainly much better than that, but not great.
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05-15-2007, 02:27 PM	#7
AllyOops! It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Introspection Intersection Posts: 1,207	I sat here laughing hysterically until I realized it was a "in loving memory" tribute to the young bride in the photo. Yeouch. Still..that is just so tragic! I wouldn't want my face pressed into anybody's flesh (except my boyfriend's and I'm not talkin' tattoos). Aw. What a mortifying method of shading & shadowing.
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05-15-2007, 01:36 PM	#8
mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	Unless it was freehand. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	She looks like one of my uncles...
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thecorndogwalker Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: east west hollywood Posts: 435	OMG, she looks like a pre-op transexual on his arm...
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