Why it's important to find a good tattoo artist

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.

05-15-2007, 01:28 PM	#1
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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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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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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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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