//::Tattoo Design::\\ 3838 Responses

Last post: 5 months, 1 week ago | Thread started: Jun 26, 08, 7:38 a.m.

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• jharbort

  Anyone ever design their own tattoo?

  Or design one for someone else ?

  Lets see...

  Jun 26, 08, 7:38 a.m. – Permalink

• jharbort

  this got me thinking ... (from blackspade's site)

  

  • ok?– detritus1/4

    F*CK.. wrong one .. from beerbelly thread– jharbort2/4

    hahaha i was thinking , eh?– blackspade3/4

    ha.. you were like "shit" ..why's that on my site??!– jharbort4/4

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 7:40 a.m. – Permalink

• jharbort

  this is the one ..

  

  • i like it– flyingnowhere1/2

    yea woulda been nice if he'd added to it somehow, seems kinda plain. There's gotta be at least 20+ people out there with it tatted out there now, & only maybe 2 or 3 people have ever sent me a pic of it after asking, cheeky bastardo's– blackspade2/2

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 7:41 a.m. – Permalink

• detritus

  I've only ever 'designed' a Star of David for a friend's tattoo, way back at university.

  Imagine a star of David, and you've pretty much got it visualised.

  • "I have a Star of David tattoo.
    In your mind, you see my Star of David, but I have not told you what it looks like."– Jaline1/2

    hahahaha– flashbender2/2

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 7:42 a.m. – Permalink

• 7point34

  i designed my 2 simple tattoos. one is a kanji. but i am proud to say i didn't go into a shop and drool and point at one in a book, i researched it a drew it myself. the other is a simple shape that i designed years ago.

  don't have any pics. so just picture detritus' star of david again. kthxbye

  • ps. the star of david I made up had a two-headed penis at each tip. Is that still good?– detritus1/2

    it's what i've always wanted– 7point342/2

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 7:45 a.m. – Permalink

• jharbort

  my buddy was drunk in bangkok a couple months ago .. and was blackout drunk .. he drew a black triangle between his thumb and pointer finger ... he ended up getting a tattoo of it later that night ... i saw him on skype and i was like 'what the fuck is on your hand?!!" ...
  wow

  • i should mention.. he was not too excited about it the next morning .. the ultimate hangover– jharbort

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 7:46 a.m. – Permalink

• ESKEMA

  

  • you did ? is you? found online?– jharbort1/5

    it's me. I did– ESKEMA2/5

    cool .. i was thinking of designing my own .. hence the thread..– jharbort3/5

    did you draw it on or show it to the tattoo artist ?– jharbort4/5

    gave him the drawing– ESKEMA5/5

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 7:47 a.m. – Permalink

• sintaxera

  http://picasaweb.google.com/tyle…

  • crap. i can never get the images to work. i suck.– sintaxera

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 8:04 a.m. – Permalink

• sintaxera

  

  • there we go.
    – sintaxera1/6

    I just drew the face in the middle.– sintaxera2/6

    see questions asked to ESKEMA ^^^– jharbort3/6

    i drew the middle face. yup, it's my arm.– sintaxera4/6

    tattoo guy choose the color then ?– jharbort5/6

    tattoo girl...but yea. i gave her the drawing, she made some slight tweaks and we talked over the colors together.– sintaxera6/6

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 8:06 a.m. – Permalink

• jasontroj

  Designed a few of my own. I prefer going to artists I like now with an idea and seeing how they interpret that.

  • pics?– jharbort

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 8:20 a.m. – Permalink

• flyingnowhere

  

  • you designed that? wow...– TeganTorch1/2

    yeah, it kind of went back and forth between me and the tattoo artist– flyingnowhere2/2

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 8:28 a.m. – Permalink

• ESKEMA

  on this one, I gave him this illy I did but asked him to reinterpret it and make it like a sacred heart thing. that's my leg
  

  

  
  

  

  • What's the patch in the middle missing from? Scar? I have one that wraps a scar too.– jasontroj1/2

    yes, it was because of it that I had the tattoo, I fell asleep drunk and burned myself with a hot water bag thing– ESKEMA2/2

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 8:49 a.m. – Permalink

• designer4rent

  man I think tattooist should design tattoo's. I have friends who are custom tattooers that slighty cringe when people design there own tattoo's. I mean help with imagery is one thing, it basically turn the tattooist into a production assistant.

  • who is gonna have the artwork FOREVER on their body? in this case the client is always right– ESKEMA1/4

    eskema, any of our client could say the same with his brands,logos, websites etc...– dyspl2/4

    Client thinks they are right.– jasontroj3/4

    but they aren't most of the time– designer4rent4/4

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 9:51 a.m. – Permalink

• designer4rent

  I fully understand the longevity of tattoo's, but actually designing a tattoo yourself from start to finish. I understand getting what you really want is crucia.

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 9:59 a.m. – Permalink

• designer4rent

  – dyspl - thanks man you understand right?

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 10 a.m. – Permalink

• dyspl

  yes.
  I'm thinking about having a new tattoo, and I've found the right guy.
  I want HIS style not mine, I plan to bring him some ideas and plans about what I want, but I'll have his drawings tattooed.
  As you said, they musn't be seen as assistants.

  • I have a sweet sleeve I love it. I went to my dude was because of the same reason. I never knew what my work was going to look like. until the last session!!!!
    – designer4rent

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 10:03 a.m. – Permalink

• designer4rent

  do you know how much tattooist take the piss outta people like ESKEMA, they are pretty ridiculed. A bit like our shitty clients.

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 10:07 a.m. – Permalink

• ESKEMA

  WTF?
  will you tattoo something you don't like? just because the artist made it?

  do your clients never have ideas or demand that you do something exactly as they want?

  I think a tattoo is much more personal than any design logo work, you can't compare the two things...

  If I like the tattoo artist style and I want something in his style, I do it, but if I want to tattoo something mine and personal I shoudn't??

  • tattooist use to show you the drawing before, you can always say "no thanks".– dyspl1/4

    it's more about respect tattooist and their creative behaviour. having to tattoo someone else drawing is pretty close to our "make the logo bigger".
    – dyspl2/4

    so called "make the logo bigger".– dyspl3/4

    expertly put!– designer4rent4/4

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 10:10 a.m. – Permalink

• designer4rent

  my clients have lots of ideas, which always come through in "their' work. But I am not a production artist and wouldn't comp a drawing from a client and replicate it would you?

  Do you have tattoo's esk?

  But its a profession such as ours, I would turn down crap work if the idea was bad. Plus who gets tattoo's of things they don't like from tattooists. Any one that goes to an artist because they like their work has obviously researched and already appreciative and understanding of what they want.

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    – jharbort

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 10:20 a.m. – Permalink

• ESKEMA

  I think that you people think that design = art and tattoo = art.
  It's more complicated than that. both are craftsman that work with clients.
  I can differenciate my work of my personal work. as tattooists should do to.

  Of course I prefer when clients give me total confidence and let me be creative, but I also understand clients that already know what they want.
  As above in my other post I told the tattooist to interpret my idea in his own style, and loved the result.
  But to rule that every client should shut the fuck up and have no say on what they're getting... sounds stupid and nazi to me

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 10:39 a.m. – Permalink

• brains

  I don't think design has anything to do with art in most cases. Especially tattoos. I think it's a medium that should be handled by professionals, end of story. Bring an idea, choose the suitable artist, and let them do their craft.

  • But I surely won't be pushing some shit drawing in their face. I've made that mistake before.– brains1/6

    you are crazy... design has EVERYTHING to do with art– ESPtype2/6

    I would disagree in most cases. Trust me, I will fight this till I die.– brains3/6

    lets fight!– designer4rent4/6

    yes lets fight... design is art buddy... welcome to the 21st century– ESPtype5/6

    hahaha. oh buddy. everyone is entitled to an opinion. be on your way. before we lay the smack down– designer4rent6/6

  

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  Dog-earJun 26, 08, 10:43 a.m. – Permalink