//::Tattoo Design::\\
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- jharbort
Anyone ever design their own tattoo?
Or design one for someone else ?
Lets see...
- jharbort0
- ok?detritus
- F*CK.. wrong one .. from beerbelly threadjharbort
- hahaha i was thinking , eh?blackspade
- ha.. you were like "shit" ..why's that on my site??!jharbort
- jharbort0
- i like itflyingnowhere
- 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'sblackspade
- detritus0
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."Jaline - hahahahaflashbender
- "I have a Star of David tattoo.
- 7point340
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
- jharbort0
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 hangoverjharbort
- sintaxera0
- there we go.
sintaxera - I just drew the face in the middle.sintaxera
- see questions asked to ESKEMA ^^^jharbort
- i drew the middle face. yup, it's my arm.sintaxera
- tattoo guy choose the color then ?jharbort
- tattoo girl...but yea. i gave her the drawing, she made some slight tweaks and we talked over the colors together.sintaxera
- there we go.
- jasontroj0
Designed a few of my own. I prefer going to artists I like now with an idea and seeing how they interpret that.
- flyingnowhere0
- you designed that? wow...TeganTorch
- yeah, it kind of went back and forth between me and the tattoo artistflyingnowhere
- designer4rent0
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 rightESKEMA
- eskema, any of our client could say the same with his brands,logos, websites etc...dyspl
- Client thinks they are right.jasontroj
- but they aren't most of the timedesigner4rent
- designer4rent0
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.
- designer4rent0
– dyspl - thanks man you understand right?
- dyspl0
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
- 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!!!!
- designer4rent0
do you know how much tattooist take the piss outta people like ESKEMA, they are pretty ridiculed. A bit like our shitty clients.
- ESKEMA0
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".dyspl
- 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".
dyspl - so called "make the logo bigger".dyspl
- expertly put!designer4rent
- designer4rent0
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.
- ESKEMA0
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
- brains0
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.brains
- you are crazy... design has EVERYTHING to do with artESPtype
- I would disagree in most cases. Trust me, I will fight this till I die.brains
- lets fight!designer4rent
- yes lets fight... design is art buddy... welcome to the 21st centuryESPtype
- hahaha. oh buddy. everyone is entitled to an opinion. be on your way. before we lay the smack downdesigner4rent