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sxcbbw
02-26-2010, 12:24 PM
Haha aww, now I'm blushing :x

charlie61
02-27-2010, 03:12 PM
I don't usually do this, but I deleted a bunch of posts here because I'd like to see it continue in a positive direction. No one technically said anything terrible (so I didn't give anyone infractions), but the thread has a chance of survival this way.

mediocrity
02-27-2010, 03:24 PM
Yeah I can see how that would be a hard one to do. You missed my point. There is disagreement even among good artists about what a good piece of art is but that's a different issue to beholders with no taste liking something which is just bad. When later on the person realises how awful it is he wll not be consoled by the number of other twits who like it.

The only reason I make a big deal over it here is that a tattoo is permanent and on your body.

One tattoo artist I knew thought he was a really hot artist but I saw some of his drawings and paintings and he was plainly shit-house. That didn't stop one of my other friends from paying $500 for one of his paintings. I feel sorry for the people who got his tattoos. "Well done" can't be in the eye of the beholder if so many beholders are fucked.

Art is not completely in the eye of the beholder.

I have five tattoos, all but one done by the same artist. My leg piece encompasses my entire outer right thigh. People can't believe I paid so much for it ( $2k ) but I also sought out one of the best artists in the country. There's a reason I am willing to pay $100 an hour for him.

He also did the ones on the backs of my legs, and the one on my left foot. All of the ones he did are four years old and older, and they look brand new. Even the white ink in my leg piece has stuck.

I would consider that to be well-done.

Some of the tattoos on my coworkers make me pretty damn sad for them. I feel like if you're going to decorate yourself, at least do it well and pay for quality.

yoda57us
02-27-2010, 08:17 PM
I don't usually do this, but I deleted a bunch of posts here because I'd like to see it continue in a positive direction. No one technically said anything terrible (so I didn't give anyone infractions), but the thread has a chance of survival this way.


WTF? Did I miss something?

charlie61
02-27-2010, 08:18 PM
^ Probably. Or maybe not. It appears some people disagree with my moderating decision. Could we just continue the thread please?

I edited the thread because the OP expressed extreme displeasure at its trajectory. Perhaps others would've preferred me not to have done so. However, it is done. Anyone who objects can feel free to PM me, but please just let the thread continue.

lopaw
02-27-2010, 09:07 PM
I appreciate your concern for my reading comprehension abilities but I didn't miss your point. I just don't agree with it. There is a difference.



Again, yes it is. It is completely in the eye of the beholder. It doesn't matter if the beholder is "fucked" (which has no real meaning here BTW).

If you look at it and don't like it that's fine. If, OTOH, I look at it and like it then your reasons for not liking it, though they may make for interesting debate, are not really important to me or others who do like it.

It sounds like you are crusading here against bad tattoo artists and tattoo regret. I understand that this is an issue for some but buyers remorse has nothing to do with the ability of an individual to look at something and decide if they like it or not.


Just when I spot a post that I think needs my immediate rebuttal to, often yoda has beaten me to it and written EXACTLY what I was thinking. It's downright eerie.:alien:

So, from now on, I am going to save myself alot of typing and respond to most future posts with "what yoda said". ;D

Hopper
02-27-2010, 09:13 PM
^...but still they cooo-ooome...

KS_Stevia
02-28-2010, 01:17 PM
I want to go strip clubbing with yoda and lopaw one day! A girl can dream, right?

JayATee
02-28-2010, 01:49 PM
I want to go strip clubbing with yoda and lopaw one day! A girl can dream, right?

Me too!!!

yoda57us
02-28-2010, 02:15 PM
I want to go strip clubbing with yoda and lopaw one day! A girl can dream, right?

Funny, I was thinking the same thing!;)

yoda57us
02-28-2010, 02:16 PM
Me too!!!

Just when I thought it couldn't get any better....:)

KS_Stevia
02-28-2010, 02:18 PM
Me too!!!

Oh HELL yes! Ya'll, get your asses to Austin, tonight!! Mediocrity is here too!!! }:D

JayATee
03-01-2010, 12:43 AM
Don't tempt me girlie.... I need some outta town fun time. ;D

pdxslc
03-01-2010, 05:21 AM
I work in a college-y club, and I have guys comment to me all of the damn time that they don't like the other girls' tattoos. I get a lot of attention for not having any tattoos/piercings.

I get this, too. But it's probably because the vast majority of girls in my club have quite a few. I often hear that they like how innocent I look, and that it's good I haven't "ruined my creamy skin" with ink (heard that phrase many times now...)

Hopper
03-01-2010, 06:59 AM
Problem with that is that a lot of people are easily impressed and may merely think it si well done.
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I agree that some folks are easily impressed but so what. A tattoo is art and art appreciation is in the eye of the beholder.


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If you look at it and don't like it that's fine. If, OTOH, I look at it and like it then your reasons for not liking it, though they may make for interesting debate, are not really important to me or others who do like it.

So?


"Well done" is subjective.

We are not allowed to debate further here whether "well done" is subjective. I just don't see why you think it needs to be debated here. Others here - lopaw, sxcbbw and mediocrity - have used the term as if it does mean something, and that is all I was doing.


It sounds like you are crusading here against bad tattoo artists and tattoo regret.

Maybe I am.


I understand that this is an issue for some but buyers remorse has nothing to do with the ability of an individual to look at something and decide if they like it or not.

You brought it up.

yoda57us
03-01-2010, 08:03 AM
^ Hopper, I think that you and I have already pretty much expressed our viewpoints here. We don't agree. I'm fine with that.

I'm not interested in getting into another one on one with you only to have the thread "cleaned up" again.

charlie61
03-01-2010, 09:00 AM
As long as it doesn't get angry and off-topic, feel free to debate. I will moderate this thread more carefully in el porvenir. Didn't expect people to react so strongly to a li'l cleanup.

yoda57us
03-01-2010, 11:00 AM
As long as it doesn't get angry and off-topic, feel free to debate. I will moderate this thread more carefully in el porvenir. Didn't expect people to react so strongly to a li'l cleanup.

Sorry Charlie but what you deleted of mine before was not angry or off topic either. I respect the reason for your original decision but I'm done here.

JayATee
03-01-2010, 12:59 PM
I get this, too. But it's probably because the vast majority of girls in my club have quite a few. I often hear that they like how innocent I look, and that it's good I haven't "ruined my creamy skin" with ink (heard that phrase many times now...)

That's funny. They tell me this and I'm starting to be heavily tat'd.

rubyredlipsss
03-01-2010, 06:35 PM
^ yeah i get the same thing. guys also still find me young and innocent looking even with my tattoos, but they're not huge so i dont know if that has something to do with it. i find it actually helps with my 'innocent' look cause i play my tattoos off as, "i have a naughty side too"

lopaw
03-01-2010, 07:40 PM
Oh HELL yes! Ya'll, get your asses to Austin, tonight!! Mediocrity is here too!!! }:D

I fear that Texas in general, and Austin in particular would never be the same again! :biggrin:

JayATee
03-01-2010, 10:26 PM
^ yeah i get the same thing. guys also still find me young and innocent looking even with my tattoos, but they're not huge so i dont know if that has something to do with it. i find it actually helps with my 'innocent' look cause i play my tattoos off as, "i have a naughty side too"

LoL young and innocent... til I tell them how old I actually am. LMAO.


I fear that Texas in general, and Austin in particular would never be the same again! :biggrin:

I'm not seeing the down side here. ;)

yoda57us
03-02-2010, 10:43 AM
I fear that Texas in general, and Austin in particular would never be the same again! :biggrin:

Well, sometimes change is good :)



I'm not seeing the down side here. ;)

Me neither! 8)

SuperFlyGuy
09-27-2010, 03:21 PM
Deal-breaker for dancers and non-dancers. Stopped going to a local club after a few visits because most of the girls had ink.