Kimmie Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I don't understand how these people allowed half of these tattoos to happen. They couldn't tell they were doomed from the stencils? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-107786 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeSea Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 I don't understand how these people allowed half of these tattoos to happen. They couldn't tell they were doomed from the stencils? Stencils? We don't need no stinking stencils. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-107793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutOfIdeas Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Stencils are for wusses. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-107794 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmie Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Stencils? We don't need no stinking stencils. Stencils are for wusses. Holy cannoli, your artists do everything freehand? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-107803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeSea Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Holy cannoli, your artists do everything freehand? Many times artists design pieces directly on the skin using markers and then tattoo from that. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-107810 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcom Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Many times artists design pieces directly on the skin using markers and then tattoo from that. This is true. The worked been done for me is mostly freehand. She did used some references I gave her but all was drawn freehand with a marker... Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-107814 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutOfIdeas Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Most of my work has been drawn on with marker, freehand. I do actually have one piece that was tattooed completely freehand, no stencil or marker. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-107817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmie Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 In your respective experiences, did the artists sketch a design beforehand to show their perception of what you were looking for/artistic interpretation to you? Did the markers and freehand happen with artists you had been to before or were otherwise familiar with? I've been doing as much loving/obsessive research of tattoos over the past few years because, while I've always loved them, I currently only own one poorly executed piece. And nearly everything I've seen thus far, though I know it's nothing compared to first hand experience, has had a stencil and/or initial design/concept. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-107842 Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutOfIdeas Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 The freehand and marker sessions were all done by the same artist, with the totally freehand piece being the first he did on me. I had seen other completely freehand work he'd done and been comfortable trusting him. After that, I had no worries discussing an idea for a few minutes, and letting him marker it on, on the spot. Every other artist I've been to has used a stencil, and I've only gotten one tattoo per artist besides the freehand guy. So it is definitely nice to see the stencil if it's not an artist that you know or have a rapport with. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-107845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeSea Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 My back was mostly done without stencils but there were three areas were stenciled because he was reproducing some exact references. I had not worked with this artist before, but went to him based on a tattoo in his portfolio that was done in the style I wanted. Before we ever started, he gave me a proposed design he'd done on a computer and conceptually it was what I got. The very first session he spent about 2 hours with markers laying it all on my back and that first session was one of the stenciled parts - that helped give me confirmation that he was capable of doing what he'd promised. Then each session he'd start with markers for what he intended to do each session. Most times these marker drawings were pretty complex - not just rough sketches. I imagine it's different with every artist and every tattoo. My artist does use stencils depending on the reference but I suspect that a majority of the times he doesn't. I think it also depends on the type of tattoo; for example, he doesn't do Japanese at all, or much where a large piece is completely lined first. Now, just because someone has a stencil, doesn't mean they get it right. I have one other small tattoo that was stenciled but it wasn't shaded correctly based on the reference I gave her. Her portfolio had seemed fine. So, there is no rule of thumb except to educate yourself about the artist you choose. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-107854 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmie Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Fair enough, that's more or less what I thought originally. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-107868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilazn561 Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Omg! Looking at some of these tats makes me nervous. I hope none of mines ever come out like that... Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-107983 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rufio Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Not necessarily the worst but this is making me crinching so hard Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-111796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahlan Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 ^^ Unbelievably lame.... Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-111800 Share on other sites More sharing options...
deniseb27 Posted April 5, 2015 Share Posted April 5, 2015 Wow, these are unbelievably terrible! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-112410 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Adam Willis Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Unless mama is Ronald McDonald this one ranks right up there! knucklehead211 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-113566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeSea Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Sorry about this. Didn't he realize after the first one, no, the second one, third one, fourth one, that they just weren't going to get any better? Tesseracts 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-116862 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chemical Burn Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Reminds me of the chap with 82 Julia Roberts portraits. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-116885 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synesthesia Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 This is both sad and creepy. Man with 29 Miley Cyrus tattoos plans to remove some after singer calls them ‘ugly’ Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-116915 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colored Guy Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 This is both sad and creepy. Man with 29 Miley Cyrus tattoos plans to remove some after singer calls them ‘ugly’ Wow... having some removed so he can get a girl friend. Pretty hard for some of us with decent tattoos to get a girlfriend... Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-117019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby1978 Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 To be honest I cant see the problem with this one. The work looks clean and the lines are good. In fact I like it. I generally like colour and dislike sad looking black and grey work anyhow,. Ive seen some shocking black tribal ten times worse than this one. A bad tattoo is one which has been done badly, this actually looks like it turned out how the client expected. However if we are talking about personal taste then there's some tattoo snobbery going on here. This tattoo I would say was done in the 90''s early noughties and high chance it was bad ass at the time (20years ago) The anti tribal brigade came out in force after that period because artists got bloody tired of doing them. Personally its wrong to criticise a tattoo that's done well. Not everyone wants a 3D skull with a dagger through its forehead. Michaelshane and peaceridge 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-140534 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby1978 Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Once again just to further my point on the above. What we have here is a tribal freehand custom tattoo. It has made its way on to this topic of worst tattoos due to someone disliking the style .... It has however been executed professionally. I find that irritating, we all have our own personal tastes, I for example hate American traditional, even though I think they look like jail house convict tattoos if one was done well I wouldn't describe it as shit. Tattoo snobbery is low class. Tribal gets a bad rep but people fail to realise that 20 years ago they were bad ass. Guys, your cool tatts that you have today are going to look shite in 20 years time. Just like this tribal they all have an expiry date were they become outdated, and you'll have guys twenty years younger shaking their heads and smirking at your crap work (in their opinion). But if the tattoo is done well then it will be their just their cocky young minds getting the best of them. Peace out....but hey it's only skin at the end of the day. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-140557 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, Bobby1978 said: Once again just to further my point on the above. What we have here is a tribal freehand custom tattoo. It has made its way on to this topic of worst tattoos due to someone disliking the style .... It has however been executed professionally. I find that irritating, we all have our own personal tastes, I for example hate American traditional, even though I think they look like jail house convict tattoos if one was done well I wouldn't describe it as shit. Tattoo snobbery is low class. Tribal gets a bad rep but people fail to realise that 20 years ago they were bad ass. Guys, your cool tatts that you have today are going to look shite in 20 years time. Just like this tribal they all have an expiry date were they become outdated, and you'll have guys twenty years younger shaking their heads and smirking at your crap work (in their opinion). But if the tattoo is done well then it will be their just their cocky young minds getting the best of them. Peace out....but hey it's only skin at the end of the day. so I had to jump in here,jail house tattoos rarely have color in them and they are rarely "american traditional", whether you like it or not,a well applied "american traditional" tattoo will outlast pretty much ANY other style around. and second, LOL that reference of tribal you posted was not a quality tattoo at all IMO,it's a shitty mess IMO,there is no good color saturation,not a good design, and the middle band is scratcher shit for sure, and yes,it's outdated trendy crap IMO. it doesn't make me "low class" or a snob to critique a tattoo,no matter what style it is,it's just my opinion. Edited October 20, 2018 by Dan oboogie 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-140558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby1978 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Dan , yes you are entitled to your opinion. I think you let the mask slip Calling it outdated trendy crap. Your always going to have a negative view on this style. Its far from a mess, I think it's quite pleasing on the eye but like as you said we all have our opinions. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-140561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 (edited) On 10/19/2018 at 12:06 PM, Bobby1978 said: Once again just to further my point on the above. What we have here is a tribal freehand custom tattoo. It has made its way on to this topic of worst tattoos due to someone disliking the style .... It has however been executed professionally. I find that irritating, we all have our own personal tastes, I for example hate American traditional, even though I think they look like jail house convict tattoos if one was done well I wouldn't describe it as shit. Tattoo snobbery is low class. Tribal gets a bad rep but people fail to realise that 20 years ago they were bad ass. Guys, your cool tatts that you have today are going to look shite in 20 years time. Just like this tribal they all have an expiry date were they become outdated, and you'll have guys twenty years younger shaking their heads and smirking at your crap work (in their opinion). But if the tattoo is done well then it will be their just their cocky young minds getting the best of them. Peace out....but hey it's only skin at the end of the day. check this out,I love going to conventions,mingle,look,learn.You should go to it.maybe you could get some ideas and find an artist that you like, Edited October 24, 2018 by Dan rob323, oboogie and Gingerninja 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/2534-some-of-the-worst-ever/?page=17#findComment-140594 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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