tattoo/art secrets - keep or tell??

[Jake]

I think for me its still hard to know what is a secret and what is not.

When in doubt, shut your mouth. This applies to more than just tattoo secrets and I don't mean any ill will from the statement so don't take it as a personal attack. I just mean if you can't understand proper boundaries then it's better to overfilter yourself than to spit verbal diarrhea all over.

[AlannaCA]

Thanks Alanna I appreciate the compliment. I made her embroidery so long ago but it's still one I like and hopefully I've just continued to improve since then.

But I didn't start this to just draw attention to my work haha. I really have been struggling with this lately. I've been seeing some of the most popular embroidery blogs posting some really shitty tattoo style stuff lately and then having these girls just wanting to know what paint, what kind of fabric, where I get my designs, etc. Without even bothering to read through my blog which does give little bits of info if you pay attention. It just makes me crazy! People just don't understand that after I've spent ten hours toiling over 6" piece of fabric that I'm then trying to sell it's not cool to be like "OMG HOW DID YOU MAKE THIS!!!! "

I felt this would be a good place to vent because I figured most people here felt the same way about the art they make. I mean I kind of knew most people would be on the 'no sharing with random tards' tip.

you should add your blog info into your signature, so that myself and any other LSTers can check it out! i for sure want to take a read! :)

Hyena, you broke it down and explained it so well!! thanks for that!

[Ursula]

there's a link to it on my profile but since you asked it's www.thread-wizard.com it's mostly photos of embroidery and links to other fibre artists.. not a lot of text content or tattoo related stuff