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Just my personal opinion here. I think facial tattoos are a very grey area. Freddy Corbin's fit him well, and I've got a good friend with some facial tattoos that fit him good too. I agree with Patriot Ink about the tribal stuff. There are 2 instances where I almost always dislike facial tattoos. The tribal stuff on the wrong people and the people who are trying SO hard to prove how "against modern society" they are.

Btat's facebook is some funny stuff. There are few things more humorous than typed out ebonics.

I never could get over the diet soda after-taste.

This may sound stupid, but is actually something I've experienced. I think there is such a thing a pre-care. My wife and I have been getting tatooed for about the same amount of time, and I always noticed she healed better and more quickly though we had the same after-care regiment. Being a woman though, she lotions just about everyday. My most recent piece though was the first time I had anything that involved more than 1 session so when I went back to have it finished I'd been lotioning the area for about a month. The healing after that 2nd session was the best I've ever healed. So, I've learned in the future to lotion the area I'm going to get tattooed pretty well for at least a week before, and I try to lotion all of my tattooed skin at least 3-4 times a week.

I never thought of getting tattoos as giving back, but I like that perspective.

Anyone count all the times they said "raw talent"?

Watching it right now, and it's about what I figured. Dave Navarro's a joke, and the show has clearly been cast to make a dramatic "reality" show. Oh yeah, and WTF does tattooing in a freezer have to do with being any good at tattooing?

I'm glad to see someone other than myself decided to try to wake up this sleeping thread, and also interesting that someone used references from tattoosnob. I’ve been part of some debate regarding this issue on that site. I will preface my opinion of this stuff with saying that people should feel free to do with their bodies as they please. That said, I think this stuff is garbage. I've seen the term "frustrated painter" tossed around a bit, and think it may apply to some of it. There is also the old saying of "if it ain't bold, it won't won't hold". For me this stuff seems very abstract artsy, and when I think of abstract art I think of goofy rich people spending stupid money on what someone else told them is popular. It also has this look of someone taking a lot of care to purposely make something look random and not on purpose. It reminds me of the giant pants kids in the late 90’s would wear. You would have these kids who wanted to prove they were so against the mainstream and anti-establishment that they would go to Hot Topic and spend $100 on some giant JNCO jeans and $200 on some Doc Marten boots. The reasoning that this type of tattooing is anti-establishment, and should therefore be accepted, doesn’t hold much water either. I don’t believe that you can class all tattoo people as completely anti-establishment. It is my belief that what many tattoo people are against is the wrong kind of establishment. A look at the continued popularity of by-the-book traditional western and Japanese tattooing should clearly show that. You can also see this is in the ongoing belief in “old-school” apprenticeships and the value of earning your stripes. I do agree that PART of the purpose of tattooing is to be able to wear your personality on your skin permanently. In that case this kind of tattooing is beneficial to me as it helps me learn who likes stuff I consider questionable without having to actually talk to them. One more point and I’ll end my rant. Looking through even just this thread, and there is much more out there, there is a lot of variation. There is some stuff that actually looks decent all the way to stuff that doesn’t really look like anything. The problem with things that are supposed to look somewhat haphazard is the difficulty in discerning the difference between something that is supposed to look the way it is, and something that was just a hack job. Ok, that’s enough from me for now. I’m no expert, I just know was I do and don’t like for myself.

There is already a discussion on that going on here http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/random-crap/1685-ink-master-spike.html

I live in eastern Kentucky where visible tattoos, especially those that don't look like they were done in someones bathroom, are pretty rare. I've noticed this kind of odd thing that a lot of older people that I would think would be more likely to react negatively seem to like them. I had one older lady approach me and ask if I had put any lotion on my arms that day. She said the colors were really pretty and proceeded to give me lotion from her purse for me arms. I was raised to be rather polite and make it a point to be. It's always fun to have someone look at you funny and then hold a door for them. That always gets interesting reactions.

Back on the topic of dumb hipster tattoos and away from the other nonsense. I'm curious about some things I like, but I'm a bit concerned they might be considered hipster tattoos. For instance I see a lot of owl tattoos, and generally like them, but I've heard some people consider them hipster shit. I really like flower tattoos as well, but have seen a big increase in people who wouldn't otherwise get tattooed getting them because they're a bit more of a socially acceptable image. The ironic tattoos seem to have done this recently. It seems like at one time only seriously tattooed people would dream of getting things like a ham sandwich tattooed on them, and now there seems to be a lot of "normal" people with this stuff. Am I just too paranoid?

I dig some Social Distortion. I read a really cool interview Mike Ness did with a tattoo magazine and used the term "credit sleeves", referring to rock stars that want to get some street cred so they rush out and go from untattooed to sleeved out overnight. For me, bands like this embody cool and tattooed.

Welcome, and awesome looking work!

I have a question about the proper way to go about something, and would like some input. My right arm is about 1/2 covered so far(the bottom 1/2). It was all done by one artist and is actually really nice stuff. I'm wanting to get the arm finished now though. The tattoos that are there already are finished work, I just want to get the rest of the arm covered. I've been going to a different artist recently and I'm curious if I would be an asshole if I had the guy I've been going to recently finish the arm off or should I go back to the guy who did the existing work? I certainly appreciate any input!

Billy Beans of Tat-Nice Tattoos in Huntington WV. He's a really cool guy, and does some amazing stuff. There is a piece on him in the March issue of "Tattoo". Billy Beans | Facebook

I do the same thing. All the time I spend looking at and reading about tattooing on the web makes me wish I could get tattooed about once a month.

Any fellow android users you can download instaroid and enjoy all the instagram goodness on your own device. A couple I follow that I'm not sure if have been mentioned here are davetattoos which is Dave Tevenal's feed and timpangburn

Pictures loaded, avatar and profile picture set. I don't have pictures of all the work I have, but these are some of my favorites.

I think my longest was 3&1/2. My limit is usually about 3 hours. After about 2 I start to get uncomfortable, and at 3 hours I'm ready to be over with it for the time being. I used to think it was a competition, but I don't care anymore. When I get tattooed, I'm there to have a good experience, period.

I've heard that if you tattoo your head the hair won't grow back. I also remember hearing some say that artists would charge per color.

It is a decent tattoo I suppose, at least I think we've all seen much worse. What still confuses me(less and less as I see it more) is the measure that non-tattooed society has for what is an awesome tattoo. If we were to put things on a 10 scale, with 10 being best, what the tattoo community would see as about a 5 would be considered a 10 by "other" people. Maybe I'm off... just my 2cents. Interesting post though.

Thanks for the heads up. Most of my work has been done by Billy Beans from Tat-Nice over in Huntington WV. My last piece I went to a dude named Teddy McBee who did a killer job. I'm always trying to kind of stay up on good artists in the region though.