velvetlover36

Just out of curiosity--and I'm not being confrontational with this question or trying to dismiss your feelings--how exactly do you feel ripped off? I could see if someone was passing off a design/selling it as one of their own, but if someone gets that image tattooed on them, I don't really see it as the creator of said image being ripped off. I do understand that the tattoo artist is charging the person to tattoo that image on them, but they're charging the person for the work being done on them, not for the image itself. Now if a tattoo artist had someone else's design up on a wall w/o consent and was trying to pass it off as their own, then yeah, I could see where the feeling of being ripped off comes into play...but if an average Joe walks into a shop wanting to get an image tattooed on them, I don't really see it as ripping the artist off. Now if the image is copyrighted and the tattoo artist still tattoos the image, then I completely understand where feeling ripped off comes into play...but if there is no copyright attached to a piece of work, there's really no way to enforce it.

Don't know if this has been posted yet, but this is probably my favorite version of RoA. I know it doesn't have that "wow factor" that more modern versions of this piece has, but I tend to gravitate more towards the old-school images. William Grimshaw:

If you love movies that make absolutely no fucking sense at all, watch this movie. I was lucky enough to find it in a used-VHS bin a few years ago at Book Nook in Atlanta...it was in pretty good condition given the condition of the other movies in the bin. It is one of my most treasured VHS finds. Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqSe8y6Oz14

Yeah...I just uploaded some on my profile...is five the most you can upload?

@velvetlover81...a melange of tattoo pictures, single malts, vinyl/VHS finds, and plain randomness.

Hello. My name is Joshua. I'm not a tattoo artist, I just have a lot of tattoos and love the craft. I actually found out about this site through an interview that was done with one of the tattoo artists who's done most of my work--Jeremy Swed from Inksmith and Rogers. Once I started looking through the forum, I figured it would be a great thing to join, as there seemed to be a lot of like-minded individuals on here. Aside from tattoos, music, traveling, Tim and Eric, VHS collecting(B-movies and such...nothing legit), and velvet paintings are some of my hobbies. I look forward to posting here and getting to know everyone. Hosanna.