what is with these tatoos?, page-67

this thread made me think more about why I don't like tattoos.

I like art - I spent 8 years at The Academy of Arts in Tasmania and I have met zillions of artists and seen many types of art all over the world.

So, why don't I like tattoos?

Well, I just worked it out - it was pretty simple - but I had never thought much about it before -- so I just, in the last few minutes visited a few famous tattoo sites -------

guess what?

They are crap. They are some of the shittiest art I have seen.

Maybe skin isn't a good medium - possible but I don't think so.

content --------- it is content ---------- almost all of it is crud -------- very ugly crud.

A lot of it has underlying darkness about it - fantasy, skulls, - almost all of it too busy and about as artistic as a toothbrush. The rest of it is very ordinary as well - below are a couple of sites that purport to have beautiful tattoos.

Ugly and pointless would be a more apt description imo.


Now, have a look at this stuff - it came up under a search for pretty tattoos ----------- look at them

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=pretty+tattoos&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=VAHvUoGfK8nqiAfF_oHYBg&sqi=2&ved=0CDMQsAQ&biw=780&bih=381

if that's pretty - then tattooing is crap - extended.

another one - this time female ---------- equally crap.

This isn't art -- this is vomitus.

They are dreadful.

Maybe it is the skin?? I don't know.

have a great arvo

Pinto