Tattoo
Take it from me (not that I’m an sort of authority about tattoos; or anything in particular), most heavily tattooed individuals are a mess. Yea I said it, their a mess. Thats not a totally bad thing, and don’t think that the non tattooed masses are any less of a mess, if you get what I mean. I’m just saying that most of the heavily tattooed people I’ve met are on some shit.
What is my evidence? Where are my examples? Well um-uh-hmmmm. I don’t have any examples other than myself and those that I’ve met during my travels.
I know there are loads and loads of sober, clean living, vegan tattoo artists and collectors who read holy texts every day and chant until their urine turns to water, but thats not the person I’m talking about. I’m talking about people like me who drink, smoke and generally act a fool.
Real Talk, I can only speak for myself. After long hours of thinking about “Why the hell am I spending all this money and subjecting myself to this intense pain.”. In reality unless your a Native African Tribesman, a Polynesian, indigenous south american or tibetan, there really isnt’ much of a cultural reason for tattoos. Its painful and expensive. Why do I love them so much?
Since there really isn’t a practical reason for getting a tattoo, yea yea i know there are medical reasons for tattoo’s but, to me that is the end of their practicality, other than looking pretty.
There has to be an intent, right? A reason for getting marked. I’ve heard a lot, but to me it all boils down to pain. Emotional Pain, Physical pain, psychological pain, you take your pic, but most times one of those take into account. The skin is similar to the surface tension of water. Some of us want that barrier to reflect a little of what they have on the inside.
I tell people that my tattoo’s are random but their not. The design might be random, true but the intent isn’t. For example I wanted to get a shark on my arm one day, but I couldn’t find one I really liked so I substitued it with an owl, still a predator but a different kind with much different connotations.
My dad is always trying to dissect why I’m so determined to cover most of my body ( No Neck, No Face, No Hands) in tattoos. I know it has something to do with my mothers battle with drugs and alcohol, but we all have a story. Even when i try to get a random one it end up being tied in.
The color is so subtle on this piece, I wish I knew the artist. It doesn’t hurt that she has nice buns.
I remember this tattoo from Inked
Found this while trolling flickr, can’t make out the detail of the work but I like the overall picture.
They Said No Names
I’ve heard it over and over again.
“You should never get the names of wives or girlfriends tattooed on your body.”
Well to hell with that. I got my wife’s name tattooed on my arm. My tattoo artist asked me if I was sure. I slid my eyes his way shot him a scowl and blurted:
“I ride and die for her, this is my bitch”, as I throw up nondescript hand signals trying to look as tough as possible, but not succeeding.
When I got married, I swore that I was only getting married once, divorce is a no no. I love her, and I hope we stay together longer than the tattoo stays on me. If that makes any sense.
This is very hot, if I do say so myself. Excuse me if I troll flickr for pretty pictures of tattooed ladies. I just can’t help myself.
1st Tattoo Show in Singapore
Yes I have to admit it, I’m a hater. I hate all of the world and some things more than others. I’m such a hater that I’ve decided to make a list of some of the things I hate.
- I hate people who are always feeling ‘Awkward’ , Fuck You
- I hate people who are always Outraged, guess what Fuck You too.
- I hate people who read blogs and leave comments about punctuation errors, your a Cunt.
Lets do away with the “I hate people” part and we’ll just assume I hate the following
- Liberals, you liberal assholes.
- Conservatives, you narrow minded pricks
- Libertarians, racist Douchbags
- People oversensitive about race, my motto is “There is no racial bigotry here. I do not look down on niggers, kikes, wops or greasers. Here you are all equally worthless. “, real talk
- Who look down when they walk.
- Grotesquely Obese people, do something you lazy fat fuck.
- People with two tattoo’s on their shoulder and say its the beginning of a sleeve, no its not your a poser prick.
- People who ask “How is that tattoo going to look like when your 60″, probably as wrinkly as my dick.
- People who chant “Si se puede”, like its some type of policy statement, give me a plan.
- People who wear any Christian Audigier Clothing line, you Douchbag.
This is just a short list of the kinds of people I hate. Trust me it will get longer every day I find a new type of person to hate on. Its kind of fun since every rap song these days are going on and on about haters. I thought I would reveal my true political position.
Its about time I got tatted again.
Why, there’s a lot of space to cover before I die. I would like to cover my chest, stomach, and back by the time I’m 40.
I could of been much farther along now but I’m so damn finneky. I just don’t want anyone to put work on me, for real. I do like my work to be gourmet, I’m not going to front. I can’t just get some no name clowns work on me. Its the truth. When someone asks me “Who did that”, it would be nice if they could actually recognize the name.
There are far too many tattoo artists out there anyway. Shit there are too many artists out there for that matter. Most of the art I see in gallery’s anyway isn’t much better than the shit I see on Venice Beach on sale for $20.
As a tattooed person, I walk around all day mumbling “I hate tattoos”, because of all the garbage I see on people. Now the question is who do I want to get work from. Here is my list.
Marco has done most of my work to this date, but he’s a busy man and its always good to get work from a few artists. Jose Lopez, Chris Brand and Jun Cha all have an old school Chicano single needle style that is very LA. This is how I want my body suit to look.
When it comes to tattoo’s I’m not concerned with each individual piece I’m more interested in how my full body asthetic will look. Nothing looks worst than someone in half tribal and half New School, yuck. I want to have one asthetic.
But first I need the money.
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