Hunyo 27, 2009

I love these scribbly tattoos!



Much more — from Yann Travaille — here. (Warning: some clickable thumbnail-sized photos have naked breasts.)(Via Neatorama.)

Do these tattoos remind me of death? No, they remind me of taking delightful chances.

21 komento:

rhhardin ayon kay ...

Flip the image L-R and they're legible.

Swifty Quick ayon kay ...

So since you love them so much when you will be getting yours?

Ed ayon kay ...

I think it says "a lifetime of regret".

traditionalguy ayon kay ...

At the least these risk takers are only destroying themselves. Most public risk takers want to endanger others around them with their showing off. Mutilating yourself and marking your body as the property of others is only a rational activity if you hate yourself so bad that these risks seem small in light of your general worthlessness. Why not just do crazy hair styles. Those can grow back.

rhhardin ayon kay ...

The style is Mad Magazine Spy vs Spy.

bearbee ayon kay ...

Flip the image L-R and they're legible.

Held a mirror to image and made out:

'The discord of a forgotten sketch.'

Anyone else?

Ralph L ayon kay ...

When I was that scrawny, I kept my shirt on in public, except at a pool or beach.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Looks like the scrawl on the men's bathroom stall in a bus station.
All it needs is "For a good time call Mel at 555-1212"

prairie wind ayon kay ...

I kind of like these. They look happy, somehow. Happier than the usual skulls and dragons. My favorite was the girl who had gears and numbers on her lower back.

The best part is that I could do these myself with a couple of Bics, and they would wear off.

Jason (the commenter) ayon kay ...

Why be impressed by a person wearing a tattoo? It's the artist who's interesting, not the canvas.

The only ones I've ever thought fitting were ones my friends got in prison or the military.

Christy ayon kay ...

Death? How curious. Five year survival tats are becoming quite the thing for those who've been through cancer.

Ralph L ayon kay ...

Christy, one place I would not want a tattoo is around my Frankenstein melanoma scar, because it would hurt like hell, even after 18 years. However, I like the idea of mocking the scar.

Ned ayon kay ...

It is yet another example of the lengths people will go to get noticed...accomplishing something worthwhile is not even on the radar anymore

Sad state of affairs...

Laura(southernxyl) ayon kay ...

Agree with Prairie Wind. I think they look cool, and I'd like them better if they weren't permanent.

Jennifer ayon kay ...

I love that the artist so clearly has a style and that so many of his clients go with it.

I wonder if that's common for talented tattoo artists.

bagoh20 ayon kay ...

Delightful?

What do you call it when you take a chance with no upside?

bagoh20 ayon kay ...

Tattoos and bumper stickers have a lot in common, but it's the difference that keeps me from getting the tattoo.

That and my belief that they should only be to commemorate some profound event in your life. As soon as that happens, I'll get one.

I wonder if there's a coroner somewhere that does tattoos?

Penny ayon kay ...

Frankly, I think we could do with a lot less "ink" these days.

What do tattoos and laws have in common?

Let us count the ways....

paul a'barge ayon kay ...

Hey, you like tattoos? Want to see some real tattoos? Look here.

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

I don't particularly "real" tattoos. What I liked about the Yann Travaille tattoos is that they are based on line drawings. They don't have a lot of colored-in areas and painting-like forms. I like the airy openness that leaves plenty of healthy looking skin.

cap vandal ayon kay ...

Me too.

These are remarkably interesting. Abstract.

Most are so damn literal.

I'd love to see this in the NBA.

Mag-post ng isang Komento

Please use the comments forum to respond to the post. Don't fight with each other. Be substantive... or interesting... or funny. Comments should go up immediately... unless you're commenting on a post older than 2 days. Then you have to wait for us to moderate you through. It's also possible to get shunted into spam by the machine. We try to keep an eye on that and release the miscaught good stuff. We do delete some comments, but not for viewpoint... for bad faith.