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You misspelled grammar. Maybe you need more help than I thought.
Found a wicked cool sinestro ring though. I'd link to it but I have been unjustly jailed.
Attica Attica!
I'd love to try to explain a tattoo like that. "Hey, neat symbol. Some kind of Celtic thing?" "No, it's Dr. Stephen Strange's window." "..." "He's the master of the mystic arts."
You could be at a comic convention standing next to somebody dressed up in a cosplay outfit based off of Power Rangers/Superman/Ewok slashfiction, and they'd still be well within their rights to make fun of you.
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My Tat. Sorry about the quality, it was taken with a crappy webcam.
A co-worker and fellow comic geek worked the design into a playhouse entrance he had to draw:
http://darrencalvert.com/funhouse.jpg
Black and white pictures are very easily turned into great black-ink only tattos. White ink is terrible, and is to be avoided.
The trick to any detailed picture is to get it big. Most people don't want to hear that. They want a teensy-weensy tat that is maybe 5x5 at the most. That's not enough room for lots of detail. Always listen to the advice of the tattoo artist on what size to make the tattoo. If the artist suggests a size larger than what you are willing to have on you (or pay for) then don't fucking argue with them.
If you do that, 90% of artists will shrug and give in, knowing that your tattoo will look like shit in 5-10 years.
If your tattoo artist tells you that the lovely design you picked out is probably meant to be a full arm or leg piece, or even a full chest or back, you need to accept that the design is too intricate and choose something else (unless you want to get really inked up, which is fine).
The worst tattoos are photo-realistic portraits. They look great for a few years, then they turn to shit. The best tattoos feature bold lines and/or large chunks of solid colors. Comic book characters actually do translate into tattoos pretty damn well, much better than photo portraits.
I have long considered getting some sort of Punisher tattoo, but I don't want the skull. Too many people have the skull.
And lastly, I will strongly disagree with the guy who said that gradients look bad in tattoos. I only have 3 tats, and two are tribal, but the non-tribal is a dolphin sporting a sailor hat on my left shoulder (all done in black ink) and the shading turned out great. It will eventually need a touch-up, probably in 3-5 years, but that is perfectly true of most tattoos.
Oh jeez, not even. You should see some of the guys on my boat, my skin is nearly virginal by comparison. :P
i'm much more of a solid color guy
Makes me itchy for another one.
How about a plastic man arm sleeve, all wrapping around it and making different shapes.
but seriously cool tatt.
No, I mean that his ass seems to be the focal point of the tattoo, not that I'm so fucking stupid I can't scroll to the right.
Where exactly do you think I put this tattoo?
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The picture isn't the best and doesn't do it justice... I will admit the look is different from traditional Nightcrawler pics, but that is, honestly, what makes it work for me for some reason. I'm happy with it, though I can why some might not like it.
Christ, reading comprehension sucks around here.
You have for some reason chosen to tattoo Nightcrawler's ass on the inside of your forearm. Happy?
All that said, though, the linework and the colors look good. But it's still a picture of his ass.
Yeah, sorry... I figured out what you meant but didn't feel compelled enough to edit my post, my bad..
To be fair, his ass takes up about an inch and a half of a nine inch tattoo... are you sure you don't have some kind of Nightcrawler ass fetish?
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If you are trying to communicate that the style or subject of the artwork is not to your liking, then fine; you are entitled to your opnion. But if you are suggesting that the tatto is "bad" in the sense that it has been done in a sloppy or less-than-satisfactory manner, you are simply wrong. It looks professionally done, and there are no visible flaws in the tattoo.
The proportions look all off to me. His kicking leg looks like a stump. I imagine that foreshortening isn't easy to do in a tattoo but regardless...
Anyways, like I said, as long as he likes it it's all good.
That's what happens when you take a picture of a tattoo on an arm or leg. It squishes it flat. I'm sure the foreshortening looks right in person.
Actually, the leg wraps around the arm, that's why it looks off. Sorry, should have mentioned that...
I'm not sure what you are responding to with that comic.
The apostrophes used were in "I'm" and "that's" which are both contractions. "I am" and "that is".
Smoke less crack, I guess, is the lesson learned.
He's responding to the incorrect use of the apostrophe in this thread's title.
Durr durr duuuur
Sadly, he's about two pages late, as that comic has already been posted. It is nice to see so many people looking out for my grammar, however...
I would like a tattoo but I'm a wimp and scared of later life.
(P.S, took special' care's of the apostrophe's. Hope that help's.)
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