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12-01-2011, 01:19 PM
How many of you guys sport tattoos - do you already have one (if so, what?), are you considering one (what) or would you never?
I used to be a hardcore opponent to tattoos (as I was to macs) but I have softened my stance on both lately.
Would it boost your game? Or is totally unimportant to sub-communicating the bad-boy vibe in these times when every corporate frat boy and his sister have sleeves. Enlighten me.
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12-01-2011, 01:24 PM
I've gone back and forth on this. I came close to getting some, but always decided against in the end. For a long time I had my eye on a white-ink tattoo. They're cool, uncommon and very discreet. They look a bit like scar tissue.
Also wanted to get a matching tat with a very close friend of mine from way back, but haven't gotten around to it yet.
I fear I'd get tired of it sooner or later and I'm still changing a lot in what I like.
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12-01-2011, 01:34 PM
There's already a tattoo thread in Everything Else. Might be better if you bump that one.
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12-01-2011, 01:54 PM
http://www.rooshvforum.network/thread-4485-p...ght=tattoo
Since I was too stupid to use the search function, I'll insert the link here - but we can go ahead and continue the discussion here.
I'd like a tattoo, personally. But getting inspired is something I find damned difficult to do. I'm already into photography big time - I enjoy the creativity and I see myself as someone who would use ink to communicate who I was to others.
Mixx said it he thought it was becoming DHV not to have a tattoo. Others agree or disagree?
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12-01-2011, 04:07 PM
If you want to stand out IMO you should
- not get anything colorful. Stick to the basic black.
- don't get stupid quotes or trendy shit (tribal, chinese letters, stars, etc)
- do it big or go home. You see the pictures I put up in the other thread. You'll still freak people out and have girls staring if you take off your shirt and look like you just left the jailhouse.
I plan on getting covered up eventually. I prefer the tattoos broken up though. I don't like the collages where everything is blended together. I have one on my neck and girls always say something to me about it. They're good conversation starters.
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12-14-2011, 03:44 PM
Hey Houston (and others who are have an opinion),
How's this for tribal? Might be douchey in NZ but there are only 3 million of them so I don't see it becoming a global phenomenon like Chinese characters or stars. Then again, if I think it looks good I reckon a shit-load of others do, too.
http://www.polynesiantribaltattoo.com/portfolio/
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12-14-2011, 04:26 PM
I'd get one if I was a soldier going to war. Or a Rio cop going to shake up gangs in the favela.
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12-14-2011, 07:16 PM
Another style I like is traditional Japanese Irezumi.
There's a guy who works in different places in Europe called Alex Reinke who apprenticed with one of the great Japanese masters who goes by the name of Horiyoshi III -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horiyoshi_III
This is his website
http://www.holyfoxtattoos.de/holyfox/
It's a very different process since they use needles on a bamboo stick rather than the usual machinery, but the effect is beautiful.
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