Comments on: Awsome Tattoo, Man!

By: trumble rush

trumble rush — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:51:10 +0000

you spelt it wrong dumbass

By: tattoogallery

tattoogallery — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:24:13 +0000

never get one in a spot you can’t see without a mirror.

By: MoonCake

MoonCake — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:29:06 +0000

cool quotes, katey! well placed and very bold! they look really neat. but i would have to disagree with you about the freehand thing.. it REALLY depends on the artist. yes, all in all you shouldn't let an artist freehand for obvious reasons, but some artists thrive on it. my tat guy (www.wellstattoo.com) is amazing and could do a tat start-to-finish completely freehand and it would be the most amazing thing ever. but he's just good like that. he actually did most of my back tat freehand and i'm very pleased with it. melissa-- that's great your sister does that. i can't imagine how many people would screw up their own tattoo because they're illiterate. i'm wondering how many other tat places make you sign off on spelling, because you would think that to avoid later conflict ALL parlors would do that. you would also think all of them would ID as well... like they're supposed to... by law... the guy's tat above, though, is actually quite hysterical. the fact that he would put "i'm awesome" on his back in the first place makes me believe he doesn't take himself seriously (which is good, because you have to be able to make fun of yourself). and what adds to the contradiction is that it's also misspelled. i don't know, it actually adds to the silliness of the tattoo itself. but i'm an optimist, and can make the most sad situation into the favorite of the day.

By: Katey

Katey — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:56:12 +0000

I knew a girl who got "I contain multitudes" (from a Walt Whitman poem) misspelled on her back as "mulititudes."

Though I love body art I would never get text on my body. It's such a commitment and as a typographer, I doubt I'd ever be happy with just any person's lettering. Even when I got my quotation marks (http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/ladykatey/newtattoos.jpg) I made the guy redo the templates 3 times before I was happy with the placement... then I made him touch up one side to even out the line width.

So all in all I say- shame to people who let tattoo artists free hand on them!

By: RM

RM — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:16:28 +0000

That must hurt (and I´m not talking about the tattoo).

By: Melissa

Melissa — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:55:14 +0000

My sister is a tattoo artist. She makes every single customer sign off on the spelling on their tattoo. Right there on the legal paperwork with their proof of age and such, they have to sign a statement of what they said they wanted the tattoo to be, a copy of the design, and the exact spelling they requested. Just in case they get the ink done and decide later to claim it wasn't what they asked for. Strangely enough, she's had customers that could simply not be convinced that the spelling they thought they wanted would be wrong. She could show them in a dictionary, on the internet, run the word through spell check, and they would still swear up and down that they were right and she and all the sources were wrong. The worst she says is names,though. They are why she had to eventually start requiring the sign off on all lettering. She's had husbands that couldn't spell their spouse's name, even had mothers that couldn't spell their own child's name correctly!

By: kid_icarus

kid_icarus — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:16:18 +0000

how about the big one here in chicago?

Chi-tonw

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/bizarre&id=5192989

By: Larfin Jackarse

Larfin Jackarse — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:13:12 +0000

Ahhhhh but have you seen these...

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0318083forehead1.html

I don't know where I first found out about that family might have been here or Boing or whatever. However

By: Tim Giachetti

Tim Giachetti — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:52:00 +0000

Maybe it's a motivational thing for his boy friend who is still in the closet?

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:34:55 +0000

He would spell it hewbris.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:44:27 +0000

I really like the ones that were done from photos. Yeah, Sparky would you please use your ink talents to transfer my loved ones' faces onto my skin?

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:13:12 +0000

Hubris.

By: Ali S.

Ali S. — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:03:16 +0000

@ bean

Which then begs the question of why does he have that on his back in the first place!

By: bean

bean — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:03:40 +0000

That proves the golden rule of tattoos: never get one in a spot you can't see without a mirror, unless you reeeeeally trust the inker.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:53:03 +0000

That guy really is awsome. And humbol too.