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does anyone know were to get good tat pics?

6 messages · last activity 5/12/2006

i've tried so hard to find good tattooing pics but cant seem to find any. I need the pics to practice drawing and on fake skin if anyone knows of were to get some good ones post the answer here and tell me "k".
instead of copying tattoo pics, you should draw your own pics. If you can't draw, you shouldn't be tattooing. Not trying to slam you, but fact is fact. Copying is a no-no.
Then I guess all the flash artists out there are in DEEP trouble!!! Tat baby...How old are you?...Get some tattoo mags and get ideas from them...anything you draw will improve your skills...TAz
Thats why myself and many others don't get tattooed by flash jockeys. People are becoming more and more aware of the difference between good original tattoos and stuff that everyone gets off the wall, and there may be a day when flash jockeys are a thing of the past to a degree, with all the new guys coming up with fine art degrees and natural talent. Would you rather cater to the serious collector or every person that walks in and wants to know what they can get for the shop minimum and just pick from the flash racks without putting any thought into it whatsoever?
I can't remember the last time I personally did a ttattoo from a flash sheet besides the odd kanji here and there and then only if it was a personal friend but then again we aren't talking about tattooing here are we? This is a person ( a very YOUNG person ) wanting ideas on drawing...It is my firm belief that anytime one puts pencil to paper you are improving your skills.no matter the content. As for doing flash well thats a big part of tattoo history and I don't believe flash will EVER disappear entirely....sad to say a goodly portion of all the tattoo artists in existance would be out of business without the aid of predrawn flash. Selling flash is a HUGE business and it ain't goin anywhere soon! But if it disappeared tomorrow I wouldn't miss it...besides I can always steal ideas from YOU! LOL! So Krystof are ya doin the Hells City Convention? Gabe said he was goin are you manning the fort?...TAz
manning the fort here. couldn't make it to hell city due to last minute financial obligations. dammit!!! I wouldn't have a problem if he was a kid polishing up on drawing skills, but his post mentions practice skins. they're apparently looking to copy tattoos, my biggest fear from experience of seeing other people do the same thing in the past is to try to pawn off a copy of someone elses work as their own to people that otherwise don't know any better, and misleading people into thinking that they did the work claimed. As mentioned, they should be doing their own art if they have tattoo equipment.