Font tattoos numbers and letters skin#
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This entire article is opinion based and has little to no regard for the needs of the people that you're actually serving.

Font tattoos numbers and letters full#

So what if they take up a lot of space? Not everyone cares to get full sleeves done.

Font tattoos numbers and letters skin#

Who cares if it's not easy for people to read them because our skin folds, and who cares if they won't be admired by a ton of people? The motive behind getting tattooed isn't always to get that sort of attention from other people. How can anyone confidently state that a particular passage, phrase, or lyrics that have value to someone be no more valid than trendy skinny tribal? I agree entirely that they're not as visually stimulating, but so what? If the meaning behind the words are important to someone, then why is that not the key factor in what makes it a worthwhile tattoo for you to do? Words have every potential to be as timeless as images.

It's shocking to hear anyone imply that words are not as powerful as images and that they have no potential to be subjective or for their meaning to change over time. For some, a tremendous amount of thought goes into finding something that's important to them, and for some, it's simply a matter of finding something that's visually appealing to them. Why is there no mention in this article of the importance behind a client choosing to have something tattooed on themselves that's personal and meaningful to them, whether that's through text or an image? I would hope that as tattoo artists you would get a lot of satisfaction in knowing that you've been a part of a very important and sometimes emotional process for someone, whether you like their choice of tattoo or not.Īs I'm sure you're aware, people get tattooed for different reasons. it can be a lot of work, & if the payoff is only some trite bumper sticker verbage, then you have some serious tattoo fail. So does trying to read a person, especially as you try to follow along the curves & bends & decipher small letters hiding away in folds & hollows. reading the dialogue that is also being spoken takes you out of the moment & fights the medium its in. Think about how many people refuse to watch foreign films because they 'don't want to READ a movie!' I hate that. (Stealing other people's incredibly well thought out tattoos is criminal, a topic for another blog.) Never once have I ever read a tattoo that had anywhere near that level of impact.

And I've been sideswiped with that terrible feeling of, man, I wish that was on me, or I wish I had thought of that. NO ONE WANTS TO READ YOU: There's been hundreds of times I've seen tattoos that blew my mind, either by how well they were applied, or because of the incredible idea, or both.