Thread: Slept through 55 tattoos???? - The plot thickens

looks like a hockey puck in his ear......

now where is my Stealth CNT......

I must say that the more I look at the stars, the more I like them.
I really hope this girl goes into the adult film industry, and I'd say she has the intellect for it !

Keep us posted on any potential photo shoots Bruno.

Originally Posted by Bruno

This is probably prejudice on my part, but I would never get anything done by a guy looking like this. Imo, if you look like that, you have some issues to work out.

Yup, sounds like it is. That's a pretty offensive statement IMO. I'm not a guy who looks like that, but I have met people who do. They can be some of the most interesting, intelligent and insightful people you'll ever meet. Not saying all people with plenty of alternative body modifications are, but your vast generalization only hurts people who make this life choice. You probably have some issues to work out yourself; who doesn't? I still can't believe how prejudiced some people here at SRP are on certain subjects.

P.S. Reading some of the other comments about the artist is just sad to me. Bigotry lives, huh?

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

As a father I would be very inclined to agree with this statement. The silly little girl is exactly that, silly. IMO this freak took advantage of that. wether it was intentional or not. Some good sense should have been used, and like Jimmy has advocated, the face is a no tat zone.

that's terrible. she's of consenting age, and made the choice herself. the father has no reason to be mad at the artist, all he did was what the customer asked.

all the blame lies squarely on the girl. advocating violence against a tattoo artist who did his job (and pretty well, from the pix) is horrific.

Originally Posted by Philadelph

P.S. Reading some of the other comments about the artist is just sad to me. Bigotry lives, huh?

HA !

did you read the Al Sharpton thread???

I personally don't give a crap how people look.
I figure it just makes me appear more normal.

I have to say in spite of being in the tattoo business a couple of decades and having more than two thirds of my body tattooed I am with Bruno on this one. I remember being at a tattoo convention in the '90s where the guy who is tattooed all over with blue jig saw pieces was in attendance. Fellow tattoo artists told me he is an intelligent man and a pleasure to talk to but I couldn't stand to look at him let alone talk with him. A friend, the late tattooer Mike Malone referred to it as "social suicide". That is where I am at with it and I don't apologize. Choices come with consequences and it may not be up to me to judge others but it is permissible within my moral code to size people up and conclude that their choices or behavior are acceptable to me or they are not.

Originally Posted by Philadelph

Yup, sounds like it is. That's a pretty offensive statement IMO. I'm not a guy who looks like that, but I have met people who do. They can be some of the most interesting, intelligent and insightful people you'll ever meet. Not saying all people with plenty of alternative body modifications are, but your vast generalization only hurts people who make this life choice. You probably have some issues to work out yourself; who doesn't? I still can't believe how prejudiced some people here at SRP are on certain subjects.

The other side of that medal: If they are so insightful and intelligent, then why do they do something that they know will scare away a majority of the people?

This reminds me of the self proclaimed freaks (their own words) idolizing marylin manson (who is a rather intelligent human being) and then belittling a girl for breaking up with her boyfriend who turned freak. They called her narrow minded and said that real beauty is on the inside. To which I say: no it's not! What makes you beautiful is on the inside (personality, intelligence) AND the outside (your looks). to claim that one is less important than the other is shortsighted.

I wholeheartedly support their freedom to like like whatever they want. But by the same token I am free to think what I want. If I were going to trust someone with something, one of the things that would come into play is whether we are singing from the same hymn sheet regarding the topic or subject at hand.

In this case, I would like to feel that the tat artist and I are somewhat on the same page if I was going to trust him to do something irreversible to my body. I would trust Jimmy. I would not feel comfortable with someone like in the above picture.

It was his own choice to distance himself from society. And if he feels good about it, them more power to him. Just don't expect people to like it or to make the effort to bridge that distance to him, just for the sake of it.

And you say I have issues and this is probably true. Everybody does. But if you feel the need to do something that grotesque to shock people or distance yourself, then imo that points at issues too.

Originally Posted by Philadelph

P.S. Reading some of the other comments about the artist is just sad to me. Bigotry lives, huh?

I haven't - and won't - criticize that artists appearance. But when you tattoo your face you are doing it to provoke a reaction from others. Don't give me that "I'm doing it for myself, not to impress others" line. That's nonsense. You can't see the tattoos on your own face, other people can. When you do this you've decided that the first impression you make on every person you meet will be made via the tattoos on your face. You are the one who has chosen that attitude and created the basis for every encounter you make from that day on. It does say something about you, and once you've chosen to be judged by your appearance you have to accept that judgement.

My point is that it is people who make these comments and think this way that MAKE it social suicide. The early '90's is a much different time than today Jimmy. The guy's tattoos look to be done very well and it is exactly that type of person that I would trust to do that type of work on my body. Go to NYC (I lived there for years) and this is pretty commonplace today. It's just sad to me that people who live in slightly more sheltered communities still feel that this man cannot function as a valued part of society. I just can't help but draw the comparison of that type of mindset to the mindset of many people back in 1865 (thirteenth amendment).

Like it or not, we are still a society, and as human being we measure other people by many things. One of them includes how they fit within our community. If they forcibly distance themselves from us, then it should be small wonder that that is how we think about them. I do not deny him anything except my business.

I happen to live in a small village atm. that is true (not that we don't see tats, inplants or studs though). I regulary visit cities like Antwerp and Brussels. Perhaps not the biggest of cities, but significant international communities nonetheless. Calling such face tats 'pretty commonplace' is a gross exaggeration imo. Even in London and New York have I not seen people that extreme.

Btw at your earlier remark: We are talking about a tat artist who put a face covering tattoo on an 18 year old tattoo virgin who kept changing her mind. furthermore he did not foresee problems, he did not get anything in writing, and he has no security cameras. I am not making a call on his pure intelligence, but I think we can declare a no-go on insightfulness and responsibility.

i think every person own its body and can do with it whatever he/she wants...
if he want to paint his face green, eff it...his problem...
If i see him on the street i would probably stare, since is not common to see a person with full body tattoos...
but if i see him on a tattoo conversion...what would i care...

the girl was just retarded and the dude was a moron for letting her do it without filling out a form...
when i got my tattoo i had to describe the tattoo in detail in the form the artist and i signed before starting...the form is stored for a min of 2 years...