Rate my new tattoo I got last week. I got four new ones over

the tattoo/image/art itself is cool (8/10) but ankle tattoo in itself is too common for it to be s-i-c-k

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yay or nay?

you're unemployable now, congrats.

>>12191017
Why would a tattoo on my ankle affect my employment ?

>>12191013
I saw a guy on the tram last year with this exact tattoo. It looked great but would only look good if you were heavily tatted

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>>12191416
bad

>ANY YEAR, ANY CENTURY, ANY MILLENNIUM.
>MUTILATING ONE'S BODY.

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posted in the other fcking thread got no answers, Got this representing marriage with ex wife , she got a raccoon
opinions plz, I like tattoos but dont a lot about them

>>12191416
That's awesome

>>12190924
I love tattoos but for me, they are only cool if they have a meaning behind them
>I'd love to get the dark sign from Dark Souls because the game helped me cope and finally overcome my depression.

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>>12191265
>>12191013
>>12190924

Only good ones.

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>>12191719
yeah he's good

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Would this work somehow?

>>12191715
Post a pic taken with something else than a toaster and we could judge

>>12191727
Normally I don't like video game tattoos but this sounds super cool, go for it

>>12191762
I like it, but personally I'd consider changing the guys expression so it doesn't look like
>ugh, fuck off skeleton I want to be alone with my flag

>>12190924
a good tattoo is still a tattoo, and tattoos are fucking awful. it's more of a fashion statement not to have one at this point

>>12190924
love the design
hate the placement

>>12192728
why are you even in a thread like this?
>I'm sure all these people will care about my opinion

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thoughts? I got this last week

>>12194437
some of the cut off branches look like dog dicks...

>>12194511
fuck you

>>12194437
looks good bro

>>12194511
cannot unsee

>>12194511
fucking kek

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>>12194437
samefaging on my board?

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>>12194548
nope lel

>>12194567
alright!

>>12191754
I think this is cool but not timeless

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>>12194699
thanks for replying to me

>>12194511
lmaooooooo

thoughts on this
normally hate tattoos but i really like this one, might actually get it done

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>>12194742
fuckk

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Few of mine

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>>12194742
>>12194750
Your body your choice. Pretty butt ugly and I don't like the idea of ripping off other people's originality. But that's just my opinion

>>12195186
The shadow is the skull is done sloppily and also doesn't make any sense. What light source would create a shadow like that?
Looks a bit like some one smeared dirt on your chest.
Otherwise the skull is p good, I like that it's asymmetrical. How much did it cost?

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>>12192728
Ugh, you're one of those.

>>12195186
What is wrong with your nipples?

reminder that tattoos are not effay at all

>>12195211
Yeah i know, i don't know why my artist did that. Then again he's more of a tracer than an artist. So i told him to give me the skull with a few trash polka elements.. instead he gave me shitty shadows i didn't ask for. I'll do some work on my other free peck to focus the attention away from the crap shading.

>>12195295
Nothing, they just aren't perky i guess. What's wrong with yours?

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Probably going to get this one on my forearm as my first, yay or nay?

>>12195703
Chemical structure tattoos are pretty overplayed, especially neurotransmitters and psychedelics. But at least that's a nice looking formula without the letters

>>12195703
Please don't unless you're a chemist

>>12195770
Well DESU around where I live they're not really that widespread. I guess I've only once seen a guy with an LSD.

Thanks, I also think that having a full-on structure formula with letters and all makes it look like you were trying to take notes for science classes on yourself.

>>12195800
Not really a chemist, but am a barista and kind of live on coffee during exam sessions.

>>12195807
I feel like there are much cooler coffee tats to get than a caffeine molecule. Google american traditional coffee tattoos for some cool shit

>>12195703
pls dont

is it cringy to get lyrics on your stomach area in a helvetica font filled in w black? theres a dabid bowie song i love and wouldnt mind getting it tonight

>>12195840
Checked them out already. Yeah they're cool, but I'm really not a fan of old school tats. Like, they're an homage to stuff of the olden days now, and I'm 19. Imagine just how dated it's gonna look like when I'm old.

>>12195874
Possibly wouldn't. What are your reasons tho?

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>>12195881
>>12195840
what about one the scientific drawings of the coffee plant? like this one
Less subtle but there are lots of different variations

>>12195840
those "traditional" ones are tacky as fuck

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>>12192728
but... but where is the fun then?

>>12195875
not really. I'd say it depends on the way the words are layouted.

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Probably not considered /fa/ but I'm happy with it

>>12195881
please listen to this anon >>12195888

>>12195891
not nearly as tacky as a molecule my man. I'm a chemist and I don't even have molecule tats

>>12195912
nice vivid colours, personally I would have it on the torso but u do u

>>12195917
>not nearly as tacky as a molecule
>I'm a chemist
I can understand why it is tacky to you. However, generally most people wouldn't even know what it is, and that's what I really like about it - the subtlety.

The bean thing suggested here is really nice >>12195888 and I thanks for suggestion anon, but A) I feel like it's pretty straightforward, and B) I wouldn't want to start off with a colored tat.

>>12195917
Would you even consider getting like a really obscure one? Or what about chemistry related tats but not structural formulas

>>12195912
Ive never liked a colored tattoo before but i love this

>>12195912
Looks good anon, love the colourwork.

What is the meaning it has for you, if you don't mind sharing?

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>>12195926
I do have a chem tat but it's not really healed and i need to get it touched up but this is it. As for molecules I might consider getting a really cool structure I publish but idk. Something to consider but I'm not crazy about the idea.

>>12195925
A caffeine molecule is literally the most straightforward you can be with this idea. At least if you get a tattoo of the plant it's cool as-is artistically speaking, and if people talk to you about it you can tell them what the significance is. 1000000x cooler than a caffeine molecule IMO

>>12195947
sideways but whatever

>>12195947
Why titanium my man?

>>12195934
>>12195940
Thank you my guys. It's kinda pretentious I guess, but it's Jormungandr, Loki's.. kid in Norse mythology, often called "The world Serpent " because it forms an ouroboros around the world, and when Thor kills it, the world will end. I got it because I love the mythology/I come from Yorkshire so we're like secondhand/fake Nords
I got it designed by this sick Mexican artist online called Monarobot, she does all this Mayan style artwork so it's like a marriage of Mayan and Viking which I think is pretty cool

>>12195956
I have a titanium screw in my hand from a surgery several years ago. Not the most important element in my research but I thought it was a nice fit artistically

>>12195947
>A caffeine molecule is literally the most straightforward you can be with this idea

It depends on what sorts of straightforward we consider.

From the ideology perspective it is definitely straightforward. Knowing it's caffeine you can make a very direct logical connection "He's a barista/he really likes coffee". I see no problems with that - it's a symbol, and I think it's okay for symbols to have straightforward ideology. That's why we need symbols instead of uberrealistic expressions - to produce a refined, abstract idea.

From the visual perspective, however, it's not really straightforward.
As in, most people would not realize it is caffeine from looking at it. I think that this is what matters - not to sound too full of myself, but I don't want my tattoos to be super easily readable. Same as most people would not realize your tattoo stands for titanium, as it only has the periodical table number.

>>12195991
Ah I thought it'd be something like that. What field of chem is your research in?

>>12195993
From the visual perspective it's incredibly straightforward because it's just 2 polygons and some circles.
I think you're conflating the meaning with image

>>12195993
oh, and just to add. Your tat is pretty slick. Definitely one of the best chemistry tats I've seen.

>>12196002
>From the visual perspective it's incredibly straightforward because it's just 2 polygons and some circles.
Sorry, I didn't express myself correctly. By visual perspective I meant more like "perception". How it's gonna come out to people around me who get to see it (which is probably not gonna be a lot, cause climate + corporate culture dress code).

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>>12196015
Thanks dude. I think my perception is skewed because I see molecules every day and caffeine is super basic to me. Most people won't know what it is obviously but to those that do it might come off as cringey.

I agree with your desire for abstraction as you can see by my own tattoo. But I think abstracting from coffee -> coffee plant is more aesthetically pleasing than going from coffee -> molecule. Honestly what it comes down to is I think the plant (or whatever else) would just be a cooler thing to have on your body as the art stands on its own.

>>12195994
I do inorganic chemistry, mostly earth abundant catalysis. Either starting graduate school or an industry synthesis job in the coming months so I might end up in something completely different

>>12196034
Yeah, we definitely agree on abstraction. The difference in aesthetic preferences is a futile thing to argue over, tho, but thanks a lot for your perspective.

Also, congrats on having an actually relevant and useful degree from a Business and Management bachelor. Probably going to transfer into Economics next year.

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>>12192514
That looks awesome

>>12195912
Honestly, not something I would usually like but that blue-green is really nice. I wonder how it will age...

>>12195986
Nice bro

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Did a white ink

Would something that uses watercolor like this be feasible for a tattoo or would it come out muddy?

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>>12196178
forgot pic

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>>12195947
Unemployable

>>12195188
Sacred

>>12196183
How come forearms are unemployable? Unless it's crazy ass hot where you live, you get to wear long sleeves almost universally. Most places which care about a tattoo would have you wear a suit anyway.

>>12195875
I dont think stomach's the best place for that

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What does /fa/ think of my new tattoos

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>>12196282
>>12196290
it looks a tad generic

you do you ofc but I really hope that they have some meaning, and you didn't get the just cause they looked cool on the flash sheet

>>12192514
How did this become such a meme within the past year?

It can't be cause Craig Ferguson got it, can it? And I might be even more disappointed if it's some sort of lame east coast affinity, the way there's west coast best coast.

>>12194437
Its horrible.You found a cheap flash tattoo artist who can ink dicks, congrats.

>>12196183
Autistic

>>12195912
Do all fresh tattoos look like temporary ones?

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>>12196181
don't do watercolour man, it ages poorly and only looks crisp when the ink is fresh. after a while it gets muddy. solid lines are always safest bet. thats the advice ive been told by my artist.

>>12196183

>Chest tattoo
>Unemployable

Did you try to get a job shirtless? Dude are you retarded?

>>12196787
Thread's dead but yeah it's because the ink is in the top layer of skin as well as the lower level, after it heels it settles in and stops looking like it was just printed on

>>12196183
I'm the guy with the green ouroboros tat, and I'm employed. Fuck a duck, I wear this thing called a shirt and as a result, no one can see my tattoo.

>>12194437
Its nice

>>12196282
from the thumbnail I thought I would see needle holes
would have looked much better to be honest

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so been wanting work for a while, been looking at a bunch of music related works like the bag from the album cover of The Money Store or a carrot flower for NMH. But at 4am I designed this using excerpts from Billie Hollidays live at the Philharmonic cover. I might grow out of other bands and sounds but to me lady day is fucking timeless, i love her, jazz and music generally as its my career, and its a clean design.

need thoughts on design critiques and placement? was thinking thigh, calve or upper chest.

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>>12195703
Best tattoo I ever saw was the molecule for Prozac on some guy's arm.

>>12195912
>ppl making norse stuff weeby
Midgårdsormen
Not that u know what it means

>>12196183

>"you can come in starting next monday. Oh, one last thing, I'll need to have a look inside your mouth. We have a strict no tattoo policy."

>>12195912
really nice probably best in thread

>>12198072
this is so good. i think that it might work really well on a forearm or upper back. thigh could be good too.

>>12198858
damn i didn't even read that you designed it yourself at first. this is very well done.

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Would this work as a tattoo ? One of my friends drew it and I would like to know a good placement for it

>>12199088
don't be generic

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>>12195703
This is cool anon.
Don't listen "le coffee plant" autism. It's bad.
This is miles better.

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i think im gonna get this maybe
what do you guys think
without the text

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thoughts?

>>12199567
>generic plebian indie band
>immortalized on your flesh forever

>>12191035

Tram in nottingham?

>>12192615
what if that's the point it was meant to convey?

>>12198086
It looks Mesoamerican, not Norse

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Been thinking of getting my first tat. I have allways loved the album art of liquid swords. Thinking of getting those two guys in the middle, without the Wu-logo, in black and white and the blood in red.

>>12199723
you have to be 18 to post on 4chan

>>12199725
Bad english, posting from india, very sorry:-((((

>>12199731
thanks for the tech support, stop being edgy

>>12190924
looks cool but these kids are dweebs don't listen to them. every tattoo thread is such a trainwreck. why are you all so afraid of things you don't understand?

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>>12199088
It looks like your friend isn't very original.
Look this artist up, he as a lot of cool deigns for tatoos.

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Got this a month ago

>>12199723
Severe lack of neck protection on that cover.

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Why are Russian prison tats so kewl?

>>12198072
Forearm or lower side of back. Like, slightly above and to the side of a kidney.

>>12200264
They're not. Take it from a russian, they look super edgy and crisp when they're fresh, but in a couple years they swell and start slipping around and deforming, since they're done with shit ink and needles, by people who usually aren't the best artists and in spots that get a lot of movement and skin stretching. I've seen folks with prison tats which are 10-15 years old, and 90% of these look like a blurry greenish mess with no discernable details.

>>12199567
People might think you're a satanist

>>12200249
lol thats the memento mori skelly

>>12199567
I'm not sure which band anon here >>12199580 means, but it sure looks mystic. Probably not the best idea if you're a perfectly "normal" person with perfectly "normal" job and hobbies.

Also, getting band tattoos are really not the best idea unless you're a diehard fan and you're absolutely sure your tastes are never ever going to change.

>>12191039
looks like she is holding her breath, because someone farted

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Does /fa/ like nordic runes tattoos?

>>12200720
They look good, but if you're getting them because "muh viking ancestry" you're retarded

>>12200753
lol no, I'm from a mediterranean country.

>>12191013
W H Y
H
Y

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>>12200720

My Nordic rune tatt.

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>>12200771
Why do you want a runic tattoo when you can choose from greece's history, rome's history, carthagena's history, and many more? Be proud of where you came from ffs

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