Freebase Dali's Tribal Tattoo
 

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Go.

Does it mean anything or is it just a cool pattern?

Staying true to fratboy ****head tradition, I got it when I was drunk in Germany back in 06. I walked into a parlor in Germany, whilst crushing beer cans against my head, and told the guy "tin tin, that's his nickname. He's an Asian German" to just draw something cool on my arm. He did. I barely looked at it. 400 Euros later, I walked out with a bloody arm and another culture's legacy.

In all seriousness though, no, it doesn't mean anything. And I say that with specific intent.

If your gonna make a thread about your tat you can at least post a picture. This might as well be some shit spam thread.

I think I posted it a long time ago here somewhere. Let me see if I can find it.

I'd say it's clearly neither.

Here's the ****ty tattoo a few days after I got it.

Chula, prepare your underwear.

http://i.imgur.com/NJqaVtx.jpg

For every square inch of ink there is, I have said "bro" to someone's mother.

Looks pretty well done. Smooth lines, solid color.

A kid I worked with is going through the removal process to get back into the military. Have you looked into it yet? His arm had a lot more ink then yours and I've seen him make significant progress with it in the few months I've known him.

I don't see much of a reason to continue with something you hate other than not having the money.

I've been sort of dreaming about having the procedure, but I was talking to a co-worker whose wife is getting a very small tattoo removed and he basically said it's ridiculously expensive and ridiculously painful. At the end of the day, my priorities kind of lie less with that option simply because having it isn't an actual barrier in my professional life yet.

I'm in the process of having two tattoos removed, and while they are not particularly big I'm only paying $75 a session.

It is painful as fuck though. Probably not as bad as going on though.

I think it's costing him about $3000, but he setup a payment plan. He did say it was more painful than the tat itself but not unbearable.

But think of all the pussy he'd get if he visited you in Jersey.

Jersey =/= Seaside, Jersey Shore douchebags.

Yeah, nobody cares.

My main concern is less about the money and pain than it is the effectiveness.

Dude, a gnarly, tribal scar would be far cooler than a tattoo.

lol...

"What's that on your arm?"
"Oh that? I arm-barred a bro's arm."

How is this thread more productive and civilized than the f*cking picture gallery.

Because eiudncosdkvmdiusdivdnfviucbsdiuvcn hasn't shown up yet.

This thread is for him. I'm going to a BBQ now. Please someone advise him that this is the place where he can let out his frustrations.

When you say effectiveness do you mean how much it will actually improve your career or how good the procedure is?


I guess it's different for everyone but this picture accurately reflects the effects I have noticed from the kid I work with and my cousin's wife (she's a pretty tan skinned Colombian and you would never know where she had the tat).
http://www.andreacatton.co.uk/wp-con...ng-process.jpg

Now I'm glad I don't have a tat.

Thanks for the cheer up!

x2 :laughing:

No idea why people are raggin' on you so hard, especially on a music forum that is more apt to attract members who are interested in the arts and/or appreciate different stylistic influences from more creative lifestyles, i.e., musicians in bands, not typically known for their tattoo subtlety.

my coworker has a similar looking tattoo

i can understand why it bothers you.. probably draws a lot of attention, both positive and negative

that's why i never get tattoos... cause i'm almost certain that anything i think is cool enough to get tattooed on my body at one point in time is probably going to send bad messages to people about myself and eventually even the tattoo itself will seem stupid as **** to me. and even if i did like it, employers might hold it against me if its visible when wearing normal work clothes. just a combination of potential cons and the permanence of it drives me away from getting a tattoo. plus it seems like everybody and their mother gets one these days. so it's almost more unique not to get one really

but if i was going to, i dunno what i would possibly get tattooed. i wouldn't do a girls name or a phrase or anything like that. just seems silly. i'm pretty partial to symbols to be honest. especially ideologically charged symbols.. like the swastika looks pretty amazing to me. if it didn't get you labeled a nazi and ostracized from all non-nazi society, a swastika tattoo might appeal to me. i just think it looks cool. but people have a hard time seeing it without having ww2 flashbacks so its not appropriate. the sickle and star is pretty badass as well, but the swastika is better. chinese writing is also cool.

on a somewhat related note i've been learning some chinese symbols as a hobby cause i see them all day at work and they caught my eye, and the other day i saw a chick with a chinese tattoo on her neck and i knew what the symbol meant. was a pretty cool feeling. it meant 'learn.'

I'm very pleased that after careful consideration you have decided against this course of action.

Like the top section of it. You shoulda stopped a few inches above your elbow IMO.

This is why you can't have nice things.

I like it but at the same time understand the need to possibly keep something like that concealed for business purposes. On the hand I couldn't give a rats ass if a tat offended some random person on the internet or some random individual acting out his/ her own little little tattoo policeman fantasies.

Nobody's business but your own obviously.

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You'd think that but in my experience this place is the total opposite.
Most people in this place are worse than sheep, desperate to say the right thing to fit in.

tribal tats belonged to dropout hippies before they belonged to frat boys. at least in sf. real hippies, not the ones who think they're gonna save the world. true story, bro. and a sad one.

Looks a hell of a lot better than the tribal I saw being plastered on my friends arm. It was a home tattoo nightmare a couple years back as I looked on in disbelief. I took a pic of it, since it was bad enough for me to actually want to take a picture of it. Yours looks like it could be worked on to make it into something else. My friend's tatt has really thick black barbs that would be next to impossible to work with. I mean so thick you can't tell that it's a tribal at some angles. Your's are relatively thin, and can be used to weave other images into a new piece, if you ever decided to go in that direction.

Seriously FD, it could be a lot worse.

I guess I should hold off on announcing my Tom Waits tattoo that covers the entirety of my back.

Since it was my post that started all this, that means these are my sheep. Their wool shall keep me warm in the winter and wealthy in the summer.

tribal tats belonged to primitive tribes before they belonged to drugged out hippy losers or pussy chasing frat boys. true story bro

yeah.... i guess the point i was making is that they didn't always have the negative connotations they do now. although i guess it's still kind of lame appropriation for both hippies and frat boys.

Is it really that bad? I always thought they were kind of tacky, but I never judged/stereotyped someone who had one.

No.

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/i...EbnqetzZuzugT8

I've seen some face tats that are pretty cool. That is not one of them.

Tribal tats are basically trampstamps for bros. I guess some of them are cool, depending on the design. But they mostly look generic, cliche, and tasteless. Imo.

Do you feel the same way about the millions of people with tattoos they picked from their shop's generic tattoo book? or crosses, child portraits, and all the other popular things people get tattooed?