At first i understood it as "what do you value the most IN a tattoo artist to customer interaction". What do you value most when you get tattoed by someone, and what do you value most when tattooing someone. If they really meant in general, then thats a bit of a butchered question to begin with. Who asks that hahaha.
That screw doesn't even look good when it's fresh, I don't want to know what it'll look like in 5 years. What was he thinking using those colours together.
Took me years to realize that Ameeican traditional is great because it actually works, and ages well. Now that’s basically all I’m interested in getting. Bold will hold, or whatever.
Yep same thing happened to me, when I first started getting tattooed I wanted all these different styles but after awhile i pretty much only stick to American traditional and japanese style tattooing because not only is it beautiful but it holds up so well over time
It also looks badass too, just lots of black and red, from the distance or peripheral it looks fire asf, until you see the tattoos it’s kinda goofy imo
I only have one tattoo and I feel like it’s a hobby getting tattoos now lol, I binge watch these too, for some reason it boosts my ego knowing I have a better tattoo than most people on these videos 💀💀
@@0171700 haha lets hope not, start out with something small and simple, something you do for aesthetics or a little personal thingy, dont overthink that shit
Otzi made a surprise appearance! He's definitely not the oldest human remains ever found, but most ancient remains no longer have skin because of normal decay. His skin was preserved because it was so cold. I wish we could see more ancient tattoos!
Performance art first started becoming a thing in the 1910s when people were dealing with WW1 and felt like traditional art was no longer able to show their thoughts and feelings accurately. It's meant to make you think about real life and emotion, not be something pretty to look at. I've seen people get images of performance art tattooed on them so it definitely can be meaningful to some people. 99.99% of artists don't get rich off that shit. Especially not performance artists. No "grants" are making any artist rich, so being so angry about that aspect of it is very weird. Tattoo artists insist that art and tattooing is not the same so why does a tattoo expert suddenly think he's also an art expert? (Talking about that Justin guy, not Kirk) It just makes it look like he's angry and wants to direct it at someone, and some broke art students drawing on a wall were the most convenient target.
Absolutely this. Performance art is usually not about the material things the artist is doing or making but rather a message they send through their process. It's about the journey, not the destination. Those scribbles left on the wall are only an echo of the full experience and people don't seem to get that. A performance artist who is very well known and that I've found really impactful in my own life is Marina Abramović. Two of her most famous works are Rythym 0 and The Artist is Present. In the first one, she stood completely still for 6 whole hours and let her audience manipulate her in any way they wanted without consequence. She walked out stripped and abused. In The Artist is Present she sat in a chair for hours at a time for weeks silently staring into the eyes of an endless line of strangers sitting across from her. As an autistic person who struggles with eye contact, I am fully aware of how overwhelming and intimate it can be to look people in the eye so I can only imagine how emotionally taxing that must have been.
@@zrc1514 her piece with the bow and arrow is the one I was thinking of when I said people often get tattoos of performance art. She really changed the game.
Dude, it’s refreshing that you look at the tattoos and videos without getting into the bs or the politics behind some of em. You just speak your mind as a tattooer, business owner and regular dude and I appreciate that.
As a bartender people ask me the "what do you value most" question and it PISSES ME OFF im at work bro, I don't wanna tell you about all the bs im working through in my head
I have a friend who works at an art gallery and she sais the extreme expressionism-stuff just sells the most. Nothing against expressionism per se but the stuff she showed me was just like... Did someone trip over their paint buckets in a dark cellar? Meanwhile absolutely talented artists who do this beautifull artsy (and even abstract) compositions don't sell their stuff for nearly as much, if at all. That's honestly just really sad.
Expressionism usually refers to a style of painting from the early 20th century, and it was revolutionary at that time. It was not about being pretty, but how it brought something new to the table.
yeah i think thats a very surface level analysis of this Expressionism can be cool af too. The thing you and also that guy in the tik tok are critiqueing is not actually the art but the art industry, to carry that out on the back of artists or art students, or any particular style is the weirdest take to me.
that's just one friend working at one particular gallery. different mid tier galleries specialise in different types of art. Some sell very traditional skilled art well whilst might struggle to sell more abstract pieces and visa versa. It's a mix. art sells and there is a market out there for all types of art to sell equally well
The what do you value most is meant to be a conversation starter for comments on that video. I believe they’re talking about what do you value most as a tattoo client and as a tattoo artist. Like do you value a quick tattoo or cheaper prices, etc.
i think the "what do you value most" was supposed to be a question to the audience, like to start a discussion in the comments secion, like what do you value most as a tattoo collector/artist?
Good point about the conversations! I have personally had weird conversations and have known others who also had weird conversations with tattoo artists. It fucking sucks cause youre kind of trapped in it. I think some of them enjoy that control they have over clients... its gross
The problem with contemporary art is the difficulty to spot where the genuine artistic concept ends and where the mockery begins. I guess we can say the same about tattoo too nowadays
its less about tattooing itself being one culture's property and more about getting tattoos of things that are culturally significant to a group of people u don't belong to. Not that it should be illegal or punished or whatever but getting someone else's culture inked is fucking goofy to me and a lot of people.
u have became my favorite tattoo youtuber and really the only youtuber i watch been here since 9k and i didn't even know how much you've grown this quickly. Consistent asf my guy
I never knew that otzi the iceman had tattoos and having done further research into it, that’s really interesting. Learning something new from Kirk’s TikTok complaints 😂
Lol, "...what do you value most?". Mate.....a good tattoo, and potentially a clean bathroom in case I need to hang a cake half way through. That's about it.
I'm genuinely confused by the screw. Was it supposed to be a glitter tattoo? Was the artist trying to be quirky and different? Either way, it's just... 😬
I got 3 tattoos in my early 20s took a break, slowed down, got to know the culture, the guys that do it, how the age, what I like, then my early 30s got another 30 or so, guess which ones are better?
Why are people mad at you for judging these tattoos? These people posted their own shit on a public platform, that gives anyone that right to clown on them, that's how the internet works
I took the, "What do you value most?" as a tattoo specific question. Like do you value the aesthetic, experience, quality, or style of tattoo. But hey, I may not be that deep.
On the 2 girls pulling on eachother painting on the wall: art can be beautiful, but art is also meant to evoke emotion and convey ideas. I have no idea what that guy considers art, but i 100% get how people find the art in the video more appealing that some random pirtrait of some woman. Nowadays the portrait does nothing, everyone has seen that kind of art thousands of times, sure it might be masterfuly done and beautiful in some sense but its just not special. The art in the video, however, conveys idea and emotion, makes the makes the viewer think and contemplate the meaning. If you want to go to an art museum and just be like "wow, so pretty!!🥰🤩. How is that even possible to paint/draw?!?🫨🤯 " then just dont go to these exibitions. They arent for you. Go and look at the Nth oil on canvas painting of a random woman or flower pot. The art exists because there is an audiance for it. Very simple.
Just finished watching kirk commenting on it(didnt realise he kept going). The art isnt whats on the wall in this instance. Its the preformance of drawing it chained together. And for tattooing i agree that you should get stuff that is cool. The original comment is on art in general.
Not you trying to explain how the art you like has a lot of meaning, while also passive aggressively suggesting that the art other people like is shallow, stupid and has nothing to say…. It’s almost like you are exactly the same as the people you were trying to criticise
@@sarads7877 the difference is that the modern art people arent coming at the other art forms. All you see is the others discrediting the more modern art. I have no problem looking at some more traditional paintings for example and appreciating them for the mastery beauty and also meaning, but the other side just pretends that its all nonsensical and of no value which just makes no sense. Art is too difficult of a concept to limit to this or that. Some find one more appealing some another, but it is obvious that some find value in the more modern stuff. People can dislike it, i just wish they didnt discredit it completely and tried to atleast understand where the other side is coming from and what they see and enjoy in it.
I remember when the only people who had face tats were old dudes who had a hard life or " o.gs" I think some guys get them to look " intimidating " but those dudes without a jawline with face tats and zero teeth kill me... Like spend your money on your health first, but who am I to judge someone else , it's all our first time here in the world.
For the black out at 17:22 , I’m not sure if I’ve formed an opinion on blacking out an arm with no tattoos, but firing from the hip I think it’s kinda lame. Would love to hear what other people think!
5:00 I am so sick and tired of these green screen "art critics" that say nothing with such pretentious descriptions as "this is poison! this is not art!". The art world is varied from governmental institutions, private institutions, commercial galleries, artistic co-ops and random events between friends, it's not a singular thing. I don't think I have to say much about how pointless and unproductive the question of "is it art" in terms of describing a work's quality. Anyways I don't get anything out of the displayed pieces, but I also have no context on how this is presented. If you don't think context is important, check out Felix Gonzalez-Torres's clocks, mundane at first glance, but with the context, I think anyone can see the beauty in the idea. You have years of experience in tattooing and love it which makes if fun to hear your opinions on the subject but the guy's who's video you shared is a dime a dozen "art critics" who just spew unproductive baseless bs, you guys are not on the same level.
Also far as the culture stealing, someone who is white and into Japanese style tattoos. They are appreciating the art and style its not appropriation when its done with respect and knowledge about the culture
In my experience, if you are respectful towards the work and culture, people in Asia are super happy when you take something from their culture with you. Not just tattoos but other traditional items and imagery as well.
The truth is tattooing just like most other industries will and should always evolve. If it didn’t, we would still be cutting ourselves with sharp rocks and rubbing ash in there. There are a lot of styles and techniques that are accepted by the industry today, that wouldn’t have been 50 years ago. This point isn’t a green light to do bad tattoos but never forget that there are probably a lot of ways of doing good ones. And that even experienced artist try new things.
That tattoo 'stamp' reminds me of the way we used to tattoo our show rabbits' ears, back when my mother and I used to raise them. We had all these little blocks with numbers and letters made of needles, you load them into this thing like a pair of pliers, put the rabbit's ear in between, and ka-chunk, it's tattooed. Thanks... but I don't want to be marked like livestock...
There’s a local artist in my area who constantly brags that she’s booked out but it’s because she does these tiny itty bitty tats and then she post that’s she’s doing walk ins today and tomorrow.
Idk why but seeing a blackout on a clean arm hurts😭 I think they looks great! No issue against them. They’re hard to do well! Just feels weird seeing one done not as a cover up for some reason
10:27 is honestly so true. I am heavily tattooed and I honestly could not care less about my tattoos now (I used to be obsessed). I do not regret them but I would not do it again if I woke up without them. They hurt like hell and cost more lol
Tattoo 💡 idea: rocaille, the decorative floral shapes, seafoam like, 3d, on Roccoco buildings, in white/skintone on blackout background that then itself may have more shapes in dark grey or may fade into a floral edge like a Roccoco era wallpaper would.
That guy calling conceptual art "poison" is such garbage, i'm sorry. Is art only the conservative tradition or renaissance painting or some other myopic view? Such a limited range of experience and is such a fucking boring way to look at art. In tattooing I get that some forms of art just don't work with the medium, but limiting art as a whole is very different.
I dont get the hate on the screw tattoo. Is it because the colors will fade? Is it because the dots will migrate? Or is it just a matter of taste? Because i think it looks cool.
Because the further away from traditional it is, the worse he thinks it is. He would say that it won’t stand the test of time but imo that’s fine as long as the guy got it with that understanding. There’s nothing wrong with getting something you like that will probably require touch ups every once in a while.
Please do NOT ask me any deep, meaningful questions while holding a needle to my skin. Absolutely no religion or politics. Its coercive and scary.. not to mention super awkward. An artist that does this is on a major power trip.
At 5:00 you are giving an opinion about a contemporary performance piece from the perspective of somebody who draws and tattoos legible understandable designs. But the problem is performance art isn't in the same lane as your work. And Sure it seems goofy but can hold a lot of meaning personal meaning. But you always miss context. Thats why this art form is better to not get video taped. Could it potentially still be crap yeah maybe. It might also just be a graduation piece. This guy in the video makes the argument that "these" people get grants en people buy there work. But this is plainly not true. Performance art is still the art form which is given the least amount of grants / commercial success. Mainly because it is not a commercial work it has nothing to sell and that is not the goal of it. in the end most grants are still given to painters. Why you can make an argument why is that. And at the end grants arent the factor which decided what is successful and what isn't. Most art got rejected before it became famous. Vincent van Gogh is a big one . I just cringe a bit at seeing people critize a very nice art form because hahah its looks silly.
You are so right and people just don't get it. I'm not that big of a fan of performance art but just because an art form doesn't leave anything of material value behind or if the material piece of it is inconsequential to the main point, does not mean it is worthless or stupid. I'm so tired of people being like '"Oh it's a scribble", "It's just buckets of sand", "If a piece of art needs a whole long description for me to even understand what it is, it's not art". That's not the point. How did those scribbles get there? Why in that place or color? Where did that sand come from? How many intricate forces of physics allowed those grains to fall in that way? What do the buckets represent? Who did those safety pins belong to?
That girl talking about the tattoos being the property of indigenous people is just trying to get attention and be quirky like the people she’s talking about. It’s pure hypocrisy.
“What do you value most?” is a stupid question and way too broad. What do I value most with what? What do I value most with my home situation? What do I value most at church? What do I value most at my job? What do I value most with that birthday party coming up? What do I value most when I’m picking a new movie to go see at the theater?
"What do you value most" lol what is this L.A ink?
At first i understood it as "what do you value the most IN a tattoo artist to customer interaction".
What do you value most when you get tattoed by someone, and what do you value most when tattooing someone.
If they really meant in general, then thats a bit of a butchered question to begin with.
Who asks that hahaha.
@@theswamps6589 i thought the same as you
That screw doesn't even look good when it's fresh, I don't want to know what it'll look like in 5 years. What was he thinking using those colours together.
I thought the screw was going to be an example of a tattoo that aged horribly. I can't believe it was actually fresh.
It’s gonna look like a fkn dildo
Some might say she got screwed...
ok I'll see myself out now. 😂
Took me years to realize that Ameeican traditional is great because it actually works, and ages well. Now that’s basically all I’m interested in getting. Bold will hold, or whatever.
Yep same thing happened to me, when I first started getting tattooed I wanted all these different styles but after awhile i pretty much only stick to American traditional and japanese style tattooing because not only is it beautiful but it holds up so well over time
So does most well choosen black work lol
It also looks badass too, just lots of black and red, from the distance or peripheral it looks fire asf, until you see the tattoos it’s kinda goofy imo
Make sure you zip up kirks fly when you’re done
Wild
I have no tats but I binge watch tf outta this channel and learn a lot for when I'm ready
I only have one tattoo and I feel like it’s a hobby getting tattoos now lol, I binge watch these too, for some reason it boosts my ego knowing I have a better tattoo than most people on these videos 💀💀
You're about to get a tattoo 😅
Lmao that’s wack cause ur gunna act like you know soooo much and be wayyy to picky lol 🤣 feel bad for that artist
Start with really good flash. The most traditional of traditional is flash.
@@0171700 haha lets hope not, start out with something small and simple, something you do for aesthetics or a little personal thingy, dont overthink that shit
Otzi made a surprise appearance! He's definitely not the oldest human remains ever found, but most ancient remains no longer have skin because of normal decay. His skin was preserved because it was so cold. I wish we could see more ancient tattoos!
"The art world is sick."
Don't nobody tell him about the dadaists.
Yeah for a contemporary art critic he sure does seem to forget what the last 100 years of art has actually included
Dadaism is struggle. I love it
I value someone who knows the volume on the TV needs to be an even number or divisible by 5
Uhm, yes, and you can never ever do an exercise or a thing and have it end in an uneven number. Like. How does the whole world not know this 😅
I think if an artist asked me what I value most I would just say “silence”
Performance art first started becoming a thing in the 1910s when people were dealing with WW1 and felt like traditional art was no longer able to show their thoughts and feelings accurately. It's meant to make you think about real life and emotion, not be something pretty to look at. I've seen people get images of performance art tattooed on them so it definitely can be meaningful to some people.
99.99% of artists don't get rich off that shit. Especially not performance artists. No "grants" are making any artist rich, so being so angry about that aspect of it is very weird.
Tattoo artists insist that art and tattooing is not the same so why does a tattoo expert suddenly think he's also an art expert? (Talking about that Justin guy, not Kirk) It just makes it look like he's angry and wants to direct it at someone, and some broke art students drawing on a wall were the most convenient target.
Agreed! I would be shocked if those kids were getting gretting any grants 😂
Absolutely this. Performance art is usually not about the material things the artist is doing or making but rather a message they send through their process. It's about the journey, not the destination. Those scribbles left on the wall are only an echo of the full experience and people don't seem to get that.
A performance artist who is very well known and that I've found really impactful in my own life is Marina Abramović. Two of her most famous works are Rythym 0 and The Artist is Present. In the first one, she stood completely still for 6 whole hours and let her audience manipulate her in any way they wanted without consequence. She walked out stripped and abused. In The Artist is Present she sat in a chair for hours at a time for weeks silently staring into the eyes of an endless line of strangers sitting across from her. As an autistic person who struggles with eye contact, I am fully aware of how overwhelming and intimate it can be to look people in the eye so I can only imagine how emotionally taxing that must have been.
@@zrc1514 her piece with the bow and arrow is the one I was thinking of when I said people often get tattoos of performance art. She really changed the game.
Dude, it’s refreshing that you look at the tattoos and videos without getting into the bs or the politics behind some of em. You just speak your mind as a tattooer, business owner and regular dude and I appreciate that.
As a bartender people ask me the "what do you value most" question and it PISSES ME OFF
im at work bro, I don't wanna tell you about all the bs im working through in my head
Tell them money and maybe they'll tip u better
"What do you value the most".. I value not having to answer dumb questions for the sake of dumb questions
I have a friend who works at an art gallery and she sais the extreme expressionism-stuff just sells the most. Nothing against expressionism per se but the stuff she showed me was just like... Did someone trip over their paint buckets in a dark cellar? Meanwhile absolutely talented artists who do this beautifull artsy (and even abstract) compositions don't sell their stuff for nearly as much, if at all.
That's honestly just really sad.
Expressionism usually refers to a style of painting from the early 20th century, and it was revolutionary at that time. It was not about being pretty, but how it brought something new to the table.
yeah i think thats a very surface level analysis of this
Expressionism can be cool af too.
The thing you and also that guy in the tik tok are critiqueing is not actually the art but the art industry, to carry that out on the back of artists or art students, or any particular style is the weirdest take to me.
that's just one friend working at one particular gallery. different mid tier galleries specialise in different types of art. Some sell very traditional skilled art well whilst might struggle to sell more abstract pieces and visa versa. It's a mix. art sells and there is a market out there for all types of art to sell equally well
😂😂 Kirk speaking truths as usual. Love you man. Keep it real ✊
How does a grown man tattoo white splooge on his face without pausing to think about it?
The what do you value most is meant to be a conversation starter for comments on that video. I believe they’re talking about what do you value most as a tattoo client and as a tattoo artist. Like do you value a quick tattoo or cheaper prices, etc.
Dude I love ya, your real take and awesome personality is the shit.
i think the "what do you value most" was supposed to be a question to the audience, like to start a discussion in the comments secion, like what do you value most as a tattoo collector/artist?
Yes for sure
thought so too
homeboy with the lightning looks like he got splooged on
Good point about the conversations! I have personally had weird conversations and have known others who also had weird conversations with tattoo artists. It fucking sucks cause youre kind of trapped in it. I think some of them enjoy that control they have over clients... its gross
The more videos of yours I watch the more I want a traditional panther tattoo for some reason.
The problem with contemporary art is the difficulty to spot where the genuine artistic concept ends and where the mockery begins. I guess we can say the same about tattoo too nowadays
You are very intelligent, Kirk. Thank you.
its less about tattooing itself being one culture's property and more about getting tattoos of things that are culturally significant to a group of people u don't belong to. Not that it should be illegal or punished or whatever but getting someone else's culture inked is fucking goofy to me and a lot of people.
u have became my favorite tattoo youtuber and really the only youtuber i watch been here since 9k and i didn't even know how much you've grown this quickly. Consistent asf my guy
Love the videos dude! You deserve waaaay more subscribers
I never knew that otzi the iceman had tattoos and having done further research into it, that’s really interesting. Learning something new from Kirk’s TikTok complaints 😂
Loved your take on cultural appropriation in tattooing, tattoos are of the world not of a specific people
I think the face lighting tattoo was actually pretty cool and interesting.
Your channel is great. It is so cool to see someone so passionate and knowledgeable about tattooing.
By far,my favorite video from this channel.
Lol, "...what do you value most?".
Mate.....a good tattoo, and potentially a clean bathroom in case I need to hang a cake half way through. That's about it.
Is "hang a cake" an Australian colloquialism? It paints quite an image 😂
I actually like how the screw tattoo looks. But I fully understand that 40% is going to disappear so I completely agree with your criticism
Love your take on the "what do you value most" of it comes up naturally that's cool...
I wouldn't get tattooed by the "What do you value most" guy out of fear the tattoo would get infected by his pretentiousness.
Jonny does all my black work - 100% recommend him if you're in the UK - the mans a sweetheart and his blackouts are top notch
I'm genuinely confused by the screw. Was it supposed to be a glitter tattoo? Was the artist trying to be quirky and different? Either way, it's just... 😬
Gah, I love your logic/perspective/opinions.
You're a fuckin real one dude. Thank you for keeping it 100!
"What do you value most?"
"At this moment, I value a tattoo artist with talent. Think you can handle that?"
Body parts aren't flat, or scrapbooks. Stamps are a hard pass.
The guy with the white face tattoo looks like a decorator’s radio.
The guy who tattooed his own face just looks like someone finished on him
I got 3 tattoos in my early 20s took a break, slowed down, got to know the culture, the guys that do it, how the age, what I like, then my early 30s got another 30 or so, guess which ones are better?
Why are people mad at you for judging these tattoos? These people posted their own shit on a public platform, that gives anyone that right to clown on them, that's how the internet works
that screw taking 4 hours is absurd. i had my entire backpiece lined in 6. hair and scales and all
I took the, "What do you value most?" as a tattoo specific question. Like do you value the aesthetic, experience, quality, or style of tattoo. But hey, I may not be that deep.
staying up til 1am in Indonesia has its perks. 2nd baby
How are the waves this week?
@@kirkfagantattoo muy bueno ;)
That screw goes hard 😂
Dude, his skin giggled 😅 lol. “The tat stamp”
If I’m doing a tattoo priced by the hour and I’m asked to go at their pace, I’ll say “bet”.
13:45 Yes. You're right. I watch your channel to hear you make these points.
The dumbest tattoos are the clocks 😂 my homie is 35 and his 1st and only tattoo was a clock and skeleton fingers in one 😂
I don't even have tattoos (yet) but I really enjoy your videos. You might even inspire me to get a traditional mermaid lol
That tattoo take from the lady 9:03 is straight up one of the reasons why people vote Trump.
F 0ff, lady and keep your opinions for yourself
Yay! Another Kirk Fagan video. ❤
On the 2 girls pulling on eachother painting on the wall: art can be beautiful, but art is also meant to evoke emotion and convey ideas. I have no idea what that guy considers art, but i 100% get how people find the art in the video more appealing that some random pirtrait of some woman. Nowadays the portrait does nothing, everyone has seen that kind of art thousands of times, sure it might be masterfuly done and beautiful in some sense but its just not special.
The art in the video, however, conveys idea and emotion, makes the makes the viewer think and contemplate the meaning.
If you want to go to an art museum and just be like "wow, so pretty!!🥰🤩. How is that even possible to paint/draw?!?🫨🤯 " then just dont go to these exibitions. They arent for you. Go and look at the Nth oil on canvas painting of a random woman or flower pot.
The art exists because there is an audiance for it. Very simple.
Just finished watching kirk commenting on it(didnt realise he kept going). The art isnt whats on the wall in this instance. Its the preformance of drawing it chained together.
And for tattooing i agree that you should get stuff that is cool. The original comment is on art in general.
Not you trying to explain how the art you like has a lot of meaning, while also passive aggressively suggesting that the art other people like is shallow, stupid and has nothing to say….
It’s almost like you are exactly the same as the people you were trying to criticise
@@sarads7877 the difference is that the modern art people arent coming at the other art forms. All you see is the others discrediting the more modern art. I have no problem looking at some more traditional paintings for example and appreciating them for the mastery beauty and also meaning, but the other side just pretends that its all nonsensical and of no value which just makes no sense.
Art is too difficult of a concept to limit to this or that. Some find one more appealing some another, but it is obvious that some find value in the more modern stuff. People can dislike it, i just wish they didnt discredit it completely and tried to atleast understand where the other side is coming from and what they see and enjoy in it.
@@shibo2319 *contemporary art
Modern art is cubism, futurism, expressionism etc, it ended roughly in the 70s
"The art world is sick!"😅
I remember when the only people who had face tats were old dudes who had a hard life or " o.gs"
I think some guys get them to look " intimidating " but those dudes without a jawline with face tats and zero teeth kill me...
Like spend your money on your health first, but who am I to judge someone else , it's all our first time here in the world.
For the black out at 17:22 , I’m not sure if I’ve formed an opinion on blacking out an arm with no tattoos, but firing from the hip I think it’s kinda lame. Would love to hear what other people think!
That old lady got bullied into getting that
She got screwed 😅
5:00 I am so sick and tired of these green screen "art critics" that say nothing with such pretentious descriptions as "this is poison! this is not art!". The art world is varied from governmental institutions, private institutions, commercial galleries, artistic co-ops and random events between friends, it's not a singular thing.
I don't think I have to say much about how pointless and unproductive the question of "is it art" in terms of describing a work's quality.
Anyways I don't get anything out of the displayed pieces, but I also have no context on how this is presented. If you don't think context is important, check out Felix Gonzalez-Torres's clocks, mundane at first glance, but with the context, I think anyone can see the beauty in the idea.
You have years of experience in tattooing and love it which makes if fun to hear your opinions on the subject but the guy's who's video you shared is a dime a dozen "art critics" who just spew unproductive baseless bs, you guys are not on the same level.
Tell em to holler at me about affordable tattoo removal techniques
I got all my tatts before like 25 and I don’t like half of them too much anymore they look cool but the concept ….justbget stuff that looks badass!
Also far as the culture stealing, someone who is white and into Japanese style tattoos. They are appreciating the art and style its not appropriation when its done with respect and knowledge about the culture
In my experience, if you are respectful towards the work and culture, people in Asia are super happy when you take something from their culture with you. Not just tattoos but other traditional items and imagery as well.
That doesn't look like lightning. It looks like his skin is peeling from a bad sunburn.
The truth is tattooing just like most other industries will and should always evolve. If it didn’t, we would still be cutting ourselves with sharp rocks and rubbing ash in there. There are a lot of styles and techniques that are accepted by the industry today, that wouldn’t have been 50 years ago. This point isn’t a green light to do bad tattoos but never forget that there are probably a lot of ways of doing good ones. And that even experienced artist try new things.
My wort tattoo took 5 hours straight, time often a solid indicator of artists skill
14:07 what is he talking about 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 14:33 oh he is selling
That tattoo 'stamp' reminds me of the way we used to tattoo our show rabbits' ears, back when my mother and I used to raise them. We had all these little blocks with numbers and letters made of needles, you load them into this thing like a pair of pliers, put the rabbit's ear in between, and ka-chunk, it's tattooed. Thanks... but I don't want to be marked like livestock...
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7:14 dude tattooed a money shot on his face… 😅
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There’s a local artist in my area who constantly brags that she’s booked out but it’s because she does these tiny itty bitty tats and then she post that’s she’s doing walk ins today and tomorrow.
yes dude yes i needed this so much rn dude im blasted
9:09 off topic but her eyebrows are WILD
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Idk why but seeing a blackout on a clean arm hurts😭 I think they looks great! No issue against them. They’re hard to do well! Just feels weird seeing one done not as a cover up for some reason
10:27 is honestly so true. I am heavily tattooed and I honestly could not care less about my tattoos now (I used to be obsessed). I do not regret them but I would not do it again if I woke up without them. They hurt like hell and cost more lol
12:59 lmao so true. “What do you value most?” I’d think my artist was high or st if they started asking me this pseudo deep, weird, shit.
Tattoo 💡 idea: rocaille, the decorative floral shapes, seafoam like, 3d, on Roccoco buildings, in white/skintone on blackout background that then itself may have more shapes in dark grey or may fade into a floral edge like a Roccoco era wallpaper would.
That stamp is from Crocodile Jackson who is one of my faves in the tat game
That guy calling conceptual art "poison" is such garbage, i'm sorry. Is art only the conservative tradition or renaissance painting or some other myopic view? Such a limited range of experience and is such a fucking boring way to look at art. In tattooing I get that some forms of art just don't work with the medium, but limiting art as a whole is very different.
Agreed.
If someone can build their career out of saying “hawk tuah”, anything is possible 😭
I dont get the hate on the screw tattoo. Is it because the colors will fade? Is it because the dots will migrate? Or is it just a matter of taste? Because i think it looks cool.
Because the further away from traditional it is, the worse he thinks it is. He would say that it won’t stand the test of time but imo that’s fine as long as the guy got it with that understanding. There’s nothing wrong with getting something you like that will probably require touch ups every once in a while.
When people with no taste in Art go rogue.. youre in for something
Her tone of voice and eyebrows told me everything I needed to know about her before she finished the first sentence.
Please do NOT ask me any deep, meaningful questions while holding a needle to my skin. Absolutely no religion or politics. Its coercive and scary.. not to mention super awkward. An artist that does this is on a major power trip.
3:28 can you explain more on why you think this is a bad tattoo.
That person went from absolutely no tattoos on their arm to TOTAL BLACK OUT wow 😳
Down in texas, a screw resembles a very famous rap group (screwed up click) and the biggest rap dj in texas of all time (dj screw).
At 5:00 you are giving an opinion about a contemporary performance piece from the perspective of somebody who draws and tattoos legible understandable designs. But the problem is performance art isn't in the same lane as your work. And Sure it seems goofy but can hold a lot of meaning personal meaning. But you always miss context. Thats why this art form is better to not get video taped. Could it potentially still be crap yeah maybe. It might also just be a graduation piece. This guy in the video makes the argument that "these" people get grants en people buy there work. But this is plainly not true. Performance art is still the art form which is given the least amount of grants / commercial success. Mainly because it is not a commercial work it has nothing to sell and that is not the goal of it. in the end most grants are still given to painters. Why you can make an argument why is that. And at the end grants arent the factor which decided what is successful and what isn't. Most art got rejected before it became famous. Vincent van Gogh is a big one . I just cringe a bit at seeing people critize a very nice art form because hahah its looks silly.
You are so right and people just don't get it. I'm not that big of a fan of performance art but just because an art form doesn't leave anything of material value behind or if the material piece of it is inconsequential to the main point, does not mean it is worthless or stupid.
I'm so tired of people being like '"Oh it's a scribble", "It's just buckets of sand", "If a piece of art needs a whole long description for me to even understand what it is, it's not art". That's not the point. How did those scribbles get there? Why in that place or color? Where did that sand come from? How many intricate forces of physics allowed those grains to fall in that way? What do the buckets represent? Who did those safety pins belong to?
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The only group of people that tattoos "aren't for", are cannibals
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That girl talking about the tattoos being the property of indigenous people is just trying to get attention and be quirky like the people she’s talking about. It’s pure hypocrisy.
Ötzi was from switzerland!
“What do you value most?” is a stupid question and way too broad. What do I value most with what? What do I value most with my home situation? What do I value most at church? What do I value most at my job? What do I value most with that birthday party coming up? What do I value most when I’m picking a new movie to go see at the theater?
The guy with the white tattoo on his face => bukake