I have an elaborate vision for a style system of tattoos that I find so intriguing I think I'm going to learn to draw so I can convey it
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he problem with a lot of bad tattoos is a lack of context and nuance. This is conveyed well in good touchup jobs:
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A good tattoo isn't just ink on skin. It respects your musculature, your bone structure, your skin tone, and negative space. (As a start!)
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Ok so here's my vision: imagine a minimal, modular system of tattoos that spans the whole body but with 80-90% negative space. Like life.
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Doing it all at once would be insane. You'd have to plan for it to be done in stages. And to appear complete at every step, iteratively
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I find myself thinking of Alexander McQueen. I think he appreciated this idea of negative space. Imagine if he was a tattoo artist
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Done right, a system of tattoos should look like the person was designed for it, because it accommodates the idiosyncrasies of their body
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not yet, but I will get some eventually. Something I think about a lot. Wondering what the Indian equivalent of the above would be
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