| Tribal Sleeve? |
Question:
I'm looking for tribal sleeve tattoo designs. Anyone know of any online
galleries, or books for this?
Answer:
- Find someone who spends a lot of time on the phone, on hold. look
at the cover of his phone book. there you go.
-Try looking or an artist in your area...probably one who has never done a
triabl sleeve...as 90% of the artist who have done one have no desire to
ever do one again....
-But if you call it what it really is, they might be happier to
consider your request. People look at Skookums' upper
arm/shoulder and go "oooh, tribal." No, fool. It's "neotribal
Johnny-geometric" -- Johnny being the artist.
Take Alex Binney's work at Into You in the UK (older work is
documented in "The New Tattoo"). Lots of it might be called
"tribal" by the uninformed. But to Skookums many of Binney's
designs appear to be based on Victorian era decorative motifs:
textile patterns, decorative wrought iron,
- i fell so silly and here all these years i have just called it
unimaginative dribble......or tattoos for people without imagination.....(of
course excepting the actual people who use them as a part of thier
culture.....)
-At least not over something as
trivial as this. "Unimaginative dribble" and "tattoos for people
without imagination" are terms far preferable to the overdone
"tribal." Call it what you will, but we are on all fours in
rejecting "tribal" as an appropriate term.
In Skookums' ever so modest opinion, solid black in bold, simple
patterns makes a far more striking tattoo than most (not quite
all) of the highly coloured, intricate designs one sees so much
of. Those who disagree are welcome to flame away. Now, where's
that artist who can put a huge Tibetan thanka design on Skookums'
ever-lovin' back in full colour with lots of detail...?
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