Does everyone hate Tribal tattoos =)

I love tribal more than any other type of ink, i love the way it flows with the bodys contours, i love the simplicity of it, i love that its almost impossible to not be able to add to it and extend it.

But that is me

Most people i speak to who are heavily tattooed stray away from tribal and most people i see who are heavily tattoed have little to no tribal

My question is why the lack of tribal ?
Why does no one like tribal ?

Duke



Tribal for the win

Post sigs FTL.

It really depends on what all you want throw into the lazy definition, "tribal."

Too man frat boys with tribal armbands spoils the fun.

Sig for the picture in origonal post http://www.bmeink.com/A61030/high/bmepb382844.jpg

I think people who have one or two tattoos they 9/10 have tribal done and anyone who has like 10+ tattoos seems to have no tribal i just dont understand why it almost fround upon lol

duke

That pic of of Luckie right ?

Im not sure i just pulled it from google images to make a point in the thread lol

duke

They get a new one for every chick they "nail".

lol

It's just a backlash from their popularity with people who get tattoos casually. Nothing inherently wrong with them, some of them look awesome. Just that most (though certainly not all) people who are really into tattoos tend to put a lot of thought into the significance and meaning of the design, and tribal is really just doodling. Cool doodling, but doodling.

But if you like 'em, by all means- go nuts. The picture you posted looks great. Some tattoos are just meant to look awesome.

in general, i actually prefer abstract 'tribal' design tats over other styles.

And artistically lazy. Doodles in ink. Permanent ink.

I like tribal if it actually flows with the body but like other people pointed out...stupid frat boys. lol. I want a huge tribal piece on my side. It's going to be beautiful. I hate the little "tramp stamp" with the butterfly/tribal thing that you see SO many girls with. ugh...boring. I think people should get what they want...maybe tribal doesn't appeal to some people...I don't like portrait tattoos usually....

lazy, maybe... but it's aesthetically pleasing, to me, where as i find less abstract images distracting as tattoos.

i mean, that said, i'd rather see one Twwly than ten bubbleheaded frat girls with tramp stamps. but when they're done well, like Voltaire's, i prefer tribal designs.

It's very '90's, ...like eyebrow piercings.

yours is beautiful !!! anyway, so who cares what they say!!!


UOTE]Dukemineralz said:
I love trQibal more than any other type of ink, i love the way it flows with the bodys contours, i love the simplicity of it, i love that its almost impossible to not be able to add to it and extend it.

But that is me

Most people i speak to who are heavily tattooed stray away from tribal and most people i see who are heavily tattoed have little to no tribal

My question is why the lack of tribal ?
Why does no one like tribal ?

Duke



Tribal for the win

I hate most tribal, i've got a tribal "piece" on my belly, it curves under my little bit of a pot belly which I quite like... I'd like it covered with something a bit more intricate but it's really hard to cover tribal apparently so i'm reckoning a background for it might be a bit more appropriate...

Oh crap! I have both and got both in the past 6 years! I guess that means in a few years i'll be considered "retro" COOL! :p

I liked Hando's "tribal" in romper stomper.

We will hate chest pieces just as much in 10 years.

They're like anything else. Some of them are good but most of them suck.

And yet Jackson Pollock is considered a great artist. Go figure.

Hmm. Maybe art doesn't have to be complex or intellectual. Maybe it doesn't even need an intended meaning, beyond that which the observer chooses to impart on it. Maybe it's even possible to create art that appeals to the emotions by the very nature of it's simplicity. Maybe sometimes art is just decoration. Like jewelry. Or a tattoo.

I find Jackson Pollock boring too.