Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

My Tattoo Addiction

Options
  • 23-09-2013 7:59pm
    #1
    Nice Botty
    Site Banned Posts: 20 ✭


    Saw an ad for this on Channel 4 - looks interesting! Thursday I think


«1

Comments

  • Options
    #2
    Adiboo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,629 ✭✭✭Adiboo


    Old news - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=81247569

    General consensus is that it shows the worst side of the tattoo industry.


  • Options
    #3
    Nice Botty
    Site Banned Posts: 20 ✭Nice Botty


    Adiboo wrote: »
    Old news - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=81247569

    General consensus is that it shows the worst side of the tattoo industry.

    Oh. This looks like a new programme ?


  • Options
    #4
    Adiboo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,629 ✭✭✭Adiboo


    Oh, you're right. My bad!

    Let's hope this second series does a better job than the first documentary.

    http://www.channel4.com/programmes/my-tattoo-addiction/episode-guide


  • Options
    #5
    Arawn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,158 ✭✭✭Arawn


    they certainly couldn't make a worse one than last time


  • Options
    #6
    Nice Botty
    Site Banned Posts: 20 ✭Nice Botty


    Adiboo wrote: »
    Oh, you're right. My bad!

    Let's hope this second series does a better job than the first documentary.

    http://www.channel4.com/programmes/my-tattoo-addiction/episode-guide

    Was the first one that bad ?


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #7
    Arawn
    Registered Users Posts: 3,158 ✭✭✭Arawn


    they focused on a scratcher and a middle aged man who kept getting miley cyrus tattoos iirc


  • Options
    #8
    P.K.M.
    Registered Users Posts: 872 ✭✭✭P.K.M.


    Nice Botty wrote: »
    Was the first one that bad ?

    Yeah, the first one really was sh!te, very bad portrayal of people getting tatts. Really annoyed me.


  • Options
    #9
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    The first episode is on 4OD if you want to watch it.

    Hopefully this second episode focuses more on sensible people getting decent tattoos!


  • Options
    #10
    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Watching the first episode now, interesting to say the least.

    Slightly OT but I wonder if anyone else is of the opinion that portraits just don't seem to look well as tattoos?


  • Options
    #11
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    No, they can IMO. It's all down to the artist really.


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #12
    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Yeah fair point actually depends 100% on the artist. I think the outlining makes them look a bit severe looking at times where more of a watercolour style would look softer.


  • Options
    #13
    Adiboo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,629 ✭✭✭Adiboo


    Portraits with outlines can be just as awesome. Here's a traditional style one done by Paul in Spilled Ink for example.

    942746_4248528946466_111544959_n.jpg


  • Options
    #14
    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Ha true, seems I was guilty of letting a few dodgy looking portraits clouding my judgement on them as a whole. Move along folks nothing to see here :P


  • Options
    #15
    RhoDoDenDron
    Registered Users Posts: 364 ✭✭RhoDoDenDron


    P_1 wrote: »
    Watching the first episode now, interesting to say the least.

    Slightly OT but I wonder if anyone else is of the opinion that portraits just don't seem to look well as tattoos?

    I agree. Even well-done portraits just don't look good to me as tattoos.


  • Options
    #16
    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    RhoDoDenDron wrote: »
    I agree. Even well-done portraits just don't look good to me as tattoos.

    I'm not sure why it is but a lot of black and grey portraits seem to be overly shaded in the face which tends to distort them slightly. Possibly controversial but it seems that some artists don't have the skill to do them justice in black and grey


  • Options
    #17
    raze_them_all_
    Registered Users Posts: 6,744 ✭✭✭raze_them_all_


    I think this is a brilliant portrait
    282551_418338081571477_1882140474_n.jpg

    as was pointed out, it all depends on the talent doing it


  • Options
    #18
    Marty McFly
    Registered Users Posts: 11,224 ✭✭✭✭Marty McFly


    Just set this to record but given Channel 4's last shambolic attempt at this I'm not holding out much hope other that it being terrible once again.


  • Options
    #19
    Just Like Heaven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,132 ✭✭✭Just Like Heaven


    P_1 wrote: »
    I'm not sure why it is but a lot of black and grey portraits seem to be overly shaded in the face which tends to distort them slightly.

    Puts me off a lot as well but in many cases the pic is fresh, they brighten up an awful lot once the blood's out.

    You're not completely wrong though, there's a lot more bad portraits out there than there is good ones. Basically to be safe you have to go to somebody who has been dishing out portraits and realism all day everyday for years.


  • Options
    #20
    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Just saw an ad for it there, sadly it looks like we're going to be getting more of the same in the new episode


  • Options
    #21
    jenizzle
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭jenizzle


    Any of you have a link to the new show? I can only see the older documentary on 4OD!


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #22
    Adiboo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,629 ✭✭✭Adiboo


    Not on till tomorrow!


  • Options
    #23
    Nice Botty
    Site Banned Posts: 20 ✭Nice Botty


    P_1 wrote: »
    Just saw an ad for it there, sadly it looks like we're going to be getting more of the same in the new episode

    There was someone in the ad with tattoos all over his puss wondering why he couldn't get a job....


  • Options
    #24
    jenizzle
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭jenizzle


    Adiboo wrote: »
    Not on till tomorrow!

    :rolleyes: It'd help if I could read :P


  • Options
    #25
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    Just starting now on channel 4. Going to want a new tattoo immediately after.


  • Options
    #26
    Just Like Heaven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,132 ✭✭✭Just Like Heaven


    Ugh what's going on.


  • Options
    #27
    Just Like Heaven
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,132 ✭✭✭Just Like Heaven


    I take it all back the where's Wally thing was hilarious.


  • Options
    #28
    Reg'stoy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,578 ✭✭✭Reg'stoy


    From the sublime of the Family getting their tattoo's (very touching) to the absolutely ridiculous of the where's wally nonsense.

    The emotion in just the one word HOPE was very evident and I now realise that tattoo's can be so much more than just ink.


  • Options
    #29
    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    I know we all try to be non-judgemental here about all types of tattooing but the folks getting them done when they're locked on a sun holiday is making it very tough to do so to be honest.


  • Options
    #30
    P.K.M.
    Registered Users Posts: 872 ✭✭✭P.K.M.


    P_1 wrote: »
    I know we all try to be non-judgemental here about all types of tattooing but the folks getting them done when they're locked on a sun holiday is making it very tough to do so to be honest.

    Have to agree, how does it look for people who have put time and effort and imagination into their tatts!!


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #31
    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    P.K.M. wrote: »
    Have to agree, how does it look for people who have put time and effort and imagination into their tatts!!

    Not good would be putting it mildly I'd say!! Very poor ethics on the part of the studios that do them too to be honest


Advertisement