Ok, so a friend and I are having a debate and I am going to the experts. Her sister got a tattoo a year ago of a lion head on her back. I say it is tribal, my friend (and her sister) insist it isn’t. In the end, her sister likes the tattoo so it doesn’t really matter. But this is a girl that says all tribal tattoos are terrible…but I say she has one on her back 🙂
@npaggett 130101 wrote:
She says if it is just thick black lines it isn’t tribal :confused:
That’s exactly what tribal is… nothing but black thick (and thin) lines done up in weird shapes that do not fit the other standard categories. A traditional tattoo without color, for instance, would never be considered tribal just because it’s solely thick black lines.
That lion, however, is 100% tribal. And a dreadfully poorly done one at that.
Take a look at this tribal butterfly for instance (random one I picked off google):
And look at the swirls at the ends of the tribal.
Then look at the swirls on your friend’s tattoo. Looks familiar? It’s basically the same concept, only hideously executed.
@npaggett 130124 wrote:
To be fair, it is a really bad picture of the tattoo. While I almost never excuse poor tats, hers really isn’t *that* bad as far as tribals go. Certainly no great masterpiece…but are we really surprised by that?
Never said it was a “good” tattoo. I said it looks considerably different in person than it does in that photo and it looks far better. I’m not sure when this was taken, but I’m guessing it was during her..uh…chunkier..phase which made her tattoo look like crap, fuzzy and oddly proportioned. Now that she has lost the weight again…it looks more like it did to begin with: Mediocre.
@Zorba 130150 wrote:
I’m no expert – but it certainly looks “Tribal” to me.
And I don’t have the problems with Tribal that many here do.
But I can’t say its well executed.
The problem I see (and perhaps you see something different) in this picture (the only one I have of it) is that it is poorly proportioned and the lines are fuzzy. Both of which were remedied when she lost the weight she gained after her tattoo. It is much cleaner and less stretched out
@Call_me_Lola 130154 wrote:
If you google “tribal lion tattoo” the flash for that exact tattoo comes up in the images.
That is funny. I don’t know if she picked it out at the shop or if she found it online.
@npaggett 130158 wrote:
The problem I see (and perhaps you see something different) in this picture (the only one I have of it) is that it is poorly proportioned and the lines are fuzzy. Both of which were remedied when she lost the weight she gained after her tattoo. It is much cleaner and less stretched out
That is funny. I don’t know if she picked it out at the shop or if she found it online.
You sure this isn’t your tattoo :p
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