Calling Out Tattoo Copycats | Tattoo Artists React
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- Put yourself in the shoes of a tattoo artist for a second. You’re relaxing after a long day at the shop, scrolling through the ol’ Instagram. What pops into your feed but a tattoo that looks hauntingly familiar. But, something is off. You remember creating this piece of art a couple of months ago, but here it is, on someone else’s feed and don’t rather poorly. Is this an episode of “The Twilight Zone?” No, it’s just the work of a tattoo copycat. We asked our panel of artists what they thought about tattoo copiers, and most importantly, how they felt when they saw their own work copied.
This is our final episode of Season 14, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we have. But don’t worry, we’ll be back with a whole new group of tattoos for Season 15 in a couple of weeks!
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Jesus that copy of the Alice tattoo is terrible
Ikr!?! I love the original! Both top and bottom is so pretty and well done! The whole concept is insane!
I love the fact that the bad copy has the cat ears from another tattoo on it! lmfao! xD
what you mean? she took some shit and ended up looking like shit lmao
@@MusicFromTheOm it's almost like the tattooer was pissed that he had to copy and was like "you want that picture on you? I'll tattoo the whole damn thing then" 😂
the original is so cool though!!
The artist behind the Alice tattoo is Mat Rule. I strongly recommend to check his work!!
The tattoo machine buzz for the swearing bleeps is awesome. So much better.
*I love the irony that they use censorship when you have to be at least 18 to get tattooed.*
@@NinjaDildoShow has nothing to do with age group
Everything to do with UA-cam pulling monetization for cussing in videos
@@Dangolbustedman yep yep- the real irony is that there’s literally a UA-cam kids, which means normal posts should be free to feature whatever (within reason) creators want
@@NinjaDildoShow I’m 16 and have no tattoos yet but i want to open a piercing and tattoo shop when I’m an adult
I don’t understand why the swearing is bleeped on a tattoo channel. If you can get a tattoo you should be old enough to hear a naughty word.
I love how there's always at least one artist in any of these kinds of videos who always mentions that copycat that also tattooed the nipple lol imagine being known as that guy/girl who did that
It's so insane!
What a legend hahah, client asking for an exact picture of a tattoo and got exactly what he probably came in the shop with, the tattooer is a meme lord
I mean they deserve it let's be real
@@inked "sooo insannneeee brooooo"
herb...
@@anoonknocking u r making such a big difference in the world!! Proud of u bb
I sent my tattoo guy a picture of a tattoo I wanted to get. Assumed based on our conversation that what I sent was what I was going to get. Showed up for my appt. to see a completely different version. Needless to say I was upset at first. He asked what I didn't like and I was like it's not the same thing! He started to walk away and muttered "Well I didn't want to copy someone else's work..." and that's when it hit me. Each artist puts their own spin on things and copying another person's tattoo isn't really why they got into this business. I ended up getting his version and I've got a bunch of compliments on it and I love it. Shout-out to Liam at Olympus Ink.
Your tattoo artist could’ve also told you that via message before your appointment tbh
Might’ve assumed customer meant for it to be adapted
lol dude just get what you want....
@@ingeniousmaultasche6602 Tattoo artists also make this for a living. It's not smart businesses wise to push a potential client away. Telling him over text could've discouraged OP to even show up at all.
It’s disrespectful to copy another person’s tattoo, but your tattoo artist could’ve told you in the consultation what he wanted to do.
I often wonder how people who's tattoos have been copied feel. Like artists sometimes are like it's okay but imagine wearing a tattoo and realizing someone copied something unique to yourself
Is usually people themselves that show artist and are like I want this on me and they just go for it
I know of a youtuber who has a chest piece that I think she had a part in designing and it got copied a lot. I know it upset her a great deal and she's done a few videos calling out people who get copied tattoos and the artists who do them.
From the perspective of someone who HAS a copied tattoo, not too bad honestly. I was 18 at the time so I just chalk it up to not knowing much about tattooing at the time. I think my tattoo artist probably thought that he changed up enough for it to not be copied? But the layout is the same, the positioning of the characters is the same it just has slight/moderate detail changes.
Thats for another video
One of my tattoos is slightly copied but it becomes different with Michael Myers in it. It’s an entire scene and vibe. I sat through those 300 dots to make a night sky that goes around my forearm, house, dog, trees, moon and everything. It was worth the 3 hours. Everyone loves it!
Okay, but "artists" copying designs line for line AND THEN ENTERING IN CONTESTS AT CONVENTIONS THEREFORE WINNING MONEY AND AWARDS IS THE WORST.
Oh that's extremely fucked up
Whoa this has happened?? 😳
@@invadore_8612 For sure. All the time.
@@_mermaidguts any famous examples?
@@invadore_8612 Not off the top of my head. I follow around 600 Instagram accounts of tattoo artists/shops/conventions/brands for years now so my memory is shot. What I do remember is that almost every time it happens, it's an artist from a different country and once they are confronted, they claim they don't speak English all of a sudden.
I follow really cool illustrator that sells "tatto tickets" so you can actually compensate her for using her art or she even does custom designs for people to get tattooed by someone else. I think that is a cool compromise and then you actually have a receipt like "xyz allowed me to get her work tattooed"
Can I plz have the Info??? I been looking for an artist to design and personal tatt
Can we get an @?
I do that too! I do a lot of black and white stuff and I just ask people to tip me if they want to use a design, like $10, and then send me a pic when it’s done so i can share it!
That’s so smart!
Bahahahs fnnnn idittssss
The Poch and Pony show. When's that gonna happen?
Gears are turning. Shady deals are being struck. Palms are being greased. It's gonna happen.
I’d watch the HELL out of that!
@@inked I'm picturing a buddy cop-type show, where Poch and Pony solve mysteries of bad tattoos and incontinent clients
@@Oct8pus Brilliant.
I would actually pay money to see that!
Ahh so the filming of the intro is as awkwardly quiet as I always imagined it would be.
It is VERY uncomfortable. Which makes it all the more fun to do.
My first tattoo I drew myself. It was inspired by a band, The Color Morale, and I was super proud of it. The band posted it on Instagram and a few months later I saw a girl got the same tattoo. I was pissed. Luckily it looked like shit. But I spent a lot of time figuring out the design and my tattoo artist spent time refining it.
@@littlemancam3 technically it's copyrightinfringement, its copyrighted to the artist the moment it'screated. So to charge a client to make a copyrighted art piece would be wrong.
@@littlemancam3 its called permission and royalties, or that the copyright has expired. But your ignorance wouldn't know this. Otherwise yes, then they are wrong, unless its satire. Obviously suing isn't the the correct path, as the loss of income wouldn't be much of a difference compared to filing fees and time wasted. But if you wantbto be unoriginal and copy people, and don't have the emotional intelligence to understand why that's wrong, then that's on you.
@@littlemancam3 you also don't understand, it wouldn't have any income loss to your example of marvel, so the case would get thrown out, but the tattoo artist is the one losing out on their copyrighted art of a tattoo, and maybe lost a few hundred bucks. Thats why you can copy a comic book character, and not a tattoo artist work.
In your other example, your not technically in the wrong for have that artwork on you, other then lack of creativity which isn't a crime. Its just between the artists that are copying. But since no respectable artist is going to copy another tattoo artists work, your probably going to get a pretty bad piece, which you deserve.
@@littlemancam3 keep being a sheep. You're the one that brought up suing, but as you were definitely uneducated and uniformed, hence ignorant on the subject. I explained the technically to you. But like I said your lack of emotional intelligence, I expect you to be one if the 90s guy with a barb wire on the bicep, and proud of it. While being too scared and weak to even complete the inner arm part lol.
@@littlemancam3 there you go showing your ignorance again. Im not even conservative, and everything is not political. Just shows how weak minded your are, but thanks for proving my points over and over again.
Me who is covered in traditional tattoos that are mostly the same as other peoples traditional tattoos. I don't know how many different ways you can draw a rose or eagle lol
What I said. This is the exception lol. I think the art of tattooing started with copying. Someone would see tattoos in one city then start doing them in another. I think it’s less about the artist and more about the client though. I would hate to get something unique then have it become so popular that it becomes tacky. (See: guys w/ forearm forests & girls w/ leopard print)
Yea I love the old flash
Flash is much different.
This whole video applies to people who get extremely expensive and specialized tattoos. Someone getting a skull or some basic shit is bound to have something similar to someone else.
Same can be said for Disney characters or celebrities and cartoons .. you can only do so much .. I barely see people with unique tattoos and that’s ookay!! We are all alike in many ways ..
Her: Yea, I've seen my tattoo copied often in Russia.
Russia: This is now OUR tattoo.
Underrated comment
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness"
-Oscer Wilde
Oh shit I never knew the second part of that
@@alioh7615 like when people say “good things come to those who wait” isn’t the actual quote. It’s “good things come to those who wait, but only the things left behind by those who hustle”.
The first bit is said to motivate, the rest is ignored because people hate having the fairytale they created for themselves shattered and realising that we are given the scraps, that “those who hustle”, don’t want. Realising life ain’t fair, it’s a cold hearted, sadistic bitch
Ironically, quoting Oscar Wilde fits the subject of said quote perfectly 😂. But at least you cited him!
@@Cat-tastrophee i don't know what your trying to get at
@@PSYCHOPATH_AT_LARGE i think they're saying you're the mediocre one flattering Wilde by using his quote. They have such a big brain and so many hobbies!
I am a writer, and I was writing in a group once when I noticed another writer in the group copying my ideas not even days after I presented and began fleshing them out. I called her out on copying me before I was even finished my own work and she hid behind "copying is the best flattery". I told her "not if it's before I even get to finish the work!" Everyone else started calling her out for the disrespect and she backed down. I hope I helped her to become a better and more respectful writer.
Nora makes a lot of sense. There's some REALLY great work that I LOVE coming out of South Korea, Japan and Other places around Europe and scandinavia but of course I don't have the money right now to go to those places to get tattooed. Of course, I'm trying to save money to go there and get tattooed but I totally get why people who can't afford that would ask people to copy the style for them. Totally understandable.
Or you can pay the artist that you like money to design something for you and then take it to a local tattooer who will put it on you :)
You can also try finding nearby artists with styles similar to the ones that are popular in other countries! I love horror South Korean tattoos, and I found someone a couple hours away who does tattoos in that kind of style. It took me some time and effort to find them, but it's so worth it since it means I won't have to fly across multiple countries just for a tattoo :)
"Every good artist is kinda just like a melting pot of all the experiences they've had"
I kinda like that line.
Imitation can be flattery. But it's all contextual. In high school I used to constantly doodle the same Frank the Bunny picture. One of my friends told me that somebody they knew saw it and got it tattooed on them. At the time, I was very flattered. But if you pour all your time and effort to find and define yourself and create your own thing and then all that effort is hijacked by some internet company that sells it on mugs and shirts, that's not flattering.
you didnt create your own thing, you made a Donny Darko fan art.
did you ever get to see a picture of the tattoo? i think i would be flattered as well, but i totally get if you've changed your mind over the years lol.
@@marcostorres2329 right 🤣
Loved that they're making the distinction between tattooer and a tattoo artist. Gotta understand that some people just replicate/do whatever the client brings and then there's people who only tattoo what they have defined as their personal style.
i think there is a difference between respecting and liking the idea and putting their spin on it but an exact copy no not v dennis rodman
7:11 that's exactly what happened with me. No way I'm going to end up in Philadelphia to get a piece I absolutely loved, so I took it to a local artist. I did, however, email the original artist and got his blessing before. Super sweet of him. Henry Hablak rocks!
Can y'all do a video about hand poke tattoos and tapping tattoos?
This is an idea we've been contemplating for quite some time. When we have the chance to shoot it properly, we'll definitely be doing it.
@@inked Feature Whang-Od, or have artists do a reaction on her.
@@inked So glad you’re considering it. There’s a wonderful history and modern subculture of it and so little info especially if one doesn’t know where to start.
I appreciate tattoo artist that won't copy. Me and a friend of mine got outlines of our pitties ears. The next day strangers came to the same artist telling him they wanted OUR dog ears and he said "no, that's their actual dogs". I was so grateful lol
I'm glad the country issue was mentioned as well as difference in culture
I had a tattoo that my dad had wanted while in ICU 8yrs ago. There was a marking on one of his books he was reading. He said " oh that's nice, I'll have that as tattoo when i get out of hospital"
He never came out of hospital
So my siblings and nieces all had it done, but in our own styles. I loved my tattoo when it was done. But in the last 7yrs its faded really badly .. Looking at some of her recent posts, ive seen she's used my design in other peoples tattoos 😔😔
As an artist, I have no issue with people copying work. Only thing is, if you do copy and don't put your own spin on it, give credit to the original artist. Don't claim it as your own.
As an artist too, I agree. But just don't do that with tattoos that have special meaning. For the person you copied it from, it has a meaning. It would be disrespectful to just copy it because it looks cool...
I'm looking at all the blue eyed lion/rose/clockface/hourglass/loyalty/crown tattoo right now.............
Just wanted to say I’m still crying over the Robbie video
Me too!
It was so touching
Same
Me and my tattoo artist asked permission from an artist to tattoo her painting and change the colors. She gave permission and loved how the tattoo came out and posted it and everything. It was a respect thing to ask first.
I think it's great that this topic is being discussed and explained. I know a lot of the time, the client just doesn't know that copying a custom tattoo is unethical.
I always think it's funny when people are like, "Someone copied my tattoo!" And it's like, the creation of adam or the kiss. Like, it's a famous painting, other people want it too, they ain't copying you boo.
I haven't seen a single person saying someone ripped their public domain tattoo, we're talking about specific designs that artists created for their tattooing
@@meredithcastro7869 I know people personally though that get mad about that. I try to tell them it's not an original design but they can't seem to understand which is why I said it's funny.
I saw some shit like that on instagram today. The "original" was a psychedelic mushroom with an eye (so not exactly a creative and unique subject matter). The "copy" looked nothing like the original, with a completely different style and composition. Imagine being so full of yourself that you think you invented drawing a mushroom
Ik a girl who has a full on tantrums over people getting her "custom" tattoos, it's literally an infinity symbol and a painting by Alphonse Mucha.
The way you cram your speech with like and poor grammar, not well educated........
I sometimes wonder how tattoo artists feel about tattooing pieces of art (like a Picasso for instance), famous photos/photos of famous people or movie stills in a realistic style. Where does the copyright/tattooers code end?
Such a good subject
Is it public domain/pop culture/historical reference? If so, that doesn't really apply. No one is trying to pass that off as their own original design.
@@terminaldeity I agree with you when the artist is really well known and/or deceased, but what if a client comes in with a photograph that the source is unknown of? It's not that the tattoo artist would try and pass a photo off as their own, but it's the possible issue that the original art creator maybe doesn't even know and/or didn't get paid for their art. I mean sure you can say 'the art creator should just be flattered', but that's where I think the line starts to get a little blurry. If you're not a super famous artist and your work still gets copied in any form without credit/payment, it can be a problem if it's unsure where the copyright ends.
That is a good question! I have a portion of an El Greco painting on my arm and since getting it I’ve question it’s ethics
@@evabakker I explicitly referred to works of public domain/pop culture/historical reference because that's what you referred to in your original comment. You weren't talking about lesser known artists. You asked about about famous photos and pieces of art. Don't go moving the goal posts. You misrepresent me, as well as yourself.
Is that coolest blond girl with a "necklace" tattoo from Finland? PERKELE! I've admired her for a long time
I love that Alice in wonderland tattoo😍 (not the shitty one😂)
What Bulman said about Brazil is sooooo true. Here we almost don't have "tattoo artists", actually in Portuguese we don't even have a word to differentiate the professionals who create original art and those who just replicate someone else's art - like the tattoo artists v. tattooers in English - everyone is called a "tatuador" (tattooer). So generally when you go to a tattooer you would bring them the exact final design that you want in your body.
I guess you'd only find a proper tattoo artist in the big cities like São Paulo or Rio that have a stronger influence from North American culture, and boy, aren't those professionals REEEEALLY expensive for our Brazilian standards
Like I always say: Art theft is art theft no matter what medium. When I bring a reference to my appointment, I don't expect my tattoo to look exactly like the reference picture. I expect the artist to use it as an inspiration and create something new from it that shows their own talent and creativity.
So glad the guys and gals gave both sides of the story. There's a difference between stealing and emulating (with acknowledgement to the original). Love Sara's cat tattoo. I can certainly understand a lot of people wanting that.
The one where the guy even copied the nipple feels so passive aggressive I love it. Like "Fuck this guy for even asking me to copy someone else's work!"
Oh my gosh I Love Andrew! His partner Hannah, also known as The Kitten Lady, rescues and advocates for kittens, I Love her, she's also Covered in tattoos!
Andrew also has a book Cat's on Catnip and it's so precious!
My rib piece which symbolizes healing from an assault was copied. Its the only tattoo I have with a meaning. It hurts that someone got it because its pretty, not realizing the importance it has to me.
I think alot of people forget that tattoos were once just same drawings up on a wall to pick through which is why so many traditional tattoos are similar (anchors roses etc). Mimicry is the greatest form of flattery and many tattooists will put whatever the client wants into the skin and unfortunately many people all want the same black and grey half sleeve with a lion and a clock
To all the pedantic people in the comments, think about it like this. A musician covering a famous song or something in the public domain isn't "stealing" anyone's work, because it's clear what the origin is. A musician passing off a lesser known musician's song as their own IS stealing because the origin is not well-known to the public. Here's an example. Take the band Alien Ant Farm, who are mostly known for their cover of "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson. Is that "stealing?" No, because everyone knows it's a cover. Now, if some other band were to take a lesser known Alien Ant Farm song and pass it off as their own, THAT would be stealing. It's not that complicated.
Except THAT would not be stealing regardless of popularity a cover is a cover
Alien ant farm paid for the rights to the song and then made their own version. In the music industry you cant just cover a song and make profit. You have to pay.
Actually it’s because in a cover , the original artist is credited and recognized. However, if someone sings a song and does not credit the original they are stealing it as their own
there's two flaws with that comparison
1) song covers credit the artist.
2) song covers are a recreation of someone elses song but with your own style.
If we took it to a visual arts perspective we could say that Andy Warhol is doing *covers* that became more famous than the original picture or design. And yet obviously he didn't design the Campbell soup design nor did he take the picture or Marilyn Monroe nor is he claiming he did. He transformed them into something else.
the problem with copying art has more to do with someone saying they created something when they actually didn't.
Except they purchased the rights to the music & if they didn’t they would be sued
It’s similar to tracing someone else’s artwork and passing it as their own.
Damn look at you with these fire uploads
😏😏😏
6:04 oh come on...
Yea...kinda comes off as full of herself and not an ideal tattooist for me tbh...not a fan of that logic
I love when they're explaining they're making an intro. Great bonus clip.
7:37 i'm brazilian and i can honestly say that it is not an honor to copy other people's work here... it's very much frowned upon :/
Everyone on the intro: *does something silly*
Gonzo: *has a full conversation with himself*
Wow, how humble are these human beings. I love each and everyone of them, especially the guy with the beanie who was brave enough to call himself out. That's a whole level of humbleness right there and I love it!!! ❤
The energy that Pony, Poch, Sara and Sasha emanates is so dam good!!
I have custom tattoos and if I had someone with my tattoos I would be pissed because these tattoo are my tattoos. Also some having meaning so like thats just rude.
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Well it is hard to keep the design a secret I guess
exactly. if i designed a tattoo for someone and i saw it on another person’s body, yes i’d be mad that someone else got my art on them without my permission, but i’d be even more furious for my original client. they’re meant to be the only person in the world with that design on their body. no one should be allowed to take that from them
That almost would make me afraid to show mine on social media. Then again I don't have a big following... But still, people suck.
You can be mad all you want respectfully but if they like it then they’re gonna get it and live their life they don’t need to have the meaning because that’s your b.s they just liked the image
good: honor, study, get inspired by many, credit, transform, remix
bad: degrade, skim, steal from one, plagiarize, imitate, rip off
From Austin Kleon's Book "Steal Like an Artist"
“Yeah everyone’s biting my shit, you know how it goes...” - Owen Wilson
Good job, Inked! I love this season! Great artists and the EDITOR!
Thanks for getting more positive less judgy artists opinions in this. I appreciate how they acknowledge cultural differences and respect tattooers who r just getting started. All love
The main person I get tattooed by is all about me bringing in pictures of other tattoos and every time she redesigns it and I loved them even more.
That’s what I like to do, a lot of times I cant exactly articulate everything/detail I want.
Just take an inspo pic to my artist and love to see what he reworks from it every time
Oh noo... don’t end this season so fast , plz
I love them all n I’ll miss them. They all were unique. This z the best season ever
Not a fan of copying. I spent 4 yrs researching my next tattoo which I just got a month ago. It holds a specific special meaning. I really don't want to see it anywhere else.
lol yer you researched it would be images pulled together that does not mean it is not copied.
I feel the same way as you I show my artist a whole bunch of stuff pictures of tattoos off the internet and she changes them enough to make something that's going to be you know unique to me and her.
@@nottogood415 that's called inspiration, not copying. references, not tracing.
@@nottogood415 I put concepts together using antique books, my own crude drawings, and my tattoo artist's talent. I doubt anyone else has it.
is it compass and roses?
This is why I've never put a picture of my tattoo on social media. My Dad's an artist and drew mine. We took it to this amazing tattooist and he added his own small twists to my dad's art and it turned out beautiful, however, no one has seen it unless they've seen me in person.
There's a fine line between copy catting, or being influenced
I feel like it also depends on the client. Some are hard headed and just want that one tattoo and dont want any changes. We are lucky with the artist we have. He draws his own work and throws different references from different images to do a sleeve.
I wonder how many times an artist has their tattoo copied and they think that of all their amazing tattoos, the one that was stolen was one they thought was one of their worst ones lol.
2:48 that is so accurate, lets say it may be just a tattoo with a bunch of flowers arranged in a certain way but for the person that got it it could mean so much more. One that i also hate is pinterest tattoos that teenagers just decide to get them because theyre trendy is also weird, I've got someone at work that got all types of trendy tattoos around 2016 or so and they are regretting it because they dont even look like the actual tattoos
06:45 Andrew and Hannah are the most amazing people!
I think for me as a client, the only time where I find copying understandable with no real changes is if the original artist is someone in a different country and you can't get tattooed by them, and even then try find an artist with a very similar style.
Just here for sara fabel.
Same 😂
True 😊
All artists take from others to make something new, but always describe your inspirations
6:05 Oh sure. Let me just fly to Poland or Japan or Brazil to get tattooed by this very specific artist instead of asking my local tattooer "I like this design. Can you do it". She must have alot of costumers if she can turn down people with "demands and expectations".
Yeah fr that’s ridiculous lmao
She has a really arrogant air about her in a lot of videos. I swear she doesn't smile once but she sure as fuck frowns
I feel like people almost never mention how artists who use social media often quit it when their designs have been stolen too much. The amount of times I’ve seen artists get tagged by well-meaning users, only to find that their accounts have been deactivated is sad. It’s like, when you don’t respect the art, they find no reason to want to post anymore 😞. You can’t call yourself an art lover then turn around and disrespect the work put into it.
The quality on the Alice and wonderland tattoo was really good.
Nora-ink has the cutest accent ! It makes me melt
An artist, a True artist, doesn't need to copy...if you copy someone else's work, you ain't no artist, no matter how well you copy it. Simple as that!
A true artist can only come up with work by seeing a reference first. Meaning you have to see a bird to understand how to put it together on a custom piece... So what's the difference between checking out other peoples work and adding your own twist to it?
All artist steal. The great ones steal in a smart way
There is a difference between referencing and copying. Professionals will always reference to stay accurate.
@@sarahelizabeth9340 very true. But the sad reality is many of the "greats" straight up stole their work from other artists and/or their assistants.
@@seansgonewrong Just because it was great doesn’t mean it isn’t stealing, still isn’t right. True artists reference, not copy.
Normally for references I only give drawings rather than tattoos… and I give multiple different “styles” or “poses”… while I have an idea in my head, I’m trusting the artist to create something unique & amazing.
Alternate title: Calling out CopyTats.
In my opinion it’s good to use ideas from others as long as you don’t do an exact copy like you gotta put your own spin on it. Like the saying, “good artist (something), great artists steal”
I bought a flash from a tattoo artist that’s in Europe (I’m in America) - I explicitly told him that I’d get it tweaked and tattooed by my own artist to fit my style, so I essentially bought the concept of it. I think that’s also something that could be done if the artist you follow is too far away to get tattooed by them instead of flat out copying something that might be extremely personal.
I absolutely love all of you who participate in the Inked UA-cam channel! Thank YOU for such an amazing season, be well!
If you copy and paste you're a tattooer if you draw and design your own work you're a tattoo artist simple as that
Imagine getting a really personal deeply meaningful tattoo and someone body copies it
Really odd to hear that artist say she doesn’t like when people send her a lot of references. I have a bunch of tattoos and every time I’ve gotten one, the artists ALWAYS ask for plenty of references. Some of this stuff is just artists being too particular, and expecting everyone to just know their peculiarities, even though they’re totally different from the norm of most other artists.
my thoughts exactly when she said that !!! i’ve had artists request reference pictures and it’s just a way of seeing the vision. not everybody is good at explaining art and designs, myself included. pictures always help ! 😂 some people seem to assume that everyone knows what they are thinking. we can’t assume an artist doesn’t like reference pictures, especially when it doesn’t fit with our own experiences !
Also the way she's like "I don't want them to bring me pictures of other tattoo artists stuff. If you want that, maybe you should go to them." Like wow, great customer service there. I live in the US but I really like the style of an artist in Germany. So by her logic, I have to go all the way to Germany to get a tattoo in that style instead of asking another artist to adapt a picture of something to that art style if they are able to.
I am not an artist, when I talk to a tattoo artist about what I want I can't describe it in certain terms because I can't really see it myself. I use references to base what style and design I am looking for. Neither me nor the artist want our time wasted. References are a tool, to say you don't want any references just goes to show how snobby that artist is. "Go to them" uh maybe they are thousands of miles away. Maybe you can't for the life of you find the artist who did that tattoo. So I have to find an artist who looks like they have that similar skill or style and give them the reference. Idk that just sounded stuck up and I wouldn't want to get tatted by her
"copy my work so I know it's good" lmao I'd say the same🤣🤣🤣
Y’all got Sasha?! Omg I love her, she did my half sleeve and it’s my absolute favorite tattoo I have on my body♥️
It's fun to see how the intro got made lmao
It's so awkward 😹😹
This was one of the best seasons/crew!
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@7:40 is such a good point, it’s very cultural
I love the intros.
often times it’s people who request for the copy lol
hmmm i kinda fear that by saying "i feel flattered and respected" this stealing will get worse because the art thefts think they do something good. I don't want to say they have a wrong opinion but they should be careful with saying things like that because it's still stealing
As Picasso, once said “good artists copy, great artists steel.”
Someone is just full of themselves, the styles get evolving artist after artist because all of us take inspiration from another from the first rose to the last portrait
AnthologyTattoos and the dog are literally adorable
I love that y'all included a little shot of some of the artists masking up as they're walking off. While they may be unmasked for the camera, they're being responsible when they might be getting close to anyone outside their bubble. Hygiene and safety is an important part of tattooing, so it's not surprising to see the artists being good examples by wearing their masks.
Bruh
Bruh x2
The mask does fuck-all
Artists gather inspiration from all forms, if you haven’t invited the art of tattooing then at some point you copied someone, either consciously or unconscious. Music, Paintings, Movies, Comedians are all guilty of it.
When I was in art college, to pass a project you had to have 'artist links'. Which meant finding work that inspired you and then developing your work passed them.
Most of them time it was us trying to find stuff that was remotely like what we'd already come up with.
But so you know... 'copying' is encouraged in art school.
This is hard especially as a new tattoer, ex: some people bring in work and they want that exactly, you can say "let me change it" but some won't want it. This is the hardest part as an artist where people limit creativity. You can switch a lot of things, but some people are stubborn and want what is already in the image. A lot of artist dislike it
I'm from Colombia and tattoo copycats is not well received. Almost all of the tattoo artist I know strive for their own original work and think the same about copycats as you do. I think the ones that copy and tag the original tattoo artist, only do it so they get "more advertisement" out of it because their own work doesn't.
Oh dang, that wink at the end got me
I really wanna know everyone's thoughts on ornamental tats, what makes a good dynamic of tats. Right now I'm hesitant to get some work done. I really don't wanna fuck up 🥲
I love how they framed this question. They couldn't just say "copying" because a lot of tattooers copy. Not use reference, they straight up, go to google, search, and copy. Whether it's photos, or illustrations, it's only a problem if it's a tattoo. I actually remember seeing someone on this channel complain about another tattooer using the same photo that they copied, lol.
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The inhaler hit 😭🤣🤣