Critink

There are hundreds of thousands of tattoo pictures online. Maybe millions. But with this rise in popularity, it's getting even harder than ever to tell the difference between a quality piece of art and a piece that will fade into a black smudge. Learn to tell the difference now so you don't have to learn the lesson the hard way.


Original drawing from Alias-Hugo on DeviantArt So I’m digging the idea of taking something that you want tattooed on you but is common (Tinkerbell) and finding a way to make it original. That’s a win. But this looks like it was a high school doodle. The writing is sloppy and unbalanced; the proportions are awkward (not sexy); the coloring is crayony… it’s just a bad reference drawing. And really, if the arm holding the wand was down by her side like the other one…. it would be way longer than her other arm. Same with the raised leg. What the tattoo artist should have done is taken the idea and made something much better but just as original. Here is a couple examples of different Tinkerbell art that could have been suited for a tattoo: [x] [x] [x] [x] [x]

Original drawing from Alias-Hugo on DeviantArt

So I’m digging the idea of taking something that you want tattooed on you but is common (Tinkerbell) and finding a way to make it original. That’s a win.

But this looks like it was a high school doodle. The writing is sloppy and unbalanced; the proportions are awkward (not sexy); the coloring is crayony… it’s just a bad reference drawing.

And really, if the arm holding the wand was down by her side like the other one…. it would be way longer than her other arm. Same with the raised leg.

What the tattoo artist should have done is taken the idea and made something much better but just as original. Here is a couple examples of different Tinkerbell art that could have been suited for a tattoo:

[x] [x] [x] [x] [x]

  1. littleboo2002 reblogged this from critink and added:
    My tattoo being critiqued by CritINK. Im not at all hurt by this, I did get points for not getting the traditional...
  2. bryllig reblogged this from critink and added:
    sweet mother of god
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