Filed under: All About The Bod, Chivalry, Hot Trends, Style, The Inner Man | Tags: Avatar, chivalrous, Chivalry, confidence, gq mens style, Gutsy, jacob from twilight, Jake Sully, markings, men fashion, men's style, mens lifestyle magazine, New Moon, tattology, tattoo design, tattoos, tatts, tribal tats, Twilight, warrior, yakuza tatoos
Once upon a time tattoos were given to the gutsy, not the trendy. Artists put a lot of earnest thought into the designs that are called, body art. Many consumers, don’t. Many people rip their ink images off pages of celebrity magazines, walk into retail tattoo salons fuelled emotionally to be inked spontaneously with an image that has not been well thought out, and this image will not change. So if you’re asking anyone but yourself if you should get a tattoo, then you’re not ready. In the last 7 years, the amount of adults who have a tattoo has doubled. And the regret for getting a tattoo has doubled also.
The mainstream tattooing has over-ridden the fringe art, where once a right of passage via an initiation into a tribe, it has been forsaken by “Tazmanian Devils and Tinker Bells”. And because of this growing obsession with tattoos, the artists themselves are torn between their imagery and their pockets.
Tattooing is a unique art form. The artist must have a special gift of freehand art work, proportion, mastery, warriorhood, compassion, conversation, and confidence. He/she needs to understand colour, line, shape and have certificates of senior first aid, so he/she can handle situations where people faint, freak out at the last minute, and deal with emotion. You’re not dealing with an everyday person here when they draw on you with a needle that scrapes your skin for hours at a time. The pain is tormenting. And the artist does it, because they are devoted.
Referencing movies and in particular Twilight and Avatar, it’s shown that tattooing is a very old human practice, not a fashion statement. The mark given to both Jacob (werewolf in Twilight) and Jake Sully (Lead Avatar-droid) indicates their initiation into warriorhood, or wolve-hood. But these marking are not given because of their physical strength. Quite the contrary – they are given to them because they are protectors, leaders and Kings.
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