I don't see a problem with it at all. The Op is concerned about it, an American flag, will look to some people - - if that really is a concern, in the OP's mind, then do a Gadsden.Quote:
Originally Posted by spleify
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I don't see a problem with it at all. The Op is concerned about it, an American flag, will look to some people - - if that really is a concern, in the OP's mind, then do a Gadsden.Quote:
Originally Posted by spleify
Just do it.
KIng Freeze at Pleasure and Pain on Alameda in DenverQuote:
Originally Posted by Danimal
Seems to me that during the years since the sixties, when flags were starting tp appear on peoples walls as decoration, during all the Vietnam protests and things, I always read where the star field should always be on the left when dispaying a flag on a wall or hanging on horizontally or vertically.
I don't see any problem with it as long as the tattoo isn't disrespectful like Calvin peeing on it or something.
Just remember, when the colors fade on your tat, do the right thing:;)Quote:
When a flag is so worn it is no longer fit to serve as a symbol of our country, it should be destroyed by burning in a dignified manner.
I agree with most everyone here. It's an artistic representation of the American flag. That's a different ball game.
An alternative approach would be to go with a more abstract representation. Ok, this is a really bad example, but something like the Captain America shield. It's pretty obvious what it would mean. And no... I don't have a Cpt America tat.
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Originally Posted by mtik00
Wonder Woman ?
Yup. A tramp stamp. Boys will be boys...Quote:
Originally Posted by jim
Thanks for the input guys. This isnt my first tattoo and wont be my last.
Fading? I still have one tattoo that I got at Fort Riley, KS (actually Junction City, KS) back in December of 1955 (coming up on 58 years ago) and it really has faded very very little. Maybe better quality ink used back in those days.Quote:
Originally Posted by rondog
The "ink master" was not very worried about spreading germs etc., as they merely used an old wash basin and a huge sponge to do the washing and wiping back them. Sponge usually still had the previous guy's blood on it. Guess I'm lucky to still be here on the planet and never contracted any diseases from that particular procedure.[blaster]
Has no one here heard of touchups? I got a tat on my forearm and the guy offered (for free) to touch up a tat I got when I was 18.Quote:
Originally Posted by mtik00
Sponge & bucket days. Stencils were hand cut [backwards] on acetate then applied with charcoal, after they used a straight razor to shave the area.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlasterBob
I presume you are opting for cremation when you die so that flag on your skin is disposed of IAW the Flag Code ...
Exactly right Jim... I furnished a piece of flexible acetate that I used to make my own tat pattern and after he smeared my arm with vaseline (or something similar) the ink master filled the void on the stencil with a black/gray powder of some kind and slapped it on my arm. Then merely traced the line of the charcoal or whatever the black stuff was. Straight edge was swished around in the water basin and it was ready to go for the next customer.... Ah, those were the days - when we didn't normally have to worry about AIDS and not be quite as concerned about some of the crap that destroyed livers.[blaster]Quote:
Originally Posted by jim
Having been involved with the ink business one way or another, since 74. There's lots o stories i can tell ya. First hand, not some well i heard from X.Quote:
Originally Posted by BlasterBob
Also, back in the mid 50's, getting a tat was damn cheap (inexpensive) but the workmanship back then could certainly NOT compete with today's jobs. In those days, the tat shops near the military bases/forts, had a policy that drunk or not, as long as the customer could manage to get his wallet out and pay for the work, he was good to go. My last and final one was just about one year ago. That's it for this old fart unless I get a "freebie".Quote:
Originally Posted by jim
Not sure why Danger! hasn't chimed in on this thread yet, as he is a very talented tattoo artist. I will be getting a Molon Labe tattoo from him in the near future. On that note, no, I do not think the American flag tattoo is disrespectful. IMO, you are simply showing American pride and I don't have a problem with that at all.
Does this poll really need to go another 13 days to convince you, one way or the other, How and what you should do to your body? If no one likes what you have tattooed, on you, screw them don't look.
I have been debating a flag on my back so no heart ache on my end.
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Originally Posted by jim
If you need to post a poll about it, you should probably rethink it.
Getting an American flag is patriotic in my opinion. Most Marines (myself included) have either a patriotic tattoo or Marine tattoo or both!
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Originally Posted by Leatherneck Hayes
DEVIL DOGS.
I did a few old school dogs with boxing gloves, hat and shorts, That smoker style. They still call boxing smoker matches, or has that gone PC too?
I haven't heard that term but then again we didn't really box. We would always kickbox or do mma fighting. The Corps had changed a lot even since i got out about 5 years agoQuote:
Originally Posted by jim
I wasnt posting a poll on whether or not I should get one. I could care less about what anyone thinks of my tattoos.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheInternet