{"id":25783,"date":"2012-01-28T18:24:08","date_gmt":"2012-01-29T01:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/28\/its-hard-to-throw-away-bad-art-when-its-on-your-body.html"},"modified":"2012-02-01T10:40:19","modified_gmt":"2012-02-01T17:40:19","slug":"its-hard-to-throw-away-bad-art-when-its-on-your-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/28\/its-hard-to-throw-away-bad-art-when-its-on-your-body.html","title":{"rendered":"It's hard to throw away bad art when it's on your body"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can't think of any picture, phrase, meme, or bit of artistic wittiness that I would assume I'd like in five, ten, twenty years from now. The idea that I'd get a bad tattoo artist — see below — makes it even less likely.<\/p>\n

Never mind about the whole phobia about needles …<\/p>\n

That said, I've seen some gorgeous tattoos. I just don't imagine myself permanently accessorizing myself with anything. #ddtb<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +donald mclaughlin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t[ By Marc in Gadgets & Geek Art & Graffiti & Drawing. ]<\/p>\n

In carpentry they say to measure twice and cut once. In tattooing it\u2019s \u201cchoose your tattoo artist carefully, and bring a dictionary.\u201d These mistakes will haunt their owners, and everyone who has to look at them, for a lifetime.<\/p>\n

(Images via chrocodiles, aimlessdirection, designstattoo, bad-tattoos, defunctonline, awfulink, asheperception)
Portraits are difficult no matter what medium one is working with. This is why it\u2019s very important …\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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I can't think of any picture, phrase, meme, or bit of artistic wittiness that I would assume I'd like in five, ten, twenty years from now. The idea that I'd get a bad tattoo artist — see below — makes it even less likely. 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