Word Tattoos

At first glance, it seems word tattoos don’t lend themselves to much artistic expression, at least not when compared to the design of some of the more elaborate tattoos. I mean, they are just words, a collection of letters having a preset meaning and.

But the more you think about it, almost no other kind of tattoo gives the tattooed person more power to control the overall message of the piece. For instance, if a person wants a dragon on their back, they can give a sketch and have it drawn, but the weight of the piece lies in the tattoo artist’s ability to put it on the skin. With word tattoos, seldom is the artwork concentrated on more then the message of the words.

And it’s that message the person choosing has control over.

So,  keeping the artistic message of the piece in mind as well as the execution of it (for instance where the piece lies on the body, the fonts chosen, any color), this week’s 10 features word tattoos. Try and decide if there’s any art in each of these, or it’s just a waste of ink on someone’s skin.

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