30th July 2024, 1:29 AM
(This post was last modified: 30th July 2024, 1:35 AM by Different. Edited 2 times in total.)
(30th July 2024, 12:13 AM)Delphinoid_ Wrote: It sounds a bit stupid to say, but that tattoo just resonates with me emotionally. It's not some grandiose technical feat, it feels down-to-earth and, well, human. To me it communicates a sense of pain and turbulence - frustration, sorrow, desolation, etc. - but also, kind of paradoxically, a sense of peace, acceptance and even humility. It's broken and imperfect; even the way the two wings are rendered is imbalanced, with the one on the right being much more "full" than the one on the left. It's loud, chaotic and lacks any kind of compositional harmony. Yet it's also kind of serene. It's very reminiscent of the aftermath of an emotional breakdown. I also like that it's not ashamed to present itself like this, despite its apparent flaws. It's comfortable to quietly exist without demanding our appreciation or attention. I just find it so interesting, and the fact that it says so much to me makes it a lot more "artful" to me than the robotic arm. Despite the robotic arm being indisputably more skilled, it just doesn't speak to me personally like these wings do. I guess this is the age-old debate of skill vs. concept in art; I think both of these tattoos wonderfully illustrate the two extremes of that false dichotomy.
Ok, this sounds like a double edged sword because you’ve just painted the picture describing it with pleasant and painful emotions from an appallingly bad drawing. The fact that you see a lot of potential in this so-called, “tattoo” makes it appear more distinguishable from the robotic-arm. At least the robotic-arm, you can tell that it’s inspired by a movie or something. This guy clearly gave up on life and decided to do something completely idiotic at the time, to @Uptight 534 point, he’ll regret it when he gets older.
Listen, I could see if this were an actual painting on a professional-looking oil canvas, then yes, I could buy into your artistic vision. Perhaps I’d find myself leaning into a part 2. But it’s quite complicated for me to develop an appreciation for a man who attempted to draw a poorly designed set of wings with a BIC pen. I just find it rather distasteful because it just screams “acupuncture”, but instead, someone with a voodoo doll decided to puncture him to death.
I think that a voodoo doll on an oil canvas painting (holding a sharp needle) would have been more suitable for this conundrum of a so-called, tattoo. That would speak volumes to me and say, ‘you can’t hurt me anymore… it is I who shall inflict excruciating pain to the man who used to punish me badly.’ Other than that, I just can’t see my way through the dark forest and label it as a tattoo. The way you described it, sounds like more of a drawing to me.
