Terry,

Don’t condone tattoos? Come on man they look awesome when you get much older :)

They don’t look better as you get older, in fact I can’t think of anything worse than tattoos on aged, wrinkled, sagging skin. lol.

Great use of Blender though!

How can you be interested in art and not condone tattoos? Tattoos are a valid form of expression and style, and they can help indicate a persons passions visually wherever the wearer may go. Tattoos only look worse over time when they are not properly cared for. Just like a painting, Tattoos need upkeep and for a very reasonable price any decent Tattoo artist will clean up and recolor a persons Tattoos. I am not even in conflict with gang tattoos as they are easy enough to sight and avoid, It’s even kinda handy for a law abiding person as myself to be able to read an individual from a distance and judge weather or not they are a person of dubious intent. I plan on getting tattoos to commemorate the essence of my life, and art. The point of any art is to express something about the artist or the client, I can’t think of a better way that through tattoo, if it’s not for you I can understand but to say you don’t condone it, thats just ignorant.

Why must people criticize others over something they don’t agree with? Whether that’s not condoning tattoos or not condoning their choice of design, really what does that matter? I will never understand why people care so much about something that doesn’t effect them at all. Yes even the butterfly tattoos and nautical compasses that are overdone. I don’t care if they messed up their skin in my opinion cause I don’t have to live with it and I love/hate a lot of tattoos, but I will never have patience for closed minds. I think this is a great tool for people trying to make the right decision for them, in spite of a possible majority disapproval, including mine. Go personal choice, and down with personal feelings trying to limit life opportunities to those who seem more ‘liberal’ in their eyes. Learn to live with other people, and learn what that means.

even if one doesnt condone tattoos the website is useful,
it can provide a visualization of rub on tattoos, bodypaintings or partial sunburn at the same time ..so anyway if u don’t like having a tattoo u can enjoy the project:)..think of sending a photo postcard to a long lost friend or relative …claiming to have gotten some awesome tattoo with their name on or some other hillarious purpose…just gotta make sure ppl. can’t tell it isn’t your arm or back on the picture,

the title is a bit confusing seeing the pic i thought someone came up with a blender tatttoo on his arm….wouldn’t be so bad either but its only rugged if it has the version number to it :P..or some beefy ‘runs best on linux’ patch

having read thru this i find that I’m not the only one going by the name of Nixon …i shoulda known :D

@Eric:
#1: I’m very sorry to have upset you. Clearly my raspberry-flavored emoticon didn’t have the desired effect. I wasn’t flaming, I was joking. I apologize.

#2: I’m not suggesting that anyone should blindly internalize and obey every closed-minded opinion they ever hear. That would be stupid. I was just pointing out (again, jokingly,) the irony in your very closed-minded stance against anybody who seems closed-minded. Which includes:

#3: People, like me, who don’t give a **** about “control[ling] someone’s personal beliefs… without a care in the world of what it means to them…” I have very closed-minded positions on certain things. Everyone does. I don’t need or want you or anyone else to open your mind to my closed-minded arguments about these subjects. (Which is why, for example, I haven’t elaborated on my disdain for tattoos in general). Like I said, I just thought it was a little funny that you chose closed-mindedness to be closed-minded about. See the irony? No? Cool. I apologize again.

@ccherrett:
Um… Yeah? Dude seems upset, it seems to be my fault, as it was my joke. That’s a yucky feeling. I just want to make us both feel better. Wouldn’t you?