Famous World's Worst Portrait Tattoo gets FIXED! (Page 2/4) htexans1 FEB 23, 08:17 PM quote Originally posted by tbone42: I'm going up to personally congratulate him, its only a few hours away. Buy him a beer. Give him an extra handshake and congrats from me too. Thanks for sharing! 82-T/A [At Work] FEB 23, 08:34 PM quote Originally posted by tbone42: I also want to point out that this was considered, according to the article, the "world's worst tattoo." But anyone who looked at this thread knows its not even close to the worst: http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum6/HTML/090930.html And I have seen worse yet, unfortunately. Hahaha... I was looking at some of the pictures from the link within your link, and this one kind of stood out to me. Not only is it an absolutely horrible tattoo, but I'm assuming that this picture was just taken after it was finished. Look at all that **** on the floor? Looks like a greasy paper plate, and then there's some **** further down... doesn't look like this guy vacuums ever... and I'm assuming this is his house, which means he does all his work in his house... pretty nasty. tbone42 FEB 23, 10:57 PM quote Originally posted by 82-T/A [At Work]: Hahaha... I was looking at some of the pictures from the link within your link, and this one kind of stood out to me. Not only is it an absolutely horrible tattoo, but I'm assuming that this picture was just taken after it was finished. Look at all that **** on the floor? Looks like a greasy paper plate, and then there's some **** further down... doesn't look like this guy vacuums ever... and I'm assuming this is his house, which means he does all his work in his house... pretty nasty. Got the dreaded "red x" but i think you meant this one? TheDigitalAlchemist FEB 23, 11:07 PM A happy chapter in a tragic story maryjane FEB 23, 11:12 PM Congrats on your 7900th post!! quote tbone42 Member Posts: 7900 From: Registered: Apr 2010 Tony Kania FEB 24, 12:06 AM T, I thought that you were not going to show that pic of me! I showed you that in private! tbone42 FEB 24, 12:33 AM quote Originally posted by maryjane: Congrats on your 7900th post!! Thanks! I'm trying to keep up with Rumor, but dang, since he changed his name he has been absolutely prolific. spark1 FEB 24, 01:11 AM Some of those tats look like they were done with a sharpened paper clip attached to a tape player motor. tbone42 FEB 24, 03:30 AM quote Originally posted by spark1: Some of those tats look like they were done with a sharpened paper clip attached to a tape player motor. They don't even look THAT good. It is some of the most horrific stuff I have ever seen. I shudder every time I see it, but you know what, it is really important that those kinds of unrealistic, untrained fools are out there to make me look like Rembrandt. Otherwise, dudes like Scott would get all the business and I would be picking my nose. I knew a long time ago, I would never be "the best". It did not sting as bad as I thought it would.. there really can only be one "best" in anything, but that does not mean everyone should just give up and not try. I have had a bunch of breakthroughs every couple of years, what i do increases almost exponentially. It obviously does not come over night, but most of the things I did in the first five years are just not as savvy and good as the things I have done in the last five years. And I am always learning, always have room to improve. You start patting yourself on the back, you have lost focus. I will tell you, I am working on "best/nicest shop".. and that goal is definitely attainable.. I have had plenty of industry professionals already tell me "Whoa!" Scott is riding the goodwill and fame of the tattoo he fixed, but if you ask him, he will not tell you he is "the best". He might even ask you about things like style and technique, because someone with his considerable portaiture skills may not have a clue how to compose a good biomechanical or organic infinity piece. He would likely rattle off 20 names, most of which are not "specialty" artists, but guys who do a lot of things, and do them well. For my money, the "best: overall" has got to be Juan Salgado from puerto rico. Guy Aitchison (my former "the best") pointed him out to me, and I love it when someone that is widely considered the "world's best" by so many says.. have you seen THIS dude? Juan can do it all, any style, any size, and his color theory is second to none. I learn things every time I look at a tattoo he does. There are a lot of referrals happening in the business right now. This guy does that good, this gal does THAT good. Often times, artists who have no morals and no qualms taking people's money (like the fool in green bay above..) cannot conceive turning away the money for a tattoo because they cannot do that style as well as someone else they know. It happens all the time amongst those in the know. If someone needs horror art or rock n roll poster style, I send them to Chad Wells. If they want a portrait, I recommend Tom Renshaw, transcendentalism/infinity I send them to Guy or his wife Michelle (snowflakes, too). Japanese seekers MUST get their work from Paul Jeffries in Calgary. Animals get sent to Mike DeVries, but I try damn hard to keep those for myself, where I am fighting the good fight for recognition for my dog portraits. I just love dogs, and it shows. I am glad to say that after 15 years, I am known for what i do well, too. Anything with bright color, Dog Portraits/Animal Realism, Graphic symbols/team logos, and cover ups. Like Juan mentioned above, I can DO anything succesfully, but its not hard to recognize what i do best. There are so many of us now, we start serving a region. Scott is going to transcend that for a while because of the internet fame he is picking up. I know he's going to take this all in stride, but I bet there is a time coming that he is going to wish maybe he did not have as much of the attention for that re-work of the portrait. I'm babbling again. I just love what i do, and love people who are good-will ambassadors to an art form that has long been misunderstood and marginalized by people with no knowledge of the field. Tony Kania FEB 24, 11:45 AM I know that I have mentioned it before, but I do now believe that I may leave this one up to you... or some rendering of this poster.