The Crow

I haven't gotten a tattoo in a year, and have been feeling the itch. I have an appointment for this upcoming Wednesday. I decided to get two big crows with lightning bolts, they'll probably on my ribs, unless I wuss out. It's kind of a memorial tattoo for my dad, but not totally. Anyway, I'll post pictures and you guys can feel free to make fun of them as much as you want. In anticipation of my appointment, I decided to do some looking around for terrible crow tattoos. I found a lot. <br /><br />Full disclosure: I was really into The Crow when I was a teenager. Here's a photo of me being totally awesome when I was 13 or 14.<br /><img src="http://photos-g.pe.facebook.com/photos-pe-sf2p/v128/18/123/583798157/n583798157_144846_151.jpg" width="500"><br />I don't have any ridiculous makeup on in that photo, but I definitely went to school made-up like the crow. The movie was filmed in my hometown (Wilmington, NC) and I went on a pilgrimage to see where Brandon Lee died. I listened to the soundtrack to the movie every day. I still really enjoy the movie. Regardless of my history with the movie, my crow tattoo idea has nothing to do with the movie <i>The Crow</i>. These people's tattoos do. There are so many sweet crow images out there, I don't know why they picked these out.... <br /><br />So here you go. Awful crow tattoos! <br /><br /><img src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb315/awfultattoos/crow/DSC00052.jpg" width="500"><br />I think this crow is supposed to be on fire? It just looks blobby to me.<br /><br /><img src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb315/awfultattoos/crow/123876946437_3300.jpg" width="500"><br />This is supposed to be the Crow logo, but it's not executed well...<br /><br /><img src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb315/awfultattoos/crow/normal_DSCF0028.jpg" width="500"><br />This one too. Plus! Bonus barbed wire armband! I love seeing terrible versions of the same thing. (See my <a href="http://awfultattoos.blogspot.com/search/label/jesus">zombie jesus</a> and <a href="http://awfultattoos.blogspot.com/search/label/wizard">wizard</a> posts for more)<br /><br /><img src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb315/awfultattoos/crow/01-09-08_2233.jpg" width="500"><br />Crow mask + tribal + cross = goldmine!<br /><br /><img src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb315/awfultattoos/crow/normal_DSC01234re.jpg" width="500"><br />Scarred Kanji + flaming crow = bigger goldmine!<br /><br /><img src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb315/awfultattoos/crow/fantat05.jpg" width="500"><br /><img src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb315/awfultattoos/crow/fantat06.jpg" width="500"><br />I don't understand the spacing and sizing on this. It looks like the tattoos just got slapped on completely randomly. Also the little spritzes of red and yellow are a real nice touch. What is the black blob on the left? Can anyone tell?<br /><br /><img src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb315/awfultattoos/crow/Copy_1_of_Image01.jpg" width="500"><br />skldfskdjf Brandon Lee does not look like that!<br /><br /><img src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb315/awfultattoos/crow/The_Crow1.jpg" width="500"><br />And he really, really does not look like this!!!<br /><br />I hope you enjoyed this confessional edition of awful tattoos. Check back next week to make fun of my crow tattoo!

The Crow

I haven't gotten a tattoo in a year, and have been feeling the itch. I have an appointment for this upcoming Wednesday. I decided to get...

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These were bad enough to bring my posting back from the dead

So as I'm sure you can tell, I haven't been posting here a lot lately. I've been busy at work, and haven't really come across many new tattoos that are worth mentioning. However, I got an email a few days ago that seriously shook me up. Check out these terrible tattoos, all by the same artist working out of a "pro" shop.<br /><br /><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb315/awfultattoos/fransstars.jpg"><br />Was the kanji there already, and the rest of the tattoo worked around it? Or was it all designed in one piece? Why is the kanji overlapping with the star? What is that weird black V at the top? It's all a total mystery, and it's all TERRIBLE.<br /><br /><img src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb315/awfultattoos/lulu.jpg" width="300"><br />This just makes me think of a pile of pubes, I'm sorry. <br /><br /><img src="http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb315/awfultattoos/forthhole.jpg?t=1229108614"><br />...... I don't even know what to say about this. It's not as terrible as the others but it just seems so... sad.

These were bad enough to bring my posting back from the dead

So as I'm sure you can tell, I haven't been posting here a lot lately. I've been busy at work, and haven't really come acros...

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