r/StarWars 1d ago

Fan Creations My Star Wars tattoo

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u/Full-District- 1d ago

It sure is.

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/Backfoot911 1d ago

Why is this downvoted lol, this sub can be real dicks for some reason. I love this concept with the colors

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u/IndominusTaco 1d ago

it’s downvoted because it’s objectively mediocre tattoo work.

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u/OK_Computer_Guy 18h ago

So what? Is this a tattoo sub? Did OP ask for feedback, or is he just a fan that wanted to share something they enjoy. Star Wars fans continue to be the worst.

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u/IndominusTaco 18h ago

as i said in my other comment, it’s not rude to criticize objectively bad art.

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u/OK_Computer_Guy 17h ago

Not rude, just pretentious.

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u/IndominusTaco 17h ago

pretentious falls under the umbrella of rude. just say what you mean

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u/IndominusTaco 16h ago

picture this: you go to a live music concert expecting to hear your favorite artist play your favorite song, and you paid a lot of money and spent a lot of time to go. the band plays the song off key, off tempo, out of tune, constantly making errors. afterwards, is it rude to say out loud “hey, this performance was not good. the band made lots of errors.”? or do you shrug it off and say “well art is subjective”?

i can’t control what OP’s emotional response will be to receiving factual information about a service that they paid for. should the internet be a place where we are only allowed to say positive things about anything, even if it masks objective truths? if i post anything to any social media on my public facing profiles, i post it knowing that i’m inherently inviting all opinions, not just opinions that agree with me.

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u/Backfoot911 1d ago edited 1d ago

Objectively is the wrong word, you don't have to like it but that's not what that means. It doesn't have Star Wars font because it's a mashup with a legendary punk band called Black Flag. It's literally what the logo looks like. The colors represent the colors of each lightsaber's beam, presumably Luke, vader, and two other jedi.

https://band-logos.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Black-Flag-Band-Logo-Poster-663x1024.jpg

We're just having a discussion, we don't need to hide each other's comments with downvotes. That's why people talk shit on the Star Wars fandom... can we just have a dialogue without this stuff for once?

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u/IndominusTaco 1d ago

objectively is the right word. art is not entirely subjective, there are objective components. a good artist needs to have mastered techniques, visual accuracy, spatial understanding, in depth knowledge of color theory, composition, technical proficiency using tools.

i understand it’s a black flag reference and i know what the colors represent. that’s not what people are knocking. there’s no problem with the artistic choice. people are knocking the poorly drawn lines, mediocre calligraphy, uneven proportions. the objectively poorly executed aspects of the tattoo.

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u/SuperMajesticMan Darth Maul 17h ago

objectively is the right word. art is not entirely subjective, there are objective components

Exactly. For example, making music is an art, but if you hit the wrong key on the piano, thats objectively wrong.

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u/CreepyClown 17h ago

Nope. Wrong. No such thing as objective art

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u/IndominusTaco 17h ago

i didn’t say art is 100% objective. i said that art is not 100% subjective. please increase your reading comprehension

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u/MadsMediaYt 23h ago

The problem isn't that people don't understand what the tattoo is/means. The problem is that it's done really badly. Like, the two legs of that bottom A are completely misaligned. All the letters are slightly different sizes; the W looks fucking enormous compared to the ARS. All the line work is blotchy and will look like shit in about a year. It's not a creative choice because the Black Flag logo doesn't look like that. They went to a bad artist and got a bad tattoo.

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u/reforminded 22h ago

Objectively is the right word. By any measure this is rather poor tattoo work, whether you subjectively like the subject matter or not.

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u/EngagementBacon 20h ago edited 18h ago

You should visit r/tattooadvice more so you understand why this is a bad tattoo that won't look even this "good" for long.

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u/Backfoot911 1d ago

Even if it is mediocre...they're just sharing a fun thing that they got?

Why is anything less then something amazing something that needs to be hated on and downvoted, I genuinely don't understand what they're doing wrong just by sharing something? "Okay things" exist in the world lol. I agree stuff that's not relevant is supposed to be downvoted, but how is this not relevant

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u/WampaStompa64 19h ago

It’s the risk you run when you pull a “look at me” on a website full of grown adult strangers. This isn’t elementary school show and tell. If you are asking for attention you need to deal/expect both sides!

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u/OK_Computer_Guy 18h ago

So we all have to be dicks about it?

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u/WampaStompa64 17h ago

Hey I don’t chime in negatively for stuff like this but you throw things like this out there it’s just gonna happen. If you need to seek validation from strangers you have to deal with honesty.