why do people hate tribal tattoos so much?
i mean…..i have mine on my back and its been there for quite a while now. I’m completely happy that i got it. one of my friends i deployed to iraq with actually drew it for me .
i mean…..i have mine on my back and its been there for quite a while now. I’m completely happy that i got it. one of my friends i deployed to iraq with actually drew it for me .
Because everyone has one!.
The first poster got it right. Most people either hate it because everyone has one or because they are the one tattoo that a lot of people get with no meaning behind them. What really matters is that you are happy with yours!
everyone has it, it isnt origional most look the same. But if you like it whats the problem?
probably because so many people have them. personally, i quite like them i don’t care what people think either, i have tattoos but haven’t had any tribal ones, though my boyfriend has and i like his. it’s up to the individual, as you’re never going to please everyone.
Most tribal tattoos are based off of a flash design, instead of being custom. It is *very* likely to come across people with the exact same tattoo, even if they’re on the other side of the nation. As such, custom works such as your own, because of their similarity in design to the non-custom ones, are viewed with the same “cheap” opinion- they all look the same to the untrained eye.
On that note, many tribal designs are just a “bunch of lines and shapes”, without any obvious personal meaning, or recognizable imagery- it is chaotic, and can be mentally likened to a toddler’s scribbling being compared to Da Vinci’s Last Supper.
Finally, even though artistically, they can be considered similar to Gaelic knotwork, there is no historical precedent or model for them to be inspired from (even *real* tribal tattoos don’t look anything like modern “tribal” tattoos), so they are considered as a fad.
The reason why everybody hates tribal is because it’s unoriginal and shows that the person who got it has no creativity to come up with their own tattoo design. Also it’s not like art work, it’s just a bunch of lines that mean nothing. A lot of jock type or douche bags get those kind of tattoos because they are too stupid to come up with their own design and have the tattoos artist custom draw them something. Also a lot of guys that get tribal just want to look tough or cool and thinks it makes them bada*s. If you are happy with it then it shouldn’t matter what anyone thinks about it right?