Tattoo's Art or Not?

Question

I have a friend that is a Tattoo "Artist" and with all the legal jargin there is should Tattooing be a legitimate form of Art (Please no yes or no answers)

Answer 1

I think tattooing is definitely an art form. It takes talent and creativity for a tattoo artist to design a tattoo. It's not like a painting that you hang on the wall and can take it down when you get tired of it, it's something that will be a part of you for the rest of your life (unless you get laser removal), so I look at tattoos as art on a "human canvas".

I got one of my tattoos from a tattoo artist that got his artistic training at the Art Institute of Chicago. The guy is phenomenal, whether it's tattoos or his paintings.

Answer 2

I think it is art! I love to watch the tattoo shows (Inked, Miami Ink...) and the artists really do need creativity and skills to make a great tattoo. It's amazing how people can give the vaguest description of their ideal tattoo, and the artist turns it into a huge, elaborate design that is actually drawn very well. I mean, it could be put on a canvas and that's "more art than anything" (exageration). Tattoos are definately more of an art form than like...a random newspaper glued to this huge canvas and sold for thousands.

Answer 3

I got my first one on Saturday and I believe it's art. I believe art is anything that moves you, makes an impact or brings out an emotion whether it's positive or negative. Tattoos fail to be art when therer are so many on the skin that there is no differentiation. I love looking at tattoos, but when I have to tilt my head, or squint my eyes to determine what I'm looking at, or when one starts and the other one ends, then it looses it's meaning. That being said, the owner of that tattoo and the guy (or gal) that did it, would definately disagree. To them it will always be art...just like mine and I only have one. Great question.

Answer 4

Of course it's an art! You tell them what you want and they freedraw it. They design it on the spot. Now that's art. There are a few that don't trace it onto you before they tattoo, they just do it on the spot! That's talent and only an artistic person can do that.

Answer 5

Tattoo's! Now that's art. When u get tattooed it's because u like that artist art work. Ur putting on someones beautiful masterpiece or ur own if ur creative.
I have few tattoo's that consist of beautiful women, Half bodies of woman and cute faces.
My tattoo's r on my {back, full sleeves, chest, stomach, rib cage and upper knees}

Answer 6

yes tattoos is an form of art because some expresses who we are and then some of for the falling one amd some of some kind of artist that will cherish and like i love them i am planning on getting me 4 of them

Answer 7

tattooing is a form of art, art is defined as anything that expresses yourself, some artists can throw a bunch of colors on canvas and it looks like a five year old did it and that is considered art.

Answer 8

Tattoo's,make-up,hair dye,clothes,are all considered a form of artistic expression.

Answer 9

hmmm..as a tatood person i guess tatoos themselves are not art but the drawing the tatoo came from can be. i dont think alot of tatoo artists are artists because they are just tracing originals but a lot are if they draw their own pictures, but they are artists for the drawings not the inking (did u get that?)

Answer 10

Just like with paintings, some are and some aren't. In my opinion what makes art is not in the canvas that is chosen to express it but in what you do with that canvas.