Actually, if you read about Lincoln, one thing that was noticed about him was his strong stature. I know it doesn’t seem that way, but that is what was said about him while he lay on the table to be examined after he was shot. In a sense, this concept art may not be far off.
This concept art is WAY off. Lincoln was intelligent. Intelligent people don’t put that crap on their bodies, only doofuses do that. The only thing the artist captured is his strong stature. He cleared land and split fence rails by hand. You bet he was muscular but that stupid tat crap? Not a chance!!
I must STRENUOUSLY protest against the idea that only “doofuses” “put that crap on their bodies”. Tattooing is an art form here in America, and it isn’t as class-based as you seem to think.
There are, of course, a lot of “doofuses” who follow the fads and think that tattoos of words they think are “special” in languages that they don’t understand will make them look “cool”. Ditto with doofuses who tattoo their faces or gauge their ears in an effort to look more “hardcore”.
There are many tattoo artists whose work can stand up to critics of fine arts. There are also many reasons to get a tattoo, and just as many places to put them on one’s body.
If your concept of intelligence in the human race goes only as far as to include people without tattoos, I pity you. I bet Sarah Palin has no tattoos at all.
It is a display of ignorance to the extreme for you to say that no person who has a tattoo is able to be counted as a member of the “intelligent people” group. Ink is an art form of personal expression. You don’t like the idea of body art, don’t get it. But by insulting every single person who has ever had a tattoo, you make yourself look ignorant and biased.
I have a tattoo, and an IQ high enough to easily get into MENSA. I find your comment pretty offensive, and resent the implication that you (with your missing commas and extra exclamation marks) are an intelligent person and I am not.
I speak for the population of the United States of America according to the U.S. Census Bureau when I say that comment was pretty awesome. Thank you ArgenKiwi.
On the note of tattoos, my cousin and his gf got tattoos in memory of their son who was miscarried. I don’t have any tattoos myself, but I certainly would not call that “stupid tat crap.”
Lincoln was known as the railsplitting president. He was six foot four and apparently incredibly strong. While Im pretty sure he refrained from tattoos, he was probably physically imposing
This drawing was done by my nephew, Tim Shumate. It just won a t-shirt contest at Threadless and a t-shirt with this drawing is now on sale. Family pride aside, Tim is quite the illustrator/artist. You can see more of his work at timshumate.com.
i was raised to never put a tatoo anywhere on your body that you couldnt hide it from your grandma…personally tatooed faces and necks scream out I DONT WANT A REAL JOB….really doofusses!!! THATS WHAT IT MEANS …:(
Hey Champ, it’s disappointing that there’s still people like you in this world, judging how others may look. You must come from an uneducated, boring family. For one ‘Us Doofusses’ that you claim, most of us ‘Doofusses’ we spend good money on our art. I have three neck tattoos, I am ‘Self Employed’, I deal with the ‘Public’ and ‘Yes’ I’m really good at my job, and ‘No’ I’m not a tattoo artist or piercer. My Grandma…..She Loves my tattoos. Your a sad human being, That’s what it means to me.
Actually, if you read about Lincoln, one thing that was noticed about him was his strong stature. I know it doesn’t seem that way, but that is what was said about him while he lay on the table to be examined after he was shot. In a sense, this concept art may not be far off.
This concept art is WAY off. Lincoln was intelligent. Intelligent people don’t put that crap on their bodies, only doofuses do that. The only thing the artist captured is his strong stature. He cleared land and split fence rails by hand. You bet he was muscular but that stupid tat crap? Not a chance!!
I must STRENUOUSLY protest against the idea that only “doofuses” “put that crap on their bodies”. Tattooing is an art form here in America, and it isn’t as class-based as you seem to think.
There are, of course, a lot of “doofuses” who follow the fads and think that tattoos of words they think are “special” in languages that they don’t understand will make them look “cool”. Ditto with doofuses who tattoo their faces or gauge their ears in an effort to look more “hardcore”.
There are many tattoo artists whose work can stand up to critics of fine arts. There are also many reasons to get a tattoo, and just as many places to put them on one’s body.
If your concept of intelligence in the human race goes only as far as to include people without tattoos, I pity you. I bet Sarah Palin has no tattoos at all.
It is a display of ignorance to the extreme for you to say that no person who has a tattoo is able to be counted as a member of the “intelligent people” group. Ink is an art form of personal expression. You don’t like the idea of body art, don’t get it. But by insulting every single person who has ever had a tattoo, you make yourself look ignorant and biased.
Here here!
I have a tattoo, and an IQ high enough to easily get into MENSA. I find your comment pretty offensive, and resent the implication that you (with your missing commas and extra exclamation marks) are an intelligent person and I am not.
+312,985,135
I speak for the population of the United States of America according to the U.S. Census Bureau when I say that comment was pretty awesome. Thank you ArgenKiwi.
On the note of tattoos, my cousin and his gf got tattoos in memory of their son who was miscarried. I don’t have any tattoos myself, but I certainly would not call that “stupid tat crap.”
blasphemy. (I kid, I kid.)
Lincoln was known as the railsplitting president. He was six foot four and apparently incredibly strong. While Im pretty sure he refrained from tattoos, he was probably physically imposing
This drawing was done by my nephew, Tim Shumate. It just won a t-shirt contest at Threadless and a t-shirt with this drawing is now on sale. Family pride aside, Tim is quite the illustrator/artist. You can see more of his work at timshumate.com.
Go Tim Shumate. You’re famous (in a Twenty-two Words kind of way) and you didn’t even know it.
i was raised to never put a tatoo anywhere on your body that you couldnt hide it from your grandma…personally tatooed faces and necks scream out I DONT WANT A REAL JOB….really doofusses!!! THATS WHAT IT MEANS …:(
Hey Champ, it’s disappointing that there’s still people like you in this world, judging how others may look. You must come from an uneducated, boring family. For one ‘Us Doofusses’ that you claim, most of us ‘Doofusses’ we spend good money on our art. I have three neck tattoos, I am ‘Self Employed’, I deal with the ‘Public’ and ‘Yes’ I’m really good at my job, and ‘No’ I’m not a tattoo artist or piercer. My Grandma…..She Loves my tattoos. Your a sad human being, That’s what it means to me.
Tell that to the ER doctor who took care of me recently – full sleeves and all.
“Thou shalt not mark, nor tattoo yourselves”
…because in that culture, tattooing was a mark that identified yourself with a pagan religion.
The artist is not far off! abe lincoln did have tattoos. Google it.
Should totally have Death tattooed on the other arm.
You have your choice, you can get hit by a dose of Liberty,
or smacked down with a dose of Death…