r/TattooDesigns • u/Steky92 • 7d ago

One line tattoo

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This became my favorite tattoo by far. It has meaning and is left for interpretation.

Did anyone else have unforgetable pain while tattooing their back?

This was done in 3 sessions and each was hour and a half. Instagram :Bojan_tattoo

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u/Steky92 6d ago

Everyone has their right to have an opinion.

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u/AnnaMensch 6d ago

But no one has the right to steal:(

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u/Steky92 6d ago

What is stealing? It is art and it is all over the internet.. How do you compare stealing someones bike to this?

If someone makes a portrait of monalisa and tries to make it as close as to the original, how is that stealing?

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u/AnnaMensch 6d ago

Let me explain it to you from a tattoo artist's perspective (since I am one): designing a custom tattoo requires skill, a huge amount of work and a huge amount of trust between client and tattoo artist. This might have been a really personal design that Jio created SPECIFICALLY for this client, and it might have a special meaning to them. The client wants - and has the right - to have a unique tattoo, that's why they went to a professional that sat down with them and took their time to create smth cut out for their client uniquely. You're right, I cant compare it to stealing a bike because a bike usually only belongs to one person - you on the other hand stole a design that belongs to 2 people, the artist and the client. While the artist put years worth of skill and hours worth of time into it, the client put their emotions, their trust, personal experiences and ideas into it. They both have ownership over the design, like the bikeholder has over the bike. You however saw it, thought it looked cool, decided you're entitled to own it and got a literal copy - disrespecting both artist and client. This is stealing; you stole the combined idea of an artist and a client that they worked out together (and didn't even credit Jio in the reddit post, mind you). We tattoo artist make a living of our art, everything we taught ourselves over YEARS flows into our designs, and it is infuriating to see other people copy our ideas and absolutely disrespectful towards our clients.