German artist Mike Dargas creates realism pieces with oil on canvas that show captured moments of intense intimacy and closeness.
In his portraits, Mike is not limited on certain types. He portrays young and old, beautiful and dark, fragile and strong people. They are lost in thoughts, show inner conflicts or transmit a unique or even holy calmness. The perfection of his technique seems to seek for the perfect image, like he was searching for the soul within each single one. With his works Mike Dargas challenges us to take a deeper look, to understand the nature of human being and to question our own emotional perception.
WARNING. SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND THIS PICTURE OFFENSIVE.
This is a real piece of promotional material for a real German tattoo studio! The Things&Ink ladies picked this up on their recent travels to the Frankfurt Tattoo Convention.
Would you get tattooed here?
On seeing this for the first time I was horrified, I mean what the fuck is it?
This flyer is everything that tattooing is not. To an outsider who does not have any ink, or has never set foot in a tattoo shop this image would most definitely put them off, without a doubt!
The suggestion of rape, violence and sexual degradation are disgusting and shocking. The woman is in real pain, not merely from the tattoo, but from being held down and having her hair brutally pulled. Not to mention the unhygienic conditions, where is his other glove?
The tattooist is enjoying his predatory role, taking delight in her vulnerable position. Is this image supposed to be pornographically sexy? Are they trying to glamorise tattoos in some way by suggesting that tattooed women are promiscuous and punishable? I am speechless!
Tattoos are not a form of torture; they should not be performed on a non consenting individual. They are an expression of art, personality and free choice.
The star and Buddhist logo contradict the whole set up, I doubt very much that the woman is on a journey to enlightenment.
The tattoo shop’s stand at The Frankfurt Tattoo Convention
