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Re: Tatoos on your models

amkuell — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:46:56 GMT

My opinion the nasty, nasty feet of the model on pages 53 and again 57 are far more offensive then a tattoo anyday!

Re: Tatoos on your models

LindaA1945 — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 06:53:46 GMT

I also wish it had not degenerated into the name calling and put downs of people who do not like tattoos. It always seems to happen when this subject comes up on internet discussions.

Re: Tatoos on your models

LindaA1945 — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 06:51:01 GMT

Sorry, the link doesn't seem to work.

Re: Tatoos on your models

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Re: Tatoos on your models

Christine1234 — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:55:34 GMT

Clap, clap!!!!

Re: Tatoos on your models

Christine1234 — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:51:28 GMT

I agree that tats are realistic, and some of them are quite attractive and ingenious. I also agree that we can and should look past them to the garment and not let our prejudices determine whether we like the pattern or not. If not, the looker is as shallow as the tattoo.

Re: Tatoos on your models

greymoon — Tue, 15 May 2012 00:08:32 GMT

Strangely, I do not remember anywhere near the response to the model years ago in Vogue Knitting who was in her 60's and had a neck tat at a time when they weren't that common in general circulation ( the tattoos, not the magazine) I recall the model being striking, the tattoo being tasteful and the clothes she modeled being very nice as well. When I look at the sweaters being modeled by the tattooed model in Knitscene, it is not hard at all to see the garment, including its clean lines. I would hope that anyone looking at the design could distinguish something made out of yarn and having texture from something 2-dimensional made out of ink. Just saying that prejudice shouldn't keep us from seeing what we are trying to look at.

Re: Tatoos on your models

LindaA1945 — Sat, 12 May 2012 06:26:19 GMT

Yes, spinninyarns, that's exactly the point!

Re: Tatoos on your models

LindaA1945 — Sat, 12 May 2012 06:21:46 GMT

I absolutely agree with dawgfan. Those who are defending tattoos seem to be putting words into the mouths of those who don't like them. I also agree that tattoos can be distracting and can ruin the looks of certain garments. After all, nothing goes with everything and once you have a tattoo, it's there forever for all intents and purposes.

Re: Tatoos on your models

dawgfan — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:29:03 GMT

Hi ZassZ,

Thanks for your comment. I agree 100%!

Re: Tatoos on your models

ZassZ — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:13:26 GMT

hi dawgfan,

yes thanks for your comment. if we do not have the freedom to speak our minds what do we have? It is a basic constitutional right. But not doing so to undermine, belittle, or bully anyone for his or her beliefs or ideals. If we keep that in mind, we can promote communication & understanding.

Re: Tatoos on your models

Jezikhana — Tue, 08 May 2012 11:28:05 GMT

I love seeing models that are closer to realistic than not. Tattoos are realistic. If a person hyper focuses on the tattoo to the exclusion of everything else then that is a perception issue on their part. It isn't hard to take the time to move ones focus from a single element of a picture to the picture as a whole and even then refocus again on a different single element, if that person wants to do that. Many times people won't take the time to appreciate every aspect of an image. The fault does not lie with the composer/designer/publisher at that point. It is the choice of the consumer to not look past their own prejudices and opinion and look at something without judgement.

Keep up the good work Interweave and bring us more realistic models of every shape, size, handicap, ethnicity, and body mods. I appreciate it.

Re: Tatoos on your models

jen@148 — Tue, 08 May 2012 00:18:50 GMT

I can respect the objection that having a tattoo adds visual chaos to a photo, though I might not agree. I just wish that the discussion had started out on that note, rather than insulting people with tattoos as "tastless" and expressing horror that a tattooed model had ever been hired.

Re: Tatoos on your models

spinnin yarns — Mon, 07 May 2012 19:43:20 GMT

I remember this issue and I distinctly remember the tattoos. Unfortunately, they contrasted so much with the sweater design that I DO NOT remember the knitted items the models were wearing. When the tattoo sticks out from the edge of a garment and detracts from the clean lines of the sweater or garment, it diminishes the impact of the knitting design. When the tattoo is especially large and only a portion of it shows, it adds an element of chaos to the photo because the tattoo itself is not complete.

As the parent of a two handicapped individuals, I am keenly aware of the treatment of people with disabilities. I would like to let the previous commenter know that there have been models in wheelchairs, with braces and with mental disabiities in several of the magazines already. I do not find their handicaps and necessary braces or wheelchairs as detracting from the sweater design. I think the real issue is that the art work within the tattoo contrasts with the design of the sweater. It's not the size, shape, color, disability or ethnic heritage of the model (I'm plus size and the patterns are never large enough), but the fact that attention is drawn away from the designer's wonderful work and to the tattoo work instead.

Those who enjoy tattoos will readily admit that their interest was drawn to the tattoo artwork. Tattoo haters will also admit that their interest was drawn to the tattoo artwork. The point is that in both instances is that the tattoos were the center of interest rather than the sweater. If the idea is to promote the pattern, the yarn, and the magazine, then having large and obvious tattoos certainly distracts the reader from the subject matter of the magazine/design. If I wanted to sell my design, I'd like it on the most complementary model for the design.

Re: Tatoos on your models

greymoon — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:45:36 GMT

As a knitter with tattoos, I also appreciate seeing models in knitting mags with tattoos as well. I know many people who don't like tattoos ( my husband among them) and my advice there is "Don't get any". I am not a 20-something who makes decisions she may regret a couple of years later, but a 50-something who has some tattoos that are over 30 years old. I still love them. I also love seeing real people modeling in magazines so that I can see what my handknitted creations will look like in real sizes on real people ( like me) I am happy that magazines are beginning to use models other than ONLY small and so generic that you don't notice them. And btw: I loved the model's tattoos.