Tattoos on the face were a sign of intimidation and fear traditionally. Like war paint. Like the Maori ones above. In very recent years that has changed, and I'm sure over time attitudes will change too. Maybe in 30 years
When I am on the beach at 70 I would imagine everybody around me will have tattoos too so not really an issue. I'll probably leave my saggy goolies purposely hanging from one side of my thong Speedos so that should take the attention away from my arms.
actually the facial tattoos of the maori tell the individuals story of origin and family. My tattooist back in nz is a maori and used to refuse ( as most genuine artist do at home) to do traditional tats on the face unless the customer could state his right to have them. As in his tribe, family and standing in his community. There are scribble faces as we call em, that get a moko to look the part but in general its nothing to do with intimidation...
not necessarily dude. The maori , despite being great warriors in the day ( the inventors or trench war fear and one of,if not the only peoples to have not been conquered by an invading English army ever) were by all accounts traders first ( hence their smarts to sign a treaty before they were inevitably beaten) and the tats depict this also, as a bit of a badge to say what ya job is. Certainly if you understood the markings you may have shit ya self when ya seen the main man from another tribe but it's not all about striking fear .. Nor is the haka...
I think the tats have nothing to do with it... She'd get it! By "it" obviously I mean a bullet... ( unless that's ya wife dude.. In which case ignore my last )
i had an opinion on this that i was going to type in big font in support of body scribbles (ive got plenty but all covered by polo shirt) but then i remembered one morning during the festive period 10 years or so ago when i had to call work and tell them i couldnt come in because someone had drawn a French curly moustache and jazzy eyebrows in black marker on my face. If i didnt think it was an issue id have just carried on but my actions show what i feel i guess.
lol... I passed out at our social club one night and got tribal tats in permanent marker on my face. Woke several hours later ( bout midnight) an drove home. My mates mum was staying on the couch and got up to have a cuppa with me when I got in. She never said a word about the shit on me face and I never knew it was there as we sat and drank tea.next morning when I showered and looked in the mirror... I had " I'm a cunt" on me forehead .. Had stopped for petrol on the way home too....
I like Tattoos that change. "W" on each bum cheek makes a word if you bend forward. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I drove home SEVERAL hours later... with the bodies ability to process 1 unit of alcohol per hour etc etc.... Or what ever the formula is.. ( I may have been technically over the limit yes... But it was a long time ago and thing were different then )
Don't think mine is offensive, although up here, some people assume I'm catholic because I have a tricolore. That's their prejudice, not mine......
