Trey Burke, Inked Up
Repping the Columbus Clippers. Columbus tattoo parlors do good business...
It's not that he got a tattoo of Columbus. It's that the design, font, color, placement, and execution are all terrible.
Yes, please do tell. You seem like a very dapper gentleman who is up to date on all of the proper tattoo placement font and coloration.
I think he already did tell. And he was correct. From an aesthetic standpoint, this tattoo is terrible. I take exception only to his assertion that the execution of the tattoo was terrible; I suspect that it was not; that Burke got exactly what he wanted.
Look at the evenness of the lines, the excessive shading of the skyline, and the inconsistent font. It was bad execution.
He existed. But did he live?
Are you a fan of Monster Energy Drink?
And a big ass Wolverine climbing up the buildings and shit.
that would just add to the ridicule...
get ink to represent cbus, he could have at least gotten a Blue Jackets one......
Says the bitter season ticket holder.........wait til next year........*sigh*
At least it has blue in it, I guess.
I don't think anyone is really critiquing the artistry skills of the guy who did that. I just think it's not worth putting something like that all over your arm.
I like how you express your opinion ("It's amazing art") and then criticize others for expressing theirs.
I love Trey, but I suspect he'll regret getting that down the road - and it's going to hurt like hell to get it removed, it's so huge.
not to toot my own horn, but I think I could most certainly draw that on a piece of paper. It's not some overly artistic tattoo.
Man, that's two bad decisions Trey has made in just the last few months.
Well, at least it's better than the one on his chest...
Lest a discussion of athlete's questionable tattoos go by without this:
EDIT: Poor syntax made it sound like I meant "questionable athletes" rather than "questionable tattoos." No question, McCarron is the ballerest of ballers.
Oh.... my.... god... At first I thought AJ dropped an ashtray on his chest, and then when I put my glasses on, I was sad for him to realize he hadn't.
Oh my god, I had forgotten about Bray's! That manages to be substantially worse than even McCarron's. Quick rundown of terribleness:
1. The fact that he has his own name tattooed on his back.
2. The Word Art style font.
3. The totally unnecessary and stupid looking stars behind the letters.
4. The random orientation of each letter making it look like a little girl's notebook doodle.
Jesus H. Christ, no wonder NFL teams were questioning Bray's maturity. He's a walking fifth grader's love note to himself.
Trey is an even bigger Ray LaMontagne fan than I am!
a block M on his neck AND forehead, right? RIGHT?!?!?
It's just a bad tat. Has nothing to do with the subject matter, the workmanship is terrible. Way too much shading it looks like a reject tattoo from that show Ink master
Also, in light of his obvious love for his hometown of Columbus, I think it's a great testament to the coaching staff and the University (and timing) that we were able to get him here. I personally love the fact that some of our greatest players ever have come from Ohio
TIT. Is it OK to get a TIT tat?
Sorry - just being a total boob.
Kid is from there and loves his home town and you have issue with him putting a tattoo on HIS body.
News flash not everyone is psycho and hates everything Ohio because they aren't a fan of OSU. You're trying too hard bro.
While not a fan of tattoos, it is interesting that he does not, to our knowledge, have any tatts in honor of Michigan.
If I did have to get a tatt, i'd get a tatt of a dollar bill on my pecker so I can teach women how to stretch a dollar.
One of UM's greatest sons and Ohio's #1 regret...
I suspect I'll pass through this mortal coil ink free. It would be a bad professional choice, and I honestly can't think of anything I'd want on my body for life. But if someone wants a tattoo then Jimmy crack corn, and I don't care.
Lately I wonder why some have such a visceral negative reaction to them, though. Over the years my opinion has evolved from "I would not have done that so why did this person?" to "oh, that person is inked, I wonder if there's a story behind that?". Seems like there are many badly-done tatts out there (and seems like folks get very defensive about their tatts at times), but I've seen some good work out there that I can appreciate.
Anyway, as far as Trey's ink goes, it's his body and if this tatt pleases him then good on Trey. I think the amount of dark ink on the bottom of the tattoo makes it look like the road rash I've suffered after crashing on a bicycle, and in general it seems like a cluttered and sloppy design, but again - if it works for him, great. And I like that he's repping his hometown, even if I don't like his hometown much.
A couple of years ago, I was at a convenience store and some guy was hanging out talking to the cashier. He was showing off his new tattoo, which looked absolutely awful. Like he let a child draw on his arm. He was explaining that he was letting their mutual friend learn how to tattoo on him and that he was "getting pretty good, a lot better." There are no better friends than those with poor judgment.
Around the same time, I saw a guy at the video store who had a massive satanic goat's head tattoo on his chest whose horns came up over either side of his neck. I saw it because he wasn't wearing anything under his unzipped White Zombie hoodie. That guy was rad.
We wouldn't have made it to the National Championship game, or even past Kansas without him. So let him do what he wants. Yeah it looks poorly done, but if that's what he wants, by all means that is fine.
it actually looks like quality work. I agree with you though. It's also nie to remember where you are from.