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October 22, 2012
“Auto Tattoo”
I wonder if there's been a general trend away from the vehicle to focus on the body.When I think of the classic American "love affair with the motorcar" I think of young men buying new gadgets for their car or tricking it out with different add-ons and paint schemes. The analogue to the body would be the tattoo. As a side note, my dad, a graphics/sign painter/design guy, has always talked about starting up a business named "Auto Tattoo". -- Five Year Tattoo Plan « Gucci Little Piggy
Posted by gerardvanderleun at October 22, 2012 7:52 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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For several years a small roadside shack named "Auto Tattoo" has done business in Camino, CA.
Posted by: HappyAcres at October 22, 2012 8:47 AM
Most people would never deface their cars with the kind of ugly ass "artwork" that comes from tattoo parlors.
JWM
Posted by: jwm at October 22, 2012 11:07 AM
JWM, granted that most people wouldn't, but you need to spend some time looking at low-rider magazines. Tattoo art and low-rider art are pretty much the same.
Tattoos are tribal art, then, now, and forever.
Posted by: John A. Fleming at October 22, 2012 2:27 PM
Tattoo art and low-rider art are pretty much the same.
Yep, they are. I wouldn't want a low rider, either.
Posted by: waltj at October 22, 2012 8:39 PM
Not my tribe.
Posted by: I-RIGHT-I at October 23, 2012 4:20 AM