Kevin from Ostend, Belgium, tells me this is “self done”, but I don’t believe the pig’s foot is quite that capable. I’m sorry, I know, it’s in bad taste to make second language jokes, but I just wanted some text because I hate posting photos all by themselves.
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156 responses to “Tattooed Pig Foot”
moi, I posted it because I thought people would think it was funny, interesting, or otherwise inspire conversation… I agree with you about the live pigs, but I would still post about them because I think people should know as much about what goes on in the world as possible in order to decide how they want to best live and act in it.
moi, I posted it because I thought people would think it was funny, interesting, or otherwise inspire conversation… I agree with you about the live pigs, but I would still post about them because I think people should know as much about what goes on in the world as possible in order to decide how they want to best live and act in it.
shannon, i agree 100% about information vs censorship! i’ll tell you why i’m picking on you though: as a person who runs this community what you say goes a long way. and you condemn poorly executed tattoos while joking about animal cruelty. i don’t think that you shouldn’t have posted. i just think a word of reproach would have been more appropriate than a lighthearted joke.
so i know you run modblod, so you should post what you see fit. it’s just that it seems to be going against some of the principles of this community (mainly the consent issue).
shannon, i agree 100% about information vs censorship! i’ll tell you why i’m picking on you though: as a person who runs this community what you say goes a long way. and you condemn poorly executed tattoos while joking about animal cruelty. i don’t think that you shouldn’t have posted. i just think a word of reproach would have been more appropriate than a lighthearted joke.
so i know you run modblod, so you should post what you see fit. it’s just that it seems to be going against some of the principles of this community (mainly the consent issue).
shannon, i agree 100% about information vs censorship! i’ll tell you why i’m picking on you though: as a person who runs this community what you say goes a long way. and you condemn poorly executed tattoos while joking about animal cruelty. i don’t think that you shouldn’t have posted. i just think a word of reproach would have been more appropriate than a lighthearted joke.
so i know you run modblod, so you should post what you see fit. it’s just that it seems to be going against some of the principles of this community (mainly the consent issue).
shannon, i agree 100% about information vs censorship! i’ll tell you why i’m picking on you though: as a person who runs this community what you say goes a long way. and you condemn poorly executed tattoos while joking about animal cruelty. i don’t think that you shouldn’t have posted. i just think a word of reproach would have been more appropriate than a lighthearted joke.
so i know you run modblod, so you should post what you see fit. it’s just that it seems to be going against some of the principles of this community (mainly the consent issue).
I have an ignorant question. Is it standard for tattoo artists to practice on dead pigs before they get to work on people? I guess the theory is that dead pig flesh is most like human skin, but then I’ve also heard of artists practising on grapefruits. Or do they just find human volunteers? How do most artists hone their skill?
I have an ignorant question. Is it standard for tattoo artists to practice on dead pigs before they get to work on people? I guess the theory is that dead pig flesh is most like human skin, but then I’ve also heard of artists practising on grapefruits. Or do they just find human volunteers? How do most artists hone their skill?
I have an ignorant question. Is it standard for tattoo artists to practice on dead pigs before they get to work on people? I guess the theory is that dead pig flesh is most like human skin, but then I’ve also heard of artists practising on grapefruits. Or do they just find human volunteers? How do most artists hone their skill?
I have an ignorant question. Is it standard for tattoo artists to practice on dead pigs before they get to work on people? I guess the theory is that dead pig flesh is most like human skin, but then I’ve also heard of artists practising on grapefruits. Or do they just find human volunteers? How do most artists hone their skill?
milquetoast.. i think its basically step by step.
I’ve heard people practice on chicken skin (like on a leg from a grocery freezer.. not an actual live chicken) and infact on hog peices.
I’ve also heard and read about people tattooing fruit, like bananas, oranges and grapefruits to practice as well.. it probably entirely depends on the shop, the apprentice’s and the apprenticee’s own ideas and comfort level.
I think once they have mastered the animal skin and.or the fruit, they can start finding volunteers like family and friends to tattoo, before moving on to paying customers.
Now, i really, really hope that the person who tattooed that pig foot was just in the learning stages and was doing it for that reason, but i have to admit, it made me sat to see a pigfoot just lying there, cut right off.
I am a member of PETA and I am so against cruelty to animals. Im not saying its wrong to eat it, but it kills me to see them living tortured lives only to suffer a painful and drawn-out death… I hope that pig’s leg suffered nothing but a great life in a pig puddle of mud on a huge farm and a died of illness or old age.. or even simply anesthetized. .. Hope is a fleeting emotion though..
milquetoast.. i think its basically step by step.
I’ve heard people practice on chicken skin (like on a leg from a grocery freezer.. not an actual live chicken) and infact on hog peices.
I’ve also heard and read about people tattooing fruit, like bananas, oranges and grapefruits to practice as well.. it probably entirely depends on the shop, the apprentice’s and the apprenticee’s own ideas and comfort level.
I think once they have mastered the animal skin and.or the fruit, they can start finding volunteers like family and friends to tattoo, before moving on to paying customers.
Now, i really, really hope that the person who tattooed that pig foot was just in the learning stages and was doing it for that reason, but i have to admit, it made me sat to see a pigfoot just lying there, cut right off.
I am a member of PETA and I am so against cruelty to animals. Im not saying its wrong to eat it, but it kills me to see them living tortured lives only to suffer a painful and drawn-out death… I hope that pig’s leg suffered nothing but a great life in a pig puddle of mud on a huge farm and a died of illness or old age.. or even simply anesthetized. .. Hope is a fleeting emotion though..
milquetoast.. i think its basically step by step.
I’ve heard people practice on chicken skin (like on a leg from a grocery freezer.. not an actual live chicken) and infact on hog peices.
I’ve also heard and read about people tattooing fruit, like bananas, oranges and grapefruits to practice as well.. it probably entirely depends on the shop, the apprentice’s and the apprenticee’s own ideas and comfort level.
I think once they have mastered the animal skin and.or the fruit, they can start finding volunteers like family and friends to tattoo, before moving on to paying customers.
Now, i really, really hope that the person who tattooed that pig foot was just in the learning stages and was doing it for that reason, but i have to admit, it made me sat to see a pigfoot just lying there, cut right off.
I am a member of PETA and I am so against cruelty to animals. Im not saying its wrong to eat it, but it kills me to see them living tortured lives only to suffer a painful and drawn-out death… I hope that pig’s leg suffered nothing but a great life in a pig puddle of mud on a huge farm and a died of illness or old age.. or even simply anesthetized. .. Hope is a fleeting emotion though..
milquetoast.. i think its basically step by step.
I’ve heard people practice on chicken skin (like on a leg from a grocery freezer.. not an actual live chicken) and infact on hog peices.
I’ve also heard and read about people tattooing fruit, like bananas, oranges and grapefruits to practice as well.. it probably entirely depends on the shop, the apprentice’s and the apprenticee’s own ideas and comfort level.
I think once they have mastered the animal skin and.or the fruit, they can start finding volunteers like family and friends to tattoo, before moving on to paying customers.
Now, i really, really hope that the person who tattooed that pig foot was just in the learning stages and was doing it for that reason, but i have to admit, it made me sat to see a pigfoot just lying there, cut right off.
I am a member of PETA and I am so against cruelty to animals. Im not saying its wrong to eat it, but it kills me to see them living tortured lives only to suffer a painful and drawn-out death… I hope that pig’s leg suffered nothing but a great life in a pig puddle of mud on a huge farm and a died of illness or old age.. or even simply anesthetized. .. Hope is a fleeting emotion though..
I forgot to mention that I don’t condone cruelty to animals either. I hope I didn’t imply that I am indifferent toward animal suffering by not mentioning it. If it’s meant to be some type of shock value art concept, I don’t get it. My understanding of shock value is that it’s used to discredit the people who “over-react” to it. If their point is to shock and disgust, when they don’t get the reaction, attention or publicity they want, their point is nullified. That might be construed as censorship though which is also bad. But I digress… I agree that animal cruelty and abuse is wrong and it’s a worthy message to reiterate. I assumed the pig was already dead when he lost his foot and that his death was most likely unnatural and unpleasant. The thought of him possibly being alive for the amputation is more disturbing.
I asked a tattoo artist I know what he initially practiced on. He told me he started on eager friends and volunteers, but told someone else he practiced on dead pigs. I guess he was afraid to offend me, but I’ve always been curious if it was commonplace for tattoo artists to use pigs.
I forgot to mention that I don’t condone cruelty to animals either. I hope I didn’t imply that I am indifferent toward animal suffering by not mentioning it. If it’s meant to be some type of shock value art concept, I don’t get it. My understanding of shock value is that it’s used to discredit the people who “over-react” to it. If their point is to shock and disgust, when they don’t get the reaction, attention or publicity they want, their point is nullified. That might be construed as censorship though which is also bad. But I digress… I agree that animal cruelty and abuse is wrong and it’s a worthy message to reiterate. I assumed the pig was already dead when he lost his foot and that his death was most likely unnatural and unpleasant. The thought of him possibly being alive for the amputation is more disturbing.
I asked a tattoo artist I know what he initially practiced on. He told me he started on eager friends and volunteers, but told someone else he practiced on dead pigs. I guess he was afraid to offend me, but I’ve always been curious if it was commonplace for tattoo artists to use pigs.
I forgot to mention that I don’t condone cruelty to animals either. I hope I didn’t imply that I am indifferent toward animal suffering by not mentioning it. If it’s meant to be some type of shock value art concept, I don’t get it. My understanding of shock value is that it’s used to discredit the people who “over-react” to it. If their point is to shock and disgust, when they don’t get the reaction, attention or publicity they want, their point is nullified. That might be construed as censorship though which is also bad. But I digress… I agree that animal cruelty and abuse is wrong and it’s a worthy message to reiterate. I assumed the pig was already dead when he lost his foot and that his death was most likely unnatural and unpleasant. The thought of him possibly being alive for the amputation is more disturbing.
I asked a tattoo artist I know what he initially practiced on. He told me he started on eager friends and volunteers, but told someone else he practiced on dead pigs. I guess he was afraid to offend me, but I’ve always been curious if it was commonplace for tattoo artists to use pigs.
I forgot to mention that I don’t condone cruelty to animals either. I hope I didn’t imply that I am indifferent toward animal suffering by not mentioning it. If it’s meant to be some type of shock value art concept, I don’t get it. My understanding of shock value is that it’s used to discredit the people who “over-react” to it. If their point is to shock and disgust, when they don’t get the reaction, attention or publicity they want, their point is nullified. That might be construed as censorship though which is also bad. But I digress… I agree that animal cruelty and abuse is wrong and it’s a worthy message to reiterate. I assumed the pig was already dead when he lost his foot and that his death was most likely unnatural and unpleasant. The thought of him possibly being alive for the amputation is more disturbing.
I asked a tattoo artist I know what he initially practiced on. He told me he started on eager friends and volunteers, but told someone else he practiced on dead pigs. I guess he was afraid to offend me, but I’ve always been curious if it was commonplace for tattoo artists to use pigs.
I don’t see how shannon posting this without condemnation is any different to say, if he had posted a picture of people at a convention eating a hotdog. It would seem bizarre if he wrote, “great tats, but eating hotdogs isn’t cool.” Yet it’s suggested he should have said, “interesting picture, but supporting the meat industry isn’t cool.”
I don’t see how shannon posting this without condemnation is any different to say, if he had posted a picture of people at a convention eating a hotdog. It would seem bizarre if he wrote, “great tats, but eating hotdogs isn’t cool.” Yet it’s suggested he should have said, “interesting picture, but supporting the meat industry isn’t cool.”
I don’t see how shannon posting this without condemnation is any different to say, if he had posted a picture of people at a convention eating a hotdog. It would seem bizarre if he wrote, “great tats, but eating hotdogs isn’t cool.” Yet it’s suggested he should have said, “interesting picture, but supporting the meat industry isn’t cool.”
I don’t see how shannon posting this without condemnation is any different to say, if he had posted a picture of people at a convention eating a hotdog. It would seem bizarre if he wrote, “great tats, but eating hotdogs isn’t cool.” Yet it’s suggested he should have said, “interesting picture, but supporting the meat industry isn’t cool.”
because the eating of the hotdog is just a background thing. it is not the main focus of the photo. if the picture was about someone’s mod with the pig’s feet in the background, i wouldn’t make a big fuss. but the pig’s feet are the main focus, and they are presented in a light hearted manner.
because the eating of the hotdog is just a background thing. it is not the main focus of the photo. if the picture was about someone’s mod with the pig’s feet in the background, i wouldn’t make a big fuss. but the pig’s feet are the main focus, and they are presented in a light hearted manner.
because the eating of the hotdog is just a background thing. it is not the main focus of the photo. if the picture was about someone’s mod with the pig’s feet in the background, i wouldn’t make a big fuss. but the pig’s feet are the main focus, and they are presented in a light hearted manner.
because the eating of the hotdog is just a background thing. it is not the main focus of the photo. if the picture was about someone’s mod with the pig’s feet in the background, i wouldn’t make a big fuss. but the pig’s feet are the main focus, and they are presented in a light hearted manner.
Aw. No respect, I tell ya, vegans get no respect. I don’t want to rag on anybody for eating meat, it’s their personal choice. I expect people think for themselves and do what’s right for them. Obviously, the meat industry will thrive whether or not someone speaks for it or against it. The kind of stuff I was refering to is like when artists use animals like those guys in Ontario who tortured and skinned a live cat, filmed it and called it a legitimate art project. I just don’t like that kind of stuff. If that makes me a crazy animal rights zealot, then I guess I am. Maybe that’s irrelevent here, but the purpose of the pig’s foot is not completely clear. If it’s just a tattoo artist practicing, then all I can say is I hope the pig didn’t suffer too much.
If not being turned on by dismembered animal parts is wrong, then sorry folks, I don’t wanna be right. I still believe that everyone should be entitled to their own opinion. I’m not saying, “how dare he post it.” He said it was, in part to “otherwise inspire conversation” and it did that.
Aw. No respect, I tell ya, vegans get no respect. I don’t want to rag on anybody for eating meat, it’s their personal choice. I expect people think for themselves and do what’s right for them. Obviously, the meat industry will thrive whether or not someone speaks for it or against it. The kind of stuff I was refering to is like when artists use animals like those guys in Ontario who tortured and skinned a live cat, filmed it and called it a legitimate art project. I just don’t like that kind of stuff. If that makes me a crazy animal rights zealot, then I guess I am. Maybe that’s irrelevent here, but the purpose of the pig’s foot is not completely clear. If it’s just a tattoo artist practicing, then all I can say is I hope the pig didn’t suffer too much.
If not being turned on by dismembered animal parts is wrong, then sorry folks, I don’t wanna be right. I still believe that everyone should be entitled to their own opinion. I’m not saying, “how dare he post it.” He said it was, in part to “otherwise inspire conversation” and it did that.
Aw. No respect, I tell ya, vegans get no respect. I don’t want to rag on anybody for eating meat, it’s their personal choice. I expect people think for themselves and do what’s right for them. Obviously, the meat industry will thrive whether or not someone speaks for it or against it. The kind of stuff I was refering to is like when artists use animals like those guys in Ontario who tortured and skinned a live cat, filmed it and called it a legitimate art project. I just don’t like that kind of stuff. If that makes me a crazy animal rights zealot, then I guess I am. Maybe that’s irrelevent here, but the purpose of the pig’s foot is not completely clear. If it’s just a tattoo artist practicing, then all I can say is I hope the pig didn’t suffer too much.
If not being turned on by dismembered animal parts is wrong, then sorry folks, I don’t wanna be right. I still believe that everyone should be entitled to their own opinion. I’m not saying, “how dare he post it.” He said it was, in part to “otherwise inspire conversation” and it did that.
Aw. No respect, I tell ya, vegans get no respect. I don’t want to rag on anybody for eating meat, it’s their personal choice. I expect people think for themselves and do what’s right for them. Obviously, the meat industry will thrive whether or not someone speaks for it or against it. The kind of stuff I was refering to is like when artists use animals like those guys in Ontario who tortured and skinned a live cat, filmed it and called it a legitimate art project. I just don’t like that kind of stuff. If that makes me a crazy animal rights zealot, then I guess I am. Maybe that’s irrelevent here, but the purpose of the pig’s foot is not completely clear. If it’s just a tattoo artist practicing, then all I can say is I hope the pig didn’t suffer too much.
If not being turned on by dismembered animal parts is wrong, then sorry folks, I don’t wanna be right. I still believe that everyone should be entitled to their own opinion. I’m not saying, “how dare he post it.” He said it was, in part to “otherwise inspire conversation” and it did that.
Very few people are “pro” animal cruelty, and the artists that you have referenced above are included, as their peices were more substantial than unadultered and unrepenant cruelty.
That being said, there are those who enjoy the suffering of animals, but those same persons have enormous sociopathic tendencies, and likely a pelthora of other issues to contend with.
Moreover, it would be rediculous to suggest that someone lopped the foot off a pig just for the sake of having something to practice on. Clearly it was a pig that was already dead/butchered.
The pigs food was done for practice, not for any sense of statement, and I can think of a few more offensive ways of “practicing”. Like misrepresenting your talent and/or experiance and going to work on unsuspecting clients, or by rounding up whomever down on their luck person they can find (literally) on the street and offering them to money to be your (pardon the animal reference) guinea pig.
Very few people are “pro” animal cruelty, and the artists that you have referenced above are included, as their peices were more substantial than unadultered and unrepenant cruelty.
That being said, there are those who enjoy the suffering of animals, but those same persons have enormous sociopathic tendencies, and likely a pelthora of other issues to contend with.
Moreover, it would be rediculous to suggest that someone lopped the foot off a pig just for the sake of having something to practice on. Clearly it was a pig that was already dead/butchered.
The pigs food was done for practice, not for any sense of statement, and I can think of a few more offensive ways of “practicing”. Like misrepresenting your talent and/or experiance and going to work on unsuspecting clients, or by rounding up whomever down on their luck person they can find (literally) on the street and offering them to money to be your (pardon the animal reference) guinea pig.
Very few people are “pro” animal cruelty, and the artists that you have referenced above are included, as their peices were more substantial than unadultered and unrepenant cruelty.
That being said, there are those who enjoy the suffering of animals, but those same persons have enormous sociopathic tendencies, and likely a pelthora of other issues to contend with.
Moreover, it would be rediculous to suggest that someone lopped the foot off a pig just for the sake of having something to practice on. Clearly it was a pig that was already dead/butchered.
The pigs food was done for practice, not for any sense of statement, and I can think of a few more offensive ways of “practicing”. Like misrepresenting your talent and/or experiance and going to work on unsuspecting clients, or by rounding up whomever down on their luck person they can find (literally) on the street and offering them to money to be your (pardon the animal reference) guinea pig.
Very few people are “pro” animal cruelty, and the artists that you have referenced above are included, as their peices were more substantial than unadultered and unrepenant cruelty.
That being said, there are those who enjoy the suffering of animals, but those same persons have enormous sociopathic tendencies, and likely a pelthora of other issues to contend with.
Moreover, it would be rediculous to suggest that someone lopped the foot off a pig just for the sake of having something to practice on. Clearly it was a pig that was already dead/butchered.
The pigs food was done for practice, not for any sense of statement, and I can think of a few more offensive ways of “practicing”. Like misrepresenting your talent and/or experiance and going to work on unsuspecting clients, or by rounding up whomever down on their luck person they can find (literally) on the street and offering them to money to be your (pardon the animal reference) guinea pig.
milquetoast, I think the question that art project was asking was why is it valid to kill one type of animal but not another if they are of relatively equal intelligence. Like why can you kill a cow or a pig, but not a cat? And since if the city caught that stray cat, they would simply kill it and dispose of it, how does the act of the artist doing the same but eating it make it worse.
I believe these are valid questions and that the act was art.
milquetoast, I think the question that art project was asking was why is it valid to kill one type of animal but not another if they are of relatively equal intelligence. Like why can you kill a cow or a pig, but not a cat? And since if the city caught that stray cat, they would simply kill it and dispose of it, how does the act of the artist doing the same but eating it make it worse.
I believe these are valid questions and that the act was art.
milquetoast, I think the question that art project was asking was why is it valid to kill one type of animal but not another if they are of relatively equal intelligence. Like why can you kill a cow or a pig, but not a cat? And since if the city caught that stray cat, they would simply kill it and dispose of it, how does the act of the artist doing the same but eating it make it worse.
I believe these are valid questions and that the act was art.
milquetoast, I think the question that art project was asking was why is it valid to kill one type of animal but not another if they are of relatively equal intelligence. Like why can you kill a cow or a pig, but not a cat? And since if the city caught that stray cat, they would simply kill it and dispose of it, how does the act of the artist doing the same but eating it make it worse.
I believe these are valid questions and that the act was art.
I find the idea of disecting a baby pig in a science class far more disturbing then the idea of a pigs foot being tattooed on. The feet aren’t used for much anyway, why not give it to someone who can practice on it so they become a better artist then let something from the animal go to waste?
I find the idea of disecting a baby pig in a science class far more disturbing then the idea of a pigs foot being tattooed on. The feet aren’t used for much anyway, why not give it to someone who can practice on it so they become a better artist then let something from the animal go to waste?
I find the idea of disecting a baby pig in a science class far more disturbing then the idea of a pigs foot being tattooed on. The feet aren’t used for much anyway, why not give it to someone who can practice on it so they become a better artist then let something from the animal go to waste?
I find the idea of disecting a baby pig in a science class far more disturbing then the idea of a pigs foot being tattooed on. The feet aren’t used for much anyway, why not give it to someone who can practice on it so they become a better artist then let something from the animal go to waste?
moi – you make a good point about context. I’m gonna have to give more thought to my analogies in the future.
moi – you make a good point about context. I’m gonna have to give more thought to my analogies in the future.
moi – you make a good point about context. I’m gonna have to give more thought to my analogies in the future.
moi – you make a good point about context. I’m gonna have to give more thought to my analogies in the future.
I find it funny that people would wish old age on this animal. It is more humane for this animal to be killed in a slaughter house then to live to be 15-20 years old and die of heart failure, kidney failure or the like. Old age is not kind, nor is it painfree. Yet you think that sending it to a slaughterhouse so that the meat, skin and organs can be used for various things is cruel? Don’t get me wrong, animal cruelty is wrong, but I find it worse to let the animal suffer and die a slow painful death then to have it humanly put down in a slaughterhouse.
Just my two cents.
I find it funny that people would wish old age on this animal. It is more humane for this animal to be killed in a slaughter house then to live to be 15-20 years old and die of heart failure, kidney failure or the like. Old age is not kind, nor is it painfree. Yet you think that sending it to a slaughterhouse so that the meat, skin and organs can be used for various things is cruel? Don’t get me wrong, animal cruelty is wrong, but I find it worse to let the animal suffer and die a slow painful death then to have it humanly put down in a slaughterhouse.
Just my two cents.
I find it funny that people would wish old age on this animal. It is more humane for this animal to be killed in a slaughter house then to live to be 15-20 years old and die of heart failure, kidney failure or the like. Old age is not kind, nor is it painfree. Yet you think that sending it to a slaughterhouse so that the meat, skin and organs can be used for various things is cruel? Don’t get me wrong, animal cruelty is wrong, but I find it worse to let the animal suffer and die a slow painful death then to have it humanly put down in a slaughterhouse.
Just my two cents.
I find it funny that people would wish old age on this animal. It is more humane for this animal to be killed in a slaughter house then to live to be 15-20 years old and die of heart failure, kidney failure or the like. Old age is not kind, nor is it painfree. Yet you think that sending it to a slaughterhouse so that the meat, skin and organs can be used for various things is cruel? Don’t get me wrong, animal cruelty is wrong, but I find it worse to let the animal suffer and die a slow painful death then to have it humanly put down in a slaughterhouse.
Just my two cents.