O.T.B 2.1

Perhaps boring was an incorrect word to have used. I did find it interesting, just that it kind of pigeon-holed into traditional art media rather than looking outside the box so to speak. I didn't mean actually teaching the methodology of tattooing - bit dangerous giving kids ideas how to do so in an educational academy - but to showcase that body art is moving forwards too. I mean it's come a long way from tribal associations.

You've just said it there yourself!!
There are tattoos that are unique - that incorporate the body form and the way in which it moves so that it doesn't look like a block stamp. I'm sure during Leonardo's time there were plenty of highly talented and "ok-ish" painters, but it was himself who took it miles in front of its time. Who's to say that there's not a tattooist that can be admired similarly within the classroom, showcasing what a good tattoo should represent and the fine tuning that went behind ensuring it fit the model completely.

Look at what Banksy has done for graffiti/urban art/political messages, whichever bracket you want to pigeon hole it in. Also a form of art that I think deserves recognition within the field - and it has done as far as I'm concerned.

Art shouldn't be kept to the grand masters of old medium, it's advanced so far now that I think tattoos are slowly coming into respect for being formally considered art.

Showing my age, I wasn't aware Banksy was getting mentioned in schools :pac:

When I was at school the most modern it got was political posters from the world wars and the Troubles in Ireland.

That certainly is a nice piece, love the geometry in it. Must have taken an age to design. Sometimes wish I could crack a persons head open just to see how they fit a design like that together - and then of course glue them back to one piece :pac:

RhoDoDenDron wrote: »

I think something pretty similar happened to me! Again, I wanted to go into journalism and be a writer, but wanting to be practical, I chose computer science. Again, not a bad course with lots of options to diversify, but so far I've not found very much of it to be stimulating. And like you, it's a four-year degree so I may as well finish it.

Freelance work and writing could be a good way to go, but I'd worry about that putting food on the table and whatnot.

I'm also pursuing body piercing though, as I have naive dreams of making it big within the industry and making a difference to the culture and to the world. Very silly stuff :v

Piercing is something that interests me as well though my dreams about it aren't as big...which is something which makes me think I might not get an apprensticeship I might not be passionate enough.

FoxyVixen wrote: »

Killer, I went ahead with a degree that I thought would get me where I wanted due to advice from career guidance teachers but it was definitely not for me. I wanted to drop out in the first year, but I got pressurised to stay in it - even the parish priest was on to me, no joke!!

I would have dropped out, taken a year to myself and copped on doing veterinary nursing wasn't so bad. Again I'd been turned off doing it due to advice from other nurses and teachers. We had terrible advice in our school, the guidance teacher was useless!! And the internet was so far from what it is now that it was hard understanding options leaving school. You HAD to go straight into college!

If you carry on now and finish the degree, you'll have to pay full fees in doing another course!! No-one can afford that these days. If it's something you're not going to work in then why not drop out and pursue a course you want?

If I'd though about this in first year or maybe even last year I'd drop out but when I've only a year left I feel I might as well get it, especially when it's a level eight so could always get a masters or something. I can't get teaching but if I were to go the freelance route it's a relevant degree for my CV. Also I can't see myself managing to get through another three to four years of a degree, I feel like my life is paused while I'm studying in a sense.

I was a bit overly negative earlier, I was just in a bad mood and put myself in a worse mood thinking about it.

Also Marty hope you get to do something eventually.

Esoteric_ wrote: »

With your username, it has to be BTTF!

Ha true but I kinda know Back to the Future like the back of my hand, were as Speed and The Guardian are kinda cheesy goodness. Maybe ill watch two films will help narrow it down .

Orim wrote: »

I'd go with the guardian because it's the only one I haven't seen.

It's been a while since I seen it, but it does often get described as Top Gun on water. I don't think it hits anywhere that level of cheesy brilliance think I'll have to give it a watch to refresh the memory.

Was the "pop quiz, hotshot" line from Speed or am I thinking of a different film?

Speed 3 was the best of the bunch tbh.

Orim wrote: »

Was the "pop quiz, hotshot" line from Speed or am I thinking of a different film?

Speed 3 was the best of the bunch tbh.

Sure is from Speed , here's the exact quote

"Pop quiz, hotshot. There's a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do?"

Dennis Hopper is brilliant in it .

Speed 3 can't be touched

Fierce tempted to join ye in watching it. Haven't seen it in yonks.

Orim wrote: »

Fierce tempted to join ye in watching it. Haven't seen it in yonks.

Sure yeh might aswell Speed is the type of film that is perfect for late night viewing, it doesn't exactly require your brain to be functioning.

So due to stretching up my tongue bar a size, it's became swollen and sore.

As a result, ice-cream is officially "healthy" for me. Yay!

Orim wrote: »

These are the upsides of body mods that never get discussed :pac:

Tongue piercings and ice-cream, the REAL hard-hitting facts about the world of body modification! :cool: