I sure hope he does not put a "respoect" tat on someone.

aren't tattoos anti-religious?

No prohibition.

I believe the Jewish culture frowns on tattoos.

Surely not..that's the whole reason why you leave an opening in a circular tat..to let you soul escape when you die.

Oh...wait a minute. I think that's an American Indian rule. But it's a religion-based rule!

I'm pretty sure Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all frown upon them.

If memory serves, some of the ancient cultures and religions involved specific tattoo patterns as part of their rituals/faith.

werd

Catholic - and grew up in cathlic schools...never recall anything about tattoos being illegal or frowned upon...but don't even think about joining the Masons, that will get you excommunicated

Really, Happy?

LEVITICUS 19:28

the thought it an interesting dichotomy

Does anyone watch that Ink Master show on Spike? We are hooked.

Great show!!!

I get mad at the judges a lot. That one girl is cray cray!

I grew up in the Catholic school system... perhaps that is why I have them!!!

Who, Sarah? She is a bit unstable. When she's good, she's really good, though. Her portrait of the little boy was excellent. (Although I still think she should have done it in color.)

I was shocked at who got cut this week though. I mean, I can see their point, but the other person in the bottom 2 is just not as good.

I keep waiting for them to have last season's winner as a guest judge. That would be fun. I loved him.

I was really annoyed they gave that guy trouble for not have any tattoos. Hypocritical IMO.

I'm excited to see how the finaly episodes go!

I know! I liked Jamie, mostly. Although I really think this is Steve's competition to lose. Tatu Baby has come on strong the last couple of episodes though - her leopard was gorgeous, even if she didn't get to finish it.

I'm curious to see how they are going to weight the viewer voting. I have dutifully voted each week.

Is that how the viewer voting works? It just adds up at the end? I wasn't sure since the episodes aren't "live".

Everytime we watch I want another tat soooooooooooooo bad. But... not from them.

I have no idea. Dave keeps saying "it will play a major role". But I don't know if it could keep someone in the game or will be weighed in the case of the 2 / 3 finalists, or what. They really haven't explained it.

Um, no. I always wonder if the people who get tattooed on the show watch the episode later and are bummed about what the judges have to say (in many cases.)

DQ - yes, joining the Masons will automatically excommunicate you from the Church...

Yeah like that one portrait of the grandma...

Somebody got a portrait of their grandma on their body? Was it AG?

and they gave him a juice box to take his mind off of the pain

Oh, that was AWFUL. Her face was sooooooo dark and the hair was just horrible. Really not a good one. But the sailor's portrait was just as bad. He looked like he'd been burned in a fire.