We’ve posted a different rendering of this same shot of Al Bundy (né Ed O’Neill) and, my childhood (childlike?) devotion to Married … With Children aside, it’s interesting to see how drastically different two artists can approach the same subject matter (which I’m quite sure is this).
(Tattoo by Ray Lee at Blackletter Studio in Whittier, California.)
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To be honest i find them both vaguely offensive
To be honest i find them both vaguely offensive
tattoo is kinda weak in the art department,but Al bundy and the married with children references…killer
tattoo is kinda weak in the art department,but Al bundy and the married with children references…killer
Looks bad, imo.
Al bundy is king, however.
Looks bad, imo.
Al bundy is king, however.
oh god, that tattoo is awful – it looks nothing like Al Bundy!
oh god, that tattoo is awful – it looks nothing like Al Bundy!
It looks like a poorly done portrait of my father. Weird.
It looks like a poorly done portrait of my father. Weird.
it’s like a good life story: the first one is good and was posted by SL, and this one sucks really really bad
it’s like a good life story: the first one is good and was posted by SL, and this one sucks really really bad
need to do some touch-ups to the eyes.
need to do some touch-ups to the eyes.
I am unimpressed with either one but to judge the tattoo I would like to see the source image it (they) were derived from, I have seeen far too many protrait tattoos that looked nothing like the person only to see the photo it was drawn from and realize it was an anomally photo (and the tattoo was dead on) that caught the person in an odd moment where they looked wholly different than usual, this happens a lot if the image is a video capture
I am unimpressed with either one but to judge the tattoo I would like to see the source image it (they) were derived from, I have seeen far too many protrait tattoos that looked nothing like the person only to see the photo it was drawn from and realize it was an anomally photo (and the tattoo was dead on) that caught the person in an odd moment where they looked wholly different than usual, this happens a lot if the image is a video capture
i don’t care for the eyes.
i don’t care for the eyes.
god this is awful portrait there is so much garbage on this blog its like watching E! or a train wreck! i love it.
god this is awful portrait there is so much garbage on this blog its like watching E! or a train wreck! i love it.
It would be nice too look at the original image… but I don’t like his eyes… and the right side of whole face… it looks kinda weird…
It would be nice too look at the original image… but I don’t like his eyes… and the right side of whole face… it looks kinda weird…
This barley looks like al bundy! Not very good…
This barley looks like al bundy! Not very good…
Whoa, that right eye.
[My right, not his right.]
Whoa, that right eye.
[My right, not his right.]
yikes….
yikes….
Totally crazy right eye!)))
Totally crazy right eye!)))
I’m pretty sure that up there is the link to the original photo.
which i shall copy and paste here:
http://www.eebell.net/mwc/al.gif
I had no idea this was of Al Bundy until I read the caption and I was like nuh uh!
The “different rendering” was identifiable but by then I’d already read who it was.
I’m pretty sure that up there is the link to the original photo.
which i shall copy and paste here:
http://www.eebell.net/mwc/al.gif
I had no idea this was of Al Bundy until I read the caption and I was like nuh uh!
The “different rendering” was identifiable but by then I’d already read who it was.
Huh well, photo looks much better than this two tattoos.
Huh well, photo looks much better than this two tattoos.
Looks as though he’s got a touch of the downs.
Looks as though he’s got a touch of the downs.
he looks more like curly or shemp from the three stooges than al bundy… the original has the wrong shading…
he looks more like curly or shemp from the three stooges than al bundy… the original has the wrong shading…
makes me think of sean penn in i am sam
makes me think of sean penn in i am sam
dammit, tater beat me to the punch. I was totally thinking I am sam
dammit, tater beat me to the punch. I was totally thinking I am sam