August 2016 Wallpaper: Skin
Shaenon: Initially, I wanted to do up a topical wallpaper design related to presidential campaigns, but, historically, American campaign art has kind of sucked. Except for the WPA era, we’re weak at stylish propaganda. Then I started looking at Americana in general, which led to the realization that I’d never done a Norman Rockwell pastiche. And I love Rockwell! As a bonus, I got to design a bunch of old-timey tattoo flash.
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As a bonus, you’ll also get this sweet summer wallpaper from the archives:
Channing: I absolutely love this wallpaper! Being Unity would get rid of the major angst I have about getting a tattoo, which is to say, its relative permanence compared to the fleeting nature of my interests and fandoms and whatever. But when your arm itself isn’t permanent, eh, might as well!
The flash art in the background is great.
Don’t know what I like better, the ‘Notary Public’ or the Black Ops Eagle…
There’s the Whimsey pixie dust fairy almost out of sight between the artist’s legs…
[You know what you’ve set up again, guys; you’ll have to post the uncluttered images of each individual tattoo design. See you next Sunday…]
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Sailor Sweetheart is pretty good, too. Stylish.
Think you left out a word in the first sentence of your annotation Channing. Also, if you dislike permanent tattoos, I suggest henna.
No, it was just my silly autocorrect that turned “love” to “over.” I say that but i was clearly typoing in some way for it to do that, and for that I blame my touchscreen. Basically nothing is my fault at all ever. Anyway correcting now.
Oh, also, henna is a good thought but I wish it came in other hues than brown. Maybe it does. I confess I am not up on henna technology.
Google images shows red, green, dark blue, and black. There’s white, too, but it looks too 3D to be a tattoo.
All pure henna is brown. Anything else is some kind of dye, which, like herbal “tea” (which is not made from a tea plant), is as safe and long-lasting as whatever the dye in it is . . . which you’ll have to investigate. The fact that henna may or may not be included in the base means nothing if the additive is toxic. (Apparently there’s a lot of not-so-safe “black henna” out there.)
Meh. She’ll get bored with it and replace the whole arm.
Being Unity would get rid of all your other angst too, wouldn’t it? I get the impression that angst is one of the few things Unity just can’t do. I wonder if Dr. Lee left that out on purpose?
As far as I recall, the only thing stopping Unity from ripping off Dr. Lee’s arm and beating her with it is the “Blueberry Waffles” code – see hasn’t forgiven her, yet.
http://skin-horse.com/comic/todays-comic-872/ Unity is capable of pity. Or allowing a person to suffer their own flaws, instead of killing them. This suggests some awareness of the advantages of taking a long view. Probably the second- more entertainment value.
Isn’t that Marcie wielding the tattoo needle?
That’s who it looks like, complete with the ubiquitous screen in the back pocket. How long before *that* is outdated and we all have corneal implants?
Forever, I hope. Just watched ep 6 of “Other Space” and got to see the B’Elanna Torres character walk into a wall because she depended on her corneal implant too much… Don’t miss “Other Space”, but the YouTube version stinks- download it off torrent or something.
UNITY must have her own version of the Spam Song.
…and I am utterly flabbergasted that you,Shaenon, have not done a Rockwell. Would love to see a series complete with the “Post” background. Maybe someday?
Sweetheart: she’ll sail that ship?
At first I wondered why the tattoo was of the word “brains” instead of pictures of brains. Then it occurred to me that if the tattoo were pictures of brains, Unity might try to eat her own arm!