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The Cliche Tattoo Shirt

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by shantyshawn
yarmouth
yarmouth on Oct 02 '07
I like the idea a lot, but not the negative label for the lower back.
ss4_link
ss4_link on Oct 02 '07
But that is what it is called....and its tue.
pendulum_and_fire
pendulum_and_fire on Oct 02 '07
I was working on a similar idea, but I like what you did way better than mine.
namE.
namE. on Oct 02 '07
You forgot Iconic band name
phyntosia
phyntosia on Oct 02 '07
Agreed with varmouth about the lower back tat
mezo
   mezo on Oct 02 '07
Tramp stamp! I also like to call it an Ass Stache. Funny idea, but I wish the image looked more like tattoo flash. Use more colors and shading styles. Push the art further. 3
Maimes
Maimes on Oct 02 '07
i like it SOOOO much

but i'm afraid i would piss off too many of my dumb friends who might actually have the tatts

i've never seen the back tattoo named that way

and i love it

so true
Argentee
Argentee on Oct 02 '07
I'm ashamed of myself... but $5.
shantyshawn
shantyshawn on Oct 02 '07
I am a tattoo artist and we all call it the tramp stamp, or ass hat. Ass stache is funny! I'll have to remember that one. I toyed with alot of different colors, but in the end I decided on a uniform "old school" color scheme, kinda playing up the whole "You picked #44 too?!" feeling.
The Ringleader
The Ringleader on Oct 02 '07
I love it. :D

Though, someone with those sorts of tattoos may come up to me and hurt me. I'll take that chance. $5
tikabunny
tikabunny on Oct 02 '07
love the concept. good execution. 10! i mean $5
Band Geek
Band Geek on Oct 02 '07
Oh come on, it's called a tramp stamp. It's not -that- offensive. Just... true.
elski
elski on Oct 02 '07
Hahaha, awesome!
galemk
galemk on Oct 02 '07
Maybe put the wings and the tramp stamp on the back of the shirt in appropriate locations!
aleitos
aleitos on Oct 02 '07
i have all of them.. in my right hand..

aleitos
aleitos on Oct 02 '07
i have all of them.. in my right hand..

flying ferret
flying ferret on Oct 02 '07
very witty. much better than getting actual tattoos, not that i want them
abeadle
   abeadle on Oct 02 '07
asssantlers!
libra27
libra27 on Oct 02 '07
we call 'em tramp stamps, too. Or goal post tats....



The idea of having the tattoos placed where they would actually be is a pretty good...arm band on the arm, etc. But I don't know how threadless deals with all over printing. It would turn the shirt into a $5 to me, but I get that the shirt is meant to look like the flash sheets.



What about deformed cartoon characters? I'm sure those people will be real proud of those in...well 5 mins. I'm waiting for the day some idiot tries to sue his tattoo artist when he sobers up and says the artist should have stopped him.
christApherwayne
christApherwayne on Oct 02 '07
thats the same typeface thats on the uncle johns bathroom reader plunges into history... just fyi
candyxcarousel
candyxcarousel on Oct 02 '07
They are offended because they have it ;) My roomie is a tattooist and would loveee this.
yellowbird_love
yellowbird_love on Oct 02 '07
yesssss!

leave it as tramp stamp... it's so true.
blonde8007
blonde8007 on Oct 02 '07
great stuff! 5$
I_live_for_tweek
I_live_for_tweek on Oct 02 '07
*sigh* I thought the wings on the back were cool.....
I_live_for_tweek
I_live_for_tweek on Oct 02 '07
oh and who doesn't call a lower back tattoo a tramp stamp?? my friend has one and she does, don't be ashamed!
Rogerschaerer
Rogerschaerer on Oct 02 '07
Tramp stamps are called ass antlers (Arschgeweih) in German...
Aristarchus
Aristarchus on Oct 02 '07
What, no swallows?!
stubbythumbs
stubbythumbs on Oct 03 '07
lol @ anyone offended by "tramp stamp"
littlem
littlem on Oct 03 '07
don't forget the popeye anchor!
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Oct 03 '07
Where's "mom"? lol. I like the idea, but i'd like this more on a poster than a tee. Funny idea tho, and I love that you included the tramp stamp, which is the name it is known as in every state i have traveled and talked about it.



My friend and i thought it would be funny if a girl got a tramp stamp that said either "you like hittin' that shit, dontcha?" or the ever more terrifying "Guess what? I have an STD!" which the dude would see half-way through the love-making session. ironic tramp stamps would be better than the real things at least!
spicegirl
spicegirl on Oct 03 '07
lose the tramp stamp. no need to denigrate any women while attempting a clever shirt.
to mas
to mas on Oct 03 '07
Tramp Stamp=$5
Scootman
Scootman on Oct 03 '07
i LOOOOOVE this shirt. it's so true. all of it, even the tramp stamp. it's got worse nicknames than that. but yes, appeal to the masses and rename it lower back tribal or something. i also agree with FRICKINAWESOME.... you definitely need the "Mom" tat on there. Other than that... $5
TinyPixie777
TinyPixie777 on Oct 03 '07
althought i don't find the "tramp stamp" offensive (everyone knows that's what they are called)... you could easily passify those people by taking off the "tags". i think the shirt could work without them...although i like it the way it is. only other suggestion is to take out the bar code for another classic like "mom" etc
shantyshawn
shantyshawn on Oct 03 '07
Shame! Mom is never cliche! Well, maybe Britney Spears is.
jesse.d
jesse.d on Oct 03 '07
tramp stamp. ha, I love it.
Zappagrrl
Zappagrrl on Oct 03 '07
Anyone who finds "tramp stamp" offensive, probably has one.



I love this. 5!
Miss Haha
Miss Haha on Oct 03 '07
I have a tramp stamp, but I'm not offended. (although, at the time when I got it, I didn't know that's what they are called)

Tramp stampers be proud! $5
frances farmer
frances farmer on Oct 03 '07
nice style
Sidzilla
Sidzilla on Oct 03 '07
i love this sooo much you missing a swallow though, cuz those swallow birds are very very lame and popular
Captain Global
Captain Global on Oct 03 '07
This is such a good idea
RedReplicant
RedReplicant on Oct 03 '07
You don't have to be a woman to be a tramp!

Calling it anything else would be pure politically correct fiction.
melmonkey
melmonkey on Oct 03 '07
love it... these are all tattoos that are on the walls & peeps who want a tat. point at w/o much thought... so we should laugh at them... tramp stamp should stay... it's what they are... my sis got one & we gave her hell before & after she got it
hotcopperpeacock
hotcopperpeacock on Oct 03 '07
$5 just because it says "tramp stamp"!
poznacky
poznacky on Oct 03 '07
omg it's all sooooo true!

but you forgot the fairy!
nododgy
nododgy on Oct 04 '07
Absolutely love it. $5 for sure
Rosavel
Rosavel on Oct 04 '07
Great idea and nicely done
Electric Puppy
Electric Puppy on Oct 04 '07
Leave tramp stamp for sure, that gives the t an extra point in my book.
squatterjohn
squatterjohn on Oct 04 '07
Tramp stamp ftw! 5$ You know how people with those foreign language character tattoos think they're wearing the symbol for "good luck" or something, but they can't read the language and neither can the tattooist probably, so it really could say anything. Maybe you could find out the Chinese character for dickhead or something.
pokemon
pokemon on Oct 04 '07
i think the text that EXPLAINS that it's the trashy really kills the shirt. i mean, the concept is alright, but what would be best about it would be putting all the trashy tattoos on a shirt and not explaining that their trashy... then you have people coming up to you and commenting on how they like the tattoos on your shirt- it's more effective that way.



could it get printed with the tribal armbands ON the sleeves?
EmbryoProject
EmbryoProject on Oct 04 '07
you nailed it...bravo
ffobsession
ffobsession on Oct 04 '07
you didnt put the girlfriend's name or the momma's boy LOL
Jenn1982
Jenn1982 on Oct 04 '07
I love how I have two on that list and they are both in the midst of getting covered up, this rocks!!
Ska.lovely
Ska.lovely on Oct 04 '07
this is so true, and really cool.
Ska.lovely
Ska.lovely on Oct 04 '07
but im not sure about the brown.
phyntosia
phyntosia on Oct 04 '07
I haven't heard it called a tramp stamp before, but I wouldn't wear a shirt that calls everyone with that tat a tramp. Plus I'm thinking of getting one myself - does that make me a tramp?
mushrush
mushrush on Oct 04 '07
Plus I'm thinking of getting one myself - does that make me a tramp?



Yes.
NoelohJello
NoelohJello on Oct 04 '07
Yes, the lower back tramp stamp. everyone knows someone with one, if not having one theyr self. I'd buy it.
papajay
papajay on Oct 04 '07
i love it, i just got a tattoo of the word cliche around my arm
Digdag88
Digdag88 on Oct 04 '07
tramp stamp stays. that's what it's called.



tramp def: a woman of loose morals; specifically : PROSTITUTE

sneekyninja22
sneekyninja22 on Oct 04 '07
its called a tramp stamp suck it up and move on
crazysteven
crazysteven on Oct 04 '07
a must have.



t-shirts with messages could maybe, just maybe, make society more intelligent, street wise of course.
madruga
madruga on Oct 05 '07
why not put the tattoos on their respective places? like wings of the back, barbed wire around the arm, kanji on the back shoulder...
ottr
ottr on Oct 05 '07
Yeah, you're missing poorly drawn representations of cartoon characters. If I see another messed up Tazmanian Devil, I swear I'm gonna go nuts.
gogogirl92084
gogogirl92084 on Oct 05 '07
I like Tramp Stamp better than what I've called them - License Plates. Also missing from the list - koi.
Mandyhello
Mandyhello on Oct 05 '07
i like my rose tattoo fine, thankyouverymuch :)



still a good idea for a shirt, it must be annoying for tattoo artists to do the same design over and over again.. gotta love people that get tattoos in a language they don't read/speak (that kanji says "dumbass"..dumbass)
PassionFruit
PassionFruit on Oct 05 '07
tatoos are so gay. in a bad way...

i like the shirt especially the barcode
Burn1Down
Burn1Down on Oct 05 '07
$5
Merzi
Merzi on Oct 06 '07
this will save people some serious money on cliche tattoos, nice job. And very funny! (tramp stamp...lol)
ilikeice
ilikeice on Oct 06 '07
This is totally true. Want!
jsb
jsb on Oct 06 '07
it is a tramp stamp.

that's what it is.

all over.

i've never known it as anything other.



i want this shirt right now!! $5 + buy
I dont wear t-shirts
I dont wear t-shirts on Oct 06 '07
I would keep the top two lines of text and delete the labels. Funny.
Thorkill
Thorkill on Oct 07 '07
oh. my. god. if i could, i would give it $20.
FRICKINAWESOME
   FRICKINAWESOME on Oct 07 '07
I just like that 90 percent of the comments on this post mention the "tramp stamp". So, here's another one for the pile!
Spam69
Spam69 on Oct 07 '07
Swallows on the neck I always associate with prison time. Same as tears from the eye to represent a tear for every year inside. I like this sub because it raises that whole thing of " if you want to mark yourself for life then @ least be bloody original about it". Good work but I agree with frick that it's more of a poster design.
kmmcclure
kmmcclure on Oct 07 '07
i really like this but i wish the tattoos looked more like tattoos and less like clip art.
coops132
coops132 on Oct 08 '07
nice. very clever, snaps for whoever submitted this one because i would definately buy it
studcake
studcake on Oct 08 '07
Haha, I love the tramp stamp. The design wouldn't be complete without it. I laugh at those who are offended by it. $5
jaimenova
jaimenova on Oct 09 '07
I think calling it "The Lower Back Tramp Stamp" is redundant. By definition, a tramp stamp is on the lower back, so I think "The Tramp Stamp" is sufficient. And P.S., I have one and I don't think it's an offensive term. Just funny.
Aristarchus
Aristarchus on Oct 09 '07
You know, it's missing the sun around the bellybutton.



Christ, I hate those... They fuck up a perfectly good bellybutton!



Anyway, hope this gets printed.
4 days later
schultzach
schultzach on Oct 14 '07
thank you thank you thank you for putting the "your name anywhere" tattoo haha
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