Added: 4 years ago
From: thechurchofdave
Views: 17,709
Sort by time | Sort by thread (beta)

Link to this comment:

Share to:
see all

All Comments (141)

Sign In or Sign Up now to post a comment!
  • awesome video. great tats dave.

  • Hey Dave that's really good advice on tattoos. some of my tattoos are horror or comic book related tatts sounds stupid I know but they reflect what I grew up with and the kind of person I am, I don't regret any of the tattoos I had these last 10 years but it did make my mom go mad when I first got tattooed when I turned 18 back in 2002

  • I've been thinking about getting a suit of armor on my inner left forearm. This tattoo for me would represent, honor, loyalty, respect, and willing to die for your believes. I cannot wait to get it done I have a set artist who has done 3 tattoos for me already and all very nice quality. Great advice with the waiting 3 months, I decided when I was about 12 years old that I wanted a tattoo. I finally got it when I turned 16 (I'm now 21).

  • @grizzlydipper21 I like it. I actually have a suit of armor tattoo covering much of my body. Still unfinished but little by little :)

  • Great advice! Seriously, if you want a tat you'd be a dumb-ass not to take every bit of this advice into consideration. Thanks for the humor Dave. -forwarded to my tattoo guy.

  • Good advice, awesome tattoo's and a funny presenter = Thumbs up!

  • Rule 1 is why it took me 5 years to get my first tattoo, and will probably be another 5 before I find a design Im happy for my second.

  • Funny, first thing I thought to myself when I saw your tattoos just now, was "Brian Setzer", and then you... am I in the zone or wot? Good vids, I'll subscribe to the show!

  • Hello Dave this is the first video I seen of you... Amazing advice I'm gonna try that 3 month idea (Whenever I come up with something) Also do you have any advice on color I notice you are more black? Maybe it was the camera. I'm a tanner skin and also any advice on tattoos with body hair. Should I shave for the rest of my life or get it laser'd off then a tattoo. Thanks for the advice and a response would be greatly appreciated message or comment :D Thanks again. - Levi

  • @LeviDeanCuevas Well my advice on color is the same as black. Spend what it takes to get someone who has shown proof that they are truly good. I have color on my upper arms, which tend not to show in the videos much. The rest is black. It's just part of the overall theme which I went with. Strictly a choice thing.

    Hair, is another choice. It's down to what you feel looks best.

  • great stuff Dave, brilliant mindset too sir.

  • I love you

  • @ThatGirlX Aw :) Thank you :)

  • The King Of Ink Land recomends this guy for Minister of Ink Land. Total Respect !

  • @Kingbodyart2 Greatly appreciated. Thanks for the kind words. 

  • love your videos!!!! greetings from munich - germany ;-)

  • The wings are bad ass. >:)

  • This is GREAT tattoo advice! I've always said the same things but Dave you are much more colorful with your delivery . Thank you...and thank you!

  • THIS GUY FOR GOVENER!!!!

  • Hahaha, i love this video, you're a legend bro!!! lol

  • "Mom,I met someone special"

  • first thought when you said you were a dancer "Hell yes i'd pay for that lap dance" Lmfao good video

  • KretinBassist I was only a male stripper for a short period of time in the 80's. lol

    I don't remember giving any lap dances though lol

  • Hey Dave! I grew up around alot of bikers/punks and alot of tattoo artists. I only have 4...im trying to figure out what to do with my right arm...which is inked with the 4 horseman from elbow to the top of my shoulder...im lookin for something big to cover the forearm...maybe the hand. Any Ideas??? Btw, I think your tattoos are great...great meaning and artwork. The pegasus is a little gay imo, but I gotta bust your balls when the opportunity arises. Keep up the awesome work Dave!

  • Kumite0071: Sorry I didn't see this when you posted it a month ago.

    Yeah Pegasus was my first tattoo and it was about dancing so yeah a little less than macho lol.

    As for what you shoudl put on an ideas. Nothin off the top of my head since I don't know you. I woudl say things which relate to your family, heritage, history, philosophy and such.

    Things which are highly symbolic and meaningful for you.

  • Thanks for the response...i was a little worried you wouldnt get back to me. Already have alot of ideas based on many of those you mentioned. Im back in touch with an old friend whos tattooed much of my stuff for free, shes great! Off-Topic, Since you did take the time to respond(better late than never) id like to extend an offer to help spread your videos,ideas around..ill help anyway i can. People need to hear about the shit you talk about logically from you,instead of douchebags like Dr. Phil

  • @Kumite0071 Well normally I don't actually ask for anyone to do that but I am more than happy to say thanks to anyone who just decides to on their own :) So thanks ;)

  • If you were the type to ask for it..i wouldnt have offered. You seem like the real deal, so ill do what i can to help...been postin your shit on facebook, quoting you in school,(im back in at 29),...your ideas come up with or without you, but keeping it moving is important in my eyes. We need more people like you speaking their mind, never underestimate your influence. Love ya Dave!,(even the dancing pegasus!) Cheers!

  • That's where it would be good business ethic for all the previous customers. They should not tattoo stupid people. Like me. But, I would like some good ones. So, I will take your advise here. DAVE. Oh, but I do didn't get a butter fly-ha ha ha

  • incredable tattoos man. i have a nautical rose with skull and cross bones and a hyena. still got alot of canvas tocover.

  • I love your tattoos man! Especially the armor. I got my first tattoo this may (the biohazard symbol) and i got it because i loved it. As a kid, i was always obsessed with it and finally i got it on my arm. Hopefully next year i got for my second, can you guess what i want? :P

  • Just watching this again while going through vids I had favorited. Love your tattoos and the sentiments. Just had some more ink done myself at the Paradise Tattoo Gathering. Check out the video on my page. I got a stunning portrait of my parents circa 1941 from Stefano Alcantara and a Mad Hatter portrait by Oleg Turyanskiy. Nothing better than a meaningful tattoo executed by a fantastic artist. If the body is a temple then I want some damn art in my temple... or should I say ON my temple! ;-)

  • nice tats man

  • Yoi made mi day thank yoi so much for the laugh and the advice.

    Keep true to yoir self..

  • ur awesome, subscribed =P

  • no offense, but dave your tattoo's look less than great. dont get me wrong alot of what you are saying is true, but dont come with a cocky know all be all attitude with some sub par tatts. anyhoo thats my rant

  • djfreake: Actually what you are seeing is a severely sub pad webcam turning them blurry. Even after decades, most of them still look quite goo din person. On the up side, the camera is too crappy to pick up wrinkles as well! lol

  • Great advice, i have a few mistakes.

  • tattos are the only thing that i can say are mine. my tattoos are who i am and thay will last for ever longer them my bf's and gf's

  • you should spell check tattoo you wanker

  • very well put i am a tattoo artist myself for many years and ive had dubshits ask me what do i think look good on them. i replied my cock and balls lol. like i am a psychic. you have awesome ink keep the tattoo rants going

    thanks

    oz

  • Mother fucker

  • 200+- tattos * 2months of waiting before each tattoo = 400 months.

    400 months of waiting total / 12 months a year = 33 years???

    you really spread out your tattos over 33 years?

  • MoranBizz: Erroneous math assumptions.

    First tattoo around 18 last around 40 so no.

    I used the rule for about the first ten years. After covering much of myself I had more of a plan of what I wanted so waiting wasn't as important as it would be for someone just starting out who doesn't really know what they want so much as they know they want something.

    Some were also done in large groups or chosen at the same time. Still, I have waited as long as years to get some of them.

  • the one under your neck is pretty cool

  • lmaoooo

  • Hey Dave! Dawncherry here. My account was shut down. :0(

    Can you believe not one single tatoo? Never have found anything I liked enough to make it permanent.

    Bright side, I get to watch and rate and comment all over again, and I'm off jezuzfreek's blocked list. (I know that man's a closet FREAK and I just want him to admit it!)

    Enjoyed watching this again!

  • haha i love this video, i have over 30 some tattoos (still growing) and its funny how people always want an art work for the price of a hallmark card. great vid

  • Your back is beautiful.

  • that compass was badass dude and pretty thought out too :]

  • your Horus eyes are pretty fucked up :|

  • OSRstreetgraffer: Actually it's the camera which is fucked up and unable to record about half of the detail. It turns most of my tattoos into a blur.

  • you know i have a tattoo its a lotus with japanese letters ,and i like it very much , and that's why i like this video of yours, watt you say its 95% true and il give 7* rate, i like all your tattoo except the horus eyes . don't be mad , [[[[ pace ]]] and have a nice day, hellos from Romania :)

  • I LOVE THIS!

    your awesome dude. awesome awesome

  • Biker chick...ehh maybe... Hooker... been there, done that...

    Tattooed, pierced? Hell yeah!

    I thought about it long and hard... ever heard the one about the chick getting the butterfly above her ass, which will one day become a teradacyl !!

    Mine covers almost from left elbow to the center of my collarbone. and ran about 1,000 ~ she's one of a kind ~ just like me!

  • you're amazing. You give some great advice. And yeah I coudlln't agree more that tattoos should mean something...but I don't think it has to be anything you should feel the need to explain to anyone, it should just mean something to you.

  • U seem like a nice chap...dead or kids for name's...and u say it funny....(made me giggle) i like ...but i dont think having a tattoo HAS to mean something.....i have 1 that i got for the art..

  • "i like it because its for me, and no one can take it away. ever!" well said! that's exactly what i think of mine

    cheers dude

  • To me, it's all about meaning. I once saw a guy with an Alien tatooed on his back. Even though the drawing itself is well made it looks disgusting. Myself, I found a GREAT artist, the guy tattoed a really complicated norse symbol for jormungand, the world serpent on my girlfriends back and it looks great :D:D. The symbol itself has immense sentimental meaning to her. It was originally on a brooche that was stolen by some asshole, whom I failed to find and torture to death :/

  • Myself, I'm getting a variation on the mjolnir, with triskele\ eye of Odin motiff, maybe a certain runic inscription, if I can get the translation right 100% (not an easy thing to do, believe me). Those symbols say a lot about my life, my ideals and the man I aspire to be. Man, I love pre- christian european mythology :P

  • My tattoo is a shark which is my families symbol. Our Hawaiian tribe was a warrior tribe, hence, shark. I throw my hawaiian name in some random lettering under it and had my buddy put it on my leg. I drew the entire thing myself, which all of my tattoos in the future will be. Ill put a vid of it when I get the chance

  • damn that armor sick

  • good video

  • AWESOME VIDEO, YOU'RE HILARIOUS BRO

  • i hear ya bro

  • i feel ya...a guy i know got a really crappy tat, and he was sooooo proud of it..and there i was thinking, fuck that sucks

  • This is man is the truth. Whether or not you approve of a tattoo, EVERYONE should watch this video. Thnx for reaffirming my beliefs in tattoo

  • why do you hide behind those glasses?

  • i love this video! very well spoken on tatt advice :) took me two yrs to decide on my back piece and it came out amazing,

  • LMFAO, I tattoo and thats funny

  • brilliant clip! If I ever see you in this lifetime I will give you a proper hug! I love tattoos and spend a great portion of my life with artists and tattoo masters and I must say it was and still is one of my best choices in life. have a great one and keep making super funny sharp clips!!!

  • that was awesome. great advice. i hate to get repetitive but you rock.

  • I love this guy, you totally fuckin rock Dave

  • nicely sed~

    mentioned everyfin really~

    buh forgot how...fuckers get tattoos in a diff langauge wen dey dont know wot the fuk it meens~

    haahahah

  • Dunno if this has already been said-- too damned lazy to look atp ages 2 and 3-- but the thing on your neck is definitely not Aramaic. It's Sanskrit written in the Tibetan script.

  • this guys is crazy funny !

    but he speaks the truth !

    haha this guy needs to be on t.v !

    right on man , I really liked this vid !

    this was the first 10 min vid on youtube I sat through all the way without being bored.

    I will post a vid response with my latest tattoo.

  • Dude, those armored gauntlets on your forearms are fucking sweet.

  • awesome wings man!!! really cool!

  • Love your Angel wings, and the thought behind the compass and your kids names hidden. very cool.

    All my tattos were done at an important time in my life, and all mean a lot to me.

    Your advice is right on the money honey! I have a vid on my channel of my tats I think it's called what do you collect...something about collections I'm pretty sure.

    BTW!

    This was the first vid I ever watched of yours and I'm totatlly subbing!

  • This is the first video of yours i have seen Very Nicely done, i will be getting a tattoo soon i will have to keep what you said in mind before i pick what i want on me forever.

  • what are you implying?

  • nicely put.

  • Now why the hell cant I reply as good as this when people start discussing my tattoo's.

    Do note that the people who usually start the flamefest about my more artistic tattoo's, usually are males around 18-25, having either a playboy bunny above his beltbuckle, or a chinese sign or phrase on his shoulder, sized like a quarter.

    And nice tattoo's man. ;)

  • Amen.

    I fully agree and need you to come to the shop and sit and explain to every customer that comes in what you've said in this video.

    It would save me the heartburn and frustration.

  • officertizzie : You have my permission to copy this in whole or part and play it or give it to anyone you like for free. You can even print out the parts you like an put them in a pamphlet if you like. Just please give me credit :)

  • Great advice! Love the Archangel wings, 'Archangel' is my oldest and most often used pseudoname. My given name is Raphael.

  • Awesome, I just found you and subbed from this one vid. Sage advice, well delivered! I have two tattoos, both tributes to my son and have several more in mind. I'm on a waiting list for a couple of artists whose work I admire. You're right, you gotta think this shit through! All your ink is beautiful, love the armored wings and gauntlets. 5*****

  • Dave you are a breath of fresh air. I wish more people in the world had the same values when choosing a tattoo. Next time your in Columbia MO stop and visit us at Living Canvas and who knows maybe cut our new radio adds for our studio so we can get the word out to all who just dont get it. Keep Preachin'!!

  • dboss71 : Don't tempt me hehehe!

  • got the message?many people should watch your vid!great!

  • 10 stars

  • Well said.

  • great advice--my son enjoyed getting his tats-a friend of mine had 'your name' tattooed on his penis-so he could tell people-'i have your name on my dick' and they were always surprised...too funny...hahahaah--thoroughly enjoy all your videos!!! thanks!!

  • You have a few more tattoos than I have, but not many. You give some excellent advice and seem like an interesting person. I hope to see more videos by you on tattoos. Forgive my ignorance, but are you an artist. You seem like you would be a great one.

  • DamoBenson : Yes I am an artist but I am not a tattoo artist. I do mainly leather carving, steel sculpture, a little wood carving and some other stuff. So I certainly have an artistic side to me;)

  • LOL.. the advice made sense and was delivered hilariously!! haha... rofl.. I for one thought long and hard before I got my tats done. I also know my tats are unique! I also liked the pain -- have always had a thing for needles and pain. got my nips pierced too.. talking about pain, I either like it or fucking hate it.. depends on the situation obviously! I enjoyed this video! I like your advice videos most!

  • Your tattoos are awesome man.. I will definitely have more tattoos.. like u I want to use MY body like some kind of life-journal.. each tat representing a landmark or thought in my life.. my next ones will be on my knees because I know I will be disabled in the future from a condition I have.. but I don't care about not being able to walk.. means I will have more time to use my brain!^^ Brilliant vid.

  • smileykai77 : That's a great outlook. I am most likely not long for this world myself due to some heart issues. So every day I wake up is a new life to live. :D I love yer attitude. An not just cuz you keep agreeing with me ehheeh

  • lol.. yeah, seems like I agree with your outlook on life -- I am only a generation behind you but seeing your vids has given me a NEW found self-assurance. I am looking forward to meeting myself in the future... I know you know you can do all you can to help your physical self... please be here when I get to your step because I want to continue to learn from you si-fu.

  • Totally agree with you! Armors on forearm and wing on your back are GREAT!

  • Haha, I love you. Completely agree about being shown a tattoo and having to think it's great. Especially when it's just a meaningless one that the person got just because other people have it. UGH.

  • its a good thing they make sense cause you have alot of tattoos man.

  • wow those are some cool tats i personly dont wanna get one any time soon.

  • galang2727 : "on a scale of 1 to 10, how bad do getting tattoos hurt??" I know it's not much of an answer but everyone is different and different places on yer body are different depending on how many nerve endings per square inch. Some tattoos I fell asleep during and others I just plain had to endure. Some were 1 some were about a 37 hehe

  • Your wings and armor are wicked! I've been trying to create one myself for about 10 years at least, (i'm 23) but they always end up in the garbage, and yet i still persevere. Regardless, i'll remember your advice.

  • The angel wings are gorgeous. How long was the sitting for those?

  • The angel wings are still not completed. To outline them from my neck to my knees took two guys (working at the same time on either side of me) about 3.5 - 4 hours. I have no idea how many hours are in at this time. I go back from time to time an have them worked on.

  • Im am now in 2 minds, cos I was going to get a mickey mouse tattoo on my dick but this video tells me not to get one done and the other video tells me to say 'fuck you' and get it done? maybe I don't understand because I am not in the WorldOfDave

  • I will pay half for you getting a mickey mouse on your dick. On the condition you videotape it and sent the file to me so I can laugh at you cry. :-P

  • I want the album cover from the red hot chili peppers album 'blood sugar sex magic' done to cover my whole back, this was the album my friend and I listened to when we were 17, I had bought my first car and we cruised round with our girlfriends, smoking our first joints etc, we loved that album so much, my friend has since passed away

    I got my eyebrow pierced once but nearly passed out

  • I can dig that, it has meaning. and it is a cool ass image. Sorry about your friend. Piercings I find hurt more immediately than tattoos, but tattoos are a prolonged pain, I would suggest starting small, just to test your threshold before going for the full back. It would suck to get 1/4 of the way thru it and find you can't cope.

  • I'm gettin a boognish on my chest. Yeah, a boognish. the only god I will ever need.

  • Sermarfil : Oh man. I did 6.5 hours on my chest once. THAT was less than fun hehehe. Still, it was worth it. The pain is gone an the art is still here :)

  • It can't be worse than my nipple piercings. Well, my left anyways. Went to a hack that had shakey hands and didn't lube the needle. I still remember like yesterday looking down and seeing the needle covered in gore, my gore. So yeah, like you say research it and get a professional.

  • If you read it again I actually didn't complain, but you were right about the leaving bit....

  • angelpunk1 : See, what I find strange is if I see a video I don't like, I just leave. I don't go to lots of other videos by the same person an do my best to try to insult them. Your actions say absolutely nothing about me and only reflect where YOU heart is. Look around at my friends an I. We don't stand out here. YOU do. My dishin out the ill feelings in yourSELF. It's not us angel. It's your mirror ;)

  • Ok I just watched this video and also 'don't let the bastards keep you down' video, and it seems you have a lot of issues in life, maybe you have failed quite a lot and people have always laughed at you? also your a little hypocritical saying 'don't listen to people' and tell them 'fuck you' and then you rant on in this very video saying 'don't get this tattoo, don't get that tattoo, don't get a tattoo this way'

  • Angelpunk1: Fuck off.. You dont wanna be here.. and no one wants you here..

  • I am going to use the advice of bigdave, fuck you

  • Witty...

  • MyDramaTubes : That should be "200" ;)

  • as soon as you said "im gonna give out a little bit of advice" I paused your video and im off, bye

  • angelpunk1 : but you stuck around long enough to complain and tell us you were leaving. lol Says volumes right there ;)

  • Loosen up, dude

  • There's this one great quote about tattoos. It goes something like this: "We are all going backwards. We get tattoed so we can represent our tribe in the shopping mall"

  • pixl8edkat is right. The neck tattoo says "OM MANI PADME HUM" the most chanted mantra in the world. Most of my work is by Adam at Eternal Art in Santa Clarita. The older stuff is Bob Roberts at Spotlight tattoo in Hollywood and The neck is by Sunset tattoo which is also in Hollywood. All VERY high end guys. Bob is quite famous and Adam is the best I have ever met. Thanks for all the kind words.

  • ...solid vid bro, str8 up ! LOL

  • Micheangelo LMAO

    Err did you say you heard your neck tat said in sanscript? <confused> LOL

    Nice art work. I appreciate that it all has a meaning instead of just some ink because you can. :0) Maria

  • you speak the truth about tattoos.i love em but ya gotta know what ur doin.great vid.thanks.

  • Brian Setzer!? that's F'n awesome!!! :) i luv him.. and "OM MANI PADME HUM" is what you have on your neck. i just looked it up :)..luv your tats and your philosophies.. KEEP IT UP!!!

  • I got my first tat at sixteen... yeah you guessed it! A bloody black panther! But I'm slowly getting all my arms covered and including some cover-up work. Nice art work you got there.

  • you're a work of ART!

    -Sony

  • I like what you said at the very end!

  • nice fuckin tats, man. Hey, guess what, your funny!

  • great ink, who stabbed you? I'm sure it wasn't just 1 artist, but who did your lagest pieces?

  • IN LOVE with the tats. The angel wings are gorgeous. I was hoping you'd do a reply to Zip on this one :P I only have my one tattoo right now but we'll see in a few months :P

  • lol what happens in mexico stays on your back lol

  • Awesome frikkin tats!! Thanks for sharing!

  • holy shit, i didnt even realize u had one on your neck

  • laughed my ass off on the stray cats topic,some chilled out tats man,I don't have any,cause I know me being an artist I wouldn't be able to stop,

  • Just want to add that being separated from one's children is one of the worst things to live with :(. You sure found a unique way of expressing the pain and also leaving no doubt that you love your kids above all. Nice :).

  • 入墨入墨入墨入墨入墨入墨入墨

  • Great advice, DAve! My last boyfriend offered to do me a 'romantic little something tattoo', i'm very very happy I said no, would have regretted it big time by now. ;) Love the wings. Well to be honest, all of them look great!

    For the tattoo wannabees, there's a new kind of ink, google 'disappearing ink tattoos'. I myself will stick to body stickers and henna tattoos.. :D (Patchouli ducks for cover.. )

  • heheh...I love my tramp stamp!...hehehe After I designed my first one, I waited ONE YEAR. Then, I decided I still wanted it...hehehe NO FLASH! You know I LOVE that raven!!! Loved hearing your stories. Great ink!

  • great advice, and I will choose to get my name tatoo to my ass, with a set of scales below it for balance..! well its something which i have had for all my life and I have never tired of.

  • Awesome. Once taught an art unit to my class about tats, history, graphics etc. Great way to sneak in history and cultural motifs. They loved it! 'Specially when their teacher got one before their eyes on the field trip. Bet they never forget that lesson.

  • I love your tats!!!! your wings are awsom, infact I said "fuck me they are georgus" he who knows computers thought his luck was in...poor boy. The advice you have given is truly amazing, I always say the same thing when I am asked about mine. (see either 4 tattoos and a rant or tattoo you response to veeb)

  • I have so been waiting for this vid, gorgeous! thats all: )

  • with that "not taking ever away"... wouldnt want to be a erm... well you know how to deal with fire... but skin is removable nonetheless, how sick of me is that, mind is harder to remove but doesn't show so well... ha ha.

    anyway, sneakily hilarious as usual. angel wings... cool, but it smells a bit of girl pony fixation, oh well our personal myths.

  • hahahaha ,,,,, ur right ,, think bout before doing be sta tats ,, duh

  • you crack me up so much! here's your japanese lesson for today:

    入れ (ire) = put in

    墨 (sumi or zumi) = ink

    入墨 (irezumi) = tattoo

    an age old art in japan. canT wait for the day you come here my friend! peace and laughter all ways.

    thanks for another great vid!

  • wow guy...im fucking lovn the armor :)

  • :) always liked the !

Loading...
0 / 00Unsaved Playlist Return to active list
    1. Your queue is empty. Add videos to your queue using this button:
      or sign in to load a different list.
    Loading...Loading...Saving...
    • Clear all videos from this list
    • Learn more