Don’t let the tattoos fool ya’
Well, here I go again analyzing the key components that seemed to make people say ‘daaannnggggggg they are tight’. In an earlier blog I talked about tattoos and then then tanning. Today, I am back to the tattoos. If you like, try this out yourself and see what you find:
1. Peruse the site of people who are the same age (maybe) but height and weight.
2.Compare all stats(If available).
I found this…but you may find something different. It seems as if people who have decorated their bodies with a massive amount of tattoos are perceived to be more ‘jacked’ or in shape than those who do not have tattoos but are of the same stature. Additionally, it seems as if the people who have all of these tattooos perceive themselves to be in superior condition. Maybe it comes with the territory and I don’t understand.However, there are some people who do not conform to this observation…several of them are on sites like muscleink.com.
I only write this because I too was at first fooled by the tattoos and was like dang they are ripped. But, then I saw that tattoos convoluted the true picture of the physique. Careful you must be! As Yoda would say.
Happy perusing on the site and happy lifitng folks.
Post by: dnsigma
June 28, 2009 at 10:21 pm
For me, tattoos came first. Then I realized how bad of a shape I was in, so I began to exercise. Still got a llloooonnnnnngggggggg way to go…
But I hear what ya mean.
August 1, 2009 at 8:12 pm
Depending on the tattoo/pattern, ink will accentuate underlaying musculature. This can be by drawing the eye along certain lines — notice how many ‘tribal’ tattoos about the arms and shoulders follow natural curves. Or by pattern recognition — what we know to be a straight line drawn around the arm/leg/calf/etc. will expose minor reliefs and definition. Even more complicated or pictorial tattoos give us visual points to help us judge size and distance (or mass).
Of course, someone without ink can get the same effect with the proper lighting….
This is just my theory; and it is obviously tainted by me having spent the last three weeks studying topograpy maps and geological surverys.