Yichun
- Jul 29, 2020
- 1 min
29th July: Website launched
Finally, the new website about tattooing was launched, and I posted my first article on the new site. It's an introduction to my future writing plan. Website: https://en.inkreactor.com/ Introduction: https://en.inkreactor.com/post/_%E5%BC%80%E7%AF%87%E7%AE%80%E4%BB%8B Tattoo study room section would focus on secondary research about tattoo history combined in art and general history. Coffee and tea section would be interviews and other kinds of primary researches about modern
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Yichun
- Jul 21, 2020
- 1 min
20th July Tutorial Notes
About negative feedback from Chinese tattooists: Some people like chocolate cake and some like vanilla ice cream. It’s not fair to doubt my overall project just because of some people not interested. I should always believe in the diversity of the world. About the English version of the website: I might not be very confident in my English writing, but David encouraged me and I would try to maintain the English version of the website. It’s more about the content than writing s
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Yichun
- Jul 19, 2020
- 2 min
Summarizing the week and change of the question
Works I have been doing this week: Drafting the website. (https://justyichun.wixsite.com/website-2?lang=en) Researching art history. Interviewing Chinese tattooists to prepare for the articles for the website. Reflections on my works: From art history researching Two things struck me the most from the art history researching. Firstly, art is never only an expression of beauty. Secondly, from Greek sculptures to contemporary art, almost all expression in art is an outpouring o
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Yichun
- Jul 11, 2020
- 1 min
11th July, Updated Question
This week I have been doing research and taking online courses this week about how to build an online community and website as we discussed in the last tutorial (through LinkedIn learning and UAL starting out workshops). I was also evaluating the possibilities of my purpose of building the multilanguage tattoo community. After reflecting on my previous writings and consulting some of my native speaker friends, I have to admit that my English writing is not sophisticated enoug
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Yichun
- Jul 3, 2020
- 1 min
How can globalisation and culture exchange affect tattooists and tattoo collectors?
My initial idea was using tattooing as a media to achieve culture exchange. But talking to David evaluated my idea and made it exciting. Personally, I believe that technique is the last thing come with tattooing. It is a complex action mixed with philosophy, culture, emotion and art. There are tattoo artists treat human as canvas, and others believe that the carrier is more important in the practise. How would people with different standpoint influence each other if they have
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