I finally convinced my parents to let me get dreadlocks. But before I do, I want to play with photoshop for a “preview” of what I could look like. So, I need some nice pictures of dreadlocks. Preferably a bit longer (not too long) and light brown. The picture can be taken from front o side, your choice 
Everyone who has dreadlocks, get your cameras ready or search google for some, I haven’t found anything suitable.
Thank you:)
Its been 5 years since I cut mine, this is the only pic I can find at the moment. Sorry.
I know I have one from a prom I went to but I dont know what happend to it.
Nice dreadlocks:)
I need something closer, so I can combine it with my face. I could do it with this pic, but I’m not that skilled with PS yet:D
Thanks anyway
Btw, why did you cut them?
It was just time to cut them. It had been somwhere around 5 or 6 years since they locked up and I was ready sto start a new story. There is a song that has a lyric “every dreadlock must endure the fullness of the earth”. Which at the time I had not heard but now as I look back I realize that every set of locks has so much meaning, it not like it just a single hair. You rememer each lock as somehing more than hair, each one holds its own memories, and in a way the fullness of the earth. As your life story unfolds your locks are there captureing each moment and holding them tightly woven to your head.
Cutting your dreads is just one of those things that when its suppose to happen you know it. Its almost as if your getting back a little bit of every moment you lives since they started.
Dreads are very much a living thing, and like all living things they must eventually die.
I think… that dreadlocks aren’t for white people.
They look cool but for Christ’s sake, they were signifigant and dear to the Black Power movement because fros and dreads were like traditional hairstyles of Africa.
Fros and dreads aren’t for white people.
You don’t wear braids and head-dresses, do you?
That’s why I was having second thoughts about this. But now I see a lot (well, not that lot) of people here with dreadlocks and it looks nice too.
Goats,
Yes I think to many “people” white or not, dread their hair for a fasion statement. Tho for many of us, even white ones, have hair that will naturally dread. Who are we to argue with nature.
Are you saying that beacuse I am not black my dreads didnot have a significant meaning. I think my last post in this thread is enough evidence that my locks ment something special to me, and without them maybe I wouldnt have ended up here and have never of found my passion for unicycling. I think most people that dread or allow their hair to dread do it for reasons that cant explain and is very much a spiritual right of passage.
By your standards americans should either grease there hair and come it or waer some silly white wigs… wtf.
The only people that ever had problems with my dreads were silly white americans that didnt understand them. The ones with dreads wether they were African, Jamaican, Indian, or any other race were happy to come up and say hello, and complement my dreads. They see your commitment to your hair and know there is a connection that they share with you. You dont have to be a certin race to be have that.
If you knew about dreads you would likly know that Dreadies(people of any color or race with locks) come together just as many singe hairs do to form a head full of tighly woven locks.
Specially in these times when white people can rap:D
Way to be open minded. You have your own little agenda about sexuality, why are you hating on a group of people just because of their hair style?
“Fros and dreads aren’t for white people.” Switch some words around and we get: “Gay sex just isn’t for people.” That means something hurtful to you doesn’t it? Mind you, I’m a huge advocate for gay rights but if you want other people to be open minded and accepting you should be as well.
I apologize, I didn’t mean take this thread off topic I just felt I needed to point out Goat’s hypocrisy.
I have to leave right now so I’ll write a longer explanation later.
but, 1) I’m not hating.
2) you effing didn’t read my post.
I did read your post and I didn’t at all agree with it.
I do however apologize for calling you a dick, it was uncalled for hence why I edited it out of the original post.
One aspect that you might want to consider is that dreads aren’t helmet friendly. If you bicycle and unicycle with a helmet I don’t think dreads are going to be convenient.
It has striked me as oddly conflicting that dreadlocks are associated with an environmentally friendly lifestyle but make responsible bicycle riding less convenient.
usually i agree with goats, but i’m coming from Brian’s side here, I mean who the hell cares that much it’s just hair. Much of black culture has pervaded the white population of the US over the years but this particular icon should be held sacrasanct?
And i’d love dreads, but i dont think I have the right hair type, and i strongly suspect it would cause problem getting employment in fields I’m looking at.
I concur with Brian mostly, but I don’t think Jackie’s hating…I think he’s being somewhat closed-minded though. Yes dreadlocks are important to Africans for religious and cultural reasons, but that doesn’t mean they have to be off limits to everyone else. A Christian can wear a turban if he wants, it doesn’t take away from the religious significance of said icon to those who actually care about it for those reasons.
Yes, but what about those pictures:D
I’ve seen this gallery, but the pictures are too small and there’s so many
I’ll go through it if I have time
Okay so white people have standard hair and black people have dreadlocks and neither can do the same as the other. While were here why don’t we move all the white people in to one country and the black people into another. And also, only one half get rights, the other half issen’t ment to have them. hmmmm I smell policaly incorect statments on my part.
Thanks for editing that post Brian.
Everybody else, you might have misunderstood my post. I’m talking about Cultural Appropriation.
Ever see people who hang up prayer flags in their houses? They obviously don’t now shit about prayer flags and probably don’t even know what they say on them.
They hang them up cuz they’re pretty.
But there’s a certain point when you have to stand back and just look at how they look instead of having to get your hands all over them.
All of the African-Americans I’ve talked to feel this way about dreads and afros, which is actually how I came to this point of view.
That being said, even though I think that people should let dreads stay dear to African-Americans rather then becoming a commericialized, white hair-due that “looks cool”, I know a few (white) people with dreads and they’re freaking haaaaawtt…
Hi, aint dreds to do with religious beliefs? I’m not airing one way or it’s other just a general question, I like dreds as long as they are looked after, they aren’t an easy excuse not to wash/brush you hair!