Tattoos

http://www.oceanwideimages.com/images/10651/large/24T5224-09D-crested-pidgeon.jpg ?

not a dolphin.

Reminds me of Xander, though :-)

this

beautiful:

^ wow!! ^

shot of my new tattoo coming soon when i get a decent photo of it!

I wanna get the green mystic ranger on my face with a dolphin on one side of my neck and a pigeon on the other, both prancing like the majestic creatures they are.

I promised I would put up a photo once mine had cleared up. It got a few of the standard jeers first time round (Pissanator) but I'm really proud of it.

My mates love it and one of them thought it worthy of going into his cycling photo project, of which this photo is a part. So that's cool.

I'll say again, the words are more about me being fixed rather than the bike, so don't take it at face value.

NB. the wheels are completely round and the chain isn't slack, it's just the angle and calf is half-tensed.

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Really like it. I would prefer it without the words but like you said they have a personal meaning so im willing to look past them. Good work

beautiful:

Lush, I like outlines like that on the ships

wtf?

Ear looks photoshopped, hopefully the tattoo is.

it is shopped, check out the tail

Yeah, no way a cat would have those Koi swimming downstream..

Is that Object?

http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2007/10/inked-oinkers-or-tattooed-pigs-by-wim.html
Must be pearoast, but OT.

Thanks very much.

http://eight48.com/2010/10/russian-criminal-tattoo-exhibition/

Went to this yesterday. It is well worth checking out. Wisely they have a notice up at the entrance saying "exhibition not suited for children", which is a bit of an understatement. The drawings are grim, generally offensive, pornographic, violent, but also quite humourous in places. Each of the drawings has a little explanation next to them, which if you've seen the encyclopaedias, you'll be familiar with. I always quite liked the ones of St Basil's Cathedral (or similar) with the number of towers being the number of years spent in the 'zone'. They had all 3 volumes of the book on sale there, including the very hard to find volume 2, but it was still priced at 75 quid - ridiculous. I'll wait for the second printing.

rediculous:

Not to me. I have an heart shaped implant myself.

However I do know that his leg didn't take the implant very well and had them removed some time later.

rediculous:

Not to me. I have an heart shaped implant myself.

However I do know that his leg didn't take the implant very well and had them removed some time later.

His procedure & removal is shown here

Part I
Part II
Part III

Implants heal differently for different people.
Brian Decker is one of the top body mods artists up there with Steve Haworth and Samppa, and Quentin.
My body accepted my heart shaped one, but it sunk in rather showing up, but the boyf's implant shows up really well.

beautiful:

Yes yes yes!

epic indeed. amazing.

i LOVE this. beautiful. but then i do have a geek bias....haha.

so so so beautiful! i actually gasped when i saw it.

i'd really like a large nautical piece, probably a 3/4 sleeve. but not really got past the ideas stage, and definately want to wait until after the wedding to start it! heh.

Sleeve is done! Final session today of 4 1/2 hours and it's finally finished. Really gonna miss having work done every month as Matt is a top bloke as well as a great tattooist. Highly recommended if anyone is in North London, or you're happy to travel.

Anyway, I'll link to his myspace when he puts the pictures up and may post some of my own when it's healed and I look less pasty after my surf trip.

Have a great weekend all.

... tattoo's always fade. ...

when is it time to redo it though? say, black on white skin.

When it's faded? :P