A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Tattooed Paintings

So iam:Tristan has been doing these absolutely gorgeous portraits of IAM members (in this case of Courtney) — he’s taking portrait commissions for only $200!!! That’s an amazing price for a custom painting like this, but I wanted to mention that Tristan and I have been talking about doing a full calendar of his paintings for BMEshop.

Anyway, if you like his paintings as much as I do (I’m definitely coughing up $200 of vanity), you can contact him directly about a commission (here’s a link for non-IAM members). If you’re cool with your painting appearing in the calendar, please let him know that.

Comments

33 responses to “Tattooed Paintings”

  1. Em Avatar
    Em

    Truly gorgeous, but… I know a few artists. How the FUCK does he live on $200 per commission?
    No mention of another job on his page, at first glance. (Just being nosey).

  2. ~ Avatar

    for such awesome work how does 200 bucks even cover the cost of paint & canvas?

  3. Casey Avatar

    He’s designing my chestpiece! Hopefully I’ll be getting some money to him this week once my check clears.

  4. Smallfry Avatar

    Congrats, Tristan! You friggin’ rock my socks!

  5. leebee Avatar
    leebee

    oh wow!!
    he has some major talent!!
    id be definitely willing to pay more than $200 to get a piece like that! haha

  6. Rhett Avatar
    Rhett

    so how do we get ahold of him to have one of these paintings done..sum 1 help..thnx

    and as an artist myself..i must say…these kick some major fucking ass

  7. Kyrenna Avatar
    Kyrenna

    Me too…if I had it…lol

  8. lilish Avatar
    lilish

    Wow that looks awesome. Bet you anything he’s going to have a huge waitlist soon!

  9. ÈMþRê§§ Avatar
    ÈMþRê§§

    To the Artist,
    Congrats you have a pretty special talent there, plenty of detail and depth.

  10. jeanine Avatar
    jeanine

    yay!! he is so awesome!! i am glad for him! (and if i had money i would have him paint me…)

  11. deadpass Avatar
    deadpass

    It’s only an 8×10.

  12. patricia Avatar
    patricia

    Wow! That is amazing. Great work!

  13. Jen Avatar
    Jen

    It definitely looks like it’s worth the $200.
    Very beautiful.

  14. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    that looks really good. very impressive 🙂

    nice one 🙂

  15. Malicia Avatar
    Malicia

    Tristan
    The Master

  16. vajenna Avatar

    i love tristan’s work. he rules so hard.

  17. CreativeNonFiction Avatar

    If I could sell my work, I’d imagine people would say the same thing, (how can you do it for so little). I’d just feel too bad if I ended up overpricing something.

  18. squiggles Avatar
    squiggles

    I have been admiring his work for years now. As soon as I have money he’s getting a lot of it!

  19. xander Avatar
    xander

    holy hell this is amazing!!!!!!!

  20. frozen Avatar

    tristan is an amazing artist and a really sweet guy as well. i hope he gets all the orders he can keep up with!

  21. EternalLife Avatar

    That’s amazing. Such a great talent 🙂

  22. Halo Avatar
    Halo

    I really want to get a portrait done for my fiance, and now that I have a link to this artist, I might just do that.

  23. ms.flashgordon Avatar

    Im so proud of him…Its finally going to fall into his lap like he deserves….

  24. marissa Avatar

    check this guy out too sdbarber.com

  25. astrosnik Avatar
  26. the_logic_of_crocodiles Avatar

    this entry inspired me to do a painting of my own. if anyone cares to look there’s photos in my iam diary entry. not of anyone modified, but still a portrait.

    thanks for giving me some well needed inspiration

  27. Amy Avatar
    Amy

    This is just brilliant. It has such a great texture to it, theres a really strong energy to it. Awsome work! 🙂

  28. josephine vor Avatar

    you inspired me to paint portraits!! I mean, your painting is absolute gorgeous!!! Keep up your great work!

  29. Malice Alice Avatar

    I wish I could afford to have him paint me! This is amazing.

  30. stryap Avatar
    stryap

    Шиззла-Ñ?т ты?)

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