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.

Double Vision Tattoo

Clockorange sent in this neat picture of what seems to be a self-portrait on the side of someone’s head (beat that Steve-O!), taken at the 2007 Kyev, Ukraine tattoo convention.

Comments

44 responses to “Double Vision Tattoo”

  1. L1ZZARD Avatar

    Awe thats kind of cute. The mysterious eye-looking object behind her face above her ear is a little frightening.

  2. L1ZZARD Avatar

    Awe thats kind of cute. The mysterious eye-looking object behind her face above her ear is a little frightening.

  3. Jessica Avatar

    Hm…nice. It kind of looks like a coverup? Because of the coloring just above her REAL ear and that goes through her tattooed ear. The eye is neat.

  4. Jessica Avatar

    Hm…nice. It kind of looks like a coverup? Because of the coloring just above her REAL ear and that goes through her tattooed ear. The eye is neat.

  5. Rhiannon Avatar
    Rhiannon

    It’d be funny if the tattoo also had a self-portrait on its forehead 🙂 Very cool.

  6. Rhiannon Avatar
    Rhiannon

    It’d be funny if the tattoo also had a self-portrait on its forehead 🙂 Very cool.

  7. Pol Avatar
    Pol

    that’s…special
    i wanna see a photo of this in 30 years

  8. Pol Avatar
    Pol

    that’s…special
    i wanna see a photo of this in 30 years

  9. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    I think it’s a coverup too. Not sure how I’d feel about getting a self-portrait tattoo though.

  10. Liz Avatar
    Liz

    I think it’s a coverup too. Not sure how I’d feel about getting a self-portrait tattoo though.

  11. The Beni Avatar
    The Beni

    Is it just me or is there another tattoo hidden in the tattoo. If you look really hard, you will see another face, but its very faint. Its by the ‘ear’ of the tattoo. Or am I just imagining things?

  12. The Beni Avatar
    The Beni

    Is it just me or is there another tattoo hidden in the tattoo. If you look really hard, you will see another face, but its very faint. Its by the ‘ear’ of the tattoo. Or am I just imagining things?

  13. Bummer Avatar
    Bummer

    Maybe she has an identical twin? I also like the idea of the portrait also having a portrait, good call.

  14. Bummer Avatar
    Bummer

    Maybe she has an identical twin? I also like the idea of the portrait also having a portrait, good call.

  15. lilish Avatar
    lilish

    It looks pretty cool. I just wonder what it would look like if the allowed her hair to grow bak in. She’d have like a nose and mouth coming out of her temple. Probably more. Guess it would depend on how she wore her hair.

  16. lilish Avatar
    lilish

    It looks pretty cool. I just wonder what it would look like if the allowed her hair to grow bak in. She’d have like a nose and mouth coming out of her temple. Probably more. Guess it would depend on how she wore her hair.

  17. ÈMþRê§§ Avatar
    ÈMþRê§§

    How friggin kool is that. I love it!

  18. ÈMþRê§§ Avatar
    ÈMþRê§§

    How friggin kool is that. I love it!

  19. TOB Avatar

    I like the originality of this tattoo, sure Steve-o had his self portrait tattooed on his back, but this is beautiful, not a tack gag tattoo (a really big gag tattoo). I too see the eye but it adds a kind of mystery to this image. Great work.

  20. TOB Avatar

    I like the originality of this tattoo, sure Steve-o had his self portrait tattooed on his back, but this is beautiful, not a tack gag tattoo (a really big gag tattoo). I too see the eye but it adds a kind of mystery to this image. Great work.

  21. kaylee Avatar
    kaylee

    trippy

  22. kaylee Avatar
    kaylee

    trippy

  23. z Avatar
    z

    can i comment on the awesomeness of the hair?

    AWESOME HAIR.

  24. z Avatar
    z

    can i comment on the awesomeness of the hair?

    AWESOME HAIR.

  25. Chaq Avatar
    Chaq

    Yeah, I second Rhiannon; You could get into the whole infinite regression/Hall-of-mirrors thing with a design like that. Of course you’d be limited by the size of the needles, but a nifty idea…

  26. Chaq Avatar
    Chaq

    Yeah, I second Rhiannon; You could get into the whole infinite regression/Hall-of-mirrors thing with a design like that. Of course you’d be limited by the size of the needles, but a nifty idea…

  27. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    threes something creepy about that?

  28. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    threes something creepy about that?

  29. Amber Avatar

    I agree, looks like a cover up. I really love the subtlety of it though, I think it’s really beautiful! The hidden eye looks almost Geiger-esque, in my opinion.

  30. Amber Avatar

    I agree, looks like a cover up. I really love the subtlety of it though, I think it’s really beautiful! The hidden eye looks almost Geiger-esque, in my opinion.

  31. Mitch Avatar
    Mitch

    She looks VERY pretty in this picture! I don’t know what it is, but she looks sooooo cute.

  32. Mitch Avatar
    Mitch

    She looks VERY pretty in this picture! I don’t know what it is, but she looks sooooo cute.

  33. akibare Avatar
    akibare

    This will be interesting when she gets old, actually.

  34. akibare Avatar
    akibare

    This will be interesting when she gets old, actually.

  35. Ducky Avatar
    Ducky

    It could almost be a representation of a doppelganger. Interesting.

  36. Ducky Avatar
    Ducky

    It could almost be a representation of a doppelganger. Interesting.

  37. albeans Avatar

    It looks like it is a cover-up over a snake or dragon head or something.

    I think it’s pretty nicely done (the new tattoo, it doesn’t work too great as a *cover up*). And something I haven’t seen before.

  38. albeans Avatar

    It looks like it is a cover-up over a snake or dragon head or something.

    I think it’s pretty nicely done (the new tattoo, it doesn’t work too great as a *cover up*). And something I haven’t seen before.

  39. Dutchweirdo Avatar
    Dutchweirdo

    It’s beautiful and very interesting. The “what if you old” issue relates to any tattoo. In this case it will add an extra interresting dimension.

  40. Dutchweirdo Avatar
    Dutchweirdo

    It’s beautiful and very interesting. The “what if you old” issue relates to any tattoo. In this case it will add an extra interresting dimension.

  41. DCoke Avatar

    Beautiful!

  42. DCoke Avatar

    Beautiful!

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