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Baking is for the birds

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Rob

Silverzs here was cooking up a storm when someone decided to take some photos of her sleeve.  I really love how the red pops out amongst the birds and clouds, and for a while I thought that the lines were actually fresh scars.

Bob Parr from Jaded Angel in Ames, IA is the man behind this creation.  You can see more of it in the wildlife and nature tattoo gallery.

Comments

16 responses to “Baking is for the birds”

  1. natalie Avatar
    natalie

    Big ups Silverz and Bob

  2. natalie Avatar
    natalie

    Big ups Silverz and Bob

  3. NeuroticSouthpaw Avatar
    NeuroticSouthpaw

    This is beautiful!

  4. NeuroticSouthpaw Avatar
    NeuroticSouthpaw

    This is beautiful!

  5. lish Avatar
    lish

    this is SO the secret of nimh!

  6. lish Avatar
    lish

    this is SO the secret of nimh!

  7. Kat Avatar
    Kat

    @lish: I remember that! Just barely… Wow. Blast from my childhood (even if I probably only read that about 10 years ago)! I would not have picked up on that and it makes the tattoo even better.

  8. Kat Avatar
    Kat

    @lish: I remember that! Just barely… Wow. Blast from my childhood (even if I probably only read that about 10 years ago)! I would not have picked up on that and it makes the tattoo even better.

  9. Kes Avatar
    Kes

    So pretty!

  10. Kes Avatar
    Kes

    So pretty!

  11. BettyAtlas Avatar
    BettyAtlas

    Absolutely lovely.

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    BettyAtlas

    Absolutely lovely.

  13. Jen O'Brien Avatar
    Jen O’Brien

    it was actually inspired by Death Cab for Cutie’s Transatlanticism CD cover. but I think I like the Secret of Nimh reference better!

    http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/cover1.jpg

  14. Jen O'Brien Avatar
    Jen O’Brien

    it was actually inspired by Death Cab for Cutie’s Transatlanticism CD cover. but I think I like the Secret of Nimh reference better!

    http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/cover1.jpg

  15. Jen O'Brien Avatar
    Jen O’Brien

    it was actually inspired by Death Cab for Cutie’s Transatlanticism CD cover. but I think I like the Secret of Nimh better, so I’ll start telling people that. 🙂

    http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/cover1.jpg

  16. Jen O'Brien Avatar
    Jen O’Brien

    it was actually inspired by Death Cab for Cutie’s Transatlanticism CD cover. but I think I like the Secret of Nimh better, so I’ll start telling people that. 🙂

    http://sleevage.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/cover1.jpg

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