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Bob Marley / Beach Bum Coverup

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Shannon Larratt

I’m a giant fan of the work that Johnny Thief at Seppuku Tattoo in Savannah GA… Definitely one of my favorite artists on BME. Anyway, click the original picture below to see how Johnny cleaned it up for the client (totally covered it up with a new tattoo that is):


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    Shannon Larratt

    The following comments were imported from our old comment system:

    Posted on 05-04-2006 01:17:07 by severed
    that bear was just looking for trouble, check out those beady eyes!
    he got what he deserved.

    Posted on 05-04-2006 01:35:25 by outmywindow
    Yeah, the bear is definitely worse, but Bob Marley’s head looks somewhat disembodied to me. Bob looks like he was crying as the gullotine (sp?) came down, and that expression is stuck there forever now. Marie Antionette has some new comeptition at Madam Tousseau’s…

    Posted on 05-04-2006 05:29:21 by Sophie
    bob’s dreads look like spider’s legs, weird.

    Posted on 05-04-2006 09:32:08 by Prim8
    that’s a beautiful cover-up

    Posted on 05-04-2006 11:33:06 by spelling police
    guillotine

    Posted on 05-04-2006 14:37:39 by toast
    Of course his head looks disembodied, there’s no… body! 😉

    He does look slightly uncomfortable, though.

    Posted on 05-04-2006 23:52:06 by Alto
    lol, at first glance I thought that said BIATCH bum

    Posted on 05-05-2006 02:41:47 by high
    … Well at first I didn’t even see the Bob Marley title and I thought it was Medusa, the lady with the snake for hair… ya he definetly looks a little crazy.. going from a bear to a psycho marley.. hmm.. interesting taste

    Posted on 05-05-2006 10:20:27 by glider
    Johnny’s tattoos tend to have a “psycho vibrancy” to them… it’s part of what I like about his work and makes it stand out from the crowd… check out his page and portfolios, he’s got some super stuff.

    Posted on 05-05-2006 22:31:43 by Jamie
    wow.
    that is an amazing coverup.
    i live 45 minutes from savannah and i haven’t heard of this guy before.

    Posted on 05-06-2006 12:29:28 by ln8r
    “look like some spiders is having a meetin’ on his head”

    Posted on 05-12-2006 09:01:34 by aa.
    of course the cover up is brilliantly done but i still prefer the teddy…. maybe not so well done but oh how cute….

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