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.

Nintendo Fanboy Sleeve

I think this may be the nicest videogame-themed tattoos I’ve seen (and it’s not even finished yet). It’s on theprophetelijah, done by Andrea Ottlewski at Slave to the Needle in Seattle, Washington.

See also: Pacman Ass.

Comments

63 responses to “Nintendo Fanboy Sleeve”

  1. ÈMþRê§§ Avatar
    ÈMþRê§§

    I love this 🙂

  2. Bradly Avatar
    Bradly

    Phatttt ~_0

  3. orphu Avatar
    orphu

    hahaha game and watch on the wrist, thats awesome!

  4. ggggg_g_unit Avatar
    ggggg_g_unit

    hey!!!!!! wheres bowser?!?!?!?! i love bowser!!!!

  5. Leah Avatar
    Leah

    nice! the colors are beautiful 🙂

  6. jeremy Avatar
    jeremy

    i wonder how much that skin would fetch on ebay!?!?! this is absolutely amazing. posibly best tattoo ive ever seen.

  7. Elijah Avatar
    Elijah

    HAHAHA that’s my arm up there. I posted these pics last year sometime, and never really looked to see if anyone picked up on them. I was at the National Tattoo Convention this weekend (where I won an award for my artist) and several people told me that they had seen my arm online, so I had to google my own arm today. Cool stuff. By the way the parts that you can’t see in these two pics, are the Goomba, Toad, and Wario, all on the inside of my arm. Thanks for all the great comments. Oh and by the way all the guesses I have seen are way off. For the record it took 45 hours.

  8. sarROAR Avatar

    haha,thats fucking awesome!!!

  9. inkmanlarry Avatar
    inkmanlarry

    Great ink.

  10. cloverofmist4 Avatar
    cloverofmist4

    Elijah, I personal want to know more about your artist, I am looking for some really good ink thats all colored and I love yours..and your artist is great..would love it if you had time to email me and talk with me about it.. Thanks

  11. makia Avatar

    Great post. This post have good and lovely tattoo design.

  12. Jagger Avatar
    Jagger

    Coolest video game tattoo ever. That’s a die-hard fan if I’ve ever seen one. Now I need to get my butt over to Slave to the Needle, I’ve lived in Seattle my whole life and never been there.

  13. print tattoo designs Avatar

    Dear god I hope Nintendo at least throws this guy some money or a gift card! That is dedication, personally I think nintendo games suck.

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