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Tattoo Panoramas

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Shannon Larratt

This first piece if by Fabrizio Divari at Divariart Studio on Queen Street here in Toronto. If my art memory is working correctly, it’s based on Salvadore Dali’s Temptation of Saint Anthony.

The second one I’d like to share (and I have this fear I may have posted it before, it’s so nice) is this wondferful Memnto Vivere music forearm sleeve by Joshua Bowers at Sacred Skin in Des Moines, IA.

Just checked… I posted the tattoo in an earlier stage last April which is why it looked familiar! Sad that I can’t remember what I did yesterday but I can usually recognize a mod that I’ve seen once, years ago.

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72 responses to “Tattoo Panoramas”

  1. Lisa Avatar
    Lisa

    I really dig the first one. Love the way the butterfly comes off the arm onto his chest. Oh and #12 I’m pretty sure it’s a horse.

  2. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    god, they’re both so beautiful!! i’m spechless, awesome work!

  3. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    god, they’re both so beautiful!! i’m spechless, awesome work!

  4. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    god, they’re both so beautiful!! i’m spechless, awesome work!

  5. kittiann Avatar
    kittiann

    I just saw the ‘why pluck one string when you can strum the guitar’ banner. Definitely a mewithoutYou quote. One of my favorite bands of all time, and an awesome choice of quotes for a music sleeve.

  6. kittiann Avatar
    kittiann

    I just saw the ‘why pluck one string when you can strum the guitar’ banner. Definitely a mewithoutYou quote. One of my favorite bands of all time, and an awesome choice of quotes for a music sleeve.

  7. kittiann Avatar
    kittiann

    I just saw the ‘why pluck one string when you can strum the guitar’ banner. Definitely a mewithoutYou quote. One of my favorite bands of all time, and an awesome choice of quotes for a music sleeve.

  8. thecatdoesdrugs Avatar
    thecatdoesdrugs

    im so looking forward to my sleeve, but i’m just not visual enough to piece all the images together like that. damn…

  9. thecatdoesdrugs Avatar
    thecatdoesdrugs

    im so looking forward to my sleeve, but i’m just not visual enough to piece all the images together like that. damn…

  10. thecatdoesdrugs Avatar
    thecatdoesdrugs

    im so looking forward to my sleeve, but i’m just not visual enough to piece all the images together like that. damn…

  11. Jon (IAM: Scenester) Avatar
    Jon (IAM: Scenester)

    Hey, it’s my tattoo (the second one) and Yes it is a quote from MewithoutYou (it’s gotten me on the guest lists to MWY shows, haha). I am so happy with the whole result and can’t wait to expand up the rest of my arm.

    I so wish I had that first tattoo aswell, haha. I love Dali. It is so well done and colors are awesome! I feel kinda honored my tattoo is in the same posting as this one, haha.

  12. Jon (IAM: Scenester) Avatar
    Jon (IAM: Scenester)

    Hey, it’s my tattoo (the second one) and Yes it is a quote from MewithoutYou (it’s gotten me on the guest lists to MWY shows, haha). I am so happy with the whole result and can’t wait to expand up the rest of my arm.

    I so wish I had that first tattoo aswell, haha. I love Dali. It is so well done and colors are awesome! I feel kinda honored my tattoo is in the same posting as this one, haha.

  13. Jon (IAM: Scenester) Avatar
    Jon (IAM: Scenester)

    Hey, it’s my tattoo (the second one) and Yes it is a quote from MewithoutYou (it’s gotten me on the guest lists to MWY shows, haha). I am so happy with the whole result and can’t wait to expand up the rest of my arm.

    I so wish I had that first tattoo aswell, haha. I love Dali. It is so well done and colors are awesome! I feel kinda honored my tattoo is in the same posting as this one, haha.

  14. L1ZZARD Avatar
    L1ZZARD

    The first one is classy, the second one is cool. I like them both a lot.

  15. L1ZZARD Avatar
    L1ZZARD

    The first one is classy, the second one is cool. I like them both a lot.

  16. L1ZZARD Avatar
    L1ZZARD

    The first one is classy, the second one is cool. I like them both a lot.

  17. Bradly Avatar
    Bradly

    4…~_0

  18. Bradly Avatar
    Bradly

    4…~_0

  19. Bradly Avatar
    Bradly

    4…~_0

  20. Marissa Avatar
    Marissa

    i absolutely love the second one! the whole music idea is amazing! beautiful job done on the whole sleeve!

  21. Marissa Avatar
    Marissa

    i absolutely love the second one! the whole music idea is amazing! beautiful job done on the whole sleeve!

  22. Marissa Avatar
    Marissa

    i absolutely love the second one! the whole music idea is amazing! beautiful job done on the whole sleeve!

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