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.

It’s like a page from the dictionary

Seriously, I looked up “pothead” in the dictionary and tore it out to show you. Luis Botas from Kaustika in Mexico City did the tattoo — click through for the real photo by the way.

Comments

26 responses to “It’s like a page from the dictionary”

  1. Kloot Avatar

    Hehe, I love PhotoShop 😀

  2. Dawnie Avatar

    Definitaly made me giggle a bit.

  3. Sadie Avatar
    Sadie

    Hope you dont cross the border oftin.

  4. Ka Crow Avatar
    Ka Crow

    That’s some pretty amazing stemless pot they’re growing in Mexico these days, it seems!

  5. Metalheart Avatar
    Metalheart

    I love it, thats badass.

  6. Miss Kat Avatar
    Miss Kat

    I’d hope that they’ve got a position in the world where they can stay out of the eye of the police.

  7. ÈMþRê§§ Avatar
    ÈMþRê§§

    Nothing wrong with being a pothead *winks*

  8. wild skin Avatar

    well…i think i have something new to tag at my iam page now….i think i’ll consider it for a button as well!!!! 😛
    Rlax & Njoy mah friends… _\ | / _

  9. Jay Avatar

    damn, well I enjoy getting high just as much as the next guy, and while I’ve never attempted to keep it a secret, I also don’t go out of my way to advertise it.

  10. lilish Avatar
    lilish

    You know its bad when you look up “pothead” in the dictionary and see your picture. Also if you don’t think of it as a leaf, he looks like silver the hedgehog and this amuses me 🙂

  11. adam Avatar
    adam

    damn, i love smoking the chronic. i mean, im all about it. its my hobby. but i dont think i would get pot leaf on my forehead. i mean, the inside of my brain is already permanently altered form years of smoking, so why would i need to advertise it on the outside?

    renminds me of my friend, this super hippie who lives on the side of a mountain in humboldt and hasnt had a job in 8 years cause all he does is grow. he has a huge tattoo on the outside of his arm that has a pot leaf smoking a joint holding an ak-47 and it sayd “killer bud” under it. i should have him send in a pic…

  12. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    My left sleeve is a pot/dmt/acid themed piece…. In progress…..

  13. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    hehe!

    he’s devoted 😛

  14. nervousinthealley Avatar

    I’ve gotta say, I admire his dedication to smoking

  15. Kendra Avatar
    Kendra

    Wow. I’m surprised this didn’t elict a stronger like the “stupid” forehead tattoo.

    Looks like a good tattoo and all, and I’m cool with people’s hobbies – not against taking part every now and again – but having that sort of tattoo on ones head just doesn’t strike me as being very classy. As others pointed out…not something that needs to be advertised.

  16. starspring Avatar
    starspring

    Weed…boy there’s no way to camo that type of ink. I prefer mushroom tattoos myself….way easier to explain… “OOoo, I’m an Alice in Wonderland Fan…love that caterpillar fellow!”

  17. Dan Avatar
    Dan

    If i were the artist i would have refused to do that tattoo.

  18. tiff badhairdo Avatar
    tiff badhairdo

    thats a true ‘stop me and search me’ tattoo!!

  19. Rovylern Avatar

    The leaves aren’t serrated like a cannabis leaf would be…maybe he’s just a really big fan of Chinese Maple trees?

  20. gato Avatar
    gato

    Jay… we know yer secret now… mwahahaha… Also, thanks for advertising that you don’t advertise… what’s this marijuana thing anywho…? *wink wink nudge nudge*

  21. [iam]juDe[/iam] Avatar
    [iam]juDe[/iam]

    Straight to the point it seems 😀

  22. jessica Avatar

    this is awesome, but i worry about how much shit hell get from cops 🙁 dmt eh shannon? been there once, quite a trip! you should hear joe rogan (tho he is a huge tool) go off about dmt… apparently he has an isoloation chamber in his basement and sees a golden buddha quite often.

  23. hellonightmare Avatar

    dunno if I’d tattoo my drug of choice onto my forehead..but I guess in a country like ours a lot of stuff is that taboo.

  24. J Avatar
    J

    Pretty bold to have it done in that open of a place, I mean every time someone looks at him they’ll see this big glowing pot leaf first off. Aside from that I think it’s awesome he would have this done especially if he is not only an advocate for recreational use but also for medicinal and industrial use, the hemp and marijuana plant are some of the most usefull plants we have on this earth and it’s such a waste of resources to not use them to our advantage, for example: An acre of trees used to make paper on average takes 50 to 500 years to grow back untill it can be harvested again, that same acre replaced with hemp plants can be harvested up to 3 times in one year and produce the same amount of paper. And this is’nt even mention the multitude of other uses for the hemp plant.

  25. Em Avatar
    Em

    I figure it possibly expresses a larger political statement than “I like to get stoned” (though if you’re enough of a stoner to get that tattoo, then by the time you’re 80 you won’t have enough brain cells to regret your reckless youth! :D)
    I’m currently thinking about the couple threatened with jail for selling cannabis chocolate (at no profit) to MS sufferers, who our NHS can do nothing for…
    Given a suspended sentence. Also in the news here is a guy convicted of sexually assaulting 4 children… who got the same suspended sentence.
    Perhaps this guy ought to run the world. 🙂

  26. Em Avatar
    Em

    I mean the pothead guy, not the paedophile damnit! 🙂

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