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.

Pro-Evolution Tattoo

One of Ryan Zachary‘s customers (Tattoo art by Ryan, Portland) felt strongly enough about the silly evolution versus intelligent design “debate” to get their comment on it tattooed on them! That said, it may turn out that early primates did live in the time of dinosaurs, although the odds of them wearing business suits would be very low I think. Only a modern human would degrade themselves like that.

Comments

38 responses to “Pro-Evolution Tattoo”

  1. LotN Avatar

    And I don’t see why a brontosaurus would chase a man, anyway.

    The fact that there isn’t a period at the end of that sentence bugs me…

  2. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    maybe he wants to be friends

  3. IG Avatar
    IG

    WoW, this is the geekiest tatoo i’ve ever seen

  4. Em Avatar
    Em

    I love that tattoo! I love it!
    “Only a modern human would degrade themselves…” 😀

  5. ookumbubbleoo Avatar

    That’s too fucking cute.

  6. Joe Avatar
    Joe

    I had an insane christian woman tell me (with a straight face) that dinosuars were on noahs’ ark…absolute insanity

    the tattoo is adorable by the way

  7. Leroy Avatar

    It’s Darwins birthday today, good timing for the post.

  8. Shannon Larratt Avatar

    Really? That’s awesome!

  9. Joey Avatar

    Very original.

  10. Catherine Fertel Avatar
    Catherine Fertel

    Brings me right back to Bill Nye, the Science Guy: Dinosaurs.

  11. Fitzzz Avatar
    Fitzzz

    Haha…that is funny

  12. Auryn Avatar
    Auryn

    Plus the brontosaurus (or brachiosaurus) was a veggie-saur…they’d just look at you and sneeze on you.

    Though I do tend to take my view on dinosaurs from Jurassic Park.

  13. marysparks Avatar
    marysparks

    Oh man, this is my favorite modblog post! I love the geekiness of it!

  14. Jon Avatar
    Jon

    Hilarious.

  15. ÈMþRê§§ Avatar
    ÈMþRê§§

    Gets my vote for naff tattoo of the year lol

    Cute dinosaur tho 🙂

  16. Lily Avatar
    Lily

    hahahaha.. I like it, and agree with #10, all the way.

  17. ryanzachary Avatar

    It wasn’t really a pro-evolution tattoo as much as it was found art from a children’s educational book. That was the actual caption on the picture

  18. cynthiarodriguez Avatar
    cynthiarodriguez

    this is MY tattoo done by the fantastic ryan zachary. aside from the hilarity or the uniqueness of the tattoo, i really love the idea that it is a reminder to mankind that we are impermenant. if something as amazing as the dinosaurs could just up and vanish, then we (the ‘most advanced species’) can surely drop off the face of the earth with little or no warning. it’s a way to keep my head out of the clouds and to remain close to Nature, having realized that it is Nature that inevitably remains, through and through.

  19. kitchee Avatar
    kitchee

    I like this a lot. I particularly like the lettering style.

  20. T-Snake Avatar

    Kent Hovind was sentenced to prison last month. I’ll declare this tattoo in partial celebration of creation “science” people getting theirs. hahahaha

  21. lilish Avatar
    lilish

    Thanks for posting cynthiarodriguez. I liked the tattoo before I read your comment, now after reading it I like it even more 🙂

  22. S Avatar
    S

    Is that a man in a suit, or a postal worker? Cuz it looks like he’s carrying a messanger bag, and like the dino is chasing him like a dog.
    In which case, my love for it is x 20

  23. bryanchlamydia Avatar
    bryanchlamydia

    i wish ultra-liberal tattoo artists wouldn’t push their “scientific” viewpoint onto their customers.

  24. painted lady Avatar

    i think i’ve read this children’s book before… the picture looks familiar.

    and i’m so getting a dino-themed tattoo someday.

    evolution IS scientific. and it’s not just ultra-liberal people who know it happened…

  25. Joanne Avatar
    Joanne

    Humans and dinosaurs didn’t co-exist…? ever watched The Flintstones?!?

  26. wish_I_were_a_dragon... Avatar

    I personally enjoy wearing suits!

    That aside, thats a funky tattoo 🙂

  27. Emily Avatar

    sorry i’m a geology major with a concentration in paleontology – dinosaurs still disappeared far before any hominids. primates, still, probalby did not evolve til 10 million years after the dinosaurs went extinct. and these primates would be almost nothing humanoid, they’d be old-world monkeys.

  28. Sade Avatar
    Sade

    i always figured if dinosaurs and humans did exist together then we wouldn’t be here for several reasons: 1) most dinosaurs were huge! with on push of the toe,one snap of the jaw we’re done for; and 2) if for whatever reason every single speices of dinosaur and many surroundling animals died off,why didn’t we? we’re more vulnerable to the elements than many creatures that walk on this earth.

  29. Kristin Avatar
    Kristin

    That is an awesome tattoo. I love how even though he doesn’t really have a face, you can still (or I can, anyway) totally imagine his dismayed expression a la the eggheaded stick figures from “Good Idea … Bad Idea”.

    “Kent Hovind was sentenced to prison last month.”

    No shit? HAHAHAAAAAAAA! About time.

  30. painted lady Avatar

    most dinosaurs were the size of a large sheep.

  31. Em Avatar
    Em

    People always ask me whether I’m gonna work with dinosaurs! I do ARCHAEOLOGY. I think that those people ought to read this tattoo…

  32. painted lady Avatar

    yeah, i’m an anthropology major and people ask me about dinosaurs all the time. sure, i know about them, but i study PEOPLE, not avians/reptiles.

  33. Fractlitious Avatar
    Fractlitious

    Glorious tattoo. That’s a children book worth reading, it is.

    And since when is evolution an ultra-liberal view? I was under the impression that it was the view of the majority.

  34. stormy Avatar

    This is freaking awesome. But I agree with #1, there should be a fullstop at the end!

  35. sara Avatar

    #23 – anyone who is faced with the idiocy of creationism or intelligent design has a duty to ‘force’ their scientific viewpoints on the creationist or intelligent design propagandist. anyways, that being said, i love this tattoo… i’ve been thinking of an evolution tattoo for myself so seeing this one made me excited!

  36. Soup Avatar
    Soup

    Dinosaurs are a myth created by the Devil.

  37. ryanzachary Avatar

    The devil is a myth created by dinosaurs

  38. tlc Avatar
    tlc

    when “men” emerged…

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